WELCOME
WELCOME BACK. WE'VE BEEN CHECKING IN WITH SOME RECOGNIZABLE SAN DIEGO ADS TO
FIND OUT HOW THEY ARE DOING
DURING THE PANDEMIC. I RECENTLY
HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH
PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARDER TONY
HAWK. HIS REVAMP TONY HAWK PRO
SKATER VIDEO GAME DEMO IS OUT
NOW. WE TALKED ABOUT HIS
FAMILY, HIS BUSINESS AND HIS
ADVICE FOR PARENTS WITH
ENERGETIC KIDS. TONY HAWK,
YOU'RE A SAN DIEGO LEGEND.
PEOPLE LOOK UP TO YOU HOW
YOU'VE BEEN HOLDING UP DURING
THE QUARANTINE. I REALLY CAN'T
COMPLAIN TOO MUCH. I'M HERE
WITH MY FAMILY FOR THE MOST
PART. OUR KIDS CAME IN COLLEGE
OBVIOUSLY AND SO IT WAS IT WAS
A LITTLE STRANGE BECAUSE MY
WIFE AND I WERE WORK ALMOST
EMPTY NESTERS UP UNTIL FOUR
MONTHS AGO AND THEN EVERYONE
CAME BACK AND IT'S BEEN BUT
THAT'S BEEN KIND OF THE NICE
THINGS. THE DELAY I TRAVEL SO
MUCH FROM MY WORK THAT I'VE
GOTTEN TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM.
SO YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF I'M
HERE BUT I'M HOME. OR I AM AT
MY RAMP AND THIS SO YOU KNOW, I
LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SO MANY
OTHER I COULD IT COULD BE SO
MUCH WORSE. AND IT IS SO MUCH
WORSE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. BUT
I'M THANKFUL THAT I GET TO SEE
MY FAMILY AND GET TO. I WAS
LOOKING ON YOUR INSTAGRAM PAGE
.YOU TOOK A BIG RISK. IT'S
LIKE THE WHOLE FAMILY YOU PILED
UP DO AN RV AND YOU TOOK IT.
DID YOU FEEL MORE LIKE TONY
PARKER CLARK GRISWOLD ON THIS
TRIP? VERY. THAT IS A GOOD
QUESTION. CLARK GRISWOLD WHEN
WE WERE DRIVING AND I SUPPOSE
TONY HAWK WHEN WE STOPPED AT
SKATE PARKS AND AFTER AFTER
THE SECOND SKATE PARK VISITED
WE WENT TO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GO
THERE. I MEAN WE WERE IN
ANNOUNCING OUR ARRIVAL OR
ANYTHING BUT WORD WOULD SPREAD
VERY QUICKLY AND SUDDENLY IT
BECAME SORT AN EXHIBITION
SCENE. AND NO ONE WAS REALLY
CONCERNED WITH THERE YOU KNOW,
WITH THEIR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
.I MEAN IN TERMS OF WEARING
MASKS OR ANYTHING. SO AFTER
THE SECOND SKATE PARK VISIT WE
DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO VISIT
THE MORE SKATE PARK. I HAD TO
SETTLE IT DOWN SO THAT I COULD
UNDERSTAND THE TACTIC. YEAH, IT
WAS. AND THE PEOPLE BASICALLY
DEMANDED HANDSHAKES, HUGS LIKE
THAT. THEY WERE NOT TAKING NO
FOR AN ANSWER. WOW. YEAH. THAT
CAN BE A LITTLE BIT NERVE
WRACKING RIGHT NOW.
THE BIRDHOUSE THE SKATING
COMPANY WHEN YOU'RE ENTERING
INTO A PANDEMIC I DON'T CARE
WHAT COMPANY YOU ON YOU GO. I
DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO
LOOK AT THE END OF THIS
PANDEMIC. BUT WHAT'S
INTERESTING IS THINGS LIKE
BICYCLING AND SKATEBOARDS,
THEY'RE ALMOST SOLD OUT. HAS
THAT BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE TOO?
WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
YES, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S BEEN MY
EXPERIENCE. WE AS A BRAND FOR
BIRDHOUSE HAVE BEEN HAD FAIRLY
STEADY SALES OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS BUT WE KEPT
TRYING TO GET THAT BOOST. YOU
KNOW, WE MAY WE MADE A TEAM
VIDEO, WE GET A BUNCH OF TRIPS
AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE WERE
LOCKED INTO PLACE THEY ALL
STARTED BUYING SKATEBOARDS AND
WE ARE OUT OF STOCK OF
EVERYTHING. I MEAN RIGHT NOW
I'M NOT GETTING THESE BOARDS
RIGHT HERE REPRESENT THE LAST
OF EACH ONE BECAUSE WE JUST
CAN'T KEEP MINTS OUT. I MEAN,
YEAH, WE WOULDN'T SAY THAT. I'M
KIND OF GLAD PEOPLE ARE GETTING
BACK TO BEING OUTSIDE. I MEAN
YEAH I GUESS THAT THAT'S
THERE'S SOME SILVER LINING IN
THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
WANTING TO TRY HAVE FINALLY GOT
THE INCENTIVE TO TRY IT. A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING BACK INTO
IT BECAUSE OF THAT AND I CAN
SEE IT ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA ALL
DAY IS IT'S PEOPLE LIKE I'M
LEARNING TO SKATE AND I LEARNED
OUT OF ALL THE THAT ASPECT OF
ALL THIS IS COOL TO ME. I MEAN
THERE'S SO MANY OTHER ASPECTS
THAT ARE NOT. BUT THAT HAS BEEN
REALLY KIND SILVER LINING OF
EVERYTHING. I WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR YOUR WORDS OF HOPE OR
ADVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
FEELING DOWN RIGHT ABOUT NOW. I
KNOW IT CAN BE EASY. FINANCES
RELATIONSHIPS ARE STRUGGLE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO
SANDY AGAINST OUT THERE ABOUT
TRYING TO FIND THE SILVER
LINING IN ALL THIS? WE'RE GONNA
GET THROUGH IT. I MEAN THAT'S
YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE
TO HOLD ON TO HOPE AND YOU
KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO GET
THROUGH THIS BUT JUST DAY BY
DAY AND I KNOW IT'S HARD YOU
KNOW AND IN A LOT OF IT FEELS
LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY. A LOT OF IT
FEELS LIKE A LITTLE BIT
HOPELESS. IF YOU'RE LIVING IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT BUT JUST KNOW
THAT WE YOU KNOW, AND AND I
THINK IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAVE
MANAGED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO
THINGS NOW. WITHOUT GREAT RISK,
YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S BEEN SO
LONG THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE
PEOPLE ARE REALIZING WELL WE
GOT A FUNCTION, WE'VE GOT TO
FIGURE THIS OUT AND RESTAURANTS
OPENING UP OUT WITH ALL
THE OUTDOOR AREAS AND ALL
THE OTHER BUSINESSES TOO. I
LITERALLY JUST DROVE BY A
BARBERSHOP THAT WAS THEY WERE
WHOLE THEIR WHOLE OPERATIONS,
THE PARKING LOT NOW. AND SO
PEOPLE ARE ADAPTING. BUT I
THINK TAKEAWAY IS WE'RE GOING
TO GET BACK TO NORMAL LIFE.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I READ
AND MY MY SON HAS READ SEVERAL
OF YOUR BIOGRAPHIES TOO. YOU
ARE AN ENERGETIC CHILD,
HYPERACTIVE AT TIMES. I'M SURE
YOUR PARENTS AT ONE POINT HAD
NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR
ENERGY. WHAT ADVICE DO FOR
PARENTS WHO HAVE A CHILD LIKE
THAT WHO JUST SEEMS TO BE ON
THE GO CONSTANTLY LIKE HOW DO
YOU FOSTER THAT IN A POSITIVE
WAY AS OPPOSED TO JUST WANTING
TEAR YOUR HAIR OUT ALL
THE TIME? I THINK LET THEM TRY
ALL THINGS THAT THEY'RE
INTERESTED IN AND IF THEY
HOPEFULLY LIKE IN MY CASE FIND
ONE THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THEM
AND THEY CAN FOCUS ALL THEIR
ENERGY ON THAT AND THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I
FOUND SKATING. IT WAS NOT
CONSIDERED NECESSARY BUT THEY
POSITIVE INFLUENCE FOR KIDS
BACK THERE AND IT WASN'T
SOMETHING YOUR PARENTS
DISCOURAGE THEIR KIDS FOR
SKATING ALTOGETHER. BUT MY
PARENTS SAW THAT IF FINALLY I
FOUND A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
AND SELF-CONFIDENCE AND PEACE
WHEN I DID IT AND IT WAS MORE
LIKE JUST LET HIM GO BECAUSE
HE'S NOT BOTHERING US ANYMORE.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT
WHERE IF IF IF YOUR KIDS FIND
THEIR PASSION THEY'RE GOING TO
THEY'RE GOING TO FALL IN LOVE
WITH IT AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S
WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS
ALL THEIR THEIR FRENETIC
ENERGY. OK, SO THERE'S HOPE. SO
YEAH. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S
IT'S DEFINITELY HARD THESE DAYS
TO FIGURE IT OUT. I MEAN JUST
MY DAUGHTER WAS SHE JUST JOINED
SOCCER RIGHT BEFORE THIS
STARTED AND HER SOCIAL
INTERACTIONS IS SO RARE NOW. SO
I UNDERSTAND I UNDERSTAND HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS. BUT BUT I
THINK IT'S ALSO YOU'VE GOT TO
TRY NEW THINGS AND HOPEFULLY
SOMETHING ELSE WILL CREATE THAT
SPARK TONY. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME. BEST OF LUCK TO
YOU, TONY. SKATER 1 AND 2
THE DEMOS ARE ALREADY OUT AND
I'M PROUD