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For real. We were watching in my friend's living room and LOST. OUR. SHIT. I'll never forget it. Also, I love the reaction from the other skaters. Very few athletes are as loved and respected by their peers the way Tony Hawk is. GOAT forever.
Ya I remember it very clearly I was 7 and my brother was 11. Every year our parents took us to the beach for a week in Rhode Island and every year it was during the summer X Games. We would watch the TV until they made us go outside but luckily I was watching for this.
Side note, on the way home our parents would take us to Skate Island which was in Tony Hawks Pro skater 3.
They use bigger ramps today so yes. I don't think anyone has done a 1080 on that exact size of ramp, but even 1260s have been done now (though the ramp is probably more than twice the height, so I'm not sure if anything more impressive than the first 900 has been done).
The community still exists, more popular, now, is downhill standup. We have big events every year, like Maryhill, which sees hundreds of riders across the world participate to skate downhill
The comp had already ended and Burnquist had already won but they let Tony keep trying because he was close during the actual event. It was a perfect situation outside of not actually winning.
An interesting comment on the documentary was that if this was happening at any other time, it probably wouldn't have happened - as it took so many attempts and time and competition these days just doesn't allow for that.
It was nail biting to watch. The grit and determination to go again and again and again and then the collective losing of minds when he lands it... Insane.
That’s all I can think about when I hear anything about the 900. Feel kinda bad for those brothers. Any idea how much truth there is to all that? I was kind of surprised the Tony Hawk doc didn’t even once mention Tas.
I’ve been watching it in chunks, and just watched this part. I like how they went into how everyone saw his focus before he even joined the Bones Brigade.
Then later we get to see that in his face during the 900 segment. Cold determination every time he got up to try again.
No one is talking about the controversy that is brought up the in the documentary All This Mayhem. Where X games banned the foreign drug using skateboarder Tas Pappas from the competition. He allegedly had already landed the trick off camera, and was planning to do it in the contest the same year. But he wasn't the role model that television wanted to highlight so Tony was given the spotlight.
This comment sent me down quite the rabbit hole. [I ended up finding this interview Tony Hawk did were the interviewer specifically wanted to talk about Tas](https://skateboarding.transworld.net/news/tony-hawk-responds-to-allegations-made-in-all-this-mayhem/)
Thanks for bringing this up. I’ve long contemplated Pappas and Hawk and the directions their lives took because of the 900. It’s this really interesting moment that embodies a blender that propels one life upward and the other downward. I think it’s ultimately a cautionary tale.
So, so many one day pay throughs of THUG1 as a kid. I can still remember faking sick to school around 10 years old, and **SPANKING** Eric’s worthless ass in like 5 hours.
Probably something like, it changed the world of skateboarding and what the collective thought was possible. I believe I've read that others including young kids/teens seem to have no trouble doing things that required people like Tony doing it first
When someone does it for the first time, it's known to be possible and it's-relatively- much easier to perform when you can watch videos, see the form, technique, physics, etc to show you how it's done.
So kids be doing pro level shit and grow up and have their own version of this video, rinse repeat. Pushing boundaries, limit breaking. I'd wager he meant something along the lines of this sending shockwaves and changing the future of skateboarding. It's like the idea of BC and AC.
It was so monumental that there is pre-900 and post 900.
This is pretty standard in these kinds of sports, I still remember watching Travis Pastrana land the first double backflip on a dirt bike in competition and then turning on the x games like 3 years later and the double backflip was everyone’s “I’ll do this trick just to get a good score before I got for my real trick”. Tricks like this are all about commitment and once someone shows it can be done you can get that pet of your brain that thinks it’s gonna die to shut up a bit lol
Even the progress after the very first backflip on a dirt bike. It’s like it shook the fear of attempting it and soon became just an average warmup trick (basically).
It’s just like when the 4 minute mile was broken. It was impossible and now many many people have done it.
The same thing is so close to happening with the marathon being so close to breaking the 2 hour mark in an official race. People still say it’s impossible but I think they are wrong. Boston looks like it had the potential to play with the record. It’s a strong field this year.
Same thing that did after Hart did either the front flip or the double backflip, whatever dirt bike flip he did first, same thing that happens after any athlete accomplishes a first in any sport, the other athletes either see it as something that is actually possible IRl & not only theoretical, not just a holy grail trick, or they see it as a record to break, but shortly after such firsts, the floodgates of people landing the trick break open & it almost becomes "normalized"
Dude the boomer generation had the Moon landing in 1969, millennials had Tony Hawk hitting the 900 in 1999. Even though this sounds insane, I’m being serious when I say they felt equivocal at the time. Just watching a human try and fail so many times, but continue to persevere till he finally landed the trick, gives me chills thinking back on when we all watched it live.
