Which counties are cited as the longest-lived communities in America?

Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

Why action sports are great for people over 40

15 Jun 2024 · 0 min

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A short conversational YouTube video (hosted by Vishen Lakhiani) arguing that action sports—skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding—are particularly beneficial for longevity and should be embraced into middle age rather than abandoned. The speakers cite U.S. mountain communities with high longevity (Summit, Eagle, and Pitkin counties in Colorado—Vail, Aspen, Beaver Creek, Copper Mountain) as supporting examples and suggest that people in their 50s should turn toward action sports.

Questions this video answers

Summit County, Eagle County, and Pitkin County (Colorado).

I stopped skateboarding when I was like, 22. But what you're saying is as we go into our 50s, that's exactly the sport we want to take.
Action sports are fantastic for longevity. In fact, the longest lived communities in America, Summit County, Eagle county, and Pitkin county, they're all in Colorado. That's Vail, Aspen, Beaver Creek, Copper Mountain, these huge outdoor communities. It's because action sports combine all these things. They do a bunch of other things. But what's interesting about that is most people think about skateboarding or surfing or snowboarding is these are the activities I'm going to stop doing. Right. And they're the exact activities we want to be turning towards. Yeah. So it's really, it's counterintuitive.
So you're saying as we go into our 50s.