One creative decision that makes Until the Wheels Fall Off great is the inclusion of the members of Bones Brigade, Tony Hawk’s old skateboarding team. How does it feel to be know for something so precise and how you can skateboard even when you’re old.Ĭommitment, sacrifice and outsider culture Tony Hawk’s has revolved around skateboarding so much and since he was more or less present in all its cultural up and downswings, it’s a lot about skateboarding too. Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off is a very, VERY (sometimes too) formal and comprehensive retrospective on the life of the man who became the face of skateboarding in the mind of people who don’t know shit about it. I expected to learn more about the man in the brand new documentary Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off and I did, but mostly learned about the existential virtue of skateboarding, passion and how to age in a way that doesn’t fucking terrify me. He’s basically been a human metaphor all his life without even realizing it. That is why Tony Hawk is interesting to me. Also, there’s no real meaning to it outside fleeting moments of aesthetic beauty. There’s a constant chance that you trip, fall or hurt yourself and when it eventually happens, there’s nothing you can do, but get up and start over. You don’t need to be a skateboarder to appreciate how skateboarding is a great metaphor for the human experience.
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