UK Skipper

I’d just like to say how much I love this website and everything it’s doing The fact it’s encouraging people to be happy and to skip is amazing. - Alex, London, UK

Carefree & Joyful in Alberta

“We all long to feel carefree and joyful in our lives and I believe that skipping is one of the best ways to induce those feelings. It is something almost all of us did as kids as an expression of happiness and joy and then gave up as adults for fear of looking silly. My experience (as an adult) has been that skipping not only causes me to feel joyful, but positively affects the people around me. For a moment they let their guard down and smile. I hope that’s because for that moment they too feel carefree and joyful just remembering how it felt to skip. Maybe they’ll even give it a try themselves!” -Musician & film maker Danielle French, Alberta, Canada

Go on Holland, Get Your Skip on!

Different video pros from all over the world have been inspired to create skipping “mockumentaries” in recent years. This is one of the best of the best. It was produced by the Groen Brothers who live in Holland and make comedy videos. You can see their other films here. Skip on!

Comedian Michael McIntyre

Michael McIntyre, a wildly popular comedian in the UK, does a wonderful bit about skipping during his stand-up comedy act.

He says, “although socially unacceptable for anyone above the age of six, it’s actually a remarkable way to move. Skipping is magnficient!”

Of course, iskip.com is all about rewriting those cultural rules that say skipping isn’t acceptable. After all, who says it isn’t acceptable? And whoever they are, why on earth would we listen to them when our world is in such desperate need of positive energy and joy? Skip on!

You can watch Michael McIntyre’s skipping bit here…

Tommy Fox - Australia

There’s a skipper down under who has been taking the skipping movement by storm. His name is Tommy Fox and his website is full of fun skipping pictures and videos.

Here’s a quote from Tommy from his You Tube channel, “Skippers shall no longer be forced to inhabit the semi darkness on the edge of society. Now is the time to come out of the shadows, out of the basements and confines of your bedroom. Be ashamed no more. A mudslide of change is sweeping across globe.”

Here’s a video where he describes how we went from being a skateboarder to discovering “the way of the skip”.

Tommy attempted to skip around Australia, but didn’t ultimately complete his adventure. Here’s a video of the finish of his attempt.

Skip on, Tommy Fox…You are doing the skipping community proud!