ADVISORY/Skateboarder Tony Hawk to Sign Autographs at Los Angeles Best Buy Store.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (Aug. 10) --(BUSINESS WIRE) What: Twelve-time world skateboarding skateboarding Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean champion, Tony Hawk
will appear at Best Buy in Torrance, Calif., to sign his autobiography, HAWK Occupation: Skateboarder. Hawk, who has invented close to 50 skateboarding maneuvers, takes readers behind the scenes of competitions, demonstrations and movies to share in the dramatic ups and downs ups and downs pl.n. Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits. ups and downs Noun, pl alternating periods of good and bad luck or high and low spirits of his 20-year career. The book, HAWK Occupation: Skateboarder, retails for $23, and will be available at Best Buy for the autograph session. Where: Best Buy Torrance 3675 Pacific Coast Hwy Torrance, Calif. When: Thursday, August 10, 2000 6 - 8 p.m. Media Access: TV crews and photographers welcome Call contact for more information Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ) is the nation's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company reaches consumers nationwide through its more than 350 retail stores located in 40 states and online at www.BestBuy.com. |
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