Tony Hawk profiled in 1986

The Carlsbad skateboarding phenom Tony Hawk was 18 years old when CBS 8’s Linda Mour met him at his home. He showed off his signature moves and talked about how strange it was to be recognized on the streets. He was in movies and commercials and had his own clothing line. Once all the fame and fortune has passed, then he’ll go to college, Mour said. In 2022 fame and fortune hasn’t passed and likely never will. We catch up with Tony now and show him this awesome video--he sees it for the first time in 35 years!! Sidewalk Surfing: A Dive into the CBS 8 Archives: John Howard interviews Tony Hawk and shows him a 1986 CBS 8 profile about first time he’s seen it since it aired. Jake Garegnani shows Skip Frye our film of him in a skateboarding championship in Anaheim in 1965--he also hasn’t seen it since it aired. Another awesome 1965 film clip of kids skating through La Jolla is in this story. John Howard talks to Tom Stewart about his half pipe invention and reminisces about the 1977 video--the only one that exists. It was recently dug out of our archive and caused quite a sensation among skateboarders. Marcus Greaves catches up with Russ Howell. We featured him in a 1978 contest in Oceanside. All these years later, he still has the !!