Birdhouse skateboards is one of the biggest skating companies in the world! It was made by Tony Hawk! Birdhouse Skateboards has some awesome pro skateboarders like Tony Hawk, Shawn White, Steve Nesser, Matt Ball, Willy Santos, Jeremy Klein, and Riley Hawk! They also have cool boards and videos.

Tony Hawk (A.K.A. The Bird Man) was born in San Diego, California on May 12, 1968! Tony describes him self growing as a nightmare! He also said “Instead of the terrible twos, I was the terrible youth! He was always very determined to. If he couldn’t do something he would be very harsh on himself.

His older brother Steve gave Tony his first skateboard when he was 9. Steve thought maybe it would help Tony settle down a bit and give him something to work at! And it did! As Tony became better at skateboarding he began to calm down!

But Tony would still beat himself up if he thought he didn’t skate his best. If he won a contest but thought he could do better he would go home and go to his bedroom and lock the door so he could be by himself.

By the age of 12 Tony was sponsored by Dogtown skateboards! He turned pro when he only 14! By 16 he was one of the best skaters in the world! In 1990 he married a girl named Cindy Dunbar! In 1992 they had their first son Riley Hawk! But as time went on skateboarding started to die down. Tony was losing lots of money. So he decided to start his own skateboarding company. As you may have guessed he called it Birdhouse. In 1994 Tony and Cindy got a divorce.

A few years later skateboarding started to get some of its thunder back! Birdhouse got more and more popular to! Tony got most of his money back again! In 1996 He got remarried! Just this time to girl named Erin Lee. In 1998 Tony and his family started a kids clothing company called “Hawk clothing”!

In 1998 Activision made the first Tony Hawk game “Tony Hawk’s Pro skater (THPS)” for the Play Station. The game was a huge hit! The next year the “Tony Hawk’s Pro skater 2 (THPS2)” game came out! It too was a huge hit! Today there are 9 Tony Hawk games not including “Tony Hawks down hill jam”!

In 1991 Erin gave birth to Tony’s second son Spencer! And then again in 2001 to Tony’s third son Keegan! In 2002 Tony created the Boom Boom HuckJam tour which featured some of the best pro skaters, BMX riders, and motocross riders! It was very popular! Every show was sold out! In 2004 Erin and Tony got a divorce.

Tony Hawk even has a roller coaster at the Six Flags in San Antonio and in St.Louis!
Its called “Tony Hawk’s big spin”! They are also working on a Tony Hawk water ride called “Tony Hawks half pipe”!

Tony got remarried again in 2006 to Lhotse Merriam! She gave birth to Tony’s first daughter Kadence in July of this year! Today Tony is pretty much retired from skateboarding. He still skates for fun and does a demo every once and a while.

Now you may be thinking Birdhouse Skateboards is just Tony Hawk, but there are a bunch of other skaters that make Birdhouse Skateboards who they are. Below are just a few.

Shaun White was born in Carlsbad, California on September 3, 1986! He is mostly known for his awesome snowboarding skills. But he has proved that he has what it takes to be a pro skateboarder. Shaun White’s nickname is “Flying Tomato” because of his red hair! At first he liked his nickname. He would actually wear t-shirts and head bands and other stuff like that that say “Flying Tomato” on them! He likes to skate vert

Steve Nesser was born in Minnesota. He is also still living in Minnesota. He has been skateboarding for 14 years! He is also sponsored by Adio!

Jeremy Klein was born in Torrance California. He has been skateboarding since he was in 7th grade!

Riley Hawk was born in San Diego California in 1992. He is Tony Hawk’s son (obviously)! Riley isn’t pro yet, but he is getting there! He is sponsored by Volcom , Monster, Adio, and Nixon!

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