Tony Hawk, 36, is a famous skateboarding superstar in the United States. Hawke is also a business tycoon. He popularized skateboarding as a street sport all over the world and created his own huge "skateboarding empire". It all stems from the love of skateboarding. Hawke once said, "Skateboarding is the first choice in my life." Genius boy loves skateboarding and won the first championship at the age of 14. From the age of six, California teenager Hawke began to practice skateboarding. Instead of traditional sports such as basketball or baseball, he concentrated on skateboarding training and practiced for at least 6 hours every day to recall his childhood. Hawke said, "I don't like people pointing at me, and I don't need to train for training's sake. You don't have to rely on your peers to succeed. " Creating difficult movements in the past has created today's business empire. At the age of 65,438+04, Hawke became a skateboarder, which meant that he had a chance to participate in a professional competition. As a result, he won the championship and won a prize of 150 dollars. Hawke said excitedly when recalling the scene of becoming a professional player: "150 dollars!" /kloc-when I was 0/6 years old, it seemed that there was only $500 left in my bank account. I was very excited. You know, I'm planning to buy a car. " /kloc-After 0/6 years old, Hawke left Roller Skating Super Hawke High School and his life was not satisfactory. Although his IQ is as high as 144 and his academic performance is very good, he looks very thin, so he is often bullied by other students. Hawke admitted: those (student) athletes came up to me, grabbed me and knocked me down for fun ... "In Hawke's memory, he had the experience of being put in a police station for skateboarding. He said that in most cases, the police just warned him, but once he slipped past the police at Pierre Beach and annoyed the police, so he and his companions were taken to the police station for ten years, creating an unbeaten record of 900 degrees and recreating the skateboarding myth. Skateboarding became Hawke's only interest in Hawke's hard work. He broke four teeth and suffered several concussions, but his efforts finally paid off. Before the age of 65,438+08, Hawke traveled around the world twice, selling signed skateboards, including royalties, appearance fees and bonuses. His income has reached six figures. He bought his first house before graduating from high school. After 65,438+00 years, Hawke scored 1995 in all the competitions he participated in. As people's enthusiasm for skateboarding declined, Hawke considered retiring. At that time, American entertainment and sports TV invited him to participate in the extreme games, and he was invited to participate and won. More importantly, the TV broadcast rekindled people's enthusiasm for skateboarding. From then on, Hawke began to try a difficult movement that many people thought was impossible-"900" (two and a half weeks in the air, that is, 900). " Before that, I thought about it for about 9 years, but I never had the courage to try, "Hawke said. In trying, I broke a rib. Shortly after that, my ribs hit the top of the slope. At that time, I was thinking, this kind of action can't be done. "Hawke's sports career reached its peak in the extreme games of 1999. He tried 1 1 times and failed. However, at 12, he completed this difficult action. " I just feel great relief. I finally conquered this demon that has tortured me for so long. Has been interviewed about' 900'. In an instant, everyone knew' 900'. Since then, Hawke's brave spirit of completing "900" dozens of times seems to be carried forward by his descendants. Three children fell in love with skateboarding at the same time. 10-year-old son Li Lai began to practice skateboarding at the age of 4, and the business map of roller skating rock tour is growing. Hawke finally attracted people's attention to roller skating by creating a "BoomBoomHuckJam" that combines extreme sports and rock. The event brought together the world's best professional skateboarders, cross-country cyclists and cross-country motorcyclists and other extreme Sports Master. In order to create this artistic roller skating activity, Hawke spent more than $654.38 million and explained the reasons for doing so. Hawke said: "In recent years, I have held many performances and seen the number of roller skaters increase gradually. All our performances are intermittent in large-scale activities. It may be during the intermission of concerts, expositions or football matches that the audience's interest is very strong. " In an exclusive interview with Time magazine, Hawke said that there were many dance performances on this tour, which had visual stimulation effects. Explain that skateboarding is an entertainment, not a competition. And skateboarding is not only for the younger generation, it is one of the few sports that allows father and son to participate at the same time. Previously, similar tours have appeared. All the spectators like excitement, such as car rally, and Hawke knows the excitement of the audience very well. He said, "Whether people admit it or not, they want to see us fall. I mean, they want to see us succeed in the end, but we may still fall to the ground. You know, people like the feeling of flying. " Hawke's sister and company manager Pat thinks this activity is not like a sports event. This is more like a concert. "These guys are rock stars now." She said that in addition to promoting roller skating on a large scale, Hawke's business is also booming. Hawke founded his own sports "empire", whose products include best-selling computer games, DVD discs, skateboarding equipment and clothing, and its annual income exceeds100000 USD. In addition, Hawke also cooperates with computer game developer Activison. The computer game named after him "Tony Hawk Skateboarding" has become one of the best-selling computer games. The fifth-generation products that are selling well now make Ac-tivison the darling of Nasdaq investors. Hawke can also get more than 6 million dollars in royalties every year. Hawke's other industries bring him rich income: skateboarding, roller skating clothes, character models and remote skateboarder Hawke benefit from these products every year. When talking about his brother's success, Pat said, "He knows very well what is good for him and what is not good for him. What product suits his image? " I'm still practicing and want to include skateboarding in the Olympic Games. Many sports stars have retired to do business in the sea, and their original sports are getting rusty. Hawke still maintained the title of skateboarding superstar after he became famous. According to him, he often focuses on skateboarding and refuses many business activities and opportunities for making money that have nothing to do with skateboarding. Although he doesn't have to skate all the time, Hawke also said that he is engaged in many skateboarding-related jobs. The Olympic Games also need roller skating. He explained that the Olympic Games needed a calm and young audience. Skateboarding has all the necessary elements of the Olympic Games, and there are more participants than many sports. Today, Hawke still practices skateboarding skills almost every day, practicing his "900" and tirelessly promoting roller skating. He said that skateboarding has always been his first choice in life. In the interview, Hawke asked: How many tricks have you invented? I'm not sure. There are more than 50. There is a list in my notebook. Q: Have you ever broken a bone? How many times? Only once, I broke my elbow, and that was several years ago. At that time, I did a backflip on a Shang Yan, didn't fall into the U pool, and flew out directly. Q: Do you have any suggestions for young people who skateboard now? A: Don't do complicated movements, learn the basics. Besides, don't jump those stairs if your feet are still unstable when you take off with a board. Q: Are there any skills to practice skateboarding? A: I can't remember how much time I spent practicing every day. Q: Do you think skateboarding has been commercialized now, and many people play skateboarding for money? A: All the professional skateboarders I know stick to it because they love the sport. They experienced the days when they had no money, but they never gave up. Q: What do you do when you are not skateboarding? A: Try to stay with your family. Q: Do you want your son to become a skateboarding star? A: If he really wants to be a star, I don't want to force him. Now he is also the origin of skateboarding. He wants to learn skateboarding. Skateboarding is an extension of land surfing. In the middle and late 1950s, people in Southern California invented the world's first skateboard-a board fixed on an iron wheel. In the mid-1970s, skateboarding developed rapidly. Pedals of various materials have mushroomed. California's "West Wind" skateboarding team used the swimming pool as a venue for practicing vertical water skateboarding for the first time, which set off a "swimming pool skateboarding craze" in the United States. From then on, skateboarding and surfing were completely separated, not only in equipment, venues, but also in personnel, and formed their own language, skills, clothing and so on. This website has photos. References:

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