Tony Hawk Ruined Skateboarding Let’s start with the broken bones—the hidden cost of a dream sold to millions. Before Tony Hawk became a global icon, skateboarding was a gritty, local, and intensely personal pursuit. His rise didn’t invent competition; it industrialized it. The sport was packaged into a linear, punishing path: a progression toward ever-higher air, more rotations, and riskier tricks. For every kid who landed that kickflip, a hundred more slammed onto the concrete and walked away,
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