Your midlife crisis...past, present, future...post it here...can be “watch” or “non-watch” related.

Longbow · May 4, 2018

@Mad Dog, I can’t decide if you or your board are in better shape. There’s a suspicious lack of patina in both cases. If this is your mid-life, you’re gonna be one old dude.

Now this is how a one owner, on the limit board should look after more than 40 years...

My Benjyboard with ACS651s and 65mm Kryptonics used mostly at the Arrow Skate Park in Wolverhampton, an indoor park on 2 floors full of insane bowls and pipes....mid-‘70s I think.

Already did the Menoporsche thing at 30, so at 52+ I‘m almost out of time 🤬.

Better check my Bucket list.

Mad Dog · May 4, 2018

Ridiculous punks up the street: “Look at that old man Mad Dog pretending like he knows how to skate...with all that new Vans stuff on...what a loser!”

Mad Dog: “Come over here and say that you ridiculous punks!”

ICONO · May 4, 2018

khanmu
I married my mid life crisis. Don’t think she’d be too pleased to be posted here...

Ditto

Probably the best decision, I ever made

Mad Dog · May 4, 2018

Mtek · May 4, 2018

@Longbow

No fake vintage Lume or patina here. War marks are from day one. Complete with my 80s Varnet sticker ::facepalm1::

lol.

I remember wanting a set of day glo slime balls for this so badly.

Rman · May 4, 2018

Mtek
@Longbow

No fake vintage Lume or patina here. War marks are from day one. Complete with my 80s Varnet sticker lol.

I remember wanting a set of day glo slime balls for this so badly.

I had a set of slime balls on my Hosoi Hammerhead😝
Retired after my third broken bone but loved downhill long boarding well into my 20’s. Still wear Vans👍

Rasputin · May 4, 2018

@Mad Dog
You must have inspired the creation of this guy:

Mad Dog · May 4, 2018

U ulackfocus
...Didn't go for the Vans back then, but the checkerboard designs were all the rage.

I didn’t go for the Vans back then either. The checkerboard is still alive and well [see Vans tags pictured below from today’s purchases]. I’m still not a fan of the checkerboard...it reminds me too much of Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. 😁

Vercingetorix · May 4, 2018

Skateboards and no helmets explains a lot about Omegaforums.

77deluxe · May 4, 2018

Yes, you really could use a Vans helmet. And probably Vans sunglasses.

Mad Dog · May 4, 2018

77deluxe
Yes, you really could use a Vans helmet. And probably Vans sunglasses.

True. Regarding the helmet, the Mad Dog “bad hair day helmet” will have to suffice for now...it’s very durable...but also wicked hot during the summer months...

Baz9614 · May 4, 2018

Im 49 this year, and I’m hoping to locate one of these! Not because I want a Rolex, but because I can’t get it off my mind! I think that bezel and jubilee bracelet combo are perfect!

mikesspeedy · May 4, 2018

For me its not sitting still, looking to visit the planet before I kick it. I'm no airline pilot just a regular guy, so I'm doing this my way minimum 4 star hotels preferably 5 star hotels,
last year it was New York, Toronto, Norway (always wanted to ride a mountain bike down a mountain did this in Norway) Naples, Amalfi, Capri & Sorrento. Caribbean through Panama then turn right to Costa Rica then up the coast to with a so far this year, London to Venice on the orient express, onward by road to Pizza, Florence then Rome. flew to Turkey, Lisbon. next week, Paris, south of France, Monaco. next month Calgary road trip to Vancouver, July in Singapore (I love this place) Switzerland. August, Cruise to Greek islands Bodrum Turkey. Then looking at Madeira and the Canary Islands for this winter.
Southern hemisphere will commence from 2019 though 2020.
My midlife crisis....I cant stay put. I cant put up loads of photos guys so in the spirit of mad dog has put some of his local phots, here`s my local. not a nice as it looks in mid winter. We mostly sail fish n dive, bomb around on our rib, thus the need for my Seamaster. The Speedmasters don't fit here but I have them cause I just love em ... so shoot me.

Wryfox · May 6, 2018

This was midlife crisis Stage 1...GT500 w/SVT Handling Package. A dip into the Ford Racing catalog and some aftermarket tuning brings it to 700hp. Just passed 35k miles and now on its 4th set of very expensive tires.

Wryfox · May 6, 2018

This was midlife crisis Stage 2, after my doctor said blah blah blah high blood pressure...blah blah blah cholesterol....blah blah blah need to lose a few....

Dropped 20lbs, 100pts on cholesterol, 30pts on blood pressure, and loads more fresh air.

BlackTalon · May 6, 2018

My last skateboard was sold for a couple of bucks by my dad many years ago. I had left it at the house when I moved to a condo in an area where riding was not practical (or needed). I think it had Tracker trucks and Bones wheels; the board was made by my grandfather and I during a summer visit a few years earlier. Got the car thing out of my system in my 20s and 30s with a 5.0 Mustang, an Eagle Talon and a 911. For me, my mid-life crises method of feeling younger is trying to keep my 5 year old from killing himself or knocking down the house 😁

kingsrider · May 6, 2018

Some guys get a Porsche as a prescription for their crisis. I got a Jeep. 89 Islander edition Wrangler. The perfect So. California beach ride.

Wetworks · May 6, 2018

Lowflight

Well played.

Mine will likely be a very fast Ram pickup. I'm presently at my limit of n+1 on the bike front, so I need something a bit more....practical?

M'Bob · May 6, 2018

Mid-life crisis? How 'bout All-life crisis?

timjohn · May 6, 2018

Hit 50 and bought a convertible. It's a bit like a skateboard, but not as fast...