Skate Nation is a British children's television programme presented by

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and

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broadcast by

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in 2009. It was an eleven-part series in which fourteen teams of

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competed for a trip to the

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. Each team consisted of three children aged 7 – 13 and an adult. The teams competed in one of two heats to reach the final ten, who attended a skate camp. From there eight team progressed to the studio shows, where each week one team was eliminated. Their performances in the stadium were judged by a panel consisting of Kevin Adams,

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, and Asha Kirkby, as well as the studio audience. The two lowest-placed teams had to take part in the skate showdown, after which the judges voted to save one team. The eleventh show showed the series winners in Taiwan and also the Skate Nation "Oscars". This was broadcast some time after the original series in January 2010.

The teams

Fourteen teams took part. The teams were made of skaters from many different disciplines and styles of

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. There were six

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teams: Three Blondes And A Baldy, Wheeled Wonders, Roller Rockets, Angels, Fab Four, and Blue Sherbert. There were two

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teams: Pirates (quads) and Slap Shots (inlines). There were two

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teams: Rapid Rollers and Hypa Stry.k. There was one

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team: Blades Of Glory. There were two

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teams: Essence and Toe Jammers. There was one

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team: Coast Bladers

Episode list

External links

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