I thought I was the only one. Lol, I'm 52 and I ride longboards and practice on skateboards but mostly longboards. I loved this video.

I started snowboarding at 42....never quit....still riding at 55

they should give these ladies their own show. it would be cool to watch this show

Nevermind the dislikes. Keep skating. I am 44 and skateboard, roller skate. so keep it up Moms Who Skate !!!!!

This is so great! I'm a skater in Wyoming and last Summer we took a skate trip to California. We saw the lady with the Barbie doll on her helmet at the Etnies skatepark in Lake Forest. I thought she was SO inspiring! Keep killing it, ladies!

I cant even IMAGINE why anyone would thumb this down. I used to be an avid rollerblader and stopped in my early 40s. Maybe I need to start again :)

Great video, its so good to see these ladies skateboarding in their 50s and not letting anything or anyone hold them back. Thank you for posting and sharing.

38 and took up quad skating 2 years ago. Just this month taken to the ramps and bowls. Found myself wondering if I'm just being silly and that I'm 'too old' but then came across this. I'm NOT too old. Hallelujah x

Love this! As my grandpa said age is just a number. I started scootering and skateboarding with my children in my mid 30's and love it.

I used to skateboard as a teenager. I started again recently. A couple of years ago I got back on my skates too and started Derby. I'll be 50 next year. This woman is awesome.

This is awesome! I started skating when I was 14, then stopped and forgot about it for 35 years. At 51, I got back on my board again because of my sons, who are skateboarders. They encouraged me to do it. Since then, I haven't stopped. I skate almost everyday. I'm 54, and I love skateboarding. I would like to meet these ladies!

I've skated with Barbara and she is a rad human being!

Beautiful story, I started at 37, 41 now and droppin in higher walls. So much fun. Way to go ladies. You all are awesome. :-)

It.s so awesome to see grown women skating. I have, what kids today call a vintage board, a 90.s. Tony Hawk Powell Peralta. I LOVE it. I hadn.t used it in a long long time until my son was 4 and I wanted to get him on it. He wasn.t interested at all 😢 so, along with a brand new deck and the rest of his gear, I put it away. I.m in the process of losing weight that I put on due to stupid antidepressants and can.t think of a better way to shred off the weight. I haven.t skated in a long time but have been slowly getting reacquainted with my board. Skating is a great core builder and great way to get out of your head (screw the meds!). I.m back at the stage where I can ride but have to watch out for whiplash cracks (and pebbles) on the pavement and still use my foot as breaks. I can.t wait to get better again🍸🍸🍸 Cheers from SF Bay Area!

I’ll be 55 in Oct and asked for a skateboard for my birthday lol. I have been wanting to get back into it for decades. I heard there is an unwritten rule that when one falls that other skaters do not laugh. Knowing that may give me even more courage. You ladies are so inspirational

I’m 48 and haven’t skateboarded since I was 15. It was my favorite sport. I’m glad to see more adults keeping it going!

Thank you, AARP and ESPN! For anyone wishing to learn more, please visit www.mightymamaskateorama.org

I love it! I used to skate, too, but quit after having my first kid. I felt "weird", like I didn't belong anymore since I became a mom. :C This gives me hope.

incredibly inspirational. i'm 35 and haven't skated in years. just picked it up about a month ago during quarantine. god bless, shred it up!

Started back up at 52 after almost 20 years of absence! Loving it!

Great job AARP for showcasing this great story. Nice to see you drawing outside of the lines.

Skateboarding feeds the soul. I am getting closer to 40 now and love skating more than ever. I have five kids and drag them all to the skate park. I live in CO. I was touched by all the places you donate because of your events

What a wonderful and inspiring story! Love it.

How AWESOME! I skateboarded in the 1980s. First deck was an Alba, followed by a mini Lance Mountain, then a Tony Hawk. Now into inline skating in my mid-40s, I could skate all day everyday!

Your story is a blast to watch! I'm glad to know simple joys like writing and skateboard will live forever!

Barbara, so rad. Just sent this my mom saying it's time to step up her game too.

I skated 1972 also, picked back up in my 50's!

