Tony Hawk Replies to Fans on the Internet | Actually Me | GQ Sports

On this episode of Actually Me, pro skating legend Tony Hawk goes undercover on the Internet and responds to real comments from Reddit, Twitter, Instagram and more. What is the scariest trick he's ever landed? What is his favorite skating video game that he's made?
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[@xSLWRTHNUx]

Imagine getting a notification that Tony Hawk replied to your question 7 years later...

[@cheezenachos1770]

And it's not an official account so you'll probably think it's fake

[@alpineflauge909]

so stoked

[@akiross7555]

at least he replied, with fake accnt, XD

[@WeiSwan]

They made the account, but never actually replied to anyone. Just added a sound effect and moved on to the next question.

[@xSLWRTHNUx]

@@WeiSwan you looked it up or just saying that?

[@LLusion]

I love how Tony Hawk is constantly doing press for no reason

[@gs-nq6mw]

he's a retired dad

[@johnathan1807]

Lol no way I found LLusion here, I love your lofi lol

[@LLusion]

JMSVids12 😂🙏🏻 LOVE YOU THANK YOU

[@jasontheredfox]

There's a rumor that a new pro skater is gonna be announced soon, this lines up too well

[@SabsWhyNot]

Its probably because of his foundation or whatever he talked about, building skate parks

[@idkDev]

He’s like the internet’s cool dad

[@Tekkerue]

*Grampa 😏😁

[@the_heff8613]

4:13

[@fourfireshootergaming549]

You said it dude.

[@JoeyLevenson]

More like every skater’s cool dad. He’s only in his early 50’s.

[@lj374]

Devon Salazar he is my fav cool dad

[@rockemack]

If someone ever makes you feel bad about yourself, just remember Tony Hawk was bullied for skating

[@likeitraf]

And now you will instantly be the cool guy if you tell them you're skating

[@PhaseSkater]

@@likeitraf not in the south though

[@joshbarth9469]

Everybody who skated before 2000 got bullied for it.

[@jasonmatthews4449]

@@joshbarth9469 why I always thought skating was for the cool kids atleast that's always been my perception of it.

[@joshbarth9469]

@@jasonmatthews4449 Maybe now, but not 20-25 years ago.

[@adequatequality]

Dude they actually named a real person after that popular skating game.

[@MrLowbob]

xD made me laugh :D

[@bajablastbong2939]

I smell a woosh

[@corncobjohnsonreal]

Turok?

[@lostmane7179]

No you moron, They named the GAME after a real person. People these days..... 🤣🤣🤣

[@spuu7881]

Kikster sammmmme

[@HZVideosOfficial]

*It's 2019 and Tony Hawk content is blowing up on youtube. What a time to be alive*

[@LaSombradelCherlock]

Ikr. And a couple of days ago I started with skateboarding lol

[@LaSombradelCherlock]

@SwitchRich oplypic effect?

[@dgvela]

Olympics committee paying for media coverage

[@wotever99ninynine]

@SwitchRich i was under the impression it was being replaced by scooters and netflix etc by the new generation. but yeah its still out there, still going strong.

[@skateruwu]

sadly he never actually replied to anyone

[@Hubchie]

Why does he look 50 and 27 at the same time lmfaooo

[@maxellers3471]

that haircut

[@j_c_93]

Probably because he's extremely in-shape and has a youthful haircut.

[@fredericocanelas8306]

bra if you look like that at 27 you need to lay off the meth

[@exile1583]

He loves his life and spends everyday doing stuff he enjoys and ages well because of it.

[@DarkSim64]

He's active and healthy, and has been lucky to not have too much of a receding hairline.

[@christianvaldez8534]

They should make a “Tony Hawk Goes Undercover in Real Life But Doesn’t Wear a Disguise Just Walks Around and Doesn’t get Recognized “

[@theinsaneshecklador6598]

There's a video of him driving around yelling "do a kickflip" at random skaters and it's actually pretty surprising how many of them don't know who he is.

