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American professional skateboarder (born )

This article is about the skateboarder. For the video game series, see Tony Hawk's (series). For the British comedian, see Tony Hawks.

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Birth&#;name	Anthony Frank Hawk
Nickname	"Birdman"[1]
Born	() May 12, (age&#;56)[2] San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Skateboarder, entrepreneur
Years&#;active	–present
Height	&#;m
Weight	&#;lb (72&#;kg)[citation needed]
Spouses	Cindy Dunbar &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Erin Lee &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Lhotse Merriam &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Catherine Goodman &#; (m.&#;)&#;
Children	4, including Riley and Spencer
Website
Country	United States
Sport	Skateboarding
Events
Turned pro
Retired	[3][4][5]
Updated on April 23,

Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, ), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse.

A pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding, Hawk completed the first documented "" skateboarding trick in He also licensed a skateboarding video game series named after him, published by Activision that same year. Hawk retired from competing professionally in and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential skateboarders.^[6][7][8]

Hawk has been involved in various philanthropic activities throughout his career.

He founded The Skatepark Project, which helps to build skateparks in underprivileged areas around the world.

Early life

Tony Hawk was born on May 12, , in San Diego, California, to Nancy (–)^[9][10] and Frank Peter Rupert Hawk^[11] (–), and was raised in San Diego.^[12] He has two older sisters, Pat and Lenore, and an older brother, Steve.^[13]

As a child, Hawk was described as "hyperactive".^[12] One time, Hawk struck out in baseball and was so distraught that he hid in a ravine and had to be coaxed out by his father.

His parents had him psychologically evaluated at school. The results were that Tony was "gifted", as he was tested with an IQ of ,^[14] so school advisers recommended placing him in advanced classes.^[15] Hawk attended Jean Farb Middle School from to His parents supported his skateboarding because it served as an outlet for his excess energy.

Hawk's skills developed, and he made his television debut on Captain Kangaroo as "Skateboard Johnny" in ^[16] Hawk became a professional skateboarder at age ^[15] By age 16, he was sponsored by Powell Peralta, Tracker, Sundek, Vans, and SIO.^[17] Hawk was the official National Skateboard Association world champion for 12 consecutive years.^[15]

Hawk attended three high schools and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in He listed Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi as his influences at the time.^[18]

Career

Skateboarding

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With the money he made from skateboarding, Hawk bought his first house during his senior year in high school.^[18]

On June 27, , Hawk became the first skateboarder to land a "", a trick involving the completion of two-and-a-half mid-air revolutions on a skateboard, in which he was successful on his twelfth attempt.

After completing the trick, Hawk said, "This is the best day of my life."^[19] He retired from professional competition that year,^[20] but Hawk continued to appear at the annual X Games until , when he retired from performing. On June 27, , at age 48, Hawk performed what he claimed would be his final In a video posted on the YouTube RIDE Channel, Hawk said, "Spencer was there on my first one, and now he was there on my last", after successfully landing a ^[21]

Hawk was invited to US president Barack Obama's June Father's Day celebration and skated in the hallways of the nearby Old Executive Office Building on the White House grounds.

This was the first time anyone had skateboarded on the White House grounds with permission from officials.^[22] In , Hawk was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame at its inaugural ceremony.^[23][24]

As of April , Hawk is sponsored by Birdhouse, Vans,^[25]Independent, Bones, and Nixon.^[26][27][28] His current Pro model shoe is the Proto.^[29] Hawk was formerly sponsored by Theeve.^[30]

In July , Hawk briefly ended his competitive retirement to participate in the Vert Best Trick event at that year's X Games, finishing in fourth place out of nine competitors.^[31][32]

