By daveespino1 on Skatehive
One Friday morning, my friend Joe and I and a few others were having our regular "old school skater" session at Vans Skatepark in Huntington Beach, CA when all of a sudden, we see a skater coming in with two photographers. We suddenly realized - it's Tony Hawk. As the photographers got set up at the deep end of the Clover Bowl, (11' section) we see Tony padding up and getting ready to skate. We continued our session, taking turns and then Tony joined the line up and started warming up. As legendary skate photographer J Grant Brittain started snapping off shots, I asked the other photographer what this photo shoot was for and he said: "We can't say, sorry". And then he said: "You'll find out in a few months..." So, here we were, taking turns, skating a pool with the legend, Tony Hawk! It was amazing and almost felt like a dream - so surreal. Suddenly, the photographer instinct kicked in and I decided to start documenting the scene. I got photos of Hawk and his friend, '80's skate pro, K