you know you're getting old when...

[rocklobster]

-losing kickflips and NEVER getting them back again.....  i lost mine a year back or so and can only do shitty mob ones these days...

-skating more and more mini-ramp
-going to a new spot and doing tricks that dont require having to ollie (drop ins, power slides)

[arcam]

the latest video is on youtube before mIRC

[BabyKillaSeason]

When after seeing some of the girls hanging around the park, the only thing you can do is go home and beat off while punching yourself in the face because jail would not be nice place to go to.

brian patch.

[google image search]

you've been skating longer than some of the kids you know have been alive

[Baby Rabies]

When after seeing some of the girls hanging around the park, the only thing you can do is go home and beat off while punching yourself in the face because jail would not be nice place to go to.

brian patch.

SNAP!

[sebastian toombs]

- you remember when vision, vans, and airwalk were the only skate shoes, and no stores in your city carried them.

- you remember renting skate videos from skate shops

- due to erosion and weathering, curbs you waxed and skated as a kid show absolutely no trace of ever having been either waxed or skated. 

- you remember the CASL regional contest results being posted in the back of transworld.  including freestyle and miniramp results

- you remember when poweredge was the "third" skate magazine

- you remember CLAWZ, cell blocks, gay bars, copers, tail skid plates, bridge bolts, zero two shoes, titan trucks, skate rags, etc.

- you played "sk8 or die" on your friends commodore 64

[Baby Rabies]

[sweets]

I'm going to go skating tomorrow. Fuck getting old. Thanks for the kick in the pants, fellas.

[sebastian toombs]

sweet jousting paddle on the wall...    why can i never find those in skate shops anymore?

[MEOW]

Beethoven is blasting on your Osiris G-Bag.

hahaha best post in this thread by far

[rocklobster]

Beethoven is blasting on your Osiris G-Bag.

hahaha best post in this thread by far

i remember savier coming out with a similar bag and i really wanted one...  thankfully, they went out of business before i could make that mistake....

[Sleazy]

fuck yeah, lester, haha

[Mouth]

I played Skate or Die for a months while I saved up for my first pro board.

Often, as I listened to Def Leppard.

Raw.

[Sleazy]

I played Skate or Die for a months while I saved up for my first pro board.

Often, as I listened to Def Leppard.

Raw.

my first launch ramp session had Motely Crew and Bon Jovi blasting



- when you've had duct tape as an essential part of your skating kit

[suckitornot]

not too old, but...

- when you stop having to explain which steve olson you're talking about because no one remembers the oddball, orange jumpsuit dude from shorty's anymore

[Sleazy]

- when you getting quitely annoyed everytime a kid ask you how long you've been skating vert while skating a mini ramp

[andvine]

If you would rather go bomb a hill than skate a ledge for 2 hours with the rest of the crew.

I did that last night. I just peaced out and shot the hill a few times, came back and they were all trying the same tricks, it was awesome.

[colin]

Instead of "I really suck at skating", it's "I'm not too bad for an old guy." And, I can finally understand the stretching and pushups that Salba does on the deck b/c I've got a bad shoulder and stiff legs:

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

not too old, but...

- when you stop having to explain which steve olson you're talking about because no one remembers the oddball, orange jumpsuit dude from shorty's anymore

I'd take the oddball over the creepy old dude any day of the week!

[Adair]

- due to erosion and weathering, curbs you waxed and skated as a kid show absolutely no trace of ever having been either waxed or skated. 

haha I think everyone feels this one.

[scumalot]

i sold some leftover rip grip that sat in my basement for 11 years on ebay and I got a bunch of kids asking where it goes on a skateboard and what its for.

[Lance]

You know your old when you can call a couple homies and say "lets go skate" then you meet and skate to the bar.

Getting up and having to do the alphabet with each ankle before trying to get out of bed in the morning.

[sebastian toombs]

Anybody still wearing OG plan b gear? One of my friends was so pissed that they came back for that reason alone.

ive still got a tshirt somewhere from their last days...   in 'skater yellow' of course.  remember 'skater yellow'?

[j....soy.....]

by the time you're warmed up...you're tired....

when you start doing skate culture projects....

[able]

- you remember when vision, vans, and airwalk were the only skate shoes, and no stores in your city carried them.

- you remember renting skate videos from skate shops

- due to erosion and weathering, curbs you waxed and skated as a kid show absolutely no trace of ever having been either waxed or skated. 

- you remember the CASL regional contest results being posted in the back of transworld.  including freestyle and miniramp results

- you remember when poweredge was the "third" skate magazine

- you remember CLAWZ, cell blocks, gay bars, copers, tail skid plates, bridge bolts, zero two shoes, titan trucks, skate rags, etc.

- you played "sk8 or die" on your friends commodore 64

I think I just saw my childhood flash before my eyes.

[Watson]

True story:

I went to the park with my friend who is 23, (I'm 30) and I did a really good fast backside 5-0 on the quarter pipe, and there was this little kid on a bike beside my friend and the kid was like "WOAH!" Then looked at my friend and asked him "Is that your dad?!"

[jalopy james]

you have a daughter named emerica.

[jrock]

not too old, but...

- when you stop having to explain which steve olson you're talking about because no one remembers the oddball, orange jumpsuit dude from shorty's anymore

or if you remember when that oddball, orange jumpsuit dude from shorty's was a weird weezer looking dude on acid with an afro who did frontside flip fakie 5-0s and skated to Donovan songs

[bandini]

If you've spent the whole day using the word "sheglanked" in casual conversation as a tribute to Ray Underhill...

[bobjohn]

-When you show up at a skatepark and the park monitor asks if you're there to work off community service hours.
-When you realize that Flex-fit caps are no longer in fashion after reading this thread.

And speaking of Ray, I'm getting up early to hit up the local bowl and I just know there will be 50+ old dudes there sessioning for the same reason.