Contest victories

No.	Year	Contest
1		Spring Nationals Contest
2		Summer World Series
3		Sundek Pro Skateboard Challenge
4		Booney Ramp Contest
5		NSA Summer Series
6		NSA Summer Series
7		NSA Pro Contest
8		NSA/Variflex Rage
9		Vision/Sims King of the Mountain Contest
10		Skateboard Plus Pro Contest
11		Shut Up And Skate Ramp Jam
12		Hot Tropics Pro Contest
13		NSA Contest
14		NSA Expo 86 (Vancouver)
15		NSA Chicago Blowout Pro Contest: Vert
16		NSA Bare Cover Pro Contest
17		NSA Ramp N' Rage Down South Contest
18		NSA Skatewave International Professional Championships
19		NSA VP Fair Pro Championship Contest
20		Airwalk Skate Fest Contest
21		NSA Gotcha Grind Contest
22		Capitol Burnout
23		Torquay Ramp Riot II
24		NSA Vertical Championships
25		Titus World Cup Contest
26		NSA Pro Finals
27		NSA Pro Finals
28		Del Mar Fairgrounds: Vert
29		Del Mar Fairgrounds: Street
30		NSA Back to the City Contest
31		NSA Wheels for Wishes Contest
32		NSA Pow Wow Street Style Contest
33		NSA Kona Spring Nationals
34		NSA Capitol Burnout Contest
35		Titus World Cup Contest
36		Titus World Cup Contest
37		Holy Masters Skate Contest
38		NSA Pro Finals
39		NSA Kona Pro Contest
40		NSA Spring Fling Contest
41		Street
42		Street
43		Street
44		World Championship
45		Titus World Cup Contest
46		X Games
47		Hard Rock Café & Vans World Championships
48		Hard Rock Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest
49		Hard Rock Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest
50		X Games
51		X Games
52		Hard Rock Café & Vans World Championships
53		Sean Miller Memorial SPOT Pro Contest
54		X Games
55		Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest
56		Titus World Cup Contest
57		Hard Rock Café & Vans World Championships
58		X Trials Pro Contest
59		X Games
60		X Games
61		Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding Finals
62		MTV Sports and Music Festival
63		X Games
64		X Games
All contest results are covered in Thrasher magazine and can be checked in its archives.[33]

Tricks invented

Trick
flip mute to fakie
frontside rock ‘n’ roll
ollie to backside boardslide
varial disaster
varial McTwist
varial to tail
body varial
Airwalk
Airwalk to fakie
Alley-oop backside bluntslide
Backside heelflip body varial
Backside ollie one foot
Backside ollie to tail
Backside pop shove-it
Backside rewind grind
Backside varial
Bluntslide to fakie
Cab backside smith
Cab body varial
Cab lipslide
Cab revert
Cab shove-it
Cab to tail
Double kickflip varial indy
Eggplant to fakie
Fakie heelflip varial lien
Fakie to fakie
Fakie to fakie frontside rock ‘n’ roll
Fakie to fakie lien
Fakie to fakie stalefish
Fingerflip air to fakie
Fingerflip backside air
Frontside to switch crook
Frontside bluntslide
Frontside body varial revert
Frontside cab
Frontside cab disaster
Frontside cab disaster revert
Frontside cab revert
Frontside cab tailgrab
Frontside G twist
Frontside G twist body varial
Frontside G twist madonna
Frontside G twist varial
Frontside hurricane
Frontside hurricane to fakie
Frontside kickflip body varial
Frontside L twist to tail
Frontside nosegrind
Frontside noseslide
G twist varial
G twist heelflip body varial
G twist varial disaster revert
Gymnast plant
Half cab body varial lien
Half cab frontside blunt revert
Half cab to bluntslide
Half elguerial
Heelflip slob air
Heelflip varial lien
Heelflip varial lien revert
Indy
Invert to layback air
Kickflip McTwist
Lipslide revert
Madonna
Nollie heelflip indy
Ollie
Ollie to indy air
Rodeo flip
Sacktap
Saran wrap
Shove-it frontside nosegrind
Shove-it rock ‘n’ roll
Shove-it to backside smith
Slob G Twist one foot
Stalefish
Stalefish
Stalefish frontside
Switch
Switch backside ollie
Switch indie air
Switcheroo to fakie
Tailgrab one foot
Varial
Varial
Varial G twist

Video game series

Main article: Tony Hawk's

A video game series based on Hawk's skateboarding, titled Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, debuted in Since then, the series has spawned 18 titles so far, including ten main-series titles, four spin-offs, and four repackages.