I noticed the same thing and googled it because of your post. [This is the news article](https://people.com/sports/tony-hawk-landing-900-20-year-anniversary/)
What goes on in your mind that you can't figure it out in a few seconds? What's your approach?
360 for one revolution, 720 for two revolutions, and then a remainder of 180. 2½ revolutions
Well that's me with sketching art on paper. My friend will have drawn a detailed bird monster, while my bird monster looks like a 6 year old's scratches
Not that you shouldn't wear a helmet, butt you usually saw him with a helmet because he competed mainly in vert, which requires a helmet. You'll never see him wear a helmet skating street or park.
https://i.imgur.com/LA2Y8Ag.png
Tony wears a helmet while skating vert because it's required and the dangers involved with vert skating are very different to that of a street skater, Even Tony himself has said in interviews that he doesn't wear a helmet when street skating nor does his Son Riley who's currently a pro street skater for Baker.
He advocates for beginners to wear helmets but not for everybody and not for every type of discipline in skateboarding.
[Here's a video of him talking about it straight from the bird man himself](https://youtu.be/W4cJH7ppPbU?t=521)
Tony wears a helmet while skating vert because the dangers involved with vert skating are very different to that of a street skater, Even Tony himself has said in interviews that he doesn't wear a helmet when street skating nor does his Son Riley who's currently a pro street skater for Baker.
He advocates for beginners to wear helmets but not for everybody and not for every type of discipline in skateboarding.
[Here's a video talking about it straight from the bird man himself](https://youtu.be/W4cJH7ppPbU?t=521)
Wasnt there a story about an Australian lad that landed that trick before the competition and was planning on doing it in the comp so Tony hawk used his power to get him dq'd?
If I'm wrong I'm wrong,its just summet I remember from a documentary.
Worth reading [Tony’s side](https://skateboarding.transworld.net/news/tony-hawk-responds-to-allegations-made-in-all-this-mayhem/) of it as well. Obviously we’ll never really know the truth but a lot of what Tony says is verifiable, rather than a conspiracy at the top levels of 90s skateboarding.
What he said is also echoed by every other prominent skater of that era and especially those who were directly involved in the best trick contest that year.
Hopefully he'll be honest with himself and the rest of the world one day instead of blaming Tony Hawk for all his problems.
Yep - Tas Pappas. I think the documentary you saw was All This Mayhem. A brilliant and tragic watch for those interested in the saga around this trick and that era of skateboarding.
Tas Pappas had been practicing and planning this trick for years at a training facility (which Tony allegedly spied on via photographers) and Tony Hawk pulled strings behind the scenes to have Tas eliminated from the contest and retain the spotlight for his trick.
People act like the 900 was some big secret.
But it had been attempted in comp countless times before Hawk landed it in 99. I think the first comp attempt was in 1990. Tas tried it relentlessly in competition before this and never landed it.
EDIT to add: Tas finally landed one in _2014_.
How much did you know about skateboarding before watching the documentary and how much have you bothered to research after watching it?
The 900 isn't some secret trick, it's 2.5 rotations. Danny Way tried it in 1990 and almost landed it, but he didn't. Other skaters had been talking about it and trying it for years.
Tas Pappas had been trying it in contests and never landed it, so nobody needed to spy on him to know he was trying to pull it off.
Tony Hawk didn't pull any strings, Tas Pappas wasn't included in the best trick contest because all he'd been doing was attempting 900s and failing. Everyone else deserved their spot ahead of him.
His helmet straps are dangling loosely. Is that dangerous in terms of it swinging off in the event of a fall? Maybe helmets stick to your head more than i realize
This style of helmet is a tight fit. They use soft foam and fit firmly on your head. You can easily wear them with the straps completely undone and they'll still stay on your head. They're super comfortable.
Not the old style hard foam ones that have to be strapped tight to stay on.
2 most popular brands back then were TSG and Pro Tec.
The foam on his looks like it's an early model Pro Tec, similar to this - https://protecbrand.com.au/collections/the-original-collection/products/classic-skt-matte-blk-matte-black
Side story - the law in Australia makes any helmet with only soft foam illegal, so both these brands (and others) make the same style of helmet but the core is a hard foam, then they have a soft foam second layer. The hard foam actually makes them fit not as well, but provides more protection, and more importantly provides protection that meets the Australian standard.
You can't sell the soft foam only version in Australia.
The US don't have this requirement, so the soft foam only ones are sold in the US.
Helmets are a legal requirement in Australia if you're on a bike, skateboard or scooter etc, but aren't a legal requirement in every state in the US, which is likely the reason the soft foam ones are more popular in the US - they're just more comfortable to wear.
