146K views · 2.6K reactions | “I would say the lowest point of skate popularity was around ‘91. … It was never going to die in California. … In New York, it was so impossibly hard to keep it going.” – Tony Hawk The transition of skateboard culture in the 1990’s was steered by street skating in New York  Watch 30 for 30 ‘Empire Skate’ on ESPN+, Hulu and Disney+  | ESPN Originals | Facebook

191K views · 3.5K reactions | Extremely effective “Skateboard Sense” safety video from 1976. "It isn’t that much fun to fall down and get hurt all the time… and everybody will hate you.” Truer words were never spoken about skating in the '70s Thanks @catherine_o for finding this. | Tony Hawk | Facebook