Yesir! Love to hear it! 👊

Stick with it, dude! I recommend getting a jumprope, helped me when I was coming back to skating

Thank you @Luke and @Dad Board knowing that it is never to late to get back into skateboarding. I am 47 turning 48 this year. Looking to get started this summer as the weather gets warmer up north. Any suggestions on buying a new board after so many years off.

@@kdeSouza hell yeah! Welcome back, dude. What kind of skating did you do prior to quitting? I found that I pretty much gravitated towards the way I used to skate (ledges, manuals, generally low impact) but when I got back I bought this crazy shaped board with big wheels because I had it in my head that since I’m older I should skate transition lol that was not how it ended up. If you used to ride a 7.5 or really thin board like me I highly recommend getting at minimum an 8.12 or something close to 8.25. Boards got bigger but it’s much easier to learn on and stability is your friend.

​@@dadboard same! My go to warm up. Turn 40 this yr!

@@dadboard I used to skate everything back in the day (vert, park, street). I would like to get back into street and park. Basically, I want to get back and learn the basics, then slowly progress from there. I was looking at 8.25 - 8.5 boards to start. Keep up the good work on the vids.

😂 so true

Yes, exactly!

Before AND after 😅😂

I’ve done that !! Haha

With coffee ☕️ .

I know exactly what you mean. I smile every time I see a group of kids skating some random street spot.

Hey I’m not 40 yet! 😂 but fr that’s awesome man, just be easy and don’t worry about doing any tricks for at least 6 months. Learn how to push and cruise really really comfortably and that will help develop style.

Lol m 41, started nearly 2y and only now getting small ollies while rolling... never too old to skate. Skate safe

Turning 31 this year, been skating for 20+ years but have the same goal. Definitely would be stoked to be ripping like this at 40.

Do a kickflip!

Aaaaay! Congratulations! Boy or girl?

That’s whatsup! Happy to hear that, dude

🫡

Lol definitely. I love spots like that

Skateboarding _is_ the best

Get it! Thanks for watching, dude 🫡

Always! And thank you, man. I love hearing about people still skating at 50-60 and up

Yooo I'm from East Bay close to same age. We would take the O bus to the city all the time to skate EMB and ride all over. We even snuck into the Xgames when they were there and Tony Hawk did his 900. We didn't see it but we heard everyone going crazy. Never got to see pros in the streets tho, that would've been cool.

@@alexblazquez2277 shot out to the east Bay!!!! "Orbit skate shot" San Leandro

Yeah I need to start getting serious about yoga and strength training

Thanks so much, man I really appreciate that 🙏

I hear it more often than I’d like 😂 those don’t usually make the edit though. I was off for 13 until Dec 2020 so just hang in there and don’t stop skating!

Love it

@@dadboard got a couple clips on my channel 👍

@@dadboard your still shredding by the way...

@@chrishaha6906 🙏 🍻

Always 🔥

Thank you, man! Glad you got something out of it. Get out there and skate around!

Lol damn I know that feeling. Well we can hold it down for our age bracket 🤝

41 baby! still skating when I can and hope one day my daughter is interested to skate with me.

Finding stuff you can skate is the best, especially if it’s otherwise garbage.

Thank you man!

Thanks for the support dude! Much appreciated

Same. Any slightly raised bit of concrete is a spot lol. Appreciate the sub, dude thank you!

Finding spots is like fishing or something for me. I always get excited when I see a little alley or parking lot I haven’t explored yet.

That’s whatsup, Harry! If you see me in the wild say whatsup!

Thanks for watching, dude!

🙏

Do it! Just try to do some yoga or stretching on the side. Cardio helps a lot too 💪

Hell yeah. Skate whatever is fun for you! I’d probably go to more parks if they weren’t always crowded

Can you still ride at all or is it completely off the table?

Skateparks are fun but definitely a different vibe and experience. I’d love to see what kind of stuff you have out there. In my area a lot of the newer construction is super sterile and pre skate stopped. It’s tough to find anything even remotely skateable. They still fuck up and make something fun every now and then though

@@dadboard Yeah, skateparks are packed most of the time and hectic. If you don't go there early in the morning you probably won't have a satisfying session. Apart from that I prefer grinding on real concrete than on iron edged ledges that the majority of skateparks have. There's a small skatepark just a couple of km away with red painted California style curbs (great fun) , but it's always packed with scooter kids. I'm an early 90s skater, we didn't have any parks back then. So the streets is what I'm used to. The places I skate aren't much different than what you present in your videos. Parking areas with manual pads, curbs, banks, little ledges and smaller gaps. But none of our curbs are painted over here. But the good thing is that everything is closed on a Sunday here in Germany (except Restaurants, gas stations and places to spend your free time like bowling centers etc.). That makes most industrial and commercial areas pretty abandoned Sundays (despite the surveillance cameras everywhere). You can even skate in the streets and use the inner part of a roundabout as a manual pad 😁. Nothing is skate stopped here. But I've seen skate stopped obstacles in larger cities like Frankfurt. Our recently and like everywhere new constructed bus stop curbs are lots of fun. They are pretty high for a curb (new safety regulations I guess) and slappy nose slide and grind to a certain extend (I'm riding Tensor Mags) without wax.

