Tony Hawk

Skateboarder

Tony Hawk was born in Carlsbad, San Diego, California, United States on May 12th, 1968 and is the Skateboarder. At the age of 55, Tony Hawk biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Anthony Frank Hawk, Tony, Birdman, Grampa
Date of Birth
May 12, 1968
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Carlsbad, San Diego, California, United States
Age
55 years old
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
Networth
$140 Million
Profession
Actor, Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Film Actor, Skateboarder, Television Actor
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Tony Hawk Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 55 years old, Tony Hawk has this physical status:

Height
191cm
Weight
78kg
Hair Color
Light Brown
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Tony Hawk Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Jean Farb Middle School, Torrey Pines High School
Tony Hawk Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Catherine Goodman
Children
4; including Riley and Spencer
Dating / Affair
Cindy Dunbar (1984-1993), Erin Lee (1995-2004), Lhotse Merriam (2005-2011), Catherine Goodman (2011-Present)
Parents
Frank Peter Rupert Hawk, Nancy Elizabeth Hawk
Siblings
Patricia ‘Pat’ Hawk (Older Sister), Lenore Hawk Dale (Older Sister), Steve Hawk (Older Brother) (Magazine Editor)
Other Family
Elizabeth V. ‘Bessie’ Cook (Paternal Grandmother), Harry Hamilton Skaggs (Maternal Grandfather), Montana Edith ‘Montie’ Grady (Maternal Grandmother)
Tony Hawk Life

Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968) is an American retired professional skateboarder.

He is also a stuntman and actor, as well as the operator of the skateboard company Birdhouse.

Hawk created the first documented 900, licensed a video game series, which was released by Activision, and was one of the pioneers of modern vertical skateboarding.

Hawk has appeared in films, television, and his own line of video games.

He has also been involved in numerous charitable causes, including his own Tony Hawk Foundation that helps to establish skate parks in underprivileged areas.

Hawk was named by FoxWeekly in 2014 as one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.

Early life

Tony Hawk was born in San Diego, California, on May 12, 1968, to Nancy (1924-2019) and Frank Peter Rupert Hawk, and was raised in San Diego. Pat and Lenore are two older sisters, as well as Steve, his older brother.

Hawk was described as "hyperactive" as a child, and his mother said he was "too difficult on himself and expected him to do so many things." Hawk was knocked out of baseball once more by being so upset that he hid in a ravine and had to be "physically coaxed out" by his father. His boredom with himself was so bad that his parents had him psychologically evaluated at school. The findings showed that Tony was "gifted" because he had an IQ of 144, so school advisers recommended enrolling him in advanced classes. Hawk went from 1980 to 1981, and then returned to Rick Reilly's show Homecoming, where he set up a ramp and staged a skateboarding demonstration. His parents encouraged him to skate because it was a way to release his excess energy. Hawk's skills developed, and he became a competitive skateboarder at the age of 14. He was the national Skateboard Association world champion for 12 years in a row.

Hawk attended three high schools and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 1986. At the time, he cited Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi as his influences.

Personal life

In April 1990, Hawk married Cindy Dunbar, who he first saw in high school. Riley Hawk, Hawk's nephew, was born on December 6, 1992, and was named after one of Hawk's ancestors. Riley is also a competitive skateboarder. In 1993, Hawk and Dunbar divorced.

Hawk was married to Erin Lee from 1996 to 2004. Spencer (b.) has two sons. (b. 1999) and Keegan (b.) (2001): A History of the United Kingdom. Spencer is an electronic music performer who performs as Gupi.

Hawk was married to Lhotse Merriam from 2006 to 2011. Rancid served as the wedding's band at their Fiji wedding. Kadence Clover Hawk, the couple's only child, was born in 2008.

In a celebration in Limerick, Ireland, Hawk married Cathy Goodman, his fourth wife.

In response to the lack of safe and legal skateparks in America, Hawk founded the Tony Hawk Foundation in 2002. His foundation has been awarded US$5.8 million to support 596 skatepark projects as of June 2018. The foundation received the Robert Wood Johnson Sports Award in 2015, which honors recipients for their innovative and impactful efforts to foster a culture of wellness in their communities. Hawk, Andre Agassi, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Warrick Dunn, Jeffrey Gordon, Mia Hamm, Andrea Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning, and Cal Ripken Jr. founded Athletes for Hope in 2007, an association that aims to inspire all people to volunteer and assist their communities by the activities of professional athletes. The Tony Hawk Foundation changed the name of the project to The Skatepark Project in 2020 to better define the organization's mission.

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Tony Hawk Career

Career

He bought his first house during his senior year in high school with the funds he earned from skateboarding.

