Tony Hawk
Object Details
- Artist
- Rick Chapman, born 1966
- Sitter
- Tony Hawk, born 12 May 1968
- Exhibition Label
- Born Carlsbad, California
- As a performer and entrepreneur, Tony Hawk is the single most important figure in the modern history of skateboarding and the X Games. The development of sticky, adhesive skateboard wheels allowed athletes to do many more tricks and maneuvers with the board than had been possible with the first, hard compound wheels in the 1960s. Skateboarding appealed particularly to boys who took an edgy stance against mainstream team sports. Hawk gravitated to it because he needed to burn off energy as a hyperactive child. He quickly became adept, turning professional at age fourteen; he won the national skateboarding world championship twelve years straight and was the first competitor to complete a number of tricks, including two-and-a-half revolutions in midair (a “900”). A lanky, amiable presence with floppy hair and an oversize helmet, Hawk is transformed as he launches himself and his board into the air. He retired in 1999 but continues to do exhibitions, appear on TV and in movies, and market his line of equipment and clothing for X Gamers.
- Tony Hawk nacido en 1968
- Nacido en Carlsbad, California
- Como atleta y como empresario, Tony Hawk es sin duda la figura más importante en la historia moderna de la patineta y los deportes extremos. El invento de ruedas de superficie adhesiva para las patinetas permitió a los atletas realizar muchos más trucos y piruetas que con las ruedas duras fabricadas en los años sesenta. La patineta atraía sobre todo a los chicos que querían desafiar los deportes tradicionales de equipo. Hawk se acercó a ella porque era un niño hiperactivo y necesitaba quemar energía. Pronto se hizo experto, y a los catorce años ya era profesional. Ganó las competencias mundiales de la National Skateboard Association durante doce años consecutivos y fue el primero en realizar con éxito varias piruetas, entre ellas la llamada “900” (dos vueltas y media en el aire). Desgarbado y afable, con su cabellera lacia y un casco demasiado grande, Hawk se transforma cuando se lanza al aire con su patineta. En 1999 se retiró, pero sigue participando en eventos de exhibición, programas de televisión y películas, además de mercadear su línea de equipo y ropa para deportes extremos.
- Rick Chapman (nacido en 1966)
- Impresión en gelatina de plata virada al selenio, 2002
- Donación del artista y ESPN
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist and ESPN
- 2002
- Object number
- NPG.2013.84.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- ©2002 Rick Chapman
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Selenium-toned gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/Sheet: 35.6 × 35.4 cm (14 × 13 15/16")
- Mount: 53.9 × 50.8 cm (21 1/4 × 20")
- Place
- United States\California\San Diego\Carlsbad
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Exterior
- Tony Hawk: Male
- Tony Hawk: Sports\Athlete\Skateboarder
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2013.84.11
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e895cba3-6276-4ff3-96d1-6cbeeb6671e8
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