hell yeah dude. I just came back two weeks ago after a 24 year absence. Im 43 but I came across your vids and you are a damn inspiration. Hopefully Im still doin cool shit like this at your age. Keep rollin and killin it!
You had me! Congrats on 63, glad you're still skating! I'm closing in on 38, been on skates since I was about 7, and I can't really see a life without them. They're a blessing!
Thank you! I really am enjoying the inlines and glad I got back into skateboarding, I always look forward to going skating especially the days with my son.
I recently broke my leg while skating, I’m benched for now but I will get back out there when I’m healthy. Been enjoying watching your progress, happy birthday and happy skating! 🤙
I clicked expecting the title to be clickbait, was then saddened by the fact that it seemed genuine, then spent the rest of the video after the twist smiling :) I just started inline skating at 41 and was worried I was starting too old, but you're just out there bossing it at 62, you're inspirational:)
You are definitely not too old, what I wouldn't give to be 41 again and skating! I did skateboard with my oldest son in my early 50's (I skateboarded all thru my teens as well) and had a blast, but he moved on to other things and so did I. My 20 year old got me going on the inlines last fall and that has been a total blast. Just go at your own pace and don't try to compare yourself to other skaters. Enjoy the journey and don't worry about what you can and can't do, as long as you are having fun, that's all that counts. Best of luck on your journey!
Happy Birthday! Please, keep rolling forever, skating makes you younger! No matter what age you don't need to be doing insane tricks to enjoy it! Nothing I love more than just longboarding down smooth walkways near the beach and just skating all day!
I'm padded up like the Michelin Man and still manage to find a chink in the armor. I did recently switch from Bodyprox padded shorts to rHip cLip's hip pads that clip inside your pants. I get better hip protection because I can place them where I want them and they are so much cooler, the bodyprox are hot even in winter.
I was shaking my head because even I have followed along for the story and thought at the very least you shouldn’t rule out marathon skating. Three wheels. I have knee problems and the only way that I can exercise is by doing physical labor or rollerblading feels great. My knees hurt even after going for a long way. Keep going with the adventure. You’re good.
Thanks. I did trail marathon and ultra-marathon running for years and really don't want to get back into anything long distance! I love skating transition at the parks and hopefully can keep that going for at least a few more years.
I'm coming back to skateboarding after a LOT of years off and still new to the inlines. I am so glad I got back into it and got on the blades, though I have had to adjust my expectations some. I can't, and probably never will, skateboard like I did earlier in my life, but I am having a blast and still making progress. I would say definitely give it a go and see what you think. If you loved it before, chances are you still will!
wow, great duuuude. You doing great. Iam 43 and started about a month ago after 27 years break. Inline Skating and Skateboarding. It is getting better each day. Been lucky having time to do my 3-6 hours in the skatepark. Mostly working on transition. Much respect to you, looking amazing. You´re in a great shape and having good reactions. 20 years from now i can only wish being in the same shape. Have a great time, looking forward to your next videos. Have fun and take care. Bless you ! Greets from Germany
Brilliant! Happy Birthday! I'm an old skater, but havent skated for decades, I'm just on the verge of buying some aggressive skates soon. You inspired me at 54! Thanks for the post.
Thank you. I am so glad my son got me into the inlines. I have had a blast with them and it also reignited my love for skateboarding. My problem now is my body can't keep up with my desire to skate! Good luck on your comeback!
Happy birthday! You fooled me haha I'm 34, started inline skating May 2023 at 33. I could have been skating since 2004 when I started hanging out at skateparks, but nothing came of it. Then again at 2019 when I wanted to learn so I could be out and about with my dog, but she passed later that year. I do feel bummed out I missed all those years of experience, but I'm glad I started anyway. "Better late than never" I suppose :) Feels great doing it, only thing in my way is the weather. Our climate kinda sucks haha
You are so right about the better late than never. I feel the same way about skateboarding. I have done that off and on my whole life and see guys my age who never quit with crazy skill still and wish I never stopped. BUT I am so glad I started back and found inline, both of them are so much fun and I just love skating transition on the both. Our climate is hot and humid in the summer, but you can get used to that and winter is mild and totally skateable. Good luck on your journey!
Wow, didnt know you also skate on the board. I just quit skateboarding 2 weeks ago to learn inline skating, but you motivated me to still do these two sports. I'm 41 btw and used to skate for few years from time to time but still Im struggling with my mini ollie, thats why I started something else like inline skating and it's fun.
I grew up skateboarding and still love it and am glad I got back into it. I started the inlines with my son last fall and have really had a great time on those too. I'm sure I would make more progress if I stuck to just 1, but at my age its less about progress and more about just enjoying the journey. I generally blade when I am with my son and skateboard when I am alone and that works out pretty evenly. I struggle with everything that requires a jump, but I love skating transitions on both blades and the board so much that I'll never run out of new things to try. Good luck on your journey!
Click bait! You got me. I stayed until the end. So glad you're enjoying the process! I don't do inline but I picked up longboarding in my middle age. Nice job dropping in on the board. I ride pump tracks on my smaller longboards. Hope to drop in one day!
That's awesome! I love longboarding but have not done it in many years. I had one of the early Sector 9 boards and skated it all over the place in the early 2000's. I need to pick up a new longboard and go cruising. The drop in's, like most everything in skating, are 90% mental. I worked my way up to the coping doing kick turns, and if you can do that, you can drop in. Decide you are going to do it and don't spend more than a second or 2 on the edge or you'll lose your commitment. Best of luck on that and your longboarding!
