 hawk hawk skateistan fri 5032019 1136 a professional skateboarder since 1982 tony is the most influential skateboarder of all time during his extraordinary career he has won a multitude of skateboarding contests made numerous film appearances and launched his own video game series to huge success in 2002 tony established the tony hawk foundation to help disadvantaged communities and children build quality public skateparks over the years the foundation has seen over 500 skateparks opened across the united states in early 2014 the tony hawk foundation approved a multiyear grant to skateistan as a way to support skateboarding and educational programs outside of the united states board member professional skateboarder and anthropologist tony 2  