you know you're getting old when...

[oldeath]

When yoy reached the age 38 and been skating for 30 years and the kids dont know who you are in your home town.

[Sleazy]

when you start doing skate culture projects....

oh shit

[adrianw]

...you get really into drinking scotch

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

you're ten years older than dudes that are washed up....

[Bipsmound]

You have a mental back catalogue of who rode for who.

I cannot think of more useless brain space than the fact that Israel Forbes rode for Santa Cruz and Tabias Walker always had Tracker ads.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Israel Forbes is still pretty sick though. Not pro anymore, but he still rips.
And Steve Olson's part in Tentacles of destruction was SO rad. wallride nollie heelflip out? People don't do that today even, and wallrides are popular now!
Also, I think the time I skated with Grim somebody asked me if I was some kid who was skating's dad. I was 24 and the kid was like 10, which would make for some odd math.
You know your getting old if it annoys you when people talk about frontside indy grabs.

[marcbuster]

rick mccrank does wallride nollie flips

[Cheapboarder]

-When you realize that Flex-fit caps are no longer in fashion after reading this thread.

I refuse to accept that.

[goyle]

Your son skates bowls better than you do.


Your son wears the same vans you used to back in the day.

[oldeath]

The only skate brand clothes you have are made by brands that have been out of business for years (I still have a ton of droors clothes)

I still have 3 Droors shirts, one of the only skate clothing brands I ever liked but I don't wear them outside.

Gator wasn't in jail when you started skating.

I still wear mine.

[oldeath]

- 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.

And the end of my teenageageyears!

[The Ozz]

you roll both you ankles in less than 2 weeks apart , oh yeah did i mention it was on carpet with no trucks or wheels .

[The Bullet]

when you ve been skating longer than most of the people at the spot have been alive

happens almost every time i got to the park.


-you throw your back out bailing a flatground fakie flip
-you go to a huge skate plaza with all the ledges/stairs/handrails you could ask for and spend 2 hours skating a the  3 foot quaterpipe in the corner.
-skating for more than 3 hours doesn't even make sense
-you have to beg and plead with your wife to let you go skate for one hour

[Baby Rabies]

-you have to beg and plead with your wife to let you go skate for one hour

Jesus, somebody just kill me now.

[Sleazy]

wife is just a mom substitute so it only makes sense

[skatemore,man]

when you're skating through the city and a dick head start yelling "aren't you a little old for that thing?" as he walks into your pathway.

when i was 15 i was skating  in boston with this dude jason from Bmore who was 23 some suit verbally attacked him saying shit like that, and as he got all upset and stuff i was kind of thinking, "yeah this dude is sorta old...." Here I am now at 23 and i spit at the dick head.