https://youtu.be/TnvPt_a7iOQ?t=46s
FUCKING ADONIS
>>343130665
Hes not a young man anymore
He used to skate with Darth Maul, Shrek, Spider Man, Doomguy and other characters, remember when that happened?
>>343130665
That's pretty fucking impressive that he can still do that
What a great man. Not only his success but to still be this agile at 48, truly an inspiration to all the fat neckbeards who injured themselves imitating his games.
why did skating games fall out of popularity?
Did they really become shit, or do we just ask too much of games now while the older ones are viewed through rose tinted lenses?
The man used to dominate sports vidya and real skating
SO HERE I AM
>>343131824
most kids weren't as interested in skateboards anymore
just like street racing it kind of faded back into obscurity for everyone but the people who really cared about it
>>343130665
>that "i'm too old for this shit" removing of his pads at the end
glorious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSMXTGc4LDA
>No THPS by ex-neversoft guys
>>343130665
Punished Hawk
>>343132146
When Tony Hawk dies, so does pro staking.
>>343131939
This, plus they saturated the market. Nowhere to go really, they had tony hawk and other games like it for the over the top fun games, skate series filled the niche of people wanting a more realistic "hardcore" if you use that term, skating game. What else could be done? Make identical games forever? People were bound to tire of it sooner or later.
>>343132121
holy shit bagel bites were disgusting
>>343130665
's a shame Rodney Mullen can no longer skate
>>343132121
fuck I remember the shit out of this. Bagel bites were fucking disgusting if I remember correctly.
>>343132291
What about BAM? Or is he too fat to skateboard anymore?
where's the time going, lads
>>343130665
Is the 900 a hard trick to do?
>skateboard falling on that girl at the end
kek. I wonder if Tony will make one last game when he's like 70 as a retired skate mentor.
>>343130665
god damn why do we have to age. i'm hoping that research to combat aging this year is fruitful.
>>343132305
>saturated the market
Yeah definitely. Skateboarding was fucking everywhere back in the late 90's and early 2000's.
>>343132324
He can't? Damn. Not to be "my dad works at nintendo," but my dad actually knew him back in high school
DO people even skate anymore? even /asp/ Got taken over by wrestling
>>343132595
Not hard to do, but hard to land apparently.
>>343132595
yes. extremely, less than 20 people have ever done it.
he was the first and the fact he can still do it at that age is amazing
>>343132469
bam was never a great skater to begin with. only reason he was popular to being with is jackass and cky.
>>343132595
It's 2.5 full rotations which is VERY difficult to time properly and land straight.
Before Activision had Call of Duty, they had Tony Hawk. To bad they don't put effort into a new game. THPS5 was so shit that it dosent even count as a game. They put no effort into developing that game. Hope they all lose their jobs.
>>343132469
He's too busy Earth Rocking
>>343132146
>ex-neversoft devs start a kickstart campaign for nostalgia-milking spiritual successor
>takes 2 years longer than promised
>ends up being shit
>>343132595
He broke the record when he was just starting out and did the first 900 ever, so it's probably pretty hard. Especially impressive that he did it again at an age way past general athletes peak years.
>>343132595
Yes. You're spinning around twice in mid-air then doing another half-spin to land straight. It's incredibly difficult.
Does anyone have that Kojima tweet where he said he went to the gym but can't beat his aging?
>>343132752
He was a fucking great skater
>>343132862
>ONLY 1.5K RETWEETS
>>343132832
Hawk was not just starting out 17 years ago if that's what you're saying
>>343132832
>He broke the record when he was just starting out and did the first 900 ever,
he was not "just starting out" I watched it live he did it at the summer xgames but not in a comp, just on the pipe to show that he had done it before and could do it.
Of course as an oldfag I appreciate thawk for my mid teens in discovering a lot of music and some of the best sports games to grace the planet, but the fucking fact this 48 year old man landed a 900 at his age? Jesus fucking christ. It makes you realize ever day just how many people use old age as an excuse to do dick shit and get fat, this mother fucker is still landing a trick that took him decades of practice to land. I HIGHLY Recommend people check out the documentary that covered thawk and a lot of the bones brigade, he was not a natural at that shit and took a lot of flak for not being a "punk" to get where he is on pure technical skill.
