Young Tony Hawk from 1987 Interview | ABC 10 Archives

[@olimphus26]

Damn, making 150k a year as a 19 year old in the 80's...

[@michael.tmclean2095]

I remember the whale tail boards

[@zimtheinvaderofficial]

That's insane

[@azure8696]

Exactly

[@orphanofkos7337]

If I made that much I’d use money as tissue paper

[@taylorfarr6]

Cereal

[@AlliancedTrolls]

Stranger: Hey kid wanna do drugs and gang stuff? Kid: Sorry, I'm skateboarding.

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

yeah who says you can't do both?

[@finished6553]

This is gold

[@jessiemorrison4425]

Yeah in the 90s we did both...we were real multi taskers

[@Theo-to8no]

@@jessiemorrison4425 HHahha yeah

[@nikitasidoryuk852]

Sorry, im skateboarding broooo *

[@KawiChris]

Title: Tony Hawk Interview Tony’s only dialogue: “I bought a house in Carlsbad”

[@coffeechickennuggets301]

😂💀💀

[@MrAledro84]

A condo

[@coffeechickennuggets301]

ale84 tony was a big m00d 💀

[@nazmcnasty]

Big flex

[@dan_noo]

and "Sorry, bro. They're all secrets"

[@kurtisrabz7026]

every "young person" you saw in that vid is now between 50 and 60

[@mazerflow3854]

Time flies

[@tanjaridder8277]

Tyme flys.

[@Alfram]

@George Kafiridis I mean basically, if you were 15 in '85 you'll be 50 in 2020

[@hlhihlhi7204]

still young

[@MrJimmyCleaver]

More like 40 and 50.

[@christianmontes6213]

I’m glad skateboards were never affected by inflation lol still the same price range

[@blakfloyd]

Just like video games, more or less.

[@ted714]

Wait until you see the options for Electric Skateboards

[@tabernaclejones6115]

i mean depends... my first complete deck i got in 5th grade from bad boys toyzz (chicago skate and paintball shop in the early 2000's) was over 200 complete,,if i rememeber correctly it was about 400 complete but the nicest everything .. but yeah i had some completes i ordered from ccs magazine (they make those still?) that i got for xmas and stuff that were like 199 or something. i was really young when i started so i didnt put my own together for a few years,

[@manysnakes]

@@tabernaclejones6115 Someone ripped you off, if you paid $400 for a skateboard. A complete, the best complete you can assemble, still only costs ~$150 at most. You can put together a pro-level complete for $100, if you don't mind skating a blank or shop deck and some Mini Logo trucks

[@indi5040]

ted714 electric skateboards aren’t as good as classic skateboards. (My opinion).

[@cxssetteman182]

Lol, I've never seen a narrator be this Passive Aggressive.

[@matthewtheobald1231]

Watch anything from the 60s about women haha

[@JOAFINDICHJOA]

"you can spend 200$ of moms and dads money in no time"

[@45652355]

yea thats right

[@neekcoe9002]

Fr 😂😂😂 he called tony “the leader of the cult” like bro chill it’s just a sport

[@briancherry1]

Only a millennial would have noticed that

[@kurokoro]

"You can spend $200 of mom's and dad's money in no time." Lol that was direct...

[@weirdchamp4601]

kurokoro 28 boomers be toxic

[@dictionplacement5467]

they weren't as passive back then as people are now. can't even have a good ole fist fight these days without being sued

[@insomb]

@@dictionplacement5467 If you punch someone and break their jaw, you should be sued. It was fine before you punched them. LOL

[@forgottenalex]

and then they follow that statement up with "This is Tony Hawk. He bought his very own house."

[@maximilian200057]

@@insomb You shouldn't be sued for anything if you acted in self-defense.

