This Bahne skateboard, now part of the National Museum of American History’s collection, was given to a 9-year-old Tony Hawk by his older brother Steve in 1977. It was the first board the future ...

Skateboarder Tony Hawk is pushing for vertical skateboarding as an official Olympic event for the LA28 Games. The iconic ...

By Lindsey Adler Tony Hawk took skateboarding to new heights in 1999 ... was born the year Mr. Hawk landed his first 900. He rode his first real vert ramp at age six, and later managed to land ...

You don't have to be a skateboarder or an athlete to know of Tony Hawk ... "riding a skateboard on a near-vertical surface." Hawk amplified his reputation in 1999 when he scored a first-ever ...