Feeling Old

miller · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2394 City: Regina

So I am 33 now and still trying to act 15.
I like to think I am in pretty good shape as I play hockey, snowboard regularly, skateboard daily, and work a physical job. Maybe it is just that I have wakeskated in cold water 5/7 days early in my season but I am feeling really old today.
Anyone else feeling old?

coricluster · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1826 City: berlin

dude i lay tile and my body hurts everyday like u wouldnt even imagine, my knees, my back, my shoulders, everything. but i just suck it up and ride and i feel great while im riding but even worse the next morning lol. oh well im gonna ride till i cant ride anymore

miller · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2394 City: Regina

coricluster, I pretend to be a plumber and lug waterheaters, furnaces, and air contioners all day so I hear you. That and then I home to a 30 pounder tank of a child that doesn't stop till he sleeps.

I had a great set riding today but got seriously worked on my last fall and know that I am going to suffer at work tomorrow. Riding glass is worth it and I plan on being in a wheelchair and still riding.

416 · Backside 180 Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 836 City: Toronto

im 17 and feel like it would be dope as 5hit to be still riding when im 33 Very Happy

miller · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2394 City: Regina

416, it is dope as 5hit to be riding regularly, have a family that enables me to ride and to have a kid that is healthy, loves life and wants to board nonstop.

I love my life

likwidfolife · Pop Shuvit Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 228 City: DFW

i feel old too, i'm self employed and if i don't work i don't eat. I'm having to hide my wakeskate and turn down my almost daily offers to take a set because the last few weeks wakeskating has tooken priority over work. Its tough to find that balance when all you can do is think about the shred, its definitely an obsession.

RISE-WITH-THE-FALLEN · Pop Shuvit Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 128 City: austin

miller, i've always liked your Journey to the East Bay sig quote!

acesfull420 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 13 Apr 2009 Posts: 155 City: slicker

I'M 39, AND I ALWAYS FEEL OLD THE DAY AFTER A 4-6 HOUR SESSION AT THE CABLE PARK, BUT ITS WORTH IT........ Cool

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

im not there yet but i do find myself taking ibprophine and excedrine with me when i go ride

and after a skate Embarassed

A.Rodriguez · Posted: May 26, 2011 9:15 am Post subject:

I'm pretty much sore and exhausted after a 2 hr session, I'm wondering what would happen after a 4 hr session.

fastgreens · Kickflip Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3563 City: baytown

I'm 33 and in great shape due to water boarding!

robsmaze · Posted: May 26, 2011 10:26 am Post subject:

I'm 36. I feel old and creaky all the time too. I'm trying to embrace my oldness and I have started wearing black socks when I Wakeskate. Pulled up to just below my knees. Im thinking of adding a mr. Rogers cardigan to my outfit ensemble as well.

A.Rodriguez · Posted: May 26, 2011 10:39 am Post subject:

robsmaze, a mr. roder graphic on the board would be sick.

bachlonso · Backside 180 Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 670 City: NFA

i'm 31 and i too feel old occasionally. it's times like yesterday, when i went skateboarding and got a blockage in my back from warming up on flatland Laughing

but besides those little incidents i still feel great. still learning new tricks. hope i can keep it up for some more years!

keep skating all my fellow wakeskate-elderlies! the end has not yet come Cool

W · Posted: May 26, 2011 11:32 am Post subject:

Almost 34 here.... Still can't kickflip. But what keeps me going is knowing I'm gonna land at least one before I die, because every time I ride I get more comfortable. The stoke and tons of stretching will keep me riding until I can no longer stand.

A.Rodriguez · Posted: May 26, 2011 11:52 am Post subject:

brassmonkey · Posted: May 26, 2011 11:54 am Post subject:

almost 28 and feel great.

sprocket america · Posted: May 26, 2011 12:34 pm Post subject:

im 33 with L4 L5 interior infusion with a titanium plate and 4 sheet rock screw's holding it to my spine (had to learn to walk again)blown out knee's and ankles (thanks to 15 years of skateboarding)bulged disk in my neck,acute advanced arthritis, degenerative disk disease...and i to will land a kick flip very soon...the next morning after a hard sesh is so sickning just tryin to get out of bed...take care of your bodys you only get one....

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

you get old when you stop riding

you dont stop riding when you get old

my grandpa is 74 and still rides his dirtbike Smash

and has that teeshirt

echo724 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 14 Jul 2010 Posts: 126 City: Gump

I'm in the same boat. I'm 32 and I have broken just about every bone in my body racing sportbikes and moto. If you quit moving you turn into concrete.