Skateboarding in middle age ‘helps empowerment and boosts wellbeing’

Skateboarding can help middle-aged people feel a sense of empowerment as well as boosting happiness and wellbeing, according to research.

The study, by Dr Paul O’Connor, suggests skateboarding can help those in middle age navigate depression, bonds with their children, and personal trials and tribulations.

It also suggests skateboarding opens up access to a new community, in turn helping people experience an identity separate from other parts of life.

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