skateboarding at 25

[Gordi]

Just bought myself a skateboard :) am i gay?

Been going to the skatepark everynight and already picked up quite abit of stuff. cant walk tho. anybody else start at an old age? :cool:

[P_Connor]

Wow it takes me back to when I used to. I was never really any good at all, but was fun. You mentioning it there makes me want to buy another board. In fact I am looking on ebay!

[iMystikz]

Just bought myself a skateboard :) am i gay?

Been going to the skatepark everynight and already picked up quite abit of stuff. cant walk tho. anybody else start at an old age? :cool:

It's not gay if you are good at it! :homme:

[Lionsden]

Well I still skateboard at 33 so I'd say no! Although I've had the skateboards for years.

Word of advice though, the older you get the more it hurts when you fall!!!

[TomT]

Not gay, probably a bit old for it though..

Mainly for this reason


Word of advice though, the older you get the more it hurts when you fall!!!

[MiniGibbo]

Skateboarding is gay no matter how young you are....

[Gordi]

i picked it up quite well tho :P managed to ollie, pop shoveit and can 50-50 grind on the quarter :) scared to drop in the quater though, all i can imagine is face planting the floor -_-

[iMystikz]

I bet none of you would say that if you had the money Tony Hawk has! By doing a "gay" sport.

[MiniGibbo]

Tony hawk is a middle aged man who spends his day on a board of wood playing with kids in a kids park..

Blatant peado.

[headless]

Just bought myself a skateboard :)
Been going to the skatepark everynight and already picked up quite abit of stuff.cant walk tho.

So your a wheelchair bound litter picker who's recently bought a skateboard? :homme:
On a serious note I'd do what you enjoy! Sounds like its coming along nicely for you. I know a lot of people only really get into surfing as a hobby when there a bit older, don't see why you shouldn't skate :)

[Holty]

far from gay mate, look at bam margera and all them :) its a hobbie and if it makes you happy go for it :D

[Tom5190]

Absolutly gay

Totally not jelous i cant even stand on one without breaking some bone in my body.

[Tontsy]

far from gay mate, look at bam margera and all them :) its a hobbie and if it makes you happy go for it :D

bam margera, and the rest of the CKY crew are shit.

Rodney Mullen and Daewon Song is where its at!
Tony still makes millions from it! but now everyone can do the 900 and some 1080, hes loosing the game!

[0rang3peel]

Tony hawk is a middle aged man who spends his day on a board of wood playing with kids in a kids park..

Blatant peado.

tony hawk is a millionaire.. you lay bricks down for a living :homme:

skateboarding is enjoyable I used to ride but we don't really have a park so I haven't bothered in ages.

not sure if I would 'start' boarding at that age though

[GolfJay]

I'm 24 and still skateboard regularly. The one thing I have noticed is that as I get older, falling hurts more and for longer :( I don't bounce like I used to lol

[knight-22]

Tony hawk is a middle aged man who spends his day on a board of wood playing with kids in a kids park..

Hahaha good effort!

[whitevanmen]

I'm 41 and still skate ,mostly street skate but used to ride half pipe too.Lots of my mates from back in the day are still at it too! Never too old i say!

[chris-hall-yo]

Never too old! if you can stand i dont see why not, just makes the weekly swellbow hurt allot more lol

[Prickle]

Tried it once, fell back on one and it hurt! never again..

[Holty]

i dont mind him me i like hes show viva la bam and that but maybe his shit at skateboarding i just know he does it for a living :P, bob burnquist was alright on tony hawk like lmao

bam margera, and the rest of the CKY crew are shit.

Rodney Mullen and Daewon Song is where its at!
Tony still makes millions from it! but now everyone can do the 900 and some 1080, hes loosing the game!

[chris-hall-yo]

Torey Pudwill FTW. legend lol

[GolfJay]

ASW post right here!

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g439/L1QuiD/3295cdc8.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g439/L1QuiD/London7.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g439/L1QuiD/Stoke9-1.jpg

[chris-hall-yo]

YO! Is that south bank in the middle???

[GolfJay]

YO! Is that south bank in the middle???

Hell yeh! Did a mini tour of London a few years ago. Loved the stair set there!

[Ashleyp]

bam margera, and the rest of the CKY crew are shit.!

those dudes pioneered so much stuff in their day.

Jay is that a pic at south banks? i've not skated there in years. the london scenes always been good for rollerblading, spent many a day at canary wharf before it all got capped / covered in security. they've built a load of new concrete parks all over the city recently

also, that red rail is at stoke? that's a steep rail man, props for that!

I don't board, but i've got love for it when i see it done well. you can pick a seasoned boarded out of a crowd, they just flow smoothly and make it look good.

[chris-hall-yo]

Ye really want to go there! Street ftw. What are you sending in the first 2??

[GolfJay]

those dudes pioneered so much stuff in their day.

Jay is that a pic at south banks? i've not skated there in years. the london scenes always been good for rollerblading, spent many a day at canary wharf before it all got capped / covered in security. they've built a load of new concrete parks all over the city recently

also, that red rail is at stoke? that's a steep rail man, props for that!