We love the park and are so blessed to have it so close to us. There are probably 5 great parks within an hour of us and each has its own unique features that are so fun to skate.
I've been following your adventures since your first video and congratulations on skating at 63 (at 48 I'm 15 years behind you). FWIW One of the things I've been working lately is to jump up and over obstacles and place my feet on them, rather than trying to slide up to them like you're doing.
I have been trying to do that more and it's coming, just very slowly. I do a better job in the beginning then start to lose it as my legs get more tired. I do find that any grind I manage to get on the ledge is always because I jumped on top and not into it. For some reason my rear leg, the soul foot, always wants to lag behind. I think subconsciously I am using it as a safety net for my bad knee, which is the front leg, so that it always touches ground first. That's definitely something I am working hard to overcome at the park.
@@soyale360As you have probably seen, I have really not even gotten a good lock on switch so its hard to tell. The switch I tried to do mizu because of the of "toes out" position of that vs the "toes in" type of position on the regular soul was easier on my knee, but it is just not clicking, and I think on the ledges its that same left leg that lags when its the mizu foot. It looks like something I am going to have to work on without the skates, I even have that same problem doing box jumps and on the skateboard. I think its just a mental thing I will need to focus on both on and off the skates to see if I can get both feet to pull up at the same level. I had to work on that really hard jumping out of the bowl section at the local park, in that case it was my right leg dragging, because that left leg wanted to be the first on the ground after the jump. I have finally gotten to the point I can lift both feet evenly on those jumps now, so I know its just focus. Ultimately I think its a matter of overcoming decades of favoring that right leg and it will come at some point I hope!
I can definitely see both sides of that. I love to skate and have always loved skateboarding, though I took a long time off any real skating, and now love the inlines as well. I love to learn new tricks too, that keeps me motivated to keep pushing myself to get better. I also see how it can become a trap, however, if you are basing your enjoyment of the sport(s) on how many tricks you know or fast you are progressing. The joy is in the learning, getting more comfortable, and pushing yourself to progress. If you aren't pushing yourself at some level to be a better skater, I think you are missing out on some of the fun as well. Its a circle: the better you get, the more you can do, and the more you can do, the more fun you have which makes you want to skate more, which makes you better and round and round. In the end though, you are 100% correct, skate because you love skating and no other reason!
I am half your age. Just earlier today I decided to give a different style of skating (artistic skating) a try and ordered a pair of skates. I've always avoided sports, because my PE teachers managed to instill the believe in me, that doing any kind of sports is cruel and unusual torture. I always thought that someday the first signs of aging would scar me into starting to exercise, but what ultimately brought me to the decision to order some skates, is being faced with the realization, that if you don't do something today, you might never know when it is to late. Two of my loved ones developed severe physical disabilities over the last couple of years and are barely able to leave the house. It makes one realize, that there really isn't a guarantee for the future. I've always enjoyed skating and always fantasized about learning to do it properly one day. And if two months from now, something happens and I have to give it up again, it was at least worth it to try. Which leaves the question: If you were to decide tomorrow, that you are done with skating after all, would you still say it was worth it to start so late in life?
My path is exactly opposite yours. I have been active and involved in extreme sports my whole life. I have broken bones from my head (around my eye socket) to most of my toes, and lots in between. I have had sprains, strains, dislocations, separations, had plantar fasciitis for almost 15 years, and now have severe arthritis in my left wrist and right knee. All that said, I would not change a single thing. To answer your question, yes I would say 100% it was worth it to start the inlines late in life, and I am glad I rediscovered skateboarding as it was something I absolutely loved as a teenager. If I suffered an injury tomorrow that ended it all, I would be upset, but I would never, ever, regret having tried. I encourage you to give it a try. You can't make it completely safe, nothing in life is, but you can take your time, learn the basics, wear appropriate padding, don't skate outside your limits, and I bet before long you will gain confidence and skill you never thought you could. Give it a try and let me know how it feels!
@@theaverageoldguy "don't skate outside your limits" See, that's the thing about sports I am starting to realize. You should reach your limits and you need to push them to improve, but you should not go beyond. As a kid I was pushed beyond my limits a lot. I was one of the younger ones in class and a brainy kid to boot. Instead of recognizing my physical limitations, my teachers would call me lazy. Going beyond your limits feels really, really awful. For the longest time I thought, that my body was just weird and didn't produce that dopamine rush you're supposed to get from physical activity. But recently I saw a video where a psychiatrist talked about how kids like me often start to believe, that they are just not capable of doing sports, because their teachers assumed everyone in class had the same limitations. Now that I am an adult and have no teachers anymore who can belittle my efforts, I really hope I can find that joy, that people like you seem to get from sports. And with all the research we have around physical exercise, I think my chances are pretty good, as long as I go at my own pace.
@@melinnamba The key to sports, and exercise in general, is to find something you like so you will be excited to do it. I have been a runner all my life and love it, and I see so many people try to take up running for fitness or weight loss, but they hate it and try to force themselves to do it, and that never works. If you enjoy what you do, you'll do it more often, and the more often you do it, the better you get and the more fun you will have. Just doing that will expand your limits, and what used to scare or intimidate you will become fun. Starting something from scratch always has a learning period that may not be as fun as you thought it would be, but try to hang in long enough to get past that stage and see if you really like the artistic skating. If you go for a while and end up really not liking it, move on and don't beat yourself up about it, but don't give up on it until you really give it a good try and get past the awkward initial stages. I hope you will find joy in the skating and continue it for life!
