Why People Quit Skateboarding
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We quit because of the felling of being useless... Of being less talented, skilled, having no skate friends... Being afraid...
We come back because of being done with the life without the freedom of the ride.
We then quit because the freedom of the ride crushes by the wall of not having the freedom of movement we wish to have...
We come back again because nothing left but for doing this again.
Inbetween we achive moments of clearity in a timeless something no one can tell what it is... It's like with style - it is there, but noone can tell what it is, but it exists.
poetry right there
Thx Brothers. I am a foreigner. I didn't knew that what I wrote will be valued as good words, not mentioned poetry. I wanted to say the truth. Riding snow, and skateboards made me free. Freedom hurts, but gives spiritual health.
Tail bone slam and wind knocked out those always suck
This is profound seriously
@@unsocialburrito7179 Freeriding The Soul. I was working at a hospital during covid. I witnessed soo much lies that made me soo angry. Once at that times I came home angry, and was talking about political abuse in lockdowns. My lovely Wife told me just one thing: do You wanna talk about politics, or do you wanna show me your next snowboard to get, and a new spot in the mountains to ride?
It's freedom when we ride, freedom to the core. I bless every good Person i'm riding with, or talking to about riding. We will never be broken if we don't stop riding. Much respect to all of Ya!
I stopped skating because I cannot afford to miss work due to injury.
Ez solution, live in other countries with better laws 😅
Right. Can't call the customer saying can't come to jobsite cus I got hurt yesterday skateboarding.
So true😢, and its really sad, cause its make you feel better doing something you like, and life just get boring, home work-work home...
I got aflac, so I could skate agian. Still don't do anything crazy mostly just slappy some curbs, but still better than not skating.
Fuck that. There's a million jobs in the world.
depression, lack of improvement/skill and poverty is why i quit. respect to everyone still out there skating
Man I hope it gets better for you. I am in therapy for depression as well and for me skating is just that one moment where I can forget everything and just feel free. I know from experience it's hard, but if you can somehow do it, just skate. Or do any other sport you like. Sport is the best natural antidepressant. Sadly also one of the hardest to take once you hit rock bottom.
Financial Poverty is not an excuse, spiritual poverty is
Lack of skill and improvement is on you bro bro an I’m not saying that to be a jerk but skateboarding is a self battle it’s you an the board you can’t let the board defeat you bro.. but I will tell you this as well I had a thyroid issue growing up made me fat as hell as a kid I loved skating so much that I had to try it.
I got laughed at all the time I just wanted to get a pro model an learn to cruise around effortlessly… I just kept at it an kept at it an now I’m one of the most graceful big men you ever seen on a skateboard (just pushing and riding wise I don’t try tricks cuz of my size it’s just not smart imo) you don’t have to be the best to skate or keep skating you don’t even need friends bro… when I moved to Oceanside when I was in my early 20s I would just cruise around at night, started skating this little hill by a chase bank I’d start there an skate all the way down to flat then track back up n do it again…that feeling of freedom is unmatched man an it’s always helped cure my depression.. a lot of people think you gotta be the best to do or love something man you don’t at all bro.. I’m 265 now I was almost 500lbs I will never stop skating bro until my body says I can’t and you should do the same bro… hope you don’t take that the wrong way I got nun but love for you G.. every skater iv met in cali that are actually GOOD to my face has told me “just be as good as YOU can be an that will satisfy us bro we’re just happy your trying”. It was fake skaters in Texas who could barley kick flip that would talk crap to me… lol so let that sink in man.. if you love it just do it for you!
You need to find YOUR riding style, i can’t do crazy 10 stair flip tricks but i will enjoy myself by pushing to MY OWN limits, like a really fast hill bomb. Do the stuff you like alot. The tricks will come over time when you dont focus to much into it
I got my first skateboard at 40, broke my hip at 42, still going at 47.
Inspiring!
this motivated me to keep going i recently tore my acl and i just got back into skating
I just ordered my first board at age 42. I'm also 6"6' and 250lbs, so I'll need all the luck I can get 😁 Hope you're doing good 👍
Right on!
Got first skateboard at four,got first wheelchair at forty seven.i
Happy you still have balance re
Getting hurt sucks. Getting old sucks. The two together is horrible. Just have to adjust the skating to what one is willing to deal with pain wise. Still better than a gym
getting Old should be a status figure not something that sucks, you should be choosing better things for yourself and family as you age, not sticking to a child hood game (skateboarding) .. I'm not saying don't skate but know when your limitations are dangerous to yourself - being Old is about wisdom not being stuck in youth.
@@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777bro said nothing of value, live your life how you want🤦♂️
@@cozzybuggi you're right you said nothing of value.
@@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777 The question is what made you say this is what the status figure should be? Why do you consider it to be a "child hood" game", but then you say limitations... why can't I go beyond my limitations, because someone on the internet said I can. I mean to grow in life, isn't it to do things that are uncomfortable, risk-taking. There's so many errors in your thinking, and I hope you're not serious. One day you'll understand your own way of thinking; however, you can choose to ignore to question your own dogmas, but when that day comes... You may seek youthful thought, new beginnings, instead of the dogmas you've grown into
@@deus5215 it's clear the limits have been reached. don't feel insulted.. it's just a game and passtime in the meantime. Nothing important but due to worldly marketing and illusion of status.. it 'seems' important to some. I have nothing against it but it's also let down millions of young men due to prior delusion mentioned.. another limited time hang that people 'hang' onto. Cheers.
I stopped being a full time skateboarder when the pain was bigger than the enjoyment I was getting out of it.
I usually skate around 2-3 times a year nowadays, but having skated for over 25 years fully committed, I will always be a skateboarder in my heart.
Exactly. At a certain point, (depending on what kind of skating you enjoyed) you will no longer be able to do that kind of skating. And when that happens, we all make that decision...that a different kind can be fun, or that it's done and to know when to bow out.
I had the pleasure of skating frequently with people that one day became some of skating's legends, by being in the right places at the right times, and even for these pros, for many the decision eventually came to them as well. Like all of us old timers, we'll still get out the board and skate around, but TBH it often feels like the Rush song "Losing it."
I took a break for a 7 years. Now back and within two weeks i hit the ground and landed on my wrist.
Had that dull pain for another week.
I ride in full gear now lol. Can't bounce back from the pain like I used and have more responsibilities now (wife, career, etc)
@@darkknight097I call my wrist gaurds my session savers.... being padded up will keep me skating longer, so I'm all in, mostly
@toejamisgreat we know how. There is simply a limit to how well the body repairs and recovers. And despite knowing how to fall, even seasoned vets can fall victim to bad luck.
@toejamisgreat lol, so the only option in your mind is “ know magically when you will fall and go home first.” It’s ridiculous and not how skating works, even at the am and pro level. For the record I was a sponsored am for 4 years and skated daily for over 10, then another 10 off and on once I had a wife, kid, and responsibilities. EVERYONE falls, sometimes very badly, and not always by things you control like being over-amped or overtired . One wheelbite or tiny sharp pebble at the top of a takeoff can ruin your day. And when that happens at twenty, it is a LOT different than at 50, and there is no shame in acknowledging and accepting it. There are some genetic marvels that skirt this for a long time, and some lucky folks (I was lucky to only roll an ankle badly, and bruised my hip falling on vert in a bad way, but no breaks). But there comes a time when you grow to accept that skating is a young person’s game. And either you’ll still enjoy the less intense stuff as you age, or you won’t and will enjoy mostly watching, and that’s okay.
I'm 62, started skating in 1974 and have decided to limit skating to simply carving around. I have a lot of great memories of the crazy stupid stuff I used to do. that's good enough.
I just started. Late thirties. Day 4 today. I just wanna learn to cruise. One of my main reasons it's because I wanted to train
balance and having to balance your body on a moving object I thought it was a great way.
Yeah man I love carving that’s all I really do. I started surfing too and it’s really increased my enjoyment of just focusing on flowing and carving a park. I love it!
You did real good Marc, I made that same decision 15 years ago at age 23 😂
Im 34. All I skate is bowl. I wear pads and a helmet. It really is fun! I like it more than street skating and doing tricks. Maybe Im boring? But at least I have a good time ❤
@@RelativeLYIMpatient you're not boring, you simply know where to find the good stuff... cheers.
I'm 52 and only skate bowls (no street). Yes, slams are the worst and will make you question why the hell am I doing this? The love of the sport keeps you going. With that being said, I am FULLY padded up, including heavy duty wrist guards and padded shorts because I do not want to get hurt. You get used to the gear. You're 100% correct - it's only a matter of time before you get hurt. Pad up OG's!
Yeah man as an adult learner I started progressing so much faster and skating so much more once I started with pads. Even just wrist guards dramatically changed my life.
Yeah man. I have gotten back into it and am just flatlanding, ollies, shuvits its, so grabbed some wrist guards that have saved me a couple of times, but a hard slam last week has me buying elbow pads and a helmet. You just don't have the reaction time and ability to bounce any more. No one is giving you street cred for cracking your head or being unable to work for a month.
For real Christian! Old street skater here, still skate street a bit but really enjoying padding up and bowl skating...it's like learning a whoel new way to skate and I actually feel like I'm improving instead of getting steadily worse like my street skills 😆
Yeah, I look like I'm going to battle with all the gear I wear now.
Same age and compounded my ankle three years ago in a bowl in Vista. Guess I should have quit while I was ahead, but you can't predict what may or may not happen, just gotta enjoy it for as long as you can
Played rugby. . ... got hurt...played football got hurt...played squash got hurt....literally every sport I've done I get hurt.....life hurts !
Whomp whomp
How did you get hurt playing squash?
You need to HEAL and get back out there. Stop quitting after getting hurt! 🤷♂
🤓🤓🤓@@moonautogd
maybe learn to take things slower. we don't have to do things to the point of getting hurt.
life is about having fun, not about having achievements.
I just started skating at 37. I grew up riding BMX. Always wanted to skate but thought it was impossible. I'm 40 now and it's my favorite activity. I'll skate until the day I cant.
Love that!
Everybody goes thru that phase brotha. Ain’t nothing like 2 wheels
All of us older skaters need to just suck it up and wear protective clothing for tailbone, ass, knees under out clothes. It’s not noticeable and it definitely helps when falling
i became too comfortable too after months of progression n getting better , then the board humbled me again n yeah, reminded me to always stay focused even on tricks u did a million times
Growing up makes people quit. Increase of responsibilities the big reason.
Being young you don’t have big bills, you don’t have a family to support, full time job etc. compared to when you finally become an adult. And as you get older you just don’t have time. I’m thankful I work from home and can do chores during lunch.
