Tony Hawk

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Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. A pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding, Hawk completed the first documented "900" skateboarding trick in 1999. He also licensed a skateboarding video game series named after him, published by Activision that same year. Hawk retired from competing professionally in 2003 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential skateboarders of all time.<ref>Multiple sources:

Hawk has been involved in various philanthropic activities throughout his career. He founded the Skatepark Project, which helps to build skateparks in underprivileged areas around the world.

Early life

Tony Hawk was born on May 12, 1968, in San Diego, California, to Nancy (1924–2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Frank Hawk<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (1923–1995), and was raised in San Diego.<ref name="biographydotcom">Template:Cite web</ref> He has two older sisters, Pat and Lenore, and an older brother, Steve.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

As a child, Hawk was described as "hyperactive".<ref name="biographydotcom" /> One time, Hawk struck out in baseball and was so distraught that he hid in a ravine and had to be coaxed out by his father. His parents had him psychologically evaluated at school. The results were that Tony was "gifted", as he was tested with an IQ of 144,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> so school advisers recommended placing him in advanced classes.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> Hawk attended Jean Farb Middle School from 1980 to 1981. His parents supported his skateboarding because it served as an outlet for his excess energy. Hawk's skills developed, and he made his television debut on Captain Kangaroo as "Skateboard Johnny" in 1981.<ref name="Captain Kangaroo">Template:Cite web</ref> Hawk became a professional skateboarder at age 14.<ref name=":0" /> By age 16, he was sponsored by Powell Peralta, Tracker, Sundek, Vans, and SIO.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Hawk attended three high schools and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 1986. He listed Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi as his influences at the time.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Skateboarding

Template:Expand section Tony Hawk is a trailblazer in vertical, or "vert", skateboarding, and remains one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history. He got his first skateboard at age nine, a gift from his older brother, and by 12, he was already dominating amateur competitions across California.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Turning professional at just 14, Hawk quickly rose to the top; by 16, he was widely recognized as the best competitive skateboarder in the world. By the age of 25, he had entered 103 professional contests, winning 73 and finishing second in 19—a staggering record that may never be matched. He also held the title of National Skateboard Association vert skating world champion for an unprecedented 12 consecutive years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Tony pioneered late-grab airs – which a few early grabbing pros called cheating at the time – and invented over 100 tricks, including the backside Ollie to tail, varial, frontside hurricane, rodeo flip, stalefish, and Ollie 540.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

With the money he made from skateboarding, Hawk bought his first house during his senior year in high school.<ref name=":1" />

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Hawk skating in 1987 (Wassenaar, Netherlands)

On June 27, 1999, Hawk became the first skateboarder to land a "900", a trick involving the completion of two-and-a-half mid-air revolutions on a skateboard, in which he was successful on his twelfth attempt. After completing the trick, Hawk said, "This is the best day of my life."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He retired from professional competition that year,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but Hawk continued to appear at the annual X Games until 2003, when he retired from performing. On June 27, 2016, at age 48, Hawk performed what he claimed would be his final 900. In a video posted on the YouTube RIDE Channel, Hawk said, "Spencer was there on my first one, and now he was there on my last", after successfully landing a 900.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Hawk was invited to US president Barack Obama's June 2009 Father's Day celebration and skated in the hallways of the nearby Old Executive Office Building on the White House grounds. This was the first time anyone had skateboarded on the White House grounds with permission from officials.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2009, Hawk was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame at its inaugural ceremony.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

As of April 2020, Hawk is sponsored by Birdhouse, Vans,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Independent, Bones, and Nixon.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His current Pro model shoe is the Proto.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hawk was formerly sponsored by Theeve.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In July 2021, Hawk briefly ended his competitive retirement to participate in the Vert Best Trick event at that year's X Games, finishing in fourth place out of nine competitors.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Video game series

Template:Main A video game series based on Hawk's skateboarding, titled Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, debuted in 1999. Since then, the series has spawned 18 titles so far, including ten main-series titles, four spin-offs, and four repackages.