Thanks! Yea, this heat is brutal. Seth and I skated last night and almost got heat exhaustion, probably sweated a gallon and just couldn't drink enough to keep up. Even the teenagers are staying home now, and there is no end in sight here.
@@theaverageoldguy I can't agree more. Got to be somewhere that has light at night or early morning to stay out long. Thought about bringing a p-rail into a parking garage but haven't yet. No indoor options here except rinks...
@@Bl8ingSh0rts We have an indoor park nearby, but its just as hot in there as outside! I'm slowly getting used to it, I ran in this heat/humidity all my life, but it does get harder to deal with as you get older. Seth hates it.
@@theaverageoldguy We skated all in the dead of summer last year and it was hot but we soldiered through it. This summer is just about unbearable. You and I wear full pads and that really stops body heat venting. Stay hydrated my friend.
The way in which you balance, and how it feels when riding into a backside axle stall will be different than how it feels when you position yourself from the top in a BS axle stall, like you were doing to practice those axle to roll in, or to half kick turn, or whatever terminology you prefer to use. When riding up the transition into an axle stall, you can get your balance, while getting into the stall, and then stand straight up like you are when you start from the top in an axle stall. However, typically most skaters upon entering into an axle stall on the coping will generally be squatting a little with their knees bent, and their torsos down low closer to the board, and your weight will generally stay above the transition of the ramp, rather than shifting your body's mass into being vertical, straight above your board, as you are when you start the axle stall at the top of the ramp, when you cheat yourself into an axle stall, rather than riding into one, and nothing wrong with that cheating method for learning. Yes, riding into an axle stall, your body will be in a slightly different position, where it is more compressed, and it will stay out above the ramp more. You can always shift your weight to perform a longer lasting axle stall, but riding into it with a different balancing of your weight, and momentum, you will appear to have more of a flowing style, and it should also feel more flowy, this will help you transition into other tricks should you ever want to expand into various grinds, or other lip tricks. Besides, it feels so much better to ride the transition, hit the coping, and ride back down the transition in one smooth, flowing motion, than it does to perform an actual stall on the coping, for a stall interrupts that flowing sensation one can derive from skateboarding, and that flowing sensation can be highly addictive!!!
Yea, I definitely want to work my way into riding into it and not just starting from the top in the stall. I don't have a great place to work on that though, none of our walls are set up like a mini-ramp that you can work your way into easily, you have to approach from flat ground and hope your speed is right. I would love to have a 3 foot quarter to work on, but ours are bigger and its really intimidating working into that! At my age, anything that looks like "flow" is probably an accident!
Wow that was awesome man! 😮Those axle drops are so good now. You’re getting in position and dropping much faster than even just a week ago. Also loved the box jumps at the end. We’ll definitely get together in the near future and have some skate sessions. Happy 63rd birthday! 🎂 🎉
Thanks! I put the 10 rep plan to work on those axle drops and its working pretty well. The box jump scared the crap out of me, I haven't jumped off anything that high since I was a teenager. I can't believe we used to jump off loading ramps on those 5 inch wide plastic boards, that ain't happening again!
Love to this brother here. The main thing for older skaters is fitness. You have to maintain the flexibility and strength in your hips, thighs, knees, and ankles. You may need to be working out as much as skating. You can see when AOG gets tired he starts bending forward at the waist, throwing his head out of line with the board, and inevitably falling. You must be able to compress into a squat with a neutral back position when needed. See Mitchie Brusco's channel "Skate IQ." Physics don't change just because you're older. See Norman Wood's channel. (the board does what the body tells it to do). Good effort. Inspirational. Love to all skateboarders everywhere. Avoid Thrasher and other Satanic forces. Pray.
Continuing to work out as you get older is essential, you can't just skate (or whatever sport you play) you need to weight train and work on your mobility as well. No matter how hard you try, you lose those things as you get older and it gets harder and harder to maintain strength and flexibility. At my age its all I can do to stop the slide and maintain my strength and if I can not go backwards in any given year, that's progress!
@@theaverageoldguy I hear you, and thank you for that honest personal reply. Having done all we can in human strength, the only thing left is prayer: "Pray one for another that you may be healed." I will pray for you, for skateboarding success, for increased fitness and mobility, for unprecedented longevity in your life and pursuits, all your loved ones to be saved and for the general will of God to be done in your life, as it is written: "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved, you and your house." Also, pray for the skateboarding community to turn from darkness (satanic forces, Thrasher etc) to the light of Christ. Skateboarding is one of if not the biggest sport worldwide for children, and reaches demographics no other sport can. A skateboard can get into places where a Bible cannot go. It is perhaps unsurprising then that Satan has targeted skateboarding for his own. If you're like me, you have lost many friends to such things as drugs, suicide, early tragedies, accidents, war, etc. some of which were cosmically ordained, but others which were preventable. Skateboarding caused a few broken bones, but never killed any of them. But you are a survivor, and your life experience is instructive. You can be an example to the younger ones. You are an inspiration. Please do not be offended at my instructions, as I give them to the wise at the direction of one much wiser. Love to you and yours. PS. Massage gun, 2X day!
@@theaverageoldguy cool. I think next year for sure. Which state are you in? I will return to western new york in January coming from abroad. I'm sure I'll have a couple weeks free to travel.
