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Some pretty good news for us all, I must say! Six Flags Discovery Kingdom will add a skateboard park this summer featuring a slalom course, jumps and ramps!
Who’s so damn excited as I am? Raise your skates!!!
This new offering at the Six Flags will coincide with the opening of the ultra new Tony Hawk Big […]

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The Tony Hawk Foundation held its fourth-annual “Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground Stand Up For Skateparks” last October 7, 2007 at the Green Acres estate in Beverly Hills. The Stand Up event has been a tradition of the Foundation as a fund-raising activity for the benefit of their project.
Many exceptional items were also displayed for […]

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Here’s some fun stuff about our favorite pro skater for y’all.
According to a post in his official website, skater Tony Hawk only placed SECOND (gasp!) somewhere, somehow in his early years. This trophy reportedly proves it all:

Well, it only goes to show that even the best of the best also had bad days, you know? […]

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As the new year draws in (just a few hours away now!)…I’m really curious as to what you, fellow skater, plan to do or plan to accomplish for next year.
You know, something that has to do with our favorite sport, of course.
Here’s my own version of a skater’s checklist for 2008:
- do you plan […]

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This is another reason why it’s really good to be good.
The Tony Hawk Foundation, led by - well, who else - the Big Man of skateboarding himself Tony Hawk - has now raised a total of $2 Million.
The money will be used for various skate parks in low-income communities across the U.S.
Who says that […]

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It’s almost Christmas!
WHAT SKATING STUFF DID YOU GET FOR YOURSELF THIS YEAR?
People are buying skateboards, getting new graphics and/or design and some are wishing they could meet Tony Hawk or some other professional skater who could sign their boards in front of them.
As for me (and this is wishful thinking, sadly), I found this baby […]

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So by now you’ve probably heard about the latest installment in the number 1 bestselling action sports video game franchise of Activision.
Our man Tony Hawk’s “Proving Ground” really IS gaining ground, much the happiness and excitement of skaters and game aficionados all over the world.
Are you as excited as I am???
Nobody can blame […]

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Some awesome photos from Irene Chang of famous pros skating in NYC in the late 80’s! Check it out at the House of Steam site.

Boardslide - Tompkins Square Park, 1989.

NYC’s Jeremy Henderson, Barn Ramp Local and Godfather of NY Skate competing in 1989.
“The photos you have are from back […]

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