The new generation of skateboarding talent is a testament to the sport’s impact as young skaters from around the world take up the reigns by shredding in prestigious tournaments and sick skate videos. New skaters bring new tricks, new approaches to skating and style, and the promise of a bright future for the sport.
“To be in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 + 4 is an honour because it’s such a fun and iconic game,” says Chloe Covell, who became the youngest Women’s Street Gold Medalist in X Games history at just 13 years old. “The game has influenced the skate scene in the past, so if people are playing the new game, it’ll encourage them to get involved and want to skate in real life, for the new generation.”
“[The original] Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 in particular had a huge influence on my skateboarding, from teaching me all the trick names as a kid to inspiring me to link tricks together to get a high score in competitions,” shares Andy Anderson, who has become known for his unique style of skating that blends classic tricks with modern twists. “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater has had an unbelievable impact on the world. The inclusion of freestyle tricks in the game may be the single most important action [that helped] to keep Freestyle Skateboarding alive in a world focused on Street Skateboarding.”
“It really feels like I’ve been living as a real life ‘Create a Skater’ in Career Mode, and I finally achieved the goal where you get to be in the actual game! I couldn’t be happier.”
When Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 launches this July, these are the new skaters ready to carry the torch and keep that combo meter climbing.
