Tony Hawk: 50 tricks at Age 50
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ค. 2018
- I never imagined being able to skate into my adult life, or that anyone would still care if I did. To celebrate, I did 50 tricks that I've created (and/or pioneered on vert). Thanks to all of you that made this dream possible. It's been an unreal ride, but I'm not done yet.
(trick names and years in closed captions)
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Only a legend can get thousands of non skaters to watch a skating video even after a *_year_*
In the same way people watch figure skaters, gymnasts, and golfers... I enjoy watching skaters. All thanks to this guy, his story, and the video games he helped create.
NoRush95 Yeah, Tony Hawk seems like a genuinely nice guy, skating or not, I enjoy watching his content
Facts I can’t skate at all
What a bunch of bulshit. I say he made up maybe 5 out of those 50 tricks.
Who?
Now I want: "Tony Hawk: 100 tricks at age 100"
does riding the board count as a trick.
@@crmesson22k if tony hawk did it and said it is a trick, it would be a trick.
@@loss990 it's 100 standing on the board is a trick lol!
I wouldn’t be surprised at this point
imagine.😂😂🤣
"Let's try a new one, I can still move."
Badass forever.
Congratulations sir you now have the sex number of likes on this comment.
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This comment came after he wrecked after landing a 720.
He said "IF I can still move" you dumb idiot.
D M ahhh so you’re deaf AND rude? Weird flex but ok.
Tony: 50 tricks at age 50
Me: 50 back problems at age 30
Me: 50 back problems at age 15
You need physiotherapy man... Serious talk
Lad Boii it’s a joke
This is such an underrated comment
Me: 20 vertrebral column pains at age 17
when he said that he may never do some of these tricks again that hit right in the feels
ye bro right
Yup... slams are catching up
I know right? When did fun become scary?
Keep in mind how fit he is for his age, what does not mean that he struggles with his health that came with the sport
I know...😢
When he said “ some of these I might do for the last time which is ok, we had a good run” man I felt like fucking crying what a legend.
Jenna Tools rocket power!!
oh you poor crybaby. did you also feel like pissing your pants?
@@adfasfuiuiui1056 lol fuck off mate
@@adfasfuiuiui1056 dude don't be an asshole, that sentence got to me, too. Don't judge other people's passions and loves, you dickwad
@@adfasfuiuiui1056 dude sh*t up
They should finally make a movie about his life.
dude no bullshit that would be nuts but I'm scared shitless they would handle it poorly
@@tvph he already has very good documentaries about his entire career right here on TH-cam. It would be kinda pointless, but i guess the next generation would appreciate it.
@@CamJames bones brigade is a fkn great one you should check it out if you havent
@@tvph already did! Legendary
Never played the Pro skater games, but a game where you can play Tony at different ages in the parks where he grew up skating all the way through the first 900 at the X games to him landing 50 tricks aged 50 would be a damn good time. Different ages with different amounts of technicality, creativity and pure madness.
3:16 -terrifying fall + pole smack
3:30 - "Let's try a new one. I can still move".
Absolute Legend
Agreed man
That pole smack is in the THPS1+2 remake bails video
New Trick: Kiss the Pole
tbh that 720 was so clean he probably didn't even feel pain after that super gnarly wipeout XD
Absolute boss.
You know why hawk is a legend?
At 50 years old
He skates into a pole
Says "lets try a new one, i can still move"
Now thats a true pioneer skater
And proof that age means nothing.
I think he _flew_ into that pole..
David-Paul Norman ah well idk about that , but his passion for skating is still the same
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Ram Ferdinand Divina savage 💪💪
"This'll be the last time I do some of these, but that's okay. We've had a good run." The best mentality about aging to have. Leave nothing on the table.
That almost made me cry.... hear my legend the person who got me into skating admit he is aging and making me realize 1 day he wont be able to skate...
I agree when he said that I'm like damn he truly is a Goat
I cried hearing him say that
3:12 whoa!
@@viktorvaughn8192 I think the age at which he won't be able to skate AT ALL is still decades away. He just won't be skating at the top tier level he did until now.
"It's okay, we had a good run."
Wow, that's a really mature outlook on age for an athlete.
Can't beat the clock.
Completely different line of athletics, but Triple H in pro-wrestling said something similar after he had a nearly life-ending cardiac event, had to retire and have a pacemaker put in and everything. An interviewer asked him if he regrets having to end his pro-wrestling career in that fashion, to which part of his answer was, "I wanted to run it till the wheels fell off... wheels fell off." It's healthy when athletes can recognize it's time to hang it up, otherwise you get goofy shit like Brett Favre or Tom Brady trying to prove they still got it.
40 years later: Tony Hawk: 90 wheelchair tricks at Age 90.
If someone can pull that off, pretty sure it's this guy.
You need more likes
Let’s hope we get there
I wouldn't be surprised to see him still skating at that age!
Wheelchair air walk
Or Colin furze
Definitely scored at least 127,000 points in THPS2
Stg 😂
Imagine if he had landed all tricks manual. Then that number would multiply by at least 10. 😉
I and my brother could 4 million .
Notice that he's wearing his costume from THPS 2?
@@CyrusCageSCWS Nah, he's got khaki shorts and white socks in thps2. And a different print on his t-shirt. I'm not an elephant, I actually just played. 😁
Cant wait for tony hawks 80 tricks at 80 video !
mixwell1983 I don’t think it works that way buddy 🤣
@@Frosst how about 100 tricks at 100?
Frosttyy r/woosh
Frosttyy r/woosh
mixwell1983 😂😂😂
3:25 What gets me about this moment that keeps getting rightfully discussed in the comments is just how raw it is. If you actually look at Tony, he's old, he's tired, and he's clearly having trouble both standing up and walking but as soon as he gets on that skateboard it all just dissipates. He's truly legendary.
I think the walking is partly due to the killer pads pro he's wearing ^_^ best cushioning around, but you can't really straighten your leg comfortably. He's still pretty spry, even now after that nasty fracture finally healed, and this video was really shot during a 6-week period. But yeah.. the pain tolerance this guy has is admirable.
He’s not old! 50 is (was) young. He’s kept his focus, his self belief, his skills and his courage. I’m 61, had a total left hip replacement in 2017. Was told at the time (in 2017) I needed my right hip doing. I still haven’t had it done because I wanted to max out my left hip. I need two shoulders replacing, my right hip, and last June (2022) I had 5/7 cervical vertebra reprofiled and 2 discs C5/C6 and C6/C7 removed. By Sept 2022 I was back on a football (soccer) pitch playing with men half my age. Some of the players were signed to Premier League teams as youth players and I’m still scoring, and matching them sprinting. They call me Robo-Pete and are all inspired by my not giving up, going through the pain barrier and still getting stuck in at 61!
Now, why do I need all this surgery……skateboarding. I’m not pretending I could even tie Tony Hawk’s shoes, but back in the day, I was on a British G&S team that toured California and competed against Stevie Caballero at Campbell, Skatepark (he was skating for Santa Cruz) Eddie Elguera (inventor of the foot plant) the Z-Boys. (I skated with them at Arrow Wolverhampton and Skateside Kettering). I was the fastest thing on 4 wheels at tight slalom. Tony Alva,, Jay Adams, Chris Chaput etc, saw me beat Bobby Piercy at Stateside. He was on his Turner, I was on a board I designed and my woodwork teacher made using individual willow, ash core laminates with an oak outer facing. My manager bet his £1000 I’d beat him….and I did.
I stayed with Paul Sims (Tom Sims’ dad) and George Powell in Santa Barbara, just before he started Powell-Peralta. Now I’ve still got the Ray Bones Rodrigues 30in deck, with ACS Lites (the first magnesium trucks) and Powell mini-cubes. The wheels and deck were given to me by George himself, and Paul Sims gave me a pile of stuff too. Skateboarding died out in the UK with the parks closing. I was going to uni and it all ended. It was a fantastic time for me, but my legacy is arthritis and a lot of fantastic memories of skating with and against the top pros. I came across this video and I thought of all the crazy things I used to do……they’re nothing to what TH and the current very skaters can do. Hats off to TH, a legend, an inspiration and it seems, a nice guy too.
Skateboarding is one of those things that will always look like magic to me. No matter how many times I see it.
Snowboarding too 😄
Turn On Subtitles!!!!!!
has the trick names and the years he invented them!
Thats actually pretty cool ;-;
re-watching whole video after seeing this comment
Thanks maan
Your my hero dude. This is what I wanted
Yo hella cool thanks
3:16
me: "oh shit, he is dead"
Tony hawk: "YES!"
Lmao
He almost hit the frame oh my god this would be painful
I was like: “HOLY SHIT”
yeeeet
yeeeet
He was like building up a very large special meter.
This comment deserves more likes.
Then he bailed on #49 and blew it... so tragic...
Dude had x3 multiplier in Skate 3.
@@l3LACKMASK713 no, special meter
LOL Yep
Hearing him say "this is the last time i'll do some of these".... holy shit that got me emotional. This dude has been a hero of mine since I was a little kid trying to drop in on a half-pipe without eating shit. What a legend.
Tony Hawk is the oldest teenager ever
*_Same as my uncle_*
No thats donald trump
Boomer teen
No, Donald Trump is a toddler. Pretty sure its an established consensus...
@@EdNieThePianoGuy piss off with your politics commie!
It is honestly *frightening* how easy he makes these look. This man is truly a master at his art.
I'm sure he did a lot of mistakes trying to nail again the tricks, and still continued to try until he achieved them.
We just can't really understand how much willpower he had, even today
The legendary first 900 was achieved only at his 12th consecutive attempt (I think), that's some heavy spirit
Its not *frightening* that is just pure epicness.
I can see some random guy going out trying one of these and breaking bones
He's been doing it his whole life, while he isn't young anymore, his body is still fit and he has like 40 years of experience, but sooner or later he will hit a limit, it's inevitable.
To be fair it took them 6 weeks to film this.
The guy's literally a living legend.
I almost started crying when he said"I might not be able to do some of these tricks anymore but that's ok,it's been a good run"😭😭😭😭😭😭
"Let's try a new one, I can still move." What a legend this guy is, haha.
I cant imagine getting injured like that at age 50
tired2sleep that’s why pads are a thing. And I personally respect him for wearing them
“Some of these might be the last time I do them. But that’s ok. We had a good run.” That hit me in the feels 😢😢😢
RiSe Typhoon bruh this was posted 3 months ago wym?
Yeah, me too.
Yes me too but I saw a clip of him doing an impossible to melon months ago so I’m like what? Lol
What a beautiful way of looking at it tbh lol if only more athletes had that attitude
Same😢
I'm 57 and can still skate on a handstand. You're never to old to be a badass! Great Vid! Peace
Even attempting those tricks at 50 is a feat in its own. Yeah when your 12 yrs old weigh a buck o five, limber, good bones, developing muscle structure it’s a no brainer. But for him to even ride a 1/2 pipe in his 50’s is simply remarkable. I grew up watching Tony hawk and the Powell Peralta team, ( look it up) as I to was riding 1/2 pipes and going to skate parks at that same time frame. Those were the good old days.
fucking legend ... Can't believe he's still killing it like this at 50 years old ! Tony Hawk is a fucking legend..
Black Market He really is
Yes mate,Even I can't this tricks at the ramp in age 20
King of the half pipe
Some say Rodney Mullen is the “lord of the board” or king of the board itself because of all the flat ground tricks he does, but still Tony can do some difficult flat ground tricks but have never seen Rodney on a half pipe.
Mullen invented a staggering amount of new flatground techniques to the extent where many of Hawk's inventions were actually vert adaptations of things Mullen created. He's the one skater where the entire sport would have been dramatically different and/or slowed in progress for many years without him. It is beyond compare, and I say that with full recognition that Tony is a legend in his own right.
If Tony Hawk still wears a helmet, then you definitely should too.
Well everyone should wear a helmet while doing this.
Μαρία Μισόγιαννη i mean if you’re just casually skating around you should be fine, but if you’re doing tricks like this well it’s a no brainer really.
@@realprisec Not everyone rides a huge vert ramp like Tony Hawk though
Dom Evans yeah I said you should always wear it no matter what you ride
@@realprisec Who
This man is a legend, not many people can say they pioneered in the thing they love
A short list.
3:17 dam that fall looked brutal. It amazes me the hard falls skaters take and keep going
And not just 50 tricks. But 50 tricks that he created.
He didn't create all of these.
