Tony Hawk full-part hits skateboard-oriented Ride Channel on YouTube
The full-part dry-spell of American skateboarding legend Tony Hawk recently came to an end as his two and a half-minute edit hit the recently launched Ride Channel on YouTube.
The edit contains footage that not only revealed that the San Diego-based rider still riding, he had also added plenty of new tricks to his already heavily-loaded bag of tricks
During the two and a half minutes of the edit, the viewers are get to watch the 43-year-old Hawk exhibit the same class that had become associated with him during his competition days. The edit made it evident that he had added new variation to his highly
technical arsenal.
A few minutes into the video, Hawk also revealed a few NBDs, which included a nollie 360 shuv-it nose grind over the channel and a 360 shuv-it back lip.
The video made it quite apparent that the skateboarding legend had not been neglecting his passion for riding during the last few years and had indeed been hitting the ramp regularly.
The content producer of YouTube Ride Channel Jesse Fritsch conceded that the retired professional riders still skates five days a week, pulling off stuff that has more or less become part of the edit.
Hawk had not released a full-part since Birdhouse’s “The Beginning” in 2007 and, according to Fritsch, the latest edit hardly involved any planning. It just came together over a period of two years and they decided to release it on their channel.
Fritsch further went on to say that the new full-part was hardly planned and just came together over a period of two years.
“Putting it together, that part was pretty organic,” said Fritsch while talking to ESPN. “It just started with him hammering out a lot of tricks and then realizing that he was gathering a lot of footage”
The edit has already exceeded 125,000 views and is expected to attract even more as the word about an opportunity to see Hawk in action spreads.
Most of the footage was shot in Hawk’s business compound in Vista, which only serves as the home for his new YouTube venture Ride Channel, his production house 900 Films and his philanthropic endeavours.
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