What age do you stop sending it
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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You’ve got yearrrssss. Don’t sweat it. I broke my funny bone at 24 skating. Still sent it after healing up. You’ll be back in no time.
Depends a lot on the person. How good you get, what injuries you have, etc.
Sometimes your priorities shoft. Sometimes you get sick of being hurt, or get the fear and slow down.
Some people casually still throw down in their 50s.
I just turned 33 and the last few years I've really slowed down. On rare occasion you'll see me doing some decent tricks in the park. But those days are more and more rare. I know people significantly older than me that ride way harder.
I also have seen people drift away from park or skiing in general at various ages.
Sometimes it's hard to stay motivated if you're bag of tricks drop s down a bunch. Some people are happy to just be able to do a 3 or hit a rail snd will do it till they're 100.
I'd day most people slow down mod 20s to mid 30s from what ive seen.
Sometimes your priorities shoft. Sometimes you get sick of being hurt, or get the fear and slow down.
Some people casually still throw down in their 50s.
I just turned 33 and the last few years I've really slowed down. On rare occasion you'll see me doing some decent tricks in the park. But those days are more and more rare. I know people significantly older than me that ride way harder.
I also have seen people drift away from park or skiing in general at various ages.
Sometimes it's hard to stay motivated if you're bag of tricks drop s down a bunch. Some people are happy to just be able to do a 3 or hit a rail snd will do it till they're 100.
I'd day most people slow down mod 20s to mid 30s from what ive seen.
The_Best_Bread
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i swear i see this same type of thread resurface every week by different people and to answer your question- whenever your body can’t take sending anymore, it’s different for everyone
olic
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I was 30 and 4 ACL ops in before I called it a day in the park, now just rip around the mountain throwing shifties off side hits and enjoying the art of the turn, I'd argue I'm having more fun without the pressure of tricks these days.
You're young though, plenty of time to build back up and have that foundation for your later years
You're young though, plenty of time to build back up and have that foundation for your later years
SWRTOFFICIAL
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there is literally an identical thread on right now about this lol
KilaTsunami
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Broke my T12 vertebrae at 23, still sending harder than ever at 27. It’s all about knowing your limits, and pushing them at the right time to gain new tricks/excitement.
SWRTOFFICIAL
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14413052:bogust said:
ur good homie, I have done the same thing many a time in my newschoolers youth
Young_patty
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I’ll never stop, no ones even making you stop sending it. In fact the only thing you have to do in life is die at the end of it. Whether or not you shred for the whole thing is up to you.
14413058:3mania said:
This is the goal. Skiing bumps till I die.
I'm definitely less sendy now at 31. Thinking about stuff I did in my 20s scares the fuck out of me. But if conditions are good and I'm feeling it, I'll still throw down.
Stay in shape. Stay healthy.
If you can, go to a PT, even if you aren't injured, get an eval and do the stretches they recommend.
Protect your knees and hips at all costs.
You’ll know when it’s time. I drifted away from the park in my 20s and then got back into it when I was like 30. I’m 34 now and still progressing but not in the same way as I did when I was 18. It’s more about cool flowy tricks and making it look good, not trying to throw crazy new stuff. So I guess my days of “sending” are over.
The.Fish
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Depends on how much you work out tbh. I am 22 and feel like an old fart because I am always sore and feel much slower than i used to be. I am sure that if I actually worked out year round and built up some strong legs + knee muscles i would be much more confident and sendy.
Zac.sureman
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smoke weed and dont exercise and you'll be good till at least 30
tominiemenmaa
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Started at 34, now at 38, not planning to stop in the foreseeable future.
That_One_Dude
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I'm 29 and started focusing on park when I was 16 or 17. I think from a park standpoint I peaked around age 21 or 22 in terms of being willing to send/learn new stuff and having my biggest bag of tricks. I still ski hard but it's like 70% out of the park 30% in the park. A big part of that is after I moved away from PA after college, all of my friends that ripped park were still there, and the people I did ski with from then on weren't into park really at all, so I'd be making laps solo if we were all out together. I think outside of the park I'm still progressing and skiing close to my own personal highest level.
I spent a lot of time at Copper this season and there were a lot of days where I didn't touch the park once because the snow was good, and instead I was finding drops/steeps, skiing trees/moguls etc. The days I did hit their parks up though I still had a ton of fun and love riding park to this day, it's just different.
When I do ski park now I'm really only doing stuff that I know I'm going to land no problem and I focus on just being as clean and smooth as I can be. I haven't spun over a 5 in a few years, and I almost never 2 on anymore, but I'll do a nice floaty grabbed 3 or 5 over a big jump any day and still enjoy hitting rails.
I spent a lot of time at Copper this season and there were a lot of days where I didn't touch the park once because the snow was good, and instead I was finding drops/steeps, skiing trees/moguls etc. The days I did hit their parks up though I still had a ton of fun and love riding park to this day, it's just different.
When I do ski park now I'm really only doing stuff that I know I'm going to land no problem and I focus on just being as clean and smooth as I can be. I haven't spun over a 5 in a few years, and I almost never 2 on anymore, but I'll do a nice floaty grabbed 3 or 5 over a big jump any day and still enjoy hitting rails.
freestyler540
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Its not as much as an age, but what your body allows you to do. Im 34 and still large and in charge. I was so stoked to land a backy, 4 flat 3s with different grabs and the rodeo 5 without crashing once.
But flair ups are more of a common occurance now. Learning how to heal faster and what movements to watch out for, keeps you in the game longer. What you loose in quantity, you gain in quality.
Diversifying your skiing makes you go harder. Taking up skimo was the best thing for me. Hiking 3000ft in less than 2 hrs is also sending it. Maybe not as risky, but pretty balling if you ask me.
But flair ups are more of a common occurance now. Learning how to heal faster and what movements to watch out for, keeps you in the game longer. What you loose in quantity, you gain in quality.
Diversifying your skiing makes you go harder. Taking up skimo was the best thing for me. Hiking 3000ft in less than 2 hrs is also sending it. Maybe not as risky, but pretty balling if you ask me.