Older people who take part in the sport say it has a ‘spiritual meaning’ in their lives and boosts their wellbeing and happiness.
“On at least two occasions when I asked informants to try to explain what skateboarding meant to them, I was confronted with grown men fighting back tears, literally lost for words in grasping to communicate the importance and gravitas of their pastime.”and Wellbeing in Older Skateboarders is published in the book Lifestyle Sports and Identities.
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