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Hey, I'm Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and this is the Wired and Autocomplete interview and go.
0:06
Okay, let's complete the autocomplete.
0:06
First one is, can Tony Hawk, I'm guessing, can Tony Hawk do a 900 still skate?
0:06
Yes, I can still skate.
0:06
I still skate often, actually.
0:06
I would say three or four times a week, especially since COVID and no travel, I've just been either home or at my ramp or actually in backyard pools and just dislocated my fingers last weekend, so yeah, I'm still skating.
0:06
Can Tony Hawk street skate?
0:06
The short answer is, kinda.
0:39
I went through a big street phase in the early 90s because there were hardly any vert ramps around.
0:47
Skating was all about street handrails and ledges and things like that and I did as best as I could until I rolled both my ankles twice so severely that it was sort of risking my sense of being able to skate at all again.
1:02
And so I just sort of focused in on transition and ramp skating, been doing it ever since.
1:08
So yes, I have some dormant street skills.
1:11
I can do the handrails, I can do a few kickflip variations, but not in the traditional sense that you see especially on TV or like X Games.
1:17
Can Tony Hawk kickflip?
1:20
Yes, I can.
1:27
I was about 13 years old when kickflips were actually invented by Rodney Mullen and I learned them shortly thereafter.
1:20
I still do them, they're not beautiful, I don't catch them very high, but yes, I can kickflip and so I feel justified when I go and ask kids, 'Do a kickflip?', because I walk the walk.
2:09
Alright, can Tony Hawk still do a 900?
2:09
I did one a couple years ago.
2:09
I think that if I was really motivated and I had the right incentive, I don't mean like financial, I just mean in terms of like emotional incentive to do it, I could probably throw him down.
2:09
If you're gonna go try a 900, the incentive is to go do it and make it.
2:09
And so I know going into it, if I'm gonna go try a 900, I'm definitely gonna take a few knocks along the way and I have to be fully prepared for that.
2:09
It takes so much out of you just to attempt it, there's no reason to just test it out.
2:09
Can Tony Hawk sing?
2:09
I'm gonna leave that for you to judge because I did The Masked Singer.
2:09
I was voted first out in my group.
2:09
I don't know if that means I can or can't sing, it's probably not a good sign, but I think I can.
2:33
I come from a line of musicians in my family, so my dad, he knew how to play a lot of different instruments.
2:43
My sister was actually a backup singer for Michael Bolton and for the Righteous Brothers, John Denver, and the Pet Shop Boys, and so I feel like I had enough, I don't know, hereditary skill to do it.
3:15
Can Tony Hawk surf?
3:23
Yes, I can surf.
3:23
I've been surfing almost as long as I've been skating.
3:23
I don't put the effort into trying to go out when it's good because my schedule is crazy and so if I were to actually be chasing swells, I would have to compromise a lot more in my life.
3:23
I, that is one excuse, but I went to Kelly Slater's surf ranch a couple weeks ago, got pitted, so yeah, I can surf.
3:23
Can Tony Hawk snowboard?
3:23
Yes, I've been snowboarding since they first made snowboards.
3:23
First time I went snowboarding was in 1982, so I've definitely been snowboarding longer than you.
3:31
Where was Tony Hawk born and raised?
3:31
San Diego, California.
3:37
My dad was in the Navy and he was stationed in San Diego and he retired, lucky me, we just ended up here and stayed.
3:46
Let's see, where did Tony Hawk go to high school?
3:51
Well, it's funny, I say I stayed in San Diego, my parents actually did move around San Diego while I was in school.
3:56
So I went to my freshman year at San Dieguito High School, now known as San Dieguito Academy, moved to Torrey Pines High School in my sophomore year and graduated there.
4:08
San Dieguito was rough back then, honestly, and that's why I asked to move schools.
4:31
I was a skater, I got picked on a lot, which we now know is bullying.
4:31
I would literally get hassled in the hallways just because they knew I skated.
4:31
I was already really small and kind of nerdy, and then the fact that I skated was just like, "Not to you, that dude sucks."
4:31
It got a little bit better at Torrey Pines, but I can't say it was the most pleasant experience.
4:31
Alright, where does Tony Hawk live now?
4:35
Encinitas, North San Diego.
