Paris 2024 Olympics - Skateboarding - Men's Street Prelims - La Concorde 3, Paris, France - July 29, 2024. Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk of United States in action on the skate park before the heats. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/File Photo
(Reuters) -Skateboarding great Tony Hawk has announced that he is putting his most famous deck up for auction with the goal of raising money to build skateparks in underserved areas.
Hawk landed his groundbreaking "900" - 2-1/2 full mid-air rotations - at the 1999 X Games in a moment that helped propel the sport out of the subculture and into the mainstream.