According to former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, Hawk was offered $300,000 for the use of his name and likeness for the original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game, and that Hawk was living in his car due to financial issues.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Hawk's role in the series was usurped by customizable player characters in later installments,<ref name="neverland">Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref> but he has remained a prominent character. In the fifth game in the series, Underground, Hawk is a minor non-player character whom the player meets in Tampa, Florida, and skates against. Impressed with the player's skills, Hawk grants them entry into a skate competition.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He later appears in Moscow to teach them the "360 Varial Heelflip Lien" move.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hawk and other skaters are briefly playable near the end of the game when they skate in a promotional video for the player's skate team,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and in all gameplay modes except the story mode.<ref>Tony Hawk's Underground (GameCube) instruction booklet, p. 15.</ref> He appeared as a kid in the Backyard Sports game, Backyard Skateboarding.

Film and television

In 1986, Hawk was a featured skateboarder and skater-double for Josh Brolin in the movie Thrashin'. In 1987, Hawk made a brief appearance in the movie Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol with David Spade. In 1989, Hawk appeared as a skateboarder in Gleaming the Cube. In 2002, he appeared in Neal H. Moritz's and Christopher Gilcrest's film xXx playing the role of one of Xander Cage's stuntman friends. In 2004, Hawk played himself in the Australian skateboarding movie Deck Dogz. In 2006, he made a cameo appearance in the film Drake & Josh Go Hollywood as himself. Hawk also had a cameo in the movie The New Guy, and appeared in Jackass: The Movie, skateboarding in a fat suit with Mat Hoffman and Bam Margera, as well as in Jackass Number Two skateboarding through an obstacle course. Hawk also appeared in the opening title sequences in Jackass 3D and Jackass Forever. He appeared in the film following the 2006 Gumball Rally, 3000 Miles, again with Bam Margera. Hawk also played the police officer who arrests Ryan Dunn in the movie Haggard: The Movie. Hawk made a brief cameo appearance in Lords of Dogtown as an astronaut, where he is shown comically falling off the skateboard as he is a "rookie". Hawk voiced himself in the 2006 animated movie Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage, where he is kidnapped by circus freaks.

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Hawk doing skate jam in 2012

Hawk was featured as an extra in the "Weird Al" Yankovic music video "Smells Like Nirvana". He can be seen sitting in the bleachers during the crowd sweep near Dick Van Patten.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hawk also made a cameo appearance in the Simple Plan music video for "I'm Just a Kid", he can be seen, in a crowd, at a high school, watching kids skating.

On television, Hawk was a guest on the Nickelodeon kid's show Yo Gabba Gabba!.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> In 2001, he played himself in Max Steel. Hawk also guest voiced on The Simpsons episode "Barting Over", where he played himself, along with fellow San Diegans Blink-182. In the episode, Hawk lends Homer a new board from his brand where complete rookies are able to perform at the top levels. Hawk ends up having a comical play off with him after Homer begins to show him up. Tony Hawk appeared as himself in MXC in a special "MXC Almost Live" episode in 2004. On the PBS Kids show Cyberchase, Hawk guest-starred as Slider's long-lost father Coop. In the CSI: Miami episode "Game Over" he played a game programmer who was murdered. Hawk also played on Fox's Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. Hawk hosted Cartoon Network's "Hall of Game" sports award show on February 25, 2011. Hawk was on Take Two With Phineas and Ferb. Hawk appeared on the internet cooking show Epic Meal Time on October 18, 2011, to celebrate the show's one-year anniversary, where he can be seen in the final scene eating a deep-fried pizza cake. Hawk reappeared on another Epic Meal Time video on July 20, 2013, as a guest on the educational cooking show Handle It. Hawk assisted Harley Morenstein (Sauce Boss) in cooking egg rolls. The video features promotion for Hawk's own YouTube channel, RIDE Channel.<ref>Archived at Ghostarchive Template:Cbignore and the Wayback Machine Template:Cbignore: Template:Citation Template:Cbignore</ref> He also guest-starred on the ABC comedy Last Man Standing. He played himself in an episode of Rocket Power.

