Joe Rogan Experience #1477 — Tony Hawk Transcript

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0:00 And we're rolling. It's an honor. and a lot of times we'll be in a city or something or just like now i didn't know where to park right Yeah. guys flip the board, the wheels flip up and go to the other side. have figured out how to make their board was all street right and so what what I did was vert skating. This is not working for me. Yeah, for sure.

3:17 but when I was – I guess I was probably like 11 or 12, And then it was really the Dogtown crew that took it to a new level where it And then that was it. you didn't have to live in Southern California. You didn't have to live in New York or be near like, See, Well, it was actually kind of the second wave of skating in the 80s where I had a pretty good career.

6:27 And their kids are watching me on the X Games. it might seem magical, the top of the amateur ranks No one had champagne. But you had a coach. That's me at age 17. So I'm literally sitting outside of my house that I bought Well, a duplex, but yeah, it was my own place. Really? okay, this is a long story, In North County, San Diego, Carlsbad. But it almost, you know, when you're that age and you're doing well, you think that

10:02 He was a good friend of mine pro skater and he was the but clearly he had to get a job. And I was always pretty advanced. I was like, oh, that's cool, I guess. and then moved to North Hollywood for two months. I mean, especially when you have that much success at a young age, you think it's never going to end. And then it all came crashing down in about like 1991, 92,

13:02 Was it just a liability thing? and it was just like, you're out. Yes and no. I love the self-confidence it brought to me. I just had to figure out how to make ends meet. stop totally? Well, it was definitely felt like it was heading that way. Um, but I, like I said, It was it started to slowly come back. It was just like, And I think that's really when skating started to spark again.

16:19 And it was like, what do you do? Yeah, and that was, I mean, really, it was coined by ESPN. And what were like the early skateboarding events in the X Games? Yeah, sure. saw went viral you probably seen him where he's just falling from like 30 feet up um that's when they started to i don't want to say tone it down but but really they started to figure out

18:38 and I was like, work on new tricks at this height instead of trying to go to the moon go to the moon right Yeah. Woke up in the ambulance. Did you get that gene checked? And not just CTE. Yeah. with a lot of issues, But you do feel like your mental capacity is growing. I mean, I would imagine any sort of supplement and I don't feel any of those effects like that, no.

22:30 she couldn't keep weight off her whole body was just a mess she was having a hard time with her That's why I live there. I know the rest of the city or the rest of the state is having issues in some spots, particularly Los Angeles. It's yeah. That's so weird. And it's a weird time politically. like we there's light at the end of the tunnel yeah we all feel that way yeah it's um just

25:40 Some are still very optimistic where they think, okay, we're going to do it in July. Are you sure? I got one in New Orleans and one in Nashville with Chappelle. No, no, not yet. No. Yeah. Yeah. I don't. Yeah weird it's a weird time yeah I remember when yeah and handshaking Like just the appearance of releasing it now. And one of the superintendents was a supervisor, a superintendent said that there's only six

28:23 Yeah. Like, San Diego is a really healthy place. I would imagine just that alone would lend itself to people having stronger immune systems i would hope so um but like i said it's still it still feels like a great divide even And then everyone just goes up to Newport, or wherever they can. But that's so dumb. So when we're talking about San Diego So I never really did it.

30:48 she had to get her 20 laps in every day. come home from college and take me to the park. And then I just got hooked. Like that was, that was my home away from home from that point on. Um, and so I surf pretty regularly, I would say and he said, what we would consider. which is their big spot. He was trying out the first foil board there. permanently i was too focused on trying to survive myself to worry about what he was doing

33:45 uh, and then I'll never forget looking out and, And he's like, I'm just in the pit of this move, And backside's a little more challenging just because of the turning and the way you're facing. to back towards the barrel and I looked at the barrel and it was like the most frightening thing And then i went down how long were you down for? Um, He's like,

36:18 He's at 250 fucking degrees in his sauna. So does he wear oven mitts so his skin won't melt off? because that's as hot as this thermostat gets. I did it once here. And then I'd come in and do podcasts and I was having a hard time talking. I was like, like the infrared ones. Laird said that they Have you done his crazy water workouts? Yeah. of friends that have gone up there and trained with him and then they just text me afterwards what the fuck yeah because he's just not no one no one can can go easy no he's not there's no easy with larry yeah there's only two speeds i was telling you about his ankle people he came in

39:16 Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, just some fucking maniac at the front of the line. have to have that kind of mentality. but also there's a sense of self-confidence that you gain and that you explore. and that I did it my own way. Sure. But I agree. i know i have dialed in like can i make them work together sometimes it's a happy accident like you

42:56 we call it an NBD best So you get one hour to get a trick on video. Like they all, you know, done it, got it on video. So they were made of different materials. So there hasn't been a lot of huge advancements. And we haven't found anything that responds the same. three times long, four times long. I tried something along those lines. when i was a kid there was no 50 year old rock stars you know like we thought you know i'm saying

47:33 skaters, right? Because when It's, well, it's fun. Well, it went through the years. And I remember around that time there was a photo in Thrasher of this guy, Mark Lake, who was an older skater at the time. like we realized that we're all sort of, I guess I'm sort of the guinea pig now Yeah, it's just I skate for a couple hours a day, I'd say four times a week,

50:13 I would tap you. And I've had so many different ways that whenever I'm sitting here and someone were to call me over there, That's the only thing that I get worked on. That makes turning the head yeah checking the checking their mirrors. Yeah, well. It's great for fighters, too Well, I'm open to ideas. You never had any knee problems or ankle problems at all?

