Tony Hawk

background

• born May 12, 1968
• born in Carlsbad, California
• he had I.Q. of 144
•  he became a professional skateboarder at age 14

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• he attended Jean Farb Middle School from 1980 to 1981
• later attended Torrey Pines High school 
• He never attended college because of his skating.

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• Hawk married Cindy Dunbar in April 1990.The couple divorced in 1993
• Hawk married Erin Lee 1996, they divorced in 2004
• Hawk married Lhotse Merriam on January 12, 2006 they divorced in 2011
• He has four children

Pro Skateboarding

• he is sponsored by Birdhouse, Independent, Quiksilver, Bones, and Nixon.
• he invented the 900 and many other tricks.

X Games

• He has the most skateboarding gold medals
• Landed the first 900 in X Games history in 1999
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YYTNkAdDD8

Tv and videos

• he was in Weird Al Yankovic video Smells like Nirvana
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FklUAoZ6KxY
• he also has a seires of video games
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV0W--5uSv8

He has been on the cover of many skateboard magazines.

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