About us

Run by skateboarders,
for skateboarders.

SBGB is the UK-wide governing body for skateboarding with responsibility for Olympic team development as well as grassroots skateboarding and talent development within England and Wales.

SBGB was formed by the skateboarding Home Nation governing bodies at the end of 2017 and restructured in December 2020 to include Skateboard England within our constitution, becoming responsible for grassroots skateboarding in England. In 2024, SBGB’s articles were subsequently amended in consultation with our membership and Sport Wales to become the NGB responsible for grassroots skateboarding in Wales.

Skateboard Scotland and Skateboard:NI are responsible for grassroots skateboarding in their home countries, with SBGB providing some shared services and resources.

Our growth

Skateboarding made its debut in the Tokyo Olympic Games and SBGB secured a bronze medal through skateboarder Sky Brown. Following this success, SBGB entered a period of building capacity and capability to add value to the skateboarding community through the 2021-2032 Strategic Plan published in September 2021.

SBGB has grown considerably in a short space of time, with further success at the Paris Olympic Games, whilst continuing to serve the skateboarding community. A period of review and reflection in 2025 has resulted in an organisational restructure to help us better achieve grassroots and performance objectives, improving our ability to meet the needs of our members and the wider skateboarding community.

SBGB’s purpose is to give skateboarders the opportunity to “Skate More, Skate Better” ensuring we remain skater-focused in everything that we do: we aim to lead, support, empower and facilitate. It’s the role of SBGB to add-value to the skateboarding community so that skateboarding continues to grow and thrive, with better and more spaces to skate, whilst providing best practise support so that skateboarding can take place in a fun and safe environment.