homie just started skating 3 years ago?! as an old guy, i can say this is impressive, no doubt.

Man I'm 40 and started in 1986 but have not been skating latley, feeling down. Your opener made me cry and I can say I still skate. Thank you. Skate or die.

I'm 29 and just started learning. Thanks for this most of the "beginner transition vids" on here are like "ok Just drop right in and 50 the coping"

Say I really liked your video. I find it inspiring that your not only doing it, "Skating" but also sharing the experience freely. I tore my shoulder up 2 yrs ago BMX at that exact park. That injury, turning 50, being over weight set my confidence back tremendously. I "LOVE!" skateboarding. Throughout life It helped me get out of my head. And express my self creatively. And in the mid to late 80s I was good at it. I've layed it down and picked it up many many times. Ive exposed and coached 2 generations of nephews and 3rd gen. my 16 yr old son. To skateboarding. I've had my son on a board since he could stand. But I'v struggled to keep up my momentum. My passion for "it" still burns in my heart. And you've inspired me to come back out of my head. I tried to start carving that bowl and just got frustrated as hell but recently relized my board was not set up for it. So I've made some adjustments (new set up😉) And I'm planning to get to work. My son and I frequent that park. I look forward to running into you ther somtime, So I can shake your hand. You just convinced me that I'm moving in the right direction. Good Stuff Man!

I just picked up a board after 22 years of not being on one. Falling hits different when you're 40. LOL. Most fun I've had in years though. I grew up and forgot how liberating skating was.

Love this guys energy, who wouldnt want to skate after listening to this dude.

As a 30 year old getting back into skating, this is the best instructional video I've ever seen. You explain everything so well. thanks for the videos my dude.

New subscriber here! I'm 47 and just now started back after 30 plus years of a hiatus. About a month and a half in. I agree about it's not relearning, it's learning for the first time. This is a whole new experience for me! 🤘🏼

Also I just dropped in for the first time yesterday 👏

Thank you my dude. Picked up a board at 35 and busted my elbow within the month, thought I was too old for the scene. Guys like you show me how it's done.

Pffff amazing guy!!! The last minutes just said all, deep into the heart. I am 34 with two kids, one 11 one 6. I still feel like a kid myself but with some wise approaches to life. Now I am learning how to dance Salsa, to Surf, bought now a Surfskatw to go to the bowls... i dont know man but i am nailing stuff faster now! I feel that i lost much of my life rising kids and work hard, but now i am just unstoppable! Just do it!!!!! GO!!! You my friend are an inspiration! Rock it all man! Thx for the boost 🤙

58 OG here, and starting up again! We had no skate park, so all street riding. We have some awesome Evergreen parks here in MT, so by the end of next summer, I will be riding the bowls. Thanks for your videos!

Ive never really been interested in learning tricks, what I really want to learn is carving and dealing with obstacles like cracks or curbs

dude i fucking love you. i'm 32 and feel so sketchy trying to skate again... and my dream is to simply carve a bowl so thanks for the content! haha you make me feel like so much less of a loser wearing my pads too. cheers brotha!

I was scared to start skateboarding and I'm 34. But i got me a board and pads and started in a bowl. Found your video online! Great message and keep shredding! Subscribed!

Dang ol boy! Just finding your videos on a rabbit hole i traveled down with you tube to see how dumb i am looking at 44 in a month from to pick back up skating and now all i realize is it would simply be dumb to not get out and do it! Never having been that good of skater in the late 80s, early 90s to begin with it was nothing for me to hop back on a bike and not skate. Today tho i feel there was always something id missed out on! Thank you brother!🙏🤙. I also found you on the ig too! Ill be going back into the skate shop here shortly to dial in a board that feels good again real soon! Stay safe out there!

Great video. I watched the first half before i went to the park yesterday, loosened my trucks and had way more confidence! Over 40 skaters unite!

Dude I just watched your video yesterday. Total newbie 4 weeks ago. Your advice helped me get all the way round this morning, much appreciate it!