So ur telling me he made the 360 Shuvit. He didnt make all of these
@@schom7 "created (and/or pioneered on vert)"
BIG JOKE..... "50 tricks that he created"..... WTF DUDE
@@europeanian4205 (and/or pioneered on vert) it is in the desc
3:40
when r2-d2 dies in lego star wars
That made me laugh way harder than it should have
OMG🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂 THAT KILLED ME
Omg nostalgia lmao
LMAOOOO
@@MrNikolidas xD phahahha
This just makes me feel generally encouraged about life.
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3:18 seeing him fall from there and then yell "YES!" is somehow one of the funniest things I've seen.
When he said "Some of these, these will be the last time I'll do 'em. But it's okay, we had a good run." It's like I almost teared up.
Ximonium me too
yeah that hit me too
Same. You can just see and feel the weight placed on him by skateboarding. He's 50 and acknowledges he can only do so much for so long now. The man's a legend - he should be honoured as one.
tony did change the game massively and when he brought out thps so many people started skating. lol i started skating after playing thrasher skate and destroy though back in 1999
Ximonium so sayd
The realization that Tony Hawk is 50 years old now is the most depressing thing that's happened to me in a while. It's like seeing photos of people like Mick Jagger or Kenny Loggins and realizing they're super fucking old now.
And when he said "Some of these, it'll be the last time I'll do em. But it's okay, we had a good run" I almost shed a tear.
But he's still out here shreddin the gnar
Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but eventually he'll stop shredding.
Life is so cruel, giving you awesome memories and awesome people and then it takes away everything.
Kenji1801 Dont kid yourself... My grandma still shreds a Solid nine holes at the golf course at 96 then drinks beer after! I'm sure Hawk will be able to do shit at 70
Trevor Bohnsack For freakin real?! Do me a favor and tell your nan she's a badass.
Kenji1801 Ya she's slow as shit... But gets her done! 😂
Hello from Russia, my God, he's 50 and he's just flying. Health and all the best. Tony, you're the best
Someone tell him that he needs to revert manual to keep his combo going 🤦
Only AI Bots could ever pull of Video Game Combos like that
@@julianramirez8593 nah Rodney mullen and mf's on thps remake are gods now 😇
An absolute pioneer of the sport, and my personal hero. Thanks for all the insane tricks you've invented and all the countless hours of entertainment you've given us Tony! Make another secret skatepark tour!
Cruxal aye Cruxal!!! No BS Guide on how to be an Old Bastard and Skateboard?
He’s no Mullen but he’s chill I’ve got his autograph
What a legend
No bs guide to skateboarding
impresses me that he can still do that stuff at age 50, when I stopped skating for like a week I couldn't even do some tricks again
The way this man moves at age 50 like is he is 18 years old wtf.
Professionally boarding means he has the muscle memory to do this if he had dementia.
Imagine what he looked like in his prime. Probably not even human.
I know right
A body in motion stays in motion but Tony Hawk takes it to another lever !
Rubberduck645 there are videos. He’s not that old.
The Goat of skateboarding!!!!!
I’m not a skater or even into skating like that but this is the coolest thing I have ever watched
Dude get into skating, get a good board, just see if you like it, skateboarding is so fun and it makes you feel cool
I haven’t skated in almost 20 years, back when Tony hawk and skateboarding was in its prime. Bought a board today to try again at 33 years old. I can still Ollie and kick flip but imlost most of my moves. It was my life from like 10-14 yrs old. Not since 2003 have I touched a board
"but its okay we had a good run" damn that hit hard for me
ong almost cried
@@greytop36 for me it wasn't almost...
Same dude, live while you can 😔
This makes me sad, I’m almost 26 :/
@@lohst1672 im 20 and im anxious already haha time flies
Tony Hawk has always been one of my idols...and i never even skateboarded
I agree with beingsausage I started learning last month and I’m about to turn 20. never to old to learn something new. 👍🏼
@@jobobby664 I give you a 3/10. I respect the effort tho....A little more subtlety next time and you could get a 7/10. I believe in you, keep practicing.
@@calebhohneke8482 thank u
Same here!
likability through the roof
This video is what got me into skating, I've been skating for year now. Best decision of my life
This man lived every moment in his life with purpose and doesn't look like he's letting up yet. What an inspiration.
next up on the list - Tony Hawk does The 900 at 900 years old lmao
Funny he was gonna try the 900! Real talk check out his interview on the 9 club!
Free like for you brudny.
I laughed at this one. No joke.
Lol
And after that 1080 at 1080 years old and so on...
As a non skater.. tony hawk is in my top 10 athletes of all time.. iconic!
Nasir Snow check out my skateboarding vids! :) 🛹
Hands down by far
You must search for Rodney Mullen, the top 1 skater of all time.
Tony Hawk is the 🐐
He's like :
jordan in bansket ball
Maradona in soccer
Bruce lee in kungfu
And Pat Morita in karate
He's the legend of skateboarding
It was a good run. Always great to watch. Thank you for all you have done for the sport Tony. You are a legend.
When I get to be 50, I wanna be like this. Not skating exactly but having fun, full of energy and being healthy. That's my goal and Tony's my inspiration. Thank's Tony for being so cool
1:59 If I can still do this at 50 years old I’m blessed lol
Dont even know if I could do it now at 26
@@Guizmopeg its called kip up just if you are interested
i used to do those all the time as a teen. Just tried one again, and slammed my spine into the ground
@@Project1182 :DDDDD
I'd say he got 51 tricks at age 50. I don't think anyone's ever tried a kickflip pole hug before. And I doubt he's ever going to try that again! :)
Glad he came out all right on it.
In another video talking about some of his worst injuries, he said that the fact that he almost destroyed himself but managed to catch onto the pole and go towards the up-ramp behind the vert ended up saving him big time, and it was really memorable.
Had to like so it wasn't 666
I'm glad he never gave up because people like him are proof that age is nothing but a number. Never stop riding, Hawk!
This brought me to tears you are the hero of my childhood
So, here he is. Getting older all the time, but feeling younger in his mind.
Solid reference
He seems pretty at peace and satisfied though, I have a feeling aging isn't going to bring him down even with his young mind
Best comment on TH-cam
Sciurus Hound Alpha 😭🙏🏼
Or slooooowly going... CrAzY!! Woooo, He rocks!
Click the "CC" button for an overlay of the trick names and the years Tony created them.
RIDE Channel Oh wow that’s awesome!!!
RIDE Channel Thanks 😁
Why haven't you said that before i watched the video!
Thank you guys for putting that there, I already had my "CC" button turnt on already and didn't expect the name of the name of the tricks to pop up, smart move's, I no way more street skateboarding tricks than vert skateboarding tricks. This really helped me know more about vert tricks. Thank you RIDE Channel for uploading some of the best skateboarding footage in the world. Mad love, Chris
Haha was just about to ask that. Nailing it.
I'm glad I grew up in the skater era, and I'm not even a skater myself. It was the music, the vibe, the laid back people, the awesome video games that came with it and the amazing moments while watching Xgames on tv.
Just got goose bumps realizing how short this video actually is. I felt like I was watching him still being the master of his craft at age 50 for 20 minutes. Totally captivated.
Are you kidding me!!??? Tony Hawk is 50yrs old!!!?? And a 50yr old can throw down like that!!!!!!!!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
TheAwesomeStuff well it's not like he started two years ago
ashxc you must be nowhere near 40 to be saying that...don't be silly...go see what most 50 yr olds are up to!
Jared Genesis go skate a vert at 50 bigshot
TheAwesomeStuff wtf do you even want to express with These stupid emotes
Jared Genesis yea cool and all that but you are just another 'dumbass' on the internet put a clip on youtube of you skating vert and post the link on here
"some of these (tricks) are the last time i do them. but its ok, we had a good run." as a soon to be 43 year old street skater working my way back from a ruptured achilles, hearing this gave me a sense of comfort in knowing that there are tricks i will never be able to do again. i am very thankful for all of the years skating (since 1987) and the years still ahead of me (hopefully to 50). thank you Tony for always being a pillar of skateboarding that still inspires me to push.
I feel your pain. It gets harder and harder to balance work and life with skating...urgh. How his body carries on I have no idea!!!
Its all about having fun
JFn Cho dude, any tips on keeping Achilles strong?
Rufusdos everything i read said that your tendons get tighter as you get older so its more important to stretch them to keep them flexible. my injury was due to my board smacking my AT, effectively slicing it, so there wasnt really anything i couldve done to prevent it, other than not skating that day. but let me know if you were looking more for rehab exercises and I'll reply again with the things i did in PT.
I'd be very grateful if you could. I've had reccurring strains in my back-foot achilles due to repeating the same ollie-based tricks and not warming up properly.
Tony man, you are forever the one and only Birdman! You have brought so much into this world, and I am sure you will continue to do so. Cheers bro!
Mr.Hawk, it’s a pleasure to watch you work! Life long fan of your attitude towards life ! Peace ✌🏽
Tony's just got such a proper style, he doesn't do any trick half-ass! Props to him still reinventing himself after all these years of being one of the absolute spearheads of vert skating!
Fred Zeppelin exactly! 540 stale, all he had to do was go straight up and down but instead he threw it across that massive channel!
I've never skated and I know nothing about skating but anyone can instantly tell that this guy is a legend
He is the sport itself
Yep
"So here I am, growing older all the time,
Looking older all the time,
Feeling younger in my mind"
Wow, only 18 people got this comment?
im glad you were able to do these one last time for us older kids that grew up watching you and playing your video games youve inspired so many people
what a legend! 3:13 he pulled a 720 and bailed threw the gap and the first the he shouts is: "YESS"
Smooth as butter, what a style!
Smooth was the first thing I thought of.
I remember in the 80's he was totally criticized for his style.
Thanks Tony for your achivements in this lifetime. We all enjoyed it. Thanks again. Be Blessed.
Thank you for being a inspiration to me. I am not a skateboarder. I a fan of you since 1988. I am really empressed that your technique is sharp at 50. God bless you. You are the best ever and very humble. Enclosing I really enjoy your technique.
"Lets try a new one, I can still move" What a man.
It was a good run. For 36 years, he's been rising through the skateboarding ranks, becoming one of the most influential, one of the most well known, and one of the most badass skaters ever. 3 years ago, he landed his final 900. At age 48. We are all going to miss him when he stops skating completely.
He is the most famous skateboarder of all time, without a doubt.
Rob Robberson he’s one of the most iconic athletes of all time too
@@Nealrex101 Yet nobody seems to fucking know his face its really strange
@@0Synergy should have a tag on his shirt that says tony hawk. People would probably recognize him.
ZK he stops when he dies he has said it before and sure he’ll say it again skating made him it might aswell kill him
I haven't thought about skate boards in years, but I just stumbled on this and it brought back memories of me as a kid in the early 2000s with dreams of being a skater, even though I never learned a single trick. Tony Hawk was always the coolest person in the world
I enjoy everything you're doing now. Much respect.
I don't even skateboard but I love this dude. Staying active is the key
Continuously an inspiration to us all. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone in their 20s claim they were “too old to skate”
derekperc it's because skate companies would fire guys when they got into their mid 20s because they were "too old" for the company... It's weird to think that way, but that's how it was, and in some still is.
I believed the same thing as a teenager in the 90s. Then I saw so many pros who were older than me keep going and going.
No, it's not still like that at all. It's true that it use to be up until the early 90s. Back then companies were kicking guys off by their mid 20s because skateboarding was progressing so fast that most weren't able to keep up. Street skateboarding was something brand new and new tricks were constantly being invented. Guys at a pro level weren't able to keep up with the young bucks that were hungry and constantly pushing the "sport". All that changed around the time Mike Carroll and Rick Howard left World Industries to start up Girl Skateboards. From that point on the industry changed and adult pros weren't instantly done away with once they got to a certain point anymore. From that point on, it pretty much became totally about marketability. If you still have a strong fan base and your boards, shoes, etc are still selling then you can stay pro for years, decades even. There are several pros from the 90s that are still pros today and they're well into their 40s.
I'm watching this and I'm not even a skater, never skated in my life, but this guy is a legend I played so much of his video games back in ps1 and ps2.
Much love from Portugal
Thanks so much Tony! I'm 54 and haven't skated for 40 years. I have my Bahne board from the mid 1970s still, similar to your first board, but with slightly smaller wheels on the front from the back, and a black wedge under the back truck. It's so small! Back then in Maine, no skateparks either just roads, side walks and parking lots in the summer . But now our small Vermont town (Brattleboro) finally got an out door concrete skate park after 17 years of attempts.