4:41
It's a metropolitan area, but it's not crazy like Los Angeles where it's just gridlocked traffic all the time.
4:52
I just love that there's a very strong surf skate culture here and there always has been, and really the reason I loved it so much as a kid is because one of the last skate parks in the US was right here and that was where I developed most of my skills and really honed my style.
4:52
Alright, where has Tony Hawk been?
4:52
Is that really an autofill that comes up?
4:52
Where has Tony Hawk been?
4:52
Maybe they mean just in terms of in the public eye where I've been.
4:52
Been right here doing my thing, skating, raising a family.
5:20
You know, maybe I'm not on Punk'd or maybe you haven't seen me on talk shows recently, but I've stayed the course just doing my thing.
5:28
I think that maybe people will start to learn a lot more about me in this coming year because thanks to my MasterClass and thanks to the THPS remaster.
5:38
But um, where have I been? Just raising kids and skating, that's where I've been.
5:38
Is Tony Hawk, I can already sense that one of these says, 'Is Tony Hawk alive?'
5:38
The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated, by the way.
6:22
Is Tony Hawk a nice guy?
6:31
What a strange question to ask Google.
6:31
It's just a matter of opinion.
6:31
It's just Google, dude.
6:31
I don't know.
6:31
Do I have any sort of Yelp reviews on myself?
6:31
How would anyone know that?
6:31
I'd like to think I'm a nice guy.
6:31
I have a great relationship with my kids, I love interacting with fans, and I get to skateboard for a living, and that I think in itself is what makes me friendly because I get to, I live my dream.
6:40
Is Tony Hawk a good skater?
6:45
Again, a matter of opinion.
6:45
I would say if I had to judge myself, I'm very good for my age.
6:45
Alright, is Tony Hawk a vegetarian?
6:43
I am not a vegetarian.
6:48
I do lean towards plant-based foods.
6:48
My friend said it best and he said, "Hey Tony, I know you kind of lean towards vegetarianism, but I bet you'd have a steak."
6:48
And he's right, I would, I love barbecue too.
6:48
Alright, is Tony Hawk a Boomer?
6:48
I am not a Boomer.
6:48
I am Gen X.
6:48
My older siblings are Boomers and you know what's funny is somehow this is an insult.
6:48
It only means that you were part of the baby boomer generation and that was the generation of families that came back from the war and then everyone was having babies.
6:50
That is what the baby boomer generation is, people.
7:00
There's your lesson in generations.
7:02
I was born in 1968, not Boomer.
7:06
Is Tony Hawk British?
7:13
No, but there is a British comedian named Tony Hawks.
7:13
I think he truly despises my existence because people get him confused.
7:13
They get his name confused, they send him fan mail on my behalf.
7:16
They actually invited me on a morning show in London a long time ago and surprised me with him as a guest as well and then he got to basically chew me out.
7:32
Is Tony Hawk going to the Olympics?
7:30
I was planning to go to the Olympics to be a commentator of sorts, but not to be a skater representing the United States of America.
7:37
There are much more qualified skaters and trust me, you don't want me being there just because you know my name.
7:44
I'm 52 and I'm a vert skater, that's a park discipline, and we have such talent in the US and they deserve to be there.
7:54
So I'd much rather be behind the mic explaining to all of you what exactly they're doing.
7:58
Is Tony Hawk goofy-footed?
7:58
Yes, I am goofy-footed, right foot forward and I'm not very good at skating switch.
7:58
So I'm not gonna say I'm ambidextrous, and yep, I am goofy-footed.
7:58
Is Tony Hawk sponsored by Vans?
7:58
Yes, I am and here is proof, I'm wearing them right now.
7:58
My first skate shoes were Vans in 1979 that I insisted my dad buy for me because I saw an ad for them in the Skateboarder magazine and I was like, "Skateboard shoes? I ride skateboards, I want those."
8:29
I've been through various sponsors since then and came back to Vans and I'm thankful.
8:34
Does Tony Hawk wear a helmet?
8:39
For the most part, I wear a helmet especially when I'm skating bigger ramps and that's kind of my thing, big ramps.
9:08
If I'm out cruising street skating, skating smaller stuff, generally I don't and I'm sure that some people would complain about that, but it's more about my experience level.
