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Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), 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 "900" skateboarding trick in 1999. He also licensed a skateboarding video game series named after him, published by Activision that same year. Hawk retired from competing professionally in 2003 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential skateboarders of all time.<ref>Multiple sources:

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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 lifeEdit

Tony Hawk was born on May 12, 1968, in San Diego, California, to Nancy (1924–2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Frank Hawk<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (1923–1995), and was raised in San Diego.<ref name="biographydotcom">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He has two older sisters, Pat and Lenore, and an older brother, Steve.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As a child, Hawk was described as "hyperactive".<ref name="biographydotcom" /> 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 144,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> so school advisers recommended placing him in advanced classes.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hawk attended Jean Farb Middle School from 1980 to 1981. 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 1981.<ref name="Captain Kangaroo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hawk became a professional skateboarder at age 14.<ref name=":0" /> By age 16, he was sponsored by Powell Peralta, Tracker, Sundek, Vans, and SIO.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Hawk attended three high schools and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 1986. He listed Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi as his influences at the time.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CareerEdit

SkateboardingEdit

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Turning professional at just 14, Hawk quickly rose to the top; by 16, he was widely recognized as the best competitive skateboarder in the world. By the age of 25, he had entered 103 professional contests, winning 73 and finishing second in 19—a staggering record that may never be matched. He also held the title of National Skateboard Association vert skating world champion for an unprecedented 12 consecutive years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tony pioneered late-grab airs – which a few early grabbing pros called cheating at the time – and invented over 100 tricks, including the backside Ollie to tail, varial, frontside hurricane, rodeo flip, stalefish, and Ollie 540.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

With the money he made from skateboarding, Hawk bought his first house during his senior year in high school.<ref name=":1" />

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Hawk skating in 1987 (Wassenaar, Netherlands)

On June 27, 1999, Hawk became the first skateboarder to land a "900", 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."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He retired from professional competition that year,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but Hawk continued to appear at the annual X Games until 2003, when he retired from performing. On June 27, 2016, at age 48, Hawk performed what he claimed would be his final 900. 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 900.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hawk was invited to US president Barack Obama's June 2009 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2009, Hawk was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame at its inaugural ceremony.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

As of April 2020, Hawk is sponsored by Birdhouse, Vans,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Independent, Bones, and Nixon.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His current Pro model shoe is the Proto.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hawk was formerly sponsored by Theeve.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In July 2021, 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Video game seriesEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} A video game series based on Hawk's skateboarding, titled Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, debuted in 1999. Since then, the series has spawned 18 titles so far, including ten main-series titles, four spin-offs, and four repackages.

According to former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, Hawk was offered $300,000 for the use of his name and likeness for the original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game, and that Hawk was living in his car due to financial issues.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hawk's role in the series was usurped by customizable player characters in later installments,<ref name="neverland">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He later appears in Moscow to teach them the "360 Varial Heelflip Lien" move.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and in all gameplay modes except the story mode.<ref>Tony Hawk's Underground (GameCube) instruction booklet, p. 15.</ref> He appeared as a kid in the Backyard Sports game, Backyard Skateboarding.

Film and televisionEdit

In 1986, Hawk was a featured skateboarder and skater-double for Josh Brolin in the movie Thrashin'. In 1987, Hawk made a brief appearance in the movie Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol with David Spade. In 1989, Hawk appeared as a skateboarder in Gleaming the Cube. In 2002, 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 2004, Hawk played himself in the Australian skateboarding movie Deck Dogz. In 2006, he made a cameo appearance in the film Drake & Josh Go Hollywood as himself. 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 2006 Gumball Rally, 3000 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 2006 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 music video "Smells Like Nirvana". He can be seen sitting in the bleachers during the crowd sweep near Dick Van Patten.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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!.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> In 2001, 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-182. 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 2004. 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, 2011. Hawk was on Take Two With Phineas and Ferb. Hawk appeared on the internet cooking show Epic Meal Time on October 18, 2011, 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, 2013, 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.<ref>Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: Template:CitationTemplate:Cbignore</ref> 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 2013, 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also appeared in Disney's Zeke and Luther as himself. In 2015, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2020, Hawk competed in season three of The Masked Singer as "Elephant". He was the first of Group B to be eliminated.<ref name="Mask">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2022, 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".<ref name="Casagrandes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Skatebirds">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On March 27, 2024, Hawk made an appearance on AEW Dynamite in a pre-taped segment with Darby Allin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Template:AnchorOther venturesEdit

Hawk hosted a weekly radio show on Sirius XM from 2004 to 2019 called "Tony Hawk's Demolition Radio". In 2021, Hawk partnered with fellow skateboarder and former SiriusXM host Jason Ellis for the weekly podcast "Hawk vs. Wolf".

