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South Beach Sessions with Dan Le Batard

Tony Hawk

South Beach Sessions with Dan Le Batard

Meadowlark Media

Society & Culture, Sports, Comedy

4.915K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

A legend, point blank period. Tony Hawk brought skateboarding to the mainstream, defined the sport, and made it accessible to thousands of kids through his charity work. And, not to mention, he stars in one of the most successful gaming franchises of all time (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater). Tony takes Dan through his upbringing, from being a hyperactive kid who just needed to get his energy out, to becoming one of the best skateboarders alive when he was only a teenager. He also explains what it was like when skating fell out of vogue in the 90s and he fell on tough times… and then boomed back into popularity a few years later. Dan also gets a rundown of all Tony’s injuries over his entire career - including the worst one, a broken pelvis. They also talk about aging and finding joy in a body that doesn’t work quite the way it used to. For the latest on Tony's foundation, The Skatepark Project, and his upcoming competition, Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert, this summer in Utah, go to TonyHawk.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Draft Kings Network. A genuine legend in our midst, somebody who basically made a sport matter in this country.

0:32.5

I feel like I can say that without over flattering the skateboarding legend and now a gaming and cultural icon

0:39.2

in Tony Hawk. You winced on that. Thank you. Well, I mean, it's a lot. But those things are

0:45.3

also. I said nothing that was wrong. I appreciate it. That is everything is correct. Your

0:49.3

body has paid the price for that to be the glory. Was it worth it? I will concur on that on that point.

0:54.5

Was it worth it? Yes. Always. I'm here. I still get to talk about it. I still get to do it.

1:00.0

It is wild. It is crazy, right? Like if you took me back to the early 1980s on whatever it is you

1:07.8

thought your life would be, what did it look like from back there?

1:13.1

Well, I was very young.

1:16.0

So I certainly didn't think I was choosing a career because there was no career to be made.

1:19.1

When I turned pro, it meant that I just moved up

1:22.5

a division and competition,

1:23.6

and then I was gunning for $100 first place prize money.

1:26.9

So that didn't feel like a career move.

1:30.0

And I was young enough and naive enough to just think,

1:32.7

oh, this is fun.

1:34.4

And then as I started to get into my later years of high school,

1:38.1

it became a living.

1:40.0

And I realized when I graduated that,

1:42.2

oh, I already have everyone's figuring out what they're

1:44.6

going to do with their life. I have a career path, although I didn't know how long it would last,

1:50.7

but, you know, ignorance is bliss and youth is wasted on the young. It is wasted on the young,

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