How Much Money Did Tony Hawk Make From Tony Hawk's Pro Skater??

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  • čas přidán 14. 06. 2018
  • Tony Hawk tells us how much his first Tony Hawk's Pro Skater video game check was for.
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  • @jdmcarboy64
    @jdmcarboy64 Před 4 lety +15027

    For those unfamiliar with the 900. It’s Tony’s signature move where he goes up and spins 900 times.

  • @miketaylor9544
    @miketaylor9544 Před 5 lety +6727

    These games were not only fun, but literally had the best soundtracks ever. So much great music i found because of these games.

    • @Magerquark
      @Magerquark Před 5 lety +114

      Easily one of the best sportgames ever

    • @RR-wc6nq
      @RR-wc6nq Před 5 lety +66

      Remember trying to compile the sickest tricks to end with a rail grind and front wheel ollie S-K-A-T-E

    • @Humanistic_
      @Humanistic_ Před 5 lety +120

      Superman by Goldfinger is the first song i think of when i think of those games

    • @oubimcius4032
      @oubimcius4032 Před 5 lety +3

      The first game sound track was amazing!!

    • @genesis11am
      @genesis11am Před 5 lety +18

      True. Now I find my music on gta

  • @BipityBopity93
    @BipityBopity93 Před 4 lety +751

    Tony Hawk, the man responsible for the skill of finding VHS tapes in random places.

    • @blakeb9792
      @blakeb9792 Před 4 lety +6

      Hilarious! Lol

    • @heyhocodyo1997
      @heyhocodyo1997 Před 3 lety +1

      Whats on the tapes and why's he looking for them

    • @KJAY2THOUSAND
      @KJAY2THOUSAND Před 3 lety +3

      @@heyhocodyo1997 unseen skate footage😉

    • @RevanMartinez
      @RevanMartinez Před 3 lety +7

      I work in Tampa and drive by the building that has a secret tape in the level in Tony Hawks Underground, whenever I drive by I image there’s still a secret tape up there haha

    • @steveothamula9038
      @steveothamula9038 Před 3 lety +2

      @@heyhocodyo1997 pretty sus when you think about it. Tony hawks private porno collection. Tony Gawks.

  • @Apriliars
    @Apriliars Před 4 lety +1552

    Anyone else here that didn’t search for this but still clicked because you played this game when you were a kid?

    • @ignignokt-6050
      @ignignokt-6050 Před 4 lety +7

      Aprilia rs I was never into skating but I loved that original PlayStation game. I was so fun to do the tricks.i was a dirt bike kid

    • @Apriliars
      @Apriliars Před 4 lety +3

      @@ignignokt-6050 It was fun no matter what :) have a great day brother

    • @SHACROW
      @SHACROW Před 4 lety +1

      Hell yea bro

    • @AfricanAnimeLoverAMV
      @AfricanAnimeLoverAMV Před 4 lety +1

      CZcams is in our heads

    • @airraverstaz
      @airraverstaz Před 4 lety +4

      I was in the 3rd grade, my friends and I didn't have skateboards so when their parent's left we'd take pillows and jump off of their dresser onto the bed pretending they were boards. It sounds kind of sad, but it was damn fun.

  • @lawson4322
    @lawson4322 Před 5 lety +5243

    made tony hawk a sandwich at subway.... gave me a 20 buck tip, mans a legend

  • @bakerXderek
    @bakerXderek Před 6 lety +5219

    Tony is a 100% certified OG.

  • @Skywalker05088
    @Skywalker05088 Před 4 lety +109

    Tony is still that 18 year old that loves skating and is still just as humble as the day he got his first skateboard. Mad props brother.

  • @Zlittlepenguin
    @Zlittlepenguin Před 4 lety +533

    I’m not even interested in skateboarding whatsoever, but there’s something about Tony hawk that just demands respect lol

    • @BennyNegroFromQueens
      @BennyNegroFromQueens Před 4 lety +14

      Yea, it's weird...i think it's because he's an effective communicator.

    • @ibastratepi
      @ibastratepi Před 4 lety +32

      Yup. He's up there with Jordan, Schumacher, Tiger Woods, Valentino Rossi...people that make non-players into fans.

    • @kompanjonac
      @kompanjonac Před 4 lety +11

      He's just all around awesome dude

    • @standingpineapple6651
      @standingpineapple6651 Před 4 lety +1

      It's his being-ness. Just the way he is so attractive.

    • @Steve_305
      @Steve_305 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ibastratepi you forgot to mention Lance Armstrong

  • @joshscott7401
    @joshscott7401 Před 5 lety +2665

    He taught us that we can slam through glass mid 900 into a tail slide.

    • @Doomreb
      @Doomreb Před 5 lety +110

      my childhood flashed before my eyes when i read that 😂

    • @portraitsoftracy
      @portraitsoftracy Před 5 lety +3

      @@Doomreb SAME!

    • @zacadou
      @zacadou Před 5 lety +3

      hahaha made my day

    • @mattpriest23
      @mattpriest23 Před 5 lety +6

      Dying 🤣😂👍🏼👍🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼♾

    • @Alex-m8515
      @Alex-m8515 Před 4 lety +3

      Tail slide into a manual

  • @doylechester4405
    @doylechester4405 Před 5 lety +1945

    Tony Hawk, you deserve every dollar that comes your way. You've entertained millions of people for years.

    • @joegastly6166
      @joegastly6166 Před 5 lety +10

      Tony Hawk deserves more money. Lets all donate as much as possible to him

    • @peytonleehagens123
      @peytonleehagens123 Před 4 lety +1

      Man I'll Probably regret this r/whoooosh

    • @maxbonaccorsi7907
      @maxbonaccorsi7907 Před 4 lety

      Eh kinda fucked up the game my guy

    • @casualpolice7710
      @casualpolice7710 Před 4 lety +10

      @@choosetolivefree You're not a skater either, you're a keyboard warrior.