[@CMJFTW]

Tony hawk bought a house in California when he was 19. 👍

[@mistermasterful3556]

good catch

[@yer4439]

he lives like 10 mins away from me (in cali) i've seen him a couple times lol

[@kyongu375]

CMJ_FTW especially in carlsbad its an expensive area

[@yer4439]

STEFAN PEACHA i saw him at the forum in front of urban plates

[@fedjadjadja]

Rad

[@shannonjennings1454]

Tony earned every bit of his money and deserved it all. One of the best, influential and inventive skateboarders of all time. And he never let it go to his head, still a humble and great guy.

[@tonytiger8248]

The guy has had more concussions than any nfl player

[@90srapfan37]

"We could be doing other things. We could be doing drugs, we could be in gangs and stuff. This is our way of having fun" 👌

[@dig8634]

I bet most kids who say that wouldn't be doing drugs or be in gangs, even if they weren't doing whatever their parents thought questionable at the time. And people do do drugs WHILE doing all those questionable things too, so the point is always moot anyways, but I guess it does help make worried parents relax, despite the phrase being pretty much meaningless

[@ziplin5412]

This is america

[@Sr_iRL]

Or we can be skating and still be in crews and doing drugs. Idk this is our way of having fun

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

Yeah, I used to do drugs and skateboard all the time

[@90srapfan37]

@GlodUp Hbk how was I discrediting them? If anything I was agreeing with them. Chill lol

[@MrBcardinal35]

People freaking about Tony Hawk when I'm freaking out about Nicholas Cage selling skateboards

[@kevinjohnson7300]

Michael Mcdonald, Mad Tv

[@frostymourne]

Omfg I thought the same

[@Bends95]

“Let’s Ride”

[@jayher1737]

Jesus Christ making 150k in 87?!? He was big ballin and shot callin

[@CoolDrifty]

It’s like being a famous KZbinr or gamer today. Young kids making bank off of new trends

[@madelinerincon9628]

CoolDrify naw yters don’t get paid a lot

[@CoolDrifty]

ben dover You joking? Pewdiepie made $15 million a year at 26. Not to mention guys like Jake/Logan Paul, faze clan, David dobrik, and many others who are under 30 and millionaires just from youtube.

[@madelinerincon9628]

CoolDrify they’re BIG youtubers that get sponsored a lot . You said “young kids” so I assumed smaller channels I’m sorry

[@CoolDrifty]

ben dover well tony hawk was the biggest skater at the time so I thought it was comparable also I consider people under 30 as kids. You probably thought I meant like teenagers and younger when I said “young kids” I misspoke.

[@TaylorPhase]

No mention of Rodney Mullen? Right there in the vid? Ouch

[@wolferine6466]

PhaseSkater Nah Tony Hawk is better

[@feezzoliner4389]

There would be no 3flips if it wasn’t for Mullen

[@JeffersonSteelflexx]

Feezzo Liner no doubt but Tony Hawk is a household name. Rodney isn’t

[@stusux]

Rodney and freestlyers couldn't have been any lamer than at this time in skating. The respect came later on.

[@hallvardhvidsten2217]

IMO freestyle was lame then and still is. But Rodney evolved and I respect all of his journey. But I really don't care about how many flips or spins in today's skate or snow, I prefer a long and smooth alley oop or method anytime.

[@thedoublechamp9319]

Could you imagine making 12,500 a month at 19 like Tony hawk Specially in the 80s when everything was super cheap!! He was definitely stocked!

[@Bananahammock88]

Stocked? I think you mean stoked!

[@thedoublechamp9319]

sumting wong thanks for letting me know Captain obvious! 🖕🏼

[@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg]

@@thedoublechamp9319 You two should get a room

[@SlayNorway]

@@Bananahammock88 i think he ment stacked

[@polsdofer]

He was stocked and stoked bro

[@JohnJohn-qs6ef]

0:27 Nicolas Cage

[@NZealand]

It’s his uncle, look it up

[@cameronpeterson6734]

Or maybe Gene Wilder

[@nimmy56]

NZealandRules No it isn’t the dudes name is in there as, Jim McDowell

[@uhhhhyourmom]

SWK I think it’s from his mothers mating name

[@GodWeenSatan]

Kip from Napoleon dynamite

[@trostonn]

Tony hawk was literally mentioned only once in this video

[@vecchioutente]

*exactly*

[@silverjay4455]

Clickbait

[@DannyHsn]

@@silverjay4455 not really

[@axel.lessio]

@@DannyHsn 100% a clickbait. This is NOT AT ALL a Tony Hawk interview.

