is back and with an amazing group of friends showing up at skateparks unannounced, surprising the locals and ripping parks in Oregon, Montana, Indiana, Cayman Islands and culminating in a big demo in Athens, Georgia.
With excited fans calling their friends, it doesn't take long before the parks are overflowing with hundreds of skaters, TV news crews and even police. Once enough tricks get thrown down it's time to move on the next park. On their way the guys stop off to surprise fans at their homes and even stop by an unsuspecting middle school. Tony Hawk's Secret Skatpark Tour 2 gives you an inside look at the athletes' life on the road as they skate, travel and pick up some friends in a cross-country quest to enjoy what they do best.
Imagine Michael Jordan and a bunch of his teammates dropping by your local basketball court and asking if they can play a little three-on-three. For skateboarders, that's pretty much what happened during Tony Hawk's Secret Skatepark Tour: Tony and several of his best friends - including Rodney Mullen, Bam Margera, Bob Burnquist, Shaun White, Kerry Getz, Ryan Sheckler, Alex Chalmers, Mike Vallely, Donny Barley, Brian Sumner and Mike Escamilla - showed up unannounced at skateparks throughout the West and sessioned alongside whoever happened to be there. It was similar to Tony's Gigantic Skatepark Tour, but with none of the advance hoopla or performance pressure attached to a traditional demo. Which meant that the pros were loose and absolutely ripping. Of course, a film crew came along to document the whole thing - including the surprise on the locals' faces as the bus arrived and the pros piled out. In some cases, word would spread faster than a computer virus, and a throng of spectators would gather. It's all here - unscripted, unauthorized, unprecedented.
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