May 12, 1968 • San Diego, California

Skateboarder, businessman

Hawk, Tony.

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According to Newsweek magazine, Tony Hawk is the "most famous skateboarder, like, ever." A big claim, but with a lot to support it. In the 1980s and 1990s, Hawk almost single-handedly transformed skateboarding from a kids' parking-lot pastime into a respected sport. He won virtually every skateboarding competition he entered, and before he was twenty, he was considered to be the number one vertical skateboarder in the world.

Hawk was equally talented off the ramp. His business ventures and product endorsements have made him a very wealthy man ... კითხვის გაგრძელება »