Tony Hawk Takes Skateboarding to the Metaverse with the Sandbox

Tony Hawk Takes Skateboarding to the Metaverse with the Sandbox 

Tony Hawk is one of the most popular skateboarders in the world. Hawk is planning to build a skateboard park in the metaverse in association with The Sandbox and Autograph. The project will also create voxel representations of the skateboarder as NFTs.

The Skateboard Park in the Metaverse

More and more sports people are taking their activities to the metaverse for their fans to enjoy and connect with them in the virtual world. Tony Hawk is one of the most popular skateboarders in the world. He has announced plans to build a digital skateboarding park in the metaverse. The venue will be built with The Sandbox, an Ethereum-based metaverse experience, to create a park where players can take their NFTs and skateboard freely.

The skateboarder will also collaborate with Autograph, a high-profile NFT company co-founded by Tom Brady, to produce NFTs based on his most memorable moments and apparel that fans will also be able to leverage in The Sandbox’s metaverse. This is not the first foray by the artist into the NFT segment. He has earlier released several NFT collections, accompanying some with physical skateboards.

Hawk has stated, "I have been a fan of new technology all of my life—from the first video games and home computers with CGI capabilities—so I am fascinated by the metaverse, and excited to bring our culture into the virtual landscape of The Sandbox."

The Metaverse Hub for Celebrities and Brands

The Sandbox is a metaverse platform based on the Ethereum blockchain. It is becoming a hub for celebrities and brands to explore the metaverse by launching experiences and digital representations of their products. The Sandbox has forged joint ventures with Snoop Dogg, Adidas, The Walking Dead, Jamiroquai, Playboy, and others. Companies like Ubisoft and Square Enix have released some of their IPs in The Sandbox’s metaverse, bringing the Rabbids and Dungeon Siege to the digital world.

The company was reported to be mulling a new funding round that would raise 400 million USD at a 4 billion USD valuation, according to the sources. However, this funding round has been pending since the reports. The last capital influx happened in November when the company raised 93 million USD in its series B funding round.