As a child, Hawk performed skateboard stunts for the film Max Keeble's Big Moove (2001).[5] In 2017, Hawk and his father both featured on an episode of the TV series Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park(Season 2, Episode 8 "Los Angeles Pt.2").
Career
Skateboarding
Unlike his father, who is known for his vert style, Riley Hawk is better known as a street skater. He turned pro on his 21st birthday in December 2013 and became Skateboarder magazine's 2013 Amateur of the Year on the same day.[6] He is sponsored by Baker and Lakai.[7]
Hawk is a music enthusiast. He has played music for several years in local San Diego bands and began collecting vinyl records at age 15.[9] As of April 2022, Hawk was the frontman of punk band Warish,[10] then signed with Riding Easy Records.[3][11]
Business ventures
In 2019, Hawk opened a coffee shop, Steel Mill Coffee & Records,[12] in San Diego County which he co-owned and operated with friends.[9] The shop went out of business in May 2023.[13][14]
Personal life
Since early 2021, Hawk has been in a relationship with Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love.[15][16] The couple married on October 7, 2023, in Los Angeles, in a ceremony officiated by former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, Cobain's godfather.[17] The couple welcomed their first child together, a son, on September 17, 2024.[18][19]
Hawk is a practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and has achieved the rank of blue belt (the lowest non-graded belt) in the martial art.[20]
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