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Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder

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My oldest son is 15 years old, and he loves Tony's books Occupation Skateboarder. The problem was that my 8 year old wanted to read the book too, but it was too hard for her. Thankfully, Tony came out with Tony Hawkk Professional Skateboarder which is an easier to read version. She read it all by herself one Saturday---I can never get her to read! When she was done my 15 years old read it--there were new photos and stories, he was so happy. Thanks, Tony, for getting my kids to read.

There is nothing in this book that is improper for children. This is a book specifically designed for young readers with no foul language and nothing indecent. Tony is a very moral and respectable person and a great role model for children.

what a GREAT BOOK!
Tony Hawk is such a great role model for my kids (10 and 13) and now we can read all about his life and sport.
From growing up as an outsider to being the top in his sport, my kids devoured this book--for the first time in a while!

Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder was a great autobiography. Tony Hawk is the main person. He talks about his life from when he was a baby through his adult hood with ups and downs of his skateboarding career.
Tony Hawk wouldn't be a successful pro skateboarder if it weren't for his brother. He introduced Tony to skating at age 9. Once Tony was really into skateboarding, he became pro. In the summer of 1999 Tony Hawk landed the 900.He was the fist person to ever land that. You have to spin fully around 2 ½ times. Tony made history in skateboarding. He is a great role model and gives skateboarding a good name.
I thought this book was great and if you are smart about skateboarding history, you will connect to a lot of things in this novel. This book is for all ages. I enjoyed it, and if you like skateboarding, you will like it too. If you don't like skateboarding, you might learn stuff about skating. Also, you might get interested in skateboarding. Now enough about the book review, read Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder.

I like the book because when I read it it helped me land new tricks. I learned a lot about Tony Hawk. He would never give up and he would always try to land tricks no matter what. He wanted to get better and that told me that it doesn't matter how much pain you are in when you land it. It is all worth it because now you have a new trick. He also did not let what other people thought influence him. He wanted to be a skateboarder when it was not cool, but he did not care. He knew what he liked to do and did it.

After I read the book, I was all pumped up. Whenever I would go to the gap I would always try to land this trick that I couldn't do and then after I read the book I said to myself it is worth it no matter how bad I fell just get up unless you break something, and after I said that then I went for it and did my all, and I landed the trick on my third try and from there on I have been landing all of my tricks and become a better skateboarder.

I think that every skateboarder should read this book because it will inspire them a lot like it has inspired me. Before I read this book I thought that Tony Hawk was just a pro skateboarder and I thought that he wasn't that good. When I read this book that my friend recommended, I said to him that I didn't like Tony Hawk that much, and he said just read it. So I went to the libary and checked it out. Then, I got into it. I found out that he wasn't a poser or a loser that he all he wanted to do was get kid skateboarders into it and to teach them and help them out with their skating. Because of all his success, he is able to do a lot to help kids all over the world. He is a cool guy and this is a great book.

Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder
By Tony Hawk

When Tony Hawk was still a young boy, his older brother gave him his first skateboard. This was the beginning of a skateboarding star. Tony became a professional skateboarder at the early age of 14. I chose to read this autobiography on Tony Hawk because as a fan of Tony, I am interested in the sport of skateboarding and am amazed by how many accomplishments Tony has made in his life because of skateboarding. For Tony, skateboarding was an activity that shaped his life and helped him succeed.
Tony Hawk was not an ordinary child growing up. When he picked up the sport of skateboarding, he had so much energy. He had a lot of determination that came out whenever he was doing anything that had to do with competition. His parents encouraged him and were supportive from the start. This support of his parents helped him follow his dreams and become what he is today, a professional skateboarder.
Skating taught him the meaning of focus and perseverance. If at first he did not succeed, he would try and try again. He would get hurt many times trying to learn new tricks. He knocked out his front teeth more than twice. Getting hurt didn't bother him because he knew he sometimes had to pay a price to learn a new trick, and once he landed the new trick, he knew that all that pain was worth it.
The more time he spent on the skateboard, the more it built up his confidence. It didn't bother him that he wasn't the popular guy at school, or that he didn't have many friends or a girl friend, all he cared about was being with other skaters at the park and having fun learning new tricks. When Tony was growing up, skateboarding was unpopular and it was considered a geeky thing to do that only weirdo's and nerds did. He was teased by his classmates for skateboarding, and he did not fit in like the other kids at school. His clothes were torn and beaten from skateboarding, and he always had scabs on his knees and elbows- but he did not care. In his book, Tony said "I worked out any problem by skating". His confidence and his love for skateboarding helped him get through the rough times in his life.
Tony Hawk had never expected to make a career out of skateboarding. His fame never interfered with his skating. The reason he lasted so long as a professional skateboarder is because he was always thankful for what skateboarding had done for him growing up. Skateboarding taught him self-discipline at a young age and helped him control his frustrations and turn them into something useful and positive. All in all, skateboarding made Tony succeed in his life.

This book, Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder, in my oppinion, was a fun book to take away your boredom.This auto-biography summarizes Tony's life from when he was a hyper adventerous toddler to when he retired from his carrer and had a family. This book wasn't for those looking for a complex, involved biography; this was to the point, adding in points that would easily amuse people and adding in tidbits of information that you wouldnt find in your everyday book. This is a good book for those looking for a short simple read, and I wouldn't mind reading this book more that once.

bennett

This book will make you flip or do a 360!! This is a great book! This book is about the ups and downs of Tony Hawk's life. From road trips to just hanging out at the local skatepark. This book is an awesome book to read and very easy to understand. I reccomend this book to anyone who likes skateboarding. Find out what Tony's life is like by reading this awesome book.

Critic, Justin

My mom bought this for me and I just finished it.
It was really good.

I injoyed this book alot because it has influenced my life. The book has influenced my life by not judging people for the things they do.Another aspect is that he has showen is Intellectual Perserverance in his every day life. He has done this by not giving up on his Skateboarding company when times were rough. He has reminded me of my own family and how we all have overcome hard times and how we still keep positive.