Kinda ruined by the fact that he didn't look too happy. I wonder how many times he had to do that before getting it.
>>343131824
Skate 1 was fucking great. Then the sequels got worse and worse with more gimmicks and worse gameplay. Tony Hawk games became fucking horrible. Tony Hawk: Ride was literally one of the biggest gaming fuck ups in the last decade.
>>343133171
The fact that he could do it at all is amazing desu
>Want to get back into skateboarding
>Remember I'm absolutely abysmal at it
Please let me know I'm not the only one that feels this.
>>343133262
Skate 2 was the best.
>>343133168
Yeah I've read about that, and his dad almost held him back from getting into it too
>>343133171
im sure he was elated, just exhausted and probably hurting a lot
>>343130665
AMOEBAAAAAAAA
>>343133352
Skate 2 improved but Skate 1 had a better atmosphere in my opinion. I think the art direction was better.
>>343132707
My buddies skate shop had to resort to selling fucking snow cones and hot dogs to stay afloat for a few years before he finally went out of business. It's mostly just a fashion show on wheels now. Skate clothes and shoes sell more than the actual boards.
>>343132324
>mfw i found the Rodney Mullen highlight vid
God damn. Now I suddenly remember my shame at never being able to Ollie.
>>343131124
I don't quit until the 900's done.
>>343132324
WHAT
>>343133285
>want to skate again
>realize I'm actually trying to go back to another era
Feels bat man
>>343132324
Source? I remember being blown away by his video clips as a kid, that sucks, probably my favorite skater back then
>>343133285
you are not the only one, I could never skate, I was only mediocre at blades too, I couldn't break properlyI got good at micro scooter and can do a few tricks, and I learnt how to beast yo-yo as a kid.
This is a pretty insane sport. I mean look how many times he slammed his head.
skating games were awesome as a kid but I can't go back, the gameplay is too repetitive and the games feel as shallow as a puddle looking back
cool for its time, but it doesn't bother me that they've gone pretty much extinct
plus skater fags are fucking annoying
>>343133671
it's why he promotes that padding shit, split your fucking head.
>>343133461
Fair point
>the most popular part of skate parks is scootering
kill me
>>343132324
He just did a ted talk not that long ago and said he still skates, just not in competition. What are you talking about
>>343133285
Everyone is abysmal at first. It takes hours and hours of practice anon.
>>343133461
yeah I liked the level design and environments a lot better than 2. It had less of a focus on characters and non skate related things like clothes and shit too.
>>343131824
got this for "free" on PS4 and its literally unplayable because my fat thumbs hit the PS button when I try to do tricks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Mf1bsDKeY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Mf1bsDKeY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU317jQ_pSU
>>343133727
I feel like skating games peaked about the time of T.H.U.G.
>>343133779
I wonder if skaters suffer from head problems as they age like boxers.
>>343133875
forgot pic
>>343133727
old THPS is still fun trying to beat challenges and stuff like that
>>343130665
That was kind ofsketchy
>His helmet strap just fucking disintegrates when he slams it down
That impressed me more than the 900 for some reason.
Tony Hawk soundtrack tiers
God tier
>THPS2
>THUG
Great tier
>Underground 2
>Pro Skater 4
>Pro Skater 3
Good tier
>American Wastelandif we aren't counting the shitty cover versions
>Downhill Jam
Decent tier
>Pro Skater 5the only salvagable thing about it
>SHRED
>Proving Ground
Completely forgettable tier
>Project 8
>RIDE
>All the songs from THPSHD that weren't Superman or from THPS2
Debating where to put THPS1. Superman and Police Truck are great but nearly everything else is completely forgettable.
>>343130665
From the thumbnail I thought that was William Ficthner
>>343134173
>"You and all of your friends are dead!"
Scarily accurate anon.
>>343134137
Project 8 forgettable?
Switch it with American Wasteland and that's accurate for me
>>343134082
Is this game any good?
>>343134062
not really. Fucked up wrists, knees, backs and ankles more than anything. You very very rarely hit your head unless you're doing crazy vert ramp shit. Most people know how to roll out of a fall. My back is still fucked up after a few really bad falls.
