Does skateboarding cause you back pain when your older?

The answer is yes - and no. I'm 47 and have been Skateboarding vert ramps an hour a day, 3-5 days a week for the past 20 years. Once every couple of years I get anywhere between a couple of days and 2 weeks of dreadful Back pain, such that I have to lean against the wall to get out of bed. I've just got over a particularly bad 2-week episode. But this time I went to the doctor, and was told that it's just temporary muscle damage pulling my back out of alignment. It hurts while you have it but it gets better and it doesn't do you any structural harm. Whereas the long-term fitness, muscle-tone, bone-density and life-enhancing pleasure you get from skateboarding do you untold good. So it's unpleasant while you have back pain, but the best thing is to take an anti-inflammatory tablet (e.g. Neurofen) while it's bad, then wait a few days (or however long it takes) and get back on your board again.