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I’m 52. I’m a skater, former skate park owner, and former president of a nonprofit organization to build skate parks I just stopped to say that this is probably one of the best things I’ve seen in a longtime. Epic.

@DavidHoughton17

Жыл бұрын

nice one for contributing to heling build skate parks.

@vommir.

Жыл бұрын

Great work!

@F1ukez

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for what you’ve done

@drone-vision

2 ай бұрын

You're unknown legend!!!! Thanks from London,UK.

My name is Dylan and I’m a skateboarder, and a recovering heroin addict. My sobriety date is December 13th, 2016. Skateboarding is a form of recovery. We learn from people who do know that they’re talking about and have been doing it forever, we all learn together too. Thrasher Mag and all our videos are like or Big book or basic text. A skatepark session is like a meeting, and street skating is like doing our book work and step work. We take what we learn at the park and bring it to the street. We take what we learn at the meetings and literature and apply it to our life. We fall on our face and get back up, with the support of our peers. I can go on and on. I’m proud to be in recovery and I’m proud to be a skateboarder

@fnsolem

Жыл бұрын

❤

@shad3128

Жыл бұрын

Keep it up bro. We're all here for each other. Keep it loose and have fun! Just got sober myself. 41 days so far.

@Vitalitay

Жыл бұрын

Proud of you Dylan 🙏

@trickyaa

Жыл бұрын

❤❤ ❤

@johnscott3363

Ай бұрын

Excellent description of the therapeutic value of Skateboarding Thank you. But Please wear your helmet.

Struggled with depression for several years. I stopped skating when I got into high school. Picked up skating again at 27, now 30 and it was the best decision of my life. I have made so many friends, so much progress during this time. It was hard getting back to it. Definitely humbling & painful at times but worth every second. ❤ skating

@NYskate47

Жыл бұрын

I grew up skating everyday and similar to you I stopped skating as much when I got into high school. I am 26 now and been going through some tough times mentally and find myself missing those days spent at the skatepark and more so the skate community. I have tried going to the skatepark again a few times in the past year and seem to always end up getting hurt trying stuff I used to do easily when I was younger. Skateboarding has always given me a sense of identity and has been a huge part of my life. Im hoping I can reconnect with the community and get back on my board more often. Do you have any tips for staying healthy as an older skater looking to get back into it?

Started skating 40 years ago. When I was 14, my mother died from Cancer. When I was 16, my Dad died from Skin Cancer... Skateboarding was my release. A release of energy, good and bad, it has helped me to express my hurts, my pain, my frustration at life/death and all of the uncontrollable noise within my mind!!! I'm 48 years of age and I still love to kick, push and roll... I choose to ignore the haters and skate to relate. I choose to create my own fate!!! Thank you skateboarding for 40+ years of fulfilment.

R.I.P Henry Gartland and Ben Raemers, those are the ones i remember, gone too soon due to mental health issues

@ianprice3932

Жыл бұрын

Henry 💜 One of my local legends

Shout out Chad Caruso skating across america and posting daily vlogs RIGHT NOW (summer 2023)!

@soundspoon

Жыл бұрын

yooooooooooooooooooooooooo what up

@superunknown2812

Жыл бұрын

​@Sound Spoon yoooooooo aight ....peace!!

Without sharing too much detail on the Internet, I’ll just say that I totally identify with this piece. At the very beginning of my 2nd half-century on this planet, I gave myself a mid-life challenge of learning to do something on a skateboard. In a few weeks I celebrate my 4th anniversary of that first skate. Once I started, I couldn’t stop. I had just quit alcohol before that first skate, and I am still alcohol free. I quit the weed about 6 months ago after struggling to quit for many years. I would never put skateboarding above my wife and daughters, but it’s no joke that skateboarding has helped put me above my own struggles and made me available to my family and others in ways that benefit all of us.

No matter how bad my problems in life get, for the duration of that skate session, it's all good.

Awesome! Skateboarding has saved my life on multiple occasions. Now go watch Chad Caruso skate accross America for the same cause!!!

Chad Caruso is currently skating across America for addiction awareness. He's in day like 45 or something. Search his name and follow the journey.

51 years old. I mountain bike. Play Ice Hockey. Climb and Ski mountains...tennis...paddleboard...People only question and confront me when I skateboard. Why would I stop....Thanks for sharing this.

