Japanese octogenarian skateboarder learns new tricks


Yoshio Kinoshita poses to a camera during his skateboarding practise at a park in Daito, Osaka Prefecture, Japan October 6, 2021. Picture taken on October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Akira Tomoshige

OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Yoshio Kinoshita is living proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks.

The 81-year-old rides the ramps at his local skate park in the city of Osaka almost every morning, picking up tips from skateboarders decades younger than him.

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