Hawk appeared in the TV series Breaking In, The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, The Cleveland Show, Sesame Street, and So Random!. Hawk appeared in the movie Parental Guidance as himself. In 2013, he and Eric Koston appeared as reporters in an episode of The Aquabats! Super Show!, another series by Yo Gabba Gabba! creator and longtime friend of Hawk's, Christian Jacobs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also appeared in Disney's Zeke and Luther as himself. In 2015, Hawk acted as a stunt double for Will Ferrell during a skateboarding scene in the film Daddy's Home. Hawk sustained an injury that required 10 stitches in his leg while filming the scene.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2020, Hawk competed in season three of The Masked Singer as "Elephant". He was the first of Group B to be eliminated.<ref name="Mask">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2022, Hawk did a guest voice role in The Casagrandes episode "Skaters Gonna Hate" where it was revealed that he had a history with Carlos Casagrande back when he operated as "Carlos X".<ref name="Casagrandes">Template:Cite web</ref> That same year, HBO released a documentary on him titled Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off. Hawk worked with Laughing Dragon Studios to develop the animated series Skatebirds.<ref name="Skatebirds">Template:Cite web</ref>

On March 27, 2024, Hawk made an appearance on AEW Dynamite in a pre-taped segment with Darby Allin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:AnchorOther ventures

Hawk hosted a weekly radio show on Sirius XM from 2004 to 2019 called "Tony Hawk's Demolition Radio". In 2021, Hawk partnered with fellow skateboarder and former SiriusXM host Jason Ellis for the weekly podcast "Hawk vs. Wolf".

In 2002, Hawk started a show tour featuring freestyle motocross, skateboarding, and BMX. It started in Las Vegas and went on to 31 cities around the U.S. and eventually to Six Flags amusement parks.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

A series of amusement park rides known as Tony Hawk's Big Spin were built in three Six Flags parks in 2007 and 2008.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The ride was originally billed as the "Tony Hawk experience" and was designed to have the look and feel of a giant red-and-black skatepark. It offered a full "extreme sports" experience, with monitors in the queue lines displaying highlights of the history of action sports and a large spinning Tony Hawk figure crowning the ride. In 2010, Six Flags cancelled its license and the rides were renamed to Pandemonium.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The ride at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom was moved to Six Flags Mexico in 2012. Additionally, a water park ride called Tony Hawk's Half pipe (renamed The Half pipe in 2011) was opened at Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In February 2018, New York magazine reported that Hawk was working with Jeremy Burge to help design Emojipedia's skateboard emoji<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> after the company's initial design was criticized by Hawk as "a skateboard you would buy at a department store in the '80s."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The updated design was based on Hawk's own skateboard.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Subsequent releases of the skateboard emoji from Apple and Samsung resemble Hawk's board (including 60mm wheels)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> despite no direct collaboration between Hawk and these companies.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2022, Hawk signed a contract with Cleopatra Records, and released his first single, a cover of The Jam's "In the City", featuring punk rock supergroup Punk Rock Karaoke. The single was released on July 22, 2022, with its B-side, a cover of The Damned's "Neat Neat Neat".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2023, Hawk joined Goldfinger on stage and sang "Superman" during their performances at House of Blues<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and at the When We Were Young Festival.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also performed "Superman" and a cover of Agent Orange's "Bloodstains" with Australian band Birdman, during his tour An Evening with Tony Hawk across Australia in January 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Contest victories

