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 regarded as one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.[6]

Tony Hawk
Hawk in 2023
Personal information
Birth nameAnthony Frank Hawk
Nickname"Birdman"[1]
Born (1968-05-12) May 12, 1968 (age 55)[2]
San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Skateboarder, entrepreneur
Years active1981–present
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight167 lb (76 kg)
Spouses
  • Cindy Dunbar
    (m. 1990; div. 1993)
  • Erin Lee
    (m. 1996; div. 2004)
  • Lhotse Merriam
    (m. 2006; div. 2011)
  • Catherine Goodman
    (m. 2015)
Children4, including Riley and Spencer
Websitetonyhawk.com
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportSkateboarding
Events
Turned pro1982
Retired2003[3][4][5]
Medal record
Summer X Games
Representing  United States
Gold medal – first place 1995 Newport Vert
Gold medal – first place 1997 San Diego Vert
Gold medal – first place 1997 San Diego Vert Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1998 San Diego Vert Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1999 San Francisco Vert Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1999 San Francisco Vert Best Trick
Gold medal – first place 2000 San Francisco Vert Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2001 Philadelphia Vert Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2002 Philadelphia Vert Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2003 Los Angeles Vert Best Trick
Silver medal – second place 1995 Newport Park
Silver medal – second place 1996 Newport Vert
Silver medal – second place 2001 Philadelphia Vert Best Trick
Bronze medal – third place 1998 San Diego Vert
Bronze medal – third place 1999 San Francisco Vert
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Philadelphia Vert Best Trick
Updated on April 23, 2013.

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 edit

Tony Hawk was born on May 12, 1968, in San Diego, California, to Nancy (1924–2019)[7][8] and Frank Peter Rupert Hawk,[9] and was raised in San Diego.[10][11] He has two older sisters, Pat and Lenore, and an older brother, Steve.[12]

As a child, Hawk was described as "hyperactive".[11] 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,[13] so school advisers recommended placing him in advanced classes.[14] 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.[15] Hawk became a professional skateboarder at age 14.[14] By age 16, he was sponsored by Powell Peralta, Tracker, Sundek, Vans, and SIO.[16] Hawk was the official National Skateboard Association world champion for 12 consecutive years.[14]

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.[17]

Career edit

Skateboarding edit

With the money he made from skateboarding, Hawk bought his first house during his senior year in high school.[17]

 
Hawk skating in 1987 (Wassenaar, the 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."[18] He retired from professional competition that year,[19] 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.[20]

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.[21] In 2009, Hawk was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame at its inaugural ceremony.[22][23]

As of April 2020, Hawk is sponsored by Birdhouse, Vans,[24] Independent, Bones, and Nixon.[25][26][27] His current Pro model shoe is the Proto.[28] Hawk was formerly sponsored by Theeve.[29]

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.[30][31]

Contest victories edit

 
Hawk in 2015
Full list of contest victories
No. Year Contest
1 1983 Spring Nationals Contest
2 1983 Summer World Series
3 1984 Sundek Pro Skateboard Challenge
4 1984 Booney Ramp Contest
5 1984 NSA Summer Series
6 1984 NSA Summer Series
7 1985 NSA Pro Contest
8 1985 NSA/Variflex Rage
9 1985 Vision/Sims King of the Mountain Contest
10 1985 Skateboard Plus Pro Contest
11 1985 Shut Up And Skate Ramp Jam
12 1986 Hot Tropics Pro Contest
13 1986 NSA Contest
14 1986 NSA Expo 86 (Vancouver)
15 1986 NSA Chicago Blowout Pro Contest: Vert
16 1986 NSA Bare Cover Pro Contest
17 1987 NSA Ramp N' Rage Down South Contest
18 1987 NSA Skatewave International Professional Championships
19 1987 NSA VP Fair Pro Championship Contest
20 1988 Airwalk Skate Fest Contest
21 1988 NSA Gotcha Grind Contest
22 1988 Capitol Burnout
23 1988 Torquay Ramp Riot II
24 1989 NSA Vertical Championships
25 1989 Titus World Cup Contest
26 1989 NSA Pro Finals
27 1989 NSA Pro Finals
28 1990 Del Mar Fairgrounds: Vert
29 1990 Del Mar Fairgrounds: Street
30 1990 NSA Back to the City Contest
31 1990 NSA Wheels for Wishes Contest
32 1991 NSA Pow Wow Street Style Contest
33 1991 NSA Kona Spring Nationals
34 1991 NSA Capitol Burnout Contest
35 1991 Titus World Cup Contest
36 1991 Titus World Cup Contest
37 1991 Holy Masters Skate Contest
38 1991 NSA Pro Finals
39 1992 NSA Kona Pro Contest
40 1992 NSA Spring Fling Contest
41 1992 Street
42 1992 Street
43 1992 Street
44 1993 World Championship
45 1993 Titus World Cup Contest
46 1995 X Games
47 1995 Hard Rock Café & Vans World Championships
48 1996 Hard Rock Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest
49 1997 Hard Rock Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest
50 1997 X Games
51 1997 X Games
52 1997 Hard Rock Café & Vans World Championships
53 1998 Sean Miller Memorial SPOT Pro Contest
54 1998 X Games
55 1998 Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding Contest
56 1998 Titus World Cup Contest
57 1998 Hard Rock Café & Vans World Championships
58 1999 X Trials Pro Contest
59 1999 X Games
60 1999 X Games
61 1999 Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding Finals
62 1999 MTV Sports and Music Festival
63 2002 X Games
64 2003 X Games
All contest results are covered in Thrasher magazine and can be checked at the Thrasher magazine archives.[32]

