Chris Hawk

Who was Chris Hawk?

Christopher Lee Hawk was an American surfer and board 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.

On September 18, 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 had been diagnosed with terminal oral cancer. Just over a month after the induction, Hawk succumbed to the cancer and died on October 23 at his home in San Clemente.