Tony Hawk Put His Blood Into Skateboards And They Sold Out Immediately

If you've ever tried skateboarding, there's a good chance that a section of asphalt contains some of your DNA after a bad tumble. Going a step further, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk arranged for his blood to be infused into a limited-edition run of 100 skateboards, which have already sold out. Priced at $500 per board, each deck features a red color scheme that has some of Hawk's blood mixed into the paint.

As Hawk himself noted, these boards should definitely not be used to extract his DNA from and for the purpose of creating a theme park of clones who perform his signature tricks all day long for customers. "Looking forward to our future collaborations as long as they don't involve replicants, Hawk wrote in an Instagram post.

Speaking to GameSpot's sister site CNET, a representative for water company Liquid Death Mountain Water explained how it managed to get its hands on two vials of Hawk's "donated" blood.

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