Yes i agree to a certain extent, most of the older flyers that return to the sport that i have spoken to over the last five years did start with pigeon as a young boy/girl, or had been involved through a family member as a child. Then after the partying, family Etc returned to the sport. I haven't run into to many older flyer that started clean in the sport at a older age. The interest seems to need to to sparked as a child. CraigB