The story
Founded by Per Welinder and Tony Hawk in 1992.1
After the skateboard boom of the late 1980s had died, former Powell Peralta professional and freestyle skateboarder Per Welinder wanted to stay involved with skateboarding by starting a company. Welinder had originally asked Powell Peralta pro skateboarder Lance Mountain to be his equal partner in the venture. Mountain declined as he only wanted to start a skateboard company if he had 100% ownership. Mountain later founded The Firm Skateboards (now defunct). Welinder later asked another Powell Peralta pro skateboarder Tony Hawk to be 50-50 partners in this new skateboard company. Hawk gladly accepted as he felt his time in skateboarding was nearly over due to the lack of interest in vert skating caused by the popularity of street skating. Welinder and Hawk decided to name their new skateboard company Birdhouse Projects, Birdhouse being a reference to Hawk's nickname Birdman.
Birdhouse is prominently featured in the Tony Hawk's video game series, and is one of five skate teams which the player can join in Tony Hawk's Underground. In 2026, Birdhouse released Birdhouse 2026 Promo - The Nest on RIDE Channel.
Skate Team
Tony Hawk
Aaron Homoki
David Loy
Lizzie Armanto
Shawn Hale
Elliot Sloan
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Reese Salken
Felipe Nunes
Reese Nelson
Gui Khury
Tom Schaar
Jake Braun
Tate Carew
Ash Wilcomes
Lilly Erickson
Greyson Fletcher
Clyde Singleton
Bryson Farrill
Ethan Campos
Katelyn West
Roman Pabich
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Clint Walker
Jeremy Klein
Willy Santos
Steve Berra
Matt Beach
Andrew Reynolds
Heath Kirchart
Rick McCrank
Brian Sumner
Jeff Lenoce
Shaun White
Riley Hawk
Bucky Lasek
Mike Frazier
Paul Zitzer
Ocean Howell
Brent Marks
Donny Barley
Ben Raybourn
Kevin Staab
Matt Ball
Mike Davis
Jim Greco
Vinny Vegas
From Wikipedia’s article on Birdhouse Skateboards, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4