But I have so much full adult stuff to deal with like things around my home that need tending to, working on my car, taking care of my dogs, etc.
I skate only 4 hours in the weekend just due to being an adult now compared to those 6 hour sessions A DAY when I was younger
I went to that dark place a week ago also after my first bad slam this year; I screwed up my wrist and had to get my knee stitched up in the emergency room. I was ready to quit because I'm so tired of hurting myself. Then after a few days of processing what happened, skating seems to have already started to reel me back in. I'm 49 this year and have been hurting myself on a skateboard since I was 11 years old.
Lol those are not even real injuries. Look at people who got paralyzed and can't even pee on their own again
people quit becaues they realize you gotta be good at skateboarding for it to be cool
Facts
What a lame take. Get ya crowbars, these boys got the gate locked.
is that why u quit? XD
Slowly skating again! ❤
Hell yeah your channel is the reason I didn’t quite skating. I was feeling like giving it up because I’ve never been a good board flipper then came across your skating a lot of transition a lot of smooth skating and diy and not a bunch of techy stuff and I realized I can just skate how I think is fun and not for what other people are doing. Long story short I now skate for me again and not for what’s popular and I’m in love with it like when I was a kid so thanks a ton keep it up
@@louisbradshaw7248 Means a lot hearing that brotha!!
Me too
i think what happend was you got a sprained wrist, i got the same injury 2 weeks ago and it was exactly like this
Even Bam is skating again.
Skated from: 2001-2017
Bipolar disorder related fatigue and weight gain caused me to quit.
Otherwise I would’ve never stopped skating. Since then like an addict i’m fingerboarding and skate gaming like crazy every day, imaging that it’s actually me doing the tricks.
What can I say. It fucking sucks!
yeah i used to be fit because i skated everyday 6-8 hours straight
i quit 3 years ago mainly because i got bored of my skatepark and the bad weather
plus every skate friend i had just moved on in life they either got married or moved out of state im sure some skate but idk
its been so long it would just be awkward to skate with them again time changes people fr and
i gained like 60 pounds all i been doing is playing skater xl and session
i only use my skateboard for transport and nothing more these days
@@user-ec4yw5hj3r Damn, I still skate. I also play modded skaterxl
@toejamisgreat you know that it can be very severe though. Of course I take meds. Im not looking for excuses it has been very harsh for me both physically and mentally.
@@user-ec4yw5hj3rThe matrix took them you stayed the glitch.
@@bovedli sounds like youre looking for excuses.
3:26 47 yo bmx rider here. Skaters dont wear helmet or gloves to look cool but keep complaining about injuries. Wear your protections and you will last longer, hi fom France
Right like a bmx rider had never f around and found out, he broke his hand and his bum...
How do you fix that...🤔
Stop bringing rocks and we'll fall 5% less
100%
47yo skateboarder here. Started skating at 45. After my first fall, I decided to pad up - knees, elbows, wrists, helmet. Has saved me dozens of times. Won't save you from everything, but covers most of the dumb stuff.
I know a bunch of guys over 50 who skate, the oldest is 63. They all wear safety gear.
I am 62 and have skated off and on most of my life, and recently gotten back into it as well as started inline skating. As was mentioned by another viewer, as you get older, you have to adjust your expectations and skate within your acceptable level of pain and fear knowing that you aren't likely to escape the slam forever. I have a laundry list of injuries from various sports over the years and at my age, they ALL come back to haunt you. If you can't find an acceptable level of risk, skateboarding is probably not your sport, but sitting on the couch afraid of getting injured is not living, it's simply existing, and that's more scary to me than getting hurt.
Just getting older. It feels weird being a grown ass adult at a place where there’s a lot of children and teens made me feel like I was too old and needed to be doing something else 🤷
I'm mad proud of you bro, it takes a lot of bravery to come back from a scary fall, especially when you get injured the way that you did. I've fallen many times, like all skateboarders do, and it is so hard to get back up sometimes. Mad respect/ kudos to you my friend.
My bro broke his wrist the other night , it looked so painful !!!
I had to call an ambulance He's going for surgery tomorrow (metal pins etc)
I'm gonna wear wrist guards from now on !!!
I still wear helmet, kneepads, elbowpads, and wrist guards at all the spots. Toxic people snicker under their breath. Toxic person fall down and get hurt. Toxic people's snickers silenced.
You will feel 100% more confident.
Hope it's a smooth surgery & speedy recovery
@@ZackDowdy Cheers from NZ
I called the ambulance? did they bill you ?
Skateboarding has changed a ton. Back in the early 90s when I skated we only had 1 board in the car. We had no skateparks. Being in Minneapolis we broke into malls and warehouses in the winter. If we wanted to film we had to haul a big VHS camera. We were always jealous of people from California with your nice 365 weather. If we couldn't get into somewhere warm we hit parking garages. If it was 1 degree outside the parking ramp was 9. We would only have extra king pins in winter weather cause they would snap a lot in the cold. If I grew up in Cali I don't think I would have ever quit. Now at 49 I live vicariously through all of you on RUclips. Have fun, stay safe and keep posting cool shit.
people also quit skating when they find better / more interesting / gainful things to do with their time - not just because they become injured. I never quit .. just scaled back and I"m still walking at 50 for that correct choice and when I get on a board I still get the same feelings of when I was young but I don't have to 'show off' to the degree I put myself into danger and I never do things to try to impress others - never have - so the mental game of self induced competition is not in everyone's game - the guys I knew who were like that .. are now basically crippled - the proverbial 'self game' of delusional competition that goes nowhere - and they have a type of delusion as they age , never progress but push themselves to things that only a young person should be doing if you want to think logically and health wise.. Cheers thanks for sharing your experience.
