Getting old sucks!
I got beaten wide this season by this young punk who went around me and ended up scoring. He was a real cocky SOB too to make things worse...I just don't get beat wide...EVER...that was a bitter pill to swallow.
I skate just as hard as ever...I just don't get there as fast.
I lose more and more board battles, and my hand eye coordnation isn't what it used to be.
Mentally, i see everthing the same, but I am just slower to react to it. That is the worst of it. I KNOW I used to make that play...but now I can't. That is far worse then sucking and not knowing it
I'm only 37....I used to think that getting old was all mental. I figured I'd get aches and pains, but as long as I was willing to play through it, I'd be a good player as long as the desire was there. But that isn't how it works. The desire is there! I just move in slow motion while my brain and the rest of the world move at regular speed.
I effin hate it!
/old man rant