I really love skateboarding, In case you werent familiar Skateboarding is a sport which involves riding upon and performing tricks using a board with wheels attached to it.
I'm from California, my friends and I grew up skateboarding.  I don't know how many boards I went through as a kid.
Thats awesome, My favorite skateboarding idol is Tony Hawk, Hes pretty much considered to be one of the most successful pioneers of modern skateboarding.
I don't think anyone who skated doesn't like him.  I used to play his Pro Skater game on my Play Station whenever the weather was too bad outside.
I really loved those games, My fave was Pro Skater 2 and I believe it was developed by Neversoft and then published by Activision in 2000 back when I was just 10 years old. 
That's the one!  That game had everything. I mean sure the tricks weren't that realistic, but it had one of my favorite game soundtracks.
It sure did, It was actually pretty sick hearing such cool and great sounding music back in the day, today is so common we dont even think twice about it. Goes to show how far games have come. 
Great, now you're making me want to get my old system back from my sister's kids so I can play again.