my friend wants to learn how to skate board but he thinks he wont be good cause he didnt start when he was young and he wont be good now that hes 17. does it really make that much of a difference at what age u start at ( l mean by skill wise not how much talent he has) if he starts now with practice it shouldnt make to much of a difference right?

l was 8..but practice makes perfect!

l started pushing around in second grade. l really got serious around 13. l found that as l got older the easier things were to learn. l quit skating all the time to do other things but always kept a board around. l got back in to it in college & was landing tre flips & big spins a week after l started. l took some pretty good hits & decided once again to lay off for a minute.Still l had a board around. Sometime later l picked it up & was out constantly skating. Even during my first enlistment in the military l was still skating ramps. Now my boys r getting into skating & l have a feeling dad is gonna be right out there with them. l will probably skate as long as l can. If l can still improve so can ur friend. Noting ventured everything lost. You know what l mean. Tell him to do it!~

l started at 7 but l had to stop cuz l was too young and now l surf but as long as he practices and has fun he will make up some of the difference.

well, l satrted when l was 5. but if he really commits to it, he could still be very good! age does not matter that much with these sports.

age does not matter l started a 13 and still suck, as long as you're having fun who cares!

5 l have 1 of thoes old skate bords l call them bich bords

go do it! :)
age doesnt matter.