It’s About Tony Hawk – Pro Skater

Tony Hawk - Skateboarding hero

Tony Hawk - Skateboarding hero, a top level skateboarding champion across the globe and he is only skater who is on the top skateboarders list when he was around 16-17 years old. Till today he won more than 70 skateboarding championships. Along with a successful bunch of skateboarding videos and video games, he also owns a skateboarding company, Bird House. Areas where people having very less earning, in such areas from Tony Hawk foundation various grants and technical support guidance is given to newbie’s.

Tony’s amazing tricks and stunts made most popular skateboarders and increased his popularity to the sky. 900 is the amazing trick came from him where 2 and a half turns in the air taken by skater almost at 900 degrees. In 1999 X Games he completed this trick and after this successful stint he retired from the X Games. Though he retired from competition but skater is always a skater. He gives skateboarding tricks and tips and invent new tricks and moves at his warehouse. In 2002 he started extreme game sports tour with the name Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam. He appears on radio station Sirius XM satellite as a host for weekly radio show.

Along with successful skater tag in his name he also a father of 3 boys. Riley, Spencer & Keegan where Riley is from Cindy Dunbar who was his first wife continued to 1994 and Spencer & Keegan from Erin Lee. After having a divorce with Erin Lee in 2004 he married to Lhotse Merriam in 2006 January. The couple has a daughter in 2008, named Kadence.

Tony’s skateboarding tricks Inventions – 

1)   Fakie-to-fronside rock

2)   Backside Varial

3)   Shove-It Rock'n Roll

4)   Airwalk-To-Fakie

5)   Fingerflip Backside Air

6)   Frontside Hurricane
7)   Varial 540
8)   900

9)   Shove-it Fakie Feeble Grind

10) Cab Lipslide

Along with sportsman and he also appeared in some Hollywood movies. He also has decent career as an actor. He played a role in “Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol”, “Gleaming the Cube.”, “Jackass: The Movie”, he has also voiced in animated movie “Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage”.