Name: Tony Hawk
Gender: Male
Hometown: San Diego, California
Date of Birth: May 12, 1968
Family: 3 children - Riley, Spencer & Keegan
Occupation: Launcher of the Boom Boom Huck Jam, Tony Hawk Foundation, Hawk clothing, Birdhouse, and featured in Tony Hawk video game series
Began Skating: 1977
First Sponsored: 1980
Turned Pro: 1982
Favored Discipline: Vert
Stance: Goofy
Tony Hawk is retired from competing
Tony Hawk Skateboarding Career Highlights:
1982 - Joined the legendary Bones Brigade team
1989 - Featured in Gleaming the Cube movie starring Christian Slater
1999 - Activision releases Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the first in a long line of successful video games
1999 - X Games 4 - Tony Hawk lands the first 900
2003 - featured in the 300th episode of The Simpsons
2003 - wrote HAWK -- Occupation: skateboarder , a New York Times Best Seller
Life - Tony Hawk has entered about 103 skateboarding competitions. He has won 73, and taken second in 19