I don’t think it’s a red herring. I think it was just a nickname. “Bobulinksi” is a moderately complex last name. People often have nicknames for people they interact with regularly. “Tony from SynoHawk” becomes “Tony Hawk”, which sounds amusing because there’s a famous person with that name. Doesn’t really need to be any more complicated than that. Occam’s razor.
Pretty sure that was his nickname for Tony Bobulinski, since he was CEO of Sinohawk.
Ding ding ding
Wait, so this isn't referring to Tony Hawk the skater? How sure are you?
13-year-old me would have been deeply disappointed if it were skateboard Tony.
Actually, 13-year-old me would have been confused as hell.
Pretty darn sure. It’s been a while since the topic came up though. By all means do your own research to confirm. :)
So you’re saying that “Tony Hawk” was Bobo? Meaning he was a red herring to throw the scent off the trail?
I don’t think it’s a red herring. I think it was just a nickname. “Bobulinksi” is a moderately complex last name. People often have nicknames for people they interact with regularly. “Tony from SynoHawk” becomes “Tony Hawk”, which sounds amusing because there’s a famous person with that name. Doesn’t really need to be any more complicated than that. Occam’s razor.
God I was super depressed for a second!