Your first step in learning to skateboard as a year old is to find your natural stance , i. Next you need to practice balancing on your skateboard. For many people, learning to balance on a skateboard as a year-old may be a bit harder than at age 20 or 30, but with practice, you can still learn quickly. There are a couple of ways you can practice balancing on your skateboard.
With your skateboard still, press onto the rails with your toes and heels to make the wheels turn left and right. Another way you can practice balancing is using a balance board. This is a fun way to build up your balancing skills without taking your skateboard into the streets just yet.
Once you feel comfortable standing and moving on a static skateboard, your next step is to learn to stand on your rolling board. For best learning results, you need to find a place with flat and smooth pavement.
Another option is to head to the park and practice rolling on uncrowded alleyways. If you have access to a smooth surface with a slight slope, make sure there is soft dirt or grass that you can roll onto for stopping.
The incline should be small enough so you can easily bail and run off your skateboard. People who learn to skateboard in their 40s or 50s often practice at night when all is quiet and the streets are traffic-free. If you do, be sure to choose a well-lit area so you can spot cracks and bumps ahead of time. See my post on skateboarding at night. I always try to warm up my knees, hips, and lumbar area before I go riding. This applies to you if learning to skateboard at an older age. Like for any activity, doing a quick cardio warm-up to get your blood pumping and your heart rate up is a good idea, e.
Another thing I try to do before getting on my skateboard is stretching my lower back, hips, and hamstrings, i. I use the Foundation Training approach for doing that. If you practice riding your skateboard for hours on end, take the time to also do some thorough stretching after your session in order to reduce muscle soreness and joint fatigue.
Pushing involves balancing on your front leg while you kick the ground with your back foot. The key is to bend your front knee enough to lower yourself and reach the ground with your opposite foot. You then push off the ground to give your skateboard speed. Turning involves shifting your weight onto one side of the skateboard, pressing onto the edge with your toes or heels to steer the boards left or right.
This requires having your balance down and standing firmly on your moving board. Other year-old longboarders are passionate about carving and pumping , which involves propelling yourself on your skateboard through hard successive turns to build up energy into your trucks and wheels.
Distance pushing and pumping are two examples of skateboarding disciplines that you can learn and become good at well into your 40s or 50s. These riding styles give you amazing workouts and fantastic riding experiences, not mentioning a passionate community. Freeride and downhill are other styles some mature skateboarders opt for. These are more technical styles that involve higher speeds and therefore higher risks. Fewer skateboarders in their 40s and 50s who get into them. More and more people learn to skateboard at age 40 or 50 — again, I am one of them.
If you are a human, do not fill in this field. I am 45 and started skateboarding one year ago. As teenage I had hung out with many skater friends but had never practiced myself. I am a occasional skier but other than that, never surfed or snowboard. I first got a 30 euro penny board, and the feeling was so amazing that the day after I came back to the store and got a proper cruiser, a large one a Globe Big Blazer, I would recommend to anyone I a not affiliated with the brand at all.
Discovering skateboarding at this time in my life was like some sort of revelation - i feel I want to do it for the rest of my life, the feeling of freedom and amusement is equal to no other sport I know and had practiced many sports throughout my life. If this is you, take it easy! I learned the hard way and had some nasty injuries. I injured my heel and bruised my ribs before I decided to take it easy.
Nowadays I just keep it at the basics, only when I feel in control I try to do the harder tricks. I learned I can enjoy myself just as much while keeping myself safe. Younger skaters will pick up skateboarding faster in general but you need time and dedication before you get anywhere. Try to skate at least 3 times a week for an hour or two, more is better but that might be difficult because of responsibilities like work and family.
Your physical condition matters, a lot. Even when you are in good shape make sure you wear protection. Beginners are more vulnerable and get injured more often. Ankles, knees, hips, and elbows are common to injure. Learning to skateboard in your early twenties is perfectly fine. Maybe a little early for hair growing out of your ears but you need to take some extra precautions. I bruised some ribs and injured my heel in a short period and realized I had to slow down.
I just keep it at the basics and only do hard tricks when I have a great day. I only know one skateboarder in his fifties but he started when he was young. Please gear up for the sake of keeping your body in one piece. Even people over 50 still shred! I got this awesome comment from Steve a while ago, before I was forced to disable them because of all the spam.