In 2002, 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

A series of amusement park rides known as Tony Hawk's Big Spin were built in three Six Flags parks in 2007 and 2008.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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 2010, Six Flags cancelled its license and the rides were renamed to Pandemonium.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The ride at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom was moved to Six Flags Mexico in 2012. Additionally, a water park ride called Tony Hawk's Half pipe (renamed The Half pipe in 2011) was opened at Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In February 2018, New York magazine reported that Hawk was working with Jeremy Burge to help design Emojipedia's skateboard emoji<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> after the company's initial design was criticized by Hawk as "a skateboard you would buy at a department store in the '80s."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The updated design was based on Hawk's own skateboard.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Subsequent releases of the skateboard emoji from Apple and Samsung resemble Hawk's board (including 60mm wheels)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> despite no direct collaboration between Hawk and these companies.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2022, 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, 2022, with its B-side, a cover of The Damned's "Neat Neat Neat".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2023, Hawk joined Goldfinger on stage and sang "Superman" during their performances at House of Blues<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and at the When We Were Young Festival.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Contest victoriesEdit

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3 1983 Summer World Series Finals, Del Mar – Pool citation CitationClass=web

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11 1985 Vision/Sims King of the Mountain Contest – Vert citation CitationClass=web

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12 1985 Skateboard Plus Pro-Am Contest – Pro Vert citation CitationClass=web

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13 1985 Shut Up And Skate Ramp Jam – Vert
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16 1986 Hot Tropics Pro Contest – Vert
17 1986 NSA Contest, Del Mar – Pool
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19 1986 NSA Chicago Blowout Pro Contest – Vert
20 1986 NSA Bare Cover Pro Contest – Vert
21 1987 NSA Ramp N' Rage Down South Contest – Vert
22 1987 NSA Skatewave International Professional Championships – Vert
23 1987 NSA VP Fair Pro Championship Contest – Vert
24 1988 Airwalk Skate Fest Contest – Vert
25 1988 NSA Gotcha Grind Contest – Vert
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27 1988 Torquay Ramp Riot II – Vert
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30 1989 NSA Pro Finals – Vert <ref name=":4" />
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32 1990 Del Mar Fairgrounds – Vert
33 1990 Del Mar Fairgrounds – Street
34 1990 NSA Back to the City Contest – Street
35 1990 NSA Wheels for Wishes Contest – Vert
36 1991 NSA Pow Wow Street Style Contest – Street
37 1991 NSA Kona Spring Nationals – Vert
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39 1991 Holy Masters Skate Contest – Vert
40 1991 NSA Pro Finals – Vert
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42 1991 Template:Interlanguage link – Street style <ref name=":3" />
43 1992 NSA Kona Pro Contest – Mini Ramp
44 1992 NSA Spring Fling Contest – Street
45 1992 Mini and Vert Pro Contest – Vert
46 1992 Mini and Vert Pro Contest – Street
47 1992 Mini and Vert Pro Contest – Mini Ramp
48 1993 World Championship – Vert
49 1993 Template:Interlanguage link – Pro Half-Pipe
50 1995 X Games – Vert
51 1995 Hard Rock Café & Vans World Championships – Vert
52 1996 Hard Rock Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest – Vert
53 1997 Hard Rock Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest – Vert
54 1997 X Games – Vert
55 1997 X Games – Vert Doubles
56 1997 Hard Rock Café & Vans World Championships – Vert Doubles
57 1998 Sean Miller Memorial SPOT Pro Contest – Vert
58 1998 X Games – Vert Doubles
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60 1998 Woodward Skatecamp Contest – Street <ref name=":5" />
61 1998 Goodwill Games – Pro Street Doubles <ref name=":5" />
62 1998 Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest – Vert <ref name=":5" />
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64 1998 Template:Interlanguage link – Pro Half-Pipe
65 1999 X Trials Pro Contest – Vert
66 1999 X Games – Vert Doubles
67 1999 X Games – Vert Best Trick
68 1999 Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding Finals – Vert
69 1999 MTV Sports and Music Festival – Best Trick <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
70 2000 X Games – Vert Doubles
71 2001 X Games – Vert Doubles
72 2002 X Games – Vert Doubles
73 2003 X Games – Vert Best Trick
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Tricks inventedEdit

