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Tony Hawk’s First Trading Card Breaks Skateboarding Record
Tony Hawk’s 1990 Sports Illustrated for Kids rookie card sold for $15,000 Thursday night in PWCC’s Premier Auction to become the highest-selling skateboarding trading card.
This sale also more than doubles Hawk’s previous record of $6,600 in 2021.
Hawk’s rookie card was part of a Sports Illustrated for Kids issue in May 1990, alongside other athletes like Mark McGwire, Reggie Miller, and Boris Becker.
To remove the cards from the magazine page, subscribers had to tear them out along the pre-perforated edges, which unfortunately made it difficult to keep the cards in good condition.
PSA graded this card a Gem Mint 10, meaning it was removed perfectly from its sheet. It is one of only three examples ever to earn PSA’s top grade.
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Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen Team Up for ‘Darkslides & Secret Tapes’
Skateboarding legends will be on the stage together to discuss their lives and careers and how they inspired each other to innovate for “Darkslides & Secret Tapes” shows.
The shows are scheduled for April 4th at Beacon Theater, NYC, NY and April 7th at ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TX.
You can buy tickets for the NYC show here, and the Austin show here.
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Hayley Wilson is Slam’s Skater of the Year
Slam Magazine named Hayley Wilson as the 2024 Skater of the Year. The Australian-based skateboard magazine started the annual awards in 2004, with Cale Nuske bagging the first-ever Slam SOTY.
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Transworld Skateboarding Vault Features Leo Romero
Jason Hernandez breaks down Leo Romero’s old clips in this episode of TWS Vault. In the clips, Leo performs a trick on a red rail at UCI’s SoCal campus that may be familiar to you as his final trick in “First Love.” He then moves on to another iconic Orange County schoolyard.
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