63 yrs, never skated but a lot of inline skating. Bought a longboard recently and have been practicing for six weeks now and starting to feel comfortable and ready to try an ordinary skateboard. So much fun!!! Thanks for the tutorial!!

39years old, 15 years without being on a board. I started 3 weeks ago to learn how to Ollie again but also: bowl and drop in for the first time in my life. Thank you for this video. I really related to everything.

Great video and instructional! I am 60 y.o. and just started skateboarding a week ago. I went to a skate park for the first time today. Your tips will help me tremendously on my next visit to the park.

Sir Dude, you are an inspiration and a born teacher. It takes courage to pick up a challenge and show the world what you can do. Kudos for wearing and taking about safety gear especially the helmet. Keep on Trucking/Gliding. Love the Thor! 🙂

49, gave up 30 years ago and the kids are having way too much fun so im gunna start again...thanks dude for making my mind up!..old guys rule!

I must admit, it was inspiring. Big up from 37 y.o.😅

I started skating this week, I'm 35 and I felt like I was the oldest on the planet to begin until this video 😐. Respect! You're inspirational

Thank you! Getting back into skateboarding after 17 years

Im an old school skater from back in 80s 90s and @48 im back on board .. I have 2 set ups one for bowls and one for street.. I leaning more for bowls but have trouble with front side carves.. Thanks for the advise im going to try it . also getting full pad set up with helmet for fathers day so Cant wait . killer 187 pad triple 8 helmet and hired hands .. Thanks for the pad review

Bro I’ve been skating for 17 years and can skate bowls and stuff but you are giving solid advice and your sick for any age never mind you’ve only been skating 3 years it’s got me shocked tbh. Stay rad mannnn!!

56yr old skater getting back into it. Go for it bro and good info!

Am i the only 16 yr old just getting into skateboarding . damn imma work so hard and enjoy my youth .

Hey, nice vid. Inspiring. I’m 63! …and I’ve been skating since I was 10, surfing since I was 13. But almost all my skating has been carving on long hills (I never go straight). But I want my skating to improve my surfing, so I am going to start getting in the bowls. However, I have a really stupid problem, I skate goofy and surf regular foot, blame that on my friends who made me learn to surf regular because I’m right footed. So I am learning to skate regular footed after 50 years of skating goofy. It’s really hard!!!! I swear it is like starting from scratch. But I’m getting there in a slanted parking lot and getting ready to hit the skate park early in the morning…with lots of padding 😂. Wish me luck!!

Theres a lot of us older guys getting back into it. 45yrs old mid life crisis lol

I’m 36 and have been skating since the early 90s. Now my daughter is getting into it and I’m discovering a new era of skating and teaching. Thank you for this vid we watched it together. KEEP PUSHING!!!

YOU ROCK!!! I love your tutorials. I’m a 58-year-old skateboarder and want to get back in the game. There’s an old proverb that goes like this-you don’t get old by being stupid!!!!

Hey brother. I like your channel. I just turned 48 and stumbled on the movie 'Lords of Dogtown' and hooked now. I'm looking to get my first board and hopefully hit a local skate park soon. You're giving hope!

Watching this video again it kind of reminds me of snowboarding and surfing a little bit

Dude so true, 41 and never skated this good, started again after 25 years

‘Wheel Bite Disaster Zone’ what a great band name!!!!

Love your positive vibe my man! Keep giving us oldies hope!!

I'm 40 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I'm starting to drop on bowls and watching your videos. Hugs

Great tutorial and a lot of wisdom. I'm just starting at 55 and finally "get" bowl riding. It's a continuous ride of fun, for me, it's all about the carve... Keep em coming. And always pad and helmet kids, as well as the protection they give they also boost confidence.

I just got back in to skating after a 15 year hiatus, this video is goddamn inspirational. Thanks brother!

Thanks! I am 31 and skated until like 22 or something but never rode bowls. Now I'm trying to relearn skating amd learn bowlskating!

"Wheel Bite Disaster Zone ", ;] thank you so much for the vid. I am 54 and getting back into bowls, this was extremely helpful and easy to watch!

