Happy birthday from Canada! I'm 56 years old and I just started skateboarding in 2021. I skated as a kid, up until I was about 12 years old. Boards were WAY different back then and we had no skate parks. My goal for 2025 is to dedicate more time to skateboarding and to get to your level! Cheers, Dave.
Same, yeah, I stopped skating around 1979 or 1980 and what we had were pretty much just penny boards or a fiberglass deck. Fast forward to now and it's just crazy
I'm a 44 year old skateboarder from Minnesota. I throw in the towel at 30 degrees. I spend my winters resting and getting patched up. Usually end up at the physical therapist. I've tried skating in the teens, but your bushings freeze up and your wheels lose any grip they'd normally have. Good on you for getting out there in the cold. I'm glad someone's doing it because I don't want to, LOL.
Dude that’s so nice to hear. I never expected to be such an inspiration but it’s been a gift to me ever since I started at 49 and I’m thrilled we’re all in this together.
Happy birthday man! Glad to see you’re still managing to skate through the winter. It’s been so wet here in the UK that I’ve barely made it out in the last few weeks.
That would be rough. I’ve never participated in a sport like skating with so much obsession where I have the need to do it even when it’s not good weather. Even today I’ll have to get out there and see if anything’s cleared off.
Happy Birthday Steve! Hope you have a great birthday weekend! 🥳🎂 Holy heck thats a lot of layers! 😱 Ohh and PS- you should get some insoles if gonna skate Vans. I cant skate them they hurt my feet too much. Ive never been able to skate em. My brother always did.
My best friend from Colorado also loves insoles and won’t skate vans without them. I think the 2 socks thing inadvertently became an epiphany for me. So much better.
Happy bday bro. My wife thought I was crazy skating in the 20s, lol. Gotta scratch that itch. If you're ever passing through Oklahoma City, hit me up. I skate with a crew of guys all in their early 50s. I started back about two years ago. I'll be 50 in three weeks.
@Steves_SkateXplosion I'm not where I was hoping to be at the start. Reality is much different. But the guys help push each other, I'm just limited by how long it takes to recover from a good session, 😆
Happy Birthday Steve from Hull, UK! Your videos continue to be inspirational, informative and above all, FUN, which is what it should be about after all. Keep on rolling to 53 and beyond. How far can you go…?
Hey mate. Appreciate your encouragement. I’m doing this at least for the next 20 years. Honestly thanks to skating I feel younger now than 10 years ago.
Happy Birthday Steve. Considering how cold it is you were on fire today. Perfect rock fakies and those ollies were the best I've seen you do. Nicely popped, good height and you leveled them out perfect. Great vid! 🤘👍🛹🛹
Thanks dude. Thrasher has a really good feel for Ollie’s. Heck it’s been super solid for me on all skating moves. Casper might be losing its pop because I’ve had it for quite some time now.
Happy birthday,👍 Kick turns - fs and bs and pumping...then axle stalls, rock to fakie, etc... not that I have any reason to order you around, or that you have any reason to listen to me! Keep it up, nice work on that ramp.
@ The temperature is ok, between 15 degrees and 19 degrees during the day. In Fahrenheit, if i‘m not mistaken, 59 and 66 Fahrenheit. In this region of Portugal we don‘t have snow, only in the north.
Yooo, we're birthday twins!! Happy belated! I just turned 39 this past Thurs 1/9, too! I restarted skating in fits and spurts a couple years ago and have been more regular in the past year-ish. I haven't cleared snow on a ramp before but maybe I'll try this out. You're awesome, thank you for inspiring us!
@Steves_SkateXplosion Iiiiiii.... did not, unfortunately. Was dark before I got home from work. I have machinations to build a modular mini ramp for my garage that I can set up and store to use in the winter. Have some other priority home projects first, though.
You know it's cold when the snow brushes of your grip tape like it's a chalkboard. The snow didn't make it wet at all. If that happened to me here on the west coast my board would have gotten wet. Good job and keep it up.
on the earth we roll, till we go in the hole / at 75, it's u and me dude. prepare yourself. there can only be one 'Greatest Old Man Skater of All Time'.