@@zeitgeist1977sk8 dude I generally just feel safer skating street spots too. Skateparks are always extra slippery and unpredictable. Those aluminum/steel ledges either stick or slip out half the time and then some yokel on a scooter decides to wax the flatbar or something. On top of all that you have kids with zero situational awareness going against the flow with earbuds in. It’s like the opposite of relaxing lol. I skate like shit before noon too so I’m out of luck going early

@@dadboard I can definatly back up all you said. Feeling the same way. Last year I probably didn't visit them more than 5 times at max because of the reasons you mentioned. If it's too packed I leave after 5 Minutes. But this year I will try to visit them more often, mainly to get to know more fellow skaters in person. Skating alone more than 90% of the time isn't always fun. I'm not an early bird skatewise as well. It just takes ages to get the blood pumping at 8am in the skatepark. Afternoons and even late evenings are way better for me 😅

Hell yeah 🤘

Thanks man!

You can do it, man! Start filming your sessions and track your progress, make little achievable goals and treat it like a game. Asap!

Hell yeah keep at it, dude. And thank you

Thanks man!

Thanks, Neil!

I started again at 35 after 13 years, just don’t quit! My advice is to try to watch your diet and get good sleep at least near the days when you plan on skating. Doing cardio and jumprope works wonders as well. Welcome back!

@@dadboard So happy to be back brother! And your advice is the sole reason I've seen any progress at all! I was a solid 250 lbs after Thanksgiving 2022 and yesterday I weighed in at 210 lbs since starting back in January. After spending 26-32 y/o in the gym for 10+ hours a week before covid, I couldn't do it again after it was over...I needed something where health and weight loss was a byproduct and man, skating has been that and more! Plus the mental walls you just kick tf down...there's nothing like it!! Really glad I found your content, can't wait to see your next skate spot! I have some just like this close to me that I just haven't had the huevos to hit yet since they're very visible like your concrete A-frame haha

@@pretengineer yo congrats, dude! That’s major! Just stay at it and don’t give up. Skating really is the fountain of youth. Thanks again for watching too, stories like yours truly inspire me and if my videos have helped in any way I’m honored.

We used to tip over newsstands lol

Time to get back to it! Just go slow and don’t expect it to all come back right away, don’t be discouraged either! You got this, man ✊

Yo thanks so much! Appreciate the love, my dude!

Thanks, Nathan! Appreciate you, dude 👊

👊🙏

“Just a lil bump”

Yeeeaah! Best feeling isn’t it! I remember doing them over and over and over behind a shopping center for so long before I finally landed one, then I had them down eventually. Fast forward to now and I can land like 1/10 on a good day and they barely get off the ground 😂 😭

@@dadboard 3 flips look so good. My biggest problem is sticking it 2 feet together too far up on the board & slipping out. I envy all you people with 2 fully functional ankles. Ya boy has only one. No kickflips for me. You're lucky!

@@bridgeboy4582 I always land in ski position on the front of the board. Henry Sanchez said you gotta lean back more. I think the problem is in my shoulder position, well _one_ of the problems. 3 flips are just trouble for me

Thanks dude! 👊

So underrated! The varial flip renaissance is upon us! 😂 thank you, dude

Keep varial flips alive! :D

Much appreciated, dude! 🙏

Where did you find Mob M-80!? I haven't been able to find that stuff for years now. It was my favorite. It seemed to be a great middle ground between regular Mob and Jessup.

Yo bmx is gnarly, man, and thanks! More power to you ✊

@@dadboard thanks bro. and until 2 years ago. i worked at a ski resort. a mgr. the place in the shining movie was my employer. i made over 200 snowboarding videos going down volcanoes. glaciers etc. park etc. if your bored. see one of my bmx freestyle videos. the one i uploaded a week ago shows me doing tons of tricks as a over 50 year old man. and the last 2 years i didnt ride at all until about 5 weeks ago. so i am super rusty. the thumbail is 2 of us old guys doing a trick

@@MOUNTAINOUS whoa that’s sick, man! Congrats! Love to hear it

Hell yeah, thanks Spencer! I plan on doing an auburn episode eventually let me know if there’s any good street spots off the beaten path. Last time I went up there to stop in Milo’s I saw a few little things but I haven’t fully explored the layout, so many little nooks and crannies in that place. I was there a lot as a young kid

@@dadboard absolutely man, I have been a park rat at Mather for the past few years but have just recently been hitting the streets of auburn and we got some fun diy's and other little cutty spots and lots of curbs! Im always down to skate/film/create

@@spencersmithshredtilldead dude I think I may have seen you at Mather before, just checked out your channel man you rip!

@@dadboard Thanks man the more I binge watch your channel im thinking I recognize you, nose slide 270 on the stairs to bank, I think I saw you trying and thought that is an awesome way to skate that spot! We gotta link up!!!

@@spencersmithshredtilldead haha yeah that stupid trick took me so long and I never really got the rollaway I wanted 😂 definitely will hit you up man.

Thanks, Connor! I appreciate you watching, dude

You’re awesome!