@@theaverageoldguy Awesome. Yeah, not too far. i'm hoping to travel a bit anyway for a few weeks. I'll be back to the states in mid January. I know it's not possible to skate in western New York in January, but how about your area? I'm used to skating in the cold, just not the snow. I skated most of the winter in Beijing, it's usually cold but dry.
@@merlebump5328 We can generally do outdoor sports all year, we get very little snow and that's usually gone quickly if we do get it. Last winter my son and I never had to wait on weather to skate. Cold here is not the same as cold in upstate NY! We rarely have days with the high temp below freezing, most winter days average in the 40's and 50's, very comfortable skating weather.
Wizard skating does look like a lot of fun, though it seems those wizard frames are really expensive! For now, I have all I can handle just trying to learn transition skating and grinding, but maybe someday I'll give that a try!
Amazing Clickbait and Troll Intro, Keep Shredding my man, My heart actually sank a bit when you said you weren't skating anymore... Happy Birthday brotha
If you don't fall, if you don't get injured, you're not pushing yourself, and you are not learning anything new, and you're not advancing your skill level. But to each their own, for some have no desire to increase the number of tricks they can perform, and they only yearn to feel that sensation of skating down the road!
From that dismount at the end there, in which you hurt your hip slightly, did you know that they make shorts with removable hip pads? Well, they do . . . however, when I just looked it up online, all of the images I saw, were of shorts with absolutely no style whatsoever, and with an obvious appearance of being padded. They were once available in a manner that was rather stylish (not trendy), and had an appearance to where it wasn't blatantly obvious that they had pads as what I see online with a quick search today.
You Jag-off. I know your monkey @$$ for 54 years, and you STILL fished me in. Well played, my friend. Lookin’ forward to your next visit. Will have that Yammy boxed & ready to go🎚🎼
I do a daily mobility routine to help with the skating. I tried some real yoga once and it almost killed me! I definitely need work on my mobility, that starts going really fast after you turn 50.
I'm talking about the G-form short pants that you wear under your cloting. they are made for cyclists. They have soft plastic pad on the hips and rear. the soft plastic hardens when it receives a shock and becomes soft again afterwards. it's very comfortable you totally forget you're wearing them and I've had enough falls with them which have proven to me that they are very effective. By the way, I'm 63 years old too, I started roller skating last year and immediately fell in love with this sport. I embarked on this project looking for a means of transportation because I was losing the ability to walk the usual long distances. Now it's my passion.
@@alainisabelledemontreal2484 Glad to hear you got into skating, always good to hear from older folks that are staying active! I have checked out some of the g-form pads and they look great. I purchased a set of Rhip Clips now that clip into your pants and you place them where you want them. I wore Bodyprox padded shorts previously and they just seemed to be missing padding right on my hip bone (and were HOT) and the Rhip Clips I can put exactly there. I have fallen in them some and they work great, but I will check out the G-forms as well. Thanks!
Yea, was trying to cover both blading and skateboarding. I never know whether to call it blading or inlining or just skating, I guess "skating" is more the quads??
![[TH] LEV vs TLN | TE vs VIT - VALORANT Champions 2024 DAY 3](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_AbmrWv2lO0/mqdefault.jpg)
You cheeky bastard, you really had me for a second there! Happy birthday and good luck on another year of learning
Thanks, I hope this next year is as good as the last one!
hell yeah dude.
I just came back two weeks ago after a 24 year absence. Im 43 but I came across your vids and you are a damn inspiration. Hopefully Im still doin cool shit like this at your age.
Keep rollin and killin it!
Nothing like a little time off to reignite the fire! Good luck on your return journey!
You had me! Congrats on 63, glad you're still skating! I'm closing in on 38, been on skates since I was about 7, and I can't really see a life without them. They're a blessing!
Thank you! I really am enjoying the inlines and glad I got back into skateboarding, I always look forward to going skating especially the days with my son.
I recently broke my leg while skating, I’m benched for now but I will get back out there when I’m healthy. Been enjoying watching your progress, happy birthday and happy skating! 🤙
Oh man, I hate to hear that! Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery! Hopefully the time will pass fast and you'll be back in no time.
I clicked expecting the title to be clickbait, was then saddened by the fact that it seemed genuine, then spent the rest of the video after the twist smiling :) I just started inline skating at 41 and was worried I was starting too old, but you're just out there bossing it at 62, you're inspirational:)
You are definitely not too old, what I wouldn't give to be 41 again and skating! I did skateboard with my oldest son in my early 50's (I skateboarded all thru my teens as well) and had a blast, but he moved on to other things and so did I. My 20 year old got me going on the inlines last fall and that has been a total blast. Just go at your own pace and don't try to compare yourself to other skaters. Enjoy the journey and don't worry about what you can and can't do, as long as you are having fun, that's all that counts. Best of luck on your journey!
Happy Birthday! Please, keep rolling forever, skating makes you younger! No matter what age you don't need to be doing insane tricks to enjoy it! Nothing I love more than just longboarding down smooth walkways near the beach and just skating all day!
As my old neighbor at the beach used to say "you ain't wrong" Keep it going and enjoy the journey!
You definitely got me! Very funny stuff. I love to hear it. Happy birthday!
Thank you!
haha, i love your optimism and enthusiasm! Keep it up! 💪
Thanks! I'm looking forward to a great year at 63!
Happy birthday 🤙
Thank you!
Chłopie jesteś moją inspiracją. Jesteś w lepszej formie ode mnie.
Im 52 on a surf skate and loving it. If I go to the skate park I wear hip and tail pad shorts it makes all the difference.
Happy birthday.
