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Tony Hawk is born
*He was born in Carlsbad, California
*If this didn't happen he wouldn't exist
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Tony gets his first skateboard
*Tierrasanta, California
*This is when he started skateboarding
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Tony gets his first sponsor by Dogtown
*Oasis Skatepark, San Diego, California
*First sponsor gave him more drive to keep skating
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Tony joins "The Bones Brigade"
*Marina Skatepark, Marina, California
*The Bones Brigade was Stacy Peralta's skating team and would become one of the most famous teams ever.
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Tony Hawk turns pro
*At a skateboard contest in Whittier, California
*This was the turning point where Tony moved from doing skating as a career rather than a hobby
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Tony Hawk's dad starts the NSA
*California Area
*The NSA: National Skateboarding Association, was created by Tony Hawk's dad and ended up being the largest holder of contests for quite a few years.
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Tony Hawk gets his first pro board graphic
*Court's office, Powell and Peralta Skateboards
*Tony would go on to make some decent money off of this board and would start to shape skating into his career
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Tony appears in "The Bones Brigade Video Show"
*Filmed in various parts of California
*The whole thing turned out to be a huge success when it premiered at the end of the year. Tony started making around $3000 a month on board sales after it came out.
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Tony becomes mainstream media "famous"
*California
*In his last month of school he starred in a Mountain Dew commercial and all of a sudden Tony went from being an outcast to becoming very popular at school.
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Tony graduates high school and buys a house
*Carlsbad, California
*After graduating he could then put all of his time into skateboarding, and buying a house gave him lots of freedom
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