Hawk became the first skateboarder to land a "900" on a skateboard, a feat that culminates in the development of two-and-a-half mid-air revolutions on a skateboard, in which he was happy on his twelfth attempt. Hawk said, "This is the best day of my life" after completing the trick. Hawk retired from competitive action the same year, but he continued to compete at the annual X Games until 2003, when he retired from competitive sports for good. Hawk was still able to land the trick in 2011 and posted a video on his Twitter account stating, "I'm 43 years old and I did a 900 today." Hawk did what he said would be his last 900 on June 27, 2016, at the age of 48. "Spencer was there on my first one, and now he was on my last," Hawk said in a video shared on YouTube's RIDE Channel.

Hawk attended US President Barack Obama's Father's Day celebration in June 2009 and skated in the hallways of the nearby Old Executive Office Building on the White House grounds. It was the first time anyone skateboarded on the White House grounds with official permission. Hawk was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2009 at its inaugural ceremony.

Birdhouse, Vans, Independent, Bones, and Nixon are all sponsoring Hawks as of April 2020. The Proto is his latest Pro model shoe. Theeve had previously sponsored Hawks. Hawk assembled a group of vert skateboarders to perform in 2012, the first-ever vert demonstration to have occurred in India following an invitation from his former sponsor, Quiksilver. The group travelled to Mahatma Gandhi's house, where the skateboarders were greeted by a huge young audience and the 540-degree dyan was carried out during the skateboarding demonstration; on March 4, 2013, the Indian trip was published on Hawk's RIDE YouTube channel.

Hawk briefly resigned from active cricket in July 2021 to compete in the Vert Best Trick event at the X Games that year, finishing fourth out of nine competitors in fourth place.

In 1999, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, a game series based on Hawk's skateboarding, debuted. Since then, the series has produced 18 titles, including ten main-series titles, four spin-offs, and four repackages.

In later iterations, Hawk's role was largely populated by custom player characters, but he has remained a central character. He is a minor non-player character who the player meets in Tampa, Florida, and skates against in the fifth game in the series, Underground. Hawk encourages them to participate in a skate competition after being impressed with the player's abilities. He appears in Moscow later to show them the "360 Variation Heelflip Lien" maneuver. In all game modes except for the story mode, Hawk and other skaters are only playable near the end of the game when they skate in a promotional video for the player's skate team. Backyard Skateboarding, an Offbeat Sports film, had him as a child.

In the film Thrashin', Hawk was a featured skateboarder and skater-double for Josh Brolin. In 1987, he appeared in the film Citizens on Patrol with David Spade. In 1989, he appeared as a skateboarder in Gleaming the Cube. In 2002, he appeared in Neal H. Moritz's and Christopher Gilcrest's film xXx, portraying one of Xander Cage's stuntman friends and later in the film, a skateboarder at a party. In 2004, he appeared in Deck Dogz, the Australian skateboarding film. He appeared on the film Drake & Josh Go Hollywood as himself in 2006. While skateboarding through an obstacle course, Hawk also appeared in The New Guy, a fat suit, and Jackass Number Two. He was also in Jackass 3D. Hawk appeared in the film following the 2006 Gumball Rally, 3000 Miles, and with Bam Margera. In the film Haggard: The Film, he played Ryan Dunn, the police officer who arrested him. Hawk also appeared in Lords of Dogtown as an explorer, where he is seen with a joking attitude as a "rookie" on the skateboard. In Boom Boom Boom Sabotage, where circus freaks kidnapped him, he appeared himself.

Hawk appeared in the Yankovic film "Smells Like Nirvana" and was portrayed as an extra. During the crowd sweep near Dick Van Patten, he can be seen sitting in the bleachers. He made a cameo appearance in the Simple Plan music video for "I'm Just a Kid," so he can be seen in a crowd at a high school watching kids skate.

Viva La Bam, On television, he appeared in Action, What I Like About You, The Tom Green Show, The Tom Green Show, The Naked Brothers Band, Zeke and Luther, and All That. Hawk appeared on the Nickelodeon kid's program Yo Gabba Gabba! He appeared in Max Steel in 2000. He appeared on "Barting Over" on The Simpsons, where he performed himself and other San Diegans Blink-182. Hawk lends Homer a new board from his brand, where complete rookies can do well in the episode. After Homer begins to alert him, he has a comedic play off with him. In a special "MXC Almost Live" episode in 2004, Tony Hawk appeared as himself in MXC. On the PBS Kids show Cyberchase, he appeared as Slider's long-lost father Coop. He was killed in the CSI: Miami episode "Game Over" and he played a game programmer. He appeared on Million Dollar Password in 2008. Hawk also appeared on Fox's Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? On February 25, 2011, Hawk hosted the "Hall of Game" sports awards show on Cartoon Network. With Phineas and Ferb, Hawk was on Take Two. Hawk appeared on Epic Meal Time on October 28, 2011, to commemorate the show's one-year anniversary, where he can be seen in the final scene eating a deep-fried pizza cake. As a guest on the educational cooking show Handle It, Hawk reappeared on another Epic Meal Time video on July 20, 2013. In making egg rolls, Hawk helped Harley Morenstein (Sauce Boss). The video includes a shoutout for Hawk's own YouTube channel, RIDE Channel. He appeared on ABC's Last Man Standing as a guest star. In an episode of Rocket Power, he appeared on himself.

