Meet Japan’s 81-year-old skateboarder
South China Morning Post2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions, 2022 to 2023
23K views · 5 years ago · Documentary
South China Morning Post news feature on Yoshio Kinoshita, who took up skateboarding at 79 and now rolls around a local park in Osaka with skaters decades younger.
Why skaters like it
Linked in threads where adults ask if they are too old to start. Kinoshita is the go-to example that age is no barrier.
“It's only "too late" if your goal is to be a pro skateboarder. If you want to have fun and get pretty good at skateboarding, not at all!”
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What skaters said on Reddit
It's only "too late" if your goal is to be a pro skateboarder. If you want to have fun and get pretty good at skateboarding, not at all! I skated a bit as a teenager but never learned any tricks until I was in my 20s. I landed my first kickflip at 25. I'm so glad I didn't give up on it. If you want some real inspiration, check out this guy: [VIDEO]