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720
900
360 flip mute to fakie
360 frontside rock ‘n’ roll
360 ollie to backside boardslide
360 varial disaster
360 varial McTwist
360 varial to tail
540 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 540
Fakie to fakie frontside rock ‘n’ roll
Fakie to fakie lien 540
Fakie to fakie stalefish 540
Fingerflip air to fakie
Fingerflip backside air
Frontside 270 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 360 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 540
Invert to layback air
Kickflip McTwist
Lipslide revert
Madonna
Nollie heelflip indy
Ollie 540
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 540
Stalefish frontside 540
Switch 540
Switch backside ollie
Switch indie air
Switcheroo to fakie
Tailgrab one foot 540
Varial 540
Varial 720
Varial G twist

Awards and honorsEdit

All contest victories and X Games medals can be found above.

Notable skateboarding achievementsEdit

12× Consecutive National Skateboarding Association Vert Champion: 1983–1995<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Media awardsEdit

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Video game awardsEdit

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Halls of fameEdit

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Template:AnchorImage and legacyEdit

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Hawk speaking about the importance of skateboarding in people's lives at the California Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2019

In December 2011, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In January 2013, 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 540s 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."<ref name="Skin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="Boss">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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In 2012, Reynolds recruited Hawk's son Riley, who was 19 years old at the time, for Reynolds' skateboard deck company, Baker.<ref name="Boss" />

Hawk often posts on Twitter about encounters he has with people who do not recognize him or wonder if he is truly Tony Hawk. Various publications have speculated about Hawk's motivation:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Personal lifeEdit

RelationshipsEdit

In April 1990, Hawk married Cindy Dunbar, whom he began dating in high school. Their son, Riley Hawk, was born on December 6, 1992, and was named after one of Hawk's ancestors.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Riley is also a professional skateboarder.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hawk and Dunbar divorced in 1993.<ref name="biographydotcom"/> Riley is married to Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They have a son together.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hawk was married to Erin Lee from 1996 to 2004.<ref name="biographydotcom"/> They have two children, Spencer (born in 1999) and Keegan (born in 2001). Spencer is an electronic music producer who releases music as Gupi.

Hawk was married to Lhotse Merriam from 2006 to 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their wedding was held in Fiji and Rancid played for them as the wedding band.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The couple's daughter Kadence was born in 2008.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Hawk married his fourth wife, Cathy Goodman, on June 27, 2015, in a ceremony in Limerick, Ireland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

InterestsEdit

Besides skateboarding, Hawk's interests include mathematics, physics and technology.<ref name="hawkmath">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hawk purchased a camcorder in Japan and had a friend translate the controls for him, and an Amiga 2000 in the late 1980s.<ref name="a2000">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> NewTek sent him a Video Toaster for his Amiga in exchange for appearing in a promotional video alongside Wil Wheaton and Penn Jillette,<ref name="Baker">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which he later used for editing a promotional video for the TurboDuo game Lords of Thunder in 1993.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>

PhilanthropyEdit

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Hawk at the opening of the Needles Skate Park in Needles, California, in 2004. Hawk donated $10,000 to the building of the park and made an appearance at the grand opening.

Hawk created the Tony Hawk Foundation in 2002 in response to the lack of safe and legal skateparks in America.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of June 2018, his foundation has awarded US$5.8 million, aiding 596 skatepark projects.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2015, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2007, 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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> an organization that aims to inspire all people to volunteer and support their communities through the actions of professional athletes. In 2020, the Tony Hawk Foundation changed its name to The Skatepark Project to better describe the organization's mission.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2012, Hawk decided to invest money into digital currency, Bitcoin. His "fun project" became a big source of income and interest for him.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2023, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FilmographyEdit

TelevisionEdit

Year Title Role/Notes Ref.
2000 The Jersey Himself (episode "The Girlfriend", along with Dave Mirra)
2000–2001 Jackass Himself (3 episodes)
2001 Rocket Power Himself (voice, episode "Enter the Hawk-Trix")
2001 Max Steel Himself (voice, episode "Extreme") <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2002 What I Like About You Himself (Pilot episode <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2003 The Simpsons Himself (voice, episode "Barting Over")
2004 MXC Geek Team Leader/Himself
2005 Cyberchase Coop (voice, episode "Measure For Measure")
2005 CSI: Miami Season 3 episode 18 (Skateboarder/game tester/game programmer/victim)
2007 Yo Gabba Gabba! Himself (episode "Move") <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2007 Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Himself – Contestant <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2008 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Himself
2009 Sesame Street Himself (episode #4191, "Abby Makes Seasons Change") <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2011 Hall of Game Awards Host
2011 Take Two with Phineas and Ferb Himself (episode "Tony Hawk")
2011 So Random! Himself
2011 Epic Meal Time Himself (episode "Fast Food Pizza Cake") <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2011 The Cleveland Show Himself (voice, episode "Back to Cool") <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2011 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Hush (voice) citation CitationClass=web

