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Tony Hawk

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“So, I feel like what I do, I'm hoping that I did. Something for people to either For those struggling with mental health and also for those who want a place to skate.”
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“And so I recreated the skateboard exactly photorealistic, same shape and everything, and made 500 of them. And the proceeds from those skateboard sales go to half go to the Jed Foundation for Suicide Prevention and half go to the Skateboard Project for public skate parks.”
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“I, well, and I guess more materialistic, I bought my wife a new car as a surprise. I think that what did I do for someone else? Probably on a bigger scale. Bought a skateboard at an auction that was a used skateboard that was hand-painted by Kurt Cobain. For a guy he knew and the guy paid him $20 in a bag of weed to paint a skateboard. This guy had held on to the skateboard through the years because I think it's more because he was a hoarder. And dug it out of his storage not long ago and said, oh, this is that board that Kurt painted, I should put it up for an auction. So I got wind of it. I bought it. And through the help of Francis Kurt Cobain's daughter, I verified the authenticity of it and recreated it.”
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“Yeah I think that was it. I was always guarded and also I managed to get this far with how it was functioning. I can't say it was the smoothest, but so I had some sense of control, but I think it was more to give up that control. Probably the more scary thing that I should have conveyed. I feel like Like I said, we've come so far, especially we have a blended family and our kids have a blast, we have a blast, we cherish our time with them, we cherish our time alone. And I think we have a really good... I think we just have great communication. And intimacy. So she doesn't like me talking about her. So that's as far as I'm going to go with it.”
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“I wanted her to think that I was so capable of it. And so confident with it. But you know what? I mean, she's too intuitive. She knew. Yeah, my.”
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“Let's see, what are some words you've never said to anybody? Why haven't you said them and who should you have send them to? I think that I would Have told my wife, even though I thought that I was going to Kind of turned my life around and changed my priorities. I think that I would have told her that I was really frightened of the path or of Trying to make those changes. I think she knew it, but it probably would have helped to confirm that with words. I think maybe it would have given her. A better perspective on my vulnerabilities early on. Because when we first started dating, I was still kind of chaotic with what I was doing and my approach to my career and my life and everything. And I made a conscious choice to make a positive change. And she knew I was doing that, but I don't think I let on how scary that was for me.”
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“We have hawk apparel, which is Tony Hawk clothing. We have birdhouse, skateboards, birdhouse apparel is actually its own subsidiary with a group with a couple guys in Las Vegas that are doing it, which is super cool. I have the skate park project, which is a foundation for public skate parks in Lowincam areas. I'm part of a lot of different investments and ventures, things that I'm interested in. I can't say that it. It ebbs and flows, some of them ebbs and flows, but for the most part. There's been a crazy trajectory lately. I mean, honestly, it's even surprising to me that people are still interested in what I do personally and also all the ventures that I'm involved with.”
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“Well, I definitely have had businesses that fail just because they were either not the right time or they were a little beyond my expertise than I thought somehow because I had other success. I probably could do well in other stages or in other spaces, but I think it's failure. Yeah, you know, I've had failed relationships and learned a lot from those and was able to grow and hopefully amend my mistakes and hurting people. And I think that it's just a path of evolution. And so I mean, I've always learned to embrace my mistakes with skateboarding. And in a sense, I do that with my regular life too. They embraced the idea that I grew from them.”
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“That's kind of the imposter syndrome, right? Where you think, like, why me? Why is it all? Are they sure they got the right guy? And I understand that, but at the same time, I think I've been through enough phases of success and failure to know that whatever is coming my way or whatever it is that I'm putting out there is real and is tangible. So the self-doubt is not more of a whisper.”
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“I think what you see is what you get with me. I'm not trying to present some other persona. And like I said, in the past, maybe I was more guarded with who I was or how I was trying to be. And now I think I'm just more natural and much more real. This is it. I'm super thankful for what I get to do. I do not take this for granted at all. And I know it could all be gone tomorrow, but I'm going to seize opportunities and do the best I can with it. And in the meanwhile, try to promote skateboarding on a bigger level. But I know what you're saying, and sometimes that is weird, but at the same time, I'm open to hanging out, having a conversation.”
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“Yeah, absolutely. I mean, if you catch us on a Saturday night, and a lot of times a couple of our boys are in college, one of them's in college up here in LA, we have many children. So let's just say that sometimes they will come home for the weekend. And as much as we like seeing them, if you catch us on a Saturday night, they're downstairs watching UFC fights with their homies and we're upstairs hiding from everyone. And we're asleep by 9 p.m. That's pretty much our big raging weekend.”
