Tony Hawk

He first married Cindy Dunbar in the year 1990 and has a son Riley Hawk from her. The couple divorced in 1993.

He married Erin Lee in 1996. From this marriage, he has two sons: Spencer and Keegan. The second marriage ended in 2004.

In 2006 he married Lhotse Merriam. Their first child, named Kadence Clover Hawk, was born 2 years later. The couple divorced in 2011.

He was born on May 12, 1968, in Carlsbad, California, to Nancy and Frank Peter Rupert Hawk. From an early age, he gave enough indications that he was blessed with exceptional intelligence and talent.

In 1980, he attended the Jean Farb Middle School and was also sponsored for skating. He would often push himself to perform well and then get disappointed at not being able to do so.

Due to his passion for skateboarding, he would keep stretching the barrier relentlessly. As a self guru, he was tougher on himself than anyone else could ever be.

By the time he was 16 years old, he was already regarded as one of the top skateboarders in America.

In 1982, he joined the legendary Bones Brigade team, which was into professional skateboarding. This team comprised of Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain and others, and had gained a huge reputation due to their antics.

He has made several movie and television appearances since the beginning of his career. The first one was in 1986 as a skater double for Josh Brolin in the movie Thrashin’.

Along with his compatriot Per Welinder, he started his own skateboarding company called ‘BirdHouse,’ In its iniial days, the company struggled to make ends meet. It was only when extreme sports gained popularity in 1995 that skateboarding came to limelight.

He was the first skater to perform a "900", a trick involving the completion of two-and-a-half mid-air revolutions (900 degress) on a skateboard. He performed the trick on July 27, 1999.

In 1999, he launched a video game series based on his skateboarding, titled 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater'. The series has launched 18 titles so far.

In 2014, he was labeled as one of the 'Most influential skateboarders of all-time' by FoxWeekly.

He has got awards such as, Make-A-Wish’s Favorite Male Athlete, Nickelodeon’s Kid’s Choice Awards’ Favorite Male Athlete, and also Teen Choice Awards’. He beat legends Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant for the above mentioned awards.