[@tnexus13]

Or the story of him at airport security and the agent comments how his name is like the skate boarder but doesn't realise.

[@theinsaneshecklador6598]

@@tnexus13 That was pretty funny when he told that story.

[@bonphone4222]

Or, even crazier, we make a GQ video of him going undercover by answering things on his real screen name.

[@PLAYER-je8xy]

@@theinsaneshecklador6598 a lot of persons in that video was kids so maybe was that

[@shannonoreilly4695]

His little rant and anecdote about Wikipedia was hilarious.

[@Nikkeloodeon]

He's not wrong though. Although, what you can edit really depends on the article (e.g. if it's protected etc.). Sometimes it feels I'm denied of adding legitimate information because one old source is now contradicting my edit and then sometimes I can make people's nicknames up by myself.

[@MrLowbob]

@@Nikkeloodeon there was a german politician with a long as name (someone with aristocrat background into the middleages or sth), who had a name with like 7-8 "words" in it. and someone edited 2 more into it and nobody noticed for some time, until a newspaper falsely used the wrong wikipedia name there xD

[@RyanAcidhedzMurphy]

@@Nikkeloodeon True. Wiki is full of mods who think they know best about everything, and love playing kings*** cop. Pretty much like every forum I've ever been on, and every other user policed platform that exists. Too many self riotous opinions and not enough logic, reason or facts. It's part of why I no longer use forums, chat rooms, reddit, or pretty much any social sites. The fact that I can't stand people most of the time being the bigger reason.

[@wupme]

@@RyanAcidhedzMurphy oh yes. And the German wikipedia is far worse than the English one. Its a handfull of Mods there who have a god knowitall complex. They deny stuff no matter how many good sources you've got. Like when the plans for the WTC rebuild, where just simply ignored the official announcements of what they are going to build, even when they already started the construction....

[@larrote6467]

@@Nikkeloodeon my experience with editing wikipedia is that for every subject there are a handful of overzealous gatekeepers constantly sterilizing the content according to their own definition of what is acceptable.

[@nikitasimona5626]

The fact that he thought Facebook has a weird vibe just makes him even cooler.

[@clifford_2zero7]

And only getting "weirder" by the day😂

[@potato_salad9346]

The way he said "Facebook" is the way I feel about Facebook

[@ISuckAtTalking]

omg i hate facebook too

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

Same here

[@jackpd34]

Facebook is literally the most toxic social platform. Hate it

[@jackadamsdaniels6719]

Senor_Onion yeah I caught that xD

[@dayshawna]

facebook is just boring and for old people, twitter for me is definitely the most toxic place to be, but all you have to do is stay on the fun side of twitter and you’re good.

[@r.dommizsed2377]

"are you tony hawk" yes, "why", i don't know. my favorite tweet of all time

[@jerterrible]

The first reply is to a 7 year old tweet. That kid is all grown up now, Tony.

[@JTBivens]

I mean...honestly it would still be super cool if they still are active on that account lol.

[@ihatemickiegee]

@@JTBivens i'm still active on my 11-year-old twitter lmao. (not made when i was 11 years old lol, it was an account made ELEVEN YEARS AGO lol so in 2009.)

[@opulentsardonicist8240]

what if they asked it when they were like 7 and are now 14

[@winterkeptuswarm]

@@ihatemickiegee oh no, 2009 was 11 years ago :'(

[@KasumiRINA]

@@winterkeptuswarm 12. It's been a year since that answer. =(

[@MinorKey135]

I truly enjoy how humble and eloquent Tony is. He seems like a good guy doing his beat to bless others as he has been blessed. Mucho respect

[@JuniperDeath31]

"I'm not a grandpa" Continues to correct spelling of grandpa

[@hashslingingslasher2032]

He is one of the Grandpa of skateboarding though. Guys like Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, Steve Caballero and Rodney Mullen made skateboarding cool when they made the Bones Brigade skate video back in the 1980s

[@theninjamaster67]

@@hashslingingslasher2032 he's more like the dad of skateboarding if we're talking grandpas I'd look more towards the z boys

[@yakarin]

I know, loved that so much.

