Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder

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Tony Hawk has won more than 60 contests, invented close to 50 maneuvers, and, in the 1999 X Games, made history by landing the first 900-degree aerial in skateboarding history. With his appearance in nearly 20 televisoin commercials, including one for the Gap, Disney's Super Bowl Tarzan spot, and the milk-mustache ad, he's one of the most recognizable of modern-day athletes. But his road to superstardom hasn't been steady or easy. In Hawk, Tony takes a look at skateboarding's most recent history while telling the exhilarating story of his rise to fame and multimillion-dollar fortune in the '80s, his crashing descent to near pauper in the early '90s, with barely enough money to pay for lunch at Taco Bell, and his meteoric ascent to legendary skateboarding virtuoso today. He also describes his father's undying support for his unconventional son: not only did he drive him daily to the local skatepark, but he also started the National Skateboarding Association. Hawk is the touching, inspiring tale of one man's perseverance and determination through incredible ups and downs to become the greatest skateboarding master of all time.