40 Years Old and Still Skateboarding

Still able to skate a vertical pool after over 20's off the board...nothing too fancy, but hey, I can still do it.

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Sports

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• skateboarding
• skateboard
• vertical

[andree1001]

I don't see whats so big about skating at the age of 40 well ofcourse it's fun that you still skate :) but at my local skatepark the vertskaters are mostly around 43-47 and they're doing big airs, handplants etc.

[MrOffshore]

@andree1001 Whenever I am out of town I check out local parks, but never have my board or gear with me...cost prohibitive to buy new every time, but I agree, I see more and more 40+ year old guys skating...and 9 times out of 10 they skate far better than the kids...street skating just isn't and never has been my thing...I only skated the streets to get to our local ramps...not kick-flipping...the occasional curb grind or something like that was OK, but overall it was boring vs. pools/ramps.

[MrOffshore]

@andree1001 I think more the idea here is that, at that point when I was 40 I hadn't skated in over 20 years...unlike riding a bicycle, skateboarding is something that sort of fades away...so in the grand scheme of things, skating for the first day in over 20 years wasn't too bad...and handplants and big airs (which I used to rip at Apple Skate Park in Columbus OH) wasn't in the quiver...I have to work to make a living and skate accidents are frowned on at my age!!

[IAMTHEEND666]

Cograts dude, I'm 40 and still skating too, but I have to nit pick a little. That pool is nowhere near vert.

[MrOffshore]

@IAMTHEEND666 Nope..it's not. But it's a nice transition.

[MrOffshore]

I use the term "vertical" a little loosely here, it simply means it's not street skating, or skating rails. The pool isn't "vertical" but it certainly is close to vertical...another couple inches of transition would make it vertical...not to nitpick, but "nowhere" isn't really correct either.

[tathagata40]

I'm 45. This guy looks like he a STARTED skating at 40. Sketchy

[deadlychickenxop]

who is 40 years old ? that deck ?? :p fair play mate, I know how you feel, not quite 40 yet, but getting there.

[alonsoswer]

he was a pro skater in the past...

[Rufusdos]

@itsamilligan 35 isn't old. Koston and Daewon are 35.

[TheMoneymaker47]

*salute*!

[davi4revenge]

Tony Hawk.

[BLRA2007]

Respect dude! :-)



[freeskater7]

awesome stuff. im 34 and i just got back into it for the last year after 15 years off the board. its all coming back and i probably skate better now then i use too and have learnt some new stuff but the main thing is its just healthy and fun.

[TheRedman7176]

Awesome. 35 here, and looking at getting back in. Just strarted drooling over the Powell Peralta re-issues. A 10" wide pig shaped Bones Ripper deck with Indies and G-Bones is on the way.