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“Just a feeling of, well, she's just so grounded and she gives me a sense of home and she is very supportive, but also has her priorities intact. In deciding what to get involved with, she's my sounding board and she's the one who I trust the most with her opinion. And she understands that I am challenged in terms of my sense of intimacy and how to navigate fatherhood. And she has been so great in opening that up for me and helping to show me the best way to navigate it. And just she's not swayed by At all. She could do away with it altogether. And I love that, and I cherish that.”
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“Yeah, and Was definitely worried about that. Like my dad never said I love you, never professed that kind of thing or was warm in that sense. And so that was more my example to live by and through the years. And I was very much kind of the same. And at some point let go of that.”
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“And also in those days of having this sort of unwanted attention made me more guarded because it was like, oh, I can't do the wrong thing or do the wrong thing. And it didn't allow me to be myself very much. And I think I'm much more comfortable in my own skin now and able to. Able to hold more interesting conversations”
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“Um, yeah, I think a lot of it was just being afraid of intimacy and a lot of that. I'm not blaming my parents, but definitely I didn't have great examples of it growing up. So I had to figure that out. And how to be vulnerable. I think I was always very guarded.”
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“I think I just noticed that I was stuck in a cycle of compulsive behaviors and something that I didn't enjoy and didn't feel like it was helping me to have good relationships with my family, with my kids. And I think I just took inventory and thought I got to make a positive change. And so it wasn't like my brain was changing and I figured, you know, it was more that I had to go get help, lean into therapy, figure out how to process all these things and how to move forward in a much more congruent way with my values. And I was able to do it. It took a while. But it was more into my 40s that that happened.”
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“That doesn't sound as fun. It's not the end all for me anymore. I love it, and I'm going to keep doing as long as I can and probably still push myself in a lot of ways. But That is compartmentalized. And it's when I do it, I'm all in on it and I'm doing it and then I leave it there. I'm not just obsessing on it the rest of the day.”
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“Yeah, and also gained people through. Changes and through finding my priorities. And I mean, honestly, like I'm in an incredible place. I'm happier than I've ever been and I have much better relationships with my kids, even though most of them are adults. And I'm just more reliable.”
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“I think I would have Told my younger self to Work on Work on your state of mind and your priorities. Um, With equal effort as you do your skating. I was so hyperfixated on my skating and getting better and my success in skating that I didn't really work on my humanity. I mean, in terms of my relationships and being present and... Maybe that's what it took to get that far, but I think I would just tell my younger self To figure out how to function more as a human than just a professional.”
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“No No, how could you prepare for anything like that? There's no way. I mean, it's it. To have that kind of success, especially in video games, is reserved for someone like Madden. Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto. I mean, it's to be your name was wild. And nowadays, I mean, we've come a long way. We did a remaster a couple years ago. There is a whole generation of kids. I'm not kidding that have asked me if I was named after a video game.”
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“Oh, for sure. That was never lost on me. I mean, I felt very lucky to have my name synonymous with a video game and with skateboarding because I had devoted my life to it.”
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“I mean, I know that they talk about a billion dollars for Activision. My take is not that grandiose, but I am never going to complain. It changed my life completely.”
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“When they say a half million dollars, to me, it sounds like a billion gazillion dollars. I mean, no one had ever spoken those types of numbers to me before. But I felt like I was in a pretty good place. I was doing well in other ways. I was still skating a lot. I was doing events. I had good endorsements. I was doing, we had birdhouse was starting to actually be profitable. My skate company. And I had just bought a new house with, not, you know, I had a loan, but my loan was manageable and I thought I'm going to take a risk because I'm doing okay. And I don't need that money right now. And even the timing of that, like if it had been just a few months before that when I was looking at houses, maybe I would have taken that. But I didn't, and that was definitely the best financial decision in my life.”
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“Well, when they were close to launch of the game, They started to sense that there was buzz about it. It was already getting good reviews from previews of the game publishers. I mean, not the magazine publishers. So, you know. They knew they had a good game overall, and they felt the surge of interest. And so they offered me a buyout of future royalties right before the game launched. Which at the time it was, they offered me a half million dollars. And they said, you know, what does that mean? They said, well, you get that right now and then no money going forward. And for me, having lived through some really lean times.”
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“Was perfect. It was like right away. I started playing it. I started doing tricks. It was almost like it was an extension of my body to start doing this on that screen with that skater. innately felt right about it to me. And so was there a close call? I would say if Activision maybe had called me a month or two later, I might have already inked a deal. But I felt very lucky.”
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“There was another group doing a game that had contacted me and I I went down the road with them a little bit and realized that what they were trying to do was so much more. How to explain it was more technically difficult to play. Because they were trying to truly emulate skating And I felt like I understood that approach, but at the same time, skating wasn't that big when we released this game or when we were going to release this game. And I wanted something that was be more friendly to the non-skater to play, to understand, to be able to just pick up and start doing tricks. And when I saw what Activision had, they had a very They had a very early version of a skater doing tricks, the way it moved. And to me, it was intuitive.”