Tricks invented edit

List of vert tricks[33]
Trick
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

Video game series edit

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.

Hawk's role in the series was usurped by customizable player characters in later installments,[34] 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.[35] He later appears in Moscow to teach them the "360 Varial Heelflip Lien" move.[36] 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,[37] and in all gameplay modes except the story mode.[38] He appeared as a kid in the Backyard Sports game, Backyard Skateboarding.

Film and television edit

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.

 
Hawk doing skate jam in 2012

Hawk was featured as an extra in the "Weird Al" Yankovic video "Smells Like Nirvana". He can be seen sitting in the bleachers during the crowd sweep near Dick Van Patten.[39] 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!.[40] In 2000, 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 28, 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.[41] 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.[42] 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.[43]

Hawk competed in the 2020 third season of The Masked Singer as "Elephant". He was the first of Group B to be eliminated.[44]

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";[45] that same year, HBO released a documentary on him titled Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off.

Other ventures edit

Radio and podcasting

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".

Boom Boom HuckJam

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.[46]

Amusement park rides

A series of amusement park rides known as Tony Hawk's Big Spin were built in three Six Flags parks in 2007 and 2008.[47] 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.[48] 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.[49]

Emoji

In February 2018, New York magazine reported that Hawk was working with Jeremy Burge to help design Emojipedia's skateboard emoji[50] after the company's initial design was criticized by Hawk as "a skateboard you would buy at a department store in the '80s."[51] The updated design was based on Hawk's own skateboard.[52] Subsequent releases of the skateboard emoji from Apple and Samsung resemble Hawk's board (including 60mm wheels)[53] despite no direct collaboration between Hawk and these companies.[54]

Music

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".[55] In 2023, Hawk joined Goldfinger on stage and sang "Superman" during their performances at House of Blues[56] and at the When We Were Young Festival.[57] 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.[58]

Image and legacy edit

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, for the invention of the Backside Ollie to tail.[59][60]

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."[61]

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.[62]

In 2012, Reynolds recruited Hawk's son Riley, who was 19 years old at the time, for Reynold's skateboard deck company, Baker.[62]

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:[63]

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.[64]

Personal life edit

Relationships edit

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.[65] Riley is also a professional skateboarder.[66] Hawk and Dunbar divorced in 1993.[11] Riley is married to Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole front woman Courtney Love.[67]

Hawk was married to Erin Lee from 1996 to 2004.[11] 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.[68] Their wedding was held in Fiji and Rancid played for them as the wedding band.[69][70] The couple's only child was born in 2008.[71]

Hawk married his fourth wife, Cathy Goodman, on June 27, 2015, in a ceremony in Limerick, Ireland.[72]

Interests edit

Besides skateboarding, Hawk's interests include mathematics, physics and technology.[73] Hawk purchased a camcorder in Japan which he had a friend translate the controls for him, and an Amiga 2000 in the late 1980s.[74] NewTek sent him a Video Toaster for his Amiga in exchange for appearing in a promotional video alongside Wil Wheaton and Penn Jillette,[75] which he later used for editing a promotional video for the TurboDuo game Lords of Thunder in 1993.[76][77]

