South Beach Sessions - Tony Hawk
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How did Tony Hawk's upbringing influence his skateboarding career?
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a genuine legend in our midst, somebody who basically made a sport matter in this country. I feel like I can say that without overflattering the skateboarding legend and now a gaming and cultural icon in Tony Hawk. You winced on that.
Thank you. Well, I mean, it's a lot.
But those things are all so. I said nothing that was wrong. I appreciate it. Everything is correct. Your body has paid the price for that to be the glory. Was it worth it?
I will concur on that point, yes. Was it worth it? Yes, always.
What challenges did Tony face when skateboarding fell out of popularity?
I'm here. I still get to talk about it. I still get to do it. It's wild.
It is crazy, right? If you took me back to the early 1980s on whatever it is you thought your life would be, what did it look like from back there?
Well, I was very young, so I certainly didn't think I was choosing a career because there was no career to be made. When I turned pro, it meant that I just moved up a division in competition, and then I was gunning for $100 first place prize money, so... That didn't feel like a career move. And I was young enough and naive enough to just think, oh, this is fun. And then as I started to get into my later years of high school, it became a living. And I realized when I graduated that, oh, I already have everyone's figuring out what they're going to do with their life. I have a career path, although I didn't know how long it would last. But, you know, ignorance is bliss and youth is... Wasted on the young.
What injuries has Tony Hawk sustained throughout his career?
It is wasted on the young, but you, I would imagine, had a little bit of your childhood stolen, right? You're doing this one thing professionally, but you're so professional that all of a sudden you're not a kid anymore. You've got a bunch of sponsors at 16.
yeah i would say especially in the summer because oh even even in the during the school year because i was expected to travel to these big events in florida and in chicago and um in atlanta and i would have to miss a thursday or friday from school go there compete you know be there try to try to do my best performance a lot of fans and whatever else, and then go straight back to school on Sunday or come back home Sunday and go to school on Monday. And I was in a different world. I was living this paradox. And then when we'd go on tour, it was just every single day, big exhibition, big crowd, drive to the next city, just like a touring band. And I definitely didn't have the same formative years as any of my classmates.
Yeah.
I mean, yeah, that's putting it simply, but in what ways did that ends up distorting the adult?
The fact that it's a little tricky only because, well, I have to say, I think that the, the, the silver lining of the downfall of skateboarding and I don't mean downfall of skateboarding in general. I mean, the popularity of it in the early nineties was that I was faced with reality very quickly and, And it was like, oh, no, you're an adult now. You are now providing for a family and your chosen career path is fading.
How does Tony Hawk view aging and the changes in his body?
And so I had to kind of hustle and figure out how do I make this work while still skating. And I'm thankful for those years because I loved it so much. I wasn't willing to pick up a nine to five. I just tried to make it work however I could. And what I mean by that is I would do odd jobs. I was actually a consultant for a few Hollywood shoots. I was the skate consultant because I was too old to be the skater at age 24. But that didn't matter. That allowed me to be in the skate world and still do it, but have a different role in it. But it got weird because I was thrust into, I kind of bypassed a teenage childhood and it got thrust into responsible adult all at once. I mean, it really happened very quickly.
Well, take us back there. You're talking early 90s. You have to refinance your house. What other things like that were there where you're looking around and you probably didn't pay attention to your finances the way that you had to when it's all coming in.
What is the significance of The Skatepark Project?
You have to concentrate on being great at the thing you do, right?
Well, I mean, there were definitely some milestones.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Tony Hawk's upbringing influence his skateboarding career?
0:04–0:56
2
What challenges did Tony face when skateboarding fell out of popularity?
0:56–1:56
3
What injuries has Tony Hawk sustained throughout his career?
1:56–3:36
4
How does Tony Hawk view aging and the changes in his body?
3:36–4:49
5
What is the significance of The Skatepark Project?
4:49–6:09
6
How did Tony Hawk's video game franchise impact skateboarding culture?
6:09–7:03
7
What lessons has Tony learned about success and failure in skateboarding?
7:03–7:57
8
How does Tony Hawk define his legacy in the skateboarding world?
7:57–1:06:13
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