11-year-old skateboarder lands 1st ever vert ramp 1080

11-year-old skateboarder lands 1st ever vert ramp 1080

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11-year-old Brazilian Gui Khury has made skateboarding history by becoming the first person to land a 1080 on a vertical ramp more than two decades after Tony Hawk completed the first 900.

Tony Hawk completed the first 900 more than 2 decades ago

Eleven-year-old Brazilian Gui Khury made skateboarding history by becoming the first person to land a 1080 on a vertical ramp on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Gui Khury/Facebook)

11-year-old Brazilian Gui Khury has made skateboarding history by becoming the first person to land a 1080 on a vertical ramp more than two decades after Tony Hawk completed the first 900.

In a video posted on Facebook late on Friday, Khury soars into the air and completes three full rotations (1080 degrees) before cleanly landing the trick then dropping to his knees, tossing his helmet in the air and falling onto his back in celebration.

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11-year-old Brazilian Gui Khury makes skateboarding history by landing a 1080 more than 2 decades after Tony Hawk completed the first 900. 0:23

“1080!!!! have no words to explain what just happened,” Khury posted on Facebook.

Skateboarding legend Hawk landed the first 900 in 1999, nine years before Khury was even born.

Hawk was 31 when he successfully completed the trick calling it the biggest moment of his competitive career.

Skateboarding is set to make its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Summer Games, which have been pushed back to 2021 due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Published at Sat, 09 May 2020 20:01:43 +0000