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...interview with TIME, skateboard champion Tony Hawk did a disservice to young women everywhere when he noted that his arena tour showcasing the stars of skateboarding is "one of the few events dads and sons can equally enjoy" [May 9]. What, girls don't skateboard? In his offhand statement, Hawk reveals the prevailing mentality: there are places where girls belong and places where they do not. Stop the brainwashing of young girls...
...come to the Firstie Club, a rarity for him. He sips his beer as others gulp. Cadets from his company squeeze into the booth and talk excitedly. Some look back: Remember the kid who brought a skateboard to Air Assault School? Others look ahead. Pae is looking forward to posting to his unit in Germany. Great weekend trips. His parents had wanted him to post to Korea, but Pae resisted. Units in Korea are just as likely as units in Germany to deploy to Iraq, he told them. What Pae didn't tell his parents was just how ready...
Legendary skateboard champ Tony Hawk helped turn a California street sport into a global phenomenon. Now 36, Hawk is also a successful businessman, having built an action-sports empire that encompasses best-selling video games, DVDS, equipment, apparel and an arena tour called Boom Boom HuckJam. Hawk spoke with TIME's Jeffrey Ressner from the Cayman Islands, where he performed at the opening of Black Pearl, the world's largest concrete skate park...
...STILL GET ON YOUR BOARD EVERY DAY? Almost every day. It's strange getting to a certain level where your life revolves around skating but you're not actually riding your skateboard. I do a lot of things centered around skating that don't require me to jump on my board...
...BEEN YOUR MOST SURPRISING FAN? I was a nominee for some award, and Ed Bradley introduced me by mentioning the name of a skateboard trick I invented called stalefish. When you're a kid and you think of a silly name like that, you never imagine a host of 60 Minutes will ever present it in a serious tone...