Learning To Skate In Mid 30's: It's Official I Had It Enough 

Hello everyone! Tell me, what was your biggest fight with skateboarding?

One of the best rules for me (now with 52) is and always was, start low and slow then increase speed and height. Some days our brain doesn't help but keep focus and I'm sure you'll can get the tricks you want.

Love watching your progression!! Keep at it 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

Man, you got me at that intro, keep pushing

Dude, you have to have fun with it, know your limits so you don't get hurt, but push yourself progressively. You can practice olllies on carpet or grass. Watch a lot of you tube tutorials. Back when I started, no You Tube, just trial and error, and maybe being lucky enough to skate with someone at a higher skill level. Also, body conditioning helps alot. I always say if you're already an athlete in another sport, you have a good head start because your body will be used to the physical exertion and have some degree of balance. Balance is a big part of skating so supplemental exercises help a lot. Practice walking along a curb, then try going faster until you can almost run and still stay balanced. After you get good at that, try walking backwards on that curb without looking. This not only helps balance, but also helps body coordination by teaching where to put your foot without looking. You can't always watch your board while skating. Another thing that helps is not only exercise in general, but especially squats. Increased leg strength makes learning tricks easier because you're fighting gravity less when your legs are stronger. So many others things that can help, but the main thing is your motivation. You have to want to skate. If you don't, that's ok. It's not for everyone, but realized even for us experienced skaters, we sometimes get frustrated. Just take breaks when needed. Remember to have fun. Wish you all the best dude. You can do it! 🛹👍😎👍🛹

My first sesh went decent. Just trying to get the feel for rolling again. I still hit a couple stationary ollies and got a little height. Love to see you still going even on a bad day. It's inspiring.

There’s many types of skating. Freestyle, vert, current modern day park, street skating, downhill. All can help with snowboarding and surfing. 🤙

Getting old, it hurts more when you fall

My biggest problem is falling. I'm okay if I scrape my knee or get a bruise but I just can't risk breaking a bone. And I have my ollie and shuv it down really well until it comes time to land but I'm just too scared because I don't want to spend a month in a cast. It sucks cause I really enjoy it. People say "you just have to get over the fear" but it's not so much the fear but moreso the realistic chance of breaking a bone. There's ways to fall to avoid bone breaks but I'm not able to do it.

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