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Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story

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The story of how skateboarding became a part of the mainstream by focusing on the success of the "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" video game franchise.
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Ludvig Gür
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2020
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- We kept continuous skating - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
- We kept continuous skating
- So the earliest videos, Stacy Peralta, created that. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
- So the earliest videos, Stacy Peralta, created that.
And he turned it into, for what it was an art form. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
And he turned it into, for what it was an art form.
The word got out, the videos become a huge success - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:08
The word got out, the videos become a huge success
Bigger companies wanted to use, the skaters in like movies, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:10
Bigger companies wanted to use, the skaters in like movies,
We started doing skateboard contests in like colossseums - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:17
We started doing skateboard contests in like colossseums
- There was a big transition in the late 80s - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
- There was a big transition in the late 80s
It was like what was portrayed as the cool - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
It was like what was portrayed as the cool
- In that time there wasn't all these skate parks - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
- In that time there wasn't all these skate parks
So, it was such a different time - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
So, it was such a different time
- With all the skate park closures in the late 80s, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:11
- With all the skate park closures in the late 80s,
- Everyone just started, kind of at a default - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
- Everyone just started, kind of at a default
You had streets in front of your house - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:08
You had streets in front of your house
- So people took what they loved - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:08
- So people took what they loved
- Street skating started to become like the thing - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
- Street skating started to become like the thing
Where a kid could get a board and just go out and skate - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
Where a kid could get a board and just go out and skate
And because of that, all the stars that were vert skaters - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:12
And because of that, all the stars that were vert skaters
- No one skated vert anymore so - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
- No one skated vert anymore so
To be the best you gotta be the most technical - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
To be the best you gotta be the most technical
Whether it would be late, early or - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
Whether it would be late, early or
All the guys that I feel like made it out of that - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:11
All the guys that I feel like made it out of that
- Yeah with skateboarding it had these huge explosions - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
- Yeah with skateboarding it had these huge explosions
Then it happened in the 80s again - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
Then it happened in the 80s again
And then the 90s, it was just the early 90s - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:14
And then the 90s, it was just the early 90s
And if you saw another skater boarder at that time - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:11
And if you saw another skater boarder at that time
- I was a fading vert skater so it was - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:09
- I was a fading vert skater so it was
And my income was getting cut in half every month - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
And my income was getting cut in half every month
And so I started doing whatever I could taking on jobs. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
And so I started doing whatever I could taking on jobs.
I had a little bit of an editing system, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
I had a little bit of an editing system,
Actually from a video game company as well coincidentally. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
Actually from a video game company as well coincidentally.
It was super hard but I didn't want to quite skating - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
It was super hard but I didn't want to quite skating
- There was this element of change - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:11
- There was this element of change
Whether I wads truly in love with skate boarding, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
Whether I wads truly in love with skate boarding,
Was I going to quit cause the industry - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
Was I going to quit cause the industry
- I mean skating in the 90s was just raw. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
- I mean skating in the 90s was just raw.
Like everybody that was doing it, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:08
Like everybody that was doing it,
You felt like in the 90s everything about skateboarding - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
You felt like in the 90s everything about skateboarding
Like, you got it and only the people that you knew - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:12
Like, you got it and only the people that you knew
From Rodney Mullins, you know, invention - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:11
From Rodney Mullins, you know, invention
And then by the early 90s he was actually - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
And then by the early 90s he was actually
Putting a video park that looked - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
Putting a video park that looked
It doesn't matter how it looks in terms of perfection - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
It doesn't matter how it looks in terms of perfection
And go out and do this until you get it. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
And go out and do this until you get it.
We created almost intentionally to look rough, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:14
We created almost intentionally to look rough,
The tricks, the community, the identity, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
The tricks, the community, the identity,
Where we would all work and focus on a part - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:09
Where we would all work and focus on a part
- With the sort of underground revolution - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:17
- With the sort of underground revolution
- Skateboarding with the economy, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
- Skateboarding with the economy,
It started picking up momentum and by the time - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
It started picking up momentum and by the time
So they wanted to create a skateboard contest - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:09
So they wanted to create a skateboard contest
So in '95, the X games started - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
So in '95, the X games started
And it was the first kinda contest - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:10
And it was the first kinda contest
Extreme skateboarders rolled over - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
Extreme skateboarders rolled over
But you know, it was exposure so how do we, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
But you know, it was exposure so how do we,
How do we make it to where the message - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
How do we make it to where the message
And as time went by, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
And as time went by,
Tony and I were on one and, you know, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:11
Tony and I were on one and, you know,
We wanna have that exposure but, this is - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:09
We wanna have that exposure but, this is
- Tony Hawk become this poster child for the X games. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
- Tony Hawk become this poster child for the X games.
And everybody was like you know oh Tony Hawk, Tony Hawk, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
And everybody was like you know oh Tony Hawk, Tony Hawk,
And other people that weren't a part of skateboarding - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:16
And other people that weren't a part of skateboarding
- I don't know if there ever a moment - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
- I don't know if there ever a moment
I was just like I saw these dudes doing it on TV - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:08
I was just like I saw these dudes doing it on TV
Definitely seeing the X games and seeing, you know, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:11
Definitely seeing the X games and seeing, you know,
But, I think it was just like., - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
But, I think it was just like.,
It's creative, it's rebellious and people enjoyed it. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
It's creative, it's rebellious and people enjoyed ...
You know and the X games seemed like they found their niche - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
You know and the X games seemed like they found their niche
- A lot of these games I knew in their arcade, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:08
- A lot of these games I knew in their arcade,
And of course as time went on and the extreme sports games - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:10
And of course as time went on and the extreme sports games
720, 720 one of the earliest, you know, skateboarding games. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
720, 720 one of the earliest, you know, skateboarding games.
And the reason I know from my prospective at Twin Galaxies - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:10
And the reason I know from my prospective at Twin Galaxies
Well I have played video games since their inception. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
Well I have played video games since their inception.
You know, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
You know,
You know, they made 720 then they made Skate or Die - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
You know, they made 720 then they made Skate or Die
But it was few and far between that - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
But it was few and far between that
And I always knew that it would be a fun platform - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:10
And I always knew that it would be a fun platform
And eventually Top Skater came around - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
And eventually Top Skater came around
At least it was more experiential, standing on the board - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
At least it was more experiential, standing on the board
But I always felt like there was something more to it - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
But I always felt like there was something more to it
- I never thought to care about, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:09
- I never thought to care about,
So Joel thought, he'd do that, he'd start his own company. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:05
So Joel thought, he'd do that, he'd start his own ...
He gathered together the best people he could find - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:12
He gathered together the best people he could find
After Skeleton Warriors we were looking - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:08
After Skeleton Warriors we were looking
So we had a real, really hard time around that period, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
So we had a real, really hard time around that period,
And then we eventually did this game - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
And then we eventually did this game
We did a very quick game, we knocked it out in a year. - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:04
We did a very quick game, we knocked it out in a year.
And, after that, Activision wanted - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:06
And, after that, Activision wanted
- I got approached by a PC developer - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:07
- I got approached by a PC developer
He asked if I would go pitch this idea - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:10
He asked if I would go pitch this idea
He finally gave up on it and said look, - Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story 00:11
He finally gave up on it and said look,
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The story of how skateboarding became a part of the mainstream by focusing on the success of the "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" video game franchise.

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Director: Ludvig Gür
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Genre: documentary
Year: 2020
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Released: 18 Aug 2020
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