The father of three and husband of one, Tony Hawk is arguably the single most influential skateboarder of all time. Born and raised in the hazy daze of Southern California, Tony has forgotten more tricks than most people learn in a lifetime, and his contributions to the sport are endless -- most recently, unearthing skateboarding's holy grail by becoming the only person to successfully land a 900°.


Winner of 6 gold medals for skateboarding in the ESPN X-Games. As of September 2001, still the only skateboarder to pull off a 900 in competition, which he has done multiple times. Father of Riley Hawk, who helped Ashton Kutcher play a practical joke on Tony for "Punk'd" (2003). The elder Hawk grounded his son for the prank. Was in one of 'Weird Al Yankovic''s music videos, wearing a long wig. Eldest son Hudson Riley Hawk is named after Tony's ancestor, Henry Hudson, who discovered the Hudson Valley. TH claims that, following the failure of Hudson Hawk (1991) - which came and went within a year of his son's birth - the boy's parents just call him Riley. The Toy Dolls played at his birthday party. It was the only show they played that year. [Circa 2000] Is nicknamed by his fans "The Legendary: Tony Hawk." On August 29, 2004, at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, he won the first MTV Award for "Best Video Game Soundtrack" for Tony Hawk's Underground (T.H.U.G.) Sponsored at age 12 by the legendary Dogtown Skateboards. Engaged to Lhotse Merriam, Former Vice President of the International Free Skiers Association, President, Method Media & Marketing Inc. , Owner Clover Lingerie & Gifts LLC [2005] In 2000 he published his autobiography, "Occupation: Skateboarder." Has his own radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 28 Faction called (Tony Hawk's Demolition Radio) along with fellow pro skateboarders Jason Ellis and Jesse Fritsch. Hawk has starred in commercials for Apple Computer, McDonalds, Bagel Bites, Hershey's Milk, GoSnacks, The California Tourism Board, and Domino's Pizza. He is considered the pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding. In 2000 he wrote an autobiography entitled HAWK: Occupation: Skateboarder, which made it to number 18 on to the New York Times bestseller list. He later wrote three more books: a young adult autobiography called Hawk, a road journal called Between Boardslides and Burnout and Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder. Tony's Boom Boom HuckJam tour is the most successful action sports tour featuring skateboarding, BMX, and freestyle Moto-X. His wife Llotse's wedding gown was designed by Vera Wang. The engagement ring he gave to Lhotse Merriam was from Tiffany.