>>343131824
It was just a late 90s thing. That's all. Things fall out of popularity all the time.
The big problem with games was they went too far way from just being skating games, and doing tricks. They kept trying to offer more and more, while the core gameplay got worse.
>>343134282
I can't remember a single song from that game except the eagles of death metal one
>>343131824
Skateboarding is still popular with who it was back when Tony Hawk's games were new, middle schoolers. You're just not in middle school any more so of course you don't know anyone that's into it.
>>343134137
Wasn't Euro Barge THPS1? That one always stuck in my head. I'd put it up in great tier tbqh. Even if it's just for Superman.
>>343134118
He flings that thing down so hard, it was kind of amazing.
>>343132894
It really doesn't matter if he was great or shit while discussing skateboarding. His fame was 99% from what the previous poster stated.
Tony Hawk is synonymous with skating to a mainstream audience the same way Hulk Hogan and Michael Jordan are. Even if you know nothing of those sports/forms of media, you know that it involves those guys.
Bam wasn't like that. He was synonymous with Jacksass/MTV and everthing that spawned out of that.
>>343132121
Bought some bagel bites the other night while drinking with some buds. They made me sicker than the liquor.
>>343133874
Yeah but I was doing it for about 5 or 6 years and never got good. I just never tried anything new that much.
>tfw Dave Mirra committed suicide
>>343134449
My bad, I thought he was talking about the actual games. Yeah, nothing very memorable in P8 then.
>>343134312
>>343134312
like I said I couldn't really play it on PS4 because of the dumb button layout. Probably good on PC or Xbone. What little I could play was fun and it got decent-good reviews.
>>343130665
Isn't he the first to land that trick?
>Skating will never be popular again
>>343130665
Watching that video makes me wince. It looks like somebody's dad trying to do stunts. I just expect him to break his brittle grandpa bones.
>>343134418
>It was just a late 90s thing. That's all. Things fall out of popularity all the time.
>tfw micro scooters are really fast, efficient and easy ways to get around but for some reason it's not socially acceptable to use one as an adult
>i wear a fedora and use a scooter and suddenly i'm "autistic"
Life isn't fair.
Do you anons ever start noticing your reactions deteriorating while gaming as you get older?
>>343132894
The only reason you could think Bam was great at anything, other than being a little bitch, was if you grew up watching Jackass and Bam's own show I can't remember the name of. And from what I remember Wild Boys was better than Bam's shit.
>tfw Bob Burnquist is doing way crazier things on megaramp, surpassing DWay and Hawk
>old as well
>never acknowledged
>Tony Hawks pro skater 2 is 16 years old
>>343135101
Yup, I'm almost 30 and I'm noticeably worse at fps than I used to be. Partially because I don't play as much as I used to but whatever
>>343130665
>lands a fucking 900 at 48
>and to do so brutally fell on his face multiple times STILL AT 48
""""""""""""""""""OLD"""""""""""""""""""
goddamn I'm half his age and I don't think I've ever been in better shape than he is currently
>>343134629
there are people that are absolutely crazy about it that practice new tricks every single day and there are people that just like riding and work on tricks every once in a while. Really the only thing you need to know is how to do a decent ollie and you can have fun riding around. It also helps if you live in the city or a town where shit isn't spread all over the place across highways.
>>343135101
Kids always react to everything harder because they have less life experience. Everything is much more serious and important to them. Older you get, the more you realize in your subconscious that life is nothing special.
>>343135101
>had to start working out to keep precision in my forearms for whipping my mouse and stopping on a target
Feels decrepit.
>>343130665
>skateboarding
sport for degenerates
>>343135329
you're 24?
fuck dude, just end it now. You plateaued years ago, kill yourself tonight
>>343135256
nah Bam is/was good. He's a Toy Machi e / Zero nineties type skater with a good tranny game. Its just that he fucks up his already short video parts with hijinx. Hes getting back into skating
>>343135418
Also this, my heart just isn't in it anymore.
>>343135030
He is somebody's dad but I seriously don't get the impression you're trying to convey. The guy nailed a 900. I don't know many guys my age let alone 10+ years older still doing that shit.
>>343135260
Was my main in THPS1&2. Loved watching his shit as a teen.