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“I think I'd rather wish for him to see. The rise of skateboarding in general because he was so integral in keeping it alive at a time when it was struggling through sanctioning events. So, I mean, sure, my own success, yeah, but I do feel like on a bigger scale in more lofty terms, just the success of skateboarding is something that He would have been very proud of.”
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“No, I mean, and to think that it's gone on to be. Such a beloved sport internationally and in the Olympics. I mean, all that is just beyond what he would have imagined.”
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“No, he saw the first X games. And to him that was as big as things could ever get because he was a big sports fan, not just, you know, obviously he loved skateboarding, but he also loved team sports. And for him to see skateboarding on the sports network, that was for him the coming of age.”
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“Never soft. Yeah, I emailed him. Yeah, that's a good story. I emailed Neversoft the next day and I said, hey, I did this thing. And I think that people are going to expect to see it in the game now. And I know we didn't animate a 900, but I feel like if you guys have time to squeeze it in. And we were already in beta with the game, which meant that we were going to submit it to the console manufacturers. And once you do that, you cannot edit it. You can't alter it. And I remember Joel, who was the head of NeverSuff, he emailed me back right away and he said, way ahead of you, you fucking rule. Then they got it in.”
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“At that time, we had been working on a video game for about a year and a half So there was definitely a crazy synergy, perfect storm in that moment, because I did that trick that drew a lot of attention to obviously me, but not just me, but skateboarding in general and the X games. And then that was in June. And then we released. What became Tony Ox Pro Skater in September?”
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“Yeah, it took a while for me to do a second one. And then after I did my second one, then I could do it pretty regularly.”
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“It was just a big relief. I mean, it was definitely a high relief. Of my competitive career, but for me it was just this weight lifted from me because it had always sort of hung on me that, oh, 900, it's got to be possible. And there were a few of us chasing it. There were other skaters that were getting pretty close to it too. But no one had figured out how to ride away.”
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“And then try to land it. And for some reason, I never had that clarity because when I would go to try to make it, I'd get hurt and I'd have to go home. So, in this particular instance, I didn't get hurt, so I thought, okay, what if I shift my weight towards the back? And then I shift my weight towards the back and I fell backwards. And that was the epiphany. Because all I have to do is split the difference. And then I made the next”
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“I'm always getting the right amount of speed. My snap is good. The snap is the takeoff when you actually leave the top of the ramp and grab your board. Because a lot of times the snap is, if that's off, it's tragic. My snap was good. I can see the landing zone. And I thought, you know what? If I'm ever going to try to land this again, it'll be tonight. And if I break a rib, so what? I'm either going to make this or get taken away on a stretcher. Those are the only two outcomes. And then when I did finally try to make it somewhere around the, I don't know, ninth or 10th attempt. I fell forward again, but I didn't get hurt. And something. There was something clicked in my head that said why not shift your weight to your back foot during the spin?”
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“which I had planned that I had only done once before, and it was a variation of a 720. It was a variable 720. So I did that trick, and then I had 10 minutes left of this event I don't know where else to go from there except try what the next trick that I would like to do, which is a 900. And when I started trying it, I'd say the first few attempts I just did for the crowd. It was more like, this is my next stage or this is what's next. Maybe it's not for me, but this is what I would like to see done. And then somewhere around my fourth or fifth try, I realized that”
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“But once I figured out that spinning, then I started to explore, okay, how do I get the landing? And that's when I started actually pursuing it. I would say more in like the years of'94 to 96. I was actively trying it regularly. And when I finally thought that I had it, I put it down and then I broke my rib because I was leaning too far forward. In that moment, I kind of gave up on it. That was in'96 because I thought I had all the pieces to it. I had. Every element I had in my head, I had It was the right takeoff. It was the right setup. It was the right spin. And apparently I can't figure out how to land it properly. So fast forward to 1999, they're having a best trick event at the X Games. And halfway into the event, I did my best trick.”
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“And when you pass it twice, it's very hard to spot where you should be or to even know spatially where you are. So it took me the first probably five years of attempts just to figure out where I was in the air. And when I say five years, I'm not talking about like every day. It was more I would get fired up. I'd had a good session or I was skating a really good ramp and then I would try a couple. And they always ended in some sort of injury. It was very hard to get out of it safely. I broke my rib one time when I really thought I had it.”
