Skateboarding

Don't do it.

It's one thing to be forty with a bad shoulder injury. It's another thing to be forty with a foot or ankle injury.

It's like in Forrest Gump when they're in Vietnam: you take good care of your feet. Your shoulders aren't going to do shit for you if your feet can't carry them and all the rest of you.

Don't get a foot injury.

Injuries take longer to heal when you are >30 and even more when >40. Learning to skateboard means a lot of injuries... Just sayin'

The last two guys I know who are over 40 and got back on the board broke something pretty serious.

I don't have an answer. But I'm 41 and kind of regret never picking it up beyond the extremely basic stuff. If you decide to pick it up, let me know of any progress, and I'll be your online airmchair skate group of one.

Just my experience, I picked it up at 28 and got comfy riding easily. That’s fun and safe. Particularly longboarding.

Once I started going for tricks, I quickly injured my wrist and shoulder and noticed my one knee having issues. Had to switch sports to bicycling (which I’m enjoying even more)

Yes, definitely take it up. There was a dude skateboarding in the Olympics who is fifty-one, so on that basis, you've got nearly a decade to make it as an Olympic-level skateboarder!

In terms of when to quit, I would say only quit if you don't like it. There's no particular standard you need to reach to prove yourself to anyone.

You can still learn it if you want to. However your shoulder could be an issue, because you do use the entire body when skating and especially when falling. Avoiding falling should be your first priority. Don't take chances. Only you can judge what is safe for you to try. Keep your knees bend and always be prepared to jump off safely.

I'd advise you to go to a skatepark to check out if it's something for you.

It actually has a really long learning curve, if you didn't skate as a kid it will take you a long time to even be comfortable rolling around, let alone doing anything more. Kids have an infinite amount of time to practice and can take their boards with them basically everywhere, adults don't have the same luxury.

And the other part is, you will get injured. You might get lucky and be fine, or you might get unlucky and fuck your knee or ankle or wrist or collarbone for months or life.

It's a young person's hobby. If you're really keen then go for it, but if its an idle curiosity I think there are other things that you'd find more satisfying.

I’m gonna recommend a bicycle. A lot easier on the feet ankles and knees, less prone to injury over all, and can be great cardio. Nice payoff after climbing a hill and heading down the other side. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Wear protection and do daily exercises that strengthen your overal physique. If you indeed practised Brazilian jiu-jitsu then you already know how to fall, therefore you're less likely to be hurt by trivial stumbles that would hurt other beginners completely new to any kind of intensive sport.

Started skating at 24, every time I fracture or break a part of me it takes so long to heal that I lose all my skating muscle memory.

Seems almost pointless to me to try and be good at skateboarding when you start this late. But if you have passion for it and enjoy rolling around, I still think it's tons of fun. Don't expect to do almost any sick tricks tbh

I'm 37 and have been considering getting an electric skateboard to speed up my daily commute. Currently it's a 25 minute walk with a set of steps, my thinking is I'd be able to carry it on them.