But that stereotype couldn't be more wrong, says council worker Ann Burbrook, who has been organising the school holiday workshops at Berkeley's skate park to help skateboarders of all ages to get along.

"I just can't tell you how impressed I've been with the people I have met since I came on board with this project," she said.

"From teenagers right up to adults involved with skate communities for most of their lives, they all stress that skating is about positive behaviour."

To further ingrain this culture at the new Berkeley park, Wollongong City Council is holding a series of school-holiday workshops run by experienced skateboarders.

Competitive skateboarder and surfer Matthew Carroll, professional women's competitor Jade Ryan and respected skateboarding elder Barry Strachan ran two sessions last week, and Ms Burbrook said they had already encouraged lots of new skate park users.

"There was a bunch of girls on scooters the other day who had never been in the skate park before, and Jade - one of the skaters - went up to them and she was showing how to watch the flow of the park and go in," Ms Burbrook said. "It's one of those rare spaces that attracts kids from five years old, and then there was also a guy there who was probably in his 30s.

"We don't have many of those spaces, so you get the chance to have young people speaking to younger people, to kids, and everyone is learning how to communicate.

"Everyone is learning that it doesn't matter how old you are or how experienced you are, you need to respect each other."

The next sessions will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week between 10am and 1pm.

The council plans to run the program in primary and high schools to further encourage a diverse mix of skaters.