That type of slam is called the "long term spine crusher" no apparent damage immediately, but the discs in your back eventually slip and sciatica will set in over months. As you age into your 40's this slam you will feel it constantly and needs surgery.
I'm 54...Started skating vert padless in the 80's, knocked myself out trying 540's. Thought about it. Then when the tiny wheel era came...Hung it up. Then saw Ben Pappas win a contest in NYC in the late 90's , came back. Knocked myself out again trying 540's ...Hung it up. Then the re-issue era came. Been back ever since. Fully padded this time when skating vert. Havent knocked myself out since. Also landed my first 540 at age 46. Only took 25 years and 2 ko's. Worth it!
i turned 38 a few weeks ago. started this year in january again after 19 years. never should have stopped.
due to my proffesion (IT) i build up an Fear Disorder. i quit after 10 years because of it and trying to combat it with skating.
i progressed rather fast at the beginning but now i hit a wall with vert. never was a vert skater always Street/Flatground.
Kinda weird how afraid i am now that i am older and i hate it so much. even tho i am really good at body control.
used to do so many risky things when i was younger and never felt any fear while doing it but now i am afraid of a rock to faky.
took me 1 month to overcome my fear of dropping in.
still somewhat afraid of it but i can do it now everytime without completely shitting my pants.
Skating sure as hell shows you what your are made of!
Rolled my ankle and was off my board for 2 weeks and that felt like a eternity. I love your mannerisms & the outlook you have on injuries
Started at age 40. It’s been so much fun but I mostly cruise around, no tricks. Injury is the BEST teacher. I slammed into my parked truck going downhill and LEARNED downhill is no joke and controlling my speed will save me. I slammed and cracked 2-3 ribs when my wheels hit a small rock one evening. I LEARNED low light riding is not for me and if I see a few rocks on the path just get off instead of trying to pummel through so I don’t get launched off my board when it stops on a dime. Am 43 now and headed to SanDiego to skate the boardwalk!
I hella slammed the a few weeks ago too. I got the clip but I had to take 2 weeks off and then I had to have a tooth extraction. Getting back into the groove sucks but it's all a part of why I don't quit. Every time I slam I am forced to learn how to rest. Resting is a super valuable skill, especially when your icing the injury, because if you do it right, you find that when you come back to skating, you kind of suck for like 3 days but then you start making hella progress. Sorry you got hurt man, I know it sucks! Thanks for making these though because us 35 and older skaters really understand what your going through and vice versa. Cheers man!
I hadn't skated since highschool. I'm 38 now and at the end of last August I'd gotten a longboard. 3 weeks later BAM! Broke my shoulder. I was super depressed and skating was the one thing I had. It wasn't a couple weeks after breaking my shoulder I hopped back on the damn thing in my sling. Skated for a couple months in that thing. My balance after removing the sling and having an extra appendege to flap around was pretty incredible.
That's a boss move!
@@ZackDowdy Hah. Thanks, I appreciate it. I didn't wanna do anything too dangerous with the sling on so I spent those 2 months on flat pathways pushing normal/180/push goofy/180 rinse and repeat. I wanted to feel hella comfy no matter what when I got the sling taken off.
I appreciate all that you do for the skating community. Thank you!
Most of the people I skated with growing up quit due to partying/ drug use more than skating and getting older with the risk of injuries. Also by our mid 20’s a lot of us were going in all different directions. Finding a new group to skate with or just stick it alone isn’t impossible, it just killed a lot of motivation for me.
skaters and filmers should do a First Aid and CPR course. It has really helped in dealing with and keeping people calm when they injure themselves and are panicking. When you got winded, your homie just stood there filming and didnt really seem to help.
I'm 41 and getting back to skating after a 5 years off after breaking my wrist for the 5th time and having my scaphoid die.
Now when I'm getting tired of have a close call I call it a day.
I have been really unhappy even though I have a beautiful wife, 2 fantastic adult sons, make really good money and am healthy.
I finally realized it was because I needed to skate. My whole life it was a part of my identity, kept me in shape, kept me in the sun and kept me challenged.
So good to be back, there are some tricks I will probably never get back at my age but my God, it feels so good to step on a deck again.
I finally understand what "skateboarding saved my life" means.
I quit skating because my friends slowly stopped and I noticed I wasn’t progressing as much as I wanted and I wanted to be professional but knew deep down I didn’t have what it takes to go through the injuries, I do want to get back into it though because that feeling of listening to music and just roaming around doing tricks was one of my favorite parts, shout out to the ones still skating 💪
i came back after 19 years of a break the first 3 days in, i broke my elbow back then Skateboarding was so easy man i was so fit i learned all those tricks very fast even while riding alone then the injuries stacked up and it was either Skateboarding or playing Football (Soccer) on a pretty high level on the potential going Pro so i decided to quit skateboarding at the end i didnt become a pro in Football and my left knee were done so i was afraid coming back but last year i just felt it and was too motivated and instantly lost my Job being out for almost 4 Months now i got my Job back and i take it way way slower now more controlled my biggest Goal is to Push on the Streets and move with the Board i dont want to know tricks yet outside of those i need to move with my Board
Injury after injury, I’m now 28 with a really bad back. I have a wife, son, and career to focus on, so skating slowly fell into the background. I’m honestly fine with just watching it now. Low impact sports give me similar satisfaction anyway.
