Meet 89-year-old Seiichi Sano, the world’s oldest surfer who discovered the sport at 80

Seiichi Sano is still hitting the waves at the grand age of 88 🏄‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/1Yy0pqeh8y

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He eventually entered the timber industry and started his own business. However, being the head of a small business didn’t allow him time to pursue his interests till he was about 80. In his senior life, Sano eventually tried to climb Mount Fuji before trying out surfing. “I work with a bank manager who has really tanned skin. I thought he may be a golfer, but when I asked him, he whispered to me, ‘I surf’,” he said on his inspiration.

He added, “People tell me surfing is dangerous, but I had far more scary moments in a car than on a surfboard!” Though Sano is not a professional surfer and is not interested in mastering common surfing skills, his favourite trick is a 180-degree jump on the surfboard.

“You do it for three days, then you take a break, and you do it again for three days, and so on. If you go into new things with a mindset that you don’t have to continue trying forever, I think most people actually continue for a very long time,” he said. “I’ve been told I am a fool. But it didn’t bother me because I always thought people who say that kind of things are fools. I’m not perfect, but not too bad either.”

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