[@DannyHsn]

@@axel.lessio i never said it wasn't I said not really to silver jay read back

[@levidavis1093]

19 Y/O Tony bought a f*cking house at that age from skating? Wow

[@jackjames1]

"gizmos" ....nuts and bolts?! 😄

[@eight_hundred_eighteen]

And trucks. Don't forget those

[@Defy_Convention]

Trucks, normies wouldn't understand if he said that word.

[@Salbcgn]

Rails and nose guards

[@brendalg4]

@Soupy Chang gizmo is not a millennial word. It comes from the 1940s. You have to remember that this is a report done for people that don't necessarily care about skateboarding. They don't care what the names of things are. The guy doesn't want to spend the whole video discussing the names of the different parts.

[@LordsofMedia]

"mogwais"

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

And when they buy the board...thats only one of the components, he says with a grin.

[@OriginalCouber]

Everything comes down to money.

[@6.thedollar415]

"I like money!" -Mr. Krabs

[@deenanthekemoni5567]

I was born in 1987, look how young Tony is.. enjoy life guys, it goes *fast* .

[@GregLopesArt]

Now it is like “we could be skating, you know. But we are only using drugs”

[@chadfren]

I blame rap music

[@zombi2896]

@@chadfren rap music has existed for a while

[@js100serch]

This is the year I was born. So much neon. Makes me feel old.

[@kytrapping5829]

Thanks for all the hard years of heart and work man ..Tony Hawk!

[@dylanh8659]

Mr. Ryan hey i had the same shoes u have in your picture. are they worth anything? bc i shredded them up while skating.

[@weshouldinjectcovidintostu3086]

And the price is still literally the exact same...crazy how some things never change. Love skating

[@VapnFagan]

Was that the Skate/Bike shop on Archer and California from back n the day? I loved going there as a kid..

[@ZyndicaGoddess]

you know this is an old video when the narrator says "gizmos"

[@themacocko6311]

Wow. That was the best Tony Hawk interview I've ever seen!

[@vDarknessFalls]

We're just going to ignore Rodney Mullen??? My favorite skater of all time. Amazing talent. He got skateboards off the ground, without ramps.

[@biffboffo]

In the world of skateboarding, Tony and Rodney are God and Jesus, which is which is debatable though

[@jameson3500]

mullen is in this video though lol 0:50

[@carmelosmith8782]

He was not only A legendary Skater But Also A Hustler

[@basingold3651]

0:27 Jim McDowell, an eccentric and passionate skate board shop owner in California, was the man of the local skate boarding community, a highly loved mature figure to the very much misunderstood young skate board scene but when communists Russia comes to take over the local skate park the community looks to him for leadership in the fight to take back their park. Nicolas Cage in......SKATE AGAISNT THE HATE Available everywhere on VHS December 87

[@polsdofer]

😂😂😂😂

[@AOitsAO]

@topcommentgod

[@gator9339]

I'd watch that

[@deanmccrorie3461]

‘If you see boys skateboarding, don’t interfere’ -Jordan Peterson

[@TheBooklyBreakdown]

Hmm?