I'm 42 and want everyone to be grateful of your knees as long as they work as intended. I still skate on a weekly basis but man, oh man my knees are so busted so I'm nowhere near where I once was...and I should be grateful that I'm still rolling at my age, but it's still frustrating af when the rest of my body is up to par.
Have you tried the knee compression sleeves from Old Bones Therapy? Game changers!!
I would give up both of knees health to not have my back fucked up. That shit messes with your ability to breath when it's bad enough.
Glad u back on the board dawg!✨🛹💯
Dang glad you're on the mend Zach! Slamming sucks because of the pain obviously, bur more so when it takes you away from being able to skate for a long time. But such is life. Its a balance of pushing yourself to new limits, but hopefully mitigating injuries. Have a nice Sunday funday 🤙
Thanks Jonny!
Bc it fuckin hurts the older you get when you eat shit on the concrete. When your young you get right back up like its nothing.
I started skating last year at age 39. (I couldn't afford a sports car, so I bought a skateboard, LOL.) Nothing crazy. Just flatland stuff out in the street. But I learned real quick that wrist guards are a skater's best friend. I really don't know why so many people ride without them. The ones from 187 Killer Pads rule.
poverty.. i can say that due to skate i made friends and kept me outside of depression back in 2010-2012 Greece.. really thought times.. i didnt have a work and also no money to go to colleague so i had to move to another country start working 7 day a weeks is not that i had other chance i kept skating for 2 more years even 1 time in month or something or on my holidays after some point i understood that everytime i was becoming cleary worst and i had to choose between skating more on my 3-4 weeks holiday or spent more time with the family and friends until i see them again after a year.. i still miss skating i tried sometimes, i even bought new gear but after 10 years it feels like i started now.. and thinking how i used to be before landing nice tricks and now i can barerly stand on it and lose easy balance.. it makes me feel sad and old.. to those who are still out there and skating.. keep up the good work guys, enjoy it as long as you can dont get fruasted if you dont land a trick as long as you can be with friends and skate together thats all whats worth. Peace
You can still skate and still do things for a living. Just skate within your limits and forget about progression and gnarly stuffs for they are no longer your friends at this period in life.
I still skate and go to work w/ 5 kids. I skate to unwind, relax, fitness purpose, have fun by myself or w/ my kids and feeling the freedom.
50-50s, 5o's Boardslides and etc are what I have left and I still find happiness when doing them.
I just skate regularly like 3x a week for muscle memory and to avoid injury.
I quit skateboarding because of the pain meds I was taking from broken bones. It eventually became more important than skating. Now that I’m 36, I already have arthritis in my ankles which has gotten so bad that I’ve had to stop working in construction. I still have a lot of love for skating and appreciate the time I had doing it. I do wish that I spent more time stretching and eating right. I also wish I had focused more on technical stuff instead of big gaps.
Dang! Glad you’re getting better Zack. You are right about getting hurt more often when progressing, and I think it is because when you are progressing you are feeling good, so you keep trying to ride that wave, meaning you continue to try harder tricks therefore you are more likely to fall and get hurt, as compared to skaters that stick to doing the tricks they already know and are used to. Mind you those skaters that stay in their comfort zone can still fall and get hurt, as we all have off days, but it is more likely to happen on the former scenario.
I’ve always loved skateboarding, being around friends, competing and stuff.
I was forced by my mom to stop it when I was 15yo, lost both front tooth, and had to do gum surgery.
I am 34yo now trying to return to this great old habit
skating was everywhere around me growing up. i grew up near bam at his peak in fame so almost every kid i knew had a skating phase or at least understood it. eventually everyone stopped or moved away and it just stopped being fun doing it alone. i’m 23 now and i’ve been rlly invested in it this last year. it still has that magic i remember as a kid. it’s been a rough few years and ive been needing something to get me out of the house more so i figured i’d give it a try again. i just got a board last week i’m still waiting on some wheels for this rough ground by me but i’m excited to get back out. and even if i do end up stopping again it will always be an amazing part of my childhood and i will always have love for skating ❤
My last slam shook me more mentally than physically. What convinces me to keep skating is that I have to practice that much more to get better.
And I need to patch that crack at the end of my sidewalk. Having a rear wheel hang up going over a curb has its consequences.
Man i miss skating. I'm almost 40 now and have since quit. But i did some hard street skating from about 13 up until i was about 25. I had the worst "swellbow" ever from slamming on my left side/elbow all the time skating stairs. Concrete is extremely unforgiving, been knocked completely out a couple times too. Worth it.
Respect bro! Skating is gnarly. I quit a few years ago to stay good for my job climbing trees. I miss it everyday. Keep pushing g!
I quit skating because I was fractally stupid - by being stupid enough to not wear wrist protection skating ramps, by taking drugs so I wouldn't realize my wrist was in fact broken and didn't bother with ER and stuff either.
Took plenty of metal to fix a few years later and I had been lucky because the first hospital wanted to jump remove a number of my hand bones and stiffen the rest with a metal spider..
However, I couldn't help myself to at least pick up cruisers again after getting sober 7 years ago which proved little satisfying so I'd get into surfskating - and from there I tried skating miniramps again after a hiatus of ten years in may and found a surprising amount of tricks still dialed in even though I rode an unsuited surfskate.