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Hawk in 2015

No.	Year	Contest	Ref
1	1982	Del Mar Freestyle Contest – Pro Pool	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2	1983	Del Mar Spring Nationals – Pool	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3	1983	Summer World Series Finals, Del Mar – Pool	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4	1984	Sundek Pro-Am Skateboard Challenge – Half-Pipe	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
5	1984	Booney Ramp Eagle Rock Contest – Pro	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
6	1984	NSA Finals – Pro Half-Pipe	<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref>
7	1984	NSA Finals – Pro Pool	<ref name=":2" />
8	1985	NSA Spring Fling, Del Mar – Pro Pool	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
9	1985	NSA No. 3 Pro Contest – Pool	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
10	1985	NSA/Variflex Rage – Pro Combi-Pool	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
11	1985	Vision/Sims King of the Mountain Contest – Vert	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
12	1985	Skateboard Plus Pro-Am Contest – Pro Vert	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
13	1985	Shut Up And Skate Ramp Jam – Vert
14	1986	TransWorld Skateboard Championships – Pro Half-Pipe	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
15	1986	Southern Fried Shred Pro-Am – Pro	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
16	1986	Hot Tropics Pro Contest – Vert
17	1986	NSA Contest, Del Mar – Pool
18	1986	NSA Expo 86 (Vancouver) – Vert	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
19	1986	NSA Chicago Blowout Pro Contest – Vert
20	1986	NSA Bare Cover Pro Contest – Vert
21	1987	NSA Ramp N' Rage Down South Contest – Vert
22	1987	NSA Skatewave International Professional Championships – Vert
23	1987	NSA VP Fair Pro Championship Contest – Vert
24	1988	Airwalk Skate Fest Contest – Vert
25	1988	NSA Gotcha Grind Contest – Vert
26	1988	Capitol Burnout – Mini Ramp	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
27	1988	Torquay Ramp Riot II – Vert
28	1989	NSA Vertical Championships – Vert	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
29	1989	NSA Pro Finals – Street	<ref name=":4">Template:Cite web</ref>
30	1989	NSA Pro Finals – Vert	<ref name=":4" />
31	1989	Template:Interlanguage link – Pro Half-Pipe	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
32	1990	Del Mar Fairgrounds – Vert
33	1990	Del Mar Fairgrounds – Street
34	1990	NSA Back to the City Contest – Street
35	1990	NSA Wheels for Wishes Contest – Vert
36	1991	NSA Pow Wow Street Style Contest – Street
37	1991	NSA Kona Spring Nationals – Vert
38	1991	NSA Capitol Burnout Contest – Vert	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
39	1991	Holy Masters Skate Contest – Vert
40	1991	NSA Pro Finals – Vert
41	1991	Template:Interlanguage link – Pro Half-Pipe	<ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref>
42	1991	Template:Interlanguage link – Street style	<ref name=":3" />
43	1992	NSA Kona Pro Contest – Mini Ramp
44	1992	NSA Spring Fling Contest – Street
45	1992	Mini and Vert Pro Contest – Vert
46	1992	Mini and Vert Pro Contest – Street
47	1992	Mini and Vert Pro Contest – Mini Ramp
48	1993	World Championship – Vert
49	1993	Template:Interlanguage link – Pro Half-Pipe
50	1995	X Games – Vert
51	1995	Hard Rock Café & Vans World Championships – Vert
52	1996	Hard Rock Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest – Vert
53	1997	Hard Rock Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest – Vert
54	1997	X Games – Vert
55	1997	X Games – Vert Doubles
56	1997	Hard Rock Café & Vans World Championships – Vert Doubles
57	1998	Sean Miller Memorial SPOT Pro Contest – Vert
58	1998	X Games – Vert Doubles
59	1998	Woodward Skatecamp Contest – Vert	<ref name=":5">Template:Cite web</ref>
60	1998	Woodward Skatecamp Contest – Street	<ref name=":5" />
61	1998	Goodwill Games – Pro Street Doubles	<ref name=":5" />
62	1998	Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest – Vert	<ref name=":5" />
63	1998	Hard Rock Café & Vans World Championships – Best Trick	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
64	1998	Template:Interlanguage link – Pro Half-Pipe
65	1999	X Trials Pro Contest – Vert
66	1999	X Games – Vert Doubles
67	1999	X Games – Vert Best Trick
68	1999	Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding Finals – Vert
69	1999	MTV Sports and Music Festival – Best Trick	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
70	2000	X Games – Vert Doubles
71	2001	X Games – Vert Doubles
72	2002	X Games – Vert Doubles
73	2003	X Games – Vert Best Trick
All contest results are covered in Thrasher magazine and can be checked in its archives.<ref>Thrasher magazine archives. Website Thrasher magazine. Retrieved January 1, 2015.</ref>

