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Meet Lena Salmi, a 65-Year-Old Skater & Graffiti Artist From Helsinki

Meet The 65-Year-Old Skateboarder | Amazing Humans

At 61, Lena Salmi discovered our culture. Four years later, she’s fully immersed. At an age when most people are living a less active lifestyle, Salmi is teaching skate classes for beginners, traveling the world helping build parks, and putting up pieces on walls. People have called skateboarding the fountain of youth for decades. BBC Three’s new profile on Salmi will make you a believer.