Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off is a beautiful, painful look at the life and legacy of the most famous skateboarder of all time. nikonamerica's review of the documentary:
Sometimes, the things that we struggle with can be our salvation. There’s a crazy calm in that chaos, the frantic and frenzied quest to “get it right,” whatever it may be. It takes time, but when you find the thing that demands all of your focus, your dedication to it can catapult you to new heights—but it can also permanently change you for the worse, too, whether or not you want to fully acknowledge it.
The new HBO Max documentary from director Sam Jones follows Hawk’s career from his small-fry childhood to his competitive skater days to his world-champion, biggest-in-the-game dominance to now. It is a fully-fledged journey through the athlete’s hopes, dreams, fears, obstacles and reflections.
The interviews are particularly enlightening as they narrate the trajectory of the film. Hawk isn’t afraid to speak frankly about what brought him to where he is today—particularly, a feeling of alienation and otherness in his childhood that skateboarding helped placate through the Bones Brigade, a childhood team he was a part of—or about the state of his body after years and years of hard impact on ramps and concrete. He’s also not afraid to get emotional and vulnerable and introspective.
The best thing about the movie, however—even more than the poignant and heartfelt interviews the film relies upon—is the footage that quietly bookends it, which ends up putting that whole “disciples” idea into action. In the beginning of the film, we watch as, silently, present-day Hawk works on the 900, the toughest skate trick he’s ever been able to do.
He doesn’t pull the trick off until the end of the film. He tries and fails a few times before landing it beautifully, gliding against the deepest part of the ramp in his finish like a bird flying along water. It’s epic and fulfilling, and you feel the vast meaning of the physical motion, how it transcends that physicality to be something bigger: A beautiful, infinite memory for Hawk, his loved ones and his peers.
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