--- title: Funny Celebrity Airport Stories: What Is Tony Hawk Doing Now description: The legendary skateboarder tweeted about his experience of semi-mistaken identity in an exchange with a TSA agent. canonical: https://time.com/4709372/tony-hawk-airport/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-22T20:22:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:09.027Z og:title: Tony Hawk Got Accidentally Trolled in Airport Security og:description: The legendary skateboarder experienced an amusing moment of mistaken identity. og:url: https://time.com/4709372/tony-hawk-airport/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tony Hawk Got Accidentally Trolled in Airport Security twitter:description: The legendary skateboarder experienced an amusing moment of mistaken identity. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Tony Hawk Got Accidentally Trolled in Airport Security > Sponsored content. 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But apparently his distinctive name rings more bells than his face, as he learned recently while trying to pass through airport security. According to a tweet posted from Hawk himself while he was in Anchorage, AK, he had a pretty hilarious encounter with a TSA agent who may have recognized the famous brand—but failed to identify the man himself, standing right in front of her with his carry-on. > [](https://twitter.com/tonyhawk/status/844308362070151168) People were quick to sympathize with Hawk, respecting the ironic problem of fame when it _doesn’t_ get recognized. > [](https://twitter.com/Crebbo/status/844445562661457925) > [](https://twitter.com/missheartcore/status/844337734827298816) > [](https://twitter.com/pasiaj/status/844440637151825921) But others feel it’s not totally the TSA agent’s fault. > [](https://twitter.com/tcabeen/status/844378720060297216) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4709372/tony-hawk-airport/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4709372/tony-hawk-airport/"},"headline":"Tony Hawk Got Accidentally Trolled in Airport Security","datePublished":"2017-03-22T20:22:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:09.027Z","description":"The legendary skateboarder experienced an amusing moment of mistaken identity.","url":"https://time.com/4709372/tony-hawk-airport/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4709372/tony-hawk-airport/","name":"Tony Hawk Got Accidentally Trolled in Airport Security"}}]}] ```