    • @boosters23
      @boosters23 Před 4 lety +6

      @@choosetolivefree someone shit in your cornflakes.

  • @andrewjohnson9284
    @andrewjohnson9284 Před 4 lety +129

    Hawk never gave up on his dream of making skating a real sport and getting money for skaters. Nothing but respect. Without him so many skaters we know would not be big time names. He deserves every penny he get's. What a great ambasdor to the sport.

    • @joemckim1183
      @joemckim1183 Před rokem +4

      And Tony Hawk spent most of his prime years making very little money. After the 80s boom period of skating ended most skaters made a fraction of what they made before hand.

  • @frozenlake1215
    @frozenlake1215 Před rokem +28

    I keep revisiting this clip, especially the money part. Not because I want to hear rich people talk about getting rich, but because of how unexpected it was for Tony. He has always seemed like a genuine, down-to-earth dude. The original Pro Skater games arguably could have marked the peak of his fame but not even he knew how big they would hit, and I think you can tell that with this video.

    • @ladboii2901
      @ladboii2901 Před rokem +3

      Man's passion was skateboarding as a hobby, then sport, then a passionate job, Fortunately it became his life

  • @c0pyimitati0n
    @c0pyimitati0n Před 6 lety +2128

    I remember growing up in the 90's playing the original Tony Hawk demo over and over and over and over again.

    • @opnavesea
      @opnavesea Před 6 lety +5

      hahaha same!

    • @george2648
      @george2648 Před 6 lety +2

      💯

    • @tbhaver
      @tbhaver Před 6 lety +32

      Same here. back when there were demo discs.

    • @DylanTaylor
      @DylanTaylor Před 6 lety +3

      c0pyimitati0n hahaha yes the demo discs. I remember those

    • @jayc5633
      @jayc5633 Před 6 lety +38

      The warehouse 🤟

  • @nineinchrails3361
    @nineinchrails3361 Před 5 lety +1394

    All the pro skaters were great but Tony Hawks Underground truly changed my life. The whole pick a sponsor story mode was fukking excellent.

    • @nubreed13
      @nubreed13 Před 5 lety +51

      Just a shame the game is the same no matter what sponsor you pick.

    • @JMC-The-Director
      @JMC-The-Director Před 5 lety +17

      Underground was Legit man I want to find it and play like the old days!

    • @wafflez-man-1995
      @wafflez-man-1995 Před 5 lety

      Hank Sabbath the best game

    • @riv6580
      @riv6580 Před 5 lety +11

      The 1st one changed us old people’s lives!

    • @ggdk2865
      @ggdk2865 Před 5 lety +8

      THPS 2 and 3 are my favorites! True classics.

  • @metalupmikey
    @metalupmikey Před 4 lety +63

    1:14 is the single greatest interview moment Tony has ever had. The delivery on the question was perfect.

    • @jojonr619
      @jojonr619 Před rokem +2

      You could feel every emotion off his face. He knows he’s in for a big number and he’s already sad about it.

  • @allbaugh04
    @allbaugh04 Před 4 lety +323

    $4mil and he's not sure if that was the annual royalty. So we don't even know how much he got paid, he don't even know how much he got paid.

    • @mikintil
      @mikintil Před 4 lety +55

      Oh im sure he does hes being modest, that game made billions im sure he got more than that

    • @andreidinu7316
      @andreidinu7316 Před 4 lety +18

      He was talking about the first big bonus he got from it. The annual royalties are definitely higher than that and go straight to his bank account.

    • @andreidinu7316
      @andreidinu7316 Před 4 lety +2

      @Retro game bookcase reviews and this is now, when the game faded, imagine what he was doing at the height of its run.

    • @clay_reznor647
      @clay_reznor647 Před 4 lety +6

      They probably shortchanging him. That's why that lunch meeting was for.

    • @yourmomsgoat5840
      @yourmomsgoat5840 Před 4 lety +1

      seeITdestroID I don’t think he got billions 😀😀

  • @HatedJared
    @HatedJared Před 5 lety +2800

    Damn, $4mil? Thats a down payment on a 1 bedroom house in the Bay Area!

    • @Definitely_Melnyx
      @Definitely_Melnyx Před 5 lety +74

      bruh, I thought for 30 seconds he got 4.000 because you wrote mil. I question my life in this time.

    • @Google_Does_Evil_Now
      @Google_Does_Evil_Now Před 5 lety +7

      But how long ago?

    • @INSIGHTCO
      @INSIGHTCO Před 5 lety +142

      Back in the early 2000's nah... that was 2 houses.

    • @hectoraraujo5483
      @hectoraraujo5483 Před 5 lety +2

      Melnyx I also tend to get mil and millón mixed up sometimes

    • @KeefeL
      @KeefeL Před 5 lety +2

      By the city center in a new building... Commentbait

  • @FromHyrule
    @FromHyrule Před 5 lety +438

    Tony Hawk is so iconic, you don’t have to know a lick of skateboarding to know he’s the real deal.

  • @Nevermindlol829
    @Nevermindlol829 Před 4 lety +520

    I think tony is gonna get more than 4 milly come September

    • @BigCleverName
      @BigCleverName Před 4 lety +10

      I already digitally pre-ordered and I hope I did the right thing lmao

    • @Nevermindlol829
      @Nevermindlol829 Před 4 lety +21

      Clever Name you did, I’d give my left nut to have pro skater 2 remaster but they only want £50 for it so it’s a win win

    • @StonedColdSteveAustin316
      @StonedColdSteveAustin316 Před 4 lety +1

      i’m so hype

    • @hotheadedgamers6949
      @hotheadedgamers6949 Před 4 lety +2

      Because I’m buying his new game and I’m hoping he remaster some more

    • @supadopemex9245
      @supadopemex9245 Před 4 lety

      Exactly I’m buying that thing for sure.

