Quotes by Tony Hawk

Tony Hawk

For those that say I endanger my child: it’s more likely that you will fall while walking on the sidewalk than I will while skating with my daughter.

Children

Daughter

Fall

I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so there’s so much that that transcends in terms of music, fashion, and entertainment.

Art

Fashion

Sports

I love the fact that there is now a skate park in almost every city, but it will always have a rebellious/underground edge to it because it is based on individuality.

Cities

Individuality

Parks

I played team sports, but I never felt like I fitted in that well, so this allowed me to be part of a community but to do it in my own way.

Community

Sports

Team

I started skateboarding at around age 10, and enjoyed the artistic aspect of it as much as the sporting aspect, so for me it was more of an art form and a lifestyle.

Age

Art

Skateboarding

I think skateboarding is better now in terms of the amount of facilities and the amount of support young skaters have – including encouragement from their parents. There was definitely an element to it when I was younger that was exclusive and kind of rebellious because most parents didn’t want their kids skating. They thought it was a bad influence.

Encouragement

Kids

Thinking

I think skateboarding is hugely challenging – it teaches you self-confidence, it teaches you self-motivation, and it can be something that helps you throughout your life.

Motivation

Self Confidence

Thinking

I think that the board is a lot more intuitive than people assume. You get on it and all you have to do is put one foot on the tail and one foot on the nose and rock it up and down and that will get you into the tricks or wheelies or manuals. It’s not about the balance so much as it is about the timing.

Feet

Rocks

Thinking

I’m proud that I was able to use my recognition to, maybe, raise the awareness of skateboarding and help grow it, and to help fund public skateparks. That’s the legacy, just trying to grow the entire sport.

Skateboarding

Sports

Trying

If you look at the success of snowboarding in the Winter Games and how that’s brought a more youthful edge to the Olympics in general, they don’t have that with the Summer Games. They don’t have anything that’s drawing in a younger viewership. To be honest, I think they need skateboarding more than we need them. Skateboarding’s popularity is solidified for the most part in a lot of countries.

Country

Summer

Winter

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Giving

Guy

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Kids

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Quotes by Tony Hawk

Tony Hawk

For those that say I endanger my child: it’s more likely that you will fall while walking on the sidewalk than I will while skating with my daughter.

I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so there’s so much that that transcends in terms of music, fashion, and entertainment.

I love the fact that there is now a skate park in almost every city, but it will always have a rebellious/underground edge to it because it is based on individuality.

I played team sports, but I never felt like I fitted in that well, so this allowed me to be part of a community but to do it in my own way.

I started skateboarding at around age 10, and enjoyed the artistic aspect of it as much as the sporting aspect, so for me it was more of an art form and a lifestyle.

I think skateboarding is hugely challenging – it teaches you self-confidence, it teaches you self-motivation, and it can be something that helps you throughout your life.

I’m proud that I was able to use my recognition to, maybe, raise the awareness of skateboarding and help grow it, and to help fund public skateparks. That’s the legacy, just trying to grow the entire sport.

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