[@deanmccrorie3461]

@@TheBooklyBreakdown just means let boys take risks. Don’t mother them. If you do it’ll weaken them and make them feel incapable of pushing new territory

[@deanmccrorie3461]

@Ellie Abir completely different set of things to foster. When accounting for mankind’s entire history, women didn’t play a big role in exploration outside the domestic environment. They weren’t explorers, hunters, thinkers, philosophers or engineers (all forms of exploration of dangerous endeavours and interest in things over people) this plays a major role in what we see today. See, Girls are more interested in people and men are more interested things (lacking sentience). Hence why men make up at least 90% of the stem fields and 70% in philosophy. When women go in philosophy or science it’s more people oriented categories like human biology, nursing and feminist philosophy. If you go on wiki and search up famous female philosophers nearly all of them are feminist specialized philosophers. This important distinction thus requires certain kinds of fostering at a young age. Women should thus be refrained from being forced to be risky and interested in things (women won’t like it.) and men be refrained from being told to be careful around skateparks and instead go into ballet and sociology. Men won’t like it. If you do find anomalies, then so be it. No harm done. Boys need fostering in their aggressive risk taking, exploration urges, and women fostered in their desires to empathize and civilize each other. Hence why we see boys play with guns and ships while girls play tea time with Barbie. If you decide this should change then you scare me. That’s the kind of thinking that would feed a pride of lions vegetables instead of meat because ‘it’s wrong and lions should change their behaviour’. Creatures have a nature, and you dont get to arrogantly decide what biology would want just to satisfy some political agenda. Look men and women are different and pretending they aren’t just makes the person look bigoted and blind to natures genius. Honestly not complicated stuff. Pretty obvious stuff really if you just stop looking at the world with an agenda.

[@lyne3783]

@Ellie Abir hes a peterson fanboy, let him ve 🤣🤣

[@sebasbeats9125]

@@deanmccrorie3461 This sounds like a political agenda

[@kurokoro]

1:13 Tony kinda looks like young leon S. kennedy from residentevil 2...

[@gameoflife9581]

0:49 Rodney Mullen

[@vecchioutente]

Couldn't have figured out myself. Thanks captain obvious.

[@TheChadPad]

Thank you! He was spinning so fast I couldn't recognize his face!!

[@sirmang9032]

Are you sure? That looks like Christian Slater perfecting his moves in Gleaming the Cube.

[@tito2gonzo460]

Yeah born in 1978 and still SK8 because it's a passion like any sports Can't wait to see skateboarding in the 2020 Olympics

[@MrJfonso777]

Your not going tooo

[@leodf1]

Talk about jinxing it. LOL

[@JustinKruger336]

How ironic that skateboards still cost $100 to $150 while everything else cost 5 to 10 times more than it did in 1980s

[@dakotareeves9452]

Why are you naked

[@JustinKruger336]

@@dakotareeves9452 whats the point of wearing cloths on the internet what are you gona do ban me lol. Wait till u see the other side of the internet young lad u have much to learn.

[@TheInsaneShecklador]

TV's haven't seemed to go up since then either.

[@UnluckyOctopus]

I was wondering this too. My total and complete guess is plastics and other materials becoming cheaper and easier to manufacture. Plus supply and demand. Back then you would have to use a phone book and find a speciality shop that may not have even been in your town. Now you can just direct order from dozens of choices.

[@scragglewaggle4109]

@@JustinKruger336I have the power to ban you. I am kind of a big deal here in the KZbin comment sections. I will do as I see fit. I may delete your channel or I may not but more than likely I just might.

[@maxroy5246]

“King of the Cult” I love it

[@jugewannabe]

"we could be using drugs or.." Baker: Psh.

[@chokoon21]

0:26 the dude looks like J. Jonah Jameson combined with Nicholas Cage

[@Dalton_Boardman2000]

"I WANT PICTURES OF HAWK-MAN!!!" Tony wearing glasses: Kay boss. (Rides away on board with camera in hand)

[@LumpyBumps]

I had to pause at steve callebero. Never seen footage or pics of him that young

[@dannyherrera1598]

Caballero* 😒 Lol Just saying.. And before you go all grammar Nazi on me heres why... Would you like someone to misspell your last name Kritfitz? Or someshit like that? 😂 lol

[@plasma9839]

+Danny Herrera

[@LumpyBumps]

@@dannyherrera1598 your super gay for this.