  • @robertshields5541
    @robertshields5541 Před 4 lety +126

    I’m 24 (almost 25) years old now and I grew up playing every Tony hawk game. Every single one. I went to the boom boom huck jams, bought birdhouse boards. Used to skateboard everyday outside before my pre-teens. Tony Hawk was the ultimate role model for kids when I was growing up. As I got a little older I grew out of skating and forgot how big of a part my life it used to be.
    Watching this video made me remember how big of an impact Tony Hawk had on my life. A true stand up guy and pioneer to the skating and video game communities.

    • @MichalGolata
      @MichalGolata Před 4 lety +2

      Robert Shields I put together new set up after 10 years of absence where now I’m 30...just saying 😉🤜

    • @RallyLancer95
      @RallyLancer95 Před 2 lety

      I'm the same age as you I couldn't agree more. Every kid I knew had a skateboard in the 2000s. Everyone knew who Tony was. Everyone played the games. The impact was bigger than I ever realized at the time

    • @joeschmo9838
      @joeschmo9838 Před 2 lety

      I bought the Birdhouse board that was silver with the skeleton of like an eagle on it, felt sad when I broke it. I wasn't HUGE into skating but tagged along with my brother because I always looked up to him and mainly just rolled around...was a good way to get exercise and there were some fun moments I had and scary as fuck moments (going down a huge hill then have a car beep, turn around and lose balance) ate shit doing probably 25-30mph.

  • @ccortez392
    @ccortez392 Před 5 lety +1346

    Never skated, never played the games, never watched anything about him, yet I’ve always known who he is.

    • @victorpetrescu6586
      @victorpetrescu6586 Před 5 lety +70

      Obviously, Tony Hawk is an all time big icon.

    • @robfromvan
      @robfromvan Před 4 lety +13

      Batman well start skating then 👌😀

    • @letsprayandfasttogether9618
      @letsprayandfasttogether9618 Před 4 lety +2

      Batman shows you how powerful entertainment is and that’s not a good thing

    • @Floydfan47
      @Floydfan47 Před 4 lety +8

      Big disservice not playing them, they're so good. American Wasteland was my favorite.

    • @Tesla_ofthe_Skies
      @Tesla_ofthe_Skies Před 4 lety +3

      Batman that’s the definition of a legend then. Big name, bigger brand and insane longevity. The man is still relevant today and a huge philanthropist for children and not just skating, but of course that’s where is heart will always be!

  • @spencerhoback2583
    @spencerhoback2583 Před 6 lety +440

    You’ll never see this Tony but your foundation allowed my small town a skatepark, for that Sir. I thank You

  • @almightysosa3007
    @almightysosa3007 Před 4 lety +77

    I met Tony as a kid walking around the X-Games, all of a sudden I hear someone skating up to us and I’ll never forget turning around and seeing Tony Hawk at the height of his career. Young me was over the top excited and I still have the picture, one of my favorite people I’m glad to say I met him

  • @PatrickPierceBateman
    @PatrickPierceBateman Před 4 lety +714

    Google says his net worth is $140 million. I'd bet the games are responsible for at least half that money.

    • @asianassassin5082
      @asianassassin5082 Před 4 lety +14

      Thanks was wondering his net

    • @paynexkiller
      @paynexkiller Před 4 lety +5

      That’s actually not a lot.

    • @PatrickPierceBateman
      @PatrickPierceBateman Před 4 lety +114

      @@paynexkiller Not compared to how much money Activision made off of it. But $70 million is a shitload of money regardless.

    • @bloodieboi5182
      @bloodieboi5182 Před 4 lety +78

      paynexkiller seriously? That’s so fucking much money for one person to personally spend on anything they want.

    • @bodyemcal
      @bodyemcal Před 4 lety +33

      @@paynexkiller like u wouldn't want 140 mil lol

  • @dazhibernian
    @dazhibernian Před 6 lety +1881

    Get it remastered for current consoles!

    • @AZITHEMLGPRO
      @AZITHEMLGPRO Před 6 lety +21

      Oorrrr Xbox one backwards compatibility just like with skate 3

    • @originils5708
      @originils5708 Před 6 lety +38

      Tony Hawks pro skater HD exists

    • @jackmehoff8459
      @jackmehoff8459 Před 5 lety +1

      dazhibernian have it on ps3 part and 2 together in one game

    • @Kaospyro
      @Kaospyro Před 5 lety +2

      Originils and dead/abandoned. the studio did the DLC and left it for dead.

    • @Asocial-Canine
      @Asocial-Canine Před 5 lety +14

      They did, and trust me when I say you don't want it

  • @stuna91
    @stuna91 Před 5 lety +191

    Tony "lunch is on me" Hawk
    Guy is such a legend.

    • @salami99
      @salami99 Před 5 lety +8

      Tony "do a kick flip" hawk too

  • @TheDomain16
    @TheDomain16 Před 4 lety +154

    Not many celebrities deserve what they have but Tony is humble and deserves it all.

    • @makaveli087
      @makaveli087 Před 4 lety +11

      So true. Hawk was a pioneer in every industry he wrapped his head around. All the bragging rights on the planet and he's just like "Yeah, Things really just came together with that." He'd be a billionaire if he was able to stay away from women. Guys been divorced like 4 or 5 times.

    • @zackalfred3000
      @zackalfred3000 Před 4 lety +1

      Nah,he deserves way morr that what he currently has

  • @jonnydiggs1760
    @jonnydiggs1760 Před 4 lety +876

    As Tony ages, he is oddly starting to look like Bill Gates.
    All in fun. Tony is the man! 🤩🤙

  • @Cuzzzo
    @Cuzzzo Před 6 lety +737

    Now it would be a dlc. Buy the 900 for 5.99. Pre order now!!

    • @Black_Jesus3005
      @Black_Jesus3005 Před 6 lety +14

      kreativeasylum jh or all those sweet board graphics

    • @feensta
      @feensta Před 6 lety +15

      Lol this comment. So true

    • @Flagrant_Violations
      @Flagrant_Violations Před 6 lety +4

      People in the US legitimately don’t have the money for it. 30% of the US can’t afford a one time $10 hamburger incidental and ~50% can’t afford basics like food/water/shelter.

