Any adult skateboarders on here?
Discussion
21 years old here, don't go to the skatepark any more, just use it as a fun method of transport.
Not so good at skateboarding, but it helps keep my balance over summer so in winter I can do this:
I started skateboarding when I was 17. I don't think i'll ever stop, but thats because I don't think of it in the same way as I do any other sports. For me its just another method of travelling, and if I ever happen to be in california or vancouver or somewhere, that's the method I'll take with me!
Currently go to work on it. I do wonder how much of it is just the fact that I can't be bothered to walk!
Not so good at skateboarding, but it helps keep my balance over summer so in winter I can do this:
I started skateboarding when I was 17. I don't think i'll ever stop, but thats because I don't think of it in the same way as I do any other sports. For me its just another method of travelling, and if I ever happen to be in california or vancouver or somewhere, that's the method I'll take with me!
Currently go to work on it. I do wonder how much of it is just the fact that I can't be bothered to walk!
Thought I'd bump this thread, a great article in the Guardian today about 'older' skater :-)
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jul/1...
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jul/1...
39 (mentally still in my mid 20's, things just hurt a bit longer), about to build a mini ramp in the back garden for the 'kids' ....
Most nights in the summer, I take the kids on a 3 mile (around trip) scooter ride to the local skate park and back, and will take one of the scooter or my board..
Most nights in the summer, I take the kids on a 3 mile (around trip) scooter ride to the local skate park and back, and will take one of the scooter or my board..
Edited by joe_90 on Friday 18th July 10:26
bosshog said:
Just spend a couple of years living in Sydney and there was plenty of fellas in their 40's cruising about on long boards.
Yep - often wafting my way from Queenscliff to Shelly and back on this...
Its a 46" pintail by Arbor, and its simply to drift around the beach front, and local paths. Didn't buy my first board until I was 39, and three years later am still just cruising along. Don't feel the need to learn any particular tricks, have mountain biking for thrills, but loafing around is great fun. My two daughters, aged 6 and 4, can both now skate on the 32" board too so its fun for all the family!
And there are plenty of men 40+ doing this, with their kids hanging around too. Anyone thinking of doing it should stop thinking, and just get on with it.
nick s said:
Me and the GF saw a 45 odd year old man casually skateboarding up the road in Windsor at the weekend. Needless to say we both fell about laughing. Not a good look!
I think 35 is borderline ok, but if you're doing it with your kids at a dedicated skate park, I think it's more acceptable! Just seeing someone over 16 using a skateboard as a form of transport in town looks ridiculous imo!
I saw a 46 year old skatebaording on the Tv the other night.I think 35 is borderline ok, but if you're doing it with your kids at a dedicated skate park, I think it's more acceptable! Just seeing someone over 16 using a skateboard as a form of transport in town looks ridiculous imo!
His name was Tony Hawk, nobody thought he looked stupid. What with all that money he made.
Luaghing at other people isn't a good look.
Amazing trucks, what are they ?52 & still love to roll around every now & again although I pretty much knocked it on the head when I was about 35.
Was pretty good in my time, particularly pool/vert skating.
Apparently there's a bit of an old boys session at Stockwell Skatepark on a Sunday morning, very tempted to pop down there one day but the TVR in the garage & the call of the open road is hard to resist!
Nick
Was pretty good in my time, particularly pool/vert skating.
Apparently there's a bit of an old boys session at Stockwell Skatepark on a Sunday morning, very tempted to pop down there one day but the TVR in the garage & the call of the open road is hard to resist!
Nick
I was a proper skate rat from the age of around 13 to 30, that and golf GTI's were all I lived for. Even had a few pics and interviews in magazines over the years, and got a sponsorship, and some product from Santa Cruz.
Now as a fat 40 year old, can't skate at all, met up with the old crowd a few times, but it's just so hard now!
I am now looking into a longboard for some cruising, but would still like to pop the odd ollie and power slide my way down hills, anyone got any recommendations?
Now as a fat 40 year old, can't skate at all, met up with the old crowd a few times, but it's just so hard now!
I am now looking into a longboard for some cruising, but would still like to pop the odd ollie and power slide my way down hills, anyone got any recommendations?
hadn't been on a skateboard for 20 years
son got one recently so as you do we ended up in the skatepark. reminiscent of the old days I quickly forgot i'm now old and about 5 stone heavier than I used to be. end result was me taking a spectacular and painful spill. I was bruised from backside to shoulders for about 4 weeks
son got one recently so as you do we ended up in the skatepark. reminiscent of the old days I quickly forgot i'm now old and about 5 stone heavier than I used to be. end result was me taking a spectacular and painful spill. I was bruised from backside to shoulders for about 4 weeks
51
http://youtu.be/JXq_6sqQN7s
Would love to go for a proper ride in Sutton Park but again concerned about the looks i may get,
Martyn.....
http://youtu.be/JXq_6sqQN7s
Would love to go for a proper ride in Sutton Park but again concerned about the looks i may get,
Martyn.....
I'm 40 and skateboarded regularly from 14-25 years old, mainly street, as I used to live in Milton Keynes, one of the best towns within which to own a skateboard. I have always kept a setup in the garage since, and have kept my hand in to the extent that I can jump straight on and skate off, pop some ollies, and make a sensible effort at landing a kick flip.