Much respect. I turn 51 this yr… you are inspiring me to maybe have a little session sometime this yr. I messed up my knee in the ‘90s. But if I don’t do any high impact ollying… and stick to lip tricks… It just might not swell up like a basketball. ✌️
Happy birthday from the UK. I turned 50 a couple of days ago and was gifted a beautiful cruiser that I'm super keen to get out on. We don't have the snow you have to deal with but it's not the best riding weather... Keep the videos coming 💪🍻😎
@@dosm-t Small but perfectly formed! I had a Mindless Mandala which is similar to the Nomad Gazer but it's too small for me, I've just given that to my daughter and got a Radian for myself. I'm very much still a beginner and the Radian is big enough to be stable and easy but with the potential to do more if I get better.
That’s cool. I’ve neglected much of it so far since I’ve been focused on transition, but as I incorporate more street it’s looking even more awesome to me now.
Happy Birthday Steve!!!! Did you notice if your wheels or bushings behaved differently in the subfreezing temps? Nice Ollies - thinner, colder air definitely giving you some altitude. I like the flame Vans keeping your feet toasty! I didn't mention it in my last comment but loved you wearing your helmet to shovel the half-pipe. You're only getting younger as you get better!
@fatdadskatesbad Oh no man that’s terrible. I wish you quick health then. I figured I might get sick seeing as how I’ve been out in bloody cold weather so much recently.
Happy Birthday Steve! I learned some roll outs today as a gift to you. 🤣 That shoveling paid off big time, can’t wait to see what 52 brings. Cheers! 🎉🛹🍻
@@Steves_SkateXplosion I've never done those, I just rolled up to it and kinda jumped out with one foot on the board and one on the ground a couple times, then just went for it. 😮 I tried some on the 4ft with coping, but that wall is steep, baby steps .... I'll get there. 🎉🛹
Happy birthday! Two pairs of socks is an old skate trick people use to help with keeping good control with flip tricks especially if your shoes are a little loose fitting. Also Q skate park is open at 3 on weekdays!
seriously make yourself a little 2.5ft - 3 ft miniramp in your garage or your basement or even make yourself a 2ft quarter pipe.... imaginbe it Steve.... you try a new trick on the gentle playful transition at home... get that trick dialled in at home.... then u bring it to the bigger transition on the park and lock it in !!!! It will be super cosy! I am glad youre wearing 2 x pairs of socks though, thats super cosy!
That’s a darn good idea man. Actually I’m also thinking about moving to a warm climate and building a setup in my backyard. But that doesn’t help right now. 😆
Have you tried putting your back foot a little farther back when you ollie? I usually put my back foot so the ball of my foot is pretty far back on the center of the tail, and maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 inch or so of my foot is hanging off the back of the tail. Makes the pop come a little quicker I think. 20+ years experience here.
I only skated for one summer back around 1985-1986 when I was about 12-13. And then I picked it up again at 49. Holy cow that was a long break wasn’t it?! 😮
:)), kind of long;). Very very impressed, I fell that My progress going So slow now, but not back:))))). Try today but it is -5 celsius so there is i thin lauer of frost, not good:(
@@t-stro I used the Rodriguez and Caballero for several months but all the sudden dude, I’m loving the 8.5-8.6 range for such excellent control and feel.
Right after this was filmed, a snowskater showed up and was left devasted.
Ha! I never thought of that. Poor guy. 😆
Happy birthday from Canada! I'm 56 years old and I just started skateboarding in 2021. I skated as a kid, up until I was about 12 years old. Boards were WAY different back then and we had no skate parks. My goal for 2025 is to dedicate more time to skateboarding and to get to your level! Cheers, Dave.
Same, yeah, I stopped skating around 1979 or 1980 and what we had were pretty much just penny boards or a fiberglass deck. Fast forward to now and it's just crazy
Hey Dave. When you started again did it feel somewhat natural to you having skated earlier in life?
I love that we’re at a time in skating when everything is available. All the deck and gear options. All the parks. It’s the golden age feels like.
