Tony Hawk is the most famous skateboarder ever to live. Even three decades past the peak of his professional career, he is the premier ambassador for the sport. Though the name Tony Hawk is largely synonymous with skateboarding, his face often eludes strangers who approach him in public. Hawk regularly Tweets about the interactions, and chuckled as he spoke with Business Insider about getting mistaken for other celebrities or not recognized in public "more often than I write about.
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