Philanthropy edit

 
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.[78] As of June 2018, his foundation has awarded US$5.8 million, aiding 596 skatepark projects.[79] 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.[80] 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,[81] 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.[82] Since then, Hawk has frequently struggled with keeping his relevancy, often feeling the hardships of making it as a pro-skateboarder at over 50 years of age. With his physical capabilities slowly dwindling, and the idea of possible sponsorships seeming less achievable, he decided to make other financial decisions. In 2012, Hawk decided to invest money into digital currency, Bitcoin. His "fun project" became a big source of income and interest for him.[83]

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.[84]

Filmography edit

Videos edit

 
Hawk in 2015
  • Skateboarding in the 80s (1982)
  • Powell-Peralta: The Bones Brigade Video Show (1984)
  • Summer Sessions (1985)
  • Powell-Peralta: Future Primitive (1985)
  • NSA 86' Vol. 1 (1986)
  • On the Prowl (1987)
  • Powell-Peralta: The Search for Animal Chin (1987)
  • Psycho Skate (1988)
  • Ohio Skateout (1988)
  • The Vision Pro Skate Escape (1988)
  • Thrasher: Savannah Slamma (1988)
  • Powell-Peralta: Public Domain (1988)
  • Powell Peralta: Axe Rated (1988)
  • Savannah Slamma III (1989)
  • Powell-Peralta: Ban This (1989)
  • Powell Peralta: Propaganda (1990)
  • All Pro Mini Ramp Jam Hawaiian Style (1990)
  • Powell: Celebraty Tropical Fish (1991)
  • Tracker: The Brotherhood (1991)
  • Tracker: Stacked (1991)
  • Powell: Eight (1991)
  • Birdhouse: Feasters (1992)
  • Birdhouse: Ravers (1992)
  • Birdhouse: Untitled (1993)
  • 411VM: Issue 1 (1993)
  • Hook-Ups: Asian Goddess (1994)
  • Tracker: Hi-8 (1995)
  • Transworld: Uno (1996)
  • Las Vegas Pro Vert '96 (1996)
  • Airwalk Skateboarding Video 96 (1996)
  • Midnight Oil Music Video: "Surf's Up Tonight" (1996) – Hawk was featured as a surf stuntman in the music video filmed on the Wave Loch sheet wave in Texas.[86]
  • Arnette: My Way (1997)
  • Baker Bootleg (1998)
  • Big Brother (1999)
  • Birdhouse: The End (1999)
  • 411VM: Issue 36 (1999)
  • Tony Hawk's Trick Tips Vol. 1 (2000)
  • Tony Hawk's Gigantic Skatepark Tour (2000)
  • ON Video: Fall 2000 (2000)
  • 411VM: Issue 38 (2000)
  • Collage (2001)
  • CKY 3 (2001)
  • Tony Hawk's Gigantic Skatepark Tour (2001)
  • Hook-Ups: Destroying America (2001)
  • Adio: One Step Beyond (2001)
  • OP King of Skate (2002)
  • Tony Hawk's Gigantic Skatepark Tour (2002)
  • The Making of Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huck Jam (2002)
  • 411VM: Issue 50 (2002)
  • CKY4: The Latest & Greatest (2002)
  • Thrasher: S.O.T.Y. Video (2003)
  • 411VM: Issue 66 (2004)
  • Tony Hawk's Secret Skatepark Tour (2004)[98]
  • Adio: Rock Adio (2005)
  • Red Dragon: Skateboard Party (2005)
  • Tony Hawk's Secret Skatepark Tour 2 (2006)
  • Birdhouse: The Beginning (2007)
  • Tony Hawk's Secret Skatepark Tour 3 (2007)
  • Birdhouse: It's Always Sunnies in Australia (2009)
  • Birdhouse: East Coast Tour (2010)
  • Birdhouse: Tour Du Monde (2011)[94]
  • Parental Guidance (2012)
  • Birdhouse: "Saturdays" (2017)

Bibliography edit

  • Hawk, Tony (2000). Hawk – Occupation: Skateboarder. New York, New York: ReganBooks. ISBN 0-06-019860-5.

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