    • @cheesesteakphilly
      @cheesesteakphilly Před 6 lety +6

      ...launch DLC :(
      Can you imagine? They’ll remove half the “Create a Park” items and charge everyone $17.99 to unlock it.

    • @chrissullivan6572
      @chrissullivan6572 Před 6 lety +2

      Lmao, That sweet sweet DLC

  • @dclarkmusic
    @dclarkmusic Před 5 lety +272

    Tony Hawk is such a stand up guy. He doesn’t put up a front. My type of celebrity.

  • @fsdirtbear926
    @fsdirtbear926 Před 4 lety +117

    He’s so cool. I love how throughout the years man he’s stayed the same cool person and that’s why he’s so awesome.

    • @Forestgravy90
      @Forestgravy90 Před 4 lety

      JC Negron weird marriage history though

    • @jdiamond1952
      @jdiamond1952 Před 4 lety

      JC Negron check out his book from the early 2000’s I remember reading it in middle school and it was sooooooo goooooood.

  • @cTo_ceej
    @cTo_ceej Před 4 lety +211

    Is Tony Hawk the coolest name ever bestowed to a person? He was born for this

  • @dumaramutsi
    @dumaramutsi Před 6 lety +760

    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 represents my teenage years.

    • @samxma
      @samxma Před 6 lety +1

      dumaramutsi same!

    • @jayluis189
      @jayluis189 Před 6 lety +3

      My childhood. Along with Mortal Kombat trilogy

    • @Zeru.
      @Zeru. Před 6 lety +3

      for me it was thps4 :D

    • @opnavesea
      @opnavesea Před 6 lety +1

      WORD

    • @mightymorphinetime
      @mightymorphinetime Před 6 lety +4

      cmonn its all about Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3. Soundtrack was amazing

  • @SLSmith_96
    @SLSmith_96 Před 6 lety +448

    Tony is such a down to earth, friendly dude, man. Always has been. As many interviews I've seen of him, I honestly don't think he has a single bad bone in his body.

    • @smallbluemachine
      @smallbluemachine Před 6 lety +32

      Or a single unbroken one! .. high-five 🖐... guys? 😅😬

    • @itsNAGOLS
      @itsNAGOLS Před 6 lety +27

      4 divorces later.....

    • @oisinosborne2852
      @oisinosborne2852 Před 6 lety +1

      except ride and Thps 5 for shame.

    • @FrecklePecker
      @FrecklePecker Před 6 lety +7

      Only bad bones he has are the ones he broke several times from skating

    • @mclarensaleenf7
      @mclarensaleenf7 Před 6 lety +20

      Andy Graves Getting divorced doesn't mean he's a bad person. Humans did not even evolve to be monogamous. He's so down to Earth and charitable, honestly the best skater as far as interviews go, plus the best vert skater ever

  • @Hellraza
    @Hellraza Před 4 lety +32

    Tony Hawk came to the tiny skate park in my town when i was 7. It was so small that he built a way bigger one in the more central park of our city. I spent slot of my teen years at that skatepark and its some of my best memories. Tony Hawk is the real deal.

    • @foreversolvent5334
      @foreversolvent5334 Před 2 lety

      He’s built like 900+ skateparks so far and still going! He’s still blessing kids.

  • @mccannesanford145
    @mccannesanford145 Před 4 lety +45

    This dude got me into sports, music and video games. Legend

  • @ahmedmuflahi7735
    @ahmedmuflahi7735 Před 5 lety +119

    2:35 "He then slides this cheque over and I was like...I got lunch" LOL love him man.

  • @recession81
    @recession81 Před 6 lety +1478

    4 million dollar check like damn I would freak out 😂

  • @liamcampione6044
    @liamcampione6044 Před 4 lety +67

    Missed the opportunity to title this "How much money did pro skater Tony hawk make from Tony Hawk's pro skater?"

  • @nbarealtalker
    @nbarealtalker Před 4 lety +72

    I used to pull TWO 900s in one jump. The game was incredibly realistic.

    • @jacobeestrickland8235
      @jacobeestrickland8235 Před 3 lety +2

      I would of liked watching you play, because in Wasteland 2 900s would have needed the moon gravity cheat, or 3 minutes of straight vertting.

    • @shishi1079
      @shishi1079 Před 2 lety +1

      give skateboarding a few years someone gonna do two 900s in a row irl 😆

    • @ifrit35
      @ifrit35 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Yeah and that's what I miss about sports games of that era. Their primary goal was to be fun to play and not realistic.

  • @sublime90
    @sublime90 Před 5 lety +217

    im not into skating at all. but i played the shit out of tony hawk 2,3,4 underground 1 and 2 and american wasteland. those were great games to play thanks tony and neversoft

    • @TheSteve1126
      @TheSteve1126 Před 4 lety

      The ea skate games are great too. Wild that I’ve never ridden a skateboard in my life, yet skating games were my favorite games growing up. It’s really sad to see that they’ve basically been tossed aside.

  • @Sigrafix
    @Sigrafix Před 5 lety +1204

    Those pro skater games were insanely popular.. I'd wager that if they paid Tony $4 million they probably made about $400,000,000 in sales.. Lol.

    • @Rhode_Island_Red
      @Rhode_Island_Red Před 5 lety +269

      that was a onetime royalty for the first 3 games. He's probably been paid 20-30 times that amount over time.

