Now the Tony Hawk Foundation helps young people by building skate parks in cities around the country.

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They include Armageddon, Pearl Harbor,Black Hawk Down and the National Treasure movies starring Nicolas Cage.

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Tony Hawk says young skateboarders take part in designing and building the parks.

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Two years later, he established his charity, the Tony Hawk Foundation.

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