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Title: What age did you start riding flatland ?
Post by: FlatlandBilly on March 16, 2012, 07:46:33 PM: Hey,

My name is Billy Im 17 Im from england but I live in switzerland and started riding when I was 16.

Just wondering when you guys started ? :)
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Post by: rick macdonald on March 16, 2012, 08:06:37 PM: I was 13.....that was 25 years ago!
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Post by: obstacle1 on March 16, 2012, 08:45:07 PM: Hi,i'm John from France.

I was (and still a little bit) skateboarder (12 years on the board) and i started Flatland last year,i was 28...
And now totally addict to Flatland;)!!!!
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Post by: fredzilla on March 16, 2012, 09:25:18 PM: 18
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Post by: Kevin G. on March 16, 2012, 09:49:19 PM: 14
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Post by: paulbrown692000 on March 16, 2012, 10:11:46 PM: I started when I was 12, rode ramps, street, flatland, I tried BMX racing. Its in my blood.
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Post by: Phatman on March 16, 2012, 11:00:07 PM: Ive been riding bikes since i could walk. Started bmx at about 13, I rode Flatland for about a year & my bike got stolen. Bought a street bike rode that for numerous years. Bought a couple of flatland bikes & rode on & off. Sold them, now im moving back to Flatland again.
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Post by: JoeKickass on March 16, 2012, 11:00:16 PM: 4.
One of my dads is Mike Miranda.
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Post by: melon lover on March 18, 2012, 12:20:49 AM: Quote from: obstacle1 on March 16, 2012, 08:45:07 PM
Hi,i'm John from France.

I was (and still a little bit) skateboarder (12 years on the board) and i started Flatland last year,i was 28...
And now totally addict to Flatland;)!!!!

+1

Skated for 25 years and took up flat at the end 2010 at the ripe old age of 33 and am lovin every second!!!
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Post by: devin on March 18, 2012, 01:01:16 AM: 27
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Post by: 2flat2furious on March 18, 2012, 02:12:45 AM: 15
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Post by: flaTTech on March 18, 2012, 02:41:00 AM: 13
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Post by: djb on March 18, 2012, 05:57:06 AM: 13 in 1985 / 86. Can't remember exactly.
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Post by: Richi@Bremerhaven on March 18, 2012, 07:27:09 AM: My name is Richard, i am german.
I am 13 now and I started with 11 years :)
RICHARD LAU - 1 Champ BMX (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4fWsjiTC1w#ws)
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Post by: jpoliti on March 18, 2012, 10:17:40 AM: started riding bmx when i was 9, small jumps and things...then Flatland when i got 13. I'm 40.

But the age does not mean anything, some have been riding 2 years and are incredibly good, others like me have been riding all their life and are just barely ok...
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Post by: Flatism® on March 18, 2012, 02:27:42 PM: can't remember...it was that long ago..
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Post by: djb on March 18, 2012, 02:30:40 PM: Quote from: jpoliti on March 18, 2012, 10:17:40 AM
started riding bmx when i was 9, small jumps and things...then Flatland when i got 13. I'm 40.

But the age does not mean anything, some have been riding 2 years and are incredibly good, others like me have been riding all their life and are just barely ok...

When we started riding it was a totally different scene. Like me you probably spent your first couple of years learning Miami Hoppers, Lawnmowers, Cherrypickers, Bar Rides... then rolling tricks and scuffing tricks came in. For awhile it was all scuffing... and these tricks are hard. It is progression, it is also fashion or trends of tricks. If your scene was like mine we also didn't ride exclusively flatland, we rode everything. A flat session, then some street and then hang out at a friends half pipe, probably dirt jumping too. Today kids immediately start learning brakeless rolling exclusively, which is cool. What I'm trying to say is that you are not necessarily "barely okay" it probably depends on your definition. Besides being 40 and still riding is not "barely okay". I've gotta say that as I turn 40 this year.

I'm sure there have beens similar discussions here on the forum before.
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Post by: D.Ploma@Sprockhövel on March 18, 2012, 05:10:54 PM: About 51 or 52 - come and see me at the Worlds in Cologne next summer...
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Post by: The Flat Squirrel on March 18, 2012, 05:13:11 PM: Started riding flatland when I was about 14, but didn`t stop riding street, dirt or park. Was still racing at also.
Now I am 37 and teaching my kids to do flatland, they are 7 and 12
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Post by: JoeKickass on March 18, 2012, 05:25:19 PM: twelve
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Post by: nicky on March 20, 2012, 02:42:30 AM: rode at 16 for 2 years, stopped, and started back a month ago.
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Post by: JEizzle on March 20, 2012, 04:41:54 AM: started at 23 i think then quit for almost 4 years now im 33
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Post by: gumby on March 25, 2012, 07:13:28 AM: 15, and I'm still 15.
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Post by: Budz on April 01, 2012, 09:18:19 AM: I dont ride...I just hang out
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Post by: Phatman on April 01, 2012, 07:03:31 PM: ^ Chills Not Skills ^