Naw, I just play for fun, since we moved to NC I haven't picked it up but was actually learning DSOTM, Gilmour is a great player and most of his stuff is playable for even the likes of myself.....
I've done some snowboarding (we had a cabin in PA not far from a ski resort) and it's similar enough to skating that I took to it fairly quickly, but only cruised down mountains, nothing fancy......surfing is on the agenda for sure.....
One of the most annoying things to me are folks that think someone is "too old" to skate, or surf, or anything.....my response is always "so you've given up.....good for you!!!!"
Surf skating, carving bowls/pools is huge fun, is the spiritual aesthetic of skating to me.....Cheers and keep on keeping on....