[@LumpyBumps]

oh wait before you do it i will. you're

[@GIitchclan12]

@@LumpyBumps I normally think it's trivial to correct somebodies spelling too, but when it comes to peoples names it's a respect thing.

[@MarMaxGaming]

Haha so awesome... Tony still had a high voice at 19

[@BostonEmpath]

I never knew Uma Therman was a pro skateboarder.

[@MyStolenAimbot]

This is the coolest thing I’ve seen all week...

[@jackjames1]

His battle commander...

[@MyStolenAimbot]

Jack James that was dope too

[@gameoflife9581]

Same

[@Pedro_Takahashi_Gunderson_Jr]

in a parallel universe tony hawk is running the crips.

[@Antronix3]

Dude was a home owner at 19? Wow

[@brokenchopstickz]

Someone should bring this style of boarding back.

[@blitheringrando1410]

Tony's still radical 32 years later😎

[@ilnonvivo]

1:13 young John Connor from T2.

[@brendanmartin9921]

1:05 where the air walk and tail walk started the revolution of skate 3

[@TheAcContreras]

I wish we had stayed that way, I wasn't even born at that time and I miss the 80's skateboards and style

[@rennyzero420]

Tony Hawks knows who makes the best music for video gameplay. Thank you, Thank you very much.

[@MatticusFinch1820]

I love watching these old 80s skate videos because you see these legends go from looking like a bunch of 80s dorks to skating in the 90s with the grungy baggy clothes and looking all badass. Reminds me of the transition from hair metal to grunge lol

[@nikitamarynich1794]

80's must have been so cool, shame i was born way too late to experience that magical timeline :(

[@williamle8300]

Nikita Marynich Dab Then Flip some water bottles 🙆🏼‍♂️

[@oliver7496]

0:36 who needs trucks and hardware when you have gizmos.

[@seana2375]

What a rare gem to see Tony skating street! 👍

[@stefanpodpieraMathTips]

Tony hawk is the oldest teenager I have ever seen

[@demonizedlife2640]

Tony Hawk and Billy Joe Armstrong will always be teens in our hearts :)

[@dukenukem7043]

i love how the media has always acted like they are so mature and grown up-like when talking about the youth

[@grantprice4456]

Man remember when trucks were called gizmos? 😂😂

[@vecchioutente]

Nope.

[@xtwo-steppx5206]

I knew I needed new gizmos on my board. It felt off a bit. Thanks video.

[@purifiedwater2576]

Stranger: Hey wanna come hit my juul? Me: no I’m skateboar..... I’m down.

[@L00PdeL00P]

Why don’t I see jump ramps like that anymore?

[@d_rell13]

He sounds so different.

[@dojisatchivi1664]

Icejj Fish aggressive

[@nilespeterclemens8328]

It’s really difficult to be one of the first ones involved in a new movement or activity these days. It’s as if we’ve already explored most things and over saturated the markets.

[@blackychan2070]

That snakey smile on Jim's face

[@beorik]

the local news energy in this segment is OFF THE CHARTS

[@Hasan9t]

Tony Hawk is like the Bill Gates of skateboarding

[@KidSillyFresh]

I'd say he's more to skaters like what Jimi Hendrix is to guitar players.

[@SmartWentCrazy]

except without ties to pedophiles

[@mikedawolf95]

These skateboarding legends looked so young

[@BOB-wx3fq]

Lol I heard Tony hawk say in an interview that house almost broke him as a kid, like he couldn't afford groceries

[@markfigueroa2594]

Lies

[@BOB-wx3fq]

@@markfigueroa2594 lol, what is to benefit from such a silly lie

[@markfigueroa2594]

Lies on top of lies now

[@BOB-wx3fq]

@@markfigueroa2594 ok I admit it, I make up Tony hawk factoids for attention on archival local news video comment sections

[@kalevquigley5686]

Thanks for the nostalgia

[@beautifullife543]

Skateboarding looks really Fun in the 80s with the jump ramps

[@rangers16907]

THE MAKING OF A LEGEND BEGINS.....