    • @XBLArmory
      @XBLArmory Před 5 lety +49

      ​@Timothy Dexter Looked up the releases and knowing the size of the market pretty well I'd bet that was his second or third royalty check, the biggest games in the franchise sales wise all came before 2008, and knowing how the market scaled I'd bet
      The last three neversoft games sold well but represented the decline in the franchise, typically in franchise decay on annualized releases like we saw in the tony hawk games the sales figures stagnate but don't markedly decline for about three bad "mainline" games. I'd bet he got to the point where he was getting 6-8 million per year but that probably began to dry up by 2010, most everything after Ride was dislike excluding the remake of pro skater 1. I'd bet the franchise put him shy of 60 million over it's life time and that's assuming he had the same royalty percentage on the later games as he did on the early games, which I sort of doubt.

    • @samueljames657
      @samueljames657 Před 5 lety +41

      Armory I just googled and siri’ed his net worth, it’s 140 million. Not 14 mil, not 40 mil, but 140.

    • @nikrbawker
      @nikrbawker Před 5 lety +1

      Games peter way off when they go into classic. Most games target launch day / week sales. You can prolly look up the numbers. The real question is did Rodney Mullen. Jamie Thomas ect make anything in the titles they were in?

    • @samueljames657
      @samueljames657 Před 5 lety +9

      Nickelbawker in a country(USA) where 50% of the population makes less than 30k a year you really have to let a 140 million dollar net worth sink in for a little bit. I’m in for some capitalism but this is ridiculous parity

  • @HawaiianDude
    @HawaiianDude Před 4 lety +40

    He's about to make another *undisclosed amount* form this remaster!

    • @Beast80001
      @Beast80001 Před 3 lety +2

      I don't really like Activision. But I did buy the game because It's honestly an amazing remaster and I want them to make more skating games

    • @KyleS.1987
      @KyleS.1987 Před 3 lety

      @@Beast80001 Yeah, I don't like Activision either. But Vicarious Visions, the developers who put in the work, did an absolutely amazing job. I really hope it leads to more, whether it's remasters of other games in the series or a brand new THPS.

  • @edottheartist1790
    @edottheartist1790 Před 4 lety +5

    I met Tony Hawk at the X Games in LA as a kid. He shook my hand and took a picture with me. Class act

    • @RoachMcToast
      @RoachMcToast Před 4 lety

      Pompilius Kleopatros Etobioum 🤣 I’m snorting

  • @SebastianTinajero
    @SebastianTinajero Před 6 lety +392

    The demand for Skate 4 is so high I absolutely fell in love with the game franchise it felt like grand theft auto and tony hawk pro skater had a baby

    • @DiJonMusTard97
      @DiJonMusTard97 Před 6 lety +3

      Sebastian Tinajero haha that's the perfect analogy for THPS4

    • @mikeekim007007
      @mikeekim007007 Před 6 lety +1

      Whelp, we're getting Session soon

    • @thefury4424
      @thefury4424 Před 6 lety

      Wha? Like gta? Tell him he's dreaming son

    • @camino510
      @camino510 Před 6 lety

      Sebastian Tinajero you said it man I wasn’t even into skating sit bit damn that shit was fun. Memories.

    • @gpittel
      @gpittel Před 6 lety +1

      Skate 4 would be so sick!!!!

  • @felipeguerrero2409
    @felipeguerrero2409 Před 5 lety +133

    I had Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2 for the Dreamcast and that inspired my friends and I to go buy skateboards at the nearby mall. We skated so much that summer of 2000. Damn..those were some of the best days of my life! Thanks Tony!

    • @africaRBG
      @africaRBG Před 5 lety +7

      Felipe Guerrero Ahh the year 2000. Those were some good times. One of the last few years before tech took over. In some ways for good, some ways, not.

    • @blitheringrando1410
      @blitheringrando1410 Před 5 lety +2

      Same. Early 2000s skating outside the strip mall and the burger king. There still may be wax on the ledge of that parking lot. Never did get the hang of grinding tho...

    • @felipeguerrero2409
      @felipeguerrero2409 Před 5 lety

      @@blitheringrando1410 haha yeah, I bet therr are some places were we waxed ledges and stuff too.

    • @felipeguerrero2409
      @felipeguerrero2409 Před 5 lety +1

      @@africaRBG I know right? Sometimes I wish I could relive those days!

    • @DenyBlackburn
      @DenyBlackburn Před 5 lety +2

      2000 was indeed a good year 🌞

  • @MrAlexarctica
    @MrAlexarctica Před 4 lety +1

    Your video games changed my life too, Tony. I got into music because of the soundtracks from your games, made friends over skateboarding, and played some of the greatest games of my childhood.

  • @blakeb9792
    @blakeb9792 Před 4 lety +26

    “The only card I need is the Ace of Spades”

    • @ocddisco1239
      @ocddisco1239 Před 4 lety +1

      god level soundtrack man

    • @pooptrainconductor815
      @pooptrainconductor815 Před 4 lety

      thats how i got into motorhead back in the day.

    • @sethallison5682
      @sethallison5682 Před 3 lety

      You gotta wash yo ass (it’s a must) or else ya get FUNKEY (do wash up- do do do wash up)

  • @Flagrant_Violations
    @Flagrant_Violations Před 6 lety +25

    Deserves it. Improved the entire sport for millions of people and there’s no bsing the talent or work put in. Pay for performance. Legend.

  • @bobbydavid1442
    @bobbydavid1442 Před 6 lety +286

    if u were to ask any random person on the street to name a skater, their answer would likely be Tony Hawk.

    • @Turk_2023
      @Turk_2023 Před 6 lety +3

      Maybe....Ryan Shekler, Bob Burnquist, Danny Way,, Buckey Lasek, Paul Rodrigez, Bam Margera, Jake Brown, Jason Ellis, Rob Dedyrck would all get some shout outs too depending on their age..... Late 90s-early 2000`s skateboarders were main stream because of Jack ass. Jake Brown flying out of his shoes at Xgames..... Rob and Big show brought him fame..... Sheckler was in a Bieber video.........

    • @sdqsdq6274
      @sdqsdq6274 Před 6 lety +4

      lol , ryan whos that , only know steve caballero

    • @Twice_Marvel
      @Twice_Marvel Před 6 lety +22

      Bill & Bill`s Gentlemans Club that wasn’t his point, nobody cares you can name skaters. Ask 100 people the majority will say tony hawk.

