There’s no more iconic figure in the skateboarding world than Tony Hawk, the superstar athlete whose name has become virtually synonymous with the sport. The 53-year-old “Birdman” launched his phil…
The 53-year-old “Birdman” launched his philanthropic organization, the Tony Hawk Foundation, in 2002. Renamed as the Skatepark Project in 2019 , the charity will next year celebrate its 20th anniversary.
“They were they were relying mostly on sidewalk contractors to tell them how to build a skatepark, but they didn’t actually know how to design one. So that was a catalyst for me: seeing these parks with city councils being so proud of them, but the skaters themselves disliking them.” On the philanthropic front, “I try to be available for any sort of fundraiser or for VIP, meet-and-greet type stuff,” he says, “but at the core, I still love doing the central work of designing skateparks; how can we be more effective, how could this park suit more skill levels, things like that. That’s the more exciting part to me, because that is my expertise, obviously, growing up and seeing so many parks come and go.
Like most philanthropic organizations, however, the Skatepark Project has been shaken by the coronavirus pandemic.“Fundraising became much more challenging, obviously because of everyone’s financial instability and challenges,” he says. “The irony is that skating went through a huge boom in popularity through those months and more people got interested in skating than ever before. And with that, the need for skateparks grew.
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