Restarting to Skate at 44 years old - Attempt 1

[@thebobbit5895]

Wow... I'm just about to skating again either this week or next week, I'm waiting on some hardware to arrive. I'm restarting at 50 yrs old... I have not skated for 30 yrs. I will follow this channel. Thanks for posting 🇦🇺🦘🔥👍👍

[@SkateCrisis]

Thank you so much Sir! I am now 50yo time runs fast! Hope you will have as much fun as I have. Take it very easy on your first session! All the best!

[@stageiiwappie950]

@@SkateCrisis This is so cool im so proud, i hope i still skate at age 50 too, i just started again at age 33 after 18 years of not skating. I could only do good stationary ollies when i stopped and no other tricks, and i now i start to slowly land some baby rolling ollies, have consistent bs kickturns, and can roll fakie. Progress : )

[@SkateCrisis]

@@stageiiwappie950 Excellent! Let's keep skating until the wheels fall off!

[@nevertoolate5325]

Wow - we're the exact same age. One difference is I've never skated in my life! I bought my first board this week (just a 22" retro thing) and I've nowhere to go but my backyard. But it beats being behind the desk all day. So far I'm just practicing balance. I see you've still got it, man!

[@SkateCrisis]

I will turn 49 soon, but I'm still at it! Rolling is the best thing to do in the beginning!👍🏼🤜🏼

[@middle-agedclimber]

Came here to check how you started :) you definitely look like a former serious skater even on your 1st day after sich a long brake.

[@SkateCrisis]

Thank you man! I will always remember that first Ollie attempt!😅

[@thebobbit5895]

🔥👍👍

[@mariasgringo]

42 year old here. Just started getting back into skating after about a 20 year break. Dude, you are an inspiration. Keep rolling.

[@SkateCrisis]

mariasgringo Thx a lot! Hope to see some of your video sometime too!

[@gebsvideos6856]

Came back to see where it restarted again. Some awesome progression since this video. Some great pop in your ollies in this video coming straight back onto a board. Nice manuals. Cool video.

[@SkateCrisis]

Yes that was the day one and since that I have recorded all my sessions. It was a special day. My wife was in surgery, I was a bit stressed so I took the board that I once mounted for my son hoping that skating would help with my anxiety. Then that first ollie try, first bail became my actual logo but also the logo of another channel were I was creating challenges for old skaters.

[@gebsvideos6856]

That’s a great story. Understand the getting on the board to help with the anxiety.

[@HarounCherif1975]

started skating at 43... one year now... i wish i skated 20 years ago!

[@SkateCrisis]

I will follow your progression man! 👍🏼🤜🏼

[@marshallwhite7324]

We are old, we are legion,we are sore....

[@JordanIsBadAtGames]

So this is where it all began. You’ve progressed a lot since then

[@SkateCrisis]

Jordan O'Meara Thanks a lot man! That day, I brought my wife to the hospital for a surgery in the early morning. I didn't want to wait all day so I went to skate with an old board set up for my son... Since that I'm recording every sessions.

[@chriscorsello]

Wow, I just posted a video very similar to this, except I only took a 9 year break, although when I was in my 30s, I wasn't really practicing tricks, more just rolling around and charging parking garages. Back at it now, and having fun. Glad to see I am not the only one, gonna check out some of your newer videos!

[@SkateCrisis]

Hi NorCalCorsello, if you look a bit more on youtube, you'll see that there is a small community of Old Skateboarders. I will Sub to your channel.

[@chriscorsello]

I am starting to discover more and more over 40 skateboarders on KZbin. I am excited by that, as I wish I could find someone my age to skate with in my area, but at least having the support and encouragement and camaradarie here on KZbin is definitely better than none of that at all!

[@SkateCrisis]

That's exactly the point. Sometime, even if you find someone of your age, it's difficult to fix time to met because of work, family...

[@sadhvacman7238]

The no comply trick is now days called a no comply backside shove it. Back in the day it was a backside step off shove it. The pebbles have caused my worse slams since I've been riding again. I'm mostly riding hybrid wheels because of it. If I'm somewhere really smooth and clean, I'll skate the 101's but the hybrids on rough and unfamiliar places with loose gravel are really incredible and a big confidence booster for me. They will slide too. A little different feeling slide than with the hard wheels though.

[@SkateCrisis]

Sad hvacman, Thanks for the trick name. You're right about the whells, I should buy one pair of those hybrids, specially when at the end of winter, gravels are everywhere.

[@erikssonskate9317]

you progressed like hell! gågå!!!

[@SkateCrisis]

MyLifeAsJohn Thx man!🤜🏼👍🏼

[@benjaminpoulsen2754]

🇩🇰🇩🇰

[@Milleralbertothai]

Great! I restart skating after about a 22 year break.. I'm 40 year old here and I feel close to you.

[@SkateCrisis]

That's awesome Dude! Being back on board after such a long time is hard but it's a lot of pleasure too! What trick are you working on?

[@Milleralbertothai]

@@SkateCrisis yes it's hard but so beautiful! Now I working on my ollie on flat and shove it to fakie on the bank. I thinking start make video of progression (me and my daughter)

[@XSProgression]

Hah that first bail on your first try must’ve made you think back and remember that part of the game. “Ahh.. oh yeah.. skateboarding” haha

[@XSProgression]

Just finished the video. That’s great you could still push around and get some decent Ollie’s while riding. Cool to see your progress since this upload!!

[@SkateCrisis]

Yeah that's were it all began! Since that I have filmed all my sessions.

[@SkateCrisis]

@@XSProgression thanks again man!

[@B_Chanslor]

Those gravels will get ya everytime. I've resorted to keeping a wide push broom in the trunk and giving the spot a good sweep down before a session, some of the worst slams I've had have come from loose gravels. #BaneOfMyExistence

[@SkateCrisis]

You're right man, you never exept the gravel bail and it usually hurts !

[@kevinfetu]

La même pour moi depuis quelques jours ! j’ai essayé un surfskate il y a 3 semaines pour rigoler, je me suis racheté une board dans la foulée… 🤦‍♂️ Depuis je passe mon temps à faire des ollies. Ça revient vite, mais il me manque l’élégance d’il y a 25 ans 😂

[@SkateCrisis]

Génial, bravo ! Je me souviens surtout que ça m'avait fait bien mal!🤣 7 ans plus tard j'ai un peu mis les ollies de côté, les jambes ne suivent plus... Je me suis mis aux slappy depuis un an et ça a donné un nouvel élan à ma pratique ! J' ai fait un peu de surfskate récemment en pumptrack et j'ai adoré la sensation de carve, un peu comme du snowboard...