    • @Twice_Marvel
      @Twice_Marvel Před 6 lety +1

      Englewood Frank21 no.

    • @BerettaShotThanYou
      @BerettaShotThanYou Před 6 lety

      In reality it would probably be Rob Dyrdek. He's in the limelight all the time. People that don't skate know him from ridiculousness and rob and big. Older people will definitely say Tony Hawk

  • @Leo-yn5fx
    @Leo-yn5fx Před 4 lety

    WOW how have I not heard about this podcast? Instant subscribe! Probably the only one of its kind. My library has now become a lot more diverse.

  • @GenghisP0g
    @GenghisP0g Před 4 lety +8

    His foundation built a skate park from the ground up in my town (buttfuck nowhere, ohio). Man is a hero.

  • @thomas3c
    @thomas3c Před 6 lety +1392

    sounds like he doesnt quite understand how much we need skate 4

    • @neekorodriguez
      @neekorodriguez Před 6 lety +20

      FACTS

    • @kickyourfaceandlaugh607
      @kickyourfaceandlaugh607 Před 6 lety +23

      tskeleton there is a new games called sessions at e3 looks like the skate games.

    • @SolidIncMedia
      @SolidIncMedia Před 6 lety +16

      As Sarah said, check out Session. I've backed the game and played the alpha and it looks really good. I hope it has a large open world like Skate had, because skating around a city for hours, not hitting any invisible barriers or loading screens really made the game for me.
      www.kickstarter.com/projects/100195109/session-skateboarding-simulation-game-by-crea-ture?ref=user_menu

    • @thomas3c
      @thomas3c Před 6 lety +43

      sessons looks like shit, dont fool yourself.

    • @JetpacksWasYes2
      @JetpacksWasYes2 Před 6 lety +30

      I mean you can't even say the name of the game. What looks like shit now?

  • @jimmytumbles9640
    @jimmytumbles9640 Před 5 lety +5

    4:14 Hearing someone use the word "Literally" properly was troublingly satisfying here. Love Tony.

  • @hom3r
    @hom3r Před 4 lety +3

    This guy is a legend and a role model kids look up to. Humble and modest.

  • @darrenkatielawson9912
    @darrenkatielawson9912 Před 4 lety +1

    I'm 40 years old and cant express to Tony how much he meant to my childhood. From the "Bones Brigade" to "Birhouse" to "Pro Skater". One of my favorite childhood movies are "Search For Animal Chin" and "Gleaming The Cube".I learned the pop shove-it from pictures of you riding your big ramp in your backyard. I watched you nail that first 900. I was in line opening day to ride your ride at 6 flags. The music in your videos and games are some of my biggest musical influences in my band the "Tough Actin' Tinactins". I just want to say Thank You to Tony Hawk for a lifetime of enjoyment and influence.

  • @pepe7drum
    @pepe7drum Před 6 lety +180

    Such an icon, is like the Michael Jordan of skate world, bigger than life.

    • @pepe7drum
      @pepe7drum Před 5 lety

      Santiago Ferrari lol... corrected

  • @Siknik64
    @Siknik64 Před 6 lety +331

    Who put that box of Bagel Bites behind Tony, lmao.

    • @portalsofmadnes
      @portalsofmadnes Před 6 lety +7

      Siknik64 they sponsor him

    • @revolutionday1
      @revolutionday1 Před 6 lety +2

      My favorite Indiana Pacers game watching snack!

    • @zizoumonk10
      @zizoumonk10 Před 6 lety +1

      Product placement

    • @timmbrockmann959
      @timmbrockmann959 Před 6 lety +2

      Well, the one host is called Bagley ;)

    • @unr3alGaming
      @unr3alGaming Před 6 lety +12

      Siknik64 Someone with fond memories of their childhood. THPS2, Papa Roach, Bagel Bites.

  • @LureThosePixels
    @LureThosePixels Před 4 lety +1

    Thought I was gonna skip to the answer then leave the video, but he's just so chill I watched the whole thing

  • @DavidPanther
    @DavidPanther Před 4 lety +7

    Thps was crack for teenage boys, i spent most of my life playing those first few games. Love you Tony

  • @Capt_Killingfield
    @Capt_Killingfield Před 5 lety +45

    Your Bagel Bites are thawing out yo

  • @mtnt0557
    @mtnt0557 Před 5 lety +23

    I still remember seeing Tony hawk in rocket power 🚀🎥🛹 that was classic as well....

    • @TheKorfish
      @TheKorfish Před 5 lety +2

      Yes. Those glow in the dark boards were dope. But his skate park was literally a lawsuit waiting to happen.

  • @grabisoft
    @grabisoft Před 4 lety

    He sounds so authentic and real. Something hard to come by when talking celebrities. I was addicted to Tony hawk pro skater 3 in the ps2 back in the day. I also played thps 2 on the psx. I even bough a skate but failed miserably and probably used it two or three times at most. He is such a legend

  • @slightliestupid9
    @slightliestupid9 Před 4 lety +43

    Bodyjar- not the same
    Goldfinger- Superman
    Powerman5000- worlds collide
    Del The Funky homosapien - if you must

    • @matheusrox
      @matheusrox Před 4 lety

      Millencolin - No Cigar
      Lagwagon - May 16
      Bad Religion - You
      Papa Roach - Blood Brothers
      Zebrahead - Check

  • @OoWeytoO
    @OoWeytoO Před 5 lety +397

    Member when you used to manual everywhere you'd go in this game?
    I member.

  • @IAmKillEveryone
    @IAmKillEveryone Před 6 lety +31

    Tony ain't joking about dumping TONS of his money into the foundation. They go around the US and build skateparks so that kids can experience the love of skateboarding firsthand. The skatepark in Tillamook Oregon was built by his foundation. It can be skated from any angle to form a perfect line. So much though went into it. And that's just ONE skatepark.