Hawk's role in the series was usurped by customizable player characters in later installments,^[35] but he has remained a prominent character. In the fifth game in the series, Underground, Hawk is a minor non-player character whom the player meets in Tampa, Florida, and skates against. Impressed with the player's skills, Hawk grants them entry into a skate competition.^[36] He later appears in Moscow to teach them the " Varial Heelflip Lien" move.^[37] Hawk and other skaters are briefly playable near the end of the game when they skate in a promotional video for the player's skate team,^[38] and in all gameplay modes except the story mode.^[39] He appeared as a kid in the Backyard Sports game, Backyard Skateboarding.

Film and television

In , Hawk was a featured skateboarder and skater-double for Josh Brolin in the movie Thrashin'. In , Hawk made a brief appearance in the movie Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol with David Spade. In , Hawk appeared as a skateboarder in Gleaming the Cube. In , he appeared in Neal H.

Moritz's and Christopher Gilcrest's film xXx playing the role of one of Xander Cage's stuntman friends. In , Hawk played himself in the Australian skateboarding movie Deck Dogz. In , he made a cameo appearance in the film Drake & Josh Go Hollywood as himself.

Tony hawk biography of his life Confident that skating would rebound, Tony refinanced his first house and with a friend launched his own skateboard company, Birdhouse Projects. ISBN Career [ edit ]. It offered a full "extreme sports" experience, with monitors in the queue lines displaying highlights of the history of action sports and a large spinning Tony Hawk figure crowning the ride.

Hawk also had a cameo in the movie The New Guy, and appeared in Jackass: The Movie, skateboarding in a fat suit with Mat Hoffman and Bam Margera, as well as in Jackass Number Two skateboarding through an obstacle course. Hawk also appeared in the opening title sequences in Jackass 3D and Jackass Forever.

He appeared in the film following the Gumball Rally, Miles, again with Bam Margera. Hawk also played the police officer who arrests Ryan Dunn in the movie Haggard: The Movie. Hawk made a brief cameo appearance in Lords of Dogtown as an astronaut, where he is shown comically falling off the skateboard as he is a "rookie". Hawk voiced himself in the animated movie Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage, where he is kidnapped by circus freaks.

Hawk was featured as an extra in the "Weird Al" Yankovic video "Smells Like Nirvana". He can be seen sitting in the bleachers during the crowd sweep near Dick Van Patten.^[40] Hawk also made a cameo appearance in the Simple Plan music video for "I'm Just a Kid", he can be seen, in a crowd, at a high school, watching kids skating.

On television, Hawk was a guest on the Nickelodeon kid's show Yo Gabba Gabba!.^[41] In , he played himself in Max Steel. Hawk also guest voiced on The Simpsons episode "Barting Over", where he played himself, along with fellow San Diegans Blink In the episode, Hawk lends Homer a new board from his brand where complete rookies are able to perform at the top levels.

Hawk ends up having a comical play off with him after Homer begins to show him up. Tony Hawk appeared as himself in MXC in a special "MXC Almost Live" episode in On the PBS Kids show Cyberchase, Hawk guest-starred as Slider's long-lost father Coop. In the CSI: Miami episode "Game Over" he played a game programmer who was murdered.

Hawk also played on Fox's Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. Hawk hosted Cartoon Network's "Hall of Game" sports award show on February 25, Hawk was on Take Two With Phineas and Ferb. Hawk appeared on the internet cooking show Epic Meal Time on October 28, , to celebrate the show's one-year anniversary, where he can be seen in the final scene eating a deep-fried pizza cake.

Hawk reappeared on another Epic Meal Time video on July 20, , as a guest on the educational cooking show Handle It. Hawk assisted Harley Morenstein (Sauce Boss) in cooking egg rolls. The video features promotion for Hawk's own YouTube channel, RIDE Channel.^[42] He also guest-starred on the ABC comedy Last Man Standing.

He played himself in an episode of Rocket Power.

