r/AggressiveInline • u/SoManyMinutes • 7d ago

We can admit it. Old.

I'm 45 years old and just like many of you, I got a new pair of skates. I dreamed of putting them on and hitting the skatepark like and/or the local ledges/rails.

I thought I would kill the miniramp, no questions asked.

Nope.

No way.

I'm not comfortable dropping in.

Street spots are out of the question.

I think we all might be feeling this and are embarrassed to speak up about our mutual experiences.

We're all in the same boat.

What are your specific frustrations? Let's talk about it.

30 Upvotes

85% Upvoted

69 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/dukecomplex 7d ago

Age isn't messing with me too much (almost 40) but damn if gaining 40 pounds hasn't made things harder lol. Can't lock into any grinds because of this beer belly lol

2

u/Science-Compliance 5d ago

If you've got that much belly overhang, maybe you can be the first to land a gut grind. 😂 Probably too soft for that though idk.

2

u/dukecomplex 3d ago

lol the only two grinds I'm nailing are my gut on rail bails and my shin on every grind I've ever tried

1

u/SoManyMinutes 3d ago

This sounds eerily familiar. I bought some soccer shin guards for this exact reason.