Gender: male
Birthday: 1968-05-12
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Tony Hawk was born May 12, 1968 is an American professional skatebprder. Tony gained significant fame for completing the first 900 at the 1999 X-Games as well as his licensed video game titles distributed by Activision. At nine years old Tony Hawk stepped on his first skateboard, two years later he was sponsored and two years after that he turned professional. By age 16 he was the best in the world and he held that title until the National Skateboard Association (the only unified skateboarding ranking system) went belly up in the mid-90s. No skateboarder has won one-third the amount of pro contests he has and he continued winning contests until he retired from competition in 1999, at age 31. Much more than merely a dominant contest skater, Hawk is the most visible link between the fickle extreme-sports world and a mainstream audience. It's a delicate juggling act that both skaters and executives appreciate. "We needed someone to latch onto, an ambassador," X Games Marketing Director, Chris Stiepock, told The LA Times in June 1999. "We needed to create heroes, just like the other sports. The NBA needs to promote Tim Duncan to sell the NBA finals. We needed Tony." Jamie Thomas, one of the most popular street skaters in the world said, "Tony is responsible for a part of everybody's shoe sales, board sales-any sale in skateboarding." Hawk's popularity is exceeding expectations. His video game, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, is one of the most popular video games ever, selling over 2,000,000 copies. His biography, Hawk Occupation: Skateboarder, published by Regan Books, sold out of its first imprint during pre-booking. His company, Birdhouse Projects, annual sales are projected to exceed $18 million this year. In a recent national Q-Score poll he was ranked sixth most popular athlete in the world with the boys' aged 8-14 demographic. According to scholastic books, which services public schools and has a circulation of XX, he was one of the most requested article subjects. The "Got Milk?" campaign researched extreme sports and discovered that Hawk was by far the most popular peripheral athlete in the world. [Get quote from SWING mag] In skateboarding his popularity hasn't waned either. He was voted Transworld Skateboarding's Reader's Poll Vert Skater of the Year in its most recent vote. Transworld is the most popular skateboarding magazine in the world. The End, a video produced by Hawk's company, Birdhouse Projects, is the best selling skateboard video of all time.
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