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Other tricks on the list included the ollie 540, kickflip 540, and varial 720. In a 1999 interview, Hawk said he does not have "any desire to spin further." [2] He successfully landed the trick during press interviews for the video game Tony Hawk: Ride and at the "Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up for Skate Parks" event. [3]
After completing the trick, Hawk said, "This is the best day of my life." [ 19 ] He retired from professional competition that year, [ 20 ] but Hawk continued to appear at the annual X Games until 2003, when he retired from performing.
Red Bull described the 1080 as "the Holy Grail of all skateboard tricks." [3] Schaar has since repeated the feat, and completed a 1080 in competition while participating in the 2012 X Games Asia on April 30, 2012. [6] He won the gold medal in the Skateboard Mini MegaRamp category, the youngest person ever to have done so.
Tony Hawk is changing the name of a 40-year-old trick to properly honor a fellow skating legend.
"Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" dropped on Sept. 29, 1999, becoming an instant hit that not only introduced skateboarding to an audience of millions, but also exposed a new generation to punk music ...
It is arguably the most widely covered trick in the history of skateboarding, as Tony Hawk landed it for the first time at the 1999 X-Games following the best trick competition. The celebration on the ramp quickly snowballed into newspaper and television coverage which helped make Tony Hawk a household name.
Tony Hawk Rob Latour/Shutterstock Putting those hawk-like reflexes to good use! Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk is “an expert in creating lists of things people don’t know about me,” the ...
Kyle Loza won his second gold medal in the Moto X Best Trick competition in two appearances by performing a never-before-seen move named the "Electric Doom". The Games were filmed for X Games 3D: The Movie. Skateboarder Andy Macdonald won his 15th X Games medal, surpassing Tony Hawk as the all-time leader in skateboarding medals.