[@SuperSizeMe]

When tony answers whether he's a top or bottom

[@faunaflage]

Tony's nicknames: Hawkman Birdman Riley's Dad

[@PhaseSkater]

bagel bites

[@Rislear]

Elder Hawk

[@prestonpage4206]

Bagel boy

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

And Grampa

[@jakek8282]

PhaseSkater b4gel

[@alexk1682]

He is a great role model. Love how he answers questions and talks about himself.

[@Matt_tenny92]

He is the entire reason I started skateboarding 20 years ago at the age of 7 years old and still skate to this day and actually own a skateboard company

[@catch2297]

matt tennyson what company

[@gelatnous_cube6118]

Thank you Matt very cool

[@cartiergodd]

@Jason Hernandez how do you know

[@joshbarth9469]

What company?

[@Nightwishmaster]

@Jason Hernandez Why just automatically assume dude was lying? People in the world do actually own skateboarding companies. I would assume someone that owns a company would also have access to KZbin and the ability to create an account...

[@aleczugcic1240]

There’s no one cooler than tony hawk. Legend

[@retro__glitch1572]

Rodney Mullen is a god that put skateboarding on the map before Tony did

[@user-rj4nf5xi2q]

You are right Jonathan.

[@Kickflips22]

Tony hawk is the type of down to earth that you feel like you know him and he's taking directly to you.

[@friurjacobsen769]

dafuuuq, fighstar fan? Let's go

[@RomnysGonzalez]

Tony sounds like hes still 16y/o

[@LeBeautiful]

Tony is trying to do a whole 900 with these questions 🤔

[@silenera8172]

well, grampa wasn't mispelled -> gRAMPa

[@michaeljensen3548]

“This sounds like it could have a double entendres...” hahahahaha

[@frasert8779]

Omg I’m still laughing... when he goes “...10 x 52 x 42... what’s that?” And looks off camera 😂😂😂

[@jonathansosa2380]

Wow dude, you look a lot like Tony Hawk!

[@M-N00]

and bill gates

[@dukeducan3669]

Jonathan Sosa that is tony hawk dumb fuc

[@ThePoxeh]

@@dukeducan3669 no u

[@oscpert4175]

IKR

[@rsjm3591]

Duke Ducan that went right over your head.

[@Janon48]

4:40 Tony Hawk confirned vers

[@Stroyent]

Exactly what I thought!

[@dooshahn]

vertsatile

[@krazymonkey5962]

3:10 Tony Hawk just vibe checked Facebook.😂

[@RatKillCat]

”When the money comes in, the respect goes out, as we say in Sweden.” As a Swede, I can’t recall ever hearing that before.

[@Wynner3]

Despite loving THPS 2 so much, the first one still has one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard in a game.

[@Skate3League]

Wynner3 superman!

[@bryanhawkins9418]

Yeah! That game introduced me to punk music

[@BeersAndBeatsPDX]

I would repeat New Girl over and over.

[@jokersdeadlygaming8801]

This made me happy af bc Hawk was and still is my Idol

[@climacks]

Tony is such an amazing being , i respect him so greatly as a person who doesnt ever let ego get him and hes incredibly insightful. What a guy.

[@CezrDaPleazr]

I always enjoy these videos with Tony, thank you GQ

[@madjc13]

I can watch him talking for 25,000 hours

[@rackjice2952]

Love all the content Tony is putting out! I hope there's a documentary (soon?) regarding the pro skater games!

[@sheilla6315]

I love his interviews so much I just love how he answers questions 🥺🥺🥺💗

[@trchbrr]

Tony Hawk looks and acts like how I imagine an old Peter Parker would

[@StarForceBelmont321]

Funnily enough and Tony hawk's Pro Skater 2 him and Chad muska got to cosplay Spider-Man while vert skating in his video when you complete his career mode So in a way he was Spider-Man

[@danielcasalinovo9660]

Do a kickflip!

