Tony was the last child in his family. He was born when his mother was in her mid 40's. He said that he was an accident. When Tony was growing, he had a childhood of life that was short tempered little kid and he would want what he wanted or he'd scream and become a crazy kid if he didn't get the thing he wanted. So when he was a child, he got what he wanted. He use to make his parents have hard times because he was short tempered.
When Tony was young, his uncle taught him how to skateboard. He started to skateboard starting at a really young age. He was practicing slowly, and as he grew, he started to get the hang of it. When he learned, he started practicing on the ramps. And he learned a lot of tricks as he was practicing. But not all in one day because that's impossible. But can be possible for a fast learner. Tony Hawk was already professional when he was young.
During his school, people didn't know him for who he was. And they didn't look at him as a well known person by many people. He just looked like another normal person who is a stranger. Some of his friends who were skateboarders knew him and liked him. He became famous after doing a commercial on Mountain Dew. After the commercial he did, the people in the school he was having, started seeing Tony as a famous person.
During his adult life, he managed to get his own playground for skateboarding. He had a place for people to skateboard. His playground wasn't very popular until he owned a couple of them. Some of his playgrounds were small. His father was a big help too. But Tony thought he was on the way. Tony's father would help fix up the ramps. And he would help Tony with all the other people who helped him with the ramps. He even helped with the bowl shape ramp.
By: Jordan George