I'm padded up like the Michelin Man and still manage to find a chink in the armor. I did recently switch from Bodyprox padded shorts to rHip cLip's hip pads that clip inside your pants. I get better hip protection because I can place them where I want them and they are so much cooler, the bodyprox are hot even in winter.
I was shaking my head because even I have followed along for the story and thought at the very least you shouldn’t rule out marathon skating. Three wheels. I have knee problems and the only way that I can exercise is by doing physical labor or rollerblading feels great. My knees hurt even after going for a long way.
Keep going with the adventure. You’re good.
Thanks. I did trail marathon and ultra-marathon running for years and really don't want to get back into anything long distance! I love skating transition at the parks and hopefully can keep that going for at least a few more years.
GOT ME SO BAD. felt dissapointment, sorrow, then happiness! hahaha happy birthday! keep skatin guys!
Yeah, sorry. The jokester in me came out to play a little.
Awesome. I've been thinking of skating again. I grew up skating in the 90s.
I'm coming back to skateboarding after a LOT of years off and still new to the inlines. I am so glad I got back into it and got on the blades, though I have had to adjust my expectations some. I can't, and probably never will, skateboard like I did earlier in my life, but I am having a blast and still making progress. I would say definitely give it a go and see what you think. If you loved it before, chances are you still will!
You had me there! I had the feeling you might be back though... just not so soon! Great vid, you are an inspiration
Thank you. I'm hoping to make some decent progress at 63, I'm definitely not done yet!
Happy birthday dude, keep killin' it 💪
Thanks! Trying my best for a great year at 63
wow, great duuuude. You doing great. Iam 43 and started about a month ago after 27 years break. Inline Skating and Skateboarding. It is getting better each day. Been lucky having time to do my 3-6 hours in the skatepark. Mostly working on transition. Much respect to you, looking amazing. You´re in a great shape and having good reactions. 20 years from now i can only wish being in the same shape. Have a great time, looking forward to your next videos. Have fun and take care. Bless you ! Greets from Germany
Happy birthday! Cheers to another year of progress and inspiring us all.
Thank you! Hoping 63 will be my best year yet!
Awesome job. Happy Birthday!
Thank you!
Happy birthday dude. You are an inspiration.
Im 53 this year.
Brilliant! Happy Birthday! I'm an old skater, but havent skated for decades, I'm just on the verge of buying some aggressive skates soon. You inspired me at 54! Thanks for the post.
Thank you. I am so glad my son got me into the inlines. I have had a blast with them and it also reignited my love for skateboarding. My problem now is my body can't keep up with my desire to skate! Good luck on your comeback!
Fooled me! Happy birthday and keep shredding 🤙🏻
Thanks! I plan to try, this heatwave here in NC is doing me in!
damn that park looks like soo much fun, also you're doing great and im glad you're still going
We love our local park! Can't wait to see what the next year brings.
Happy birthday! You fooled me haha
I'm 34, started inline skating May 2023 at 33. I could have been skating since 2004 when I started hanging out at skateparks, but nothing came of it. Then again at 2019 when I wanted to learn so I could be out and about with my dog, but she passed later that year.
I do feel bummed out I missed all those years of experience, but I'm glad I started anyway. "Better late than never" I suppose :)
Feels great doing it, only thing in my way is the weather. Our climate kinda sucks haha
You are so right about the better late than never. I feel the same way about skateboarding. I have done that off and on my whole life and see guys my age who never quit with crazy skill still and wish I never stopped. BUT I am so glad I started back and found inline, both of them are so much fun and I just love skating transition on the both. Our climate is hot and humid in the summer, but you can get used to that and winter is mild and totally skateable. Good luck on your journey!
Happy birthday legend!
Thank you!
Wow, didnt know you also skate on the board. I just quit skateboarding 2 weeks ago to learn inline skating, but you motivated me to still do these two sports. I'm 41 btw and used to skate for few years from time to time but still Im struggling with my mini ollie, thats why I started something else like inline skating and it's fun.
I grew up skateboarding and still love it and am glad I got back into it. I started the inlines with my son last fall and have really had a great time on those too. I'm sure I would make more progress if I stuck to just 1, but at my age its less about progress and more about just enjoying the journey. I generally blade when I am with my son and skateboard when I am alone and that works out pretty evenly. I struggle with everything that requires a jump, but I love skating transitions on both blades and the board so much that I'll never run out of new things to try. Good luck on your journey!
At first, I was thinking, oh no. Happy Birthday!
Happy B-day mister! Stay rad!
Thank you!
Happy Birthday !! Keep skating
Thank you!
happy birthday ! you just earned a new subscriber good sir! keep shredding🥳😎
Thank you! and thank you for the sub!
Never been more scared seeing a title than this. Early happy 63rd birthday! 🥳🎉🎉
Thanks! Hopefully I can keep it going this next year and make some improvements.
Respect brother . Sk8 till death 👊
Click bait! You got me. I stayed until the end. So glad you're enjoying the process! I don't do inline but I picked up longboarding in my middle age. Nice job dropping in on the board. I ride pump tracks on my smaller longboards. Hope to drop in one day!
That's awesome! I love longboarding but have not done it in many years. I had one of the early Sector 9 boards and skated it all over the place in the early 2000's. I need to pick up a new longboard and go cruising. The drop in's, like most everything in skating, are 90% mental. I worked my way up to the coping doing kick turns, and if you can do that, you can drop in. Decide you are going to do it and don't spend more than a second or 2 on the edge or you'll lose your commitment. Best of luck on that and your longboarding!