Skateboarding builds an incredible amount of character in everyone who picks up a board

I still cannot believe Ben did it. He was such a happy goofy dude, always smiling… that just shows that even the happiest people have their struggles…

@greatvaluecorndog

Жыл бұрын

“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.” - Robin Williams

@isuckatkickflips9167

Жыл бұрын

@@greatvaluecorndog yea

@jfncho

Жыл бұрын

to be honest i didnt know about him until he passed, but knowing his story juxtaposed scenes of him being happy made me tear up.

I am a 52-year-old skater (yes I can still flip my board) and have been in ACT therapy for 2 years now. I have been working through the trauma of my childhood and have really grown to love how the biggest constant in my life has been skateboarding. I am thankful for this video contributing to the normalization of therapy as a resource for health and well-being. When you buy a car or a motorcycle, learn to fly a plane, or become a doctor, they give you a manual and ask you to read it and learn it. The most complex tool that wrote that material is our brain and we have no manual for it. Every day we work on ourselves through health, mental well-being, exercise, and life focus, we get a little closer to completing a manual for our brains that could make life even better than yesterday. Thank you for this video!

Skating is very therapeutic. True freedom is on the board.

Skateboarding saved my life so many times it's my one true love ❤

47 and been skating for 35 years (that’s a lot of boards) and loving it exactly like the first day. Nothing else gives that sense of freedom and mental respite. Nothing else.

I’m 36 and have only been skating for a couple years, I don’t think I’ve ever felt so free in my life; I’m 3 days sober and I’m trying really hard.

@ShreddieMercury

Жыл бұрын

You got this! I’m at day 335 and I remember day 3

@gonnagetyou365

Жыл бұрын

You got this man. Sobriety is hard. I’m struggling still but if you put your all into it, it’s like a skate trick and it can be done. All power to you!

@projectkonstantine8062

Жыл бұрын

first 2 weeks is a bitch you got this bro. your not fighting for anyone else your fighting for your true self.

skating always gave me a sense of purpose and place from my teens to my early 30s. towards the end of my time on the board (early 40's, ruptured achilles) it was different. i no longer had a crew and i was only working on what i had versus learning anything new so it became frustrating and lonely. thankfully i found boxing a few years later and now hooked. i think about it just as much as i did about skating growing up. i guess what im trying to say is that for anyone that used to skate and dont feel the same enjoyment from it dont be afraid to try new things because there are just as fulfilling activities that will challenge you and give you a sense of purpose and belonging.

Man, I love skateboarding so much! Great video!

Brandon Turner is sobriety goals! Fulfilling the Dream! rest in peace Church of Skatan and Tony B. The OGs Sammy Baptista and Brandon are now sober 💪🏽

I'm 48 been a skater over 30 years not planning on stopping yet I need to skate it makes me happy

I'm a bmx/mtb person at the core. Last year I picked up skating and I'm still learning the fundamentals. But this video brought me to tears. But I recently figured out how to "ollie proper". When the tail snapped off the ground and the wheels had a touch-down landing. I couldn't believe It. was such a euphoric feeling. This video literally brought me to tears. Thank you redbull for creating this. We need more of this.

@robertborden2666

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I’m 46 and still just scratching the surface of what I could learn on my board. I live for that magic moment when your body works the alchemy of what it needs to do to execute a new trick; the timing, the turn of the hip, the lift of the wheels, the lean in, the throw of an arm and BAM it all locks in like you hoped.

I think so much of the perseverance learned through skateboarding carries over into our day-to-day lives, and that's such an important skill to learn; to never give up.

Skateboarding has helped me completely turn my life around. It really hit home when Tony said it’s a form of meditation because that’s what I’ve been calling it for the last year. It has really helped me become disciplined and chase my goals. Thank you for making the Tony Hawk Pro Skater games, that is what brought skating to my attention as a child. Thank you so much ❤

I'm 33 years old...mmm like 2 months ago a return to skate and my life now its simply better every trick is making a better person of me. Thanks God to let me Ride

I grew up in an addiction home and my escape was Dirt bikes. If I had a bad day I could jump on my bike and ride. Fast forward to my 35th bday I went and bought my first complete board set up. Let me tell you learning to skate at age 35 was a bit of a challenge, but now 5 year later, my board give me the same freedom as my dirt bike does. I’m from cookeville tn and thanks to Tony and His foundation we got the guys at grand line to come in and build us a full concrete park four years ago and it’s been huge for the community so thank you Tony for giving back, and thank you Red Bull for this edit

30 and started skating again a few months ago and best thing I've done

38 next week. Just getting back in the board heavy after 18 years. After the first full day back on the board I knew my life was about to change. ❤

