Hawkeyes

Blue hawk eyes on the quicksilver streets of Long Beach are keenly focused on the gathering hyperactivity from local families, police officers, city officials and action sports kids. So much is going on you need to wear the Son’s glasses. Tony Hawk carries a skateboard complete by his side. Mike Donelon wears sunglasses. It’s another wide angle view. He accompanies his guest of honor through the sideshows to the main event.  The media swarmed around the most influential skateboarder of our time like a small town parade of cameras and mics. Tony won first place in over sixty skateboarding competitions all around the world.

After the autographs are signed, photographs are taken with avid fans, the final formalities of the dedication and ribbon cutting for the Ernest McBride skate park will begin. The demo demolition by legendary skateboarding brigades christened the concrete for eager youth of differently flagged nations. They cut the show short for frenzied kids who patiently waited on their cue to shred. He showed up with other professional riders to test another skate plaza installation of the Tony Hawk Foundation.

Martin Luther King Jr. said, “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality…I believe that even amid today’s mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow. I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men.”