>There hasn't need a TH game by Neversoft in almost a decade now>Neversoft has been dead for two years
>>343135612
>hasn't been
Fuck I'm tired
Also, anyone else think Proving Ground was underrated and got shit on too much because Skate came out at the same time?
>>343135612
they've been dead for a lot longer honestly
>>343135101
29 and my fps reaction speed and coordination is as good as it ever was. All I need is about the same time to get used to a new game and I'm all set. I play PC so I deal with the highest levels of try hards. Typical fps KDR in TDM is about 3 minimum, sometimes I get insane streaks up to a 30 KDR. But average is in the single digits.
This was when Tony Hawk vidya died.
Fucking retarded.
>>343135493
That makes more sense than it should.
>>343135732
they died when they started making guitar hero games
>>343135715
I feel like the presence of a vastly superior competitor is an okay reason to shit on a game.
>>343135529
Fuck you. Mayweather still undefeated at age 39, tore ass at all ages. Ali wrecked shit no matter the age still at age 36.
Best physical condition I've had all my life at 31, still competitive.
Don't group us with you trashy defeatists.
>>343134658
>tfw my first and only bmx was a mirra haro
Pic related, exact model. A lot of good memories with that qt.
>>343135774
I vaguely remember Tony throwing a tantrum online when RIDE was released and everyone ripped it apart
Tony Hawk games got shit at Underground 2 when Bam Margera turned it into jackass
Seriously I want to play a skating game, not go around putting stickers on walls and smashing my skateboard
>>343135806
I learned it from a documentary about Fatal1ty, he worked out to stave off aging and keep his reflexes sharp, and stronger muscles = better fine motor control.
It worked, too.
>>343132616
We age to move to new point in life, to raise, and teach our children. Eventually we die so that they may have their opprotunity to prosper and apply what we taught them.
>>343135557
He's just another fat fuck like Phil or Don Veto in the making.
>>343133285
>be 30
>start skateboarding again cause fuck it
>comes back to me pretty naturally
maybe stop being a self defeating faggot?
hes getting old? He is OLD especially with those white people get gray hair and wrinkled as fuck in your 20s genetics.
>>343132616
If you knew what "Aging" actually is, you would withdraw the question because of how fucking stupid it is to even fucking ask.
But since I'm feeling nice right now, I'll give you a hint to one part of it, oxygen is broken down with you to release energy, any time it's broken down it causes wear and tear on the systems at play, which will eventually start wearing down RNA strands, which you might as well think of like a key or a zipper, and when parts of that start getting filed down/broken off, what the fuck are you suppose to do?
>>343134485
pretty much this.
i work at a middle and high school and i still see lots of kids skateboarding.
if anything, i say the taste of music is different for skaters.
I mostly hear them listen to shitty rap music.
>>343136272
Considering the principle that every muscle has an antagonistic muscle, it makes a LOT of sense.
Once Type-II fibers are conditioned, and sufficient forearm and hand strength achieved with balanced exercise, finer, point-to-point movements now depend on muscle and spinal memory, reducing the fatigue variable considerably.
Good show, man.
>>343133285
>middle school sk8r
>stop skating when i get a car
>life goes on
>always regretted being a poser
>24 years old, get out my board
>land a real kickflip
feels alright. i used to lie like a faggot about landing tricks when nobody was around. i never landed a kickflip for like 5+ years of being a skator
>>343134137
>nearly everything else is forgettable
primus, suicidal tendencies, the vandals, and unsane disagree with you
>>343130665
GROWING OLDER ALL THE TIME
>>343135529
males reach thier peak at 25 or so
>>343130665
he was 31 when he did the 900 for the first time
thats as old as i am, but i stopped skating in the mid 90s due to a lack of the only park in my area getting demolished. everything else is flatlands and that shit is boring.
>>343130665
LEGEND
>>343130665
It's impressive that he can still take that many wipeouts.
Has anyone done a 1080 yet? Is that even possible?
>>343136934
>wearing down your RNA strands
Nigga, you make new RNA all the time, and your body is constantly breaking it down once it's been used. In fact, almost all living things produce a ton of RNAse's to break them down cus foreign or uneeded RNA can fuck your cells up. What you're thinking about is the the break down of your telomeres on the ends of DNA. That we can reverse with telomere-extending enzymes, but we can't do it atm without seriously increasing your chance of getting cancer.