All my life I was bullied. My oldest sister died when I was 11. I got bullied in school. At the age of 23 I moved to Texas. I got jobs yet I was always told that it's not realistic for me to move up. I fell in with the wrong crowd. I was severely depressed. I got bullied in my workplaces as well. I worked one place where my boss sexually harassed me and touched me. I've been in abusive relationships. Got fired from a lot of jobs. March 2016 I attempted suicide. Was sent to the psych ward got a diagnoses of depression with borderline personality disorder and post traumatic stress disorder with anger issues. A couple of months later my second sister had brain cancer and slipped into a coma. She died in Oct 2016. Well I learned how to rap. Dec 7th 2022 I bought a Tony Hawk sig series skateboard. Learned to ride then a little over a month I bought a skateboard at Zumies. Saved up my money to buy protective gear. Started skating when I was 48. Been skating seven months now. Skating has helped me cope with my mental illness and my anger. It's addictive. It has taught me that I can control my outlook on what happened to me in the past. I haven't broken any bones yet. Back in Oct 2022 my cholesteral was skyhigh. My doctor told me that I need to exercise so I chose skateboarding. I've lost 18 lbs and my balance has increased, my muscles have gotten stronger and I always have fun. My bones have gotten stronger. Yeah skateboarding can be dangerous that's why I take baby steps when learning tricks. Skating has taught me to be confident. I take safety precautions to avoid serious injuries like broken bones etc.

Shout out CHAD CARUSO!!

53 , started in 85, and just unable to stop, makes my mind so much better when i do it, even just rolling, skating is a blessing

The Birdman is one of the most truly loved and respected figures in all of sports... this is just another part of his legacy.

Love the attention to SK8 and its significance to its riders who everyday are greatful to be able to push their boards and themselves.

We needed this! I’m about to go to jail for six months and months. Mom can’t figure out why all I wanna do when I get out skateboard and I’m gonna have to be sober as well as I’m so grateful this film is put together and I could find it and show it to her and now she has a totally different mindset of the culture that she’s had since she was young. Thanks y’all!

@colmcgillveray1010

Жыл бұрын

Hope you get things sorted mate.

@HalfManStudios

Жыл бұрын

Just got out on an 3 monther and I’ve been feeling great being sober and my mindset has made two years probation not seem like an obstacle but an advantage. Stay safe, in Sarasota Florida we call it the thunderdome for a reason be safe smart and smile

@DavidHoughton17

Жыл бұрын

Stay strong and yeah and know that there will be skateboarding there for you. Yeah its helped me get through some of my toughest times as well and happy moments.

Im 21, struggle with mental health, broke, not a lot goin for me except small debts, 1806 bbq, and skateboardin. Ive skated on and off for about 5 years and its the only thing that ive been able to do and find love or peace whenever i wanted it. I cant explain how blessed and thankful i am to have a simple creation (skateboard) do so much for me physically, mentally, emotionally, and even spiritually

Skateboarding saved my life. Since 1996. ✌️

Skateboarding is love ❤‍🔥

lost my dad to long and ugly disease almost two years ago.....started skateboarding in my 33.....and broke my arm immediately....but once it healed nothing can get me down from my board, its so refreshing and free, its passion even when I cannot do any tricks and I am just cruising around streets

I’m a 22 years high-school skater from Nigeria,Nigeria has no public skating park,we’ll be glad if we get assistance and donations to improve the fast rising skating community here. Skateboarding improved my life.

i started skating again after 20 years because of mental health issues. one of the best decision i have made in my life! I even got a friend to pick it up with me. she is a beginner and i started doing switch tricks to level the plainfield. she also wants to skate pipes which i never did in my 6 years of street skating way back in the 90 ties. we are learning it together now we are having the best time! skating is just wonderfull i should have never stopped! i am so glad it found its way back into my life.

I am From Brunei,Age 37 and still skating..Skateboarding shows us to learn and in Peace..Tq so much skateboarding since day 1..😊..

Skateboarding and music was my escape when I was a teenager until my mid 20’s and I stopped skateboarding cause I was hurting myself a lot and it made the 40+ hour work week even harder. Started surfing all the time instead up until a few years ago when I quit that too. My mental health has been really bad for a few years now and have just got back into skateboarding at 41 years old and it’s relit that spark again. It’s not just reigniting a passion but it’s fitness outside in the fresh air and helps you get outside and out of your head.

