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How Tony Hawk Built A Billion Dollar Empire
We interviewed the legendary Tony Hawk, who started skateboarding at 10 years old in 1978 before turning his brand into one that's rumored to be worth over $1 billion dollars according to CNBC with the success of his Tony Hawk Pro Skater games on Playstation, N64, PC, and more. In this episode, Tony talks about how he made the game, built his business, and helped revolutionize the sport of skateboarding by landing the 900 and bringing the sport to the Olympics.
Thank you to Prize Picks for sponsoring this episode, see link here and use code "Danny": https://prizepicks.onelink.me/ivHR/DANNY
Available on all major podcast platforms:
Spotify: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/happyendingspod
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-endings/id1720122256
About The Hosts:
Danny Duncan is a top YouTuber with 7M+ subscribers and $150M+ in merch sales. He's also the co-owner of the popular frozen yogurt chain 16 Handles, founder of Good Sport, and Danny's Cream Pies.
Jon Youshaei worked inside Instagram and YouTube for 8 years where he was Head of Creator Product Marketing before becoming a creator and journalist for Forbes, TIME, and more.
Danny's Channel: https://www.YouTube.com/@danny
Jon's Channel: https://www.YouTube.com/youshaei
0:00 - 0:48 Intro
0:49 - 2:14 Tony’s early skating days
2:15 - 4:09 Danny started out stretching athletes
4:10 - 7:45 Tony’s early skating days (cont.)
7:46 - 9:21 Working on the first Tony Hawk game
9:22 - 11:53 Tony Hawk becoming a brand
11:54 - 14:15 What is was like making a game in the 90’s
14:16 - 15:59 Tony said no to 500 million dollars
16:00 - 16:40 Tony Hawk game sequels
16:41 - 17:51 The Loop
17:52 - 18:39 Tony’s first skateboard is in the Smithsonian
18:40 - 19:15 Prize Picks
19:16 - 21:04 Tony’s Legacy
21:05 - 23:10 Tony’s day to day
21:11 - 25:46 Femur injury
25:47 - 27:30 Taking care of your body as you get older
27:31 - 29:21 Tony’s kid is a skateboarder
29:22 - 30:18 Tony’s dad and the X Games
30:19 - 36:02 Getting skateboarding into the Olympics
36:03 - 37:37 Who Tony wants to work with
37:38 - 38:02 Biggest thing Tony has turned down
38:03 - 40:27 Tony being recognized in public
40:28 - 41:55 Meeting people you look up to
41:56 - 42:51 Danny tried getting in contact of Tony Hawk before
42:52 - 44:35 Tony Hawk on social media
44:36 - 45:35 Giving your younger self advice
45:36 - 47:10 Tony Hawk invented a lot of tricks
47:11 - 48:52 Tony Hawk on Jackass
48:53 - 58:11 Tony completing the 900
58:12 - 58:24 The future of Skateboarding tricks
58:25 - 59:35 Outro
#HappyEndings #DannyDuncan #JonYoushaei #HappyEndingsPodcast #tonyhawk
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We interviewed the legendary Tony Hawk, who started skateboarding at 10 years old in 1978 before turning his brand into one that's rumored to be worth over $1 billion dollars according to CNBC with the success of his Tony Hawk Pro Skater games on Playstation, N64, PC, and more. In this episode, Tony talks about how he made the game, built his business, and helped revolutionize the sport of skateboarding by landing the 900 and bringing the sport to the Olympics.
Thank you to Prize Picks for sponsoring this episode, see link here and use code "Danny": https://prizepicks.onelink.me/ivHR/DANNY
Available on all major podcast platforms:
Spotify: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/happyendingspod
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-endings/id1720122256
About The Hosts:
Danny Duncan is a top YouTuber with 7M+ subscribers and $150M+ in merch sales. He's also the co-owner of the popular frozen yogurt chain 16 Handles, founder of Good Sport, and Danny's Cream Pies.
Jon Youshaei worked inside Instagram and YouTube for 8 years where he was Head of Creator Product Marketing before becoming a creator and journalist for Forbes, TIME, and more.
Danny's Channel: https://www.YouTube.com/@danny
Jon's Channel: https://www.YouTube.com/youshaei
0:00 - 0:48 Intro
0:49 - 2:14 Tony’s early skating days
2:15 - 4:09 Danny started out stretching athletes
4:10 - 7:45 Tony’s early skating days (cont.)
7:46 - 9:21 Working on the first Tony Hawk game
9:22 - 11:53 Tony Hawk becoming a brand
11:54 - 14:15 What is was like making a game in the 90’s
14:16 - 15:59 Tony said no to 500 million dollars
16:00 - 16:40 Tony Hawk game sequels
16:41 - 17:51 The Loop
17:52 - 18:39 Tony’s first skateboard is in the Smithsonian
18:40 - 19:15 Prize Picks
19:16 - 21:04 Tony’s Legacy
21:05 - 23:10 Tony’s day to day
21:11 - 25:46 Femur injury
25:47 - 27:30 Taking care of your body as you get older
27:31 - 29:21 Tony’s kid is a skateboarder
29:22 - 30:18 Tony’s dad and the X Games
30:19 - 36:02 Getting skateboarding into the Olympics
36:03 - 37:37 Who Tony wants to work with
37:38 - 38:02 Biggest thing Tony has turned down
38:03 - 40:27 Tony being recognized in public
40:28 - 41:55 Meeting people you look up to
41:56 - 42:51 Danny tried getting in contact of Tony Hawk before
42:52 - 44:35 Tony Hawk on social media
44:36 - 45:35 Giving your younger self advice
45:36 - 47:10 Tony Hawk invented a lot of tricks
47:11 - 48:52 Tony Hawk on Jackass
48:53 - 58:11 Tony completing the 900
58:12 - 58:24 The future of Skateboarding tricks
58:25 - 59:35 Outro
#HappyEndings #DannyDuncan #JonYoushaei #HappyEndingsPodcast #tonyhawk
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