r/OldSkaters

Image 1 — I’m back, 25 year hiatus[47YO]
Image 2 — I’m back, 25 year hiatus[47YO]
Image 3 — I’m back, 25 year hiatus[47YO]

I’m back, 25 year hiatus[47YO]

I quit cigarettes last Saturday and wanted to congratulate myself

Fully satisfied with this build

(I’m probably gonna paint one of these cats black for my cat Anakin aka MuttMutt and another one to match my grey tuxedo boy Kenobi aka Tomato)

u/Finneagan — 20 hours ago

Summer goal ✅[38yo]

My goal for the summer was to feeble a flat bar. For whatever reason I’m absolutely terrified of round rails but today it was feeling good! As a bonus I also 50-50d it which I got smoked on last time I tried. Solid session!

u/fsearlygrab — 20 hours ago

Put together a new deck [36yo]

8.25 up from my old 8. Felt significantly better and more stable. Balance helped with my Ollie and manuals drastically.

Fells good. Its amazing what a new deck can feel and do

u/beginnerdoge — 1 day ago

Landed my first Shuv [34YO]

Hi all! I’ve been lurking here a while and love seeing everyone’s videos ☺️ I started learning to skate about a year ago but have limited time to practice so have been making slow and steady progress. After trying session after session to get a Shuv I finally landed a stationary one the other day! I’m so excited about it I wanted to share it with yall!

u/dreamsoflavenderr — 1 day ago

First ever kickflip in a fairy circle? [39YO]

After dancing in the fairy circle my girls [3YO] and [5YO] wanted me to do a "skateboard trick" in it. I said I couldn't get any pop in the grass but I tried. Hopefully this will activate a great fairy skatepark or something like in the Zelda games.

u/BadAstronaut11 — 1 day ago

Sure, why not [53YO]

Haven’t dropped in on a vert ramp in over 25 years. This one was a beast at 13.5’ with almost 2’ of vert. Glad I didn’t die 😆 Midwest Vert Ramp in Grafton, WI - I’ll be back.

u/Lairdboy — 2 days ago

Found my first board [47YO]

Should I be riding this again or does it now just go on the wall with the no ride collection? I've tried to look up ones but can't find ones like my fishtale

u/t-rex_leggings — 1 day ago

Never tried a hippie jump until today. They are more fun than I thought they would be.[41yo]

This is my little cone ladder that I warm up with by ollie-ing starting from the bottom holes up to the top. Tried a hippie jump messing around, and kind of liked it.

u/DifficultBoss — 1 day ago

Diy ramps (wip) [38YO]

Me and my son are pretty limited to what we can skate. We have a local park but its huge concrete drops and tall rails we aren't ready for. Being old it sucks to fall, have shifty balance, pull your back out just standing there, but this is thr cool part of being an older skater. A little adult money and the skill to build a few things. 6ft grind box, kicker ramp, launch ramp, roll in. I plan on doing some custom art all over the place when done. What do you all think?

u/loud_tie-guy — 2 days ago

I've been doing throw downs wrong.[45YO]

Not sure how this happened, but I've basically been doing a mini boneless this whole time. I'm goofy footed, so I'd walk up with my board in my right (front) hand and kind of toss it and then jump on with both feet while it was still falling toward the ground.

I only realized this when I watched a SkateIQ video where the dude was talking about doing a throwdow, and I noticed he only stepped on w/his front foot and then gave a push off with the back foot.

Does this make sense, or am I mistaken?

EDIT: Caveman is what I think I've been doing, not a boneless. Oops.

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u/Tedanki — 2 days ago

Retiring the mini ramp deck after almost 3 years. Never skated the Winkowski shape before, so we'll see how that goes... [40YO]

u/puje12 — 2 days ago

I had plans for more but I CBF 😆 so a quick kicky it was. [47YO]

Kicky is Australian for kickflip.

u/MeowHuffer — 1 day ago