Looks like Tony Hawks has started a new career as a serial dare-taker with a hint of travel writing. Can't be long before he takes a film crew with him and turns one of these dares into a TV series. And I'd probably watch.
I read Round Ireland with a Fridge (Amazon) , which was the story of his bet that he could hitchhike around Ireland ... just him and a small fridge (a book I enjoyed, BTW). This book is the same theme ("go overseas for crazy bet"), but covers Moldova, Ireland, Israel, Liverpool and trying to beat the Moldovan national football (soccer) team at tennis. A touch more ambitious.
I thought "ergh, same old stuff, different setting" and pretty much decided that I wouldn't enjoy the book. And that lingered throughout the book, and wasn't helped by finding the writing style a bit dull. Still, I'm surprised to be saying that I did enjoy the book. It's not a classic, but when you stop for a moment and think about it all, it is a very silly idea: you have to find out what went on to appreciate just how silly.
My rating: Good