Anthony Frank Hawk (Tony Hawk)

Name: Tony Hawk
Gender: Male
Hometown: San Diego, California
Date of Birth: May 12, 1968
Family: 3 children - Riley, Spencer & Keegan
Occupation: Launcher of the Boom Boom Huck Jam, Tony Hawk Foundation, Hawk clothing, Birdhouse, and featured in Tony Hawk video game series
Began Skating: 1977
First Sponsored: 1980
Turned Pro: 1982
Favored Discipline: Vert
Stance: Goofy
Tony Hawk is retired from competing

History

Tony Hawk was a disapointed kid. He would push himself to do well in everything - in fact, to do better than he possibly could do, and then get angry with himself for failing. His parents had him tested, and discovered that he was "gifted". His older brother Steve gave him a skateboard, and Tony found something that he could focus on, and get good at. He would still push himself relentlessly, which helped propel him to be the world's most recognizable skateboarder today.

Career

Tony Hawk Skateboarding Career Highlights:

1982 - Joined the legendary Bones Brigade team
1989 - Featured in Gleaming the Cube movie starring Christian Slater
1999 - Activision releases Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the first in a long line of successful video games
1999 - X Games 4 - Tony Hawk lands the first 900
2003 - featured in the 300th episode of The Simpsons
2003 - wrote HAWK -- Occupation: skateboarder , a New York Times Best Seller
Life - Tony Hawk has entered about 103 skateboarding competitions. He has won 73, and taken second in 19

Anthony Frank Hawk (Tony Hawk)