During Covid one of my friends was like "you get a skateboard and I'll get a BMX bike and it'll be like we're teenagers again!"

And I'm like, what orthopedic surgeon is paying you to propose this exactly?

Hell I'm a part-time father in my 40s and that's an extreme sport at this point.

Normal sports in your 40s could become extreme!

Swear to god buying a skateboard right now would totally help me stay in shape. Ok maybe roller blades?

Never mind that I just broke my big toe. As a totally sober adult.

I skated nearly everyday from age 12-15, then sporadically after that. At around age 30 I was feeling the urge and got a new board. I was at the skatepark wondering if I'm getting too old until I met this guy in his late 40s who had just started a year earlier. Dude had a helmet, knee pads, and shorts with padding on his ass, but had gotten decent at carving the bowl and was trying new shit all the time. He definitely kept me skating longer than I would have otherwise. Though injuries take so long to heal now and being older than a scooter kid's parent is weird.

Looks at new skydiving license and rig

Do they want to get in on this sick ass game of extreme frisbee?

These guys always watch with extreme sports.

OOTL, who are these guys? I think I'm missing the joke

I'm already thinking about it - you can stop selling it to me.

Heyyyy I learned skydiving in my forties. It's 2026. 40 is the new 20. You can choose to be a couch potato or you can choose to stay active & healthy.

I am thinking about taking up macramé in my forties and these guys are watching.

Just like brass, as it is worked and repeatedly stressed over time, the human body becomes hard and brittle.