I don't board, but i've got love for it when i see it done well. you can pick a seasoned boarded out of a crowd, they just flow smoothly and make it look good.

The middle pic is South Bank, yes.

Also, the red rail is Stoke and scary as fuck! It is so damn steep!

Ye really want to go there! Street ftw. What are you sending in the first 2??

Slightly confused lol. If you mean what was I doing, varial kickflips.

[Ben]

I'm 24 and still skateboard regularly. The one thing I have noticed is that as I get older, falling hurts more and for longer :( I don't bounce like I used to lol

I'm 22 and in the same boat, plus if I hurt myself now I have to factor work and bills into the equation whereas when I was younger I would just get a few days off school and love it. Still good fun though. Anybody who says skateboarding is 'gay' obviously fell flat on their back on the first attempt and gave up trying.

EDIT: Skegness Plaza ftw ^

[chris-hall-yo]

Slightly confused lol. If you mean what was I doing, varial kickflips.

haha sorry, looks sweet. really wana go to stoke plaza too.

[GolfJay]

haha sorry, looks sweet. really wana go to stoke plaza too.

Definitely recommend it. Me and a few mates camped there for 3 days. At the time it was the biggest plaza in Europe. 6am and we had Europes biggest plaza to ourselves :y:

[Ashleyp]

fair play. I liked stoke, only been there once though, but didn't get bored all day!

[GolfJay]

fair play. I liked stoke, only been there once though, but didn't get bored all day!

The bowl is fricking mental. Think its 13ft with over-vert in the deepest one!

[Prickle]

I'm 22 and in the same boat, plus if I hurt myself now I have to factor work and bills into the equation whereas when I was younger I would just get a few days off school and love it. Still good fun though. Anybody who says skateboarding is 'gay' obviously fell flat on their back on the first attempt and gave up trying.

EDIT: Skegness Plaza ftw ^

I wouldbt say it was gay.. stupid thing to say really.

But its sooo hard to keep balance and to even jump one.

[chris-hall-yo]

Definitely recommend it. Me and a few mates camped there for 3 days. At the time it was the biggest plaza in Europe. 6am and we had Europes biggest plaza to ourselves :y:

hahaha ye were going to do this with truro plaza, may have to do the same with stoke!!

[Ashleyp]

The bowl is fricking mental. Think its 13ft with over-vert in the deepest one!

haha yeah, when we went the bowl was wet and BMXers were bombing about in it

You ever seen saffron waldon dude? it's a proper mission for you i'd guess. the bowls there are quality though, always some old skool boarders there who've been around years. I think one or two are sponsered by santa cruz that go there.

[BBM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuqZx0pnSDo

My mate Benson in the Adidas hoodie. he's sponsored by them and Death.

[Ashleyp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuqZx0pnSDo

My mate Benson in the Adidas hoodie. he's sponsored by them and Death.

Scotlands got some wicked indoor parks! would love to check out transgression, EK and unit23!

[BBM]

Scotlands got some wicked indoor parks! would love to check out transgression, EK and unit23!

EK's shite. Its more for BMXing.

Livingston has a decent indoor park with a vert ramp currently being built.

[Ashleyp]

EK's shite. Its more for BMXing.

Livingston has a decent indoor park with a vert ramp currently being built.

Seen some good edits from EK before.

Is livingston the place with the infamous outdoor concrete bowls too?

most of England is pretty wank for indoor parks unless you live near rampworx / bones. :(

[chris-hall-yo]

most of England is pretty wank for indoor parks unless you live near rampworx / bones. :(

Leister boardroom is so sick and i thought rampworx was fairly decent. Preffer an outdoor tbh thow :y:

[GolfJay]

You guys may have heard of a few of my mates. Will Golding has just had his first pro shoe with Adio, also sponsored by Unabomber. Also Craig Smedley is a mate of mine. Joshua Checkly had his Sidewalk first light a few months ago, another mate of mine lol

[BBM]

Seen some good edits from EK before.

Is livingston the place with the infamous outdoor concrete bowls too?

most of England is pretty wank for indoor parks unless you live near rampworx / bones. :(

Yep Livi has the big bowls.

http://sidewalk.mpora.com/news/adidas-skateboarding-big-push-2011-tasks-offcuts.html

They skate them at the start of the video

[Ashleyp]

Leister boardroom is so sick and i thought rampworx was fairly decent. Preffer an outdoor tbh thow :y:

Boardrooms one of the most boring parks in the country, second to epic in birmingham :P I think i'd rather skate corby lol...

I miss radlands, that place was the mecca back in the day.

Yep Livi has the big bowls.

http://sidewalk.mpora.com/news/adidas-skateboarding-big-push-2011-tasks-offcuts.html

They skate them at the start of the video

thats sick. board / lipslide (I don't know skateboard trick names) round the bowl on fire was killer!

[Jamie]

It's your life at the end of the day. Fuck what anyone else thinks! Who are they to judge you?

[Gordi]

ive been going every other night lol :) muscles actually kill... need a fair bit of practice like but enjoy doing it its a good laugh..