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Featured Skateboarders

Anthony (Tony) Frank Hawk

King of Air & Spin and Vert Skateboard

Anthony Frank Hawk Portrait by Grant Brittain
Anthony (Tony) Frank Hawk
Anthony (Tony) Frank Hawk was born on May 12, 1968, in San Diego, California, to Nancy (1924–2019) and Frank Hawk (1923–1995), and was raised in San Diego. He has two older sisters, Pat and Lenore, and an older brother, Steve., nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. A pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding, Hawk completed the first documented "900" skateboarding trick in 1999. He also licensed a skateboarding video game series named after him, published by Activision that same year. Hawk, who retired from competing professionally in 2003, is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential skateboarders of all time. Among Hawk's philanthropic activities is the Skatepark Project, which helps to build skateparks in underprivileged areas around the world. As a child, Hawk was described as "hyperactive". One time, Hawk struck out in baseball and was so distraught that he hid in a ravine and had to be coaxed out by his father. His parents had him psychologically evaluated at school. The results were that Tony was "gifted", as he was tested with an IQ of 144, so school advisers recommended placing him in advanced classes. Hawk attended Jean Farb Middle School from 1980 to 1981. His parents supported his skateboarding because it served as an outlet for his restless energy. Hawk's skills developed, and he made his television debut on Captain Kangaroo as "Skateboard Johnny" in 1981. Hawk became a professional skateboarder at age 14. By age 16, he was sponsored by Powell Peralta, Tracker, Sundek, Vans, and SIO. Hawk attended three high schools and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 1986. He later said Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi were his influences at the time.

John Rodney Mullen

King of Flip and Street Skateboard

John Rodney Mullen Portrait by Carson Brittain
John Rodney Mullen
John Rodney Mullen (born August 17, 1966) is an American professional skateboarder who practices freestyle skateboarding and street skateboarding. He is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. Mullen is credited for inventing numerous tricks, including the flatground ollie, kickflip, heelflip, impossible, and 360-kickflip. As a result, he has been called the "godfather of modern street skating". Rodney Mullen won his first world freestyle skateboard championship at the age of 14; over the following decade, he won 34 out of 35 freestyle contests, thus establishing the most successful competitive run in the history of the sport. Over the following years, he transitioned from freestyle to street skateboarding, adapting his accumulated freestyle skills to street and inventing or expanding upon additional tricks in the process, such as primo slides, dark slides, and Casper slides. Mullen has appeared in over 20 skateboarding videos and has co-authored an autobiography, entitled The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself, with writer Sean Mortimer.

Tony Hawk

Website Homepage

Professional Skateboard Tony Hawk Homepage website

Tony Hawk Website

Video Game Awards

Awards & Honor

  • 2× Game Informer Game of the Year: 1999, 2000
  • Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences – Tony Hawk’s Video Games
  • 2× Console Game of the Year Nominee: 1999, 2000
  • Console Sports Game of the Year: 2001
  • 3× Console Sports Game of the Year Nominee: 1999, 2000, 2002
  • Game of the Year Nominee: 2000
  • Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering Nominee: 2000
  • 2× Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Nominee: 2000, 2003
  • Hand-Held Mobile Game of the Year Nominee: 2001
  • Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering Nominee: 2001
  • Outstanding Achievement in Animation Nominee: 2001
  • 2× Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack Nominee: 2003, 2004
  • Console Action Sports Game of the Year: 2004
  • Console Action Sports Game of the Year Nominee: 2003
  • 2× Sports Game of the Year: 2006, 2020
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
  • 2× Favorite PlayStation Game: 2000, 2001
  • Favorite Dreamcast Game: 2001
  • Favorite Game Boy Game: 2001
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly Game of the Year: 2000
  • BAFTA Hand-Held Game of the Year: 2001
  • Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Video Game of the Year: 2001
  • VSDA/EMA Awards
  • Video Game of the Year: 2001
  • GameCube Video Game of the Year: 2002
  • 2× Xbox Video Game of the Year: 2002, 2004
  • Teen Choice Awards Video Game of the Year Nominee: 2003
  • Spike Video Game Awards
  • Best Sports Game: 2003
  • Best Sports Game Nominee: 2004
  • Best Music Nominee: 2003
  • Game of the Year Nominee: 2003
  • Best Song in a Video Game Nominee: 2004
  • 2× Best Individual Sports Game: 2005, 2006
  • Best Individual Sports Game Nominee: 2007
  • 2× Best Soundtrack Nominee: 2005, 2007
  • MTV Video Music Award – Best Video Game Soundtrack: 2004
  • Best Video Game Soundtrack Nominee: 2005