  • @cedricgant8535
    @cedricgant8535 Před 3 lety

    So humble and so deserving.

  • @juicins
    @juicins Před 4 lety

    Tony you did the Woodland, WA park! Thank you so much ... so many people use it ... we were just using 1/4 ramps home built!

  • @15aarondify
    @15aarondify Před 5 lety +32

    "Hey Do a kickflip"

  • @jonathanjulian7677
    @jonathanjulian7677 Před 6 lety +355

    Everyone wants a new Skateboarding game!!

    • @ianturnbow7011
      @ianturnbow7011 Před 6 lety +6

      jonathan julian
      Session looks promising. I downloaded the alpha version months back, but it wasn’t compatible for Mac/Apple/OS X.

    • @all-in9365
      @all-in9365 Před 6 lety

      Ian Turnbow it sucks

    • @majortom331
      @majortom331 Před 6 lety

      Jay-Dee have you played it ?

    • @all-in9365
      @all-in9365 Před 6 lety +3

      majortom331 yes, i tried a few months ago, then fairly recently, its so hard to play this game, i hope they give the game skate controls because their current setup is very klunky and akward

    • @trey5wop199
      @trey5wop199 Před 6 lety

      Mateo PC already has session and PlayStation is getting it to just at a later date

  • @daronsanders
    @daronsanders Před 4 lety +28

    "The market just became so diluted..it just became shoot em ups, first person shooters, Call of Duties, Fortnite's, first person shooters...and that was it, I mean unless your Madden or a sports game..that was it" - Tony Hawk 2020
    I definitely felt that

    • @shouldigetit
      @shouldigetit Před 4 lety

      Daron Sanders Tony Hawk 2019 technically
      Is his game out yet?

    • @capealio
      @capealio Před 4 lety

      This is 2 years old

    • @shouldigetit
      @shouldigetit Před 4 lety

      @@capealio y7up

    • @smegspreader
      @smegspreader Před 4 lety +1

      I play so many video games and non of them are fps/shootemups, madden, fortnite ect... sure a lot of normies eat that crap up but to say thats all video game industry is consisted of is way off. There wouldnt really be a VG industry anymore if thats all there was to play.

    • @websniper666
      @websniper666 Před 4 lety +1

      @@smegspreader ya i play tons of genres that aren't fps. Like : Jrpgs, music rhythm, racers, hack n slash, horror, fighters, bullet hell.

  • @emericask822
    @emericask822 Před 4 lety

    The nostalgia just punched me in my gut listening to this and thinking about my childhood playing this game. Hours!

  • @lovetownsend
    @lovetownsend Před 5 lety +6

    Tony Hawk Underground 1 is one of my favorite games ever, the idea you start as a nobody and work ur way to top. And that ending with the trick over helicopter and friend steals it and you decide how to treat him, amazing.

  • @mastermovesmakermartin
    @mastermovesmakermartin Před 5 lety +81

    *Tapes & SKATE letters........very nostalgic moment*

  • @daveramos3207
    @daveramos3207 Před 4 lety +118

    Who here after Pro Skater 1&2 Remaster announced?

  • @hlokomani
    @hlokomani Před 4 lety

    Such a genuine man.

  • @DropThatDelly
    @DropThatDelly Před 5 lety +16

    “...and hehandedmeachequefor4milliondollars”
    I got chills when he said that. You can tell with how Tony said it that it was a HUGE turning point in his life.

  • @WeightxofxChaos
    @WeightxofxChaos Před 5 lety +13

    simply a normal person. How he tells about this moment, tells the numbers and than explains how strange and surreal it is.

  • @jerseyltd
    @jerseyltd Před 4 lety +201

    4mil back then in the early 2000s..was A LOTTT

    • @coltoncummins10
      @coltoncummins10 Před 4 lety +19

      I mean 4mil is A LOTTT 😂. Now it'd be like 6mil but those are both A LOTTT

    • @doomviper9688
      @doomviper9688 Před 4 lety +24

      That was his annual royalties, so just imagine his total income from those games!

    • @GyrusBeatz
      @GyrusBeatz Před 4 lety +30

      Lol like 4 mill in 2019 ISNT a lot? 😂🤔

    • @thatguyluis
      @thatguyluis Před 4 lety +11

      Lol, 4 million right now is still a LOT of money. A LOT.

    • @vertedheart3184
      @vertedheart3184 Před 4 lety +2

      It is a royalty check so he probably got more overtime, but still Tony got screwed to me. That game probably made way more. He is a chill guy so he probably does not care

  • @bevanphilip2035
    @bevanphilip2035 Před 4 lety

    He is a very humble person , still remember him as a 13 yr old kid at Del Mar 1983 thinking this kid is going to go far.

  • @RyanRyan-Ryan
    @RyanRyan-Ryan Před 5 lety +8

    Every engagement I see Tony hawk he's always such a nice guy. It's great to see

  • @strika1140
    @strika1140 Před 5 lety +101

    So here I am, doing everything I can

  • @traviscollins3477
    @traviscollins3477 Před 4 lety

    Tony helped us build a skatepark in my hometown in 2002 and he came and visited the opening. He is seriously the greatest!

  • @denizg.3267
    @denizg.3267 Před 4 lety +3

    I remember playing this game on the PlayStation when I was 10 years old. The game was actually really fun, especially when you played with your friends, competing against them.

  • @blackphillip564
    @blackphillip564 Před 5 lety +56

    Seminal game. Up there with GTA, halo, Mario etc

  • @2678dhetysjk
    @2678dhetysjk Před 5 lety +88

    I loved those earlier games, and I’m not even a skateboarder.

    • @davidl.7027
      @davidl.7027 Před 5 lety +2

      That's not really unique. Those games sold millions. Obviously a big portion of the gamers weren't skaters too.

