How to Skateboard for beginners over 30

[FloralaBamaRed]

Over 50 here! Been skateboarding for almost 3 years now. I love it! Started learning with my son when he was 8. Now my 7 year old is starting to learn. Mad fun!

[quinn]

I'm 53 and living with stage 4 cancer. I'd wanted to get back into skating for a long time, but now I'm finally doing it and having lots of fun. Life is too short not to do the things you want to do!

[wave]

32 year old woman here 👐🏻 I always wanted to skateboard as a kid, but the boys bullied me so I never did. Now I am learning 👍🏻

[casperflip]

I recently just did my first ever handrail at age 37! Hope that inspires some people

[krazydave]

43 here and I still ride bmx, skateboard, and in my biking career I had 38 broken bones, hit by 3 cars, and wrecked 4 times at speeds over 45mph... in my years of skateboarding I've had many accidents including one that left me with 3 breaks in my left arm and 5 in my right hand, snowboarding hasn't been much different, torn rotator cuffs, back issues, sprains, etc... and just a part of being the human I am... 3 strokes, brain tumor, kidney disease, and RA. Despite all of that I ride as often as I can on anything I can. It turns out the heart and the mind are your strongest muscles. As long as my body holds out I'll be riding when I'm 90 😎

[LatesSkateboarder]

I started 3 years ago at 27- I’m 30 now and can do 52+ flatground tricks, thanks to Braille!

[Hathaw]

Don't make the same mistake that I made. I am 49. Two years ago, I did not spend enough time reacquiring my balance and board control. I was able to do some decent ollies. So I tried to do a kickflip. Ended up going primo and falling down. This awkward landing on my board broke my foot at the arch. I had to use a knee scooter for 3 months and put no weight on my left foot. I will get back on someday soon. But I will take my time this go.
Get that balance and control first. Then slowly work your way up to tricks that involve any kind of jumping. That's just my two cents.

[ryankelty]

gotta give braille a huuuuge thank you, at 19 i decided to learn to skate and i tried to drop in a month ago but i was scared. u guys gave me the confidence i needed to sprain my ankle and both my wrists, get a concussion, puke, pass out, spit blood, and not be able to walk for 3 weeks

[petergijsbrechts]

This is the stuff, why i started watching you guys. Love Saw your how to kick flip tutorial a thousand times the last 2 months and finally my 46 year old back foot lifted and landed a few of them last Saturday. Thank you for teaching the world to skate.

[christianscherm]

My 2 year old daughter saw my skateboard in storage and asked "wha dis dada?" When I said Skateboard she repeated it like 20 times we got out once last year before winter hit and just got back out this past weekend. It was so cool to have her ride with me and to hold her hand while she rides at almost 2 and a half....my old 7.75 ccs blank is sketching me out so I'm thinking it's time for an 8.75 to stay stable and dial in some ollies to be able to ride anywhere and everywhere. Definitely going to get her a 7.00 mini so we can ride together. I appreciate that you're not talking to me in this video but I'll be checking out the Ollie tips to relearn and clean up my rolling tricks. Thank you Aaron and Braille for keeping it simple and getting people skating. Make America Skate Again lol

[Tricky]

I'm 47, Found the Braille youtube channel about 6 months ago and its inspired me to get back on a skateboard 30 years after I got off the last one. Went to my first skatepark last week rolled down a steep bank twice, third time got bodied. Spent the next 45 mins battling that bank and could not commit, bailed every attempt. Videos like this provide real help to beginners. I'll head back to the park next week, knees bent weight forward.

[owens]

37 here. Was great in my teens. Got back into skating at 33. Fell hard thinking I could still do the same tricks and got bad elbow sprains. Learned real quick that you fall harder and take longer to heal in your 30s. Nice thing about skating in 30s is I wear a helmet and ankles braces and dont care what anyone thinks of me. While i cant do all the advanced tricks i used to do, still having a blast with what I’ve relearned. Great way to get exercise and decompress after a stressful day. Thank you for making videos like this for us older folks that need a different approach than a kid that can just “send it” and keep falling.

[jfrux]

Bro the Mr Rogers of skateboarding… thank you 🙏🏼 for getting back to the basics again.

[kirbydjentleman]

Over 30 and started Skating in January. Carefully followed all your beginners steps and now 4 month later im starting to get really comfortable. Small steps can take you far. Looking forward on anything ahead on this journey. ✨ Thanks Aaron! Gruesse aus Deutschland

[LordPenguinVR]

This is exactly the type of video I need. I am turning 31 this year and I haven't stepped on my skateboard in years. I remember that I knew how to ollie and that is basically about it. So I would love to get in to it again. I get so inspired by watching your videos. I will definitely pick up my board again this summer and try.

[mjbullman]

I got my braille Golden Gate Bridge board last year. I skated most of my youth and never learned how to Ollie because they told me at the skate park. I can’t figure out how to Ollie that I can’t skate. I found your videos watch them for a year finally I got enough courage to get a braille board, and trying to learn how to Ollie again to say that after three days of practicing the basics, I finally got the board airborne! I can’t wait to get back out there and skate winter’s finally over skate parks finally not covered in ice and snow and you’re going back to the basics

[cjnelstein-beddingfield]

Cant believe ive been watching you since 9th grade high school, glad to see the og tutorial vids coming out 🙏🏾 now im 25 starting to get back into it 💪🏽

[deadbeat-vckg]

47 and still skating strong. 50 is the new 30.

[joshwratchford]

I'm 33 and skated from 13 to 22 and stopped but I've been watching your videos for like 4-5 years now and I've been itching to get back to it.

[jake]

33 years old here. I needed this video! My 8 year old has been getting into skating. I haven’t touched a board in 15 years. This has given me some confidence to get back into it! Gonna try ripping it with the kid! Thanks for this!