Young people nowadays are far more likely to spend their time playing video games than on outdoor activities, which is a shame. This mom showed off some bad ass and unorthodox skateboarding skills back in the ’70s. It’s cool and inspiring and deserves to be on the top of our list.

That’s a highly creative way of expressing love for your partner. There are infinite ways to show your partner how much you care and it doesn’t have to involve simple texting of ‘I love you’ on mobile or social media. Like this dad, we still can use our imagination and skills to show our loved ones the depth of our commitment.

Imagine berbecuing on top of a moving submarine during the height of the Cold War, like these guys. Spending time underwater can be depressive and claustrophobic so why not relax a little with your fellow seamen and have some fun along the way?

The rights we enjoy today didn’t just fall from the sky, our parents had to fight so that we can live in a better world, free of hatred and violence. This guy showed that it’s always worth to take a stand against hatred.

The 70’s were a crazy time which our parents (or grandparents) remember fondly as an era of good music, social change, and iconic pop culture. It was also the time of some coolest car designs ever. And this mom is no less cool than the Camaro she’s sitting on.

Skateboarding is one way to arrive at work in style. This dad was cool even without a fancy car. He’s probably cooler than most kids today.

There’s something powerful about this image of man and beast. We’d all like to have this guy for our dad.

You’d have to be pretty good at surfing to be taken for Surfer Magazine, like this dad. It becomes even cooler when we realize he did it before those surfing movies and series were filmed.

Women have long been a part of militaries across the globe but achieved relative equality only in recent times. It certainly did not prevent this mom from being a tank instructor and she looks very cool.

We can’t decide what’s the coolest thing on this image: the motor bike, this dad’s haircut or the fact that he’s wearing no shoes. All those details taken together create one of the coolest dad images ever.

The story behind this picture is a very intriguing one. The boy on this picture bought first car, a 1939 Ford with his own money at the tender age of 11. This fact alone makes him a super cool dad.

This picture was taken in Moscow in 1975. It was back in the time when spies were everywhere and it’s quite possible that this mom was a spy herself. She certainly looks the part.

You needed some pretty cool moves to pull this one off. Skateboarding seems to have been extremely popular during the 70s.

This father to four boys had a wild side back in the 70s when everything was possible for those bold enough to try. Who wouldn’t be impressed by his skills?

The diving equipment this dad is wearing may seem old-fashioned to us today but it only makes him look even cooler. The picture was taken in Saudi Arabia in the 70s where this dad worked as a US military contractor.

Math teachers today can learn a great deal from this dad. We will call it a Jim Carrey teaching method.

Here’s what we’d call an unconvential wedding. There’s nothing better than a wild motorbike ride to celebrate the beginning of marital life. Our moms and dads back in the 80s were far too cool to be afraid of commitment.

You think selfies became a thing only recently? If you do, you cannot be more wrong. This mom took selfies long before anyone could have imagined there would be such a thing as a ‘selfie’ or social media.

Alaska is a tough place to survive so you need to be tough yourself to endure everything nature throws at you. This mom was not afraid to take up the challenge.

Who wouldn’t want to be in this mom’s place, even from our modern perspective? She looks as a proud pioneer of a certain plant many people know and love.

Contrary to popular opinion, multitasking is not a new invention, nor it has anything to do with computers. As this dad demonstrated, multitasking was a thing back in the 80s.

Hush! My dad is on a super secret task and he’s a pilot. Something similar must have been on this kid’s mind while he was looking at his pilot dad talk on the phone.

Working for NASA during the late 60s and early 70s like this mom must have been pretty cool. She probably has a lot of stories to tell her grandchildren.

Digging through old photos can sometimes yield fantastic results. You could, for example, come across an image of your dad holding Magic Johnson, like this guy did. It was an amazing feat and very badass as well.

Our parents were tougher than we are today and that’s a fact. No broken wrist would ever prevent this mom from skating. It’s the kind of attitude we need these days when everyone’s too busy on their mobiles.

While this mom was not a pilot, she was a technician on F-4 phantom back in the 80’s. It doesn’t prevent her from looking super cool. Some folks grew up watching Top Gun, others lived it.

Who said that rangers are not cool anymore? While this picture may resemble a scene from the old Western movie, it was taken around 1980 in Alaska. Roaming the great Alaskan wilderness was surely a lifetime experience for this dad.

France in the 70’s was a cool place to be. This dad certainly knew how to make an impact with his appearance. Even the French fashion designers would agree.

This is what’s called a clean sweep. Being the only girl in the pie eating contest and winning it was an extraordinary feat for a girl back at those days.

When asked by his son what he was doing on this picture, dad replied that he was shooting an album cover. Album covers were taken very seriously in the 80s.

Looking at pictures like these puts a lot of pressure on kids to try to be as cool as their parents back in the day. It will be hard to outcool this dad, though.

According to the guy who posted the image, the image of his parents was taken in 1985 on Santorini Island, Greece. Nine months later, they got a beautiful baby.

