{"id":26386,"date":"2011-11-09T08:19:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T16:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=26386"},"modified":"2011-11-09T08:20:03","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T16:20:03","slug":"tony-hawk-stands-up-for-640k-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=26386","title":{"rendered":"Tony Hawk Stands Up For $640K In Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Img<\/a>On Saturday, November 5, 2011 Tony Hawk<\/strong> and 850 of his closest rich and\/or celebrity friends (and, apparently Carrot Top) met at the Red Rock Casino Resort Spa<\/a><\/strong> in Las Vegas, Nevada for his annual Tony Hawk Foundation<\/a><\/strong> Stand Up For Skateparks Las Vegas Event<\/a><\/strong> and raised $640,000.<\/p>\n

Rubbing elbows with celebrities and their families \u2013 including Holly Madison<\/strong>, David Copperfield<\/strong>, \u2018Pawn Stars\u2019 Rick Harrison<\/strong>, Alison Victoria<\/strong>, pro NASCAR driver Taylor Barton<\/strong>, Tillman<\/strong> the Skateboarding Dog, Travis Pastrana<\/strong>, Sal Masekela<\/strong>, Mike \u201cRooftop\u201d Escamilla<\/strong>, Rodney Mullen<\/strong>, Mike Vallely<\/strong>, Ricardo Laguna<\/strong>, and actor, comedian Rob Riggle<\/strong> \u2013 guests came together to support the Tony Hawk Foundation\u2019s mission to build free, quality public skateparks in low-income areas nationwide. Attendees enjoyed the family-oriented action-sports festival with games, great food, one-of-a-kind auction items, and lots of giveaways. . . \u201cIt was our best Vegas event by far, thanks to Red Rock, Ben Harper and the level of talent on the ramp,\u201d said Tony Hawk. \u201cWe also had some truly unique auction items that helped to raise good money for more skateparks. My kids had a blast!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For all the official details, follow the jump.Viva Las Vegas!<\/p>\n

Tony Hawk and Friends shred Vegas for the 3rd-annual DaGeDar Presents Stand Up For Skateparks benefit.<\/p>\n

Tony Hawk tips an Indy nose bone during the Vert Demo at Stand Up For Skateparks in Las Vegas. Photo: Jody Morris<\/p>\n

November 8, 2011 (Vista, CA) \u2013 There\u2019s never a dull moment when you have a Vert demo that includes Tony Hawk giving an awe-inspiring performance while 14-year old prodigy Mitchie Brusco holds his own with the likes of Elliot Sloan, Andy Macdonald, and Pierre Luc Gagnon \u201cPLG\u201d, Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins Pastrana, and BMX legend Mat Hoffman proving their pedigree on Tony\u2019s personal ramp \u2013 all during Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, musician, and Tony Hawk Foundation Board Member Ben Harper\u2019s rocking performance with his band.<\/p>\n

The fun and excitement befitting \u201cThe Entertainment Capital of The World\u201d was enjoyed by a crowd of 850 guests on Saturday at the 3rd Annual DaGeDar Presents Stand Up For Skateparks benefit held at Red Rock Casino ~ Resort ~ Spa in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Rubbing elbows with celebrities and their families \u2013 including Holly Madison, Carrot Top, David Copperfield, \u2018Pawn Stars\u2019 Rick Harrison, Alison Victoria, pro NASCAR driver Taylor Barton, Tillman the Skateboarding Dog, Travis Pastrana, Sal Masekela, Mike \u201cRooftop\u201d Escamilla, Rodney Mullen, Mike Vallely, Ricardo Laguna, and actor, comedian Rob Riggle \u2013 guests came together to support the Tony Hawk Foundation\u2019s mission to build free, quality public skateparks in low-income areas nationwide. Attendees enjoyed the family-oriented action-sports festival with games, great food, one-of-a-kind auction items, and lots of giveaways.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was our best Vegas event by far, thanks to Red Rock, Ben Harper and the level of talent on the ramp,\u201d said Tony Hawk. \u201cWe also had some truly unique auction items that helped to raise good money for more skateparks. My kids had a blast!\u201d<\/p>\n

Through the generosity and support by those in attendance, the event was able to raise $640,000 for the Tony Hawk Foundation\u2019s mission to provide at-risk youth with an opportunity to participate in a fun, safe and healthy activity, including $37,000 to help create a new public skatepark in the Las Vegas area. Funds raised through a live and silent auction \u2013 featuring the ultimate Jane\u2019s Addiction meet and greet at The Joint, Dinner with Tony Hawk at the Simon Restaurant & Lounge, a Tony Hawk Edition 2012 Ford Explorer customized by Galpin Auto Sports and DUB, and a Roland Sands Design \u201cHawkized\u201d Triumph Thruxton motorcycle \u2013 contributed significantly.<\/p>\n

DaGeDar Presents Stand Up For Skateparks was Co-Chaired by Tony Hawk and fellow THF Board Member and skate legend Mike Vallely. The Benefit Committee included prominent supporters such as Andre Agassi, Michael \u201cFlea\u201d Balzary, Ron Burkle, Chantal and Stephen Cloobeck, Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Dempsey, Jon Favreau, Perry Farrell, Leeza Gibbons, Brian Austin Green, Robin and Danny Greenspun, Ben Harper, Mat Hoffman, Terry Kennedy, Anthony Kiedis, Bobby Kotick, Chuck Liddell, Howie Mandel, Sal Masekela, Lance Mountain, Andrew and Trina Pascal, Andrew Reynolds, David Spade, Bill Walton, and Shaun White.<\/p>\n

In true Stand Up For Skateparks fashion, a pledge drive was announced to benefit a local Las Vegas skatepark project. Youth and their parents from challenged communities throughout Las Vegas were in attendance as Tony Hawk made a pledge from the foundation and encouraged guests to purchase an autographed Tony Hawk Birdhouse pro-model skateboard in the Silent Auction, with 100% of proceeds going to a new skatepark in Las Vegas. Through November, you can also support this project and receive a signed Tony Hawk skateboard. Go to www.skatelasvegas.org to make your pledge.<\/p>\n

Tony Hawk launched his Stand Up For Skateparks fundraiser in 2004 with the goal to increase the number of safe, legal, healthy recreational outlets for youth in low-income communities across the U.S. To-date, the Tony Hawk Foundation has helped fund 493 public skateboard parks, which now service more than 3.5-million youth annually.<\/p>\n

DaGeDar Presents Stand Up For Skateparks was made possible through the support of Ex Drinks, Activision, Red Rock Casino ~ Resort ~ Spa, Kohl\u2019s, Quiksilver Foundation, Tech Deck, and Sweetwater Video. To learn more about the benefit, please visit www.standupforskateparks.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, November 5, 2011 Tony Hawk and 850 of his closest rich and\/or celebrity friends (and, apparently Carrot Top) met at the Red Rock Casino Resort Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada for his annual Tony Hawk Foundation Stand Up For Skateparks Las Vegas Event and raised $640,000. Rubbing elbows with celebrities and their families […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26387,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26386\/revisions\/26387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}