Hawk's Jam to hit the road

USA TODAY, July, 2008 by Sal Ruibal

Tony Hawk has so many acts going on at the same time that he's more of a ringmaster than a manager. That's an appropriate job title because his latest live show, the Boom Boom Huck Jam, is an outdoor action-sports circus that is as much Barnum & Bailey as X Games.

Huck Jam 2008 launches July 18 in San Antonio and will visit 24 cities in 38 days.

In addition to the Huck Jam tour, the world's most famous skateboarder's domain includes a top-selling line of video games, Quiksilver skate clothing, young men's and boys' gear for Kohl's department stores, Birdhouse skateboards, radio shows and a charitable foundation.

The original Huck Jam was a 2003 one-off indoor event in Las Vegas that proved to be so popular that Hawk took the show on the road with a...