Tony Hawk is skating through life with his grandchild.
The skateboarding superstar, whose son Riley Hawk shares son Ronin Walker Cobain Hawk, 5 months, with Frances Bean Cobain, reflected on a core memory involving Frances’ late father Kurt Cobain and his band, Nirvana.
“Went straight from S.U.A.S. event at Houston skatepark to this concert in 1991,” Tony wrote on his Instagram Stories Feb. 23 over a ticket stub from a Nirvana concert on Oct. 20, 1991, at The Vatican in Houston, Texas. “It was as transformative as live music can be.”
“We all experienced something rare and powerful that night,” the 56-year-old—who shares his son with ex-wife Cindy Dunbar—reflected. “The world would never be the same.”
Tony went on to share his anguish over the fact that Kurt—who died by suicide in April 1994, just 19 months after welcoming Frances with Courtney Love—never got to meet his son-in-law or their baby boy.
“I wish Kurt were here so he could see the incredible woman his daughter has become,” Tony mused, “Meet her devoted, caring husband, and hold our wondrous grandchild.”