9:08
I encourage people that are learning to skate to wear a helmet because you never know what's gonna happen and a lot of times you can fall back very quickly.
9:08
If I'm on a big ramp and wearing a helmet and it's saved my life plenty of times.
9:08
If you're gonna skate vert, you probably know to wear a helmet.
9:08
Does Tony Hawk still compete?
9:08
Not in the traditional sense.
9:08
Every once in a while I will jump into an event if there's sort of a legends division or maybe there's like a best trick thing and I feel like I might have something that I can contribute.
9:24
I'm actually in a really good place because I get to pick and choose which events I want to go to because I'm not really trying to earn points, I'm not trying to keep my status up like that.
9:34
Does Tony Hawk have tattoos?
9:37
I do have tattoos.
9:37
I have this one right here which is a Dr. Wu tattoo of a skateboard and some planets and then if you can see closely, it has initials of my wife and all of our children sort of sprinkled out throughout here.
9:54
And then I have a kind of a falcon head tattoo on my ankle that is not the finest work.
10:01
I'll show you, you see that?
10:01
Not the most intricate work, but the funny thing is is that I got it because I thought it'd be cool.
10:12
I used to wear low socks all the time and so, you know, any video or pictures you'll see this hawk.
10:16
And then I started getting burns on the sides of my ankles from the socks and so I ended up just wearing long socks after that and now you never see it.
10:24
Does Tony Hawk have fake teeth?
10:28
Yes, many.
10:28
These four right here, I've knocked him out a few times each.
10:35
I chipped them really badly and I chipped him again and then there was just sort of a little piece hanging on one side and then I ended up getting posts right there.
10:47
Does Tony Hawk longboard?
10:47
Um, no, not really.
10:47
I prefer skateboards that I can maneuver quickly and that I can do tricks on.
10:47
If you longboard, it's cool.
10:47
I think of it more of a mode of transportation and I have seen some people that do tricks on them, but you know, whatever gets you moving and if you're on a skateboard, that's cool with me.
10:47
Do I have a brother?
10:47
I do, I have an older brother, Steve Hawk, and he is the one who gave me my first skateboard.
10:47
He was a surfer, still is a surfer, actually, was the editor of Surfer magazine for a while.
10:47
That first skateboard that he gave me, somehow I held onto it all through the years and he and I donated it to the Smithsonian a few years ago, which is very cool.
10:47
We got to fly to DC together and hand it over.
10:47
What is Tony Hawk's Pro Skater?
10:47
That is our video game franchise.
11:33
The first one was released in 1999, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
11:38
We kept releasing them almost every year, stopped for a while.
11:40
I wasn't working with Activision and then just recently we have decided to remaster Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2, literally 20 years later, we're releasing it for all the new systems.
11:52
What Tony Hawk game is the best?
11:52
There are all these subjective searches.
11:52
How is that something that anyone can decide?
11:52
It's all up to the eye of the beholder.
11:52
I would say the one that got the best reviews was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.
11:52
I think it still holds up as one of the top 10 best reviewed games of all time.
11:52
What skateboard does Tony Hawk ride?
11:52
You want me to go get my skateboard?
11:52
So this is the skateboard I ride.
11:52
It's a Birdhouse Falcon, 8 and a half inches, Independent trucks and Bones 60 millimeter skatepark formula wheels.
11:52
This thing has been used, I think, exactly three days.
11:52
I will probably end up giving it away in a couple weeks for like an auction item or something like that.
11:52
They usually want the whole skateboard, which would make a lot of skaters cringe because once you get used to your trucks, that becomes what you rely on and that's sort of your signature on how you turn, and once you break in your trucks, you hold on to them forever.
12:48
I'm so used to giving my boards away, the complete boards, that I've just gotten used to getting new trucks all the time and I'm actually more used to new trucks than if they're broken in.
13:03
What shoes does Tony Hawk wear?
13:03
When I skate, I'm wearing the Vans Old Skool high tops just like I did in 1984, but if I'm chilling, I'm wearing the slip-ons like Spicoli.
13:09
Thank you for joining me for the Wired autocomplete interview.
13:14
It was very thorough, it was very cathartic and I appreciate you including me in your searches, Sir John.