Four Michigan cities are each receiving $250,000 grants to build skate parks, thanks to the Tony Hawk Foundation and Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation.

Skate icon Tony Hawk's Tony Hawk Foundation is offering up to $1 million in matching grants for four Michigan communities with skate parks. It's partnering with the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation ...

The Tony Hawk Foundation is teaming up with a local group to build new non-profit skate parks in Michigan and western New York. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

Along with the Riverside Park skate facility, Built to Play is sponsoring six other skate parks in southeast Michigan — such as Ypsilanti, where ground was broken on Friday, or Detroit's ...

A new skatepark in honor of 20-year-old Dominic Duhn, who was killed in a hit-and-run, will be added to Northville Township's Millennium Park in 2023.

Skater Zaviae Esters said having public spaces like skate parks are important for young people, who lack free activities. "There's not much for kids to do around here," Esters said.

George Leichtweis, 68, of Walled Lake, has run skate parks all over Michigan. He started his first skate park in 1979, an outdoor park with a skate shop, at the base of the Detroit Zoo water tower.

A Michigan reporter has gone viral after completing a news segment while skateboarding at the same time. On Thursday, reporter Victor Williams of Detroit's WDIV news station was discussing a new ...

LANSING, MI — Parks, trails and sports facilities around Michigan will receive more than $8.4 million for improvement and expansion projects, the state announced. Fifteen counties will share ...