Tony Hawk memes primarily center on the professional skateboarder’s recurring real-life experiences where he is partially recognized by strangers in public. These interactions, often documented by Hawk himself on Twitter, involve people telling him he looks like 'Tony Hawk' without realizing they are actually speaking to the man himself. The meme symbolizes a unique type of 'everyman' celebrity status mixed with self-deprecating humor. It has evolved into various formats where users mock the absurdity of people failing to identify one of the most famous athletes in the world, often culminating in the classic, dry punchline: 'I wonder what he's doing now.'