This article proposes the concept of ‘new-traditional skateboarding’ through an autoethnographic account of a skate session at Southbank, London — one of the world’s most symbolically laden skate spots. Drawing on Southbank’s contested history, the article traces how a convergence of factors during the Social Skate Summit (2026) produced a moment in which non-traditional skateboarders visibly dominated a peak-time session at a traditionally exclusionary site.