I'm a 44 year old skateboarder from Minnesota. I throw in the towel at 30 degrees. I spend my winters resting and getting patched up. Usually end up at the physical therapist. I've tried skating in the teens, but your bushings freeze up and your wheels lose any grip they'd normally have. Good on you for getting out there in the cold. I'm glad someone's doing it because I don't want to, LOL.
I can really only skate this time of year if there’s zero wind. Otherwise it’s awful.
@@Steves_SkateXplosion Wind chill is one of those things you have to experience at least once in your life, lol.
Happy Bday buddy!!!!! Super Stoked for your year of progression! You killed it this year! All the best for 52. Luv from Australia.
Thanks mate. Appreciate your encouragement. 2025 is going to be awesome. 👊
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, and all the best for the upcoming year!! Keep up the awesomw spirit of riding sideways
Hpbd big man you are an inspiration and a major reason why I’m skateboarding at 51 😎🙌💪💯
Dude that’s so nice to hear. I never expected to be such an inspiration but it’s been a gift to me ever since I started at 49 and I’m thrilled we’re all in this together.
Happy birthday man! Glad to see you’re still managing to skate through the winter. It’s been so wet here in the UK that I’ve barely made it out in the last few weeks.
That would be rough. I’ve never participated in a sport like skating with so much obsession where I have the need to do it even when it’s not good weather. Even today I’ll have to get out there and see if anything’s cleared off.
Happy Birthday Steve! Hope you have a great birthday weekend! 🥳🎂 Holy heck thats a lot of layers! 😱
Ohh and PS- you should get some insoles if gonna skate Vans. I cant skate them they hurt my feet too much. Ive never been able to skate em. My brother always did.
My best friend from Colorado also loves insoles and won’t skate vans without them. I think the 2 socks thing inadvertently became an epiphany for me. So much better.
Happy Birthday Steve. 🎉 Thanks for inspiring us old guys to keep getting on the board. Looking forward to your progress at 52. 👊👍
Skating is the best thing ever isn’t it? Now if I could just get myself to stop buying decks!
never skateboarded before, not even sure how i was recommended this channel from the algo's, but happy birthday, looks like fun, sub'd
Thanks! Dude you gotta try this skating thing, it’s so damn good. 👍
Happy birthday !!! Keep shredding the gnar homie !
Happy birthday man. Keep skating.
Happy birthday, dude. And your shoveling job worked great! Dry and not even an icy patch
I probably should’ve shoveled out the box for my street skating endeavor. 👊
I had to pretty much quit too. I’m 41 and I live off grid with nowhere to skate.
Happy bday bro. My wife thought I was crazy skating in the 20s, lol. Gotta scratch that itch. If you're ever passing through Oklahoma City, hit me up. I skate with a crew of guys all in their early 50s. I started back about two years ago. I'll be 50 in three weeks.
That’s awesome bro. I’ll bet you’re progressing fast with a crew like that.
@Steves_SkateXplosion I'm not where I was hoping to be at the start. Reality is much different. But the guys help push each other, I'm just limited by how long it takes to recover from a good session, 😆
Happy Birthday Steve from Hull, UK! Your videos continue to be inspirational, informative and above all, FUN, which is what it should be about after all. Keep on rolling to 53 and beyond. How far can you go…?
Hey mate. Appreciate your encouragement. I’m doing this at least for the next 20 years. Honestly thanks to skating I feel younger now than 10 years ago.
Happy Birthday Steve. Considering how cold it is you were on fire today. Perfect rock fakies and those ollies were the best I've seen you do. Nicely popped, good height and you leveled them out perfect. Great vid! 🤘👍🛹🛹
Thanks dude. Thrasher has a really good feel for Ollie’s. Heck it’s been super solid for me on all skating moves. Casper might be losing its pop because I’ve had it for quite some time now.
A few of those Ollie’s had some nice height on them. Happy birthday. Fun video, keep em coming.
New subscriber and fellow 52 year old skater. This is a great channel.
Dude thanks for watching and reaching out. Can you believe we’re 52 already? Where did the time go?
Happy birthday Steve!
