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The video above is Tony Hawk talking with Portfolio.com about his business success he has had with Skateboarding. Listen to his words of wisdom, and then ask yourself why he decided to start a bike company. Is Tony really a good guy with a focus on “getting his hands dirty” with the kids, or does he just want as much money as he can possibly make?

The video above is Tony Hawk talking with Portfolio.com about his business success he has had with Skateboarding. Listen to his words of wisdom, and then ask yourself why he decided to start a bike company. Is Tony really a good guy with a focus on “getting his hands dirty” with the kids, or does he just want as much money as he can possibly make?

The video above is Tony Hawk talking with Portfolio.com about his business success he has had with Skateboarding. Listen to his words of wisdom, and then ask yourself why he decided to start a bike company. Is Tony really a good guy with a focus on “getting his hands dirty” with the kids, or does he just want as much money as he can possibly make?

The video above is Tony Hawk talking with Portfolio.com about his business success he has had with Skateboarding. Listen to his words of wisdom, and then ask yourself why he decided to start a bike company. Is Tony really a good guy with a focus on “getting his hands dirty” with the kids, or does he just want as much money as he can possibly make?

Birdhouse, The Beginning, is going to get the four star treatment. The release will be on national television, via Fuse Tv. The event is going to mark one of the biggest things in skateboarding history, as Birdhouse brings out the big guns for this epic video premiere. Here are the the dates, so mark your calendars.
2008 The Beginning Air Dates:
Friday 6/20/2008 8:00 pm ET (5:00 pm PT)
Friday 6/20/2008 11:00 pm ET (8:00 pm PT)
Saturday 6/21/2008 8:00 am ET (5:00 am PT)
Saturday 6/21/2008 4:30 pm ET (1:30 pm PT)
Sunday 7/06/2008 8:00 am ET (5:00 am PT)
Friday 7/18/2008 2:00 am ET (11:00 pm PT)
Friday 7/25/2008 2:00 am ET (11:00 pm PT)

Activision, producer of the Tony Hawk skateboarding series, is toying with the idea of using a motion skateboard-like motion-sensitive controller for the next 360/PS3/PC game.
That’s right, Tony Hawk is really pushing the envelope, trying to gain momentum against a major competitor in the skateboarding video game market. Remember EA’s Skate? Tons of people jumped shipped for the more simulation style skateboarding game, that was backed by a lot of skateboarders that were no longer relevant in the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater universe. With Proving Ground not exactly selling as many titles as the previous games in the series, The Birdman went back to Activision with a new plan.
We are now seeing that the new plan apparently might include a real motion sensitive device that will let you skateboard in real time. This seems like a perfect fit for the Wii, but I’m not sure if they can get this motion thing down and still be good.
If you’re a skateboarder, you know that there is some skill involved with skateboarding’s even most simple of movies. If this new game is really going to break ground, they are going to have to make an ollie easier than the real thing, which will then make a lot of fat kids king of video game skateboarding, rather than skateboarding for reals.
Which makes me a little skeptical about this new height of skateboarding popularity. Sure, we have a lot of couch skateboarders, but this is going to bring in a new era of skateboarding, which we are experiencing mildly right now, where people that do not skateboard at all, are still buying skateboarding products, boards, and trying to “fit in”.
I remember the first time that Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was released. The same thing was said about the game. I remember thinking the same thing I am thinking now about this latest news, but then again, I still got off the couch and I still skated. So maybe this isn’t going to do a whole lot more than what happened with me.
Who knows?
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We had previously mentioned that Tony Hawk was pimping out a sidekick with the help of T-Mobile, and today, word has become truth, as there are pictures and statements by Tony himself, citing that he loves the Sidekick and is proud to be a part of this “revolutionary” transmission.

Not bad, but will Tony Hawk’s sidekick be able to overcome the new Iphone that is supposedly coming out later this summer?
Further more, do skateboarders really care about their phones enough to back Tony Hawk? Or is this just a push towards further publicizing the Hawk name…as if he needs more non-skate publicity.
Whatever the case is, The Birdman is a legend and this phone can be a good thing, if it’s solid.

I didn’t know the Birdman was still relevant in skateboarding. Sure, he did help reinstate vert skateboarding for the X-Games, and he has been doing work with Birdhouse skateboards, and a few commercials here and there, but overall, I haven’t really heard or seen anything major from Tony Hawk in a while.
Until this morning, when Crunchgear announced that Tony Hawk will have a limited edition Sidekick coming out sooner than later.
Wait…is the Sidekick still relevant?
Tony Hawk’s still a highly demanded famous person, even if he has retired from skateboarding as a whole. Then again, there is the boom boom huck jam tour coming through a town near you.

Just when you thought vert was getting a bad rep, the guys at Birdhouse release a trailer that showcases Vert skateboarding. You know the birdman is not just going to let vert skateboarding die without a fight! So here’s a trailer featuring Vert.
Download Birdhouse Vert Trailer

Despite what anyone thinks about Tony Hawk, it is undeniable that he’s been a driving force in skateboarding for a long time. He’s been at the forefront of innovation at times, and also responsible for bringing skateboarding into a mainstream crossover that the 80’s can not take credit for. He’s the spokesman for skateboarding while others just have a good life in street skateboarding or random magazine covers. The Birdman recently gave an exclusive interview for Birdhouse skateboards, which you can read here.