More Flavor: City Gem Skateboard at the Southbank Centre in the early morning

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For a rather serene moment of skateboarding, set the alarm early and cruise on down to the Southbank in the early hours of the morning. Clear your head from the ravages of the previous night by settling in for an exclusive session at this iconic London skate spot. Devoid of happy snapping tourists and raging drunks with eyes on your possessions, relax and practice your kickflips on the banks of the Thames. Pre-pubescent rippers — who invariably are far better at skateboarding than you — have not yet surfaced from heady wet-dreams, so retain your pride and manage to get some clean lines in this versatile covered area of the Brutalist complex that is the Southbank Centre.

– Oliver Spall