HBD dude!
Thank you!
Happy 63's. Have fun and take care!
Thank you!
that park looks like a lot of fun. cheers to 63 and many more
We love the park and are so blessed to have it so close to us. There are probably 5 great parks within an hour of us and each has its own unique features that are so fun to skate.
Happy birthday bro!
You got me...happy birthday
Thank You!
u got me i guess i gotta subscribe and Happy birthday!!!
Thank you!
I've been following your adventures since your first video and congratulations on skating at 63 (at 48 I'm 15 years behind you). FWIW One of the things I've been working lately is to jump up and over obstacles and place my feet on them, rather than trying to slide up to them like you're doing.
I have been trying to do that more and it's coming, just very slowly. I do a better job in the beginning then start to lose it as my legs get more tired. I do find that any grind I manage to get on the ledge is always because I jumped on top and not into it. For some reason my rear leg, the soul foot, always wants to lag behind. I think subconsciously I am using it as a safety net for my bad knee, which is the front leg, so that it always touches ground first. That's definitely something I am working hard to overcome at the park.
@@theaverageoldguy do you have the same problem switch? With your leg catching up?
@@soyale360As you have probably seen, I have really not even gotten a good lock on switch so its hard to tell. The switch I tried to do mizu because of the of "toes out" position of that vs the "toes in" type of position on the regular soul was easier on my knee, but it is just not clicking, and I think on the ledges its that same left leg that lags when its the mizu foot. It looks like something I am going to have to work on without the skates, I even have that same problem doing box jumps and on the skateboard. I think its just a mental thing I will need to focus on both on and off the skates to see if I can get both feet to pull up at the same level. I had to work on that really hard jumping out of the bowl section at the local park, in that case it was my right leg dragging, because that left leg wanted to be the first on the ground after the jump. I have finally gotten to the point I can lift both feet evenly on those jumps now, so I know its just focus. Ultimately I think its a matter of overcoming decades of favoring that right leg and it will come at some point I hope!
have no idea why people think that doing tricks makes skating any better? I love skating for the sake of skating.
I can definitely see both sides of that. I love to skate and have always loved skateboarding, though I took a long time off any real skating, and now love the inlines as well. I love to learn new tricks too, that keeps me motivated to keep pushing myself to get better. I also see how it can become a trap, however, if you are basing your enjoyment of the sport(s) on how many tricks you know or fast you are progressing. The joy is in the learning, getting more comfortable, and pushing yourself to progress. If you aren't pushing yourself at some level to be a better skater, I think you are missing out on some of the fun as well. Its a circle: the better you get, the more you can do, and the more you can do, the more fun you have which makes you want to skate more, which makes you better and round and round. In the end though, you are 100% correct, skate because you love skating and no other reason!
Happy Birthday! Keep rolling…
Thank you!
I am half your age. Just earlier today I decided to give a different style of skating (artistic skating) a try and ordered a pair of skates. I've always avoided sports, because my PE teachers managed to instill the believe in me, that doing any kind of sports is cruel and unusual torture. I always thought that someday the first signs of aging would scar me into starting to exercise, but what ultimately brought me to the decision to order some skates, is being faced with the realization, that if you don't do something today, you might never know when it is to late. Two of my loved ones developed severe physical disabilities over the last couple of years and are barely able to leave the house. It makes one realize, that there really isn't a guarantee for the future. I've always enjoyed skating and always fantasized about learning to do it properly one day. And if two months from now, something happens and I have to give it up again, it was at least worth it to try.
Which leaves the question: If you were to decide tomorrow, that you are done with skating after all, would you still say it was worth it to start so late in life?
My path is exactly opposite yours. I have been active and involved in extreme sports my whole life. I have broken bones from my head (around my eye socket) to most of my toes, and lots in between. I have had sprains, strains, dislocations, separations, had plantar fasciitis for almost 15 years, and now have severe arthritis in my left wrist and right knee. All that said, I would not change a single thing. To answer your question, yes I would say 100% it was worth it to start the inlines late in life, and I am glad I rediscovered skateboarding as it was something I absolutely loved as a teenager. If I suffered an injury tomorrow that ended it all, I would be upset, but I would never, ever, regret having tried. I encourage you to give it a try. You can't make it completely safe, nothing in life is, but you can take your time, learn the basics, wear appropriate padding, don't skate outside your limits, and I bet before long you will gain confidence and skill you never thought you could. Give it a try and let me know how it feels!
@@theaverageoldguy "don't skate outside your limits" See, that's the thing about sports I am starting to realize. You should reach your limits and you need to push them to improve, but you should not go beyond. As a kid I was pushed beyond my limits a lot. I was one of the younger ones in class and a brainy kid to boot. Instead of recognizing my physical limitations, my teachers would call me lazy. Going beyond your limits feels really, really awful. For the longest time I thought, that my body was just weird and didn't produce that dopamine rush you're supposed to get from physical activity. But recently I saw a video where a psychiatrist talked about how kids like me often start to believe, that they are just not capable of doing sports, because their teachers assumed everyone in class had the same limitations. Now that I am an adult and have no teachers anymore who can belittle my efforts, I really hope I can find that joy, that people like you seem to get from sports. And with all the research we have around physical exercise, I think my chances are pretty good, as long as I go at my own pace.
