By bellorin007 on Skatehive
https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Tony-Hawk-Does-A-Flip-In-Tony-Hawks-Pro-Skater-HD.jpg The first time I saw Tony Hawk was in the X-Games 2003, Skating had already had a long period of acceptance in the USA but in my country we were just getting the first transmissions of this type of events where Skate was the main course, I had already had contact with this sport by other means but I will always remember that performance of Hawk for what it meant to me, it was inspiring how he landed every 900 in an almost effortless way, it was clear that he had perfected this trick and was the best, and it made me wake up the next day determined to buy my first skateboard, I don't think many athletes have this label of being inspirational in such an underground sport as Skateboarding was in 2003, but still, Tony did it. So maybe I should tell you a little bit about the origins of this legend, so that with every paragraph I write about him you will feel what I feel w