>skating
holy shit it isn't the 90s anymore, grow up
>>343132894
>He was a fucking great skater
He wasnt, what the fuck are you talking about
>>343138120
apparently 3 people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080_(skateboarding)
>>343135774
The thing didn't even work right half the time.
>try to do an Ollie
>keeps doing a fucking nollie
Never mind trying to do any actual tricks.
>>343138204
SHUT THE FUCK UP I AM A PRO SOAPER
>>343131824
Because skating culture was relevant and or peaked during very particular time, and we're sort of a decade or so past that era.
>>343132146
Don't you dare saying that, old staffs got fucked over by activision and now they have they fuck-da-world attitude, when they wanna make it they milk the fucking shit outta naive dumb fucks who fund them.
>>343130665
>tony hawk will die in your lifetime
>skateboarding games have already died in your lifetime
>>343138272
>megaramp
Still pretty impressive though.
>>343132324
Forgot how fucking insane his videos were
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U-cgn3cEGA
>It's been 17 years
Where has the time gone...
>>343132469
he became Phil
no, really, look at him, he looks like a young Phil hes gained so much weight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udUCjJphE-0
>>343139185
What happened to him?
Did Dunn's death really beat him up that bad?
>>343130665
Based Tony Hawk
Used to love skating with my friends. At 23 I'm still skating at least once a week. A normal lineup of tricks I like to do are.. fakie bs bigspin, fakie bs 360, halfcab heelflip, fakie tre, fakie bigger flip, nollie kickflip, inward heelflip, bs heelflip, shuv it grab, reg kick/heel flips, kickflip sex change, crooked grinds, nose slides, 50-50s, 5-0s. Probably some more shit. It's a lot fun for me still and if anything else it is a decent cardio workout.
>Tfw the old stakepark you loved closed
What has her name?
Mine wasMIA
>Tony Hawk will die in your lifetime
>>343140439
360 City
RIP in peace
>>343138507
yeah, thanks to Tony Hawk 5!
i mean, i thought it wouldn't be as good as THPS2, but man it had cart blanche on the fact that there are ZERO GAMES about skating out right now.
>growing older all the time
>>343141032
feelin' younger in my mind
>>343130665
Daily reminder that it's ok to be a pennyboarder
>>343130665
>Tony Hawk might become an old sensei skateboard master
>>343137660
LOOKING OLDER ALL THE TIME
>>343141417
He already is
>>343141417
>tfw no Master Hawk's Shut Up and Grind
>>343141281
>Having a pennyboard
Protip:You look gay as fuck riding thatAnd this is coming from someone who drives a scooter.
>>343141281
Pfffttthahahaha
>>343141531
He needs a beard or something to complete the image.
>>343141547
A scooter is objectively worse. A pennyboard is fine to cruise on.
>>343141827
>A scooter is objectively worse
You are objectively wrong.
>A pennyboard is fine to cruise on.
While you suck on your dick shaped vape pen, right?
Reminder that Matt Hoffman is dead
>>343142137
This post reeks of high school
>>343133262
>Skate 1 was fucking great. Then the sequels got worse and worse with more gimmicks and worse gameplay.
Seriously this. I play THPS5 more than Skate 3 due to the ridiculous amount of buttons and movesets just to pull off a simple trick.
>>343142262
shit, i forgot about that man
like, right until you said it, i thought he was still alive, but damn man. now i remember and i think it was because he wasn't doing anything in the last decade that i thought he was still alive after he died.
>>343142262
I still hear the title screen to this day.
>>343142137
Scooter kids are the bane of any park. Always ramping right next to you assumedly thinking what they had just done was somehow not asanine. Always in the way.. always bunny-hopping the pyramid and standing on the mini. Just stay home scooter kids.
>>343135068
Get a flat cap instead. Unlike the fedora, no memetic internet culture has damaged the value of the flat cap.
>>343137345
Are you me?
Mid 2000's skating was in middle school was like what all the cool, popular kids did. I was such a poser trying to fit in with those losers.
>mfw all those kids are all heroine junkies and criminals now
>>343142621
I'm talking about these.