[@jonahblack6675]

heres sum headphones

[@thecheese302]

Tony Hawk is the dude of dudes. He constantly supports skating, understands where he is, but has the humbleness to always give tips to a skater of any level. There is no one else alive in my opinion that pushes an art/sport as hard as he does, but also understands the level the art form is. Tony Hawk is a legitimate legend, and would not accept being called one. I love you Tony Hawk.

[@charlie_mario6292]

“Undercover” _uses account name Tony Hawk_

[@ihatemickiegee]

because if he uses "@tonyhawk ✓" then people will believe it. no one ever believes an unverified "Actually[CelebName]" account tweet/response lmao

[@sweett5385]

Saw tony hawk answer questions clicked the like button instantly thanks GQ

[@martinrosendahl9134]

Old skater here... 80s & 90s.... love how THPS2 is Tony's fave - it was the turning point of skateboard videgames. Most important skateboarding game along with SKATE...

[@dpear3]

Tony Hawk seems like such a nice and chill guy.

[@2thomask]

I never got into skating but i did hang out with a few and they were some of the chillest people i have ever known

[@chrisbray7542]

There is no one on earth cooler than Tony Hawk, 👏 down. His book ‘Hawk occupation skateboarder” is amaze

[@TimmyP_]

Legend in every sense of the world. Thank you skateboarding

[@boobybird89plays20]

I'm glad Tony's favorite game is Pro Skater 2. That's always been my favorite of the series, it really took all the aspects of the first game and just took it to all new levels. It really just did everything right.

[@randomrain7584]

I’m here not because I love skateboarding, I am here because Tony is so charismatic

[@raspberries6992]

Still dreamy! Still sharp! So much respect for him and all he's accomplished.

[@Prutswerk]

Tony Hawk goes "undercover" with his real name. How is that undercover?

[@devibenpatel1933]

People would think it's a fake account 👌

[@bonphone4222]

@@devibenpatel1933 really, bc that is the name he usually uses.

[@Kevinthewoman]

@@bonphone4222 its probably more on the fact that most celebrities dont reply to tweets or interact on social media, and if they do its probably someone hired specifically manage their social media or they are being guided or advised on what to say. Him being "undercover" is more like people probably dont know it's actually him answering these until they see the video.

[@CamJames]

@@Kevinthewoman and there's no verified check to let people know it's really him.

[@ihatemickiegee]

@@CamJames AND there are tons of fan or troll accounts of celebrities that say "actually[CelebrityName]" who actively use the account and no one ever in history will assume it's them because, it's usually not. it's why twitter, ig, facebook and so on created verification ahaha (this was my reply to the person, just as an addition to yours obv)

[@rubenvillalobos333]

“Bullied” *rolls eyes 😂😂

[@Nagnullat]

Do you notice how much this dude looks like Tony Hawk, the skateboarder?

[@JamesKnoerl]

Tony is such a cool posterboy for skateboarding

[@athens_1psvr31]

I’m 40 and haven’t seriously touched a skateboard in 25 years. Still drawn to anything Tony Hawk and X-Games. I can remember how skateboarding was before both.

[@TheMoises1213]

This was amazing. Please protect him at all costs

[@macwatson7227]

He’s so important. He’s the reason I begged for a skateboard for my birthday and then gave it up after two months.

[@Malaysian_GenXer]

If I could ask, my question would be “Tony, do you really type that fast?”

[@roboking2342]

“Chasing kids too” *PAUSE*

[@BigJackGameplays]

He's still got it; so awesome.

[@judson_brews]

Tony Hawk goes 'Underground'...

[@ohalistair]

I'd love to see Tony enter a comp at 51.

[@artao5]

Now I wanna see him get pranked, but can't seem to find the video anywhere.

