Chris Hawk

Christopher Lee Hawk was an American surfer and surfboard shaper.
Hawk was born in Maywood, California, in 1951. During the 1980s, he became a surfboard shaper, and his boards were popular among locals in Orange [County, California|Orange County].
On September 18, 2009, Hawk was inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach. The induction normally takes place in July each year during the U.S. [Open of Surfing], but Hawk's induction was moved forward because he was diagnosed with terminal oral cancer. Just over a month after the induction, Hawk succumbed to cancer and died on October 23 at his home in San Clemente.