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2010 and 2012 Zeke and Luther Himself (two episodes)
2012 Last Man Standing Himself (episode "Moon Over Kenya") <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2012 Breaking In Himself (episode "Heatherses") <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2013 Epic Meal Time: Handle It Himself (episode "Steak Bacon 'N Cheese Eggroll") citation CitationClass=web

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2013 The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange Ripe Rind (voice, episode "Fast and Fruitious") <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2013 The Aquabats! Super Show! Journalist (episode "Return of the Aquabats!") <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2013 and 2022 Hell's Kitchen Himself
2014 Comedy Bang! Bang!
2014 Video Game High School
2015 Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage)
2016 The Eric Andre Show
2017 Skylanders Academy Flame
2017 Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park USA
2017 Whose Line Is It, Anyway?
2018 The Super Slow Show
2018 Ballers Himself (episode "Forgiving is Living") <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2019 The Burger Show
2020 The Masked Singer Elephant <ref name="Mask"/>
2020 Nickelodeon's Unfiltered Himself
2020 Game Changer Himself (episode "Tell Us About Yourself")
2020 Group Chat Himself
2021 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Himself citation CitationClass=web

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2022 The Casagrandes Himself
2022 Middlemost Post Hawkman citation CitationClass=web

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2023 The Really Loud House Himself
2023 Saturday Night Live Himself
2023 Canada's Got Talent Himself
2024 AEW Dynamite Himself (March 27 episode) citation CitationClass=web

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2024 Loot Himself (episode "Space for Everyone") <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2025 The Tiny Chef Show Guest star (episode "Spicy Cauliflower Bites")
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FilmsEdit

Year Title Role/Notes Ref.
1986 Thrashin' Skating competitor
1987 Police Academy 4 Skateboarder extra <ref>Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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1987 The Search for Animal Chin Himself
1989 Gleaming the Cube Member of Brian's skate crew
1989 Ban This Himself
1996 Escape from L.A. Surfing stunt double for Peter Fonda in the tsunami wave scene filmed on a Wave Loch sheet wave in Texas. citation CitationClass=web

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1997 Arnette: My Way Himself <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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1998Template:Efn The End Himself
2001 Max Keeble's Big Move Himself
2002 The New Guy Himself (cameo)
2002 Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
2002 XXX Cameo
2002 Jackass: The Movie Himself
2003 Haggard: The Movie Cop
2005 Lords of Dogtown Astronaut (cameo)
2005 Tony Hawk's HuckJam Diaries Himself <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref><ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2005 Deck Dogz Himself
2005 Black Label: Who Cares? The Duane Peters Story citation CitationClass=web

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2005 The Reality of Bob Burnquist Himself citation CitationClass=web

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2006 Drake & Josh Go Hollywood Himself
2006 Jackass Number Two Himself
2006 Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage Himself (voice)
2006 3000 Miles Himself citation CitationClass=web

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2010 Jackass 3D Himself
2011 The Other F Word
2012 Waiting for Lightning citation CitationClass=web

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2012 Bones Brigade: An Autobiography <ref>Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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2012 Parental Guidance
2013 Bonus Brigade citation CitationClass=web

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2014 Unity Narrator (documentary)
2015 Daddy's Home Skateboarding stunt double citation CitationClass=web

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2017 Sharknado 5: Global Swarming The Hawk
2021 Humanity Stoked Himself (documentary) citation CitationClass=web

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2022 Jackass Forever Himself
2022 Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off Himself <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2022 Jackass 4.5 Himself
2023 Glory of the Seat: the Chair Olympics Story Himself <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2024 The Real Bros of Simi Valley: The Movie Hawk Sanders

VideosEdit

Year Title Ref.
1982 Powell Peralta: Skateboarding in the 80s citation CitationClass=web

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1984 Powell Peralta: The Bones Brigade Video Show
1985 Sure-Grip: Summer Sessions citation CitationClass=web

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1985 Powell Peralta: Future Primitive <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
1986 NSA 86' Vol. 1: Southwest Regional Championships citation CitationClass=web