I got a popsicle setup the next day - and a set of knee and wrist guards as well as a helmet whom to wear I'm old enough now age 37 I suppose.. 😅
Last time I stopped was after I dropped in for the first time! I got to the other side without knowing what to do and froze, fell down onto my side.
Broke several ribs, messed my shoulder up and it took months to recover.
I said “never again” but it never leaves you.
I’ve decided to just stick to what I know and enjoy and I’m definitely done with the crazier stuff.
I skated alot when i was 10 to 17, and at 17 i dislocated my shoulder in a highschool football game, resulting in a torn labrum. I never went to the dr, and over the next 2 years i would have chronic shoulder dislocations, from skating to putting on a shirt, to even sleeping it would dislocate. (excruciating pain every time) eventually i decided to get the surgery, and it was successful but i lost 20% of full range of motion in my left shoulder, but gained increased stability. Now in my 30's, i got a long board last year and really just enjoy cruising around on that. So basically, a non skate related injury, carried over into skating, and ultimately just ended up giving my board to a kid at the skate park and then moved on with life.
I just skate parking lots,,,. Grinding curbs and doing tre flips on flat….. hard to get hurt that way….. ive spent literal years in casts….. never again
I just tried to quit after pulling my back out. I didn’t even fall. It was from not landing my tricks, getting that whiplash when you stop suddenly. Getting old sucks
I pretty much stopped skating at about 27 years old after skating almost every single day since I was 12. I got married and moved away from California. I used to tell myself that I don’t want to skate anymore because I didnt have all my friends to skate with anymore but honestly the times I did go skate it just felt boring. That and the fact that I can’t get hurt in my line of work or I can’t work and also took up golf before I moved and it’s a lot more enjoyable and easy on the body. I guess in my experience it just got boring after doing it non stop for 15 years.
I quit skating in 1988 when I got my first peddle bike and still ride mountain bike today at 48 years old.
You can skate without hitting jumps and Grinds. Just do ground tricks. I’m 42 and my 10 y/o daughter just got a skate board and so I’m going to start learning too. Never too late to learn something new!
Switched from skateboarding to long boarding and just cruising.
Same here
Its wild that where ever you do get injured, all the smells and sensations of the area you're in just get dialed up to 100.
I had a knee injury skating and its prevented me from ever even thinking about skating like i used to. It wasnt a bad slam, or fall, i just landed on my knee and it popped, it was extreme pain.
I tore my patellar tendon.
While 4 years later i have full function, i can run, squat, ect. I can feel it that my knee cannot take hard impact like it used to. Its just a feeling in my knee that i know it cant, even though ive had years of building the muscle back it doesnt matter, something is just different.
And skating is my #1 passion above literally everything else in life, hobby wise.
I really wish i had broken a bone or something instead. Because it permanently stopped me from doing my favorite thing on the planet. All because i didnt have insurance and didnt have the proper surgery.
Trust me, you don’t want to break your bones. I broke a femur, so my knee was unaffected by the accident, but the surgery messed up my patellar tendon and iliotibial band. It sucks.
I gave up skating because I don't feel any sensation anymore. And I don't want to get some irreparable injuries. Although I started surfing which help building my body and having a good diet.
Zack and Christian together?! Gahhh! Two of the best!!! So sorry to hear of the injury man, hope you heal up fast. That's why I stopped skating the first time... it really freaks you out to get hurt badly, but I learned you just gotta get back to it as soon as you can and overcome! Good on you, and looking good out there!
Why does wearing protections is seen as "bad" in the skating community ? Like you'd rather watch me break something rather than me avoiding it ?
Skateboarding was like my entire identity in my teens and 20s. In my 30s now, haven't skated in months. Only seriously ever skate like 2-4 times a year. But I don't consider myself to have "quit" skateboarding. It just naturally becomes less doable though. I work full-time, with commute, which means skateboarding in the week is not possible unless I want to spend 1 of my 2 hours at the end of the day doing it outside in the dark. The weekend? Well have all the other stuff life requires to do then.. Seeing friends, family, paying bills, cleaning, getting my car inspected, getting a haircut, going to the drycleaner, getting groceries etc etc etc. On the few weekends a year I decide "I am going to skateboard today," it's not like it used to be... The progression is over. It's just a few of the flatground tricks that I've been comfortable with because I've done them 1,000s of times, riding around, doing easy stalls and 50-50s on the transition. There's stuff like "I'm sure I _could_ ollie that 6 set, and I would probably land it," but is it worth it? No. Not going to be progressing on it like I would have when I was 20 anyway, the most I will do is an ollie, falling hurts 10x more where I used to be able to try a fliptrick 40 times again and again falling every single time until I got it. Even _landing_ successfully to flat does not feel good.
I still have a board in the trunk of my car, still wear skate shoes as my casual shoes outside of work, still can bust some tricks out, and still consider myself a "skateboarder." I haven't "quit," but I've just accepted it is going to be a rare activity in my life as an adult and there is no way around that.
Born in 75, I skated thru the late 80s and 90s. Miss it, but a almost 50 I can't risk a hard fall anymore.
