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| Topic | it's kind of weird that tony hawk became super popular for about a decade |
| argonautweakend 09/03/23 10:28:31 AM #22: | Tony Hawk was an extremely popular skater in the community, what made him a household name was the X games taking off coinciding with him pulling off the first* 900 in 1999(they even let him have as many attempts at it as he wanted - in an official competition since he kept getting so close. it seemed like the other skaters were all for it too) and the video games. People who have never touched a skateboard played them. Tony Hawk seems like a cool, chill guy and a respectable celebrity figure. If you want to get your mind blown with some real shit, listen to any interview with Rodney Mullen. He created an absurd number of tricks and pioneers a ton of shit and at the same time has this sort of zen like personality and would never actually buy into the hype created about him even if it's actually deserved. *of course people claim they did it earlier, etc ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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