Am i too old to learn how to skateboard?

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Puppet Pal Clem Oct 6, 2024 @ 5:19pm

I'm in my early 30s and i still have a soul of a kid, but i feel like i might be too old.

Last edited by Puppet Pal Clem; Oct 6, 2024 @ 5:51pm

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permanent name Oct 6, 2024 @ 7:56pm

Originally posted by Lime:
Kinda cool to see skateboarding come back into fashion

prlly another transparent attempt to cash out the insurance industry as it fails.

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Mega Ultra Chicken Oct 6, 2024 @ 8:03pm

You should try longboarding instead. Less dangerous.

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Lime Oct 6, 2024 @ 8:06pm

Originally posted by permanent name:
Originally posted by Lime:
Kinda cool to see skateboarding come back into fashion

prlly another transparent attempt to cash out the insurance industry as it fails.

Eh, I've had skating in my algorithm for years now, while I haven't skate myself in decades its really something seeing (in the kindest sense) "nobodies" pulling off tricks that the best of the best were only dreaming of when I was interested in it. The progress of the hobby is just phenomenal

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Ulfrinn Oct 6, 2024 @ 8:09pm

I'm buying one next week and I'm older than you are.

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Kobs Oct 6, 2024 @ 8:11pm

If you fall and it takes you 5 minutes to get back up.... you're too old

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Lime Oct 6, 2024 @ 8:12pm

Originally posted by Ulfrinn:
I'm buying one next week and I'm older than you are.

Damn that's cool, I can't wait until i'm grown up enough to buy my own skateboard and noone can tell me otherwise

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permanent name Oct 6, 2024 @ 8:23pm

Originally posted by Lime:
Originally posted by permanent name:

prlly another transparent attempt to cash out the insurance industry as it fails.
Eh, I've had skating in my algorithm for years now, while I haven't skate myself in decades its really something seeing (in the kindest sense) "nobodies" pulling off tricks that the best of the best were only dreaming of when I was interested in it. The progress of the hobby is just phenomenal

not long until you need cyberware to skate.

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Ulfrinn Oct 6, 2024 @ 8:38pm

Well I don't think I'll be doing much tricks with mine, it'll be primarily for commuting. I liken people who buy skateboards to do tricks with people who buy BMX bikes, but there's so much more than that.

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tom tomorrow Oct 6, 2024 @ 9:09pm

You might not be too old but your knees and ankles might be. I'm in a similar boat. I used to skate when I was younger, I'm 36 now and I would love to get back into it but I feel like I'd just injure myself. And I have responsibilities now. I'd like to do it but I feel like I just can't afford to risk it.

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Heatblizzard Oct 7, 2024 @ 12:50am

Originally posted by Puppet Pal Clem:
I'm in my early 30s and i still have a soul of a kid, but i feel like i might be too old.

Nope! Try 50s as from then on up your bones will only get more brittle as you age and you should watch your heart more. The same fall you have in your 30s you have a much higher chance of recovery vs the same fall while in your 50s or 60s. You could very well not get up again.

When I was little there used to be this commercial for something called 'Life Alert' in the early to late 90s where if someone falls they can summon medical help. I used to find the commercial hilarious when that old guy fell in his backyard I mean who would fall in their own backyard!

but my older self now can see why it was actually so serious. An older person falling like in that commercial is much more likely to stay down then if you fell.

Last edited by Heatblizzard; Oct 7, 2024 @ 12:51am

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