After becoming the world’s most recognizable athlete for his chosen sport, Anthony Frank “Tony” Hawk is now a 57-year-old grandfather. It’s a life that’s vastly exceeded any expectations he ever had.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 sticks the landing in so many ways, from keeping a classic feel to adding fresh new levels.

Before Tony Hawk's Pro Skater shredded on to the video game scene in 1999, the man himself "had given up" on making a skateboarding game. Hawk revealed in a new interview that talks with various developers and console manufacturers about the concept were going nowhere in the mid- to late 1990s.