However (and this is a big however), when you think about it, skateboarding is actually quite a sensible mode of transport. Quicker than a jog, greener than a car, skateboards surf pavements rather than annoy taxis on the road like bikes so often do. You can take one on a train and not clog up the whole aisle, then store it under your desk at work. For commuting they make so much sense, yet they're also still possibly the most fun mode of transport since the space-hopper. Why shouldn't a grown man skateboard? As long as he doesn't think he looks cool, as long as he knows he's being ridiculous, as long as he never describes himself as rad, sick, ill or fresh. If you're in any doubt, there's this bald father who, in a six second Vine, perhaps says all that ever needs to be said on the subject: