Tony Hawk Breaks Down Skateboarding Movies | GQ Sports

[@user-xj2sm3xd5l]

As a child, Tony was supremely cool to me. As an adult, that has not changed at all

[@JCDenton2000]

Same with me haha

[@redjakOfficial]

Birdman's such a nice guy.

[@nourah5033]

He is cool

[@zyourzgrandzmaz]

He even looks the same

[@spencerfournier7781]

Yeah man hes a legend

[@tystall2930]

the first 10 minutes is tony hawk calling out bad editing and I love it

[@aerthreepwood8021]

I have friends that I skated with that spent as much time filming and editing as they did skating.

[@mcgritty8842]

@@aerthreepwood8021ok, and…

[@themrqwertymarkOriginal]

Me having played a handful of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games in my childhood: "I know some of these words"

[@DatSqueakyBoi]

Is that a Good Burger reference? XD

[@TheKaiTetley]

themrqwertymark. Same. I have heard these words. No idea what they mean.

[@1dayatatime..180]

There's a remastered version coming out soon of THPS 1&2

[@ryanharris6788]

Dude, for real lol

[@sg4l542]

Defo is this info about remasters legit?

[@shannonlucas2980]

As a person who has trouble walking and chewing gum simultaneously, the things that skaters are able to accomplish are nothing short of amazing.

[@RDSports5]

Agreed. They are basically like acrobats on wooden boards

[@CyclingM1867]

Me as well. I can stumble and fall just walking on a flat surface with nothing in my way. haha People who can skateboard and do the tricks they do are incredibly talented athletes. I admire those who can do what they do.

[@ImTrippy25]

"trouble walking and chewing gum simultaneously" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dillinger445]

that was funny, that walking while chewing gum thing 😆😆😆

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

im not pro level but ive got some moves and trust me, even we can have trouble just walking sometimes. the amount of times times ive tripped just *standing still* is wild.

[@poptartification2]

Im still wondering how he’s 50 years old and still sounds like a teenager.

[@Donikin]

Tony hawk looks like the aged embodiment of the word radical

[@axism8652]

@@Donikin 👏👏👏

[@circusfreakRob]

Because he goes out to play every day of his life. Living the dream!

[@darrellgardner4561]

Hes the oldest teenager ever. Sometimes it makes me think of those "hows it going fellow kids" things.

[@briankarcher4418]

John Carmack syndrome. We try not to talk about it.

[@RandomRyan]

It’s really cool that his parents named him after a video game! That’s why he’s such a pro skater!

[@jaredbrown6066]

I see the sarcasm in your comment lol 😂😂😂

[@vertigo3261]

Oh I get it that was a Tony Hawk Pro Skater joke because the games

[@cypherusuh]

@@vertigo3261 I though his name is Mr Tony Hawk Pro Skater

[@justinkassel4000]

Random Ryan fun fact. His middle name is actually pro skater. Not last.

[@LittleRapGuy]

Ah ha man...

[@wiktormaek4272]

I love how other breakdowns are like "pro chef" or "professional hunter" and this is just Tony Hawk

[@kiraazun]

Well I think thats basically synonymous to "pro skater"...

[@tonyellen_]

Comment needs more likes.

[@MollyFC]

He's what Kleenex is to skating

[@tonyellen_]

@@YearsOVDecay1 LoL dude. Chill. Have a like, free of charge.👍

[@ryantruax4635]

@@YearsOVDecay1 have another like. Your popularity is growing now

[@steveandrews5712]

My respect for Tony Hawks just grew. His dissecting of the skating was clear and precise and enabled a nonskater like me to understand the whole process. Loved this video.

[@tylernorby4939]

A sign that you truly mastered your craft is when you can make those with zero experience or knowledge understand. Being in finance myself, this is a challenge at times, I fully appreciate how well he communicated his breakdown.

[@hands-onfilmmaking]

You were suprised Tony Hawk could break down skating? He's Tony Hawk?

[@waltertalanoa8384]

Me : that trick looked so cool Tony: that was such a lame edit Me: ikr

[@Mr.Soul99]

Lmao.

[@Lidia_Es]

😂😂

[@gabrielgarcia-zw8fu]

😂😂 hilarious!!

[@ronniebrown5769]

you stole that entire comment

[@Mr.Soul99]

Ronnie Brown does it even matter? Lol

[@aisforairborne]

Tony Hawk almost always talks about the youth and what keeps them interested in skateboarding. He is a herald of his craft. Much respect.

[@theotherLewbowski]

He appeared outta nowhere at the smallest skate park you could think of here in Belfast, where my son was skating and rode a few ramps,posed for photos, gave advice and was generally awesome

[@FriendOfN0ne]

And got famous by screwing over the Tapas brothers who were landing 900s before him yet he used his influence to stop them entering that particular x games event. There's a doco on it. Really shows Tony to be nothing more than a greedy businessman

[@mazdaroadster-mx5]

@@FriendOfN0ne everyone makes mistakes though, I can guarantee you he would regret doing that nowadays

[@croc2390]

Most of these are the professional saying looks real, fake etc Tony "I know him" "He's real" "That's actually me"

[@dominickschrute3084]

Loved this about the video. I think he knew every stunt double in the movie

[@TheDcraft]

Most of the professionals aren't in the movie clips they're commenting on.

[@dominicstrayer]

I have no idea what you just said. My brain actually hurts trying to read that🤣

[@derpizzaman1050]

I imagine it's easier and cheaper to just hire skaters than cgi them in or something

[@LittleRapGuy]

yay hey man...

[@rottingcorpse6565]

Even though I'm not particularly interested in skateboarding I still enjoyed listening to a master talk about his craft.

[@petertippmann7271]

You should check out Rodney Mullen’s Ted Talk. One of my favorite skaters and listening to him talk about skating is really enjoyable, it’s really easy to tell how much he just loves doing it.

[@JonCom3dy]

That's why I love this channel.

[@eragen250]

I love how Tony Hawk always takes the time to really explain skateboarding as clearly and as informatively as possible. You can see how his videos are always longer than other breakdowns, and he is always enthusiastic about what he does, and what other skateboarders do. It's fantastic, and I love him for it.

[@Machtyn]

He has a passion for the sport and loves to share that with others. And he's at an age where teaching is natural because he (we at this age) love to share what we've learned to others.

[@joshhorne9126]

I Love that he's just like... "i would hope that would be a disqualification... i don't know". Like skateboarding has so few rules that Tony Hawk has never even had to think about it.

[@georgebarton1582]

I think he was more saying it because it just doesn't happen. As he even says it doesn't happen lol Its hard to have a rule for something that doesn't happen.

[@Tehsandmaster]

I think the only real rule skateboarding has is don't harsh another's skaters run?

[@Renzo8375867]

“I’m Tony Hawk, pro skater” Yo dude you don’t have to introduce yourself twice.

[@GiovanaSimmer]

That's what I thought! It's like, does he not know how legendary he is? My father probably knows he's a pro skater!

[@supersaiyanlucas7320]

Hes a game??

[@phutton88]

His sponsors own him. He has to make it clear that he's mutual with them.

[@soup5344]

@@GiovanaSimmer Most people don't think of themselves as highly as others do.

[@GiovanaSimmer]

@@soup5344 I wasn't criticizing him. I thought it was cute that he seemed so humble.

[@froggysin]

I adore how much respect he has for his fellow skaters.

[@madisonchase]

imagine having tony hawk say your editing was bad, that would be my lowest moment

[@Shad0wmoses]

most of the editing *is* bad. anyone who skateboards and is familiar with tricks could easily spot the continuity errors, trick selection and questionable camera angles. this is a running trend in hollywood whenever they are depicting anything like skating, surfing, snowboarding, car racing, etc. they either dont have the budget,care, or knowledge to look for someone that would know what they are doing regarding that particular activity. Lords of Dogtown is probably the only movie to be somewhat true to skating. also cant forget mid90's, that one is a pretty grounded take on skating.

[@cornbredx]

It's too expensive to pay for someone just to tell you how the skating scenes look when most people won't even notice the errors. Sometimes you just need a close up shot or a far away shot to cut to in order to keep a scene going. It doesn't have to entirely match when it's on screen for a second or less (just look at the glaring differences of the board in Back to the Future). Unless you're a skate boarder professionally, and looking for it, you won't even notice. There's a margin for acceptable error in film making as much as everything else. When it comes to something only a professional in a field would notice it's not really bad editing if no one else would notice. That's how movies like, say, Outbreak get made. Regular movie goers don't know or care if the way they discover a virus and how they discern that it's mutated is silly... they don't notice or even most of the time care if that's legitimate. I would argue they don't need to unless the movie is very specifically trying to be accurate. Then and only then it matters. Otherwise we should know it's a fantasy and there's no reason to get worked up about it. As long as the fantasy follows it's own rules it's generally fine. The people in the know will know, and maybe this ruins it for them, but... I mean they've never made hacking look like real hacking in movies so... I guess it's just an honor to even be acknowledged that it's a thing. Even if people who don't actually know anything about computers (most people) don't actually seem to know what hacking really is and they think movie hacking is real.

[@floofy5529]

That's fine, the movie was not made for people like Tony Hawk; skaters. It's meant for the general public who knows almost nothing about skating. You'll see this in any profession a movie tries to imitate.

[@LINKKART8]

I just imagined it..now what?

[@AL-lz6px]

@@LINKKART8 Now imagine you feeling disappointed with yourself.

[@amandadavis7585]

Still trying to figure out how we all know who Tony Hawk is without being into skateboarding at all

[@a.jherbert5436]

EVERYONE played Tony Hawks Pro Skater.

[@VicksWuys]

So true! I am not a skateboarder at all, but I still know who he is and that he's a legend. Don't know why but I really like watching his videos.

[@eyeswydeshut359]

@@williammaurice7206 Well he's contributed a lot to skateboarding. Someone's gotta be the poster child anyway.

[@williejones6446]

A bunch of dudes about 30 are giving you spill off culture. He was super popular in the 90s.

[@tenzinkunga1305]

IRON MAN?

[@MTNorville]

He broke that down WAY more than I wan expecting.

[@KMcNally117]

They got THE expert. And it's nice to see his enthusiasm.

[@rwg5167]

Seriously! I learned so much about different grips!

[@noyouwillnot1169]

It appears David Roberts can't ollie.

[@putthatcookiedown2188]

i was expecting PR mumbo jumbo but he seemed real and matter of fact. Love it

[@Andrew4181975]

What's really crazy about Tony is for his 50th B-day he did a video with 50 different vert ramp tricks in it, Unreal he is still at it too.

[@JakeTakesTheCakes]

I love how basically everyone knows him whether they like skating or not.

[@I_AM_BAYTOR]

I thought he was a world renowned ornithologist.

[@adcon00]

@@I_AM_BAYTOR I thought he was a well known video editor

[@PROPAINZERO]

So he's not a Scientologist?

[@MMArtsRock]

Tony hawk is only in video games. He is not a real person he is fictional

[@sethralavode7948]

I don’t watch skateboarding or play the video games and I know him. Somehow I’m watching this even though I have zero interest in it. I guess the skill level and tricks captured my interest.

[@cassandraprophet4279]

As a non-skater, I thoroughly enjoyed this video of a man politely speaking a foreign language.

[@ballsdeep6924]

As a guy who just got into skating, it really does seem like a real language, it feels the same as a real language

[@Daedalus4]

*"Yeah, he just did a 1080 Ultra Death Twisty McGee Jesus Air Deluxe there."*

[@CounterFleche]

90% of skate tricks sound like names made up by an improv comedy troupe.

[@6.thedollar415]

A Christ Air is an actual trick

[@gavinbander5]

RectalDiscourse a fine maneuver

[@capmajo334]

Time stamp?

[@Terrtail]

@RectalDiscourse I did that trick first try! I think I'm a natural

[@d0dgecity]

I get that Grind gets hated on because it's cringe now but it was one of my favorite movies as a kid. It was a huge inspiration to try skating. The music was also great for the time.

[@rodmullen64]

I with you 100p

[@lukeshaddix7156]

Grind es la mejor película de skate, tony hawk no sabe de lo que habla

[@LostLongboarderSean]

Wasn't a fan of the movie but the skating is amazing Imo.

[@Coalazure]

Tony: Hi everyone I'm Tony Hawk Pro Skater Me: Huh that was his actual full name the whole time...

[@trvrt1cl3]

Jared Vadasy Underrated comment.

[@thataintitchief553]

Jared Vadasy yeah the game was just named after him lol

[@olliec5564]

Dude you just made me belly laugh.

[@BruceLeanDarts]

Nah, he just likes to introduce himself twice.

[@jackuin3387]

666th like

[@rfresa]

It's pretty cool that he can recognize other stuntmen just by their feet or their signature tricks.

[@arnoldfelix5626]

Feet fetish right there😂

[@kevinpiacente3456]

Bucky isn't a stuntman. He's a legit skater

[@piquantement]

Several of the people he mentioned were his teammates for a while, he knows them well

[@devong1838]

@@kevinpiacente3456 functioning as the stuntman for an actor in a movie. Yeah.

[@ynot2385]

@@kevinpiacente3456 and Rodney Mullen has the most distinct skating style possible. The dude can do like a thousand tricks nobody on else on Earth could do lol. I've never skated in my life and immediately knew that was him.

[@14footballfan]

*Tony Hawk just dropping name of tricks left and right * Me: uh huh, uh huh, right, of course! *not understanding anything or what they mean but enjoying his explanation and passion for the sport!*

[@bodombeastmode]

🤣😂😁👍

[@AlienAteIt.MyNoraTees]

Yes that's a front "random number" angle. Okay un huh, unhuh. I took geometry once.

[@3dgar7eandro]

Tony Hawk is actually who got me into skating in the first place. It's very nice to see despite all money and the fame he still is such a Humble and Down to earth guy 😌👏👏👌👌🤘

[@ChefHxllxw]

But what about the skating in “An extremely Goofy movie”

[@gregmcelroy2849]

lets do it to it bro

[@Willyboy_420]

Yesssss

[@diamondflaw]

I know one thing I find interesting is that they make Max have a regular stance when he drops in, but then later when he skates back to help instead of finishing the race he's goofy foot and then he stays goofy foot for finishing the race.

[@Willyboy_420]

@@diamondflaw well it is a "goofy movie" right?

[@JoelGloade]

@@diamondflaw that's a be yourself kind of thing is the fact that its called goofy stance a plot point of that flick?

[@cammyplayer]

I'm starting to suspect that Tony Hawk might know a few things about skating

[@Itsbobbbby]

Big if true

[@TheSkeletor612]

Don’t diss the 🐐

[@looteverybody]

Yeah, he really seems to know his stuff. I'd totally play a game where we follow his antics

[@Excludos]

He even has the same name as those old games. It's like he was made for it.

[@mikeyfrance9469]

Also cammy is godlike in sf5

[@DokterRekt]

"I actually know the stunt man who did that, William Spencer." I dont know why that's just so funny to me, like he's legit just so involved in all that is skate, he knows everybody.

[@gastonbell108]

He's basically the elder statesman of the sport, now. A sport that wasn't even considered a sport (just a fringe hobby) when he started doing it as a teenager. That's gotta make him feel pretty good.

[@_Maxten]

he didn't even mention that Per Welinder did some of the stunts in back to the future and he created Birdhouse Skateboards with that guy. so literally he did know every one of em Lol

[@Zibbit27]

Grind was the singular movie that got me and a bunch of friends into skating, truly a cult classic.

[@jeremybr2020]

I absolutely love how a legend like Tony Hawk gives such props and praise to Rodney Mullen. Someone who did not get the respect and admiration that he deserved early in his skating career. He did eventually get those props when Rodney finally switches over to a regular street board. But there's just something special when one legend gives props to another legend. Gets you all warm and fuzzy inside. lol

[@_ZORRO__]

jeremybr2020 I think it makes you realize how human they are. That they can give attention to another legends struggles and acknowledge their reality at that point in time.

[@gustavobuquera]

they're really good friends and both are super sweet people

[@ShawnxEdge]

They were best friends and in the bones brigade/Powell

[@Khintara]

If I meet someone that is into skating, I always test them by asking if they know who Rodney Mullen is. If not, I then ask them "but, you do know who Tony Hawk is?". Regardless of their answer I just reply "ohh, so you're not really into skateboarding..." x) Rodney is the most innovative skater of all time. Tony is just known for being a god in the ramps/verts through competitions and his beloved video games.

[@gustavobuquera]

@@Khintara thats stupid

[@SymbolicSplenetic]

kid falls down face-first... Tony: "That was pretty legit right there" LOL

[@TheMoises1213]

Van V 😭😭 same way how I was

[@dankmheems290]

Falling on your face is a right of passage in skateboarding.. Oh and the rail slip to groin smash 180 lol.

[@RyTrapp0]

@@dankmheems290 That's the worst part; you know it's going to happen to you, you KNOW it's going to happen - but you have absolutely no idea when it's going to happen, but you know that first one is coming As they say in the cycle world - "there's two types of riders: those who have gone down, and those who..."

[@Fed-np9ez]

Dude's a millionaire and he stunt doubled will ferrell just because. Legit legend right here.

[@maheeeeeeeeee]

And got injured and got a scar xD

[@scottnewsham2496]

More importantly he was in Gleaming the Cube, probably the first skateboard movie at least that I know of.

[@nloc1929]

Also showed up on the Eric Andre Show just to destroy the set: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYfXgZKPetB4jLM

[@bland2467]

@@scottnewsham2496 What about The Search For Animal Chin?

[@scottnewsham2496]

@@bland2467 honestly never heard of it, had look it up just now. 😁

[@nkogliaz]

Gleaming The Cube is hands down my favorite skateboarding movie, loved it ever since I was a kid, and being a huge fan of the Bones / Powell Peralta crew back then, made the film even better, still got my VHS copy to this day, McGill and Mullan were incredible in that film, and seeing Tony Hawk drive the Pizza Hut truck still cracks me up.

[@johnorosz7477]

Watching with your best friends at the movies live and in person then Thrashin' all night long quoting the movie.

[@fastony9659]

It's so badass when he starts explaining the physics of how it works

[@someguy1688]

For how famous he was, he is incredibly humble

[@milenavasiljevic6095]

For how famous he is*

[@andras.89]

*is

[@aidenarkham]

You mean is* he's not dead lol

[@babymanz204]

Was he still is

[@maroon_cartoon]

I saw this comment and screamed because this was the first movie that came to mind when I clicked on the video

[@BillyJoe1305]

About half of this was Tony Hawk reminiscing about making movies in the 80s and the other half was him admiring skate tricks. And I am here for it!

[@foreigner_within5378]

Back to the future is what got me in to skating in 1985. My first board was the Tony Hawk Pink Chicken Skull. I always wanted the JFA board too, but never got it! This video made me happy and nostalgic. Thanks 🙏

[@liraco_mx]

Tony: *Sees clip once* *Can explain exactly why they're doing bad edits and using different moves in between cuts*

[@ojisankusai]

It most likely has a _lot_ to do with amateur clip vids. When these guys were coming up, they would film their best tricks on cassette and edit them all together in order to gain more traction for their crews. There were tons of these amateur videos being passed around the "extreme sports" circles, and it was how certain groups and crews gained a lot of fans.

[@datboigrizz]

Honestly as a skater there's nothing behind it almost every skater would know this cause everything is done in a specific way, regardless of style. Foot placement, how much pressure when popping, how long you can keep your feet on the board after landing(which is actually a big deal, if you can't keep your feet on the board for at least 3 seconds it doesn't count). all the same nothing changes. You'll be able to point it out, kind of like the military and stolen valors the reason you can spot one out so easily is because you learn a specific way to dress and how to present that uniform( not to compare skating to the military).

[@foxman4455]

He's a professor of skateboarding. He can literally teach a major of that in a known university

[@TheMoises1213]

foxman4455 right!!

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

If Tony is the professor of skateboarding than that would make Rodney Mullen Albert Einstein

[@MarkSkids]

L I T E R A L L Y

[@dawsynlarson696]

foxman4455 I would take that class in a heartbeat yo 😂😂

[@foxman4455]

@@dawsynlarson696 Worthiest tuition spent ever

[@TinKnight]

"I don't know what they're doing in the Olympics, I'm not involved in that..." I'm sorry, but have you SEEN how passionate Tony Hawk is about skating?! Is there ANY better ambassador to set up the sport in the Olympics??

[@_ZORRO__]

TinKnight They really missed out by not including him. Skaters of all ages would loved to see him be a part of that

[@TinKnight]

@@_ZORRO__ Exactly... and not just all ages, but all nationalities. Sure, he's not active in the sport now, but I can't think of many others with the worldwide recognition & reputation. And his attention to detail would be a boon for setting up scoring/judging.

[@nassiemartinez4399]

Olympics skateboarding is mostly street skating, Tony Hawk does ramps (mostly)

[@gustavobuquera]

​@@jazzycat8917 well they are already making competitions on the olympic format so skaters get used to it. And they have 2 formats: park and street, park is just a bowl which is very similar to vert.

[@onetime3489]

True...

[@MusicAddictMAD]

Tony Hawk is a cool, true person. His coolness would have made anything he did cool, because he has such a passion and respect for it.

[@JaxLittles]

I want to be talked to the way Tony talks about other skaters. The level of respect, praise, and kindness is amazing and beautiful.

[@heliveruscalion9124]

(:

[@wjohanw]

I got to meet him at a demo (at an abandoned parking lot by a bridge) in FL in the mid 90s. That is legitimately how he treated everyone who truly just showed up and skated around a bit. Best experience in my life, the next weekend they had Lance Mountain and some of his crew out.

[@maniac1628]

To bad not everyone is as humble it’s really sad 😕

[@JaxLittles]

@@maniac1628 Yeah it's bummer. I met some skaters I admired growing up and they were jerks, but later I watched interviews of them and what they were going through in their lives... physical and emotional abuse and realized some of them just lacked coping skills. Made me pity them a bit. I remember seeing Tony at a skate park teaching little kids how to just stay on their boards before some event. And that's when I told myself that I wanted to live my life more like Tony. Where if I could help someone when I had the chance, I would. I grew up helping animals over humans... but whateves. Lmao

[@JaxLittles]

@@wjohanw That's really awesome! These experiences really do live with us. How was that event?

[@WrathofTron]

*Movie where Superman ollies over the entire Midwest Tony: “yeah so you can see that he’s just gone completely horizontal here. That’s a pretty big stunt tell. Also you can see that when he lands and carves the giant crater that it makes, his trucks are too straight. Those would definitely burn into the side of the board.”

[@bodyfromhead]

Doctor: "So Miss Pro Skater what will you name your son?" Mom: "...Tony Hawk"

[@MartinKohoutekchannel]

This is very underrated comment :D

[@andrade9738]

AHAHAH

[@mrjaysen11]

Chose his last name and everything

[@sugestive371]

His real name is Anthony

[@tommykl]

"Mr. Pro Skater was my father!"

[@Cramblit]

I love Tony Hawks praise of Mullen. He was my favorite skater in all of Tony Hawks games haha. I can't remember which Tony Hawk game it was. Early Playstation 2, they had stunt videos you could unlock of skaters. That's when he became my favorite. All the videos were just getting air, the basic tricks, then the magic Mullen pulled on flat ground, still rarely if ever see that stuff now, it was incredible.

[@boonxai]

I like how he's talking about budgets, actors and editing lol

[@ViaMirage]

Pro skater / film production enthusiast - Tony 🤘🏻

[@magnolianame8818]

I know this is an older comment but yes!

[@holidayonion]

Tony: 'What's up everybody, I'm Tony Hawk, "Pro Skater..."' Me: He said the thing!

[@niklanganis]

1+2

[@WestsideB4by]

lol

[@dusathemaid]

Oh, saying the thing is tight!

[@Drü_W11823]

@@dusathemaid it must have been really difficult to land all those tricks.

[@Drü_W11823]

@@dusathemaid wowowow...wow......wow.

[@cannotHIDEpr]

wish you asked him about lords of dogtown

[@oliverrichetti3736]

I spent the whole video waiting for it. Love that movie. Wanted to see what Tony thought about the fancy tricks they did in the movie

[@LokeybeatsInstrumentals]

Right? I thought he was gonna say that was his favorite

[@piccolo1525]

He was even in the movie right?

[@logansdrums]

@@piccolo1525 Yeah he played neil armstrong or something

[@OldFartsStreaming]

Why did nobody explain why Spiderman was stuck to his board?

[@human_bot_]

I grew up trying to skate in the early 90s and he is so right. We had to go out and search for spots to skate, and then hope we didn't get chased or arrested. I amazes me at all the different places we would skate

[@CJJC42]

How does he look old and young ah the same time

[@Max-uo4yd]

All the spins

[@j_c_93]

He's in amazing shape and has a youthful haircut. Want to look young when you're older? Moisturize and exercise.

[@ianbauer4703]

Neither old nor young and still cool!

[@advang4820]

His face looks old, but his voice sounds like a 20 y.o person and he has a young kid hairstyle. So, that's old and young mix right there.

[@igot99problemsbutmyaltaint81]

Its the Birdman!!

[@L3SSTH4NL33T]

The board sticks to Spiderman's feet because he's Spiderman, c'mon Tony!

[@TurboTurds30]

I kept saying this to myself too, let's just say that was the filmmaker's intention haha.

[@swaggypea3866]

Idk the guy is still wearing shoes 🤷‍♂️

[@beckyanderson988]

@@swaggypea3866 his abilty goes throug different materirals

[@liamgideon5589]

i was about to comment the same thing

[@joshm9381]

I was screaming this to the screen the entire time lol

[@LxgOutMane]

Why did nobody tell him that the scott pilgrim scene was entirely based on the tony hawk's pro skater games? Oh man

[@saeedatenzi]

Because half of the whole skate boarding universe is based on his achievements

Did you know thps games ate actually based on Tony hawk!!!!!

[@skinhead-ej8ff]

Boardslide, melon bs 360, 50-50. Dude lost a sick combo

[@Microfoot]

“We’re in video game territory now.” I think he got it regardless.

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

Jim Cornette for real!?!?!?!? Sources, NOW!!!

[@underengineered_1077]

I get the same feeling listening to Tony Hawk as i do listening to Michael Schumacher. Legends

[@paulstacey537]

Not present day Schumacher, surely!

[@sikckaputten]

"If you're asked to stunt-double Will Ferrell, whatever price they offer you, take it."

[@awesomeTai]

so crazy how most of these breakdowns is just people commenting on random videos...and Tony is just like "oh yeah, there's me"

[@flex_piper]

*Tony* has been 20yrs old for the past 30 year's.

[@csquared4538]

@kenny donachy years's

[@orgasmicchickennugget1727]

@@csquared4538 years’s’s*

[@evancain4906]

@@orgasmicchickennugget1727 year*

[@orgasmicchickennugget1727]

@@evancain4906 r/youmissedthejoke

[@Anon26535]

"He grew sterner of face, but never elderly."

[@NC4E]

I love how instead of titling it “skateboarding expert” or “skateboard pro” they just said Tony Hawk. Mad respect.

[@prisonmike4971]

I love how upset Tony gets at the inaccuracies. So good.

[@_ZORRO__]

Ryan Jackson I can’t blame him. He has worked hard developing a positive image of skaters

[@prisonmike4971]

@@_ZORRO__ Amen, preach my dude.

[@papamilfz1565]

I love how contextual he is. Accuracy and efficiency are his focal points and he revels in it you can tell. He understands that his art evolves and changes as time does.

[@DutchDread]

"We call that the Wilson", sometimes I have this suspicion that Tony is just making up these names on the spot, and because he says "we call that a", it becomes true. "well Tony said it, that's what it's called now".

[@aerthreepwood8021]

It's usually Rodney Mullen that that's true about.

[@CounterFleche]

Even if he went senile and started just making everything up, no one would correct him. Who's going to tell Tony Hawk he's wrong about skateboarding? That's like trying to explain Gravity to Einstein.

[@stoole5460]

He did make them up on the spot, & because he's always been TonyHawkProSkater, the guy all us kids with boards wanted to be, people around him picked 'em up. It's just that it was 30 years ago...which is also right about when the Dennis the Menace cartoon was on, & just before the live action one where Walter Matthau played Mr. Wilson.

[@nickl8959]

How was reservoir dogs not on here?

[@P0RK3NST31N]

@@CounterFleche I'm sorry to be that guy, but the reference should be "Gravity to Newton" or "Relativity to Einstein"

[@SenpaiTheExplorer]

grind was such a underrated movie. still one of my all time favorite movies.

[@DisabledComics1995]

I want Tony to react to an extremely goofy movie… I know it’s an animated movie but a lot of the skating looks solid

[@mikalin9286]

I’d watch that

[@aaronself2411]

I would honestly watch Tony hawk reacting to the entirety of the goofy movie. Is it weird to watch a grown man, watch an entire movie? Little bit. Still be entertaining.

[@SmoothCriminal12]

Or even Disney's Tarzan. There's some sequences that seemed to be inspired by skateboarding.

[@minastone155]

@@aaronself2411 not really. There’s parallel plots and one is for a single father in his 30-40s trying to connect to his teenager. That’s a adult story

[@myoriginalname]

All the other videos are titled like “astronaut” “former jewel thief” “navy seal”, on Tony Hawk’s it’s just his name, he needs no introduction.

[@iPlayDotaReligiously]

Haha yeah, since he show up on media more than others.

[@gennigfox8368]

I never would have thought a Pro Skater would have the thought process of a Physics Professor.

[@AtomicMonkeybutt]

Genni G Fox That’s why he’s one of the best i guess.

[@ARCADE_EXE]

Tony Hawk points out what went wrong in "Back To The Future"

[@lucianbalmer2248]

Are you kidding? Every serious skater thinks about all the myriad ways in which they will fall.

[@DjPolarMusic]

He's spent decades facing gravity on a board and observing and later judging others doing the same thing. He doesn't have the though proces of a physics professor, he has the thought process of a seasoned skater. A legendary one that helped pioneer the industry at that.

[@SomeTigerBass]

If you like that sort of thing, you should reaaaaalllly watch some Rodney Mullen interviews. He could genuinely teach a class in Motion Physics. Absolute legend.

[@JiraiyaTheGallant44]

Wish he would have broken down Lords of Dogtown. Definitely one of my favorite skate movies and is based on the lives of some real skateboarding legends (Stacy Peralta and Tony Alva).

[@FALLENSK8ER1995]

Don’t forget Jay Adams

[@tylerd8609]

That’s crazy they didn’t add that movie

[@PangyaJonFawkes]

24:06 I thought when he said "this is me" it was like how people say "this is me" when they mean they really relate to a character, but no, he meant he was literally Will Ferrell

[@fartcitybitch]

PangyaJonFawkes I know, that was such a power move honestly

[@lr.308]

PangyaJonFawkes ikr same but what a flex 😂

[@bryanr9575]

He should try skateboarding. I have a feeling he’ll be good at it

[@austinjp1449]

Bryan R I hope that’s sarcasm

[@MegaHooper25]

Austinjp1 - Of course it is you silly sausage

[@kae-done3248]

@@bepositive736 r/woooosh

[@samsamson591]

all the [squares] are getting upset. don't joke about there ideal. lol

[@Josh-it6uy]

unfunny

[@connorfast388]

I really wanted to see him talk about An Extremely Goofy Movie. I'd like to know what Mr. T-Hawk Pro M.D. has to say about Max's shred

[@elijahcee4676]

X games wasn't ready for Max's ROCKET board

[@isalewis722]

I love how legitimately he took the Scott Pilgrim scene, like all of his criticisms were the point lol. If anything that’s reassuring that Tony hawk was like “literally everything about this is almost impossible”

[@202569]

I don't think he realised that the entire movie is shot to look like a video game. So this scene was shot to resemble the popular skating video games... his videogame. Tony you are the reason this scene looks like this.

[@dvs620]

I wonder if he was made aware that the Lucas Lee character is based on Jason Lee.

[@jorymil]

I love that the scene is an homage to his own video games, and he doesn't mention it. I'm not sure he mentions his games once here in fact!

[@skinhead-ej8ff]

Part 2: lords of dogtown, street dreams, Paul blart, thrashin, kids, most vertical primate. Make it happen

[@Pstar420]

skin19head69 deckdogz

[@markymarkeaton]

Scooby doo 1 warehouse scene

[@skinhead-ej8ff]

Mark Eaton truth

[@mikequinlivan8842]

The skateboard kid, and skateboard kid, part 2. Where the board has a face, and flies.

[@jesusgallardo168]

Mid90s

[@tonycelentano2071]

Rodney Mullen took interpretive dance and ballet classes growing up in the 70s, he incorporated a lot of that into his skateboarding. The 360 spinning on one wheel is basically a Pirouette on a skateboard.

[@Ashley-ro4xz]

I don’t even skate but this is such a dope thing to know about I want to get into skating and do that move so bad

[@Mr_Jish]

@@Ashley-ro4xz Fair warning, it might be extremely difficult if not nearly impossible to perform on a regular modern board setup; the freestyle boards in Rodney's days had much narrower decks, trucks, and (in this case, most importantly) wheels that allowed those maneuvers to be far more regularly used. You should absolutely try skating out though and see if you can perfect the pirouette on a modern setup because while it's no longer very common or comparatively easy to do, it's an amazing homage to old school freestyle/infancy street skating!

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

Mullen is a beautiful genius on a board. I'm not surprised he had additional training.

[@DrexelsEnd]

@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself He's also a legit genius too. Smarter than most of us put together

[@unknown_individual7050]

@@Mr_Jish Mullen is able to do pretty much all of his freestyle moves on the modern board. Apparently he actually designed and made the modern board and truck most commonly found today because it made it easier to pop the board and do tricks. If the kid puts his mind to it and put in the time, he could definitely recreate some of the stuff Rodney did.

[@adityatiwari4555]

Why isn't Lords of Dogtown on the list? The story of that movie showed 3 phenomenal skaters, one of which allowed Tony Hawk start his skating passion. Mainly their names were Jay Adams, Stacy Peralta, and Tony Alva. These guys are known for revolutionizing the skating industry.

[@julieann4616]

I agree!!!

[@marioguy6486]

Agreed that movie got me into skating not bttf

[@ShinobiKush]

Where is Thrashin'? The first and BEST skate movie of all time...it was the skater's answer to 'Rad'.... I guess I am showing my age..but for Tony not to mention Thrashin' is pretty strange

[@STRENGTHTHRUJOY]

@@ShinobiKush Especially since Tony is actually IN it lol

[@MobileTaz]

I'd have to guess because there wouldn't be anything to analyze in it. It wasn't a Disney Channel fantasy like Grind or a movie that happened to have a skate scene, it was a biopic movie about skating written by one of the legends/founding fathers of skating as we know it. Basically the "Hollywoodization" of Dogtown and Z-Boys. The real Stacy, Jay, Tony, and Other Tony (🤣) were all on set, they were the consultants, there wasn't anything to screw up.

[@JennyG.COW5]

I remember watching Back to the Future and thinking about how cool it would be to go back in time and show off something cool like skateboarding. It's neat that this film helped inspire so many people, including yourself. Thanks for your review and insights! Thanks for also sharing some of the films you stared in. I'll have to check them out. 😊👍

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

Did Back to the Future really inspire that many people to start skateboarding? The skateboarding scenes are like 1 percent of the movie.

[@LiveDonkeyDeadLion]

“Tony, what do you think of the skateboarding in this movie?” Tony: “So this was me doubling for …..”

I met tony hawk in the late 80s. Just skating with some friends in San Diego and boom!!!! Bones brigade shows up to skate at the spot we were skating. Very cool guy.

[@Lat3ksi]

First name: Tony Hawk. Last name: Pro Skater.

[@shirohemoth1946]

lol

[@BS23Designs]

Oh.. I thought his last name was Underground.

[@CJG4L]

So Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 is his son?

[@TheMoises1213]

Lat3ksi right haha

[@davidparkes7741]

@@BS23Designs Nah that's his often ignored younger son lol.

[@ninjasonmylawn25]

I'm not a skater nor do I find it interesting or appealing but I could listen to this guy talk about skateboarding and other skaters all day. I think it's because he's genuine with what he's talking but especially who he's talking about.

[@michelleandersen4710]

I literally have no clue what he’s talking about and I watched the entire thing 😂😂

[@ryandcarter]

Skating terms are like a foreign language. All the stuff he is saying is real tho.

[@finnclausen9443]

@Cam Rocket Simp

[@fabianoverdyck205]

@Cam Rocket this is some top tier cringe

[@supergameforever143]

PS1!!!!

[@Laocoon283]

Its satisfying to hear some1 who is an expert in their field talk about what they know regardless

[@chillyrobin190]

i love how he explains everything so detailed. It's dope to see a man that's done this almost his entire life explain it.

[@atomiccritter6492]

but he doesnt though, i posted this separately NON of the skating jargon at the beginning is explained at all. It is later in the video when I think GQ realised that possibly this video would be seen by people with NO knowledge of skating. Not saying Hawk is bad but ironically this video needs better editing as much as the films Hawk looked at

[@kalwiggy]

Why would they not include "An Extremely Goofy Movie" on this list?

[@victoriagalan8005]

I came to the comments searching for this. It was probably my first idea of what skateboarding was and I would have loved to see Tony Hawk explain how it was all wrong 🤣

[@EdWun]

Underrated comment

[@jesse1086]

Powerline is my favorite artist

[@gunschevanleiden2900]

Tony Hawk is bitter that Extreme Goofy Skateboarding is a better game than Pro Skater

[@sgfilms5733]

Wb street dreams?

[@bryansteele832]

As a 80s kid and a 90s teenager, I always remember martial arts and skateboarding being at the forefront of every kids interest.

[@VisionsFromAmari]

Tony Hawk knows EVERYTHING about skateboarding!! I barely know what size shirts I wear!!

[@JC-11111]

Dude. I had to check my tag when I was buying white tees last week 😆

[@koitorob]

Ask ya mom

[@mikedorchak4518]

REAL skaters know just as much as Tony if not more.I'm nobody but I've been skating 30+ years and I'm an encyclopedia of skating with friends who remember way more than me.When you really skate it's not a hobby,it's your life

[@Tooimpulsive]

Crazy that he's 51 and did his last 900 3 years ago, making him 48 at the time. Man fears literally nothing

[@Why_Kirino]

@CodingCrusader1095 You too, huh?

[@DrewnTiny]

I was a skater back in the 70's and my first board had clay wheels! When I saw Rodney Mullin do tricks for the first time, I decided to quit skating forever. What he could do was not human. I know a lot of people must have surpassed what he did, but at the time there was nothing in the world like it. Tony Hawk was an inspiration too late since he is a big, lanky guy like I was. Most of the pro skaters were little guys who could flip around like nothing.

[@mrmiked6577]

Why would you quit skating because Rodney Mullin was so good?

[@aeroslothy]

@@mrmiked6577 yeah like what?

[@johnd9050]

Start skating it doesn’t matter if you suck at first some of it will come back I never quit started in 1964 raised eight kids been married 32 years all my kids skate and my grandkids skate was skating a pool a couple years ago and asked one of my kids if I was embarrassing him because I’m old he said no Dad because you’re still pretty good I’m glad I never quit it’s never too late to pick it up again

[@jarnold1789]

@@johnd9050 I grew up going to skateparks early in the mornings with my pops, some of my favorite memories

[@mikedorchak4518]

so you quit skating because someone else was really good at it........That's LAME.BTW don't call yourself "A Skater" because you are not,call yourself "QUITTER"

[@cannae216]

I love that he talked up police Academy 4 so much. I’m not a skater but I must’ve watched that skating scene 100 times as a kid.

[@tan.theartist]

Loved this, but I’m kinda sad they didn’t include the movie “Lords of Dogtown” with Heath Ledger and Tony Alva 😭

[@NJtwoGA]

I stopped watching the video after I read this comment. I was legitimately looking forward to hearing his take on that movie

[@MrAwesome1105]

i would have loved to have seen "Deck Dogz" included as well

[@AlexKagarov]

YUS! I was about to search for that movie after I watched this video, cuz I forgot its name.

[@adammartin3477]

MrAwesome1105 dish dogz?

[@Volt268]

And Tony cameo.

[@DustyMcFarland]

As a skater I can vouch Tony is a legend even everyone in the sport at all skill levels acknowledges his legacy with respect to some degree. Probably the most accepted "poster boy" if you will of any sport within the sport itself.

[@thelastjerkbender2505]

I mean there's Wayne Gretzky, Pele, Sachin Tendulkar...

[@DustyMcFarland]

@@thelastjerkbender2505 okay maybe Wayne Gretzky.

[@MrMich1lol]

Lol, Michael Jordan? Messi? Every sport has an accepted poster boy.

[@DustyMcFarland]

@@MrMich1lol I mean a "poster boy" that is as well liked or favored by their respective community

[@oliviersavard8676]

@@DustyMcFarland I get what you mean, sorta like Dale Earnhardt in Nascar or Michael Schumacher in F1, or Michael Phelps in swimming

[@gooberproductions8961]

It’s like Tony Hawk is speaking a different language when he’s talking about tricks

[@lexiconlover]

It IS another language. You smart, kid

[@edgreen6238]

Not if you skate

[@skyfalls3123]

Still trying to figure out how we all know who Tony Hawk is without being into skateboarding at all

[@CptCool-xt8ht]

Pizza Rolls

[@deontacartman6540]

@@skyfalls3123 the video games

[@josephwright4222]

Watching Rodney Mullen is eternally mind blowing. It’s like suspending your disbelief, but it’s actually happening.

[@Jarrodpimental]

Tony’s trucks are so tight he couldn’t simulate wheel bite

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

I used to speed skate in quads. I'd have wheel bite on the soles of my boots on the front axles, outstep on the left, instep on the right.

[@Kat-vl4ki]

@@MoSco5000 might be because he skates vert

[@JangoAC]

I loled

[@TheRevyr1666]

Scott malushki I definitely do, I hate loose trucks mostly because of wheel bite while doing gaps or really any tricks.

[@austinfailz]

Rodney Mullen is an absolute madman. He's mixing street with freestyle, some dancing techniques, and some just flat out "who cares, I'm doing it anyway" to do this stuff.

[@Waffle.Ranger]

Spider man clips start Tony Hawk: wtf is this lol

[@iamrayn]

But also "I know the guy that did this." 😆

[@froey198033]

Tony has to understand it's spider man and everything sticks to him.

[@zacharyhuffman1863]

@@froey198033 To his shoes, too?

[@juliangarrett-weekes3393]

@@zacharyhuffman1863 watch spiderman again, it's not like he takes his shoes off 😂

[@zacharyhuffman1863]

@@juliangarrett-weekes3393 Ha! Good point.

[@arandomhello]

Great break down video! I love how specific Tony Hawk gets. Would love to see a version of this for roller skating and roller blading in movies!

[@Di3mondDud3]

I wanna see the face of the guy who can say "i fired tony hawk as a stunt skateboarder"

[@_ZORRO__]

Di3mondDud3 Probably wears a bag over his head. He realized he was too stupid to show his face

[@seanbraisted3165]

I mean...it was Police Academy 4. Not sure how many people brag about that anyways.

[@Di3mondDud3]

Never seen it, but bad movies can be good, you ever seen Blankman? Lmao

[@HeyyItsDaleVODS]

I dont see why hed be ashamed. He was supposed to be a stunt double. If he grew too tall and it looked outta proportion you gotta get the job done somehow lol

[@ericshuty2564]

For everyone correcting Tony on the Spiderman movie: how are his special spidey feet sticking to the board if he is wearing regular shoes?

[@michaelchallis4129]

The setules come out of the shoes anyway is my reach.

[@garfsexual6999]

So they can product place the nikes

[@ForeverMasterless]

Idk man, isn't that how it worked in the tobey maguire ones? Mofo climbed up that wall in shoes.

[@anitabonghit7606]

@@ForeverMasterless true plus every spider man has claimed walls in their suit so yea

[@ArifRWinandar]

Maybe it's not regular shoes. Spiderman made his own web shooters, can't he make special Spiderman shoes that look like regular shoes?

[@gertruidacowley6374]

Respect to Tony He's cool! He's the reason I started skating. A definitive Pro Skater 👍

[@xxBONGHUNTER420xx]

Tony Hawk giving tribute to his friend and the all great Rodney Mullen is just so wholesome.