I've been out with my kids (5 and 8) and taught them to wait and take turns on the their scooters and bikes in the big boy line. Even my 5 year old daughter in her pink dress and pink Princess bike can rock a ramp or two and not break the pattern, or cut people off. Me however, I can do one little down ramp to a flat part, covered in pads and helmet. The young guns are patient and encouraging, because at least we're out their following etiquette and trying. It's so fun! Not having skated for so long I'm focusing on my kids and mostly flat parts little ramps for me.
I'd love to see a video for old folks and beginners that goes over a reasonably priced first skate board purchase,
720 at 50, that's badass
He did a 900 at 48...
I want to see Tony do a 900 at 90 :).
he did the 900 a few years back for the last time ever :/
i wanna see cyborg tony hawk land a 900 at 900 years old
If anyone could...hahahaha! LEGEND!
Didnt he do a 900 in that video?
Johannes Brun Johansson nope
''we had a good run'' had me crying
The countless hours to learn and perfect behind each trick must be unreal. Long live Tony.
Thanks for sharing your skating with us. As a 41 year old from San Diego, I have been watching you most of my life. Thanks for signing my board in El Paso this year. Don't worry, I am skating it. Not hanging it up.
+vixleplus
Wolfram Alpha : f = 1/2a^3/2+c^2*x^3, find c
Adapted MC I try and support all the channela I watch. But idea of just progressing a little each day really hit home with me. Sometimes in our 40s we become content. I am fighting against that.
I live in San Diego too
This was easily one of the greatest videos Ride has put out. Really happy to see this. Hbd, Tony. What a legend.
"Some of these, this will be the last time I do them. But that's okay, we had a good run." Wise words that hopefully will stick with everyone through years.
People like Tony Hawk are what makes me see athletic excellence as a form of art.
2:50 Tony Hawk is so good at skating he's learnt how to slow down time itself to perform tricks
Bruh wut?
@@mysterymusic1357 you heard me, Tony Hawk can slow down time while skating.
@@joeneedsfood wow, i didn't know he could do that.
He's the reason I started skating.i saw him once and asked for his autograph.he said"let me land this trick real quick"and he did and he did.thanks so much tony!
Tony hawk a true OG & idol you can’t hate on this dude man. Humble & forever young haha he still got it.💯 blows most of these young bucks outta the water.
Man that's why he called a legend for no reason. 🔥🔥💯💯 keep grindin
Man, I rollerskated in halfpipes as a kid, now I'm 21 and I'm too afraid to do it anymore, falling is way scarier now that I'm so much taller and heavier!
It's absolutely insane that this guy is still skating like this at 50 years old.
He's the undisputed GOAT, not just of skating, just of action sports in general.
Dude that's nothing.. 30 years ago he verted eyes blindfolded half of what you saw. This is warm up for him.
snapgab did you see him hit that fuckin pole?
@@MrMann-gt1eh yet he won't stop. Key to his energy, just keep going
Killed me when he said; 'let's do try a new one, I can still move!'
Try until you die
snapgab and you're just a flat out goat. 🐐
einc70 hes 50.
came here immediately after watching his video about most memorable injuries
Same here :)
Yup, that pole slam was savage
No one gives a fuck
Same
That shit looked gnarly
Such a nice video to come back to. I really admire Tony.
He makes it look so effortless and easy it's amazing!
I could watch this for hours.
TheJege12
I did i watch for hours almost every day
No you couldnt its only 4 minutes
Sebastian omg man smh...
@@Sebastian-tn4ft "what is the replay button ?"
TheJege12 literally the same thing I just said he makes it look so fucking easy
Dude looks great for 50 .... he twice my age and in better shape then me
Exercise and a healthy diet is key to aging blissfully my friend.
Publius Maximus Manlius Don’t forget happiness. Do what you love, and your body will show it.
@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 I had relatives that looked much younger, like really fking good for their age but poor health because of unhealthy life style, tons of booze. Then i've met people that lived healthiest way as possible and look way older. Sometimes it's not even possible to affect aging.
Seriously, the man's out here doing one-handed handstands while flying down a half pipe with a board in the other hand at 50. Absolute legend.
So is everyone else man. Step it up
This video is amazing. This Clash song, Tonys vibe.
He seems like such a chill dude. I'm glad he's still doing what he loves.
The final scene reminds me of the final scene from the breakfast club where Jud Nelson punches the air.
Such an epic contribution to the art of skateboarding, and still pulling some madness at 50?
Nuts and very special
Thanks Tony