Tricks invented

Trick<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
720
900
360 flip mute to fakie
360 frontside rock ‘n’ roll
360 ollie to backside boardslide
360 varial disaster
360 varial McTwist
360 varial to tail
540 body varial
Airwalk
Airwalk to fakie
Alley-oop backside bluntslide
Backside heelflip body varial
Backside ollie one foot
Backside ollie to tail
Backside pop shove-it
Backside rewind grind
Backside varial
Bluntslide to fakie
Cab backside smith
Cab body varial
Cab lipslide
Cab revert
Cab shove-it
Cab to tail
Double kickflip varial indy
Eggplant to fakie
Fakie heelflip varial lien
Fakie to fakie 540
Fakie to fakie frontside rock ‘n’ roll
Fakie to fakie lien 540
Fakie to fakie stalefish 540
Fingerflip air to fakie
Fingerflip backside air
Frontside 270 to switch crook
Frontside bluntslide
Frontside body varial revert
Frontside cab
Frontside cab disaster
Frontside cab disaster revert
Frontside cab revert
Frontside cab tailgrab
Frontside G twist
Frontside G twist body varial
Frontside G twist madonna
Frontside G twist varial
Frontside hurricane
Frontside hurricane to fakie
Frontside kickflip body varial
Frontside L twist to tail
Frontside nosegrind
Frontside noseslide
G twist 360 varial
G twist heelflip body varial
G twist varial disaster revert
Gymnast plant
Half cab body varial lien
Half cab frontside blunt revert
Half cab to bluntslide
Half elguerial
Heelflip slob air
Heelflip varial lien
Heelflip varial lien revert
Indy 540
Invert to layback air
Kickflip McTwist
Lipslide revert
Madonna
Nollie heelflip indy
Ollie 540
Ollie to indy air
Rodeo flip
Sacktap
Saran wrap
Shove-it frontside nosegrind
Shove-it rock ‘n’ roll
Shove-it to backside smith
Slob G Twist one foot
Stalefish
Stalefish 540
Stalefish frontside 540
Switch 540
Switch backside ollie
Switch indie air
Switcheroo to fakie
Tailgrab one foot 540
Varial 540
Varial 720
Varial G twist

Awards and honors

All contest victories and X Games medals can be found above.

Notable skateboarding achievements

12× Consecutive National Skateboarding Association Vert Champion: 1983–1995<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

16× X Games Medalist
- 10× X Games Gold Medalist
  - 2× Vert Gold Medal: 1995, 1997
  - 6× Vert Doubles Gold Medal: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
  - 2× Vert Best Trick Gold Medal: 1999, 2003
- 3× X Games Silver Medalist
  - Park Silver Medal: 1995
  - Vert Silver Medal: 1996
  - Vert Best Trick Silver Medal: 2001
- 3× X Games Bronze Medalist
  - 2× Vert Bronze Medal: 1998, 1999
  - Vert Best Trick Bronze Medal: 2002
7× Template:Interlanguage link Medalist
- 5× Template:Interlanguage link Gold Medal
  - 4× Pro Half-Pipe Gold Medal: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1998
  - Street Style Gold Medal: 1991
- 2× Template:Interlanguage link Streetstyle Pro Silver Medal: 1989, 1993
5× Hard Rock Cafe and Vans World Champion
- 3× Vert: 1995, 1996, 1997
- Vert Doubles: 1997
- Best Trick: 1998
World Championships at Antwerp, Belgium – Vert World Champion: 1993
2× Hard Rock Triple Crown of Skateboarding – Vert Champion: 1996, 1997
2× Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding Vert Champion: 1998, 1999
TransWorld Skateboard Championships – Pro Half-Pipe Champion: 1986
Del Mar Spring Nationals – Pool Champion: 1983
Summer World Series Finals at Del Mar – Pool Champion: 1983
24× National Skateboarding Association Contest Champion: 1983–1992

