Tony Hawk
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I don't know what that is these days, but...
I tested well for IQ, but definitely was a lot of energy.
They had a lot of different diagnosis for that back then.
I think none that really helped us.
And then I got hurt.
And like I said, my dad was in the Navy.
My other siblings had grown up doing, my brother was a surfer.
So that wasn't a big deal really back then.
I mean, it was to some other parents.
They said, you know, a lot of my friends, once they got hurt, their parents said, you're not doing that ever again, or they broke their skateboard.
My dad was kind of like, oh, you know, he rang his bell.
Get back out there.
He wasn't pushy, but he was supportive.
Yeah.
Very stoic.
And very unemotional.
Just saw some shit.
Absolutely, yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, he just saw what it brought to me in terms of my sense of self and self-confidence and and joy.