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“Yeah, that was a battle. So I learned 720s in 1985 and the next stage progression for that in terms of spinning and for skating would be 900. What makes it so much more difficult is that you're blind to your landing zone twice when you do a 900. When you do a 540 or even a 720, you're only blind to your landing zone once.”
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“It can be, sure. I think the value of. Not giving up the value of believing in yourself and the value of Of working through your own challenges. I think that's probably the biggest metaphor. And for me, what I learned from it is also the value of taking risks. You know, in the greater sense of becoming a businessman, I wasn't afraid to take risk skating. I'm not afraid to take risks in business.”
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“Nature over nurture. Yeah. Sure, everyone has their own different body types and their own thing, but you can see influences like, for instance, We have this girl on our team, Reese Nelson. She's very young, but she skates for ramps. And you can tell who she skates with by her trick selection. Because she's influenced by the certain skaters that she's with. And some of them have very specific moves that are associated with them. And like she just learned, Klip No Slides. All right. I'm going to go into the weeds for you. Those are kept nove slides, which is a signature move of a skater named Colin McKay. And I literally said, have you been skating with Colin? She said, yeah, he comes here in the morning sometimes and skates with me. It's like, there it is.”
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“I'd say it's sort of the flow of the move from start to finish, including when you're before you even leave the ground or the ramp or whatever it is, that you make it look like one fluid motion and that you can. Twist it, torque it a little differently than someone else, but stay in control. That's what it's about. It's really hard to convey.”
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“Well, luckily, skating is so subjective that. Adding your own flair to it is always encouraged. And so, for instance, there is some tricks, basic tricks that... 80 of professional skaters can do this one trick, but if you take a picture of one of them and put it on silhouette, I can tell you who it is. Everyone has their own style of it.”
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“Activity, sport, art, whatever it is. And I love that idea that I'm getting out of my comfort zone and trying something weird. And it's probably not going to work right away. And it's probably going to be super ugly when I finally do it. But I'm going to get to a point where it's more natural.”
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“Ah, sure. Every day, but I think to answer your question. The focus it takes is pretty intense to get to do especially what I do for so many years. And also, I think that. The ability to To listen and to take cues or inspiration from others around you in terms of inspiring or influencing what you do. And I don't mean like, I'm not saying like borrowing or stealing styles or anything. I'm talking about just being open to, oh, that's a new way to do it and even collaborating with people. What if we tried this or maybe you did that? not just living in your own bubble because some people tend to do that. They have their way. They have, they found how they succeed, how they keep moving forward, and they stay in that lane. They stay in that bubble. And sometimes that works, but for the most part, you can only go so far with it. And you've got to start to sort of branch out and see what else is there in terms of your chosen.”
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“On video or doing it in front of people, I still want to do it. And I still love it. But like I said, I've sort of focused my energy more into the technical moves. And I would say the tricks that I was learning before I got hurt were more appreciated by skaters themselves. They weren't going to move the needle on X-Games or anything.”
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“Oh, I think it was in my. Probably in my mid to late thirties and early forties because that's when I was still doing So I kind of had the gamut of the skating in terms of being able to do the big stuff, the dangerous stuff, and also the very technical stuff. And so as I moved into my Twilight years, I don't know what you call this, but I've learned to focus more on the technical because it's more low impact and it keeps me keeps me healthy for the most part. I mean, I am nursing. I'm still recovering from a broken femur last year But even that has taught me that I still love doing this and I still love it even if I'm not going to be at the top of the game or if I'm even going to be.”
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“I was looking for that in that kind of approval, but it was kind of a surprise. And also I kept getting better at it in those years. And then to be doing it in my 50s is just like a lucid dream. It's crazy. It's funny. I kind of went through the fire. It was like when I was a kid, it was like, oh, you're pretty good for your age. And then when I got into my 30s or 40s, like, you still skate? Can't you grown out of it? And now when I'm in my 50s, it's like, hey, you're pretty good for your age.”
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“I would say yes if you were asking me five, ten years ago. But now I do see it, I see it myself. I'm much more cognizant of it in my own choices. It is wild. I mean, I never imagined that I'd be a pro skater a past 20, honestly, because when you were a kid skating in my era, once you reach an age of responsibility, you had to quit because no one could make a, it wasn't anyone's job, right? So to be skating in my 20s and then into my 30s was wild. I mean, I was in uncharted territory, but I was still getting better at it. And then when I reached my 40s, it was like really still you guys still think this is okay for me to do. And not that.”
2023-03-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Tony Hawk: The Man With The $1.4 Billion Name! Burnout, Obsession & Regrets · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Confident and fulfilled and excited about all those things to see my kids thrive than to care about getting invited to the Oscars.”
2023-03-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Tony Hawk: The Man With The $1.4 Billion Name! Burnout, Obsession & Regrets · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT