Episode 3 | The Ghetto Bird Show with Tony Hawk

https://theghettobirdshow.com/ - In this episode, Kareem Campbell and Rob Cahill talk to the legend himself, Tony Hawk. This is the first interview on The Ghetto Bird Show so you know it had to be special.  This episode is packed with great stories, insights, and advice from Tony. Be sure to watch all the way to the end. You don’t want to miss a minute of this one. Visit www.TheGhettoBirdShow.com

● How the first Tony Hawk Pro Skate video game roster was formed
● The impact of the THPS game on the world
● 20 years later and all of the roster is still skating
● How the quarantine is effecting skateboarding
● Birdhouse over the past 10 years and successfully keeping it alive
● Kareem paying the Menace team riders from his Axion checks
● Balancing core skating values with business demands like making big box stores sell skateboards that "work"
● Kareem’s first skateboard and using gasoline on bearings
● Why Tony Hawk kept skating and why he promotes skateboarding
● The early days of Hookups, Blitz Distribution, Birdhouse, Flip, and Tom Penny
● Riley Hawk’s career in skateboarding
● Dr. Neftalie Williams - A board member of The Skate Project Foundation and a Skate Diplomacy Theorist contributions to skateboarding through research
● 4DWN Project - A non profit organization and facility rooted in skate culture whose mission is fostering growth & opportunity for our youth
● Shoutout to ALL the girl skateboarders around the world
● Sky Brown landing the McTwist
● Lizzy Armanto doing the loop
● The difference in difficulty between doing the 900 vs. doing the loop
● Dealing with the ups and downs in skateboarding popularity over the years
● Early history between Tony Hawk, Kareem Campbell, and Ray Barbee
● Kareem bets Tony $100 to drop in on a huge vert wall at a contest
● Meeting Tony at the “Gleaming the Cube” movie premiere
● Skating the White House and joking with Obama
● Some free career advice from Tony Hawk
● The 360 flip that broke the internet

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