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So, it was such a different time
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Pretending I'm a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story

So, it was such a different time compared to like, oh whereare we gonna skate today

So, it was such a different time compared to like, oh where
are we gonna skate today

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So, it was such a different time
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compared to like, oh where are we gonna skate today.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:47
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

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.
- 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.