Tony Hawk had to have his wedding ring CUT OFF after injuring his hand in a skateboarding accident

Tony Hawk had to have his wedding ring to his wife Cathy Goodman removed after injuring his hand in a skateboarding accident while skating with in an empty pool over the weekend.

‘Just received my x-rays from Saturday’s debacle,’ the 52-year-old wrote Wednesday on Twitter. ‘They had to cut my ring off before returning my bones to their full upright and locked position.

The skateboarding icon, who exchanged vows with Goodman in 2015, added, ‘My fingers are still sore / stiff / swollen but mostly functional,’ he said. ‘And I still love my job. Skull Skateboard.’

The veteran skateboarder earlier this week explained the nature of the skating injury on Instagram, as it occurred in an empty pool with his son and friends.

‘The session was fun until I did a backside smith stall as a set up for a backside blunt,’ he said, ‘and suddenly found myself on the flat bottom with my fingers bending in new directions.’

He described the cavalcade of ‘divergent emotions’ he experienced in the wake of the health scare.

Hawk said he felt ‘sadness’ from scaring his son; ‘regret’ that he was ‘cocky/careless’ prior to getting injured, ‘grateful’ he wasn’t hurt worse, and ‘frustrated’ he was unable to complete the skating technique he’d attempted.

Hawk noted that injuries as such are an occupational hazard and will not stop him from grabbing his skateboard in the future.

‘As pro skaters, we accept that injuries are inevitable and perseverance is key to success,’ he said. ‘But it still sucks to get hurt, especially at my age. And I’ll still be back for more.’