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  1. A conversation with skateboarder Tony Hawk
    A conversation with skateboarder Tony Hawk

    with Tony Hawk on Dec 18, 2003

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Tony Hawk is considered a founding father of professional skateboarding whose charisma and bag of tricks fueled the sport’s growth in the 1980s and 1990s. Hawk won dozens of pro tournaments and was the first to land a 900, a 900-degree turn, or two and a half revolutions. His video game “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” was a hit and spawned an equally popular sequel, “Pro Skater 2”. He published his autobiography, “Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder”, in 2000. In 2002 he launched the touring arena show of skateboard, bike and motorcycle riders known as the “Boom Boom HuckJam”.

Hawk co-founded the skateboard company Birdhouse. And, like Frank Sinatra, Hawk is nicknamed The Chairman of the Board.

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