“If you look at the success of snowboarding in the Winter Games and how that's brought a more youthful edge to the Olympics in general, they don't have that with the Summer Games. They don't have anything that's drawing in a younger viewership. To be honest, I think they need skateboarding more than we need them. Skateboarding's popularity is solidified for the most part in a lot of countries.” IfsThinkingNeedsLooksCountryGamesHonestSummerWinterEdgesDrawingBeing HonestPopularityOlympicsSkateboardingSnowboarding Author:Tony Hawk
“I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.” ArtWould BeActionFormSportsLifestyleOffensiveSkateboardingCategorizationSkateboarder Author:Tony Hawk
“I won't quit skating until I am physically unable.” QuittingSkatingSkateboardingSkateboarder Author:Tony Hawk
“I started skateboarding at around age 10, and enjoyed the artistic aspect of it as much as the sporting aspect, so for me it was more of an art form and a lifestyle.” ArtAgeFormAspectLifestyleEnjoyedArtisticSkateboarding Author:Tony Hawk
“There were so many things associated with it in terms of music and fashion, and a different way of thinking that, for me, skateboarding represented so much of what I wanted to do with my life at an early age.” ThinkingWayDifferentAgeWantedTermFashionDifferent WaysWay Of ThinkingSkateboarding Author:Tony Hawk
“I'm proud that I was able to use my recognition to, maybe, raise the awareness of skateboarding and help grow it, and to help fund public skateparks. That's the legacy, just trying to grow the entire sport.” TryingHelpingUseAbleGrowsSportsAwarenessProudRaisesRecognitionLegacyFundSkateboarding Author:Tony Hawk
“I think skateboarding is hugely challenging - it teaches you self-confidence, it teaches you self-motivation, and it can be something that helps you throughout your life.” ThinkingSelfHelpingMotivationChallengesTeachSelf ConfidenceSelf MotivationSkateboarding Author:Tony Hawk
“I think skateboarding is better now in terms of the amount of facilities and the amount of support young skaters have - including encouragement from their parents. There was definitely an element to it when I was younger that was exclusive and kind of rebellious because most parents didn't want their kids skating. They thought it was a bad influence.” ThinkingKindKidsParentTermSupportInfluenceEncouragementRebelliousSkateboardingSkater Author:Tony Hawk
“I think that there's a sense of self-reliance that exists in skateboarding that kids can take to their daily lives. I think there's also a sense of creativity and community-based goals - in skating, even though it is an individual pursuit, a lot of things that you learn are things that you borrow and expand from other people's ideas. I call skating a combined evolution - it's individual, it's artistic, but at the time, there is a communal push to keep doing your thing. And a sense of camaraderie in that.” ThinkingKidsIndividualGoalCreativityEvolutionArtisticDaily LifeSense Of SelfCamaraderieSkateboarding Author:Tony Hawk
“I wanted to promote skateboarding as much as possible through different media.” DifferentWantedMediaSkateboarding Author:Tony Hawk
“I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so there's so much that that transcends in terms of music, fashion, and entertainment.” FeelsArtFormSportsTermFashionEntertainmentLifestyleSkateboarding Author:Tony Hawk