I'm 1 week into skating. 32 y/o and I'm loving it so far.

Always when I lend my board to some kid at the park they're always like "your trucks are tight". Hell no dude!! Hahaha

Haha love the vibez your throwin out!!! Keep shreddin!!! Love the "im just using it for fun" after saying cooky haha is being cooky!! Im just starting to skate bowls in my mid 30s. Thanks for keeping it 💯

So dope. I’m 22 and you’ve given me an extra boost to learn bowls skating

Yeah I’m 34 and just “got back” into skating. I had a Krooked board I was using for cruising, carving, bombing hills, and doing stairs. But we just got our first real skate park in Des Moines. I really wish we had this when I was younger.. Would have kept me out of trouble

Bro!!! I was literally trying to learn how to carve this morning in that bowl 😂 this video means so much more to me now that it’s at my local park

RAD! Thanks for this video. Very informative and encouraging! Really got me STOKED!🤙🏽

I'm Brazilian, 30 years old, living in Canada and I've never run skateboard before although very common in my country and there are some Olympic athletes.. I just bought skateboard because I fell in love with snowboarding. and I'm trying to keep my balance in Summer lol. skateboard it's more complex.. after 3 months of snowboarding I'm be abble to do some tricks, jumps, ollies, run on blue's, some carvings.. after almost 1 month of skateboarding I got a nice scratch on my elbow 🤣😂 and I'm skating looking like a baby.

I'm in San Antonio. 40+ and getting back into skating, because my daughter is. Shoot me a message if you happen to be hitting any parks/bowls in SA and I'd love you join you. Took me months and months to get an ollie when i was teenager. 25 years later, I get it first try--- in the grass :). Something about that wisdom.

Im 28 and I did skateboard back when I was 12. Never had a chance to go to a skatepark growing up and now theres one 2 miles away. I'm excited to give it a second chance

I’m glad to come across your channel, I street skated in the late 80s and also again in the late 90s, now I’m 48 and picking it back up. Your videos are encouraging and inspiring.

I’m 36, started skating when I was 14. Recently got back into it so I could teach my little brother. Skating is life!

I started skating when I was younger but stopped for a decade and you inspired me to get back into it even more, thanks brother! And speed definitely helps I figured that one out last night!

35 and back at it. Used to be a Streeter. Stoped to skate 13 years ago. Just started the bowl today, thanks for the video. Can't wait to use your advices!

The video I was looking for, thanks brother 🎉

I started skating again just a couple days ago and bought a new board just to carve the bowl. That's all I really want to do. Trying to drop in that first time again was kind of scary, but I did it. Then I started experimenting with carving techniques. There's also been this cool guy there who's been cheering me on, he's really good on the bowl and very supportive. Anyways, one of my challenges now is frontside carving, but it's getting better. Another challenge is safety because I have this mental limit where I won't push myself to do certain things because I feel so vulnerable, so I think that I need to where pads. My last challenge is feeling self-conscious with all these super good skaters all around me. I just want to skate to feel free and happy and carve the bowl like I'm surfing, but I feel this pressure and judgment all around me like "I don't belong there." It's probably all in my head, but I wish some of these skaters would understand that people like me just want to have fun. Music is my real talent and I can't risk getting vital body parts injured. Anyways, great video!

Awesome tips. Don't go for cool. Ride like your obsessed!

Man your videos rule! I’m a 30 year old guy who always wanted to skate and thought I was too old, you have shown me I was wrong mate you rip! Hopefully I’ll get there for now I’m having the radest time just skating around my neighbourhood and getting use to my board! I am super keen to hit the park soon once I get the courage, cheers mate much love from Australia!

