![]() ![]() ![]() He became a successful businessman, and later became the first guy to cleanly land a 900, on top of the zillion other tricks he invented.Īnd he emerged from all the hate and scorn a friggin' legend, and this is undisputable. He adapted to street skating when Vert went bust. But no one can deny that his innovations took serious skill and balls of steel. Tony almost singlehandedly brought skating out of the age of big airs and big grinds into big, twisty airs and big, twisty, flippy grinds. ![]() I'm sure it motivated him, though I doubt he would admit it. Yet Tony was all Teflon when it came to the scorn of his contemporatiies and fans of his rivals. Tony's squeeb haircut probably didn't help his standing amongst the hardcore crowd either. Tony wasn't (and was never) known for a smooth style. To be fair, Duane wasn't the only one heaping on the abuse. It probably doesn't help that Duane has crashed and burned in the worst way while Tony, after some financial setbacks, continues to make bank. The Playstation shit is where he belongs." Peters: " I can’t stand Tony Hawk, I just can’t stand going to get a soft drink and there’s that fuckin’ geek on the fuckin’ cup. ![]() Let me give you a relatively recent quote from Mr. Probably his most remarkable achievement was surviving Duane Peters' torments that continue even to this day. ![]()
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