@@melinnamba The key to sports, and exercise in general, is to find something you like so you will be excited to do it. I have been a runner all my life and love it, and I see so many people try to take up running for fitness or weight loss, but they hate it and try to force themselves to do it, and that never works. If you enjoy what you do, you'll do it more often, and the more often you do it, the better you get and the more fun you will have. Just doing that will expand your limits, and what used to scare or intimidate you will become fun. Starting something from scratch always has a learning period that may not be as fun as you thought it would be, but try to hang in long enough to get past that stage and see if you really like the artistic skating. If you go for a while and end up really not liking it, move on and don't beat yourself up about it, but don't give up on it until you really give it a good try and get past the awkward initial stages. I hope you will find joy in the skating and continue it for life!
Don't scare us like that! Whew...
Sorry about that, it just came out that day at the park!
Happy 63! I was like dang I was gonna try and skate with you after it cools down some. Good to know I still can haha.
Thanks! Yea, this heat is brutal. Seth and I skated last night and almost got heat exhaustion, probably sweated a gallon and just couldn't drink enough to keep up. Even the teenagers are staying home now, and there is no end in sight here.
@@theaverageoldguy I can't agree more. Got to be somewhere that has light at night or early morning to stay out long. Thought about bringing a p-rail into a parking garage but haven't yet. No indoor options here except rinks...
@@Bl8ingSh0rts We have an indoor park nearby, but its just as hot in there as outside! I'm slowly getting used to it, I ran in this heat/humidity all my life, but it does get harder to deal with as you get older. Seth hates it.
@@theaverageoldguy We skated all in the dead of summer last year and it was hot but we soldiered through it. This summer is just about unbearable. You and I wear full pads and that really stops body heat venting. Stay hydrated my friend.
Omg i was really sad . Happy birthday.
Had me there for a second , I was like nooooooo , 😅 happy birthday buddy 🎉
I'm not giving up that easy!
The way in which you balance, and how it feels when riding into a backside axle stall will be different than how it feels when you position yourself from the top in a BS axle stall, like you were doing to practice those axle to roll in, or to half kick turn, or whatever terminology you prefer to use. When riding up the transition into an axle stall, you can get your balance, while getting into the stall, and then stand straight up like you are when you start from the top in an axle stall. However, typically most skaters upon entering into an axle stall on the coping will generally be squatting a little with their knees bent, and their torsos down low closer to the board, and your weight will generally stay above the transition of the ramp, rather than shifting your body's mass into being vertical, straight above your board, as you are when you start the axle stall at the top of the ramp, when you cheat yourself into an axle stall, rather than riding into one, and nothing wrong with that cheating method for learning. Yes, riding into an axle stall, your body will be in a slightly different position, where it is more compressed, and it will stay out above the ramp more. You can always shift your weight to perform a longer lasting axle stall, but riding into it with a different balancing of your weight, and momentum, you will appear to have more of a flowing style, and it should also feel more flowy, this will help you transition into other tricks should you ever want to expand into various grinds, or other lip tricks. Besides, it feels so much better to ride the transition, hit the coping, and ride back down the transition in one smooth, flowing motion, than it does to perform an actual stall on the coping, for a stall interrupts that flowing sensation one can derive from skateboarding, and that flowing sensation can be highly addictive!!!
Yea, I definitely want to work my way into riding into it and not just starting from the top in the stall. I don't have a great place to work on that though, none of our walls are set up like a mini-ramp that you can work your way into easily, you have to approach from flat ground and hope your speed is right. I would love to have a 3 foot quarter to work on, but ours are bigger and its really intimidating working into that! At my age, anything that looks like "flow" is probably an accident!
Wow that was awesome man! 😮Those axle drops are so good now. You’re getting in position and dropping much faster than even just a week ago.
Also loved the box jumps at the end. We’ll definitely get together in the near future and have some skate sessions. Happy 63rd birthday! 🎂 🎉
Thanks! I put the 10 rep plan to work on those axle drops and its working pretty well. The box jump scared the crap out of me, I haven't jumped off anything that high since I was a teenager. I can't believe we used to jump off loading ramps on those 5 inch wide plastic boards, that ain't happening again!
Turning 50 next year and have considered getting a board for years. You make me feel weak. 😂
No time like the present! Its never too late.
oh man you almost got me lol happy birthday!!
Thanks, I'm not done quite yet!
Love to this brother here. The main thing for older skaters is fitness. You have to maintain the flexibility and strength in your hips, thighs, knees, and ankles. You may need to be working out as much as skating. You can see when AOG gets tired he starts bending forward at the waist, throwing his head out of line with the board, and inevitably falling. You must be able to compress into a squat with a neutral back position when needed. See Mitchie Brusco's channel "Skate IQ." Physics don't change just because you're older. See Norman Wood's channel. (the board does what the body tells it to do). Good effort. Inspirational. Love to all skateboarders everywhere. Avoid Thrasher and other Satanic forces. Pray.
Continuing to work out as you get older is essential, you can't just skate (or whatever sport you play) you need to weight train and work on your mobility as well. No matter how hard you try, you lose those things as you get older and it gets harder and harder to maintain strength and flexibility. At my age its all I can do to stop the slide and maintain my strength and if I can not go backwards in any given year, that's progress!
@@theaverageoldguy I hear you, and thank you for that honest personal reply. Having done all we can in human strength, the only thing left is prayer: "Pray one for another that you may be healed." I will pray for you, for skateboarding success, for increased fitness and mobility, for unprecedented longevity in your life and pursuits, all your loved ones to be saved and for the general will of God to be done in your life, as it is written: "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved, you and your house."
