Anthony Frank Hawk, nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, an entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. Hawk completed the first documented \”900\” skateboarding trick, licensed a video game series published by Activision, and is a pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding. In 2014, Hawk was named one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.
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Anthony Frank Hawk, nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, an entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. Hawk completed the first documented \”900\” skateboarding trick, licensed a video game series published by Activision, and is a pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding. In 2014, Hawk was named one of the most influential skateboarders of all time by FoxWeekly. Hawk has appeared in films, other media, and his own series of video games. He has also been involved in various philanthropic activities, including his own Tony Hawk Foundation that helps to build skate parks in underprivileged areas. Hawk was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2009. As of April 2020, Hawk is sponsored by Birdhouse, Vans, Independent, Bones, and Nixon. His current Pro model shoe is the Proto. He appeared in a promotional video for the skateyard game Backyard Underground, in which he skates against the player’s team and teaches them how to do a 360 Varialflip. He also appeared as a kid in the game’s Backyard Backyard skateyard mode, and in all gameplay modes except Backyard. He later appeared in Backyard as a character in the video game Moscow, where he skated against a non-player player and taught them the move Lien Lien. He 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.
While in India, the group visited Mahatma Gandhi’s house, the skate boarders were greeted by a very excited young audience and the 540-degree maneuver was executed during the skateboarding demonstration. The Indian trip was published on Hawk’s RIDE YouTube channel on February 4, 2013. Since then, the series has 18 titles so far, including ten main-series titles, four spin-offs, and four rep-offs. Hawk’s role in the series was usurped by other player characters in installments, but he has remained a prominent player in the fifth game. In the fifth installment of the series, he is a minor character in Tampa, Florida, whom he meets in a skateboarding competition. He is later playable in all skateboarding modes, except the Backyard and Backyard modes, and appears in all game modes except the backyard and backyard. Hawk attended Jean Farb Middle School from 1980 to 1981, and eventually returned for the show Homecoming with Rick Reilly. His parents supported his skateboarding because it served as an outlet for his excessive energy. Hawk’s skills developed, and he became a professional skate boarder at age 14. In 2011, Hawk posted a video on his Twitter account stating, ‘I’m 43 and I did a 900 today. Bye.’ In June 27, 2016, at age 48, Hawk performed what he claimed would be his final 900. He was inducting into theSkateboardingHall of Fame at its inaugural ceremony.
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