Lol thank you

Wow. That’s high praise, big thanks man!

So sick! We need more mom’s on boards! 🫡

@@dadboard 🛹👵😂

Hell yeah thank you, dude! 🫡

Damn man I hope you’re doing good now, sounds like you’ve been through a lot. You could still setup a board to just go cruise around and carve transition and stuff or is that putting you at risk?

@@dadboard I've been in remission from brain cancer since 2016 but yeah man it's just 2 much risk. If I break it another time I'll end up homeless because my bones don't like to heal. It would jeopardize my job. It was hard enough to find it because of the limitations of my right foot has with all the hardware degenerative bone issues it has now. Doctors more less said I'm limited to desk work and also was told stay out of the rivers fishing cause the rocky terrain. Trying to find new hobbies isn't easy at this age. I find myself smoking a lot of weed lately which isn't a good thing at the moment because it makes me ok with being bored lol. Thanks for the response though and keep on ripping it up bro and hopefully you'll have many years left to skate and be healthy.

@@cooter1352 fuck man that’s so rough, I imagine fingerboards don’t replace the act of skating but I see people like Bevup and others are super into it and it’s like a whole scene. They seriously have taken that to new levels. I was checking out how much a board is and it’s almost the price of a standard complete! I tried to get into it with my techdeck but those are the equivalent of a wal mart skateboard.

@@dadboard 🤣🤣👉🤡💨🙃👍🤙 Appreciate the idea but I'm save my fingers the ladies throwing darts or something. I am interested in these finger decks though that actually cost as much as real complete. If not to get into or buy but to just check them out first. The difference in quality from tech decks has me intrigued. I got into shooting and collecting cool guns but the whole world going to hell in a hand basket has ammo harder and more expensive to come buy as well as firearms in general. I was thinking getting into r/c 4x4 scalers and rock crawlers. I digress have a good one my friend.

Dude I know, it’s why I need to get my ass back in shape. When I started again I was on this almost daily cardio/fitness regiment, I had this really healthy diet and ended up losing almost 40ilb from where I started at. I felt great and just a lot stronger in general. After about a year I got lazy and thought maybe skating 2-3 times a week was enough exercise but it’s really not. I’m about to get back on my program starting today actually. I might make a video about shit we can do to help stay in shape as we get older

Do it!

Thanks dude!

Hell yeah, man. It’s adult swim all summer! Get it!

Dude, so true. I’m starting a program today actually. I need to lose some pounds and get my core strength up. I got lazy this last year

@@dadboard I'm on intermittent fasting. Only eat between 12 & 7. Its effective if you can stay on it for about a month. By then your metabolism should kick in and you're laughing. But I went to Turkey for a week so I've got some making up to do! But skate progression is such a great motivator to get fit

@@lozio2352 I’m gonna try to do that, I heard 2-10pm is the window but I get the munchies late night and start attacking the cereal and honey buns 😂

I’ve been there! Not for a long time though. I think the last time I went I was still pretty wobbly so it would be fun to go back. Not too many actual snakeruns anymore.

That’s the call of the wild, my friend. Answer it

Oh shit whatsup man! Crazy to see you on these internet streets lol. I don’t really keep in contact with anyone from back in the day, everybody kinda went their separate ways. That’s life I guess. I actually haven’t made any music in years now. Unfortunately don’t have the space or time to really compose anything. I’ll probably get a setup down the line but I ain’t chasing the dream anymore. How are you, man?

@@dadboard oh, ya know, livin' the Cali dream, lol! That tech boom a few years back forced me out of those apartments. They kicked out so many renters to sell for like $225,000, crazy! The area is so expensive now. It feels like my home town is rejecting me, but I still like the area and feel drawn here, so I'm fighting to stay. I'm still enjoying these nature trails, (still never bought a car and put in the foot work daily) but tired of the sprawl (do we really need more restaurants, lol!). Glad to see you're still in town. Yeah, I rarely see anyone from back in the day and am a lone wolf just grindin' to live at the moment. I work over at the Rite Aid in the square, so stop by if you get a chance bro (I'll hook up some ice cream, lol!). I surfed around a bit while searching for a place, but with rent prices all I found that was close to work was a "back house" in the community across the park from the apartments. I say "back house", but really it's an old, poorly insulated garage with electricity, but no running water for $650 a month. The landlord is cool enough, but the property owner doesn't want anyone living out here, so I constantly have to dodge him as well as half the neighbors who are his friends/informers. I'm grateful for having a roof over my head, but I'm still searching for something a bit better. Hope you and yours are doing well. How's the family? Anyways, good catching up. We should kick it sometime. I'm surprised we haven't run into each other out and about. I'm always carting around my big ass speaker, so you'd hear me coming, lol! Been going for late night walks over by the parking garage and downtown, so if you ever hear me, say what's up! I always hear skaters there at night. The other night I warned a couple that the po-po were rolling up on them. Stay up, Peace. P.S.- Don't know if you remember, but one of the last times I saw you guys, you and Max bought me a pair of kicks, and I wanted to thank you again for that act of kindness. I rocked those for like 8 years at least! You guys were some real hommies!

Get out there and skate! It will come back with a bit of effort