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 Tony's original Bahne skateboard is currently on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. [([[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/tony-hawk-skateboard-history-sport-180974907/|Smithsonian Mag]])] Tony's original Bahne skateboard is currently on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. [([[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/tony-hawk-skateboard-history-sport-180974907/|Smithsonian Mag]])]
  
 +===== Violin =====
 +
 +At the same time as he began skating, the little Hawk was playing the violin. [([[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/sports/21seconds.html|NYTimes]])]
 +
 +===== First Vans Sneakers =====
 +
 +Tony purchased his first pair of Vans skateboard sneakers when he was ten years old. [([[https://www.vans.pl/team/skate/tony-hawk.html|Vans]])]
 +
 +===== First Sponsor =====
 +
 +Dogtown Skateboards was his first sponsor when he was 12 years old. [([[https://www.biography.com/athlete/tony-hawk|Biography]])]
 +
 +===== Young Success =====
 +
 +Tony Hawk began his professional career when he was 14 years old. He was already regarded as the finest skateboarder in the world two years later. [([[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/12/tony-hawk-my-skateboard-career-is-the-bravest-thing-ive-done.html|CNBC]])]
 +
 +===== Bones Brigade =====
 +
 +He was a founding member of the Bones Brigade, a skating team founded in 1979 by George Powell and Stacy Peralta, along with Steve Caballero, Alan Gelfand, Lance Mountain, Rodney Mullen, Mike McGill, Steve Rocco, and Tommy Guerrero. [([[https://bonesbrigade.com/cast/|Bones Brigade]])]
 +
 +===== Cindy Dunbar =====
 +
 +Cindy Dunbar, the Hawk's high school girlfriend, married him in April 1990. [([[https://otakukart.com/who-is-tony-hawk-married-to/|Otakukart]])]
 +
 +===== Birdhouse =====
 +
 +After nearly declaring bankruptcy, Tony Hawk and Per Welinder founded the skateboard business Birdhouse in 1992. [([[https://gienah2.rssing.com/chan-1426179/all_p1607.html|gienah2]])]
 +
 +===== Nickname =====
 +
 +Birdman is Tony Hawk's most well-known nickname. [([[https://athletenicknames.club/tony-hawk-birdman/|Athlete Nicknames]])]
 +
 +===== X Games =====
 +
 +Tony Hawk won two gold medals in the X Games in 1995 and 1997. [([[https://boardgamestips.com/miscellaneous/how-many-times-has-tony-hawk-been-to-the-x-games/|Boardgames Tips]])]
 +
 +===== First 900 =====
 +
 +Hawk became the first skateboarder to execute a 900 - two and a half aerial revolutions - at the X Games on July 27, 1999. [([[http://www.xgames.com/video/18008788/x-games-vault-tony-hawk-first-900|X Games]])]
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