Tony Hawk had to have his wedding ring CUT OFF after injuring his hand in a skateboarding accident

By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com

Published: 06:10 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 07:56 BST, 11 June 2020

CAUTION: GRAPHIC IMAGES AHEAD

Tony Hawk had to have his wedding ring to his wife Cathy Goodman removed after injuring his hand in a skateboarding accident while skating with in an empty pool over the weekend.

‘Just received my x-rays from Saturday’s debacle,’ the 52-year-old wrote Wednesday on Twitter. ‘They had to cut my ring off before returning my bones to their full upright and locked position.

The skateboarding icon, who exchanged vows with Goodman in 2015, added, ‘My fingers are still sore / stiff / swollen but mostly functional,’ he said. ‘And I still love my job. Skull Skateboard.’

On the mend: Tony Hawk had to have his wedding ring to his wife Cathy Goodman removed after injuring his hand in a skateboarding accident while skating with in an empty pool over the weekend

The veteran skateboarder earlier this week explained the nature of the skating injury on Instagram, as it occurred in an empty pool with his son and friends.

‘The session was fun until I did a backside smith stall as a set up for a backside blunt,’ he said, ‘and suddenly found myself on the flat bottom with my fingers bending in new directions.’

He described the cavalcade of ‘divergent emotions’ he experienced in the wake of the health scare.

Hawk said he felt ‘sadness’ from scaring his son; ‘regret’ that he was ‘cocky/careless’ prior to getting injured, ‘grateful’ he wasn’t hurt worse, and ‘frustrated’ he was unable to complete the skating technique he’d attempted.

The 52-year-old wrote Wednesday on Twitter: ‘They had to cut my ring off before returning my bones to their full upright and locked position’

A closer look: Hawk saw his ‘fingers bending in new directions’ in the accident

Keep on tickin’: Hawk noted that injuries as such are an occupational hazard and will not stop him from grabbing his skateboard in the future

Gruesome: Tony also shared this very revealing photo of his injured finger

Good spirits: He also shared this snap of his hand with Dr. Cho who gave a thumbs up

Hawk noted that injuries as such are an occupational hazard and will not stop him from grabbing his skateboard in the future.

‘As pro skaters, we accept that injuries are inevitable and perseverance is key to success,’ he said. ‘But it still sucks to get hurt, especially at my age. And I’ll still be back for more.’

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We had a chance to skate a legendary backyard pool yesterday thanks to @ozzie_ausband, so I brought my oldest son Riley and our friend Chris. I rarely get to skate with Riley anymore because we ride different terrain, and lately we are both busier than ever trying to run businesses in the most challenging of times. Ozzie invited Eddie Elguera (a childhood hero) to join, so our crew spanned three generations of skateboarding. I joked that Eddie is the reason Riley grabs his nose on backside airs because I learned that technique by watching him, and Riley learned it by watching me. The pool was smaller than I anticipated so I didn’t wear full pads, likening it to a miniramp. We were having a blast, and at one point I actually gave advice to Eddie on doing a frontside rock (one of his signature tricks, and my first “advanced” move as a kid). The session was fun until I did a backside smith stall as a set up for a backside blunt, and suddenly found myself on the flat bottom with my fingers bending in new directions. The coping was huge and I paid the price by hanging up on my back truck. In that moment, I regretted not wearing full pads. Ironically, that wouldn’t have saved me from injury but I was being too cavalier to think that a wall over 8’ with vert was as “safe” as a mini-ramp. The session came to a screeching halt, and Riley drove me to the hospital like Ricky Bobby with a cougar in the backseat. Upon being admitted, a nurse checked my fingers and said they looked “dusky.” That expedited my care, and I was immediately assigned to a room as an x-ray machine arrived. Apparently, “dusky” is the color of extreme circulation loss. Within 30 mins, my fingers were back in place, and no longer dusky. I write this because today I am filled with divergent emotions: sadness from scaring my son & friends, regret from being cocky / careless, grateful from having an injury that could have been worse, and frustrated that I never got a backside blunt… as my skater ego endures. As pro skaters, we accept that injuries are inevitable and perseverance is key to success. But it still sucks to get hurt, especially at my age. And I’ll still be back for more ? @williamsharpimages

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