Episode 150: Tony Hawk v. The Olympics

Tony Hawk (legend) joins the show to fulfill John's dream and to talk about the time that the International Olympic Committee booted him off the Park Course and then the time right after that when he got home from Tokyo and got blocked by NBC for doing his own commentary on their content. Before all that, we reminisce about how Tony's appearance on the show came to be, through a Cameo from a listener and we learn the insane number of Cameos Tony has done. Elsewhere, Stefan and John ask Tony for advice on being cool which leads to John committing how to learn to hardflip. Plus, we chat curling, burgers, karaoke, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, exit surveys, and Tony tells us about retiring tricks and making skate decks with his blood.

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Tony Hawk is a professional skateboarder whose podcast, Hawk vs. Wolf, comes out every Monday on the Kast Media network. You can find him online everywhere at @tonyhawk. You can donate to his charity, The Skatepark Project, at skatepark.org.

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