During a Quiksilver demo at Anaheim, California’s Downtown Disney at 6 PM Saturday, July 24, 2010 Tony Hawk slammed harder than he has in a long time. “Did a tailbone 5 & my foot was a little off, sent me into b/s revert (chicken-neck) to flat,” he said on Twitter. “Hit my back & head HARD,” he said.
The fall resulted in a trip to the UC Irvine Trauma Center, according to Tony’s Twitter feed.
Doctors there told Tony that he had a “Pelvic vertical shear injury” & a hematoma,” Hawk said on @TonyHawk. “All I know is: I can’t lift my legs & it sucks.”
A little later things were looking up. “Thank you for all the well wishes,” he said. “Hooray for morphine & fentanyl, big fan.”
We are amazed that Tony was able to walk back out on to the ramp, thank everyone for coming, and promo the rest of the guys in the demo as injured as he was. The man is all pro. All the time.
[Link: DisZine]
