Tony Hawk: Biography in Details
Who is Tony Hawk?
Tony Hawk is an American professional skateboarder, 3, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse.
Tony is also well known as Birdman. He is the first person in skateboarding history to do ‘The 900’ skateboarding trick.
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Tony was born on May 12, 1968, in San Diego, California. He is of English, Irish, some German descent.
His father’s name is Frank Peter Rupert Haw. Similarly, his mother’s name is Nancy Elizabeth Hawk.
Tony Hawk has two older sisters, Pat Hawk and Lenore Hawk, and likely has an older brother, Steve Hawk.
Education
Tony studied attended three high schools and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 1986.
Tony Hawk: Career, Professional life
Tony Hawk was just 12 yrs old when he got his first sponsor, Dogtown skateboards. And he became a professional skateboarder. after two years. He was already considered one of the top skateboarders in America when he was 16.
In the year 1982 Hawk became the part of legendary Bones Brigade team. The team then consists of Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain, and others. Hawk has made several movie and television appearances since the beginning of his career. He first appears as a skater double in the 1986 movie Thrashin.
Hawk started his own skateboarding company called ‘BirdHouse,’ In the first days the company didn’t have success but it gained popularity in 1995 that skateboarding came into the limelight. Hawk was the first skater to perform a “900” on a skateboard on July 27, 1999.
The same year he launched a video game series based on his skateboarding, titled ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. It has already launched 18 titles so far. In 2002 he started an extreme sports tour called Boom Boom HuckJam.
Tony Hawk is also into philanthropy and there are many parks created by him under the Tony Hawk Foundation. He also provided grants for creating several public skateboard parks in low-income areas. Moreover in 2008, the rides were billed as the ‘total Tony Hawk experience’.
New ride ‘Superman: Ultimate Fight’ started in 2012 at Six Flags Mexico.
Hawk launched his YouTube channel in January 2012. The channel was titled ‘Ride’, and afterward, he partnered with others skaters in this industry for it. It has now amassed over 1.72M subscribers.
The skateboarder has also worked for various movies and skating videos. He has starred in ‘Police Academy 4’, ‘Haggard’, ‘Waiting for Lighting’, ‘The Other F Word’ ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’, and many others.
Tony Hawk: Salary, Net Worth
Being the richest skateboarder in the world he holds a net worth of around $140 million.
He has collected that fortune from his 39-year career through his various projects. He owns a grand house in San Diego. He has various car collections, including his Tesla Model S, with a value of around $75 thousand.
Moreover, Tony Hawk has his own skateboard company, Birdhouse which massively contributed to his prosperity. Along with it, Hawk also earns from the sales of his video game series.
Tony Hawk: Rumor and controversy
Hawk hasn’t been part of any such rumors or controversial news in the media.
Body measurement: Height, Weight
Tony Hawk stands with a height of 6 feet and 3 inches and weighs 78 kg. He has grey-colored hair with beautiful blue eyes.
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Tony Hawk is active on Twitter with around 4.5M followers, over 6.6M followers on Instagram, and likely around 6.2M followers on his Facebook account.
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Tony Hawk's Anniversary Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
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| 2024 | June | Thursday |
| 2025 | June | Friday |
| 2026 | June | Saturday |
| 2027 | June | Sunday |
| 2028 | June | Tuesday |
Tony Hawk's Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
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| 2024 | May | Sunday |
| 2025 | May | Monday |
| 2026 | May | Tuesday |
| 2027 | May | Wednesday |
| 2028 | May | Friday |
