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40 Year Old Skate Every Day 2

Ben Jaeger-Thomas2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions in 2016
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17K views · 10 years ago · Other

Second entry in Ben Jaeger-Thomas's Skate Every Day series, where he documents learning to skateboard at age 40. Short clips cover his first year of progress on the board.

Why skaters like it

Posted in r/NewSkaters whenever someone asks if they are too old or too fat to start. Shows an adult beginner progressing in real time.

“You're still in your prime man. Sure you might not be a teenager anymore, but you have another 20-30 years before you really start getting 'too old' to pick up skateboarding.”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/ixAp0c2016 · 2 points

You're still in your prime man. Sure you might not be a teenager anymore, but you have another 20-30 years before you really start getting 'too old' to pick up skateboarding. Check out this guy [VIDEO] learning at 40-41, with his 'Skate Every Day' series (he's up to 110-120 something now).

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