    • @2678dhetysjk
      @2678dhetysjk Před 5 lety +2

      Yeah but I’m a soccer player but I still liked the Tony hawk games instead of the soccer games back then.

    • @Washanuga
      @Washanuga Před 5 lety +2

      @@2678dhetysjk Who didn't love the Tony Hawk games growing up. Playing a sport in a video game is obviously worlds different than actually playing that sport. I have no interest in getting on a skateboard irl, but playing a game where you're able to jump off a building and do a thousand tricks while landing perfectly is fun as hell. On the flip side, I enjoy basketball and follow the NBA, but I'm not interested in playing the 2K NBA games.

    • @2678dhetysjk
      @2678dhetysjk Před 5 lety

      PhantomOfDelphi yeah anyways, those games had like a sport/arcade feeling to them. I think thats why the Tony Hawk games did so good.

    • @adamlynch9153
      @adamlynch9153 Před 4 lety

      It was just fun lol

  • @metalngames509
    @metalngames509 Před 4 lety +1

    He's such a humble guy. Really good people.

  •  Před 4 lety +1

    "Imma give you this" like hes not talking exact numbers and then he tell the exact number lol love the guy

  • @mkh1688
    @mkh1688 Před 5 lety +6

    THPS on PS1 was a huge part of my childhood. We played it, talked about while we were skating, and I ate asphalt trying to darkslide because it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.

  • @hondamanvtec2894
    @hondamanvtec2894 Před 6 lety +132

    3 first games were 1000s of hours of FUUUUN

    • @mclarensaleenf7
      @mclarensaleenf7 Před 6 lety

      fakk you 4 was awesome too! It's really hard to pick a favorite from the originals

    • @BrokenGodEnt
      @BrokenGodEnt Před 6 lety

      True, but the second game is the absolute best of all of them.

    • @AgeofJP
      @AgeofJP Před 5 lety

      nostalgia isn't a factor for quality...THPS 1-4 got better with every new game and only the maps could be a reason to prefere a previous one over another (3 had the best maps IMO), but THUG was such a huge improvement to the whole series while keeping the slick mechanics that literally never felt unresponsive or clunky. The maps where much bigger but full of cleverly placed skateable environments where you could combo around the whole maps in so many different ways. I mean I get it, childhood memories and such...but as someone who's played every Tony Hawk's game until project 8 from the moment they were released, I just can't agree with anyone saying any of the pro skater games were better than THUG because they didn't replace or change any established mechanics but added some and gave much more content than in the prequels. It was only after that when they started to "smoothen up" the gameplay and adding the annoying rage bar in THUG2. I came back to THPS 3 and 4 every now and then for diversity and whatever but I've always returned to THUG to hone my skills or to just have the most fun from a TH game. THUG2 and American Wasteland were still solid but with and after Project 8 it went south really fast.
      Oh and please correct me if I'm wrong in one of my statements...it's been a while and maybe I forgot some superior traits about the first games, but I remember ranking them in my childhood with these arguments. Haven't played any of them for almost 10 years now

    • @latchkeyed8474
      @latchkeyed8474 Před 5 lety

      Underground was my favorite. I always wanted to use the camera to put my face on the character I thought that was so awesome

  • @justice7788
    @justice7788 Před 4 lety +11

    I've been watching so many Tony Hawk videos lately.

  • @frenchfrymontana3564
    @frenchfrymontana3564 Před 3 lety

    How could you not love Tony Hawk?? What a cool and genuine guy💯💯💯

  • @DrewMarino1995
    @DrewMarino1995 Před 6 lety +98

    They should make a new Tony Hawk underground and make it like a big open world type thing that would be awesome

    • @oisinosborne2852
      @oisinosborne2852 Před 6 lety +2

      I think that were they went wrong with 5 not big enough and they were trying to reinvent the wheel.

    • @Ramjet164
      @Ramjet164 Před 6 lety

      That is exactly what went wrong with the games ffs!!!!

    • @orc001
      @orc001 Před 5 lety +1

      Project 8 was open world and a lot of fun

  • @ChildSupportHQ
    @ChildSupportHQ Před 6 lety +311

    THPS4 is the reason i skate😂

    • @ahkjdh13
      @ahkjdh13 Před 6 lety +4

      ChildSupport real talk same here

    • @ChildSupportHQ
      @ChildSupportHQ Před 6 lety +21

      A Khan haha dude i remember skating at 7 for the first time and being so disappointed cuz i didnt realize those games were so unrealistic.

    • @ubernaffa
      @ubernaffa Před 6 lety +15

      It's also the reason I infinite combo in zero gravity, dressed as Jango Fett.

    • @billybobbobson5346
      @billybobbobson5346 Před 6 lety

      ChildSupport tool

    • @Rambo71777
      @Rambo71777 Před 6 lety

      Agreed.

  • @mikeyroos4229
    @mikeyroos4229 Před 4 lety +1

    Those games mean so very much to me. Neversoft, Tony, and everyone involved deserves every bit of success it brought them

  • @nickgonzales4674
    @nickgonzales4674 Před 3 lety +2

    I remember Funcoland packed with people in line trying to buy the first Tony Hawk game.

  • @shadoninja
    @shadoninja Před 5 lety +4

    What a wholesome dude. Tony Hawk has done a great job staying humble.

  • @ElGaby323
    @ElGaby323 Před 6 lety +11

    Those games are my childhood. Absolutely legendary video games that anybody, not just skaters, could enjoy and love.

  • @HT-Denmark
    @HT-Denmark Před 4 lety

    Epic comment. Looking at the check and goes, i got lunch xD
    Tony i saw you in Denmark in Tivoli many years ago back when i was only a teenager stil. You did some skating with danish skater Nicky Guerrero. Thanks for giving us so many good things to remember. The 80´s were the best ever.....

  • @yoshz5389
    @yoshz5389 Před 4 lety +13

    8:47 hmm seems like the contract got renewed quickly lol