{"id":50096,"date":"2025-07-16T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=50096"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:07:19","slug":"tony-hawks-video-game-series-gave-olympic-world-champion-yuto-horigome-ideas-for-his-skateboarding-style-and-now-hes-part-of-the-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tony-hawks-video-game-series-gave-olympic-world-champion-yuto-horigome-ideas-for-his-skateboarding-style-and-now-hes-part-of-the-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Hawk&#8217;s video game series gave Olympic world champion Yuto Horigome ideas for his skateboarding style, and now he\u2019s part of the franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here\u2019s a tale of things coming full circle. Japanese professional skateboarder and two-time Olympic skateboarding champion Yuto Horigome, who is a big fan of the Tony Hawk\u2019s skateboarding video games, made his first appearance in the franchise with the recently released <strong>Tony Hawk&#8217;s Pro Skater 3 + 4<\/strong>. Reflecting on his love for the franchise, Horigome said that he used many of the moves from the previous games as inspiration for his skateboarding style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yuto Horigome | Behind The Scenes of Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater 3 + 4\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pQNbnDDhVlU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp\/article\/smartmag\/trend\/smartmag-103086?fm=latestnews\">Docomo News<\/a>, Horigome reveals that he was particularly impressed by the Tony Hawk\u2019s video game characters\u2019 unreal jumping and grinding techniques. As this was back when he first started skateboarding, Horigome remembers the excitement he felt while playing the interactive titles and the way Tony Hawk\u2019s made him wish he could pull off the in-game stunts in real life. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horigome recalls his friends half-jokingly daring him to copy some of the more outlandish tricks in the games. Though he understood that many of them were impossible or challenging, Horigome took it upon himself to find \u201chidden ideas\u201d in these tricks and incorporate them into his own, combo-like, skateboarding style. \u201cPlaying the games gave me many opportunities to think about new moves and ways to be more creative,\u201d he comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations Yuto Horigome \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 for getting the\ud83e\udd47at the Olympics twice in a row. This bs nollie 270 to nosebluntslide is the trick that clinched it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dDGk6CQyel\">pic.twitter.com\/dDGk6CQyel<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Daily Skate Clips (@SkateClipsOnX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkateClipsOnX\/status\/1817962098498084875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from finding inspiration in the Tony Hawk\u2019s games, Horigome just seems happy to be part of a franchise he has loved since he was a kid. When doing motion capture for Tony Hawk&#8217;s Pro Skater 3 + 4, he brought several clothes and shoes that would allow him to better translate his skating style. As much as he tried to keep things authentic, the developers at Iron Galaxy Studios wanted him to be more fluid and dynamic, leading to some difficulties for Horigome. Motion capture troubles aside, Horigome hopes that Tony Hawk&#8217;s Pro Skater 3 + 4 will allow players to better appreciate skateboarding culture and the freedom that the sport provides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tony Hawk&#8217;s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is available on Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, PlayStation 4 and 5, Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2545710\/Tony_Hawks_Pro_Skater_3__4\/\">Steam<\/a>), Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time Olympic champion Yuto Horigome reveals how the Tony Hawk&#8217;s games impacted his skateboarding career. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":50102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-50096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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