Many of the older skaters could not comprehend that they had just witnessed a revolution in skateboarding.

Ashley said that most of the older skaters were surfers, too, a poignant identity in a state with not much surf.

I don't like to see some of those older skaters out there that I skated with.

Many older skaters have watched him grow up before their eyes.

Eldredge became the oldest skater since Roger Turner to win a medal at a world championship.

It also recalled a time in the history of the sport when the national title was accessible to skaters even older than he.

She finally made it back to Nationals in 2008-2009, by which point she was competing as a senior, the oldest skater in the ladies competition.

Urbanski, the oldest skater in the Games, said: "That made me feel good.

Ray is a 20-year old professional skater (an elder, by aggressive standards) who grew up in the same building as Julio.

"She understands the older skater, those of us who have some restrictions."