Some background fitness from running and cycling. Skating transition — miniramps and bowls when I can find one early morning as you suggest or outside schools holidays part retired.
Dropping in now foot and mainly carving. Need all the padding I can get including hip and back protectors as my falls are unpredictable! Younger skaters generally really supportive. Needless to say, really great fun. Progress is slow but gains are SO satisfying.
Thanks again, Steve. Here are 10 tips for the old geezers out there that want to pick up skateboarding. You probably know them, but it is challenging to follow when lacking the skills. So it's time to go there soon, there will not be many skaters, and you are free to practice with your skateboard. Remember to check your skateboard wheels can spin well and the bolts on the ends of the trucks. You probably come down crashing if they come off. Your trucks, occasionally, are slightly stiff or loose.
As you may know, too loose can make you be over your board, and you will get a struggling time to seek your balance. Meanwhile, too tight means you will have a difficult time managing the board. If you practice on your own, you can bring your old phone and record what you did.
It will be best to leave your high-end devices at home as you don't need to mind losing them. You will need a cellphone in case you, unfortunately, have an accident. Ever since we pass our 30s, we notice muscle ache after skateboarding. Before we begin our routine, we warm up our muscles and cruise a little.
If you cannot ride yet, walk around and loosen up. We notice this when we ride a mini ramp. Just take several minutes, and you will be able to come back in several days. It might happen at every age, but do not feel embarrassed as you are not rocking it yet. It will take time before you can ride a skateboard smoothly. You might feel hard sometimes, and this feeling can even hinder you from moving forwards. It is very crucial to be respectful to your skaters. They will be supportive when you want guidance, for instance, dropping in mini ramps at first.
Do not ride anywhere. Remember to observe the space to avoid collisions. As soon as you maneuver how to use a skateboard and are eager to improve, you can look at transition skateboarding.
It means skating mini ramps and quarter pipes. They are incredibly fun and less risky. Once you are familiar with that, you can try out mini ramps. Skateboarding is not a sport that you can learn within several days. Young people can pick up skateboarding faster, while aged adults will need time and persistence before they can master it. Try to practice skateboarding as many as three times per week for every hours. More is better, but it might be hard due to your responsibilities such as family and work.
And remember not to try doing tricks if you are not ready. You can hurt by yourself. Stop attempting to pull off a trick; you do it for more than one hour without success. Frustration can make it more challenging, and you can lose concentration. Please go for something else.
Your physical situation matters much. If you are in good health condition and boast a key core, it is easier to skate. If not, you had better get in shape by a workout at home or going to the gym to train your legs and core and improve flexibility.
And don't forget to wear protection. Novices are likely to get injured and be more vulnerable regularly. Knees, ankles, elbows, and hips are popular to injure. Remember to protect your head as well. Skateboarders never die I'm in my 40's and skate again and it is just as enjoyable. I stopped when i was around 19 and it was really stupid to stop now I look back.
Don't fall for peer pressure. Skating is about been unorthodox, breaking rules and been free from restrictions. Personally i never think ur too old, my friend has started skating again and has just turned Now ive started again i feel people will laugh at me, i think everyone thinks that wen they start skating. I just started skating 2. I did ride a unicycle before I started skating, but believe me, thats neither here nor there. Still struggling and getting my knocks like everyone else who ever picked up a board.
Too old There were some guys I used to skate with that were like 23 and 25 and they were hella good. I'm hoping to get at least another 10 GOOD years on my board and after that I still plan on skating as long as I can but I don't expect to improve much after that. I'm 37 and I'm not very good but I love skating and I will keep doing it until it's no longer fun. I think that's many years from now. I just turned 22, yesterday actually, and the last time I was on a skateboard was probably 5yrs ago and I could only ollie back then..
But I'm starting to get back into skating hardcore and actually goin to pick up my board next week. I'm not worried about gettin hurt or anything as I'm in pretty good shape. Still wonder though if 15 and 16yr olds gonna look at me like a dinosaur. They will. Being 23 I get the looks all the time. There is no age limit. Just have fun. I'm 25 and just going to buy my first board. You're 19 bro No man, you're not too old. But, I think when you get older, you shouldn't do too many huge gaps and drops.
What a bump. Damn, I'll be looking at a thread for awhile and then I look and it's a 5 page thread from There is a thread for hating on us. As long as your body cooperates and your in fine health then age shouldn't be an issue.
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