TONY HAWK
Skateboarding • Sports Illustrated Kids
Sport & Year
Skateboarding • 1992
Brand & Set
Sports Illustrated - Sports Illustrated Kids
Card Number
#298
Card Type
Rookie Card
Rarity
Base
Parallel Variant & Language
Base • English
Condition & Value Assessment
Condition Grade
Good (G 2) to Very Good (VG 3)
Estimated Market Value
Raw: $30 - $60; PSA 10: $2,000+; PSA 8: $200-$300
Recent Sales
Recent eBay sales for raw copies range from $40 to $75 depending on the cleanliness of the perforated edges. Graded PSA 8 copies have sold for $250+ while PSA 10s are rare and fluctuate significantly due to low population.
Condition Details
Moderate to heavy edge wear and corner fraying is visible, particularly on the bottom edge and corners. The top right corner shows significant whitening. The card appears to have been removed from a perforated sheet, which is standard for SI Kids cards, but the edges are rough.
Grading Recommendation
Not recommended for grading in current condition. The visible edge damage and corner wear would likely result in a grade lower than a 4, which does not significantly increase value over a raw copy given grading costs.
Card Description
The card features Tony Hawk mid-trick on a ramp, wearing a white Tracker Trucks t-shirt, helmet, and protective pads. The card has a green animal-print border with the SI Kids logo in the bottom left. Text at the bottom identifies him as 'SKATEBOARDER Fallbrook, California'.
Notable Features
Often considered Tony Hawk's 'true' rookie card. These were distributed as perforated inserts inside the April 1992 issue of Sports Illustrated Kids magazine, making well-centered, cleanly-separated copies extremely rare.
Authentication Notes
The printed texture and font alignment match known authentic copies from the April 1992 SI Kids sheet. The perforation artifacts on the edges are consistent with the original distribution method.
Scanned: 2026-07-01T15:16:56.493587