[@dogalways]

TONY STILL SHARP

[@Skiivin]

He and my dad used to skate together whenever he would visit Phoenix with his family back in the 80s

[@KamiSilver]

Shortest "interview" I've seen in my life, nice bait

[@Solidsteakx]

That dude was so proud he knew what stoking meant.

[@colorsafebleach5381]

Lol, yeah, and the guy after him, talking about moves. "Sorry bro, there all secrets."

[@Stubbla]

LOL... and ''that doesn't include Shirts and stickers''... LOL I'm pretty sure thats the least of the parents financial concerns

[@z1lla4]

Crazy how many in people in this video rip that haven't ever seen the fame that Tony hawk sees.

[@CHRISTIO]

every time is see a tony hawk interview he talks about money

[@paranormalrushhour]

He's got a lot of it to talk about

[@raver4lyfe16]

Wouldn’t you if you where making that much at 19 in the 80s? 😂 he was making the levels of money that ceos of top company’s where making

[@Liasos88]

Because they ask him about it

[@nicodoff]

He is so good, someone should make a game about him

[@dictionplacement5467]

jesust christ. being that rich in the 80's... my life means absolutely nothing.

[@oliwierwojaczyk1497]

it's so fun to see Tony hawk skate

[@fallios]

tony hawk interview? he says 2 words the entire video

[@LeslieDugger]

“Gizmos to hold everything together”

[@isaiahjackson1996]

Who remembers tony hawk underground video game 😂 it was 🔥

[@anazvb2025]

I feel like some kids think 1987 was soooo long ago but it really wasn’t that long ago😂😂, I just can’t believe skateboards started in 1987, I thought it was like 1950’s or something

[@AllhailtheUS]

I hope you're being sarcastic...skateboarding was around way before 87.

[@rcmc1256]

Now a days you can be in gangs drugs and skateboarding🤙

[@BornotB-ij9xk]

RCMC which is worse

[@noobtoob3378]

ok

[@isaiahjackson1996]

Lol true I want to learn how to skateboard 😂🤣

[@josephlowry4320]

Wow the 80s were a popular decade for Skateboards.

[@iamok2009]

1:53 "We could be doing worse things...like not making 150k a year".....but for the rest of the kids....they could be doing better things...like finishing high school...

[@conner-manradio]

1:26 I can't believe how young Steve is here!

[@theuncanspan]

200$? Kids spend it on drugs like it's nothing nowadays.

[@bigt4931]

Can’t get over the fact that Tony Hawk is now 52 years old 😩

[@tonytiger8248]

What about billy idol. Never thought he would get old

[@facelessreview5515]

I like how Rodney Mullen is spinning in camera and they look past him. Typical

[@BeanieFlare]

This Tony Hawk guy is pretty cool he should make a video game

[@claysoggyfries]

Yeah a complete can cost up to $200, but if you’re just a normal skater, the board can last a long time

[@djtoxicdhg]

Good news guys Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2 are being remastered we did it boys

[@mustardpikachu3597]

Tony was so cute back then 😍

[@samswensson9031]

That guy at the end had the best quote for skateboarding

[@brianaxb9429]

Tony hawk is 1 of few who got rich early and and didnt blow it.

[@slattinos]

*Cough* Nyjah Houston *cough*

[@nickc4076]

Skating for me started on this weird board from the 80's with like two other boards attached to it. It was almost like a scooter made out of skateboards. Had red words on it and a lightning bolt. Eventually progressed to regular skateboarding around 10-11 and lasted until I was 19 and joining the military. Still pick boards up every now and again but dont have the dedication I once had. Love it though, wouldn't trade those years for the world.

[@joeyrogers8193]

Definitely alot better than doing drugs.skate or die!

[@garryiglesias4074]

It's not exclusive.

[@MattashiComposer]

1:12 -1:17 here’s the full interview incase you missed it!

[@samcastillo4484]

Awesome Thanks!