Book Raymond Koekemoer
Started skateboarding from scratch at 50. Still rolling at 54. Raymond talks about learning a fast, physical skill in midlife: reaction time, presence, overthinking, and caring for the body after 50.
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- 💻Online talks & webinars Workplaces and communities in any country (SAST, UTC+2)
- 🏢In-person talks Johannesburg & Pretoria
- 🛹Park sessions & filmed interviews At Gauteng skateparks
Flexible, by arrangement.
What Raymond Talks About
Each topic works as a podcast conversation, a 20–45 minute talk, or a workplace session. Happy to shape one around your audience.
Starting From Zero at 50
The reaction-time gap that catches adult beginners, why patience beats bravery, and why it has never been easier to learn something new.
Skateboarders Are Meditators Without Realising It
Presence, flow and learning to fall: why one moment of distraction on a board puts you on the ground, and what that does for a busy mind.
Out of Your Head: What a Skateboard Teaches About Overthinking
No time to plan, only time to act. Including the day Raymond caught a six-year-old falling off a BMX mid-session.
Is Skateboarding Good for You After 50?
What the research says about balance, muscle power, bones and social sport, and the injury risks skaters don’t like to talk about.
Caring for the Body From the Inside Out
Hydration, warm food and rest: the everyday habits that keep a 54-year-old skating, from his Hydrated Gut books.
Questions Listeners Love
A starting point for your interview. Raymond is just as happy to follow wherever the conversation goes.
- You tried skateboarding in the 1990s and gave up. What made you try again at 50?
- What is the “reaction-time gap”, and why does it catch so many adult beginners?
- Why do you say skateboarders are meditators without realising it?
- You caught a young boy falling off his BMX mid-session. What did that moment teach you?
- What does the research actually say about skating after 50?
- How do you look after your body so you can keep skating?
- What would you say to someone who thinks they’re too old to start something new?
Bios for Your Show Notes
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Short bio (about 70 words)
Raymond Koekemoer started skateboarding from scratch at 50 and is still rolling at 54. Through Innovation Skaters, his YouTube channel and website, he shares what learning a fast, physical skill in midlife teaches about reaction time, patience, presence and caring for the body. He is also the author of The Hydrated Gut Project books on hydration and daily rhythm after 50, and lives in Gauteng, South Africa.
Long bio (about 140 words)
Raymond Koekemoer first tried skateboarding in the mid-1990s, couldn’t stay on the board, and gave up. There was no YouTube to teach the basics back then. At 50 he started again from zero, and at 54 he skates for balance, reaction speed and pure fun, not for tricks.
On Innovation Skaters he explores what a skateboard teaches an adult beginner: the reaction-time gap that catches most people in their first month, why skaters are meditators without realising it, and how a board cures overthinking after a screen-heavy work week. His episodes pair lived experience with what the research actually says, and he is careful to keep it educational, not medical advice.
Raymond is also the author of The Hydrated Gut Project, a series of books on hydration, warm food and daily rhythm for adults over 50. He lives in Gauteng, South Africa.
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- YouTube: youtube.com/@InnovationSkaters
- Website: innovationskaters.com (South Africa: innovationskaters.co.za)
- Books: The Hydrated Gut Project