Jun 30, 2020 · The Tony Hawk Foundation has announced a change in name, but not in focus. Now known as The Skatepark Project, the organization continues its award-winning work to support community skatepark projects across the U.S., …

The Skatepark Project, formerly the Tony Hawk Foundation, is a nonprofit skateboarding organization that helps communities build public skate parks for youth in underserved communities. [1] [2] [3]

With over 9-million skateboarders in the U.S., and only about 3,900 skateparks available for them to ride, the need for more skateparks has never been greater. Receive e-mail updates from The Skatepark Project. We help underserved communities …

The most recognized action sports figure in the world, Tony Hawk was just nine years old when his brother changed his life by giving him a blue fiberglass Bahne skateboard. By fourteen he’d turned pro, and by sixteen he was widely considered the best skateboarder on earth.

Founded by skate legend Tony Hawk, The Skatepark Project has been helping underserved communities create safe and inclusive public skateparks for youth since 2002.

Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. A pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding, Hawk completed the …

Apr 18, 2024 · The project is in partnership with legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk, whose nonprofit The Skateboard Project, will design the park.

Jan 25, 2024 · The Brooklyn Skate Garden, located not far from Brower in Brooklyn’s Mount Prospect Park, will be a new 40,000-square-foot, custom poured-in-place concrete skatepark built from the ground up.

Practicing at the now-defunct Oasis Skatepark, the undersized prodigy soon began to attract attention by performing maneuvers well beyond his years. At age 12 he was winning amateur contests throughout California, at 14 he turned pro, and at 16 he was widely regarded as the best competitive skateboarder in the world.

Founded by skate legend Tony Hawk, The Skatepark Project has been helping underserved communities create safe and inclusive public skateparks for youth since 2002.