I started at 7, my aunt gave me her board. Still got it. Haven't skated in a year due to injury at work, but anxious to get back on.

awesome

I'm so absolutely happy to see im not alone in this. though being on the east coast in Nj I have only been able to watch as the numbers of young girl sk8ers has increased since i moved here from NYC back in ;98! I got some kids together along with my nephews who i encouraged to get into boarding and about 13 of their sk8er friends and we finally got the city council to build the first concrete park here in this area!! it was such an amazing accomplishment! unfortunately, it's nothing like the parks on the West coast...yet! but, i would like to see a massive concrete park with, bowls, and quarter and half with plenty of space and transitions like the ones you guys enjoy in the video, i would love to accomplish that...a huge concrete perfect sk8park here in Northern NJ!! Thank u guys for being there. I came across your video looking of remedies for a problem with my truck so i could get to fixing her and there you guys were!! I'm so stoked and cant wait to share this with my boys!! have a good one and "i'll be back!" P. s. Before i got my ride I'd sk8 to and from work winter,spring,summer and fall! It was my/our primary mode of transportation. i purchased all three decks at the same time and we're still sk8ing to this day, my nephews and I!

I'm 54, female. never skateboarded before but started on a cruiser board a few weeks ago. Love it! It was on my bucketlist

Super! Finally found other moms that shred! Ok, I classic skate, no jumps.

Just got a board again at 56. I am trying to go early mornings ...just in case i end up falling. Having issues pushing off ...there is a trepidation there that I never had as a kid. So glad I saw this though it renews my resolve. I should have never stopped skating...

SKATEBOARD4LYFE I love skateboarding

That was so cool I want to show my mom this and make her a skate board mom thanks keep up the good work

how cool!! way to go!!!

I just started skating last January at the young age of 51 . You women are an inspiration ❤…

This is an amazing story! We absolutely love this!

I’m a 39 year old mom of 2 boys 13 and 9. I live in small town Iowa, but we have 2 skate park options. My start has been slow but I’m killing it this year! I’m learning tricks through Braille Skateboarding! I didn’t even expect to find youtube vids with mom skaters!

I'm 34, a man, and just discovered skating. I was amazed at how, when I watched Skateboard Cow, she made me feel like a sense of being accepted was inevitable so long as I committed to accepting myself.

Barbara Odanaka, The Sisters of Shred and AARP - thank you thank you thank you. I picked up skateboarding when I was 50-51 and left it within one year ... for the most stupid reason ever. My husband, son, and myself went to a miniscule indoor skate park in Singapore with teeny ramps and drop-ins. I fell on my butt coming off the slightest ramp. Nothing really painful. Nothing hurt. Two days later, the hubby, son, and I were in the bathroom - naked - and all of a sudden the two of them started yelling "Mom/Sweetpea!!! What happened to your butt!III It's all BLACK!!??" And so it was - just black and blue from the fall. I can't believe I quit skateboarding because of an ugly butt! Meanwhile, my now 24 y.o. son is a boardman extraordinaire! Totally inspired and inspiring. thank you

This is an awesome story!! I started skateboarding at the age of 10 in 1977. I just turned 54 and my daughters started skateboarding, after jumping on their boards I have found myself looking at getting one of my own. I keep using “I’m out of shape and falling hurts more now”. I think it’s time to follow the lead of these amazing ladies!!!

This is great! Oh my gosh! - you ladies are very inspirational! :)

OMG!! Talk about inspiration to find your passion!!

I remember reading a book about her it was literally titled"Skateboard Mom", I met her and she autographed my book.

This is totally brilliant ! I'm 57 and have been skating since i was 12 and will skate as long as i can walk

Awesome, keep shredding ladies!

great stuff, really just great!

This is so inspiring! I have been dying to learn to skateboard for the last 10 years. I'm fit, but I am 38. I was worried that I was too old, but now I know I am NOT too old! THANK YOU! I just received a free, brand-new beginner board today and I am gonna do this!

I am a mother of two young kids. I got into skateboarding when I was 44 :) It's one of the best discoveries! I am probably the only skateboarding mom in the small city I live. just wish I didn't have to skate on my own.