Hawk appeared on 'Break In, The High Fructural Adventures of Annoying Orange, The Cleveland Show, Sesame Street, and So Random! As himself in the film Parental Guidance, Hawk appeared in the film Parental Guidance. In an episode of The Aquabats in 2013, he and Eric Koston were reporters. Yo Gabba Gabba's second series is here, the Super Show! Christian Jacobs, the maker and longtime friend of Hawks, is a fan. He appeared in Disney's Zeke and Luther as himself. Hawk appeared in Daddy's Home as a stunt double for Will Ferrell during a skateboarding scene in 2015. While filming the scene, Hawk sustained a leg injury that needed ten stitches.

"Elephant" appeared in the 2020 third season of The Masked Singer. He was the first of Group B to be disqualified.

Hawk appeared in "Skaters Gonna Hate" in 2022, where it was revealed that he had a connection with Carlos Casagrande back when he appeared on "Carlos X"; the same year, HBO released a documentary about him.

In 2002, Hawk began a show tour that included freestyle motocross, skateboarding, and BMX. It started in Las Vegas and expanded to 31 cities around the United States and eventually to Six Flags amusement parks.

In three Six Flags parks in 2007, and 2008, Tony Hawk's Big Spin was the first in a series of amusement park rides. The ride was originally marketed as the "Tony Hawk experience" and was intended to have the appearance and feel of a massive red-and-black skatepark. It was a complete "extreme sports" experience, with monitors on the queue lines displaying highlights from action sports' past and a large spinning Tony Hawk figure to top the ride. Six Flags lost its licence in 2010 and the Pandemonium was renamed to Pandemonium. In 2012, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's ride was relocated to Six Flags Mexico to accommodate Superman: Ultimate Flight, a new ride. In addition, a water park ride, Tony Hawk's Halfpipe (renamed The Half pipe in 2011) was launched at Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland.

Hawk's "RIDE Channel" YouTube channel was launched in January 2012.

In the welcome video, Hawk explained:

Hawk interviews a number of people, not just skateboarding celebrities, skits in which Hawk appears, and a video of Hawk skateboarding from the New York Stock Exchange floor, including a skateboarding video from the New York Stock Exchange. The RIDE Channel's predecessor, Shred or Die, was a now-defunct website that was similar to the show's Free Lunch, which was carried over to the new venture.

Hawk's initial layout was criticized by Hawk as "a skateboard you might buy at a department store in the 1980s," the magazine said in February 2018. Hawk's own skateboard was based on the updated plan. Despite no direct collaboration between Hawk and these businesses, the subsequent releases of the skateboard emoji from Apple and Samsung mimic Hawk's board (including 60mm wheels).

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Now a SKATEPARK has been granted special status for castles and stately homes

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 28, 2024
It is an honor that is normally reserved for castles, stately homes, and historic monuments. After being granted listed building status by Historic Environment Scotland (HES), a concrete skatepark has joined some of our most prominent buildings. (HES) Livingston or 'Live' Skatepark in West Lothian has been designated as a B-listed building, ensuring that its location will influence future decisions. The centre, which opened in 1981, is Scotland's first working purpose-built skatepark, and has been visited by Tony Hawk, the world's best known skateboarder, who referred to it as a "unique spot." Due to its pioneering layout, which included a deep 'Double Bowl,' it earned international renown within the skate world.

Tony Hawk, a skateboard legend, has been given the honor of defending the Scottish skateboard park for future generations of skaters

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 28, 2024
Following a request from Historic Environment Scotland (HES), the Livingston 'Livi' Skatepark has been classified as a category B structure. (HES) It attracted followers from around the country and was widely known as a symbol of the Scottish skate and bike culture. Tony Hawk, an American professional skateboarder, has even skated there in 1991.

Two months after they tied the knot, Tony Hawk captures sweet snap of his son Riley Hawk and his partner Frances Bean Cobain from their wedding day in honor of his 31st birthday

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 7, 2023
Tony Hawk, a skateboarder, posted a snapshot of his son Riley Hawk, 31, posing with his wife Frances Bean Cobain. In honor of Riley's 31st birthday, the legend, 55, shared a snapshot of Riley and daughter-in-law Frances. While at their wedding, Riley and Frances, 31, were cuddled up in the snap. 2023 in Los Angeles.
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