Hawk appeared in the TV series Breaking In, The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, The Cleveland Show, Sesame Street, and So Random!. Hawk appeared in the movie Parental Guidance as himself. In , he and Eric Koston appeared as reporters in an episode of The Aquabats!

Super Show!, another series by Yo Gabba Gabba! creator and longtime friend of Hawk's, Christian Jacobs.^[43] He also appeared in Disney's Zeke and Luther as himself. In , Hawk acted as a stunt double for Will Ferrell during a skateboarding scene in the film Daddy's Home. Hawk sustained an injury that required 10 stitches in his leg while filming the scene.^[44]

In , Hawk competed in season three of The Masked Singer as "Elephant".

He was the first of Group B to be eliminated.^[45]

In , Hawk did a guest voice role in The Casagrandes episode "Skaters Gonna Hate" where it was revealed that he had a history with Carlos Casagrande back when he operated as "Carlos X".^[46] That same year, HBO released a documentary on him titled Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off.

Hawk worked with Laughing Dragon Studios to develop the animated series Skatebirds.^[47]

On March 27, , Hawk made an appearance on AEW Dynamite in a pre-taped segment with Darby Allin.^[48]

Other ventures

Radio and podcasting

Hawk hosted a weekly radio show on Sirius XM from to called "Tony Hawk's Demolition Radio".

In , Hawk partnered with fellow skateboarder and former SiriusXM host Jason Ellis for the weekly podcast "Hawk vs. Wolf".

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In , Hawk started a show tour featuring freestyle motocross, skateboarding, and BMX. It started in Las Vegas and went on to 31 cities around the U.S. and eventually to Six Flags amusement parks.^[49]

Amusement park rides

A series of amusement park rides known as Tony Hawk's Big Spin were built in three Six Flags parks in and ^[50] The ride was originally billed as the "Tony Hawk experience" and was designed to have the look and feel of a giant red-and-black skatepark.

It offered a full "extreme sports" experience, with monitors in the queue lines displaying highlights of the history of action sports and a large spinning Tony Hawk figure crowning the ride. In , Six Flags cancelled its license and the rides were renamed to Pandemonium.^[51] The ride at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom was moved to Six Flags Mexico in Additionally, a water park ride called Tony Hawk's Half pipe (renamed The Half pipe in ) was opened at Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland.^[52]

Emoji

In February , New York magazine reported that Hawk was working with Jeremy Burge to help design Emojipedia's skateboard emoji^[53] after the company's initial design was criticized by Hawk as "a skateboard you would buy at a department store in the '80s."^[54] The updated design was based on Hawk's own skateboard.^[55] Subsequent releases of the skateboard emoji from Apple and Samsung resemble Hawk's board (including 60mm wheels)^[56] despite no direct collaboration between Hawk and these companies.^[57]

Music

In , Hawk signed a contract with Cleopatra Records, and released his first single, a cover of The Jam's "In the City", featuring punk rock supergroup Punk Rock Karaoke.

The single was released on July 22, , with its B-side, a cover of The Damned's "Neat Neat Neat".^[58] In , Hawk joined Goldfinger on stage and sang "Superman" during their performances at House of Blues^[59] and at the When We Were Young Festival.^[60] He also performed "Superman" and a cover of Agent Orange's "Bloodstains" with Australian band Birdman, during his tour An Evening with Tony Hawk across Australia in January ^[61]

Image and legacy

In December , Hawk was listed by Transworld Skateboarding magazine as the second-most-influential skateboarder of all time, particularly for the invention of the backside ollie to tail.^[62][63]

In January , professional skateboarder John Cardiel, ranked by Transworld Skateboarding as the eleventh most influential skateboarder of all time, listed Hawk as one of his most important influences, as well as Mark Gonzales and Christian Hosoi.

Cardiel explained, " the insane s with no hands, and, just like, all his tricks; he had the ramps, all his ramps, all the ramps he had—I thought that was insane. Tony Hawk's the best."^[64]

In an interview for the online series Free Lunch, produced by Hawk's RIDE Channel, professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds said:

Tony Hawk—he's like, basically, to me it says, "You can be a skater and take over everything and be, you know and use skateboarding to be a businessman, a role model to young people," um, he's just the best.

