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Tony Hawk Foundation annual celebrity benefit events will rock Beverly Hills and Las Vegas.

9/29/09 (Vista, CA) —The Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up For Skateparks benefit returns to Beverly Hills on October 11, 2009 to help the Tony Hawk Foundation bring free, quality public skateparks to low-income communities across the U.S. On November 7, the star-studded event then travels to the Wynn Resort for its Las Vegas debut.
Now in its sixth year, Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up For Skateparks is the Tony Hawk Foundation's annual family-centric action-sports carnival, featuring games, activities, food, auctions, A-list celebrities, special musical performances, and a Vert Demo with Tony and a crew of top-pro skaters and BMX riders on Tony's personal ramp. An established must-see event in Beverly Hills, this will be the first time Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up For Skateparks comes to the Las Vegas Strip.

Each Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up For Skateparks location will feature a unique musical guest. Having performed at the first Stand Up For Skateparks event in 2004, blink-182 returns to the stage in Beverly Hills this year on October 11, while Rancid rocks the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas on November 7.
Joining Tony on the event's Benefit Committee are Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong, Travis Barker, Ron Burkle, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Eisner, Jon Favreau, Lorenzo Fertitta, Frank Fertitta III, Jeff Fine, Robin Greenspun, Mia Hamm, Mat Hoffman, Kathy Ireland, Bobby Kotick, Chuck Liddell, George Maloof, Andrew Pascal, Shaun White, and Elaine Wynn.

For more information about Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up For Skateparks, or to purchase tickets, visit standupforskateparks.org, or contact C.C. Hafner at 760-477-2479 or cc@tonyhawkfoundation.org.