If you were a kid growing up in the 1990s, Nickelodeon cartoons were probably a big piece of your childhood. Sports fans, especially, likely have very fond memories of the show Rocket Power, the animated series revolving around four friends from California and their adventures involving extreme sports like surfing and skateboarding.
Though the show only ran from 1999 to 2004, it still has staying power in the minds of many to this day, including Tony Hawk! Hawk famously had a cameo as himself during the 2001 episode “Enter the Hawk-Trix” where the four friends investigate rumors that the famous skater was retiring by breaking into his secret skate park.
It’s a great episode, probably Rocket Power‘s most memorable one in its run, and Hawk gave us all a wonderful rush of nostalgia after tweeting a clip of his cameo on Monday.
Still working on building this in-home skatepark… just waiting on permits. pic.twitter.com/Dcf27xCGij
— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) May 3, 2021
In the episode, the friends find that Hawk’s secret “Hawk’s Nest” is a labyrinthine skate park, with double grinding rails, halfpipes galore, secret passageways, and light up skateboards! It’s as early-2000s as it gets in that clip.
Hawks’ tweet also states that he’s attempting to build some sort of recreation of his “Hawk’s Nest” in his house, an ambitious but incredibly cool project that’ll sure to have Rocket Power fans excited.
After Hawks’ tweet on Monday, the nostalgia was more than real for fans of Rocket Power.
this episode in particular was formative media https://t.co/bcGV56Kwet
— ashy slashy ⛓🪚 (@spikermonster) May 3, 2021
This was by far the best episode of Rocket Power. Change my mind. https://t.co/0tLvjmMyb7
— Jay DesChambeau (@JDesChambeau) May 3, 2021
Be honest, was there ever anything you wanted more as a kid than these glow in the dark skateboards from Tony Hawk episode of Rocket Power? pic.twitter.com/u9Il17zQ0h
— A.J. Litchfield (@AJLitchfield) May 3, 2021
This isn’t the first time Hawk has tweeted about his cameo in Rocket Power over the years, but it’s so cool to see him memorializing his one-off cameo in such a unique way.
