22 Times Tony Hawk Tweeted About People Not Recognizing Him

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mattstaff
Jul 26, 2019 12:00 AM EDT

The ongoing conundrum of Tony Hawk dealing with people and clueless fans out in public that swear they recognize him from somewhere, but fail to go the extra mile and connect the dots that he's Tony Hawk is a gift to the world. Thankfully, Tony Hawk makes fun of the situation on Twitter. His feed's evolved to be nothing short of a goldmine. 

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    tony hawk - Font - PlayStation.2 NTSC U/C "I wonder what he's "You famous?" -Guy at restaurant up to these days." -TSA Agent Follow Tony Hawk Ctonyhawk girl at restaurant: "Are you Tony Hawk?" me: "Yes." her: "Why?" I had no idea how to answer. 6:02 PM-26 Oct 2009 "Who's skateboard is this?" -Woman on Plane TONY HAWKS EXISTENTIAL NIGHTMARE SSION TEEN SONY NVERSOFT ACTVISION. CONTENT RATED BY COMPUTER ENTERTANNENT 8 EIXNG SELF DOUBT IMPOSTER SYNDROME
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 a66%22:13 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk TSA agent (staring intently): I'm trying to figure out who you look like before checking your ID. Мe: ok TSA: that cyclist Armstrong! Nearby agent: that ain't Lance Armstrong Me: he's right TSA: oh you look like that skateboarder (checks ID). Same last name too! Crazy! Мe: crazy 12:27 21 Aug 18 from Detroit metro airport Departure Twitter for iPhone 22.6K Retweets 120K Likes Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 a66%22:12 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Guy at airport (loudly, from afar): "Hey, you look like Tony Hawk" me: turning to see him him: "haha, I read your Tweets!" Is this the beginning of the end? #tweetception 22:17 28 Sep 18 from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) Twitter for iPhone 1,276 Retweets 10.5K Likes This Tweet is unavailable Pops @Bmx2wake 28 Sep 18 Which... is kinda what sounds like an Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 22:22 d 58% Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Dude at gas station in lowa: "Anyone ever tell you that you look like a young Tony Hawk?" my new favorite person. II is 0:51 17 Aug 14 Twitter for iPhone 1,101 Retweets 3,849 Likes Dallas Portz @DallasR... Replying to @tonyhawk 17 Aug 14 @tonyhawk@brandonpledge nice talking to ya tony. Keep it real in davenport #1OWAlove 3 active @activerideshop 17 Aug 14 active Replying to @tonyhawk "tonuhawle Dudo at aoo otation in Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 9 66%22:11 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk me: sitting near my gate, waiting to board guy: sits next to me & shows me his phone with pictures of me visible him: "Is this you?" me: "yes, but some are less than flattering" him: "I'm gonna tell my son" me: "that you did a Google search?" 17:50 09 Oct 18 Twitter Web Client 875 Retweets 8,028 Likes Static@Static_FX 09 Oct 18 Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 68%22:09 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Guy asks for a picture with me, woman nearby says "I don't know who you are" me: I don't expect you to her: what do you do? I'm a pro skateboarder her: are you from Huntington Beach? me: no, I'm from San Diego her: so you're not that guy with red hair that won the Olympics? 19:24 27 Oct 18 from San Diego International Airport (SAN) Twitter for iPhone 2,767 Retweets 22.9K Likes Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 59%22:21 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Woman at airport: "My husband told me you're an awesome something something. Are you?" Me: "Yes, in fact it's the title on my business card" 11 15:09 15 Jul 13 Twitter for iPhone 637 Retweets 4,221 Likes Jean Carlos Nuñez @jea... 15 Jul 13 MEW YORK Replying to @tonyhawk @tonyhawk LMAO! That's so Boss. 1 Arnold A 7O0 @A... 20 Apr 18 Replying to @tonyhawk and @GeorgeBakhos1 Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 69%22:06 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk I'm sorry if these encounters seem redundant... but they're all true & this just happened. Sitting at gate, guy recognizes me, walks over & says hello. Guy next to me: "you're Tony Hawk?" Me: yes Him: "I have seen any recent pictures of you. You've gotten older." Me: it happens 15:36 08 Mar 19 from Salt Lake City, UT. Twitter for iPhone 2,518 Retweets 20.6K Likes Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 59%22:21 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk TSA agent (checking my ID): "Hawk, like that skateboarder Tony Hawk!" Me: exactly Her: "Cool, I wonder what he's up to these days" II Me: this 19:02 21 Mar 17 from Anchorage, AK Twitter for iPhone 157K Retweets 521K Likes This Tweet is unavailable This Tweet is unavailable Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 69%22:07 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Young kid at skatepark: "Are you a professional?" Мe: yes Him: "But you're a grown up!" Me: I know. It's weird. Him: "I have a skateboard" Me: I hope you never outgrow it 12:39 03 Mar 19 from California, USA Twitter for iPhone 3,676 Retweets 35.6K Likes Paul Katsen @pavtalk 03 Mar Replying to @tonyhawk Sounds like a Calvin and Hobbes 123 Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 22:20 60% Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk guy at restaurant: "you famous?" me: I think that depends on who you ask him: "anyone ever tell you that you look like Tom Brady?" me:never 14:46 17 Aug 17 Twitter for iPhone 4,867 Retweets 22.1K Likes Brady Hill @B_Hill33 17 Aug 17 Replying to @tonyhawk People say I look like @tonyhawk. People say Tony Hawk looks lilke Tom Brady.My name is Brady. It all comes full circle.... Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 69%22:05 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Guy approaches me while standing in line at coffee shop in Cancún. Him: my friend says you are a famous person. Is that true? Me: that depends on your definition of fame Him: will you show up on I search your name? Ме: yes Him (typing into phone): you are Tony Stark? Google if 13:42 03 Apr 19 Twitter for iPhone 17.5K Retweets 103K Likes Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 170%22:05 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk At rental car agency, can't find my name on the monitor to find my car, go inside & wait in line. Finally get to the front, agent sees me & says "you really are Tony Hawk" Me: um, yes. I was looking for my name outside on the list Him: "I deleted it because thought it was fake" 3:24 14 Apr 19 Twitter for iPhone 52.6K Retweets 352K Likes Toa @ToaofDeath2 14 Apr Replying to @tonyhawk WTO S Skateboaa is this ?" Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 22:04 70% Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Pulling up to drive-through window, girl starts to read back my order and stops herself: "you're Tony Hawk?" me: yes her: "can I tell everyone?" me: I suppose her: "yo, we got Tony Hawk at the window!" voice from kitchen: "Who?" 16:21 21 Apr 19 from Plant Power Fast Food Twitter for iPhone 28.4K Retweets 212K Likes Shawn B. Phillips @Shawn... 21 Apr Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 22:20 61% Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Woman on plane retrieving her luggage in the overhead: "Who's skateboard is this? It's blocking my bag" me: that's mine, you can pass it here her: "It's yours? You ride it? me: yes her: "Are you any good at it?" me:sometimes her: cackles maniacally, exits plane 22:13 15 Apr 18 from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) Twitter for iPhone 30.9K Retweets 159K Likes Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 90 71%22:02 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Went to a convenience store on my way to skate, approaching counter with water & Advil (I'm old), clerk sees me: "you look like someone" me: oh yeah? him: "what's your name?" me: Tony him: "last name?" me: Hawk him: "you are him?" me: yes him: "no charge, but you owe me a selfie" 19:42 19 Jun 19 from Linda Vista, San Diego Twitter for iPhone Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 63%22:18 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk girl at restaurant: "Are you Tony Hawk?" me: "Yes." her: "Why?" | had no idea how to answer II 11 20:02 26 Oct 09 Cloudhopper 82.7K Retweets 150K Likes Edgar Allen Pwn @Geek... 17 Apr 14 Replying to @tonyhawk @tonyhawk because Tony Owl doesn't have the same tone to it! LI 17 256 Skoz @Skozy 17 Apr 14 Replying to @tonyhawk @tonyhawk@direlog "Because Tony the Tiger was taken" Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 9 71%22:02 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk At Disneyland with kids, waiting in line for churros. Girl in front of me: "you look like Tony Hawks" me: really? her: "yes" me: Is that good? her, nonplussed: "I guess so" 19:01 15 Jun 19 from Anaheim, CA Twitter for iPhone 10.4K Retweets 80.5K Likes dave. @TheRebel Dave 15 Jun Replying to @tonyhawk I'll never get tired of these man. If it's all the same to you, I hope you continue going through life semi-recognized for Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 90 72%22:02 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Woman on plane: "Are you Tony Hawk?" me: yes her: "my son knows all about you" me: I'm honored her: "do you sign autographs, or is that too 80's? me: it is a tradition that endures her: "please sign this" me: ok her: "not sure what hell do with it" me: I can't imagine 21:52 11 Jul 19 Twitter for iPhone 424 Retweets 2,917 Likes Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 64%22:16 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk guy on escalator: Hey are you Tony Hawk? me: yes him: you still skate? me: yes, quite often him: but you're not that recognizable! me: I'm not sure what that means... but you recognized me, so here we are him: [blank stare] - escalator ends - 15:45 12 Jun 18 Twitter Web Client 5,946 Retweets 35.9K Likes Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 64%22:15 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk To clarify: my legal name is Anthony TSA agent checks my ID, lookss at me, looks at ID, looks back at me quizzically and loudly says "Tony Hawk's my favorite skater" Me: I'll tell him 9:43 21 Jun 18 from San Diego, CA Twitter for iPhone 4,507 Retweets 21.6K Likes Chet @tunedout 21 Jun 18 Replying to @tonyhawk Maybe it was a polite way of recognizing you since they couldn't act out as a fan Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 22:15 64% Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Flight attendant checking overhead bins, sees four skateboards Him, jokingly: "is Tony Hawk on this flight or something?" Looks down, sees me Him: "I guess he is" 19:31 13 Jul 18 Twitter Web Client 16.9K Retweets 74K Likes 13 Jul 18 A Kind Of Computer Gh... Replying to @tonyhawk Hey, at least he recognized you! 135 Li 1 Tweet your reply
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    tony hawk - Text - 9 0 64%22:14 Tweet Tony Hawk @tonyhawk Guy at grocery store: "you ever get mistaken for Tony Hawk... or are you Tony Hawk? Мe: both! 17:39 14 Jul 18 from Carlsbad, CA Twitter for iPhone 4,640 Retweets 27.6K Likes Murat Karaaslan @Eskiy... 14 Jul 18 Replying to @tonyhawk Shrödingers Hawk 67 Alex Moyler @aeoye 14 Jul 18 Replying to @tonyhawk Do people mostly presume that you're oomo oort of immortolboina ond bovon't Tweet your reply
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