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1987 NSI: On the Prowl citation CitationClass=web

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1988 Vision: Psycho Skate citation CitationClass=web

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1988 NSI: Ohio Skateout citation CitationClass=web

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1988 Vision: The Vision Pro Skate Escape citation CitationClass=web

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1988 Thrasher: Savannah Slamma citation CitationClass=web

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1988 Powell Peralta: Public Domain citation CitationClass=web

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1988 Powell Peralta: Axe Rated citation CitationClass=web

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1989 NSI: Savannah Slamma III citation CitationClass=web

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1990 Powell Peralta: Propaganda
1990 All Pro Mini Ramp Jam Hawaiian Style citation CitationClass=web

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1991 Powell Peralta: Celebraty Tropical Fish
1991 Tracker: The Brotherhood citation CitationClass=web

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1991 Tracker: Stacked citation CitationClass=web

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1991 Powell Peralta: Eight
1992 Birdhouse Projects: Feasters citation CitationClass=web

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1992 Birdhouse Projects: Ravers citation CitationClass=web

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1993 Birdhouse Projects: Untitled citation CitationClass=web

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1993 411VM: Issue 1 citation CitationClass=web

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1994 Hook-Ups: Asian Goddess citation CitationClass=web

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1995 Tracker: Hi-8 citation CitationClass=web

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1996 TransWorld: Uno citation CitationClass=web

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1996 Las Vegas Pro Vert '96 citation CitationClass=web

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1996 Airwalk Skateboarding Video 96 citation CitationClass=web

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1996 Midnight Oil Music Video: "Surf's Up Tonight"Template:Efn <ref name="waveloch.com"/>
1998 Baker Bootleg citation CitationClass=web

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1999 Big Brother: Boob citation CitationClass=web

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1999 411VM: Issue 36 citation CitationClass=web

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2000 Tony Hawk's Trick Tips Vol. 1 citation CitationClass=web

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2000 Tony Hawk's Gigantic Skatepark Tour <ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2000 ON Video: Fall 2000 citation CitationClass=web

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2000 411VM: Issue 38 citation CitationClass=web

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2001 Collage <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref><ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2001 CKY 3
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2001 Hook-Ups: Destroying America citation CitationClass=web

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2001 Adio: One Step Beyond citation CitationClass=web

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2002 OP King of Skate citation CitationClass=web

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2002 Tony Hawk's Gigantic Skatepark Tour <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2002 The Making of Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huck Jam <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2002 411VM: Issue 50 citation CitationClass=web

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2002 CKY4: The Latest & Greatest
2003 Thrasher: S.O.T.Y. Video citation CitationClass=web

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2004 411VM: Issue 66 citation CitationClass=web

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2004 Tony Hawk's Secret Skatepark Tour citation CitationClass=web

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2005 Adio: Rock Adio citation CitationClass=web

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2005 Red Dragon: Skateboard Party citation CitationClass=web

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2006 Tony Hawk's Secret Skatepark Tour 2 citation CitationClass=web

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2007 Birdhouse: The Beginning citation CitationClass=web

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2007 Tony Hawk's Secret Skatepark Tour 3 citation CitationClass=web

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2009 Birdhouse: It's Always Sunnies in Australia citation CitationClass=web

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2010 Birdhouse: East Coast Tour citation CitationClass=web

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2011 Birdhouse: Tour Du Monde <ref name="Vid" />
2017 Birdhouse: "Saturdays" citation CitationClass=web

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2021 Nasty Neckface's Wicked Workshop <ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>

Music videosEdit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1992 Smells Like Nirvana Featured as an extra (audience member) Single by "Weird Al" Yankovich citation CitationClass=web

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2002 I'm Just a Kid Cameo appearance Single by Simple Plan citation CitationClass=web

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2022 Wild in the Streets Appearance As part of the 40th Anniversary reissue citation CitationClass=web

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Video gamesEdit

Year Title
1999 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
2000 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
2001 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
2001 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x
2002 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
2003 Tony Hawk's Underground
2004 Tony Hawk's Underground 2
2005 Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
2006 Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
2006 Tony Hawk's Project 8
2007 Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
2008 Tony Hawk's Motion
2009 Tony Hawk: Vert
2009 Tony Hawk: Ride
2010 Tony Hawk: Shred
2012 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
2014 Tony Hawk's Shred Session
2015 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
2018 Tony Hawk's Skate Jam
2020 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
2025 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4

BibliographyEdit

See alsoEdit

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