I wish I had some land to build my house I would build this in the back of my house this is such a great skateboard park and great setup it is so smooth and so awesome I would Escape all day and all night if I had this skateboard park in the back of my house everyday I'd be getting up early in the morning and just skate my heart out all day long learning new tricks and everything if I could create something like that in my backyard if I have bought some land and built my house this would definitely be in the back of my house so I can skate 24/7 man this is a nice skateboard park I think it's probably one of the nicest ones I've seen so far

Dropped into bowl today. Watching this now trying to learn to carve. Thanks man

I'm 36, started on an electric longboard 2 years ago. A few months ago I took it to a skate park and it was amazing, although you're a bit limited riding a longboard in bowls. My plan is to start in one like yours since I am a heavy dude. Thanks for the tips! keep going!

52 made it over the double mogle today at Long Beach NY ... Made it around the half bowl section 1 time with out falling... So two goals met... Hopefully I get to go back to Long Beach soon. Thanks Johnny Moku, Ed, Ryan ( legend skater) and Ethan also son of legend but pretty legend, Maceo... All ir ya for showing the old guy love and being patient with me. Roman thanks for Suns... Miss the fb chat... Shout out Matty Mack Magdalena.

Keep up the good work man, you are inspiring the older guys to get back out there and learn a new method of skating. Right now alot of ppl need this type of encouragment. The coronavirus has made alot of ppl really depressed and skating has given them a new lease on life. Im 41...keep thredding!!!

Your a Legend !! you gave me motivation on getting better! and keep skating!

Yes my man! I asked and you delivered. Thank you, really useful points about keeping the front wheels down and leaning with the board. I'm going to try this out with maximum speed

Inspiring

You’re simply great. I’m 55 and started surfskating five years ago. I would like to have a trainer like You. Cheers from Italy

Just came across your channel. I’m 46 and getting back into pool skating after 20 some years of not skating. Never really learned how to carve so thanks for the tips! Can’t wait to give them a shot this week. Stoked🤘🏽

Dude, finding this video means so much. I've been picking up skating at 30 after like 15 years of wanting to get back into it, and seeing you rip this hard just makes me want to go out and skate. Great video, man.

This is rad! I just picked skating back up three years ago. I’m 30 now and I just started skating transition a couple months ago. I live in Burlington VT so we have a really nice bowl and mini ramp at Burton that I go to every day. I’ve been amazed at the progress I’ve made in transition skating as opposed to how much I was struggling trying to do street stuff. I just committed and built a 9 inch transition set up with rails and forged hollow 159 indies. It’s the best feeling set up I’ve ever had. Working on frontside slashes now. And hope to get 50-50s and rock to fakies and rock and rolls down soon.

Inspiration right here. I’m a 34 year old thinking about getting back into skating, I quit about 6-7 years ago. I was never “great” at street skating and wanted to try more transition this time around. This is super encouraging.

44 and started a year ago :) best thing i ever done. really want to pump these bowls. i can pump mini ramps but pumping the bowl seems harder, time and patience i guess. Hey this video is awesome though, going to have a good look over your other vids :) fist bump to the OG skaters

tomorrow ill have a new way to approach the bowl ate it 3 times today and I said ok that's enough lol again thnx brother !peace and God Bless....

Well done sensei. Loose trucks really help gotta be loose in the juice. Remember to Turn up and Turn down or the board will track straight. Use that upper body (shoulders) turn them so the lower body follows. Bend the knees please. Bowls are way safer. Great video.

Great video dude..I’m 48 and just getting back to skating to improve my surfing.. really informative and inspirational.. keep up the good work

Same feelings about the better awareness! I'm 36 and started skating again in January because my 5 year old son wanted to skate. I can definitely still do all the tricks I could do 15 years ago, some better than then.

Wow man. You make me feel so much better. I’m 36 and I just picked up skating by chance because my daughter wanted a skateboard and I figured it would be a good chance to bond. Man, let me tell you I love it and can’t get enough. It helps relieve my PTSD symptoms like no other. Like a drug! I feel stupid and self conscious a lot about being an old noob. That plus my social anxiety has kept me out of parks until recently. I started going at 7 am when no one is there. Funny how you can do combat tours in the Infantry, but are scared to skate in front of other people and especially other skaters. I want to skate bowls so bad. I had a little taste my first time the other day at the park. I’ve only been skating a few weeks. But I’m taking it slow. Working on my manuals and balance now. Appreciate the advice dude. Subscribed!!

i just did my first carve today! so happy still can't drop in though :(😂

I like that close-up. You can really feel that float.

