Best surprise ever dude! 49 here and drew that design on everything I owned.🤙🤙

m a little older than you (47) but i'm in the same boat. haven't skated since I was in middle school. bought a board about a month ago. i initially started with Spitfire 99A/55mm wheels. They worked fine at the skate park. I wasn't dong anything crazy, just getting my legs back. After about 3 weeks on those wheels, I decided to try the OJ's, 87A/54mm wheels. Man, a softer wheel definitely makes a huge difference. I have the 78a clouds in my amazon cart as well. I have them there if i want to experiment with a softer wheel than i have now. For not, the OJ's are definitely an improvement over the hard wheel i had prior to. I won't ever do flips or anything crazy. I'm able to roll in on bowls/ramps, slowly working my way up to doing drop ins. (that's terrifying). But softer wheels are definitely better for us oldies :) i've been seeing a lot of 40+ year old skaters out there. If it's not a midlife crisis, i don;t know what it is. we're coming out of the wood work

46 yr old Dad here…getting back 🔛🛹 after 30 years !! Ricta CLOUDS 78A 👍🏼👍🏼 Following your channel from London 🇨🇦

Love the Ripper

How much concave is on the deck?

We need some new videos! I'm 43 and just picked up skateboarding after a solid 30 year hiatus.

What size trucks are in this video?

Stock these were absolutely terrible very cheap electronics and that's why they were discontinued right away

I’ve been looking for some soft wheels for cruising around and hitting some banks and gaps along the way there’s just huge cracks in the concrete I’m. Thinking between these spit sapphires or dragon wheels. I’m in the old guy crew.

You should try OJ mini super juice 55mm 78a. I like Ricta Clouds too though.

what size are the mini logos

Bought then for my kid he loves them

Old guy like you ! 😆. Got the same ripper board like you (green version) since 2 years. It's a real pleasure to ride this board too. 🛹🤘.

Just turned 40 here. Lol no spring chicken anymore. Lol

I'm 40 and powell peralta was my life for a while. I really enjoyed your vid man! thanks

Yep same boat here bro...I dig the clouds ,just now giving the 92a clouds a try ,but I still love my softer cloids....OJ Plain Janes and the Bones filmers as well...all soft and fast and give an excellent skate experience, especially for us geezers....all of these are excellent at our concrete diy skatepark and are fine on wood too. Keep ripping 🤙💀🤘

I’m 43 and started skating again, definitely switching to softer wheels, thanks for posting the review🤙🏼😎

Getting back into it at 30, its been 11 years. Made it 6 skatepark trips before I finally rolled my ankle. I'll tell you what, the slams hit alot harder now that I'm not such a young buck anymore. I got a sweet Powell old school deck with some indys and risers, im rolling on some park wheels but I wanna grab these for cruising around town. I can tell just by the sound they make they're gonna stop all the loud vibrations I get on the sidewalks around here.

Just ordered mine. I can't wait to tear this up down the board. Stunning board :)

Im a few days away from 47 and tried to get back in couple years back and half popsicle boards...booooooo no good. Glad these are still around. Will be building one for mini ramp use

44 in December and got back into skating a couple of years back. Had open heart surgery last December and back on a board again after 10 months off. Age is just a number. We're just big kids in old bodies. Thanks heaps bro for thrown this vid up. I recently bought jeff kendall atomic man reissue and 78a OJ wheels. I will be doing drop ins at the nursing home. Kick flipping my walking frame. There's a Jay Adams picture I seen where it says... You didn't quit skateboarding because you got old. You got old because you quit skateboarding. So true.

Greetings from Mulvane! I got back into skating not too long ago as well as a fellow old dude at 35, also riding a Powell Peralta just like I did as a kid. I think my wife believes I’m having a mid life crisis, my 3 year old son just thinks it’s hilarious when dad falls and busts his chops lol.

Cheers to you bro 44 here and looking to skate again!!!!

at 52 i do the same thing.....same wheels.....they cruise over everything

I'm 32 and ppl be telling me I'm to old ... lowkey wanted to quit but u inspire me to keep pushing that board thank u

As far as reissues go, I have 3 Caballeros, a green and black gator, a red and gold gator, a psycho stick, and a roskopp face deck. I also have my original 87 cab deck that is still in great condition. I also have the andy Anderson flight deck which also has a wider frame. I'm 47 so I'm in the same boat. I'll never skate a popsicle deck but I will start my 3 yr old on one.

I have the flight deck Ripper ! It's bad ass ! Use ACE Trucks they fit the board better than Chindependent Trucks !

Are the trucks too small on that board?

I got the skate bug too (I'm 30 haven't skated since junior high) had the urge to skate because of rad rat video and just got some ricta clouds 78's aswell and came across your video, i can totally relate to you man I originally wanted soft wheels because hard wheels would be too rough on my old legs glad to see the clouds served you well I can't wait to try them

Oh I ask cuz no lie I’m in the hospital 7 weeks now , Covid then analphalactic shock from a medicine damn near died twice I’m to young for this (48) had. Mij Strat sweet guitar a girl who had a key to my place pawned it and Amit went up for auction 😡she sold it the chantt !!! They sold it for $910.00. I called the shop I have an old slip I’ve taken a loan before for $75.00 just to pay a traffic ticket so I don’t know what’s gonna happen she gotta pay the shop and shop pays dude who thought he had best strat EVER!! Ok tired

Is it good for rough asphalt? I'm really interested in this one.

Just took a rip on a recently purchased legit 88' welinder ss for the first time yesterday in 35 years at 45 myself, cant put a price on that feeling or wipe the shit eater off my face today... 😉

Gonna buy 78a wheels since my park is 3 miles away

Just ordered my board , starting at 30 with these wheels ! Thanks!

Very coolio!

i just got these wheels

I'm 32 and I haven't skateboarded in 10 years and I just ordered a pair of these super excited cuz the wheels that I have right now are terrible every time I hit a rock I go flying LOL

The intro described me perfectly 😅 and Im about to buy a set of wheels just like these. Thanks!

I'm 46, and just got myself a Nicky Guerrero re-issue, paired with 159 Indys and Powell 55mm G slides wheels. Super stoked, why did I waited over 30yrs for this!!

hey man I have a question. What size US are your shoes?

If you want them to be even better get some slimeball og wheels 60mm 78a's they are super smooth on rough ground and they are really fast just make sure your padded up and have risers so you don't catch wheel bite

Im 59 and loving the Kahuna boards...big and so smooth.

yes og shapes are rad ..cuz im og

Did you grip it your self?

Rictas are great, but if you're only cruising you need to buy a longboard. There just isn't any point in using a normal skateboard deck and trucks. You can use wheels that are far bigger (65-85mm), wider, shaper lipped for more grip, RKP trucks and much bigger wheelbases for stability. Either a cruiser longboard (a drop through), or a cruiser deck if you want something more nimble and far closer to a skateboard

I was at the ban this premier at the factory in the 80's. Never skated a Powell but did skate with Tony a lot in the early 80's. Nice video.

I skate a reissue Lester Kasai board with Indy 169s and rat bones 60mm 90a

You NEVER outgrow skatboarding and shredding and just cruising, dude!

Your reviews are gold. I happened to find you by chance. I'm 47 and have been itching to set up a new board. I'm a bigger dude, always have been, so I like tighter trucks. Do you have any specific bushing recommendations?

It's better then skeletons in their closets.....