Media Awards

Awards & Honor

  • Inaugural Thrasher Skater of the Year: 1990
  • TransWorld Skateboarding Awards
  • 4× Best Vert Skater: 1998–2001
  • Runner-Up: 2002
  • Legend Award: 2008
  • Alternative Athlete of the Year ESPY Award: 2000
  • Laureus World Sports Award Nominee: 2000
  • ESPN Action Sports Achievement Award: 2001
  • 5× Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Male Athlete: 2001, 2003–2005, 2008
  • Young Hollywood Awards – Cultural Icon Award: 2002
  • Make-A-Wish Foundation Favorite Male Athlete: 2002
  • Laureus World Sports Academy Member & Ambassador: 2003
  • Teen Choice Awards
  • Male Athlete of the Year: 2004
  • 2× Nominee: 2002, 2003
  • Extreme Athlete of the Year: 2001
  • Extreme Male Athlete of the Year: 2000
  • Nominee: 1999
  • Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night XII – Entrepreneur of the Year: 2006
  • X-Dance Athlete of the Year: 2008
  • STOKED Awards – Achievement Award: 2008
  • Kids for Peace – Peace Hero Award: 2009
  • James Joyce Award: 2009
  • United States Sports Academy – Distinguished Service Award: 2009
  • RWJF Steve Patterson Award – The Tony Hawk Foundation: 2013
  • WORLDZ Summit – Titan Award: 2016
  • Clio Sports Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award: 2019
  • Vital Voices – Voices of Solidarity Award: 2023
  • San Diego Sports Medicine Foundation – Community Legend Honoree

Notable skateboarding achievements

Awards & Honor

  • 12× Consecutive National Skateboarding Association Vert Champion: 1983–1995
  • 16× X Games Medalist
    • 10× X Games Gold Medalist
      • 2× Vert Gold Medal: 1995, 1997
      • 6× Vert Doubles Gold Medal: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
      • 2× Vert Best Trick Gold Medal: 1999, 2003
    • 3× X Games Silver Medalist
      • Park Silver Medal: 1995
      • Vert Silver Medal: 1996
      • Vert Best Trick Silver Medal: 2001
    • 3× X Games Bronze Medalist
      • 2× Vert Bronze Medal: 1998, 1999
      • Vert Best Trick Bronze Medal: 2002
  • 7× Münster Monster Mastership Medalist
    • 5× Münster Monster Mastership Gold Medal
      • 4× Pro Half-Pipe Gold Medal: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1998
      • Street Style Gold Medal: 1991
    • 2× Münster Monster Mastership Streetstyle Pro Silver Medal: 1989, 1993
  • 5× Hard Rock Cafe and Vans World Champion
    • 3× Vert: 1995, 1996, 1997
    • Vert Doubles: 1997
    • Best Trick: 1998
  • World Championships – Vert World Champion: 1993
  • 2× Hard Rock Triple Crown of Skateboarding – Vert Champion: 1996, 1997
  • 2× Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding Vert Champion: 1998, 1999
  • TransWorld Skateboard Championships – Pro Half-Pipe Champion: 1986
  • Del Mar Spring Nationals – Pool Champion: 1983
  • Summer World Series Finals – Pool Champion: 1983
  • 24× National Skateboarding Association Contest Champion: 1983–1992

Halls of Fame

Awards & Honor

  • Breitbard Hall of Fame – Class of 2002
  • Skateboarding Hall of Fame – Class of 2009 (Inaugural Inductee)
  • California Hall of Fame – Class of 2019
  • Shacknews Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater)
  • Münster Monster Mastership Hall of Fame

Tony Hawk has invented 89 Skateboarding tricks:

