Tony Hawk: Radicalizing a Generation

Vic Mensa hosts legendary guest and pro skater, Tony Hawk. They deep dive into skating culture, and Vic shares how much Tony Hawk's Pro Skater meant to him as a kid. They talk about the business behind being a pro skater, the iconic tricks, the love, the haters and even Tony Hawk's direct connection to music, and how much Black people love him.

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(00:00) Cold open

(00:55) Rage Against the Machine and the Pro Skater soundtrack

(04:04) Virgil, Pharrell and skating on the South Side

(09:01) Dead Kennedys, Police Truck and Gang of Four

(16:51) Skate videos and the Bones Brigade

(25:10) Learning kickflips alone

(30:25) Building skateparks from Navajo Nation to Ghana

(36:37) An outcast in an outcast world

(43:03) The 900 and what failure teaches

(54:34) Rodney Mullen or Nietzsche

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