Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk was born to Nancy, a homemaker and college professor, and Frank Hawk, a retired U.S. Navy officer and small appliance salesman. Tony is the youngest of 4 children; he has one brother, Steve, and two sisters, Lenore and Patricia.
In his autobiography, Hawk described himself as a "cool kid" -- frustrated, unfocused, and prone to flying off into rages. He was nine years old when his brother changed his life by giving him a blue fiberglass banana board. His father built a skating ramp in the backyard, in hopes that skateboarding would be an outlet for young Tony's energy.
He graduated from Torrey Pines High School in the North County Coastal area of San Diego, California. As a senior at the age of 17 he was able to purchase his first house due to his success as a skateboarder.
Tony married Cindy Dunbar in April 1990 and later divorced in 1993. They had a son, Hudson (Riley) Hawk (born 6 December 1992) who they named for one of Tony's ancestors. For many years, Riley has skated for Hawk's own Birdhouse Skateboards.
Hawk was married to Erin Lee from 1996 - 2004. They had two sons, Spencer (born 26 July 1999) and Keegan (born 18 March 2001).
Just one year after they started dating, Hawk married Lhotse Merriam. Merriam is the former Vice President of the International Free Skiers Association; the former President of Method Media & Marketing Inc.; and the former owner of Clover Lingerie & Gifts LLC. Hawk married Lhotse Merriam on 12 January 2005 on the heart shaped island of Tavarua, Fiji. Merriam's favorite group Rancid played at their wedding. While there, Druke the Fijian Chief of Tavarua, requested Hawk give a private skate demo where two onlookers held a piece of plywood as a makeshift wall to wall ride on a tennis court wall. Hawk and his wife welcomed their first child together, daughter Kadence Clover Hawk (born on June 30, 2008 at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California), weighing 8 pounds 8 oz and 21 inches long.
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