Meet Lloyd Kahn, the Counterculture Publisher Who Is Skateboarding at 91

Lloyd Kahn worked as an insur­ance bro­ker before quit­ting in 1965. Then, he took a turn into the DIY build­ing move­ment that emerged with the 1960s coun­ter­cul­ture. Soon enough, he found him­self edit­ing the influ­en­tial Whole Earth Cat­a­log and pub­lish­ing Shel­ter in 1973, a book still con­sid­ered the bible of hand-built homes. Now 91 years old, Lloyd remains active in pub­lish­ing. He also con­tin­ues to run, pad­dle­board, and skate­board, a sport he took up when he turned 65. How many peo­ple can say that?

In the video above, Sier­ra Clark takes you inside Lloy­d’s world, giv­ing you a snap­shot of his uncon­ven­tion­al life. With a great touch, she high­lights the habits and phi­los­o­phy that have allowed him to live and age in a remark­able way. Stay­ing curi­ous and adven­tur­ous, try­ing new things, keep­ing in motion, eat­ing well, mak­ing life and exer­cise fun—they’re all part of the mix for Lloyd. For Kahn, “Stay hun­gry, stay fool­ish” (the say­ing that appeared on the back of the last Whole Earth Cat­a­log) isn’t just a mot­to. It has been a true way of life.

For more videos focus­ing on longevi­ty and health, vis­it Sier­ra Clark’s YouTube chan­nel here.

Relat­ed Con­tent 

Bertrand Russell’s Advice For How (Not) to Grow Old: “Make Your Inter­ests Grad­u­al­ly Wider and More Imper­son­al”

Simone de Beauvoir’s Phi­los­o­phy on Find­ing Mean­ing in Old Age

You’re Only As Old As You Feel: Har­vard Psy­chol­o­gist Ellen Langer Shows How Men­tal Atti­tude Can Poten­tial­ly Reverse the Effects of Aging

Life Lessons From 100-Year-Olds: Time­less Advice in a Short Film

97-Year-Old Philoso­pher Pon­ders the Mean­ing of Life: “What Is the Point of It All?”