Media awards

Inaugural Thrasher Skater of the Year: 1990
TransWorld Skateboarding Awards
- 4× Best Vert Skater: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  - Runner-Up: 2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Legend Award: 2008<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Alternative Athlete of the Year ESPY Award: 2000<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year Inaugural Nominee: 2000
ESPN Action Sports Achievement Award: 2001<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
5× Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Male Athlete: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008
Young Hollywood Awards – Cultural Icon Award: 2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Make-A-Wish Foundation Favorite Male Athlete: 2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Laureus World Sports Academy Member & Ambassador: 2003<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Teen Choice Awards
- Male Athlete of the Year: 2004
  - 2× Nominee: 2002, 2003
- Extreme Athlete of the Year: 2001
- Extreme Male Athlete of the Year: 2000
  - Nominee: 1999
Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night XII – Entrepreneur of the Year Award: 2006<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
X-Dance Athlete of the Year: 2008<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
STOKED Awards – Achievement Award: 2008<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kids for Peace – Peace Hero Award: 2009
James Joyce Award: 2009<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
United States Sports Academy – Distinguished Service Award: 2009<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
RWJF Steve Patterson Award – The Tony Hawk Foundation: 2013<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
WORLDZ Summit – Titan Award: 2016<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Clio Sports Awards Lifetime Achievement Award: 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Vital Voices – Voices of Solidarity Award: 2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
San Diego Sports Medicine Foundation – Taste at the Cove Fundraiser – Community Legend Honoree<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Video game awards

2× Game Informer Game of the Year: 1999, 2000
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences D.I.C.E. Awards – Tony Hawk's Video Games
- 2× Console Game of the Year Nominee: 1999, 2000
- Console Sports Game of the Year: 2001
  - 3× Nominee: 1999, 2000, 2002
- Game of the Year Nominee: 2000
- Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering Nominee: 2000
- 2× Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Nominee: 2000, 2003
- Hand-Held Mobile Game of the Year Nominee: 2001
- Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering Nominee: 2001
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation Nominee: 2001
- 2× Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack Nominee: 2003, 2004
- Console Action Sports Game of the Year: 2004
  - Nominee: 2003
- 2× Sports Game of the Year: 2006, 2020
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
- 2× Favorite PlayStation Game: 2000, 2001
- Favorite Dreamcast Game: 2001
- Favorite Game Boy Game: 2001
Electronic Gaming Monthly Game of the Year: 2000
BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards Hand-Held Game of the Year: 2001
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Video Game of the Year: 2001
VSDA/EMA Awards<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Video Game of the Year: 2001
- GameCube Video Game of the Year: 2002
- 2× Xbox Video Game of the Year: 2002, 2004
Teen Choice Awards Video Game of the Year Nominee: 2003
Spike Video Game Awards
- Best Sports Game: 2003
  - Nominee: 2004
- Best Music Nominee: 2003
- Game of the Year Nominee: 2003
- Best Song in a Video Game Nominee: 2004
- 2× Best Individual Sports Game: 2005, 2006
  - Nominee: 2007
- 2× Best Soundtrack Nominee: 2005, 2007
MTV Video Music Award for Best Video Game Soundtrack: 2004
- Nominee: 2005

Halls of fame

Breitbard Hall of Fame Class of 2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Skateboarding Hall of Fame Class of 2009 – Inaugural Inductee<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
California Hall of Fame Class of 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Shacknews Hall of Fame Class of 2024 – Tony Hawk's Pro Skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Interlanguage link Hall of Fame<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:AnchorImage and legacy

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Hawk speaking about the importance of skateboarding in people's lives at the California Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2019

In December 2011, Hawk was listed by Transworld Skateboarding magazine as the second-most-influential skateboarder of all time, particularly for the invention of the backside ollie to tail.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In January 2013, professional skateboarder John Cardiel, ranked by Transworld Skateboarding as the eleventh most influential skateboarder of all time, listed Hawk as one of his most important influences, as well as Mark Gonzales and Christian Hosoi. Cardiel explained, "... the insane 540s with no hands, and, just like, all his tricks; he had the ramps, all his ramps, all the ramps he had—I thought that was insane. Tony Hawk's the best."<ref name="Skin">Template:Cite web</ref>

In an interview for the online series Free Lunch, produced by Hawk's RIDE Channel, professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds said:

Tony Hawk—he's like, basically, to me it says, "You can be a skater and take over everything and be, you know ... and use skateboarding to be a businessman, a role model to young people," um, he's just the best. And, he called my house when I was fifteen, and was, like, "Do you wanna do something with us?" not knowing anything about me.<ref name="Boss">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2012, Reynolds recruited Hawk's son Riley, who was 19 years old at the time, for Reynolds' skateboard deck company, Baker.<ref name="Boss" />