Love this! Wanted to skateboard for a while now. I've just turned 50 so now I have no excuse! Accept along. Is in UK may not be as cool or common as in the US 😊👍🏼👌🏻

This is awesome. I've always loved skating and gave it up in my late twenties. Think I'm gonna have to pick it up again.

They are like old school skaters. They actually are. You can tell that their skate style is old skool. How awesome. Show em all how it was, mamas!

its nuts. kinda the same with me. I just turned 37 and hadn't been on a board since I was 14 but got out my old alva that was in my shed to go skate with my daughter and it was like riden a bike. long story short. I rebuilt mt old board and I skate with my kid now [and alone] and it takes me back to being a kid again......love it #Sk8orDie #BeeLayZmoN #JayAdamsRocksMySocksOff

Awesome ladies! Great to see more 50+ skaters out there rippin' it!

Love this! I had about four different skate boards when I was younger and would so love to get into it again!

Freaking Awesome

This is awesome...i recently started surfskating at 50 years old...its great to see others at my age doing the same thing...but you girls are better than me...🤣😂🤣😂...nice work girls

This is great, made my day, skate for life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

man this is awesome!! I'm 28 and kinda gave up on my dream of skating a bowl a couple years back when I sprained my ankle up pretty badly. After watching this you guys have really inspired me so much! You ladies are so awesome! THANK YOU! :D:D:D Jess Sydney, Australia

I call myself the old lady skateboarder lol...i wish i could skate with yall someday!! Great job!

I love this, you girls put a smile on my face.

Wow your all incredible ladies. Wish I skated. Always loved it would try a few times. But her me in a dirt modified race car and I'm fine. Get me on a board and in scared as hell. Go figure I can drive a race car but scared to skate. Rock on ladies. Your all an inspiration. My son wants to start skating. He's 8.

YOU GO GIRLS 🕊️🧜🤸

Wow this is great.

Yes! I started longboarding in my mid-40s and I really enjoy it. I even made a video about it! I wish there was a club for older ladies who like to skate in my town. Of course with lockdown, I'll probably just continue to longboard with my kids until the world opens back up! 💖🛹👍🏽

Quit scating at 17, now I think I am able to start skating again as an adult woman.

You ladies ROCK!!!!! Way to be!

I'm disabled but I did sk8 as a kid, doctors tell me it's impossible because I need a cane just to walk but I bought a board last week. sk8 or die

That’s so Rad Skating Moms, Go For It.

Love what you do. Do what you love.

So Awesome!!!!

Go ladies! Love this story. 😍

gracias .

What an amazing story!

Dude this channel is being greatly inspirational. I am a 40 year old recovering addict and codependent who's wasted most of his life doing sh!t I don't like to please f*ckerz who never gave a half cr4p if I was happy or not and I am trying to try my luck into the art world or any other stuff which impassions my soul

Súper inspirador!! Mamis que patinan pasados los 50 años. Yeeeaahhh!!

This is just like how video games was seen as a kid thing but as those kids grow old it's become for adults. Same with rock and roll or punk rock or hip hop or any number of things that young kids started doing when it was new and then got older. In modern society there are so many new things being created all the time and older people are set in their ways...so it seems like these things are for young people but really they are just novel and the young are open to new experiences enough to try them...then they get older.

gracias

Amazing team!!!

great stuff

right on!

Love it, especially Skateboard Cow!

Inspiring!

Fantastic!!

You've inspired me..that's it I have to skateboard

beautiful ..

Wow - amazing! You’re killing it sistas! ❤️🤘🏼

This is rad!

Cool!

skate or die!...i got old and put more into snowboarding less into skating..also live in alaska..but i still have a skate..and always will..

That's awesome

Sweet!!!!

Awesome

Keeping a fit body, and healthy is full of pay-offs when you get older!! You can do almost anything you want!! AWESOME!! FUN will keep you YOUNG!!

Age is a social construct.

Nice!

This is so awesome! I started to learn again at 50 and still going strong at almost 56! I'm in LA how do we join?

Barbara: Calamity Jean told me you got hurt recently. Heal up! Tell Jay I said HI!

Where have they been all my life!?