Tony Hawk, nicknamed Birdman, is a pioneering American professional skateboarder and entrepreneur. He owns the skateboard company Birdhouse and is credited with completing the first documented "900" skateboarding trick. In 1999, he also licensed the highly successful skateboarding video game series bearing his name. Retiring from professional competition in 2003, Hawk remains one of the most influential and celebrated skateboarders of all time, significantly shaping the landscape of modern vertical skateboarding.
In 1993, Tony Hawk used the Video Toaster he received from NewTek for his Amiga to edit a promotional video for the TurboDuo game Lords of Thunder.
In 2002, Tony Hawk created the Tony Hawk Foundation in response to the shortage of safe and legal skateparks in America.
In 2007, Tony Hawk, along with other athletes, founded the charity Athletes for Hope to inspire volunteerism and community support through professional athletes' actions.
In 2015, the Tony Hawk Foundation received the Robert Wood Johnson Sports award for its innovative and influential approaches to using sports to build a culture of health in their communities.
As of June 2018, Tony Hawk's foundation has awarded US$5.8 million, aiding 596 skatepark projects.
In 2020, the Tony Hawk Foundation changed its name to The Skatepark Project to better reflect the organization's mission.
In March 2022, an HBO documentary about Tony Hawk raised money for humanitarian relief in Ukraine by raffling off access to an advance screening and afterparty, with half of the proceeds donated to Direct Relief.
In 2023, Tony Hawk auctioned a signed photograph of himself and Rick Thorne, with 50% of the proceeds donated to the Tyre Nichols Memorial Fund.
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