I am picking up some pads and hitting the local bowl this summer as I agree, street skating is where the hurt comes in. I have got to stop slamming on my hips! Thx for the vid.

YOU THE MAN !!! Keep the videos coming , i used your videos on how to teach my kids to DROP IN and it worked AWESOME , they are now dropping in with no problems or hesitation , now im gonna follow your carving advice. THANKS AGAIN !!!!

Thanks for this video, I'm 40 and just started skating about a month ago. So far I'm having fun learning to carve. Can't wait until I get enough confidence to drop in.

wow, great to find your channel! 52 years old and getting back into riding daily after 20 years of a break.. I aint gonna lie.. my body doesn't want to be as flexible as it was when I was younger.. like the breakdown.. good tutorial.

Hey bro. I'm jealous. I hit a fork in the road in 9th grade where I could continued being a skater, be a footballer, or a pretty darn good tennis player. I chose footballer and there wasn't time for anything else. I was decent and got an education out of it . But you're still skating in your 50s!!! I hadn't been on a football field and in pads in over 25 years. I still have my RoboCab and miss that sense of freedom when skating. Gonna dust it off and see how it goes. Thanks for the motivation. Peace out!

Awesome vid and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it!

Thanks for all your videos and tutorials. I started trying to skate parks last year at 51. hated the feeling of concrete on my bones , built a wooden bowl in my back yard and learned to drop in at 52. old men rule!

Hey Roman watch this video back and see if your carving is the same as back in the day . Looks as though you had no trouble here. Look at the lines in and out and see if you copy that today if it's possibly different. You made it look seamless then.

very very cool video....

CONGRAT for your 74 000 views on this video!!! You are KZfaq at it's best. Sharing your experience, big or small, so peoples can learned and have fun. You are a great teacher. I'm a whitewater kayak instructor since 21 years. I know how learning a technical/dangerous sport is hard and can be frustrating. We need great coach like you!!!!!!

Thank you for another great lesson! ❤

I'm 33 yo getting back to skate. Thanks for the tips! Greetings from Brazil.

Yes I did enjoy it. I'm 62 and skating every night on my own private ramps its good to see other OG are into it. And commenters too. Thanks

much respect from france! inspirational

47 year old, here, too. I learned transition skating on inline skates about ten years, ago, kick scooter about a year, ago, and skateboard I started to dabble a year ago and am going to pursue it more. 1. With skateboard the ability of the board to turn is crucial, especially for beginners. Not all trucks are turny, and that's a problem. Had Tensor Mag Lights, they were not turny and sucked at transition skating. Indy's are very turny and much easier to learn on. Wheelbite is always an issue: many different ways to deal with it, but simplest is to have turny trucks and use small wheels. 2. Agree with you that transition skating is way safer than other stuff. Surfaces are smooth, wear your gear and be comfortable sliding out on it. I wear a full-face mx style helmet, I've learned from experience that smacking the face can happen and half-helmets are useless in that regard. 3. Agree with you that being older is a benefit. The brain is calmer and more ordered. I learn and understand stuff and enjoy it way more now than I ever did when I was younger. 4. Put in your time. Some people are intuitive at transition pumping, for me it has taken thousands of repeated pushes to understand some of the magic of pumping. I laugh at kids who spend 80% of their time at the park on their phone or jawing with their friends, I'm pushing it 90% of the time, because the better you get the more enjoyable it is. 5. Yoga/stretching. As an older person I've learned agility and fluidity and balance are closely tied to flexibility. Being consistent with stretching and maintaining flexibility has taught me body awareness and where I'm lacking/stuck and what problems I have in my body. Especially when you wipe out the extra flexibility helps. The flexibility also helps with recovery. Don't get old and stiff!

Another great video. Your positive attitude is contagious man. Love it!

Inspirational. I'm 48 and have just brought a long board