Hawk often posts on Twitter about encounters he has with people who do not recognize him or wonder if he is truly Tony Hawk. Various publications have speculated about Hawk's motivation:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The cynical among us might argue that as he slides inexorably out of cultural relevancy, Tony Hawk desperately needs to remind us that he's still here, still famous. Others might say he’s trying to communicate that he’s fed up with it all, his stream of tweets a not-so-subtle hint... But no. Tony Hawk... thinks it is the funniest thing in the world, and he will keep thinking it is the funniest thing in the world, and keep tweeting about it, for the rest of his life.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Relationships

In April 1990, Hawk married Cindy Dunbar, whom he began dating in high school. Their son, Riley Hawk, was born on December 6, 1992, and was named after one of Hawk's ancestors.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Riley is also a professional skateboarder.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hawk and Dunbar divorced in 1993.<ref name="biographydotcom"/> Riley is married to Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They have a son together.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Hawk was married to Erin Lee from 1996 to 2004.<ref name="biographydotcom"/> They have two children, born in 1999 and 2001. The older of the two, Spencer, is an electronic music producer who releases music as Gupi.

Hawk was married to Lhotse Merriam from 2006 to 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Their wedding was held in Fiji and Rancid played for them as the wedding band.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The couple's only child was born in 2008.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Hawk married his fourth wife, Cathy Goodman, on June 27, 2015, in a ceremony in Limerick, Ireland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Interests

Besides skateboarding, Hawk's interests include mathematics, physics and technology.<ref name="hawkmath">Template:Cite web</ref> Hawk purchased a camcorder in Japan and had a friend translate the controls for him, and an Amiga 2000 in the late 1980s.<ref name="a2000">Template:Cite web</ref> NewTek sent him a Video Toaster for his Amiga in exchange for appearing in a promotional video alongside Wil Wheaton and Penn Jillette,<ref name="Baker">Template:Cite web</ref> which he later used for editing a promotional video for the TurboDuo game Lords of Thunder in 1993.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>

Philanthropy

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Hawk at the opening of the Needles Skate Park in Needles, California, in 2004. Hawk donated $10,000 to the building of the park and made an appearance at the grand opening.

Hawk created the Tony Hawk Foundation in 2002 in response to the lack of safe and legal skateparks in America.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As of June 2018, his foundation has awarded US$5.8 million, aiding 596 skatepark projects.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2015, the foundation received the Robert Wood Johnson Sports award, which honors recipients for their innovative and influential approaches to using sports to build a culture of health in their communities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2007, Hawk, Andre Agassi, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Warrick Dunn, Jeff Gordon, Mia Hamm, Andrea Jaeger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mario Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning, and Cal Ripken Jr. founded the charity Athletes for Hope,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> an organization that aims to inspire all people to volunteer and support their communities through the actions of professional athletes. In 2020, the Tony Hawk Foundation changed its name to The Skatepark Project to better describe the organization's mission.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2012, Hawk decided to invest money into digital currency, Bitcoin. His "fun project" became a big source of income and interest for him.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2023, Hawk auctioned a signed photograph of himself and Rick Thorne, with 50% of the proceeds to be donated to the Tyre Nichols Memorial Fund. The fund was created following the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of law enforcement officers. One of the fund's plans involve building a skate park in Nichols' honor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role/Notes	Ref.
2000	The Jersey	Himself (episode "The Girlfriend", along with Dave Mirra)
2000–2001	Jackass	Himself (3 episodes)
2001	Rocket Power	Himself (voice, episode "Enter the Hawk-Trix")
2001	Max Steel	Himself (voice, episode "Extreme")	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2002	What I Like About You	Himself (Pilot episode	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2003	The Simpsons	Himself (voice, episode "Barting Over")
2004	MXC	Geek Team Leader/Himself
2005	Cyberchase	Coop (voice, episode "Measure For Measure")
2005	CSI: Miami	Season 3 episode 18 (Skateboarder/game tester/game programmer/victim)
2007	Yo Gabba Gabba!	Himself (episode "Move")	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2007	Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?	Himself – Contestant	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2008	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Himself
2009	Sesame Street	Himself (episode #4191, "Abby Makes Seasons Change")	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2011	Hall of Game Awards	Host
2011	Take Two with Phineas and Ferb	Himself (episode "Tony Hawk")
2011	So Random!	Himself
2011	Epic Meal Time	Himself (episode "Fast Food Pizza Cake")	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2011	The Cleveland Show	Himself (voice, episode "Back to Cool")	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2011	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil	Hush (voice)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010 and 2012	Zeke and Luther	Himself (two episodes)
2012	Last Man Standing	Himself (episode "Moon Over Kenya")	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2012	Breaking In	Himself (episode "Heatherses")	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2013	Epic Meal Time: Handle It	Himself (episode "Steak Bacon 'N Cheese Eggroll")	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Ripe Rind (voice, episode "Fast and Fruitious")	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2013	The Aquabats! Super Show!	Journalist (episode "Return of the Aquabats!")	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2013 and 2022	Hell's Kitchen	Himself
2014	Comedy Bang! Bang!
2014	Video Game High School
2015	Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage)
2016	The Eric Andre Show
2017	Skylanders Academy	Flame
2017	Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park USA
2017	Whose Line Is It, Anyway?
2018	The Super Slow Show
2018	Ballers	Himself (episode "Forgiving is Living")	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2019	The Burger Show
2020	The Masked Singer	Elephant	<ref name="Mask"/>
2020	Nickelodeon's Unfiltered	Himself
2020	Game Changer	Himself (episode "Tell Us About Yourself")
2020	Group Chat	Himself
2021	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	Himself	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022	The Casagrandes	Himself
2022	Middlemost Post	Hawkman	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023	The Really Loud House	Himself
2023	Saturday Night Live	Himself
2023	Canada's Got Talent	Himself
2024	AEW Dynamite	Himself (March 27 episode)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024	Loot	Himself (episode "Space for Everyone")	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2025	The Tiny Chef Show	Guest star (episode "Spicy Cauliflower Bites")
TBA	Skatebirds	Developer	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Films

