A large number of skate and snowboard companies help out local charities and non profit organizations.
Groups like "The Tony Hawk Foundation" and others have used skateboarding to help out people less fortunate.
Recently Billabong held their yearly charity party called "Design For Humanity" at Paramount Studios in Los Angles, CA.
This years event was to benefit and raise awareness for The Invisible Childrens Charity.
The charity makes good use of media like film and the internet to protest the use of children being used as soldiers in Uganda.
This was a cause a lot of people could get behind and support.
The event is always a huge hit and this year's was no exception.
The main theme for the party was a New York City block party.
The crowd was energetic and buzzed and a good time was had by all who attended.
No surprise since there was so much going on to keep everyone interested and entertained! The event had two large concert stages, a number of art galleries, several full bars, t shirt booths and live music.
The evening was fired off with the Billabong bikini fashion show which got the crowd really stoked and ready to party.
The bikini show started off with tons of dancers and ended in a spectacular neon display.
People were hyped up for the rest of the night.
The crowed danced into the night and the entire block party was a huge success, they totally managed to capture the feel of a real NYC block party right in Hollywood.
DJ Classixx kept the crowd going with a non stop flow of party and dance music and it was all to help an awesome cause.
The crowd rocked until about 2 am when people started to pack up and head for home...
or more partying.