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."