Started skating around 8 and kept skating until 13. I quit bc I had no one to skate with, my parents wouldn’t let me go street skating outside of my neighborhood which had nothing but flat roads and curbs. It took me around a year to learn how to Ollie and honestly never got better than that. I hit a fs180, or more like a 120, and a half cab, both only one time. I was bored of the only skate park I was allowed to go to, the other one was in the hood and my parents were scared to let me go. With no friends, no progress, no good spots, all my motivation slowly drained. I didn’t skate for like a year now so when I tried to skate again I had a hard time balancing and couldn’t even do an Ollie while moving. I have a huge amount of respect for people with talent but it felt impossible to me and like I simple wouldn’t ever be able to go any further with it
I’m currently going through that “going through the motions” part of skating. I’m not dealing with any injuries, but there’s just other things going on in my life. So finding the time to skate has become difficult. Also a few years ago I switched to a night shift job, so even when I find time to skate I’m usually alone. So what I’m realizing in my 40’s is a mixture of my schedule not lining up with the other local skaters. And it so hard to self motivate when skating alone, that you wind up just doing the same few tricks at the same spots. And never really pushing yourself to learn anything cause, what’s the point you’re alone! And I find myself just thinking “why am i even still doing this?!” That add on top of that I’m in my 40’s so when I do slam, it fucks my everyday life up even longer now. I’ve been struggling really bad the last few weeks, even considering quitting all together. I’ve never even given that a serious thought in over 25 years! Like I’ve made it out every year, but this year has felt way different. I know I’ll actually not quite, but it’s getting harder for me to justify it …..
I skated for 14 years. Im 28 now. When I think about how I used to just fall constantly and roll my ankles about once a month it makes me whence. I somehow didnt injure myself seriously (i sprained my ankle once) but i know a lot of people who werent so lucky. The sad truth of skateboarding is one bad fall can literally ruin your life, especially how skaters basically refuse to wear helmets (when every other extreme sport does) i just dont see it as a worth while thing for me to do anymore. Do I miss it? Yeah. Do I want to fall on my side hard because I rode into a pebble again? No.
I stopped skating after 10 years because of a serious knee injury. Couldn't skate to the level I was accustomed. Plus when you get to a certain level and you're chasing the high you get from landing difficult and dangerous tricks, you tend to get injured more frequently. That turns into can't get no satisfaction.
I'm slowly skating again, good to hear this now from you cause i was having fear creep moving back up my trick bag, i think i just need to send it on a spot some time and just pad up and hope for the best.
As a professional coach, I cannot risk serious injuries, however I returned to skating a couple of years ago, because I wanted to do a sport that was totally "out of the box" where I can get out of my comfort zone and take risks to improve. its crazy to realized me how I can perform in high level in one risky sport and be so afraid in the other one. I feel that through that process I can keep growing and enjoying a sport lifestyle.
I quit to focus on college and start a career. But now that im getting back into it again, my biggest fear is having an injury that puts me out of work for a while. So my commitment level for landing has dropped SO MUCH compared to when i was in my prime teenage years
I quit because of work and my injuries started piling up. Had 3 surgeries by the time I was 21, and couldn't afford to miss work. Now I'm 31, have chronic knee and ankle issues, and work 50 hours a week. I've hopped on a few times over the last 5 years or so just to skate flat and see what I can still do. It's wild how much muscle memory you retain even after years of not doing something
I stopped for 15yrs because my job as a brickie was to hard on my body and I couldn't afford time off work, i just turned 40 and left bricklaying so I picked a board up again and my first day back I tried a simple nose revert but apparently these days they like to polish the concrete and it was slippery so I bailed and hit the coping with my wrist and at first felt fine but I have been out for days now, managed to go back 4 days later and stayed away from the hp but it made me realize it's going to take ages to get it back. My biggest regret in life was stopping skating because no matter how much money I earn I feel depressed as hell without it
I learned to skate for a little more than two months. I only did manuals and practiced Ollies. No bad falls, just average falls you'd expect. I was wearing full protective gear, knee, elbow and wrist pads, helmet. I literally needed surgery on my right wrist because I ended up incrementally tearing my TFCC. Same on the left, but didn't require surgery. Missed months of office work because my wrist hurt a lot when I had to type 9 to 5. Sucks. I love skating, gives me thrilled I didn't know existed. But it's just not worth this kind of injuries that will literally never heal again.
Two words,video games. Kids used to get out & do things like biking hiking & skate boarding now they play a video game.
For me, Old Bones therapy compression wrist wrap helped with injury, and I actually love wearing it even when I’m 100% because it prevents injury and boosts my confidence during falls. ❤
I started skating again after 30 years at 47 years old and I'm still at it after a broken humerus, multiple bruised ribs and a year and 2 months later. The only way I stop again, and I hope it's many years down the road, would be paralysis or death. I'm a better, healthier, more positive human being when I'm on my big ol' 9.3 Eric Dressen Rose Crew one! Keep shreddin' out there!
One thing my mentor said i was good at is that I have passion for learning new things. I recently started skateboarding, I'm super slow and in public I get judged a lot for being a beginner and it feels like crap to feel like a failure sometimes I want to quit but there's one problem. I just can't quit forever, I love the feeling of the board under my feet its both anxious and calming, I love the feeling of getting it right even for a sec. And this is the first I've done any form of exercise and liking it. I don't believe in quitting cause its a permanent word, I just skate for myself in private at the moment.
its extremely hard, it physically exhausts you, for 99.99% of people its a cost, and above all theres the risk of injury. if you work a job where you need to be able bodied or you're being relied on for your kids or whatever risking your capacity to do that to have fun is just selfish.
for kids / teens tho its the best thing ever, skating literally stopped me from killing myself when I was 15 because I found peace in it. And even still I'll go skate if I feel like it, it just has a tinge of melancholy once you're past the point of it being a potential dream fulfiller
Pain. That's the reason any skater stops pushing their skating. Doesn't mean they actually quit skating altogether, they just stop trying to learn new tricks or even maintain those tricks they know. Me, for instance, I skate for transport and carve a lot. I haven't really even tried to olley in years and years.
