Tony Hawk

it it was no future it was bad influence they're punks they're trespassing they're skating public property property and so it was like it's counterculture and you helped bring it to the mainstream you are part of that bridge i don't know if you blanched when i said uh salesman on behalf of the sport you're a great advocate and activist on behalf of what it is i'll take credit and blame how's that

Oh, but it's plenty of people don't didn't want it to be on that.

Um, sure.

I mean, it, it, it's definitely, it's a big part of my identity, if not the biggest part, because it's the thing that I've done the longest in my life.

Um, and I'm proud of that, you know, and, and, uh, I mean, I'm, I'm proud that to, well, selfishly, I'm proud that I still can skate, um, on a professional level ish.

And, um, but honestly to see, to,

To see a new generation gravitate to skateboarding, the fact that they have skate parks all over, we're still trying to build more and get in more underserved areas, but the fact that they have that available to them at any given time and

It's not elitist.

It's not exclusive.

It's not the 70s.

You're not going to get bullied necessarily.

It's more like everyone's welcome.

Jump in.

I don't know.

It's probably a top five.

I think, yeah.

I mean, firstly, being available to my family and providing for them, but mostly being close to them.

Just skateboarding, being able to skateboard is up there.

But providing skate parks is so...

is so close to my heart.