Happy birthday,👍
Kick turns - fs and bs and pumping...then axle stalls, rock to fakie, etc... not that I have any reason to order you around, or that you have any reason to listen to me!
Keep it up, nice work on that ramp.
Happy Birthday! Nice job clearing that ramp. Dedication!!
Loving the hang time still frames ❤
Thrasher cover yo ❤
Happy birthday from Portugal. I am 54 old and enjoi the days on my deck.
I think you mean "Enjoi"! See what I did there?
Hey dude. Do you have warm weather right now?
@ The temperature is ok, between 15 degrees and 19 degrees during the day. In Fahrenheit, if i‘m not mistaken, 59 and 66 Fahrenheit. In this region of Portugal we don‘t have snow, only in the north.
73 cat myself. Keep it up! Wish you an indoor park close by.
Hey dude. I do but it’s super crazy busy and hard to get anything going.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEGEND! Keep up the amazing videos
Happy Birthday Dude! Looking great on those Ollies, makes my knees hurt just watching. Best wishes for a great year at 52!
Man I gotta take care of my knees at all costs. I need them to stay strong for another couple decades. 👊
Those were some pretty decent birthday ollies! Happy birthday Steve!
Happy Birthday man. Keep it coming my friend 🎉 🎂 🛹
Happy Birthday bro!
Dude!!! Thanks!!!
Happy birthday 🥳🇳🇴
Yooo, we're birthday twins!! Happy belated! I just turned 39 this past Thurs 1/9, too! I restarted skating in fits and spurts a couple years ago and have been more regular in the past year-ish. I haven't cleared snow on a ramp before but maybe I'll try this out. You're awesome, thank you for inspiring us!
Dude I’m glad you found me. Did you skate on your birthday too?
@Steves_SkateXplosion Iiiiiii.... did not, unfortunately. Was dark before I got home from work. I have machinations to build a modular mini ramp for my garage that I can set up and store to use in the winter. Have some other priority home projects first, though.
Happy Birthday Steve!
Best vibes and best wishes for you!
🎉🎉🎉
Appreciate that man! 😀
You know it's cold when the snow brushes of your grip tape like it's a chalkboard. The snow didn't make it wet at all. If that happened to me here on the west coast my board would have gotten wet. Good job and keep it up.
Happy Birthday Steve!
on the earth we roll, till we go in the hole / at 75, it's u and me dude. prepare yourself. there can only be one 'Greatest Old Man Skater of All Time'.
happy birthday brothah !!!!!!!!
Happy birthday! :)
Man all that hard work paid off...
Happy Birthday 🎉
Hey dude. Yeah right up until the next snow! Fricking nature.
Much respect. I turn 51 this yr… you are inspiring me to maybe have a little session sometime this yr. I messed up my knee in the ‘90s. But if I don’t do any high impact ollying… and stick to lip tricks… It just might not swell up like a basketball. ✌️
For sure dude. You could totally become a bowl skater and keep the impact to a minimum. 👊😃
Happy birthday! Keep shredding dude! 😎
Happy birthday from the UK. I turned 50 a couple of days ago and was gifted a beautiful cruiser that I'm super keen to get out on. We don't have the snow you have to deal with but it's not the best riding weather... Keep the videos coming 💪🍻😎
Santa brought me a Lush longboard and I'm dying to get out on it. Maybe tomorrow. Cold but dry now here in the south.
I got Lush Nomad Gazer ❤ What did you get?
Thanks for watching. I’ve never been on a cruiser before. I assume you’ve got nice big soft wheels?
@@Steves_SkateXplosion Yes indeed. Huge soft wheels and flexy trucks. I don't have the smooth looking parks around me that you've got Steve 😎
@@dosm-t Small but perfectly formed! I had a Mindless Mandala which is similar to the Nomad Gazer but it's too small for me, I've just given that to my daughter and got a Radian for myself. I'm very much still a beginner and the Radian is big enough to be stable and easy but with the potential to do more if I get better.
Watching these building blocks build baby ✊😇🫒
I’m feeling it man. 2025 is going to be sick!
