Episode #3
Episode 3 of The Ghetto Bird Show Out Now!
In this episode, Kareem Campbell and Rob Cahill talk to the legend himself, Tony Hawk. This is the first interview on The Ghetto Bird Show so you know it had to be special. This episode is packed with great stories, insights, and advice from Tony. Be sure to watch all the way to the end. You don’t want to miss a minute of this one.
This episode includes the following topics:
How the first Tony Hawk Pro Skate video game roster was formed
The impact of the THPS game on the world
20 years later and all of the roster is still skating
How the quarantine is effecting skateboarding
Birdhouse over the past 10 years and successfully keeping it alive
Kareem paying the Menace team riders from his Axion checks
Balancing core skating values with business demands like making big box stores sell skateboards that "work"
Kareem’s first skateboard and using gasoline on bearings
Why Tony Hawk kept skating and why he promotes skateboarding
The early days of Hookups, Blitz Distribution, Birdhouse, Flip, and Tom Penny
Riley Hawk’s career in skateboarding
Dr. Neftalie Williams - A board member of The Skate Project Foundation and a Skate Diplomacy Theorist contributions to skateboarding through research
4DWN Project - A non profit organization and facility rooted in skate culture whose mission is fostering growth & opportunity for our youth
Shoutout to ALL the girl skateboarders around the world
Sky Brown landing the McTwist
Lizzy Armanto doing the loop
The difference in difficulty between doing the 900 vs. doing the loop
Dealing with the ups and downs in skateboarding popularity over the years
Early history between Tony Hawk, Kareem Campbell, and Ray Barbee
Kareem bets Tony $100 to drop in on a huge vert wall at a contest
Meeting Tony at the “Gleaming the Cube” movie premiere
Skating the White House and joking with Obama
Some free career advice from Tony Hawk
The 360 flip that broke the internet
The Ghetto Bird Show Episode #3 - Gallery
