Tony Hawk

Don't Ask Tig

American Public Media

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Tony Hawk, the famous vertical skateboarder, talks about his most daring moves and encourages Tig to try a few. Tony and Tig compare their recent injuries, and discuss what surprised them both when they first became bosses. Tig and Tony counsel a mother whose children are very picky eaters, help young musicians name their punk band and advise a woman who accidentally sent penis-shaped gifts to her bosses.

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0:00.0	Listeners, summer is officially almost here and along with it a whole bunch of new
0:04.8	Don't Ask TIG episodes are headed your way. This summer, I'm personally very excited to go
0:12.4	travel with my family. Stephanie and I also have a very big project that we're working on
0:19.8	that hopefully I can share more about soon but what about you besides listening to my
0:26.2	hit sensation of a podcast. What are you up to this summer? Are you traveling or staying put,
0:32.1	finding a great book to read, doing a big project with my wife Stephanie or trying a refreshing
0:39.6	summertime recipe? Let me know and maybe I'll read some on the show. Go to Don't Ask TIG.org or
0:46.4	call 833-275-8444. That's 833-Ask TIG 4 and leave me a voicemail. And by the way,
0:58.0	I've got some tour dates coming up. I'll be in Jacksonville, Oregon, July 21st,
1:04.9	Eugene, Oregon, July 22nd, Colorado Springs, September 25th, Breckenridge, Colorado, September 28th,
1:14.9	Boulder, Colorado, September 29th, and Brooklyn, New York, November 4th at King's Theater.
1:23.2	There's two shows. I believe the first one is sold out, but come on out and I apologize again
1:29.2	for having to move my taping from June to November. But because of the writer's guild of America,
1:38.0	Strike, I had to move it to November. So go to TIGNOTARRO.com for all ticket and show information
1:49.8	now on with the show. I used to be a skater when I was in junior high school. Have you know?
1:57.6	I think I did know that actually. No, you did not know. There is no more. No, we met once and I
2:02.4	believe there was talk of some skateboarding in your past, but maybe I was just dreaming that.
2:06.8	When we met, I immediately went to Oh, I skateboarded. I don't think there was a grace period.
2:37.2	This is Don't Ask TIG. I'm TIGNOTARRO and I consider giving advice to be an extreme sport.
2:45.1	My guest today is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and arguably the greatest skateboarder of all time.
2:54.0	He turned pro at age 14 and by 16, he was considered the best competitive skateboarder on planet earth.
3:02.7	He is the first skateboarder to ever land the trick known as the 900, considered for years to be
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