1. Tony Hawk licensed a skateboarding video game series named after him, published by Activision that same year.
61 Facts About Tony Hawk
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Tony Hawk retired from competing professionally in 2003 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential skateboarders.
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Tony Hawk has been involved in various philanthropic activities throughout his career.
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Tony Hawk founded the Skatepark Project, which helps to build skateparks in underprivileged areas around the world.
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Tony Hawk was born on May 12,1968, in San Diego, California, to Nancy and Frank Peter Rupert Hawk, and was raised in San Diego.
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Tony Hawk has two older sisters, Pat and Lenore, and an older brother, Steve.
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One time, Tony Hawk struck out in baseball and was so distraught that he hid in a ravine and had to be coaxed out by his father.
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The results were that Tony Hawk was "gifted", as he was tested with an IQ of 144, so school advisers recommended placing him in advanced classes.
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Tony Hawk attended Jean Farb Middle School from 1980 to 1981.
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Tony Hawk's parents supported his skateboarding because it served as an outlet for his excess energy.
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Tony Hawk's skills developed, and he made his television debut on Captain Kangaroo as "Skateboard Johnny" in 1981.
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Tony Hawk was the official National Skateboard Association world champion for 12 consecutive years.
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Tony Hawk attended three high schools and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 1986.
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Tony Hawk listed Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi as his influences at the time.
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On June 27,1999, Tony 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.
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On June 27,2016, at age 48, Tony Hawk performed what he claimed would be his final 900.
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Tony 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.
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In 2009, Tony Hawk was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame at its inaugural ceremony.
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In July 2021, Tony 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.
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Tony Hawk later appears in Moscow to teach them the "360 Varial Heelflip Lien" move.
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Tony Hawk appeared as a kid in the Backyard Sports game, Backyard Skateboarding.
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In 1986, Tony Hawk was a featured skateboarder and skater-double for Josh Brolin in the movie Thrashin'.
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In 1987, Tony Hawk made a brief appearance in the movie Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol with David Spade.
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In 1989, Tony Hawk appeared as a skateboarder in Gleaming the Cube.
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In 2004, Tony Hawk played himself in the Australian skateboarding movie Deck Dogz.
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Tony Hawk 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.
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Tony Hawk appeared in the opening title sequences in Jackass 3D and Jackass Forever.
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Tony Hawk appeared in the film following the 2006 Gumball Rally, 3000 Miles, again with Bam Margera.
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Tony Hawk played the police officer who arrests Ryan Dunn in the movie Haggard: The Movie.
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Tony 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".
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Tony Hawk was featured as an extra in the "Weird Al" Yankovic video "Smells Like Nirvana".
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Tony Hawk 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.
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Tony Hawk guest voiced on The Simpsons episode "Barting Over", where he played himself, along with fellow San Diegans Blink-182.
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Tony Hawk ends up having a comical play off with him after Homer begins to show him up.
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Tony Hawk appeared as himself in MXC in a special "MXC Almost Live" episode in 2004.
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Tony Hawk hosted Cartoon Network's "Hall of Game" sports award show on February 25,2011.
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Tony Hawk appeared on the internet cooking show Epic Meal Time on October 28,2011, to celebrate the show's one-year anniversary, where he can be seen in the final scene eating a deep-fried pizza cake.
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Tony Hawk reappeared on another Epic Meal Time video on July 20,2013, as a guest on the educational cooking show Handle It.
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Tony Hawk assisted Harley Morenstein in cooking egg rolls.
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Tony Hawk guest-starred on the ABC comedy Last Man Standing.
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Tony Hawk played himself in an episode of Rocket Power.
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Tony Hawk appeared in Disney's Zeke and Luther as himself.
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In 2015, Tony Hawk acted as a stunt double for Will Ferrell during a skateboarding scene in the film Daddy's Home.
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Tony Hawk sustained an injury that required 10 stitches in his leg while filming the scene.
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In 2020, Tony Hawk competed in season three of The Masked Singer as "Elephant".
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Tony Hawk was the first of Group B to be eliminated.
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In 2022, Tony 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".
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Tony Hawk worked with Laughing Dragon Studios to develop the animated series Skatebirds.
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On March 27,2024, Tony Hawk made an appearance on AEW Dynamite in a pre-taped segment with Darby Allin.
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In 2021, Tony Hawk partnered with fellow skateboarder and former SiriusXM host Jason Ellis for the weekly podcast "Tony Hawk vs Wolf".
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In 2002, Tony Hawk started a show tour featuring freestyle motocross, skateboarding, and BMX.
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In 2022, Tony 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.
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In 2023, Tony Hawk joined Goldfinger on stage and sang "Superman" during their performances at House of Blues and at the When We Were Young Festival.
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Tony Hawk 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.
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In December 2011, Tony 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.
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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.
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Tony Hawk was married to Lhotse Merriam from 2006 to 2011.
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Tony Hawk married his fourth wife, Cathy Goodman, on June 27,2015, in a ceremony in Limerick, Ireland.
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Tony Hawk purchased a camcorder in Japan and had a friend translate the controls for him, and an Amiga 2000 in the late 1980s.
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In 2020, the Tony Hawk Foundation changed its name to The Skatepark Project to better describe the organization's mission.
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In 2012, Tony Hawk decided to invest money into digital currency, Bitcoin.