I was gonna say, as someone who honestly can't remember how many times I've fractured wrists, and fallen on my ass - yeah, ouch. I feel your pain.
I'm 58.
I will never stop skating. I started surfing at age 26, started surfing at 27 so I could do something when the waves are flat. I am 45 and it seems like skating gets better every year. Of course, I just roll around bowls, but I’m skating. I can’t imagine slamming, I skate way inside my limits. High five to all skaters out there, no matter your age. This sport is so awesome and so consequential at the same time.
Started back up at 50 this year. Been over 22 years since I quit last time... bit $hit HARD at the skate park last week. I'm going back ;-)
I agree..I quit skateboarding because I need my wrists and arms to put food on the table for my family…after a couple of broken arms ,ankles and my wrists x4..I had to give it up..my passion led me to disaster…I luv to skate..I still roll around the bowls like an old guy .. and watch all the kids rip..I come from the culture of skateboarding.. and I always will ..
When I was 13 I was at the skatepark, I had already been there for 4 hours, the sun was setting, I was tired, but I was determined
I had my front foot on the nose by accident and took my back foot off to push and fell, I fell sideways and I couldn’t walk for the rest of the night but the next day I went back and skated again
Skate boarding is a lifestyle and a skill to achieve. I'm 48 and grew up in the 80s / 90s and owned a sweet deep pink Powel Perelta board. It was a gift from my uncle or I would have chosen a different color lol! But it was still sick and different. Why have kids or teenagers stopped skating? Computers handheld devices and it's made them lazy. We didn't have that in the 80s we played outside from morning till night.
I restarted in my early 30's before the whole old man skateboarding phenom really exploded and before I even saw and met others my age and older. Through the years the main issue I noted IS old guys still approaching it as if they were 20+ years younger. Especially as I see in the FB groups, rushing back into it without preparing the body, IE: Physical training, having pizza and beer to recover, thus ignoring nutrition, not knowing a damn thing about electrolytes, ya need to relearn to fall if you've been away for years, and pad up! Its not about fashion! and and and, the list goes on. I Quit because I had to take care of family first but preparing for the day I can skate again. Then I can compare my 50yo progress to my 30yo progress.
My left ankle can sprain really easily now but I loved skating but now enjoy watching it and watching all the videos
I miss Skating the most. Just riding around and doing small Olly’s makes me the happiest man alive. I stopped because I had to pretty much do two jobs. 1 part time job and internship and 1 day of school. Just 6 days of straight grinding. That together with the bad weather during the fall/winter here in the Netherlands. I miss it alot.
I skated for over 10 years - broke a lot of bones, had a lot of pain, destroyed my back, lost my teeth - but I always had fun. Unfortunately, at some point you grow up, have to work, take care of your family and your household - finding time to meet up with friends on your own becomes increasingly difficult.
Would I like to continue skating? Yes, definitely. Can I afford it (time, injuries etc.)? No. Even in Europe, if I'm injured too often I'll lose my job sooner or later.
Used to skate a lot with my brothers in our late teens and early twenties we wasn't anything great but just loved to skate around. As we got older the falls and injury started to take a tolls on us and causing us to miss work and basically we skated less and less until the point we didn't skate anymore and just sold most of our gear.
I quit skate a lot of years ago 'cause the injuries, if i cannot work i'm fucked, but i have cruiser that i use everyday and i start to ride a table again like 5 o 6 years ago, i'm from Venezuela living in Argentina here in Buenos Aires you have a lot of skateparks and in some point i decide that if i'm not got to skate but i'm going to ride 'cause i love it, by the way, you're amazing dude, blessings, keep skating and take care
Got back in to skating after not skating for 3 years . Was learning vert, sprained wrist, haven’t touched board in a week already
Skateboarding for me, since the late 70's has meant cruising, kick turns and carving and very little more. Always loved reading about bowl riding, freestyle and serious downhill and such but never managed to pull off anything beyond a 360 or two. Friend built a serious quarter pipe with a run in, but I was always shy of reaching the coping and eventually broke a finger. Couldn't ollie to save my life, but still get excited when I see some freshly paved hill and turns. People need to get over the modern street-chic fashion and start wearing some serious pads again.
I'm 40 years old. Skated almost everyday from 15 until 18. Since them i skate occasionally. Sometimes i became away from skate for a year, and there was some years that i skated 1 day a week or 1 day a month. Broke my right wrist at 21, became away from skateboard for 3, maybe 5 years. Came back because i love skateboard, it is a lifestyle and a artform. I'm changing my skate style to a bowl style, and more focused on carving and less and less risky tricks. Skateboard scene needs more people talking about the importance of using Protection Equipment.
I've been skating for 20 plus years and I always take a good month or two off from skating and just visualize the tricks I want to learn and when I get back on the board after a break I skate way better and takes less time to learn new tricks, skating is more mental than physical for me
It's hard to quit something you love and there's not a day that goes by I don't think about skating but at 50 + I'm just too old now I don't have the capabilities of somebody like Tony Alva at his age