Got an urge to treat myself to a retro cruiser 70’s style board
Used to skate waaay back in the day
Am i going to have to wait until summer for the early mornings to sneak out or sod it and go and have fun at my own expense
Thoughts please 8)
if you want to do it, then do it.
your age should have no bearing on your decision, if you’re physically able to skate then i say why not?
since you used to skate “back in the day” (as did i), then i’m sure you’re not likely to really care what anyone else thinks about the things you do with your life!
IM 41 and last year came very close to buying a longboard,but the winter came and my dream driffted away :oops:,were do you live i will come out with you,let me no what board you buy dude nice 1
Just be careful. I’m 48. Seven years ago bought a longboard and loved it. Fifth time out trying to foot brake on a gentle hill caught my foot and thought I’d rolled the fall nicely like I used to. Got up to find compound wrist fracture. Ruined holiday to CA booked for that weekend
Wear as much protection as you can. It might not have been cool when you were first skating but now you don’t bounce so well. Be careful…
My children seem most impressed that I can skate, but they are only 2 and 4. Im 40 in a few weeks. Im mentally still a skater, but my ankles, knees and beergut think otherwise.
I personally still wear skate trainers and hanker for a skateboard and a BMX. I’m 36 but still 17 in my head. My car may be boring and my house be of the mortgaged persuasion, but i’m not dead yet
Gonz is still skating
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There is a therapist that works in another department who is in his early fifties, has a long grey beard and rides a longboard. General consensus at work is that he is slightly cooler than he is uncool. But only just 😉 .
get your ass over to M.A.S., tons of people on there much older.
I started again about 2 years ago after about 18 years off the board and haven’t looked back (discounting the broken humerous which had me off the board for 6 months).
It’s a boat load of fun, and once you start seeing all the old boards you used to covet being sold for crazy money you’ll hate yourself for not keeping them 🙂
It’s a boat load of fun, and once you start seeing all the old boards you used to covet being sold for crazy money you’ll hate yourself for not keeping them
this is true.
my mate just sold a well-used 20+ year old SMA Natas deck (the panther graphic one), complete with drill holes from rails he had fitted and a well delaminated tail, for about £150 on ebay!
i noticed that sports direct are selling vision street wear shoes, so i got me a pair. i was very excited, they’re the first pair i’ve owned! and now i’m tempted to get a board, though i was never particularly good. i think i landed on my arse more than on the wheels whenever i ollied up a curb! i’m also a little scared of being seen doing it. saughton skatepark ALWAYS has kids on it, even during term-time. but if you can get over all this, then go for it! 🙂
Go for it I started again and now have a mini pipe in the back garden love it get home from work and have a skate, my 3 yr old rides his balance bike on it all the time.
saughton skatepark ALWAYS has kids on it, even during term-time
mostly true.
but not at 7am during the week.
i’ll soon be starting my pre-work skates again. often get the park to myself or mebbe share it with one or two people.
which is great if you’re learning new tricks or are feeling generally shaky…