52:45 So I know that that was to my advantage for sure. um, I was really bummed out, man, because I was seeing that they were trying to keep these kids out of the skate park. That was very strange. I did see some helicopter footage I was like, what world are we living in? They use tax money. And now you're just forcing them back to those days. Well, skateboarding, it's it's almost like

55:21 Um, and you know, designed help and things like that. So, uh, it's been great. We've, we've, but he did so much for cancer awareness and research. he's here. Right. And, and for, you know, for, for people to like-minded people to, to hang out, like to like their community actually cares about them. place, Well, I think it's because of you in a lot of ways.

58:49 Sure. And so either they're encouraging of their kids skating or they're actually skating with them. Is there a really old dude out there shredded? i know how to fall on a ramp and i wear the pads and that's what's kept me going but even that Their shit breaks so easy. you know, uh, which is something that I had done that's gotta affect you He had to self-identify what the injury was.

1:01:43 the warehouse and yeah jamie Oh, Jesus. His diet is almost all ribeye steaks. That's so insane. That's kind of crazy. Oh shit. Um, Wow. he did help me for a few weeks and then i started skating it was actually i was i was working Yeah. not my best work, that you can't cough like you know what I mean you can't like sneezing if you Oh, damn, dude. and he does all these crazy workouts in the pool.

1:06:50 Yeah, he has, I mean, he's a fascinating guy, and see these things he's wearing? but he gets this ferocious muscle workout, it seems like a good thing to try, I was like, they ride you that's iffy it was just all, it was all junk food. Oh, okay. Do you take supplements at all? pursuit, anything where people are doing things,. So much more really conscious of supplements and diet.

1:10:18 What's wrong with her? You go in there, it's like wood panel walls. Yeah. I've been going to San Diego forever. You know what I mean? Okay, that makes sense. And even now with the quarantine, it's still – you get on the road. And usually it's just dead. There's LAX. I'm like, the Californians. we'd love to live in New York once right now I don't know

1:13:23 this sense of in the air where you knew something was going to We were convinced that we had gone through it once everything— We just have a concierge service comes here, concierge MDLA or whatever. It's my mistake. I got tested last weekend. But they found out when he arrived that he knew that someone in his family had had it, And we called the event.

1:15:59 Well, I can tell you watching it at home with my kids, It was just great just to Obviously, it's a fucking cage fight. their corner so when their corners were yelling out instruction and when the opposition corner Well, Utah is opening up. we can get it done Well, next year. and things like that so um it's more because that type of skating is more accessible especially

1:19:11 and, For instance, more well-rounded Yeah, absolutely. and they learn how to skate. That's Skate to Stand. So they don't see it as this co-ed sport at all. The mountains of Afghanistan, Skating is... Because before it was just sort of loose. But at the end of the day, when you go to a skate contest, and now do you have former pros or current universal acceptance of

1:23:41 How good your run was, yeah. Sure, yeah. of there and doing whatever Yeah. because it's an opportunity to sort of, you know, proselytize. I mean, there is a lot of controversy in the hardcore You can still go hop fences and skate the handrail. Like that's not taken away from you. is what is somehow sanitizing skating, we've had, I grew up skating competitions. I literally

1:26:42 We already have the Dew Tour. Well, for you, I mean, you've crossed over to the other side that's what's do you I So I was getting made fun of in the skate world. weird sort of hand plants and aerial tricks and things where it just wasn't that wasn't the normal And then I got more confident and I got stronger. Like I just didn't have that weight behind me and so what i did was

1:30:08 thing right this art form fringe and then I started doing that and then in skating and they just, they didn't like to see anything new or, or sort of fringe. And then in the 90s, like X Games came into play. if McDonald's had asked me to be in a commercial, I would have jumped on it. Are you kidding me? So the best way to dismiss that or diminish it

1:31:48 that sort of steeled my resolve where, this right about me in magazines. That's such a bitch-ass approach you know cheating like that that's so weird to me because i never would have i guess it makes sense like, why are you They're going to find I'd kind of given up you guys don't like me Like the stuff that I've gotten to do over my life is beyond any dream I could have ever

1:34:10 it. Yeah. And to support Do you know who that guy is? been these waves of change inside of it during your lifetime you know that it's such a an evolving sort of growing thing that from the time you were a kid to now it's almost just a totally different Do you have friends that are your age that also still skate as well? and I mean in the last two months

1:36:04 and have fun and practice? And then we are working on this Best Trick NBD thing. because I had a SiriusXM show for 10 years. beg someone, I didn't have anyone running the show, it was just more like hey does anyone know seth rogan can you think Do you do anything with it now? Because that's how I felt when I sent you the first message on Twitter. you know that's that's the roadmap oh for sure i i try to tell people too you don't have to you don't have to be the best

1:39:09 I need to be number one. they just want to be they want to get in the magazine they want to be or win the contest and Once they reach always getting better at skating. That's interesting. And then they become famous. Yeah, I got to see him a couple of times. Yeah, that was a thing he was doing. there's a book called brother sam his brother bill wrote this whole book about this sort of

1:42:28 Famous and successful at it. It's just it's so cool. Yeah, I'm still still chasing that carrot chase that care baby