When he was 16, this dad entered his name in a drawing but instead of a sports jacket he won a Shelby GT 500. The moment was immortalized on photo and it looks pretty cool.

Everything looks better when you’re young – and muscular. It may have been more than forty years ago, but this dad is still probably looking at this photo with nostalgia.

We’ve all heard the fantastic stories about Navy Seals and their incredible capabilities. This dad actually trained real seals in the navy. His everyday job was an exciting one.

How cool is it to have a monkey as a pet? It’s far from being the only cool thing about this dad. Images like this makes us think whether we can be as cool as our parents were back in their time.

It wasn’t hard to look stylish back in the 80s. Back then, rock music was arguably at the peak of its popularity and teens from across the globe were desperate to show allegiance to their favorite band. We have to admit that this moom looks pretty cool in her Fleetwood Mac tank top.

Playing a guitar was a lifestyle back in the 80s when this picture was taken. She must have sounded pretty good if her musical skills matched her good looks.

Riding without a saddle is already cool enough, but staying on horseback despite of it is even cooler. This mom could teach us a lot about horse riding.

Every guy’s dream is to find himself in the same situation like the dad from this image. It was the 60s, after all, and he was living his dream.

There’s everything we need to know about being cool on this picture: a 70s car, a good-looking mom and her two canine companions. Old but gold.

Who needs Wicked Tuna when you have a dad who got drunk and with his friends and caught a 803 lb tuna in Newfoundland in 1972. Everything was possible if you were young during the 70’s.

Aged only 20, this mom bought a new ’63 Corvette on her own and posed for a picture that had immortalized the moment she waited for a long time. Her stylish appearance and the car seem to be in perfect harmony.

How would you feel if you had discovered an old image of your folks naked in a marijuana field? Whatever you might think, these two look as if they’re enjoying themselves thoroughly, and why wouldn’t they with all that pot around them.

This dad looks like a hybrid of Borat and Austin Powers on a secret mission to save the world. Even though he was no super hero, he was still great at his job and that’s super cool.

Teenagers will be teenagers. This image may be from 1985 but it’s always going to be relevant.

Don’t try this at home – or in parades. Only a cool dad like the guy from the image could ride a three wheeled unicycle and get away with it.

The freethinking 70s generation often had disregard for pesky things like the law. On this image we can see a dad who just flipped his ’73 Mustang on the highway and has a lot of explaining to do but looks very cool and relaxed.

Somehow this mom had managed to look extremely cool even while waiting for her prom date and was probably feeling worried about whether he will show up. The story had a happy ending, of course.

Cool dads have no reason to fear bears or other wild animals, quite the opposite. If you ever run into a thirsty bear on the highway, remember this image and think about what this dad would do in your place.

Enduring whatever Mother Nature has to throw at you is the ultimate challenge one can face. As demonstrated on this image taken in Northern Montana in 1989, this dad had no problem facing nature’s challenge and even found the time to look cool while battling with the elements.

If you thought this was a scene from a 70s horror movie you are wrong. You wouldn’t want to mess with this mom.

It look like a scene from an action movie or a commercial, it’s two firefighters – son and his dad – doing a control burn back in the 80s. Even Schwarzenegger and Stallone would be proud of the badassery these two displayed.

Who doesn’t like the charm of men in black suits and sunglasses? In this case it’s Will Smith from the ‘Men in Black’ but a dad and an FBI agent on a misssion in the Bahamas. We have to admit that he’s as cool as Smith himself.

Nostalgia is not always a bad thing. Back when this picture was taken people were definitively more relaxed than they are today. This dad met his future wife only a year after his cool moment was immortalized on image.

We’ve all heard of magic properties of oregano which was apparently very popular back in the 70s. So popular people were growing it in their home gardens. Or living rooms.

This dad poses for a picture with his fox, Patricia, back in 1987. His fashion choice almost looks contemporary, though.

The 70s were not famous only for fancy cars, music, and disco. It was the time of unique hairstyles when everyone strived to be different. This dad had certainly found his own style and it looks pretty awesome.

You don’t need a fox, a bear, or to be an undercover agent to look cool on pictures. A simple Pontiac Firebird and a smile can also do the trick.

It’s great to have a mom that looked like a movie star back in the 80s. Her taste in cars is impeccable and so is her fashion choice.

There’s a new sheriff in town and he’s making no compromises with criminals. Something about this dad is telling us that he would be a great fit for the job of sheriff in the Old West.

The dad on this image may have blew his cover but he gained an unforgettable memory. No one could ever stay indifferent to that haircut, right?

Surfers are the definition of being cool. According to his son, this dad slept on the beach and had spent three weeks with only a sleeping bag somewhere in Southern Europe in 1989.

Long before Pirates of the Caribbean were filmed, real pirates roamed the seven seas in search for treasure and glory. Compared to this dad, even Captain Jack Sparrow wouldn’t look very badass.