We still aren’t completely sure what the music would have sounded like, but the research continues! The Cantigas de Santa Maria, played here, is the largest collection of early solo songs in Europe. It should have tied-on frets, and no violin-like f-holes. The sole surviving medieval citole at the British Museum (formerly known as the Warwick Castle Gittern) is a misleading artifact, because it has been modernized to look like a violin. Eventually the neck would get longer and become the more-modern cittern, but this medieval instrument seems to have served a similar function in society to its modern counterpart. It was also played with a plectrum, but it was held differently - at a downward angle, with the strumming hand reaching up from beneath the body. Carved from a single piece of wood with a soundboard glued on top, the citole has an oddly shaped neck for stability. The medieval citole had a small, sometimes guitar-shaped body. The cittern and citole share some similarities with modern guitars as well as each other, and they're important historical milestones on the path from gut-stringed acoustic instruments to modern electric shred machines.Īnd you thought Les Pauls from the Fifties were rare – this is the only citole in the collection of the British Museum. Hawk doesn't know the word "retire." Even as a wealthy businessman and tireless father, he goes by the skateboarder's creed: "Shred or die.The modern guitar didn't spring into existence in the 1950s as you might have been led to believe – hundreds of years of musical evolution show a diverse if not haphazard evolution of fretted, stringed instruments. The skateboard with a cane that he got for his 40th birthday sits in a closet gathering dust. And I'm going to keep doing it as long as I can. "I have a lot of successful business ventures, but it all focuses to me on whether I can still ride my skateboard - and I can, and I love it. This is still my career, is riding my skateboard," said Hawk. It's unbelievable that I get to do this for a living. "I'm just really enjoying the ride right now. "Even when he feels like an old man, he's still better than so many of the young guys." He's still progressing as an athlete," she said. Like, he's still doing tricks that nobody else is doing. "The thing is, he's still progressing in the sport. His wife, Lhotse, has yet to see him coast gently through a single day. With all the businesses and games, there is simply this - a love affair between a man and his skateboard. And through his charitable foundation, he's built more than 350 skateboard parks in low-income cities nationwide. He believes skateboarding can be a powerful outlet for troubled teens. Click here to watch video of "Tony Hawk's Hide and Go Tweet." It's 'Shred or Die' for Hawk He's embraced the social networking site Twitter more than most, sending his nearly 1 million followers on what he calls "Twitter-hunts." He hides brand new skateboards all over the world - "tweets" the location and leaves. "Like, I can't have all this stuff and all these endorsements and my name out there if I'm not really living this and doing it all the time." His friend and former competitor Andy Macdonald said it's because Hawk is a one-man focus group. Which got us wondering: How is it that someone Hawk's age could have his finger on the pulse of teenagers so well?
The game, complete with its own board loaded with sensors, is already being called a hit by critics. He does an extreme-sports show between tweaking his latest videogame, which is set to be released this fall. "It's not as bad as you think it would be." "Usually, it's like when I take a big hit: It takes me a little bit longer to bounce back, because I'm still actively skating all the time," he said. Hawk said getting older does have its limitations. And as he whimsically skateboarded directly toward an approximately 5-foot-high cement wall - and jumped it without a ramp - two things must be considered: 1) It's really dangerous, and 2) Tony Hawk is 41 years old. But until then, I'm just going enjoying it."Īt his home, he has his own personal skateboard park. I'm sure one day I won't feel good about being out there in public. "Yeah, I'm definitely testing limits how far you go with the profession and at what age," Hawk told "Nightline." "I don't make ultimatums. But recently, he entered what once seemed an unthinkable category for him.
Through the years, Tony Hawk has received fame and acclaim by completing incredible stunts during the X Games, as well as from his popular video game titles.
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