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[_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)08:32:36 No.3106136
Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)08:45:47 No.3106138
>He still acts like a total douche
>Skaters still use 20 takes to do a single trick
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)09:45:10 No.3106155
>>3106138
>Damn kids with their wheelie boards doing their damn tricks in my cul de sac
>They should do something like mow a lawn or watch wheel of fortune
>How dare they have fun doing what I don't like
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)09:45:50 No.3106156
>>3106155
>Kids
He's a 48 year old man.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)09:48:59 No.3106157
>>3106136
The ending to this video completely threw me off and made the entire thing really weird. At first
I was thinking "oh wow, even though he's a middle aged man now he still in the spirit to skate,
awesome!" But then once he starts skating the video feels a little less light hearted and fun,
but you figure it can get frustrating attempting the same thing over and over again. When he
finally landed it, I expected a happy light hearted response like "hey I may be old but I still
got it!" But instead it seemed really strange. When he threw his helmet on the ground and ripped
off all his pads I was like "huh?" and he just kinda walks off, hugs his son I think, then he
just quickly says "yeah my last 900 k bye" and speeds off really quickly. This video feels more
like a cold realization that he's done, rather than a warm greeting from an old hero who's still
got it. Either that or Tony Hawk just found out he has cancer or something.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)10:04:23 No.3106159
>>3106157
>You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)10:10:49 No.3106160
>>3106159
It's not really that he's "the villain" now, but something about the energy of this video seems
really off, like seeing tony hawk still be able to do the 900 at 48 should be an exciting and
refreshing thing to see but something about this video, mainly the ending, but also everything
else when you go back to it, just feels really off.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)10:13:56 No.3106163
>>3106160
It's Tony fucking Hawk driving to an indoor skatepark, with only a few people watching as he
fails 6 times to do a classic trick. It just seems like an odd situation, made more weird by the
ending like you said. Is he retired now?
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)10:17:25 No.3106167
>>3106157
It's pretty much a given that Tony'll get hurt and pissed off when you see him go to do a
difficult stunt.
It's also a given that you'll see him pull it off anyway.
But yeah, it's not frustrating, that shit's fucking painful. Always has been.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)10:20:52 No.3106168
>>3106160
you're totally right at first I thought he just comes there and just owns the whole thing
but that didn't happen, instead we see him struggling through it and you can see his building
frustration and the ending feels like it all was just a chore to do
>>3106163
>6 tries
more like 60 my friend
>a classic trick
so classic officially only 14 people have done it so far
and yes he's retired for 17 years now
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)10:23:46 No.3106171
It should be noted that it's extremely difficult to actually pull off a 900, and falling over and
over like he did is very painful. No wonder he got angry.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)10:25:52 No.3106172
>>3106163
>>3106168
>>3106167
Well it's a given that he isn't going to land it on his first try, nobody is expecting that, but
you'd think afterwards when he does finally land it there would be the relief from all the
frustration that build up from failing it so many times, but it doesn't really seem like that
happens in the video, it looks like he's just ready to get the hell out of there the moment he
lands it. It's hard to explain, but you'd think he would be more happy about it, but he looks
like there's something else going on emotionally. Idk, maybe I'm just looking into this too much,
but his response to landing the 900 again at 48 years old just doesn't really seem right to me.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)10:45:16 No.3106180
>>3106172
No there is definitely a realization in his reaction that he can't be doin' with this anymore,
which is why he said with his son that he saw his first and he saw his last
Earlier in the video hints at this "I never thought I'd be doing this at my age when I was young"
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)11:04:39 No.3106187
>>3106180
Yeah, but I mean really, who DID think he would still be doing 900s at 48? I guess maybe it was
the realization that he'll really probably never do another 900 again that made it less of a
happy video.
I think he should try again for his 70th birthday, it would probably kill him at that point if he
didn't land it on the first try, but oooooh boy if he landed that 900 at 70, that would be
awesome.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)11:41:57 No.3106196
old man
dusty green bones
I can do 900's in my sleep
I can do 1800's also
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)11:48:52 No.3106199
>>3106196
Anyone can do a 900 while they're sleeping.
Hell, I bet I could do a 7200 sleeping.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)14:40:12 No.3106245
>>3106168
>>6 tries
Try 600.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)14:59:49 No.3106253
>>3106187
I don't think his knees would even exist when he's 70
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)15:12:05 No.3106258
The trifles of age, young lads. Hawk realized through flesh and bone he's not young anymore, that
he's not The Tony Hawk.
Anything your parents have told you will make more sense every passing year. They were correct,
and you are so small.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/28/16(Tue)15:39:54 No.3106274
>>3106258
Its funny to me.
