Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The skateboarding legend ollies into Newport Harbor 🌊🛹
Offered at Heritage Auctions: the actual competition-used and signed skateboard deck from the 1996 X Games II in Newport, Rhode Island—featuring the board Tony Hawk rode during one of the most unforgettable moments in extreme sports history.
At just the second annual X Games, Tony Hawk was already redefining vert skating. During the Vert Best Trick competition and surrounding demonstrations, Hawk showcased the technical precision and fearless creativity that helped catapult skateboarding into the mainstream. But it was an unscripted, high-speed ollie off the vert ramp into Newport Harbor that became legendary—an audacious splashdown that captured the raw, rebellious spirit of the early X Games era.
This is the very deck that “did it all”—land, sea, and sky. Retrieved from the harbor after Hawk’s iconic leap to close out his silver medal performance, the board has been photo-matched by SIA Photo Match, with distinctive stickers, scuffs, and wear patterns confirming its use in that historic moment.
Details:
1996 X Games II Competition Used Deck
Tony Hawk signed (9/10 black Sharpie, underside of nose)
SIA Photo Match Letter of Authenticity
Full LOA from PSA/DNA
Full LOA from Beckett Authentication Services
LOA from Heritage Auctions
Guide Value: $40,000+
A true relic from the birth of mainstream extreme sports—this is more than a skateboard. It’s a museum-worthy artifact from the moment Tony Hawk soared off the ramp and into sports history.
Bid now at Heritage Auctions and own a piece of X Games legend.
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The skateboarding legend ollies into Newport Harbor 🌊🛹
Offered at Heritage Auctions: the actual competition-used and signed skateboard deck from the 1996 X Games II in Newport, Rhode Island—featuring the board Tony Hawk rode during one of the most unforgettable moments in extreme sports history.
At just the second annual X Games, Tony Hawk was already redefining vert skating. During the Vert Best Trick competition and surrounding demonstrations, Hawk showcased the technical precision and fearless creativity that helped catapult skateboarding into the mainstream. But it was an unscripted, high-speed ollie off the vert ramp into Newport Harbor that became legendary—an audacious splashdown that captured the raw, rebellious spirit of the early X Games era.
This is the very deck that “did it all”—land, sea, and sky. Retrieved from the harbor after Hawk’s iconic leap to close out his silver medal performance, the board has been photo-matched by SIA Photo Match, with distinctive stickers, scuffs, and wear patterns confirming its use in that historic moment.
Details:
1996 X Games II Competition Used Deck
Tony Hawk signed (9/10 black Sharpie, underside of nose)
SIA Photo Match Letter of Authenticity
Full LOA from PSA/DNA
Full LOA from Beckett Authentication Services
LOA from Heritage Auctions
Guide Value: $40,000+
A true relic from the birth of mainstream extreme sports—this is more than a skateboard. It’s a museum-worthy artifact from the moment Tony Hawk soared off the ramp and into sports history.
Bid now at Heritage Auctions and own a piece of X Games legend.
sports.ha.com/itm/miscellaneous-collectibles/general/1996-tony-hawk-x-games-ii-competition-used-and-signed-skateboard-deck-photo-matched-/a/50083-80150.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515
Brought to you by HA.com
To learn more, visit HA.com/50083
Stay Connected to Heritage Auctions:
facebook.com/HeritageAuctions
twitter.com/HeritageAuction