I'm 30 years old and I can reflect on my time skateboarding in my late teens to mid-twenties as a very beneficial practice for me. I'm compelled to buy a skateboard simply to cruise around in the mornings as part of my morning routine. Be well, everyone! 🛹 ☀️

36 years..from germany..skating since i'm fourteen..suffering from ocd an some chronic illnesses since childhood..skateboarding is deffinetely helpful..it's such a powerful feeling..it really helps me to forget all of the pain and "chaos" i have to deal with.. i don't want the comment to sound dramatic.. love skateboarding..

I can attest to skateboarding and it does keep your mind, body, and soul healthy. I’m 33 and love skateboarding. It is life 😃

7 years after leaving my buddys to pursue a “regular life”. Even so, I still crave for a session and wished I never left. Nothing in the world felt as balance as skateboarding could offer.

June 1st I will be 1 year sober after 22 years of drugs and alcohol. I started skating in 1991 and have never stopped. Now at 39 years old i skate everyday and am skating better then I ever have.

Still skating ,biking,bodyboarding at 47. Still tearing Shizzie up!!🤙

I’m 27, struggling with my mental health and just bought my first custom a few weeks ago. Skate has been the first thing in years that I’ve had fun doing. Period.

Skateboarding has helped me get better mentally and loving things in my life more I’m a lot happier and calmer now

Ben Reamers FOREVER ❤

I’m 18, skateboarding saves me from suicide, Now I’m getting better healthy and I love skateboarding soo much.

thank you skateboarding !

I’m 36 years old, still ride my board 🔥

Skating helps me to grif when Iose my Mom in 2020. I will never forget that time. And now I'm in a different place in my life. But skating was part of it. ❤ keep pushing forward.

Skateboarding is my lifeline. Always has been. Always will be. ❤

Just started after stopping for 9 years and realized why I did it everyday for 20 years.

We are all family! Let’s continue to extend that hand to each other.

I am 36 years old, study clinical psychoanalysis and have been skating for 24 years. I agree, skateboarding can give you a sense of porpuse, community support and balance your brain chemistry. However, there are deeper psiquic distorsions that require theraphy for a genuine self change to really integrate your mental health. Additionally, they are some clinical conditions that require medication, so not being fooled by the social stigma of theraphy or meds is crucial; it is a miracle of science to have the opportunities presented today to be stable with an inner self of porpuse that lights from within.

We can never talk about this too much. ❤

31 now started at age 11 borrowing the neighbors boards to learn on while learning new tricks on a show called "sportschool" on demand with mike valley which was back in the early days of youtube just getting started haha ...dang how time flies by lol im still busting double flips bolts, front smith grinds on flat rails and halfcab heels just to name a select few favorites of mine. but ill be burried with a skateboard thats how inlove with it i am. duces ✌️ keep calm and sk8 on!

I’m Angel, struggling as an alcoholic since 15, got worse when living in the barracks as a single soldier in the army. I am about to start skating again because my disease/my poison is killing me and I’m losing family,jobs, nomore friends, girlfriend. I’m going to get back on the board but a struggle to get a complete board. I’ve had a favorite board I’ve held onto for years but my addiction won over and my skateboard is outside wood cracks grip tape ripped, bearing rusty, rusty trucks, no skate shoes. I’m going to skate again to ignore my addiction. I want and will do better 🙏🏼 I can and I will. Sorry for coming on here to express myself. Hope everyone finds a way out and /or continues their everyday fight and continue to win🙏🏼 it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s how hard you can get hit and fall and keep on fighting! That’s how winning is done!

mental health and finding balance and stability in my life is what brought me to skateboarding last year, at the ripe age of 34. at 5 years sober (6 now), I felt a slip coming and needed something to hold onto that also gave me a release... I dont know if I'll ever let go ❤

I started skating in my teens. Chipped my tooth in a bad skateboarding accident which made me severely self conscious. Blocked the whole thing out of my memory for YEARS. I’m almost forty now and I long board. Skating helps me and I’m glad to be a part of the community. I influenced my wife to long board too :)) I’ll be buying my son a skateboard when he’s able to walk

As a lifelong skater and therapist, this is awesome.

I love skateboarding, it has been such a blessing in my life.

Not an addict but just started skating and sticking with it at 28 and found myself to have more energy and overall more happy

Started skateboarding when I was 10 years old I am now 28. Had a few injuries in my past but that didn't stop me the amount of love I have for skateboarding is indescribable I am 3 months sober from alcohol also a new father I turned over a new leaf feeling healthier and happier than ever 💙🙏🏾

Thank you Red Bull for posting this! Skateboarding has literally been a life-saver for me and many others. I've been enjoying reading everyone's comments, love ya'll!

