NYC’s Uptown School of Skate

For $65 a hour Jennifer Willis and her younger brother David will teach anyone in Manhattan (and New Jersey, too) to skateboard. In fact, David claims he can teach a 40 year old to ollie inside an hour with their Uptown Skate School.

In an instructional video he shows students, David explains: “What you’re going to do is you’re going to bend your knees, kick down on the tail with your back foot, and slide your front up simultaneously as you jump. … When you come down, you bend your knees, so that way you have more balance so you can ride it out.” . . The siblings offer lessons covering the basics of riding to perfecting complicated tricks, and give half-day skateboard tours for $200.

In their first year of business the duo reportedly made $7,500. Sounds like they’re going to have to franchise.

[Link: NY Daily News]