New York Times writer Alex Williams follows along with a group of old guy longboarders called the Bergen County Bombers and gets into the heads of some who believe skateboarding is the best midlife crises there is.
Forget the little red sports car: the new symbol for midlife crisis is the skateboard. Graying members of Generation X, and even their older brothers, are reclaiming their youth and rebellious streak by hopping back on a skate deck. Some are even showing off old tricks in the skate park. . . It’s the latest gasp for a generation of perma-dudes who listen to Black Flag in their BMWs and trade high-fives in client meetings. It’s a bid to escape the corporate grind, beat back their flagging vigor and even make good on a generational cliché: to extend their adolescence until their federal prescription-drug benefit kicks in.
Concrete Wave’s Michael Brooke is even quoted saying “The skate geezers are having their revenge.” Well, as long as they stay out on the streets with their longboards, we guess it’s okay. . . but we still find ourselves being a whole lot less annoyed by the kid on the left.
[Link: New York Times]
Both Kooks dressed up by your grandma.
damn straight they are having their revenge!
skateboarding keeps you young…and I am not going to let youth have all that terrain to themselves.
this is truly an amazing time to be a skateboarder…no matter WHAT your age.
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