Patton Oswalt’s daughter Alice is off to a great start with her skateboarding as her famous father signed up as a pro skater Tony Hawk to help with her most difficult lesson. Over the weekend, Oswalt took to Twitter to post a series of photos of Alice in her protective gear with her skateboard, and took some advice directly from Hawk himself in one of the images. “Has Alice taken today for her first skateboarding lesson,” Oswalt said in the title, including the hashtag #unhumblebrag. It provided a truly amazing moment, and you can get a look below.
Took Alice today for her first lesson on skateboarding. #unhumblebragpic.twitter.com/gwVtyxSO8d
– Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 9, 2020
Oswalt’s wife, Meredith Salenger, also posted about the occasion on her own Twitter account. “Best day ever! Coolest man,” Salenger writes, adding multiple photos from Alice’s training session with Hawk. One picture shows Alice with both feet on the board, while Hawk helps her to guide her, while another shows the two that it is hammering on the bench with her boards. Hawk also poses with the family in other photos posted by Patton Oswalt and Salenger. Of course, Tony also took the time to do his own shredding as well, proving that the 52-year-old has not lost a step after spending decades on the disasters.
Best day ever! Coolest man @tonyhawk 💖 pic.twitter.com/R7RwNbRr05
– Meredith Salenger (@MeredthSalenger) August 9, 2020
Hawk is perhaps the most famous pro skateboarder in the world, with the legend of the sport being the massively popular Pro Hawker by Tony Hawk video game series. In addition to his achievements as a skateboarder, which includes an inauguration in 2009 in the Skateboarding Hall of Fame, Hawk is also known for his work as a philanthropist. In 2002, he created the Tony Hawk Foundation with the goal of providing safe and legal skate parks for young, aspiring skaters throughout America. In the years since, the foundation has raised millions of dollars, funding hundreds of skatepark projects in the United States.
Alice is the 11-year-old daughter of Oswalt and his late wife, true crime writer and journalist Michelle McNamara. Unfortunately, McNamara died suddenly in 2016 due to complications from her medications and an undiagnosed heart problem. The award-winning comedian has since married Salenger to the two who tie the knot in 2017. “I am grateful to be the one to help him climb out of the depths of sadness and find some joy again,” he wrote Salenger at the time in response to online trolls criticizing their union. “And most of all … Alice is happy and loves her.”
If Alice continues to skateboard, she could not have a better teacher than Hawk. Meanwhile, for the rest of us hoping to spend some time with Hawk on the sidewalk, we’ll all get a chance to do this digitally with the release of the upcoming video game Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, a high definition remake of the original two games. The new title will be released next month on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows. However, for as fun as that may be, it is certain that nothing can ever compare to ice skating with Hawk in person. Maybe this should place Oswalt and Salenger for the Award of the Year of the Year. This news comes from us Patton Oswalt on Twitter.
Topics: Video Games
