Hawk's First Board to Smithsonian

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http://xgames.espn.go.com/skateboarding/article/9410490/tony-hawk-donates-first-skateboard-smithsonian

Gotta think Mullen and Gonz deserve similar honors...

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gonz traded his first board for a bag of cracker jack in 1989

[General Cornrow Wallace]

pretty crazy that the smithsonian wants that thing

[DannyDee]

Gotta think Mullen and Gonz deserve similar honors...

I agree, but Tony Hawk has a level of fame that transcends skateboarding which the so the average Smithsonian visitor would understand the importance of it. No one else is skateboarding approaches that level of fame while still being highly respected. I would guess the next two name-recognition wise would be Dyrdek and Bam. The next deserving person would possibly be Koston or Mullen but i still doubt many of the visitors would know who they were.

[zoltan]

pretty crazy that the smithsonian wants that thing

that is a major piece of sports memorabilia that will have a ton of value, which it probably already does, and in twenty years people will see that and trip out what skateboarding has become

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Gotta think Mullen and Gonz deserve similar honors...

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I agree, but Tony Hawk has a level of fame that transcends skateboarding which the so the average Smithsonian visitor would understand the importance of it. No one else is skateboarding approaches that level of fame while still being highly respected. I would guess the next two name-recognition wise would be Dyrdek and Bam. The next deserving person would possibly be Koston or Mullen but i still doubt many of the visitors would know who they were.

Ive seen on Instagram that Mullen was with Hawk and both of them gave their boards to the museum.

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I went to this today.  It was pretty sick.  Mini-ramp set up behind the Smithsonian.  They had "panel discussions" with skating in between.  Dune and one of the SPoT guys emcee'ed. 

The first panel was Paul Schmitt talking about skateboard technology from the 60's to modern day.  They had boards from each decade set up (with modern wheels) and Haslam and Kyle Berrard skated the ramp on all the boards to show what was possible in each decade.  Haslam was trying to kf fakie on a 60s board with no kicktail.   

Next Rodney and Tony broke it down about what it was like to invent new tricks on the daily.  Thought processes, injuries, mental, etc. 

Highlights:

- BA dressed like he was summering in the Hamptons and totally pulled it off
- Watching BA ask Tony Hawk to sign his shirt
- Watching Haslam skate mini-ramp
- Rodney in all his brilliant awkwardness just breaking it down, talking quantam physics
- Standing behind Fred Gall and BA in line for beer at the damn Smithsonian