[@ThRashMydisAsTeR]

When can we get his cousin “ Mike Hawk” on here

[@MrFlashwall]

Last quote was talk not jutsu beast mode " i just never quit"

[@Tutatis-yc6xv]

6:08 "Well, you SKI thes big ramps" lmao wtf who wrote this

[@joelmilten]

I love that his favorite Tony Hawk game is #2. It may not have the manual ability to keep a run going indefinitely like in #3, but it's the one that I grew up on though and it's my personal favorite. It's a bit slower than #3 and for me it feels just right.

[@kevvymetal666]

changed his tune on the olympics question pretty quick...

[@crazy8sdrums]

Tony Hawk...keepin' it real!

[@chaz1387]

10:08 My money is on Carlos Lastra!!

[@magrildz]

Lastra is a beast!!!

[@RedHood045]

Such a cool dude, always wanted to meet him!

[@Magical2g2]

I went down the Tony hawk rabbit hole and don't regression it for even a second

[@ellendegenerate6817]

Tony hawk is still the coolest after all these years

[@nolan1187]

I just threw away my skateboard of like 20 years old and now all these Tony Hawk videos come out

[@essidrovital6397]

0:45 Has rhe same favorite Tony Hawk games as me

[@Bojonni]

I love his answer to the best skater

[@captainsquiggs]

Tony Hawk is so literal and serious about semantics.

[@alfie6683]

4:14 tony is Walaugi confirmed

[@uzmari]

they say if you want to master anything it takes 10,000 hours. Tony calculated 25k hours that's insane huge props to that dedication.

[@dwaterson21]

Tony Hawk is that one cool cousin at the sporting world’s family reunion.

[@mpa1931]

Ability wise probably not the best skater ever but he is such a great spoke person and ambassador for skating. I'm glad he's the skater that has the most attention and the most marketed, can't think of a better dude.

[@Carlos1515]

"This is a question people actually ask?" *As Tony Hawk answers that very question. Now you know why people ask

[@hatchwentai4307]

My favourite was tony hawk underground 2 when I was a kid ❤️😂

[@williemearis]

Awesome pretty cool he’s the goat of skating

[@godkinghell15]

Hes the god of skateboard

[@bushdickbill]

vert skating*

[@gelatnous_cube6118]

cap

[@bonphone4222]

Nah, Mullen is. That will never belong to anyone else.

[@JTBivens]

I love that even at 50+ he is still a teen and has not changed his lingo lol. I love it. Hope he never changes. Would love to see him enter another tournament.

[@workman88]

Wikipedia is so weird, glad you called them out.

[@krugertC06]

I’d say it’s still prominent. My 4 year old started asking for a skateboard Friday of last week. So I got him one on Saturday. He loves it.

[@Ressiedevil]

Don't you hate it when someone asks "what is a Tony Hawk"?

[@ssaoogallo8637]

Toney Hawk is awesome 🤣 I'm glad he is still as cool and nice as when I was growing up

[@Aenima308]

Next up: Tony Hawk works as an assistant manager at a Hotdog On A Stick for a week.

[@user-pm5nk1xo5q]

Who else wants to see Tony land a 900 after cashing a social security check

[@radionowhere2870]

He was the original body double for David Spade in Police Academy 4.

[@carlhartt8346]

You're the man Tony!!

[@claudiavargas7900]

Amazing content. Congratulations Tony Hawk.

[@dluv4u2]

Elder Hawk brand lounge wear pls!

[@JefftheSk8ter134]

Makes me strangely sad to know that the closest thing we have to the next Tony Hawk is Nyjah

[@KarlLovellMusic]

We love you Tony.

[@JakeBorchenko]

Really hope Nyjah is able to hear and understand what Tony said about him. Would love to see Nyjah take a similar path to Tony in terms of advocacy.

[@danielle-mv1lt]

I randomly watched one tony hawk video and now ive probably watched like 10 other clips. I dont even skate and i didnt even know him before 😭

[@danbardos3498]

He makes a lot of sense when talking about why he doesn't like surfing big waves lmao.