Tony Hawk: "They Offered Me $500K For Everything, I Said No!" | Ep. 449 with Tony Hawk

Daniel Robbins sits down with Tony Hawk, legendary skateboarder, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and one of the most influential pioneers of vertical skateboarding. Tony reflects on his earliest signature board, choosing skateboarding before it was a real career, risking his house to start Birdhouse during skateboarding’s decline, protecting his name after bad licensing deals, building one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, and landing the 900 after more than a decade of painful attempts. The conversation explores sacrifice, brand integrity, entrepreneurship, obsession, injury, the Olympics, skateboarding culture, and what Tony calls a “steel mindset.”