Year	Title	Role/Notes	Ref.
1986	Thrashin'	Skating competitor
1987	Police Academy 4	Skateboarder extra	<ref>Archived at Ghostarchive Template:Cbignore and the Wayback Machine Template:Cbignore: Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
1987	The Search for Animal Chin	Himself
1989	Gleaming the Cube	Member of Brian's skate crew
1989	Ban This	Himself
1996	Escape from L.A.	Surfing stunt double for Peter Fonda in the tsunami wave scene filmed on a Wave Loch sheet wave in Texas.	<ref name="waveloch.com">Template:Cite web</ref>
1997	Arnette: My Way	Himself	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998Template:Efn	The End	Himself
2001	Max Keeble's Big Move	Himself
2002	The New Guy	Himself (cameo)
2002	Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
2002	XXX	Cameo
2002	Jackass: The Movie	Himself
2003	Haggard: The Movie	Cop
2005	Lords of Dogtown	Astronaut (cameo)
2005	Tony Hawk's HuckJam Diaries	Himself	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref><ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2005	Deck Dogz	Himself
2005	Black Label: Who Cares? The Duane Peters Story		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005	The Reality of Bob Burnquist	Himself	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006	Drake & Josh Go Hollywood	Himself
2006	Jackass Number Two	Himself
2006	Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage	Himself (voice)
2006	3000 Miles	Himself	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010	Jackass 3D	Himself
2011	The Other F Word
2012	Waiting for Lightning		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012	Bones Brigade: An Autobiography		<ref>Archived at Ghostarchive Template:Cbignore and the Wayback Machine Template:Cbignore: Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Vid">Template:Cite web</ref>
2012	Parental Guidance
2013	Bonus Brigade		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014	Unity	Narrator (documentary)
2015	Daddy's Home	Skateboarding stunt double	<ref name="h884">Template:Cite web</ref>
2017	Sharknado 5: Global Swarming	The Hawk
2021	Humanity Stoked	Himself (documentary)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022	Jackass Forever	Himself
2022	Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off	Himself	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2022	Jackass 4.5	Himself
2023	Glory of the Seat: the Chair Olympics Story	Himself	<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
2024	The Real Bros of Simi Valley: The Movie	Hawk Sanders

Videos

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