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Tony Hawk Teaches Skateboarding

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A pro at 14 and the first to land a 900 at the X Games, Tony Hawk is one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. Now he’s helping you take your skateboarding to the next level. Joined by pros Lizzie Armanto and Riley Hawk, Tony teaches you beginner, intermediate, and advanced tricks in street, park, and vert. Learn how to push yourself, get up when you fall, and find your own style. Start reaching new heights.

Syllabus

  • Meet Your Instructor
    • Meet Tony Hawk, legendary skateboarder and your new instructor. Tony gives an overview of what you’ll learn in his class: basic, intermediate, and advanced skills in street, park, and vert taught by Riley Hawk, Lizzie Armanto, and Tony himself.
  • Skills & Techniques
    • If you’ve never stepped on a skateboard before, then here’s where you start. Tony walks you through the fundamentals, including pushing, stopping, and turning.
  • The Ollie
    • The ollie is an essential trick in skateboarding. Tony goes deep into the nuances of the ollie to help you perfect it.
  • Underdog to Icon
    • Get an intimate look at Tony’s journey from a scrawny, bullied kid to a skateboarding icon with a huge fan base.
  • Trials & Tribulations
    • At the peak of his success, Tony nearly loses it all when skateboarding tanks in popularity. Tony opens up about rebuilding his career and how he learned that his love of skateboarding means more to him than the money.
  • Street Basics
    • Tony teaches you some fundamental street skateboarding tricks: the backside pop shove-it and the frontside ollie 180.
  • Street Intermediate & Advanced
    • Tony hands the class off to his son Riley Hawk, a top-level street skateboarder. Riley breaks down intermediate and advanced street tricks.
  • Park Basics
    • Sharing pointers about going to a skate park for the first time, Tony demonstrates the basics of carving and dropping in.
  • Park Intermediate & Advanced
    • Lizzie Armanto, one of the world’s top park skaters, takes over from Tony and teaches you intermediate and advanced park tricks.
  • Vert Basics & Intermediate
    • Tony takes you through the fundamentals of vert skateboarding, from simple moves like pumping on a vert ramp to how to do his signature trick, the Madonna.
  • Vert Advanced
    • Learn some of Tony’s advanced signature moves, including the 540 McTwist.
  • Playback: The 900
    • Tony tells the story of the night he landed the 900 at the X Games in 1999.
  • Playback: The Kickflip McTwist
    • Get a behind-the-scenes look at Tony’s first successful kickflip McTwist.
  • How to Win
    • Tony shares his insider tips on how to stand out in competitive skateboarding and what it takes to win.
  • An Inside Look: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
    • Find out how Tony created the iconic video game Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and how it changed skateboarding.
  • The Future of Skateboarding
    • Skateboarding is no longer an outsider’s sport—now it’s going to the Olympics and changing lives for a new generation. Tony shares his final thoughts on what skateboarding has meant to him.

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