Tony Hawk

I mean, I was just happy to skate.

Yeah, yeah.

I think it was always a sense of freedom for me and the artistic expression, even though I didn't know how to articulate that when I was a kid.

But honestly, it's the sense of control that I have.

Like when I go skate...

I'm in complete control of my movements, of my direction, of my moves, of how I feel.

And yeah, there's obviously things can go wrong, mistakes can be made or something goes amiss.

But it's the one time in my life where I am centered, like completely centered and know exactly what is coming.

And not to say that I don't embrace my life outside of that or the surprises that come with it and the challenges that come with it.

I love it.

But when I'm skating, it's just a sense of calm.

It's like that's my zone.

Oh, well, it's having your kids.

I mean, my wife and I, between us, we have six kids, five boys who are in their 20s and my oldest is in his 30s.

And then my daughter is turning, probably by the time this comes out, she'll be 18.

And...

Just to, when we, you know, when they get that old, it's really hard to have a captive audience or to get them to agree to anything you're going to do.

So when we have any of them around, my wife and I have this sense of joy that's just understood.

You know, we don't make a big deal about it.

We don't try to scare them away.