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Skaters that started skating when they were older
« on: March 04, 2015, 04:33:01 PM »
I heard BA didn't really start skating until he was like 16. Any other pros that started late?

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2015, 04:58:12 PM »
im pretty sure billy marks started at 13 or 14.

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2015, 06:20:30 PM »
Theres definitely dudes who started skating later in life.

I mean Ive been skating for over 10 years now, and I got a buddy who's older than me, but his learning curve is so high that he learned to kickflip and heelflip in less than a year.

It all depends on the individual.

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2015, 08:39:43 PM »
What about tk? Doesn't it say in baker 3 that he's been skating for less than a year? But wasn't he in the previous baker video? I never understood that

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2015, 08:48:49 PM »
What about tk? Doesn't it say in baker 3 that he's been skating for less than a year? But wasn't he in the previous baker video? I never understood that

that was a throwback clip to when he first got on Baker, i think. The clipped pertained to the fact that he got sponsored after only one year of skating.



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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2015, 08:50:15 PM »
im pretty sure billy marks started at 13 or 14.

huh? 13 or 14 actually seems like the most appropriate time to start skating? Definitely not "old" or "late" by any means.  Haha.



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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2015, 08:50:51 PM »
Larry Clark started skating at age 50. And he still does it.



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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2015, 09:25:51 PM »
Doug Brown didn't discover skateboarding until his 40th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese.  The story goes that after spending most of the morning sniffing children's shoes by the ball pit, he scored a Tech Deck on one of those prize grabbing claw arcade games. It was all "Gee wilickers!" from that point forward and the rest is history. 

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2015, 09:40:24 PM »
i think cory kennedy started pretty late. i read somewhere that he started out only skating flat in his garage for a while until he discovered street skating when he met shane auckland.

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2015, 10:49:11 PM »
Bobby Puleo started at 32

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2015, 11:29:31 PM »
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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2015, 01:15:40 AM »
Weezy, but only if you'd like to call him a skateboarder.

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2015, 04:46:27 AM »
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im pretty sure billy marks started at 13 or 14.
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huh? 13 or 14 actually seems like the most appropriate time to start skating? Definitely not "old" or "late" by any means.  Haha.

That's pretty old if you end up pro for a major company with a shoe and shit.  For normal people, not really. 

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2015, 05:03:22 AM »
ben harper counts?

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2015, 07:45:12 AM »
My buddy Aaron started when he was like 29. He's not bad at all for how late he started.
I read somewhere that Kareem Campbell didn't start til he was like 17 or something. Not sure how true that is though.

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2015, 11:11:01 AM »
This might border on the age old art/sport skate cliche, but it's always seemed to me that in terms of learning how to skateboard, it's a lot like language in that people who learn it before or early in puberty end being more fluent with a more natural handle on it. You can still learn it later on, but you can sort of tell just by seeing it that they picked it up later on. I guess that's sort of obvious, like yeah if you start earlier you'll be better later, but I've got some friends who won't skate for a year and a half, then they'll step on a board and look like they've never taken a break from it in 20 years. It's maddening.

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2015, 11:17:41 AM »
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im pretty sure billy marks started at 13 or 14.
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huh? 13 or 14 actually seems like the most appropriate time to start skating? Definitely not "old" or "late" by any means.  Haha.
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That's pretty old if you end up pro for a major company with a shoe and shit.  For normal people, not really. 
yeah thats exactly what i was gonna say. most pros say they started around 8-11.

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2015, 11:29:13 AM »
Who was a rollerblader that got into skating cause it was cooler?
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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2015, 11:32:47 AM »
Who was a rollerblader that got into skating cause it was cooler?

cody mcentire I believe

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2015, 11:34:38 AM »
^ Josh Kasper?

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2015, 01:41:50 PM »
A friend of mine started skating when he was 18, He's 30 now and he rips.

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2015, 01:44:40 PM »
I read somewhere that Kareem Campbell didn't start til he was like 17 or something. Not sure how true that is though.

Came in here to say Kareem also. Remember reading it a long time ago, but thought it was 16.

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2015, 01:55:08 PM »
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I read somewhere that Kareem Campbell didn't start til he was like 17 or something. Not sure how true that is though.
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Came in here to say Kareem also. Remember reading it a long time ago, but thought it was 16.

Yeah, according to Wikipedia he started when he was 16

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2015, 02:29:45 PM »
Bill Dorr

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #24 on: March 05, 2015, 05:02:57 PM »
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I read somewhere that Kareem Campbell didn't start til he was like 17 or something. Not sure how true that is though.
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Came in here to say Kareem also. Remember reading it a long time ago, but thought it was 16.
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Yeah, according to Wikipedia he started when he was 16

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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #25 on: March 05, 2015, 05:07:58 PM »
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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #26 on: March 05, 2015, 05:40:06 PM »
idk when he started but didnt kellen james not go pro until like 29 or something?
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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #27 on: March 05, 2015, 05:53:48 PM »
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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #28 on: March 05, 2015, 06:02:08 PM »
Who was a rollerblader that got into skating cause it was cooler?
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Re: Skaters that started skating when they were older
« Reply #29 on: March 05, 2015, 06:59:05 PM »
I read somewhere justin eldridge started when he was 14 and turned pro at 19. always thought that was crazy.