Returning to skateboarding after 20+ years!!!!!

[PixelpeepS3]

Captain Smerc said:

I got back on a board last year , I'm 50 ish ... and not ridden since they first appeared in 1979

Um, i think you'll find Marty McFly invented the skateboard in 1955

[Hoofy]

p1stonhead said:

Do it OP.

Been watching this guy recently. His tricks make my brain hurt so bad.

WTF even is this

It's called the HowAMiddleAgedManEndsUpInA&E flip.

[phil1979]

I turn 39 this July. This was my pressie to myself when I turned 35

[J4CKO]

Just imagine yourself explaining how you cam to break your wrist to the nice nurse in casualty, does that make you feel a bit of a tit ?

Only joking, pad and helmet up, go somewhere quiet and have a go again !

[ZOLLAR]

phil1979 said:

I turn 39 this July. This was my pressie to myself when I turned 35

Good going!
Careful with that back foot, don't want to be putting it through the deck


One thing I don't miss is spending money on shoes that would be wrecked quickly!
I still buy es skate shoes, quite smart casual footwear, they stopped producing them for a good number of years but started again a few years ago.

[Hoofy]

Yeah - those nice Adidases will be shredded. Get some decent skate shoes with bits that protect the laces.

[designforlife]

At my peak i used to go through a pair of shoes in 2 months, and decks about the same...other than that it was basically a free hobby lol.

[CrutyRammers]

Google "middle aged shred". There are plenty like you.
Injuries are common for returning skaters though..go slow.

[Smitters]

I just found Highway Gospel on Amazon Prime. That's worthy of a watch for inspiration.

[designforlife]

might have to dig my Es - Menikmati VHS out this weekend!

[MG-Steve]

A few weeks back I had a go on my mates briefly. I was never that good in the first place but it was bloody terrifying!

[Brum_Brum]

I still have my deck that I bought from Roller Snakes in Nottingham when I was 14 (a good few months paper round money!).

Now 28 years later I 1.) seem to have lost all balance and 2.) Have a greater sense of fear! ,. my eldest lad has just started to use it in the back yard though

[bazza white]

I did the same but with trampolining, 20 year break thought it would be like riding a bike. Within 10 minutes i was on my was to hospital with 2 crushed vertebrae, disc damage and torn muscles. Turns out it wasnt like riding a bike.

[GTO-3R]

Not skating for me but getting back in to BMX again and I’m 36 now. Been putting this together recently, a 1986 Universal Freestyler

[mike74]

What deck is it? Some old skool ones go for silly money now, especially Vision and Powell Peralta from the mid-late 80's

[anonymous-user]

Just passed 50 here, would love to go back to my youth with my Stacey Peralta Warptail, ACS 651s and yellow Kryptonics. I'd imagine my balance will be somewhat degraded by all those years of hard living and football injuries though....

[mazdajason]

I bought a pair of rollerblades a couple of years ago and went to the local skate park on a Friday morning first thing. I was so nervous but such a thrill even just going up and down the ramps again made it worthwhile. I really do need to get back there and have another go as I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Go for it OP!

[tobinen]

If your local skatepark is anything as here, you'll have no problem sorting out some marijuana should you so wish.

[ZOLLAR]

Just to add for all other active or non active skateboarders, get the book "The answer is Never" by Jocko Weyland.

I read it as a Teen, it's a great through the eyes of a guy who grew up seeing the trend of skateboarding from the sidelines so to speak.

I've read it many times.

https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Answer_...

[crofty1984]

bazza white said:

I did the same but with trampolining, 20 year break thought it would be like riding a bike. Within 10 minutes i was on my was to hospital with 2 crushed vertebrae, disc damage and torn muscles. Turns out it wasnt like riding a bike.

I dunno, depends how bad you are at cycling!