Been skateboarding since I was 12 I stopped when I hit 18 I’m now 26 and just getting back into it. The feeling of getting back up after a hard fall or landing a trick u been practicing. Skateboarding has all the elements of life it’s self ❤

w video skaters on top 2023

Props to red bull for putting this out. Actually props to them for even thinking this up and creating it. It’s very powerful and I appreciate what they’re doing for the community.

Been staking for 18 years and I always feel the need to go for a ride every now and then. ❤

This is utterly beautiful !! I also fell in love with sk8boarding and was forced to stop skating by my family due it's dangerous since abt 4 years ago. Now watching this and remembering how it helped my mental health and how it made my every day special progressing in tricks encouraging me to skate back again.

I'm 34, just started back to help with my mental health and physical health. Been struggling with sobriety for 8+ years, one day at a time though. We can all get better together. Thanks for this video.

I definitely need it at the moment: the freedom, the challenge, the love, the community... Beautiful work, love from France

That overwhelming sense of adrenaline and stimulation. 🙌🏽🙏 thank jahhh for skateboarding

Check out Chad Caruso skating across America right now raising awareness for addiction he started in Venice Beach and he’s almost in Virginia Beach

solid video & message. we need more like this, this can't be a one-off. promote & build off this message & present solutions in geographical areas that aren't so urban. people really struggle in rural areas. thanks so much for making this video, but please keep going with it.

This is so humbling for me to watch, but at the same time so empowering because i can relate to this so very very much....... Please People, be kind and understanding to each other, roll whenever and wherever you can. It Just makes the World a better place to be....

Im a mechanic 26 years old had skateboarding my entire life since I was like 10 greatest thing to ever walk into my life helps ease my mental state everyday thank you skateboarding you’ve never rolled away from me and I’m never rolling away from you 😊

20 right now I started skating in highschool but since then its been pretty inconsistent until this spring and im glad im finally taking it serious. I dont know if imma make it to pro or atleast sponsored anytime soon but im having fun with it and picking up lil tricks along the way and im happy

Brandon Turner is one of my favorite success stories, even beyond skateboarding. I aspire to be like him.

I’m 13 but turning 14 soon and I’ve been skating for 2 years this video is a lot to me

i have this love/hate relationship with skateboarding. It can really help me get my mind off things on some days and make me connect with people i like and am comfortable with. On other days it makes me tear myself down for not being better and quitting for a couple years. I compare myself to others a lot and skating is definitely an area where i do that often. I get frustrated easily on days where i’m just not performing my best. The culture is also a very slippery slope into various addictions. I’ll be 25 in a few days and a lot of my bad habits (smoking, drinking, other) have developed in the environment of skateboarding.

@shack12319

Жыл бұрын

You're not alone bro, although the culture is slowly changing it seems, thankfully

Just started skating. I bought a custom board after christmas and went skating for the first time today because the weather was nice. I got to ride a bank. Definetely more interesting than scooter riding although i wont stop that too but ill focus on my board :)

skating is therapy for me tbh

I love every bit of this!

the thing you guys do is amazing. appreciate.

i like to say and share with folks in other similar vids / groups, i absolutely love seeing this ! and like the game of chess; which is called the great equalizer. no matter who you are, what language you speak, what color you are, what economic background you come from, chess is chess and anyone can play against anyone. same goes for skateboarding, BMX, rollerblading, they are also great equalizers, it is universal, no matter if you from Canada, Kenya, Australia, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Russia, japan, that all love to skate and are doing the same things, as well as creating new tricks. enjoying it, having the same passion and love, no matter who they are or where they are. skating and skate-parks are universal.

Amazing. This video change my view of extreme sports even more. Imagne if you are a guy from streets doing drugs you thinking that if you quit you have to look and act normal like the most peoples, but extreame sports are the way to quit drug and not to lose your personality. You can be sober and stay as you are. Mind blowing💯

Thank you 🤙

THANKS for making this! More!!

I would try skating again if I had a crew like that

I was born ready for this

Hemet, Ca and Temecula ,Ca need a skatepark , Temecula is such a rich city I don’t see why they don’t got one, Hemet got too many young addicts It really needs it

This is a great video, thank you for uploading it.

Unbelievably amazing.