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This article is about the American skateboarder. For the British comedian and author, see Tony Hawks. For the game series, see Tony Hawk's Series.

Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968, in San Diego, California) is a professional American skateboarder. He is considered one of the most successful and influential persons of modern vertical skateboarding. Hawk's nickname is the "Birdman". He is credited with the invention of many skateboard tricks including the Stalefish, Madonna, and McHawk, but is most famous for being the first to land the 900 (two and a half rotations—900°—in the air before landing back on the pipe) during the televised 1999 X-Games, for which he received an enormous amount of media coverage. It marked the beginning of his rise to fame beyond skateboarders to his status as a household name. He retired from competitive skateboarding afterwards, but continues to skate and demo.

Business interests

In 1992, after the skateboarding industry took a downturn and vertical skateboarding's popularity waned in the rise of street skating, Hawk started Birdhouse Projects along with ex-Powell Peralta pro Per Welinder. Now known as Birdhouse Skateboards, it is one of the companies in the Blitz Distribution family, another company formed by Hawk and Welinder. He also owns his own film and TV production company, 900 Films, and, along with his family, started Hawk Clothing. Hawk Clothing was later sold to Quiksilver and is now sold exclusively in Kohl's department stores across the USA. Tony's Boom Boom HuckJam tour is the most successful action sports tour featuring skateboarding, BMX, and freestyle Moto-X. The tour went to arenas across the USA in 2002, 2003, and 2005 and is touring Six Flags parks across the country in the summer of 2006 and 2007. Hawk also has many games released with his name, including Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1, 2, 3, and 4, Tony Hawk's Underground 1 and 2, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Tony Hawk's Project 8, and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam.

Books

In 2000, he wrote an autobiography with Sean Mortimer that was entitled HAWK: Occupation: Skateboarder, which made it to number 18 on to the New York Times bestseller list. He later wrote a second book, a road journal called Between Boardslides and Burnout.

Personal Life

Hawk was born to Nancy and Frank Hawk. His father supported Hawk's skateboarding and founded both the California Amateur Skateboard League and the National Skateboarding Association. The NSA held many of the competitions that Hawk competed and won in. Frank passed away in 1995. Hawk has one brother, Steve, and two sisters, Lenore and Patricia. Tony married Cindy Dunbar in 1990, and in 1992 they had his first son, Hudson Riley Hawk who goes by the name Riley due to the release of the movie Hudson Hawk at that time. Hawk and Dunbar divorced in 1994. Hawk married Erin Lee in 1996, and had two more sons, Spencer in 1999 and Keegan in 2001. They divorced in 2004. Hawk married Lhotse Merriam on January 12, 2006.

Contest history

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|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;" | Men's Skateboarding

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1995|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Street

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1995|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Singles

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1996|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Singles

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1997|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Singles

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1997|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Doubles

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1998|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Singles

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1998|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Doubles

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1999|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Doubles

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1999|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Best Trick

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1999|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Singles

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2000|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Doubles

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2001|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Doubles

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2001|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Best Trick

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2002|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Doubles

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2002|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Vert Best Trick

|}

1st in 2002 X Games: vert doubles (with Andy MacDonald)
1st in 2003 X Games: vert best trick
1st in 1991 World Cup (Münster Mastership): vert
1st in 1989 World Cup (Münster Mastership): vert
2nd in 1989 World Cup (Münster Mastership): street
2nd in 1988 Vision Skate Ecape: vert
1st in 1986 Transworld Skateboarding Championships (Vancouver, BC): vert
1st in 1984 NSA-Del Mar Skatepark (California): vert
1st in 1983 Del Mar Spring Nationals (California): vert
1st in 1982 Rusty Harris Series final contest: vert
Placed in top 5 in 1980 Van's/Offshore Amateur State Finals (California) in boys 11-13 year old division

He also once entered a contest where he had to jump off a cliff for fun and he tried and broke more bones than a rookie skater could!

TV/Film Appearance

His debut in feature films was in Gleaming the Cube
He played a cameo part in the low budget American film Haggard
He appeared in an episode of The Simpsons
He played a minor role in Police Academy 4
He has made numerous appearances in the following MTV programs:
- Jackass performing "The Loop" in a chicken suit
- Viva La Bam
- Wildboyz
- MTV Cribs
He appeared in Jackass: The Movie, in which he participated in "Sweaty Fat Fucks"
He appears in the sequel of Jackass, Jackass Number Two. He appears in The Gauntlet
He made a cameo apperence in Lords of Dogtown
He made a cameo apperence in The New Guy
He made an appearance in Mind of Mencia
He played a small role in the beginning of xXx, as Vin Diesel's driver.
He played a role in a "Rocket Power" episode
He played a small role in the movie "Max Keeble's Big Move" as a skater who gets hit with ice cream from an ice cream man
He played a part as himself in the Australian Skate movie "Deck Dogs"
He was punk'd by Ashton Kutcher.
He played a murder victim in an episode of CSI: Miami.

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 == Business interests ==
 In 1992, after the skateboarding industry took a downturn and vertical skateboarding's popularity waned in the rise of street skating, Hawk started [[Birdhouse Projects]] along with ex-Powell Peralta pro [[Per Welinder]]. Now known as Birdhouse Skateboards, it is one of the companies in the Blitz Distribution family, another company formed by Hawk and Welinder. He also owns his own film and TV production company, 900 Films, and, along with his family, started Hawk Clothing. Hawk Clothing was later sold to [[Quiksilver]] and is now sold exclusively in Kohl's department stores across the USA. Tony's Boom Boom HuckJam tour is the most successful action sports tour featuring skateboarding, BMX, and freestyle Moto-X. The tour went to arenas across the USA in 2002, 2003, and 2005 and is touring Six Flags parks across the country in the summer of 2006 and 2007. Hawk also has many games released with his name, including [[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater]] 1, 2, 3, and 4, [[Tony Hawk's Underground]] 1 and 2, [[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]], [[Tony Hawk's Project 8]], and [[Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam]].
-Tony hawk likes to play videogames man so die and i will meet u in hell.
 == Books ==