Tricks Invented List

  • 720
  • 900
  • 360 flip mute to fakie
  • 360 frontside rock 'n' roll
  • 360 ollie to backside boardslide
  • 360 varial disaster
  • 360 varial McTwist
  • 360 varial to tail
  • 540 body varial
  • Airwalk
  • Airwalk to fakie
  • Alley-oop backside bluntslide
  • Backside heelflip body varial
  • Backside ollie one foot
  • Backside ollie to tail
  • Backside pop shove-it
  • Backside rewind grind
  • Backside varial
  • Bluntslide to fakie
  • Cab backside smith
  • Cab body varial
  • Cab lipslide
  • Cab revert
  • Cab shove-it
  • Cab to tail
  • Double kickflip varial indy
  • Eggplant to fakie
  • Fakie heelflip varial lien
  • Fakie to fakie 540
  • Fakie to fakie frontside rock 'n' roll
  • Fakie to fakie lien 540
  • Fakie to fakie stalefish 540
  • Fingerflip air to fakie
  • Fingerflip backside air
  • 360 flip mute to fakie
  • 360 frontside rock 'n' roll
  • 360 ollie to backside boardslide
  • 360 varial disaster
  • Frontside 270 to switch crook
  • Frontside bluntslide
  • Frontside body varial revert
  • Frontside cab
  • Frontside cab disaster
  • Frontside cab disaster revert
  • Frontside cab revert
  • Frontside cab tailgrab
  • Frontside G twist
  • Frontside G twist body varial
  • Frontside G twist madonna
  • Frontside G twist varial
  • Frontside hurricane
  • Frontside hurricane to fakie
  • Frontside kickflip body varial
  • Frontside L twist to tail
  • Frontside nosegrind
  • Frontside noseslide
  • G twist 360 varial
  • G twist heelflip body varial
  • G twist varial disaster revert
  • Gymnast plant
  • Half cab body varial lien
  • Half cab frontside blunt revert
  • Half cab to bluntslide
  • Half elguerial
  • Heelflip slob air
  • Heelflip varial lien
  • Heelflip varial lien revert
  • Indy 540
  • Invert to layback air
  • Kickflip McTwist
  • Lipslide revert
  • Madonna
  • Nollie heelflip indy
  • Ollie 540
  • Ollie to indy air
  • Rodeo flip
  • Sacktap
  • Saran wrap
  • Shove-it rock 'n' roll
  • Shove-it to backside smith
  • Slob G Twist one foot
  • Stalefish
  • Stalefish 540
  • Stalefish frontside 540
  • Shove-it frontside nosegrind
  • Switch 540
  • Switch backside ollie
  • Switch indie air
  • Switcheroo to fakie
  • Tailgrab one foot 540
  • Varial 540
  • Varial 720
  • Varial G twist

Rodney Mullen

Website Homepage

Professional Skateboard Rodney Mullen Homepage website

Rodney Mullen Website

Rodney Mullen has been credited with inventing the following tricks (years included):

Tricks Invented List

  • The flatground Ollie
  • Godzilla rail flip (1979)
  • 540 shove-it (1979)
  • 50/50 Saran wrap (1979)
  • 50/50 Casper (1980)
  • Helipop (1980)
  • Gazelle flip (1981)
  • No-handed 50/50 (1981)
  • No-handed 50/50 kickflip
  • Kick flip (1982)
  • Heel flip (1982)
  • Double heelflip
  • Impossible (1982)
  • Sidewinder (1983)
  • 360 flip (1983)
  • Switch 360 flip
  • 360 pressure flip (1983)
  • Casper 360 flip (1983)
  • Half-cab kickflip (1983)
  • 50/50 sidewinder (1983)
  • One-footed ollie (1984)
  • Backside flip (Backside 180 Kickflip) (1984)
  • Ollie Nosebone (1986)
  • Ollie finger flip (1986)
  • Ollie Airwalk (1986)
  • Frontside heel flip shove-it (1988)
  • Helipop heel flip (1990)
  • Kickflip underflip (1992)
  • Half-cab kickflip underflip (1992)
  • Casper slide (1992)
  • Darkslide
  • Half flip darkslide
  • Handstand flips