![]() ![]() On Monday, Hawk posted a new video in which he traveled to Seattle and spoke with the board’s former owner, Cameron Ross. With the incomparable help of we are hoping to make something good of this acquisition by raising awareness for emotional health, and to help provide resources for those who are struggling mentally.” ![]() “I even tracked down the original owner to understand its provenance. “Two icons that had immense influence on their respective fields, both of whom passed away tragically and much too young,” Hawk wrote. The board is an original model by Jeff Phillips, a skater who died by suicide in 1993, three months before Cobain ended his life. Cobain was an avid painter - sometimes of classic rock imagery - and decorated this deck with an homage to heavy-metal band Iron Maiden. In an Instagram post on Friday, Hawk revealed that he bought Cobain’s 1985 skateboard at an auction last year. ![]() Tony Hawk celebrated Kurt Cobain’s birthday on Monday by announcing a charity project using original skateboard art by the Nirvana rocker, who would have turned 56 this year. ![]()
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