Decoding Tony Hawk’s mindset in 72 minutes

“So I discovered you through your video game, I used to play it every day after school, all the Dreamcast. I love that thing. That game was incredible. Can you tell the story about the video game? And I understand it. There was like a, you know, because it's a business podcast, there was like a moment where they tried to buy you out or like buy your royalties out.”

Our IdentificationSaid as “your video game”. We believe this refers to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.

“And the first version of what became THPS that I got to play was Bruce Willis on a skateboard with a gun strapped to his back doing all these and kickflips across the desert.”

“it from my friends while we were developing it. So like a few of my friends have beta versions of THPS. And I actually modified their PlayStation so they could play it because I wanted honest feedback from real skaters.”

“And he said, the first three are still in the top 10. So at that time, four out of the top 10 games were THPS. And I said, what does that even mean? And he's like, this is what it means. And he slid a check across the table for $4.5 million.”

“So I discovered you through your video game, I used to play it every day after school, all the Dreamcast. I love that thing. That game was incredible. Can you tell the story about the video game? And I understand it. There was like a, you know, because it's a business podcast, there was like a moment where they tried to buy you out or like buy your royalties out.”

“one wall is over vert. They're not that wide. Like, you know, this was state of the art half pipe that we had never really been able to ride in those years. And I felt like, wow, my speed is consistent. My spin is consistent.”

“I tend to do them outside of the skate space. And then I come in. More warmed up like that. I'm already wearing a helmet. So I'm older than everyone. I'm wearing a helmet. So I already get like. Join the club. I already get a little look. Why is Tony's foundation building huge stretching areas next to all the parks that they're building?”

“What are some big ones? Nest, Blue Bottle. Well, Liquid Death, but they're, you know, they're still trying to figure out what they're doing. Events.com, I think, is about to go public. And a bunch of others that I'm still holding on. I think DocuSign is one of them.”

“I mean, I loved, you know, I was, I was an arcade kid. There was an arcade at the skate park. And the last game that had been released up to that moment was Skater Die for Commodore 64. So we're years past that.”