Tony Hawk Quotes

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When I was a kid, I used to wake up every single day and skateboard. All I would think about is skating, but it wasn't like I wanted to be a pro skater. It was more of just that's what I did. I also roller bladed a lot.

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.

I was born in Orange, California and I grew up in Huntington Beach. I started skateboarding when I was five and continued to do so off and on over the years.

Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.

In Ohio, I built the world's first skate plaza.

Once you pick up a skateboard, you'll find out that it's not a hobby, it's not a sport, it's a lifestyle.

I'm too into skateboarding to be devastated by anything.

I grew up skateboarding; it was fun. I didn't think about money, I didn't know how much professional skateboarders made. I just knew that if I became a professional skateboarder, I would achieve a lot and get to travel and do these great things.

We got skate parks in different states, but me skating? Nah, I'm too gangster; I can't rock with it. But I watch it.

When I was a kid, I always wanted to live in California because I liked skateboarding.

I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.

When I started skating, it was such a small community. You didn't aspire to be rich or famous or make a career out of it because that wasn't something anyone had done yet.

My whole life has been the skate life. I don't really remember doing anything besides skateboarding.

Honestly, the best skater that I've seen who raps is Tyler, The Creator. He really can skate... He's legit.

This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride through every week, feeling the energy of one of the original stomping grounds of street skating.

When I was younger, I used to be a part of the surfing-and-skateboarding community.

For me, skateboarding is a lifestyle. I really don't know anything different. My life revolves around skating. If I wasn't a professional skateboarder, I'd still be skating every day.

I want to be a skater.

Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.

I've skateboarded my whole life, and I'm going to keep enjoying it until my age prohibits me.

DC and Monster have always supported my vision for street skateboarding, from building skate plazas throughout the world to now creating the first-ever professional skateboarding league.

In skateboarding, you're never bigger than the streets.

Funny how one halfpipe run can change your life.

As skateboarding evolved, it evolved away from competition. Having a best-trick contest doesn't work.