Also, pray for the skateboarding community to turn from darkness (satanic forces, Thrasher etc) to the light of Christ. Skateboarding is one of if not the biggest sport worldwide for children, and reaches demographics no other sport can. A skateboard can get into places where a Bible cannot go. It is perhaps unsurprising then that Satan has targeted skateboarding for his own.
If you're like me, you have lost many friends to such things as drugs, suicide, early tragedies, accidents, war, etc. some of which were cosmically ordained, but others which were preventable. Skateboarding caused a few broken bones, but never killed any of them.
But you are a survivor, and your life experience is instructive. You can be an example to the younger ones. You are an inspiration. Please do not be offended at my instructions, as I give them to the wise at the direction of one much wiser. Love to you and yours.
PS. Massage gun, 2X day!
LOL, you got me!
Happy late Birthday bro new subscriber
Congrats!
Thanks!
Haha Happy Birthday. I was gutted because I really did think you were quitting 😂
Thanks ! The jokester in me just came out for a bit.
Nice bait and switch.
Oh, no. You scared us for a minute. Happy Birthday
Sorry man, we'll still get together and skate one day!
@@theaverageoldguy cool. I think next year for sure. Which state are you in? I will return to western new york in January coming from abroad. I'm sure I'll have a couple weeks free to travel.
@@merlebump5328 I'm in North Carolina. Not real close to New York, but certainly not west coast far away!
@@theaverageoldguy Awesome. Yeah, not too far. i'm hoping to travel a bit anyway for a few weeks. I'll be back to the states in mid January. I know it's not possible to skate in western New York in January, but how about your area? I'm used to skating in the cold, just not the snow. I skated most of the winter in Beijing, it's usually cold but dry.
@@merlebump5328 We can generally do outdoor sports all year, we get very little snow and that's usually gone quickly if we do get it. Last winter my son and I never had to wait on weather to skate. Cold here is not the same as cold in upstate NY! We rarely have days with the high temp below freezing, most winter days average in the 40's and 50's, very comfortable skating weather.
Haha you got me man!!!
The jokester in me came out!
You would be an excellent Wizard Skater...
Wizard skating does look like a lot of fun, though it seems those wizard frames are really expensive! For now, I have all I can handle just trying to learn transition skating and grinding, but maybe someday I'll give that a try!
@@theaverageoldguy There are affordable alternatives such as ROKA frames. The channel "Wheel Scene" made a video about that.
sick gx1000 deck mate
Thanks! I am really loving that board more and more as I skate it.
Amazing Clickbait and Troll Intro, Keep Shredding my man, My heart actually sank a bit when you said you weren't skating anymore... Happy Birthday brotha
Yeah, I just had to do it. Thanks!
If you don't fall, if you don't get injured, you're not pushing yourself, and you are not learning anything new, and you're not advancing your skill level.
But to each their own, for some have no desire to increase the number of tricks they can perform, and they only yearn to feel that sensation of skating down the road!
From that dismount at the end there, in which you hurt your hip slightly, did you know that they make shorts with removable hip pads? Well, they do . . . however, when I just looked it up online, all of the images I saw, were of shorts with absolutely no style whatsoever, and with an obvious appearance of being padded. They were once available in a manner that was rather stylish (not trendy), and had an appearance to where it wasn't blatantly obvious that they had pads as what I see online with a quick search today.
62? 90? Til the wheels fall off!
Hopefully that will be the plan!
got em
Don't stop
I hope I can keep it going. It does get harder as you get older that's for sure!
duuuude i laughed so hard!!!
Where is that park?
Lexington, North Carolina. Its a great park and we are so blessed to have it only about 10 minutes from our house.
Got me scared
Sorry! Thanks for watching!
Why not just switch to Ice Skating? or just incline skating for traveling and no tricks?
I'm still skating, that intro was just a spoof off my birthday being the next day. I'm done at 62 because now I'm 63!
You Jag-off. I know your monkey @$$ for 54 years, and you STILL fished me in. Well played, my friend.
Lookin’ forward to your next visit. Will have that Yammy boxed & ready to go🎚🎼
Should have done yoga
I do a daily mobility routine to help with the skating. I tried some real yoga once and it almost killed me! I definitely need work on my mobility, that starts going really fast after you turn 50.
Get yourdelf some G-form
The pads? Which ones are you referring to, I have looked at some of them in the past.
I'm talking about the G-form short pants that you wear under your cloting. they are made for cyclists. They have soft plastic pad on the hips and rear. the soft plastic hardens when it receives a shock and becomes soft again afterwards. it's very comfortable you totally forget you're wearing them and I've had enough falls with them which have proven to me that they are very effective.
By the way, I'm 63 years old too, I started roller skating last year and immediately fell in love with this sport. I embarked on this project looking for a means of transportation because I was losing the ability to walk the usual long distances. Now it's my passion.
@@alainisabelledemontreal2484 Glad to hear you got into skating, always good to hear from older folks that are staying active! I have checked out some of the g-form pads and they look great. I purchased a set of Rhip Clips now that clip into your pants and you place them where you want them. I wore Bodyprox padded shorts previously and they just seemed to be missing padding right on my hip bone (and were HOT) and the Rhip Clips I can put exactly there. I have fallen in them some and they work great, but I will check out the G-forms as well. Thanks!
You should say blading not skating, misunderstood your title.
Yea, was trying to cover both blading and skateboarding. I never know whether to call it blading or inlining or just skating, I guess "skating" is more the quads??