Tony Hawk

Name: Tony Hawk
A.K.A: The Birdman
When Born: May 12, 1968
Weight: 170
Height: 6'3
Starting Skating At Age: 11
Became a Pro At Age: 15
Lives In: Carlsbad, California USA
Born In: San Diego, California USA
Sponsors Are: Birdhouse skateboards,Fury Trucks,Tsg Helmets,Activison,Espn,Hot Wheels,Hawk Clothing,Tech Deck
Skates: Vert
Videos: The End, Adio - One Step Beyond, Tony Hawk - Trick Tips
Skaters Comments: Tony Hawk is a legend in skateboarding. Tony has won 12 skateboarding world championships, over 8 X-Games Metals, invented over 80 tricks, started over 5 skateboarding related companies and most importantly, he is a family man. All that is what makes him the most recognized skateboarder in the worldthat and being the only person to ever land the 900. Tony is now retired from the competition world of skateboarding but he has left his mark. He still continues to skate and do demos he just doesnt compete anymore.

Thee things you should know about Tony:

1. Tony did an ad for Gillette razors using a $20000 full pipe – but he didn’t make it round so they had to use one shot of him � way round and another of him going down the other side

2. When Tony was young, he struck out in baseball and was so distraught that he hid in a ravine and had to be "physically coaxed out" by his father

3. A psychologist once said he was a 12 year old in an 8 year old’s body

 Profile :

Tony Hawk was a hyperactive kid with the IQ of a genius, who terrorised his nanny until she quit and even got expelled from school! Then at age nine his brother gave him a skateboard and his dad built him a ramp in the yard.

Skateboarding totally mesmerised him, and provided the only outlet capable of absorbing his boundless energy. A combination of determination and natural talent saw Tony progress at an incredible rate, and he began competing almost straight away.

Three years later he was sponsored, at fourteen he turned pro, and in the year he graduated High School he made more money than both his parents combined!

In a career spanning two decades, the Birdman won 73 out of the 103 contests he entered, totally dominating the vert skateboarding sport scene until his retirement in 1999. Having been the best for so long, he created his own personal goals; a wishlist of tricks he knew in his mind were possible. The last of these to be accomplished was the legendary 900 degree aerial, which he finally pulled off after ten years of trying, at X Games 1999.

Tony has been at the centre of skateboarding’s explosion, from the Dogtown days to the era of the X Games and eight-figure salaries. Tony Hawk’s pro Skater is the best selling computer game of all time, his skate video ‘The End’ is the biggest selling skate video of all time, and his autobiography sold out of print before it was even released!

Right now Tony is chilling in his $1.6 million house in California, with his gorgeous wife Erin and his 3 kids. But is he the ultimate legend of the extreme? Well that’s up to you to decide!