Tony Hawk

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Tony Hawk’s one of the most famous people in the world. You might know of him from hitting the 900 on a half pipe during the X-Games, maybe you’ve played his videogame that’s generated over $1.5 billion in global sales, or watched his multi-lingually produced episode of The Simpsons. You might’ve heard of the guy who skated inside the White House, or visited one of his 1,000 skateparks around the world. Perhaps you’ve purchased one of his Birdhouse skateboards, or used the same version in emoji format from your apple or android keyboard. Over his career, Tony has changed and elevated an entire industry. When I first began playing pro lacrosse, I wanted to have an impact like Tony — both as an athlete and entrepreneur. On the show, he shares moments from his journey — the hard work, failures, emotional setbacks, and high flying successes. Thanks to our presenting sponsors, Public.com and Outsystems for their support of the pod. You can start with $10 of free stock by registering today at Public.com/suitingup. And for more info on ways you can tie your business to Outsystems like the PLL did during our Championship Series, visit Outsystems.com.

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? Welcome to an all-new episode of
0:06.0	Sooting Up Highcast, presented by our friends at public.com and
0:09.0	Howt Systems. This is episode three, season three. I'm your
0:13.0	host, Paul Rabel. In our first two weeks, we had two goats, one
0:17.0	in business, and Mark Cuban, the other in Hoops, and Sue
0:19.0	Bird. You should listen to them both if you haven't yet.
0:22.0	And this week, we've got the goat of skate, Tony Hawk.
0:27.0	That's right. Tony Hawk. You know when you hear about
0:30.0	prodigies, typically means that someone starting at a young
0:34.0	age having exceptional skill, almost bordering destiny.
0:39.0	That's Tony Hawk. The whole tell you he worked his ass off
0:42.0	to get where he is today, and he did, though he has this
0:45.0	insatiable obsession for his craft. The intellect tied to
0:50.0	improvement in innovation by IQ test standards, at least he's
0:54.0	considered a genius, and he has an insane, complete level.
0:57.0	I told Tony before the show that he's about as close to the
1:00.0	blueprint for emerging sports league athletes as anyone,
1:04.0	the modern athlete. And when it comes to success, his
1:07.0	discipline matched with brand marketing, crossing over into
1:10.0	new industries like video games, even building the board for
1:13.0	emoji keyboards, building his own skate business called
1:16.0	Birdhouse, even an episode dedicated to Tony Hawk on the
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