Are you looking for something to do which will bring you nostalgia with a tinge of absurd depression? Then come on down to the opening of the Stars & Stripes skate park in Oklahoma City this Sunday. Attendees will have the chance to meet an old pro skater turned B-grade video game star, Tony Hawk.
Via KFOR:
Tony Hawk is among several professional skateboarders who will be hosting the grand opening of a new skate park in Oklahoma City.
OKC Parks & Recreation and Birdhouse Skateboard Company are hosting Tony Hawk, Clint Walker and the entire Birdhouse Skateboard team for the opening of the new skate park at Stars & Stripes Park in Oklahoma City.
If this were the mid-90's, I'd be thrilled. Instead, I'm left wondering what other Mountain Dew drinkers turned this down before Tony Hawk said yes? Was Matt Hoffman too busy with his wildly meh career? What about this guy? Did Rob Dyrdek turn the gig down to host his MTV show best reviewed by MetaCritic, "Actually, the bigger danger is in watching the show in the first place: You might die of boredom. In other words, don't try this at home."
More importantly, how long will it take for a kid to ask, "wait, so the guy from the video game is a real person?"