My sons ages 11 and 9 1/2 find it most amusing when Dad gives them a demo. I would push my skills further, but I'm too scared of injuring myself again. I badly broke my wrist back in the day, and it took a ages to heal even then!
I now live in Northampton, and we had a brand new outdoor skatepark open approx a year ago. I regularly drive past it, and I'm delighted to report it is rammed with the kidz daily. I've not actually stopped and ventured across into the park yet, but maybe will one day.
My sons ages 11 and 9 1/2 find it most amusing when Dad gives them a demo. I would push my skills further, but I'm too scared of injuring myself again. I badly broke my wrist back in the day, and it took a ages to heal even then!
I now live in Northampton, and we had a brand new outdoor skatepark open approx a year ago. I regularly drive past it, and I'm delighted to report it is rammed with the kidz daily. I've not actually stopped and ventured across into the park yet, but maybe will one day.
80quattro said:
I'm 40 and skateboarded regularly from 14-25 years old, mainly street, as I used to live in Milton Keynes, one of the best towns within which to own a skateboard. I have always kept a setup in the garage since, and have kept my hand in to the extent that I can jump straight on and skate off, pop some ollies, and make a sensible effort at landing a kick flip.
My sons ages 11 and 9 1/2 find it most amusing when Dad gives them a demo. I would push my skills further, but I'm too scared of injuring myself again. I badly broke my wrist back in the day, and it took a ages to heal even then!
I now live in Northampton, and we had a brand new outdoor skatepark open approx a year ago. I regularly drive past it, and I'm delighted to report it is rammed with the kidz daily. I've not actually stopped and ventured across into the park yet, but maybe will one day.
MK you say, we may know each other...My sons ages 11 and 9 1/2 find it most amusing when Dad gives them a demo. I would push my skills further, but I'm too scared of injuring myself again. I badly broke my wrist back in the day, and it took a ages to heal even then!
I now live in Northampton, and we had a brand new outdoor skatepark open approx a year ago. I regularly drive past it, and I'm delighted to report it is rammed with the kidz daily. I've not actually stopped and ventured across into the park yet, but maybe will one day.
I'm a skateboarder 28 years. From the ages of c.19 to 25 I was sponsored and hoped to go pro. I probably wasn't really good enough and breaking my leg quite badly confirmed it was over. I still skate but don't do stairs anymore mainly sticking to mini-ramps. Now it is more of a social thing and more fun than jogging or cycling.
I'm 43 and been skating since 1984. I was a ROM local for most of that time, I only stopped going regularly about 2 years ago when everyday life sort of took over.
I still skate most weekends, sometimes with my 6 year old son in tow on his BMX, at various Essex skateparks.
I know a few skaters well into their 50s and I think it's going to be more common seeing older skaters as the people you see now are the survivors from the first wave of skating in the UK. I skate with loads of blokes in their 30s who show no signs of wanting to give up. There are a lot more of us out there than you think.
Basically, if you enjoy doing something why give up because some people don't get it? (unless your 'thing' is murder, or molesting animals. You probably shouldn't do that).
I still skate most weekends, sometimes with my 6 year old son in tow on his BMX, at various Essex skateparks.
I know a few skaters well into their 50s and I think it's going to be more common seeing older skaters as the people you see now are the survivors from the first wave of skating in the UK. I skate with loads of blokes in their 30s who show no signs of wanting to give up. There are a lot more of us out there than you think.
Basically, if you enjoy doing something why give up because some people don't get it? (unless your 'thing' is murder, or molesting animals. You probably shouldn't do that).
As others have already said - f
k what anyone else thinks, I`m quite a few years older than you and I LOVE skateboarding, what`s so different about skateboarding to snowboarding that people think skateboarding is immature?
Ok, so lairy tricks aren`t exactly what they used to be, but to cruise around with a bit of speed is still a fantastic buzz!
I still have my boards from the mid 80s and last year I put together a new Powell deck!
Do what ever you want to do, it`s brilliant fun, you`re not hurting anyone (but possibly yourself)
I tried a "new" style board with the stupidly tiny wheels, AWFUL thing, get one of those and I think you`ll be disappointed, I thought I`d forgotten how to skate!
k what anyone else thinks, I`m quite a few years older than you and I LOVE skateboarding, what`s so different about skateboarding to snowboarding that people think skateboarding is immature?Ok, so lairy tricks aren`t exactly what they used to be, but to cruise around with a bit of speed is still a fantastic buzz!
I still have my boards from the mid 80s and last year I put together a new Powell deck!
Do what ever you want to do, it`s brilliant fun, you`re not hurting anyone (but possibly yourself)
I tried a "new" style board with the stupidly tiny wheels, AWFUL thing, get one of those and I think you`ll be disappointed, I thought I`d forgotten how to skate!
[quote=Streetrod]53 years old here and still skating, I have also been snowboarding for 25 years. I have a number of boards; here is one of my more odd ones:
I`ve got one of these too, I don`t have a long and twisty hill to use it on hence I`ve used it once, just can`t use it as a skateboard and definitely can`t be bothered to lug it around, I keep threatening it with E-bay!
I`ve got one of these too, I don`t have a long and twisty hill to use it on hence I`ve used it once, just can`t use it as a skateboard and definitely can`t be bothered to lug it around, I keep threatening it with E-bay!
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