“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 think that the board is a lot more intuitive than people assume. You get on it and all you have to do is put one foot on the tail and one foot on the nose and rock it up and down and that will get you into the tricks or wheelies or manuals. It's not about the balance so much as it is about the timing.” PeopleThinkingFeetRocksBalanceDown AndAssumingTricksNosesBoardsTimingTailsIntuitiveUp And DownManuals 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 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
“The best advice I can give is to believe in yourself and to create new challenges no matter how far you get. Even if you think you earned it all or if you're considered the best in the world, keep challenging yourself because you're only as good as your last trick in the public's eye. But only do it because you love it. Don't do it because you think it's your ticket to fame or fortune. If that's the motivation and you reach any of those goals, you're not going to keep that passion.” ThinkingWorldGivingBelieveEyeMotivationPassionGoalChallengesAdviceFameBelieve In YourselfBelieve In YouBest AdviceChallenge Yourself Author:Tony Hawk
