Truly gratuitous Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk on the cover of the Fall 2011 editions of MIT Sloan Management Review. Why, I’m not sure, because he’s not really central to the article, except as an illustration of consumers modifying products to make something new that didn’t exist in the marketplace. Not exactly a timely reference to the now popular DIY trend in electronics, arts, crafts, mechanics, programming, and well, everything, but I guess it is one of the earliest and most visible reminders – Kids tearing apart old rollerskates to make skateboards.
- Thanks to Brian Baade for the tip.
Posted by: on January 4th, 2012
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I wonder how many people reading this publication wonder what the hell that guy on the skateboard is doing holding his skateboard that way. “Why isn’t he standing on it? Why isn’t he riding down the sidewalk? Where is the sidewalk? One of his feet slipped off.”
That’s why -unlike on other skate photo’s- the camera guy is in the shot,placed lower than Mr. Hawk to indicate thatr Mr. Hawk is flying,as always!
I just saw Tony Hawk on Last Man Standing (a.k.a Home Improvement but with daughters instead of sons) with Tim Allen. Doesn’t surprise me anymore when I see the Tony Hawk on things that are not skateboard related.