Shredding bud... good job getting out whenever you can. Us mid-west folks too often lose our skills due to weather... happy birthday
Right exactly. I’ve put too much work in to take any more than a few days off. Particularly the Ollie’s.
Happy bday man!🎉
Happy Birthday from Germany 🇩🇪
I like to try new tricks on cold weather, cause you have so much clothing on top you so it feels like you have extra layer of padding!
Happy Hippy Birthday Steve 💝🫒💝🫒
Westfield skatepark in Indiana. Love this little park. Has just enough of what you may need! Skated this park for many many years
That’s cool. I’ve neglected much of it so far since I’ve been focused on transition, but as I incorporate more street it’s looking even more awesome to me now.
Happy birthday man! You had me for a minute with that title!
Happy Birthday Steve!!!! Did you notice if your wheels or bushings behaved differently in the subfreezing temps? Nice Ollies - thinner, colder air definitely giving you some altitude. I like the flame Vans keeping your feet toasty! I didn't mention it in my last comment but loved you wearing your helmet to shovel the half-pipe. You're only getting younger as you get better!
You noticed the helmet! Ha! I’ve only got a couple mentions on that but I thought it was a funny little addition to the video. 😁
Happy Plappy! I turn 52 on Oct. I can’t skate at all. Ankle is fubar. Sucks. Carry on for me!
Water is an insulator, when its snow covered, dry and sunny it can be very warm in places 😇
Yeah it actually felt pretty decent for being so cold. Sun for the win!
Happy birthday steve!!!
Happy Birthday from a fellow 52 yo. Unfortunately, 53 is right around the corner for me 😁
Dude we’re so young. Life starts at 50? 😁
@Steves_SkateXplosion yes! Plenty of time to keep shredding!
Happy birthday! Keep killing it!
That's sick man, Keep Skating, take care. ;)
Happy Birthday!
your ollies getting better mate
54 yrs old.I have to skate for happiness
Same here. It’s literally a mood enhancer for me. 👍😃
some of those ollies were getting to a good height Steve!
Thanks man. I was thinking as long as I keep doing some Ollie’s every single session just like I do drop ins…I figure they’ll get really good. 👍
dedication is key. love to see it
Happy birthday dude
🎉Happy Birthday you crazy shredder!
Happy birthday keep skating
Keep it up man and happy birthday!!!
Thanks bro. Have you been snow covered too because I miss your videos?!
@ stomach virus to covid to strep throat 🤣🤦♂️. Been a LONG past 3 weeks.
@fatdadskatesbad Oh no man that’s terrible. I wish you quick health then. I figured I might get sick seeing as how I’ve been out in bloody cold weather so much recently.
@ i got a 2 and 4 year old. We are sick majority of the year 🤣🤦♂️.
Happy birthday!
Steve you're more core than most pros ✌😇🫒
Happy Birthday to you! 🎉
We got about a foot of snow. Cold and windy. Asphalt is clear and dry, but I still don’t want to go outside to skate
I’m pretty good as long as the wind is not blowing. It’s brutal.
YOURE FLIPPIN RAD, SUPER INSPIRING MAN✌
Happy birthday Steve.
Happy Birthday Steve! I learned some roll outs today as a gift to you. 🤣 That shoveling paid off big time, can’t wait to see what 52 brings. Cheers! 🎉🛹🍻
That’s super awesome man. Have you done those before or is that a newer thing? You looked perfectly comfortable in the video.
@@Steves_SkateXplosion I've never done those, I just rolled up to it and kinda jumped out with one foot on the board and one on the ground a couple times, then just went for it. 😮 I tried some on the 4ft with coping, but that wall is steep, baby steps .... I'll get there. 🎉🛹
Happy Birthday Mang!
I saw "no more skating... Ever" and the name Steve so i clicked on it hoping it was Steve Berra! 🤣
Happy Birthday Sir.
Glad to see your hard work paid off. That has to be a good feeling.
With all the layers you can also take some slams.
Stay Rad Sir
Thanks dude. We got more snow so I need to get back out and survey the situation to see if I’ve got any spot to skate now.