>>343142742
Oh. Yeah, I'm on-board with that sum bitch.
>>343134836
Yep. Bob Burnquist went on to nail a 1080 a few years afterwards, but it wasn't on a standard half pipe if my memory serves, so Hawk kind of owns the whole biggest consecutive rotations thing. Really cool guy, too. Had the pleasure of bumping into him in a service elevator at the X-Games way back, he was very friendly and didn't act annoyed that I wanted to tell him I was a fan.
>>343133285
I got sick of sucking pavement so I quit. I suck dicks now.
>>343131824
Well students skateboard in my area. But they stay inside to play video games. Besides are there any cycling games>
>>343142918
Oh yeah? Wellfuck you.
>>343142618
Dave Mirra killed himself some months ago from the same shit that has been killing NFL players
Fucking sucks, the guy was super fun, nice and happy all the time.
>>343130665
>the way he removes those pads
>the way he just burns out of there
Kind of depressing really
>>343143147
I bet you would nigger
>>343140439
>Horn Lake Public Park
I have no idea if it's open anymore, but it is where I used to make brave attempts to concuss myself/accomplish a drop-in. There's a pretty nice one in my town that's actually well-maintained.
>>343143337
He probably hurt himself in some way and just wanted to get the fuck out of there.
>>343140439
No joke, my local skatepark was called
Diarrhea Skatepark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfu3IzPfiIE
>>343131824
late 2000s
its all about 'hoverboards' that dont hover vaping 420 weed everyday these days
>>343143337
That was him proving to himself he could still do one. He was feeling pumped like a man.
>>343143523
Don't test me.
>>343135101
nah im 25 and my reactions are fine
>>343131927
GROWING OLDER ALL THE TIME
>>343143256
What's been killing NFL players?
Fuck you guys I liked it.Proving ground was alright.
>>343144415
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy
>>343130665
he looks like he has aids
Damn, he immediately fucked off right afterwards
>>343144601
>Dave Mirra had many concussions during his career, added on with a fractured skull at 19 and a boxing career after his retirement
It's like he lived to get hit in the head
At 48 the dude looks like he's got AIDS. Nigga had to use drugs to keep up with the young kids and their hoverboards.
>>343130665
So fucking sick of shit like this cutting straight to slow-mo. Maybe I want to see it in realtime first, like every single life experience in real life? Just a thought.
>>343145579
Weenie
>>343145550
He's always been tan and he's getting older so his skin will look different and his hair will thin. He's red and shit because he's trying something physically exhausting and taking slams.
>>343133546
we're all skaters now
>>343130665
Good for him.
I'm glad he pulled it off.
>>343132469
bam is JUST
>>343144498
I AGREE
>>343133285
I wasn't good at skaeboarding but knew a decent amount of friends that did.
I remembered back in middle school.
>Had friends who skateboarded to school since they lived close
>Usually skateboarded till they get close to entrance
>Eventually the assistant principals went full Nazi and took the skateboards from them
>One time peeked into one of the assistant prinipal's office
>At leat nearly a dozen skateboards in the office stolen from the students(yeah I know they take them away but to me I still call it stealing or theft)
>Parents bitch to assistant principals and took back their kids boards because the skateboarders weren't causing any trouble with them, just skating to school as normal
Those times bros. If I was a skateboarder and one of those assistant principals tried to take my board, I would crack them open with the board instead of them taking it.
>>343139882
Dunn's death basically broke him. He looks like his dad now in both face and waist size.
>tfw tonyhawks games got you into skatin
Man I know that's practically everyones story at this point but those were the best fuckin 13 years I had. I wish I never got sick, I miss it so much. The freedom of just pushing around and flippin n grindin shit.
>>343132469
Opie from O&A got cucked when Bam Margera fucked his wife
He's currently raising one of his kids.
>>343139882
Dude Bam is really fucked up after Dunn dying. Can't say I was ever a fan or cared too much for their show, but it is kinda sad when you see what hes become.
Not sure if hes improved or not, but it was pretty bad. Massive alcoholism and suicidal thoughts constantly, therapy, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW5-qjJo7FM
>>343147239
>got sick
Explain
>>343147346
But at least I was pretty funny, right?