And, he called my house when I was fifteen, and was, like, "Do you wanna do something with us?" not knowing anything about me.^[65]

In , Reynolds recruited Hawk's son Riley, who was 19 years old at the time, for Reynold's skateboard deck company, Baker.^[65]

Hawk often posts on Twitter about encounters he has with people who do not recognize him or wonder if he is truly Tony Hawk.

Is tony hawk still alive

Who is tony hawk's daughter

When was tony hawk born

Tony hawk children

Tony hawk wife

Various publications have speculated about Hawk's motivation:^[66]

The cynical among us might argue that as he slides inexorably out of cultural relevancy, Tony Hawk desperately needs to remind us that he's still here, still famous. Others might say he’s trying to communicate that he’s fed up with it all, his stream of tweets a not-so-subtle hint But no.

Tony Hawk thinks it is the funniest thing in the world, and he will keep thinking it is the funniest thing in the world, and keep tweeting about it, for the rest of his life.^[67]

Personal life

Relationships

In April , Hawk married Cindy Dunbar, whom he began dating in high school.

Their son, Riley Hawk, was born on December 6, , and was named after one of Hawk's ancestors.^[68] Riley is also a professional skateboarder.^[69] Hawk and Dunbar divorced in ^[12] Riley is married to Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love.^[70] They have a son together.^[71]

Hawk was married to Erin Lee from to ^[12] They have two children, born in and The older of the two, Spencer, is an electronic music producer who releases music as Gupi.

Hawk was married to Lhotse Merriam from to ^[72] Their wedding was held in Fiji and Rancid played for them as the wedding band.^[73][74] The couple's only child was born in ^[75]

Hawk married his fourth wife, Cathy Goodman, on June 27, , in a ceremony in Limerick, Ireland.^[76]

Interests

Besides skateboarding, Hawk's interests include mathematics, physics and technology.^[77] Hawk purchased a camcorder in Japan and had a friend translate the controls for him, and an Amiga in the late s.^[78]NewTek sent him a Video Toaster for his Amiga in exchange for appearing in a promotional video alongside Wil Wheaton and Penn Jillette,^[79] which he later used for editing a promotional video for the TurboDuo game Lords of Thunder in ^[80][81]

Philanthropy

Hawk created the Tony Hawk Foundation in in response to the lack of safe and legal skateparks in America.^[82] As of June , his foundation has awarded US$ million, aiding skatepark projects.^[83] In , the foundation received the Robert Wood Johnson Sports award, which honors recipients for their innovative and influential approaches to using sports to build a culture of health in their communities.^[84] In , Hawk, Andre Agassi, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Warrick Dunn, Jeff Gordon, Mia Hamm, Andrea Jaeger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mario Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning, and Cal Ripken Jr.

founded the charity Athletes for Hope,^[85] an organization that aims to inspire all people to volunteer and support their communities through the actions of professional athletes. In , the Tony Hawk Foundation changed its name to The Skatepark Project to better describe the organization's mission.^[86] Since then, Hawk has frequently struggled with keeping his relevancy, often feeling the hardships of making it as a pro-skateboarder at over 50 years of age.

With his physical capabilities slowly dwindling, and the idea of possible sponsorships seeming less achievable, he decided to make other financial decisions. In , Hawk decided to invest money into digital currency, Bitcoin.

Tony hawk biography for kids The fund was created following the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of law enforcement officers. Moritz's and Christopher Gilcrest's film xXx playing the role of one of Xander Cage's stuntman friends. His "fun project" became a big source of income and interest for him. Deadline Hollywood.

His "fun project" became a big source of income and interest for him.^[87]

In , Hawk auctioned a signed photograph of himself and Rick Thorne, with 50% of the proceeds to be donated to the Tyre Nichols Memorial Fund. The fund was created following the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of law enforcement officers.

One of the fund's plans involve building a skate park in Nichols' honor.^[88]

Filmography

Videos

Bibliography

References