@Steves_SkateXplosion skateboarding, it it is a test of resiliency.
Agreed. What incredible life lessons skating gives us.
@Steves_SkateXplosion 🙏 grateful for it.
Happy birthday! Two pairs of socks is an old skate trick people use to help with keeping good control with flip tricks especially if your shoes are a little loose fitting. Also Q skate park is open at 3 on weekdays!
Dude are you here in Indy area? Have we run into each other at Q before?
seriously make yourself a little 2.5ft - 3 ft miniramp in your garage or your basement or even make yourself a 2ft quarter pipe.... imaginbe it Steve.... you try a new trick on the gentle playful transition at home... get that trick dialled in at home.... then u bring it to the bigger transition on the park and lock it in !!!! It will be super cosy! I am glad youre wearing 2 x pairs of socks though, thats super cosy!
That’s a darn good idea man. Actually I’m also thinking about moving to a warm climate and building a setup in my backyard. But that doesn’t help right now. 😆
At least you got 1 good day of skating out of that ramp cleaning before we got todays snow. Happy birthday, enjoy it, brother.
No kidding. I’ve gotta go back and check to see if I’ve got any place to skate left. I’ll just keep the shovel in the car I guess.
2x pairs of socks = super cosy.... thats an old trick from wayyyyyy back 🧦🧦
Dude I never realized how nice it makes the vans feel. I felt much more confident and my feet didn’t move around inside them at all. 👊
YOU THE BEST!!!!Happy Birthday
"For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:26 KJV
😮 dude happy birthday
The shoes are fire!
Have you tried putting your back foot a little farther back when you ollie? I usually put my back foot so the ball of my foot is pretty far back on the center of the tail, and maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 inch or so of my foot is hanging off the back of the tail. Makes the pop come a little quicker I think. 20+ years experience here.
Yes I’m totally with you. I’m going hard on the Ollie’s this spring so I’ll be hitting them every session. 👊😁
Happy Birthday to my favorite skater on YT. Ollies looking good. Next stop Antarctica
Holy cow. I was thinking next stop Arizona more like it. 😆
@Steves_SkateXplosion still too cold for me. No skating this week 🥶
Happy Birthday! I'm 52 and I WISH I could skate as well as you!
Hey dude! Do you get to skate on a regular basis?
@@Steves_SkateXplosion no, once in a while I'll push around a little bit on my niece's or nephew's board but that's about it.
Happy Bday!
Hey Brother, Happy Birthday and keep on RIPPING!!!!!🎉😂😅🎂🛹
Happy birthday to you, from an 60 year old beginner, an winter skateboarder. You do so fast progress, skate alot when you were younger?
I only skated for one summer back around 1985-1986 when I was about 12-13. And then I picked it up again at 49. Holy cow that was a long break wasn’t it?! 😮
:)), kind of long;). Very very impressed, I fell that My progress going So slow now, but not back:))))). Try today but it is -5 celsius so there is i thin lauer of frost, not good:(
Happy birthday! I was like why and then was like ya dude.
Happy birthday 🎉
very nice pop pops >:D
What's that old saying? Rock out with your???
Happy birthday
I'm 49 and I will never stop
Same bro!! 👊😀
Happy birthday, buddy!
Did you build that half pipe yourself?
@Steves_SkateXplosion yes. Took a couple months to gather materials but assembly wasn't too bad. Wifey helped some. Little more work to be done.
Dude you’ll make gains in no time! Are you currently using the Rodriguez?
@Steves_SkateXplosion yep. Also have a santa cruz everslick I switch to half the time.
@@t-stro I used the Rodriguez and Caballero for several months but all the sudden dude, I’m loving the 8.5-8.6 range for such excellent control and feel.
Happy birthday! Is this in Omaha?
Hey dude. No, it’s Indiana. Probably looks similar this time of year.
Congratulations 🎉
Happy Birthday! You don’t look more than a few days older than in your last video though. It must be the cold weather! 🤣🙈
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 5️⃣2️⃣🛹🛹🛹🛹🛹
Right! It’s gotta be the cold weather preserving me! 👍