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Tony Hawk soars at Silver Spring Community
Day
PHOTOS BY JULIE WIATT AND VICKI WARREN
SilverDocs film festival
planners estimate that 20,000 people participated in the Community
Day held on June 22, 2003. Hundreds came to see The Making
of Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam, screened on the final day
of the SilverDocs film festival. Thousands came to see Hawk
himself perform his skateboard magic on Georgia Avenue. A
huge U-shape skateboard ramp was constructed so that Hawk
and fellow skateboarders Jesse Fritch, Kevin Stabb, Lincoln
Ueda, and Bucky Lasek could wow the crowd with their daredevil
stunts.
Community Day featured a tent with live animals sponsored
by the Discovery Communications series Animal Planet, food
served up by local merchants, a music stage featuring several
bands, two moon bounces, and skateboard ramps for Tony Hawk
fans to try to produce their own skateboard magic.
The overwhelmingly successful film festival brought thousands
to the downtown area and willÑ according to Discovery Communications
staffers and American Film Institute officialsÑbe a regular
feature in the future and will most likely be expanded to
include more films and more activities.
—Vicki Warren
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