Vert skateboarding
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Vert skateboarding, short for vertical skateboarding, is the act of riding a skateboard on a skate ramp or other incline and involves the skateboarder transitioning from the horizontal plane to the ve
A skateboarder riding a large vert ramp
Globe International founder Stephen Hill vert skateboarding on a large half-pipe.
Tony Hawk
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Anthony Frank Hawk, nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. A pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding, Hawk compl
Vert skateboarding
…would need to do so in combination with other street skateboarding elements. After public condemnation from professional skateboarders Bob Burnquist, Tony Hawk and others, organizers re-instated vert skateboarding. In 2011, ESPN announced, however, that the X Games would no longer feature a Women's Vert…
Hawk in 2026
Hawk skating in 1987 (Wassenaar, Netherlands)
Hawk doing skate jam in 2012
Hawk and his wife Catherine at their wedding in 2015