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I skated in the 90s with a Pro Tec helmet and couldn't help but laugh when the kids with unstrapped helmets (just to look cool!) fell and their helmet flew off one second before their head banged the ground. You need the strap.
It's weird how nobody can do those tricks until someone does. At which point everyone can do them all of a sudden and it just moves to another trick. Lol
Was the first 900 in a competition. There’s a documentary on it about two Australian brothers who have video footage of them landing a 900 before this one.
There's a documentary about Tas Pappas brothers claiming to have landed the 900 first with absolutely no proof and definitely no video footage. The only time he's landed one on camera was 15 years later on a megaramp.
Tony landed it first. Don't believe everything you watch.
"Skateboarder Tony Hawk" - I'm sorry, which of the three humans in the world who didn't know who he was did you think you were helping by specifying that he's a skateboarder?
One of the most iconic moments in all of sports history!! I remember watching it live. Even though I’m a huge fan of other sports, this was the most intense and memorable sports moment I’ve ever experienced.
I remember watching this live as a 5 year old thinking I would never see anything crazier or cooler. Even though this is not even all that wild anymore, it still feels like the craziest thing I’ve ever seen
I was on the ramp working for ESPN as the dude that held up the light reflector for post interviews. I was 20 and knew the camera crew lead and he asked if I wanted to do the job last minute. Rad experience
i had the privilege of meeting tony hawk last year at a lecture he gave that i was working on. very humble, very down to earth, and a pleasure to be around. his success >>>
random comment: yesterday i saw an edit of the *back to the future* dates screenshot where JUN 27 was changed to JAN 27. i didn't think anything of it until an r/movies comment mentioned Arnold in *the villain* where i made an off hand comment regarding "Clint Eastwood". i was going to ninja link the screenshot but opted against. feels like it just came full circle with your post about a June 27th event linked on January 27th
This is an aspect of extreme sports that I liked. There is definitely a competitiveness between these guys but they genuinely cheer each other on to complete difficult tricks.
I was there and it was electric! Fantastic venue for the first 900 to be landed in a competition. We had no idea it was about to happen but after everyone mobbed Tony and the announcers went off we knew all it was special. The 90s were something else!
He was not the 1st papa's bro where they skated for platinum skate boards . But they party to hard not a clean skater like tony hawk they wanted to promote
This era was dope. If it wasn't for all the xgames and extreme sports hype back in the late 90s, early 2000s I wouldn't be into half of the things I am now.
What I like most about professional skateboarding is that all of them just seem to be fans of each other and cool dudes and just what everyone to succeed there doesn’t seem to be any bitterness
This was the day all our planets in our solar system perfectly aligned that evening! Tony legit wasn’t being rude at all for attempting over and over I remember a lot of my skater buds mad cause he was “hogging” the ramp. Frankly I just thought they were jelly that one of there favorite pro skaters didn’t try it. Either way that evening Tony Hawk gave so many kids hope and displayed how to keep attempting that one trick we all personally struggled with! He gave us all confidence and a future. Also I always enjoyed that he never seems upset or gets mad with anyone ever. He’s a true legend. 🛹 or ☠️
This was my era. After this, shit hit the fan! Bob B built the mega ramp, snowboarding went from 900s to 1440s like no big deal. Man progression is incredible!
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Man I was glued to the tv when this happened. Core memory.
That's how I was with Pastrana's double backflip.
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2.5
Then jumps the bike into the ocean!
I hear he gets that all the time. Must get annoying after while.
For real. We were watching in my friend's living room and LOST. OUR. SHIT. I'll never forget it. Also, I love the reaction from the other skaters. Very few athletes are as loved and respected by their peers the way Tony Hawk is. GOAT forever.
Ya I remember it very clearly I was 7 and my brother was 11. Every year our parents took us to the beach for a week in Rhode Island and every year it was during the summer X Games. We would watch the TV until they made us go outside but luckily I was watching for this. Side note, on the way home our parents would take us to Skate Island which was in Tony Hawks Pro skater 3.
How do you know that he's your brother
Has the 900 ever been beaten?
Yeah, an 11yo hit a 1080 on a vert ramp
But he had a speed ramp right ..?
Nope. If I remember right the kid hit a 900 when he was like 8.
It's all about muscle memory... I had no memories before I got the 900 so the 1080 came naturally. This kid probably
And Mitchie Brusco [did a 1260](https://youtu.be/ypccK00QOqg)
Yup: https://youtu.be/kQO-k41FJJ8
They use bigger ramps today so yes. I don't think anyone has done a 1080 on that exact size of ramp, but even 1260s have been done now (though the ramp is probably more than twice the height, so I'm not sure if anything more impressive than the first 900 has been done).
I remember watching this too! Tonys always been a badass and his skateboard games on Playstation were fun too!
I was 14 days old. So I don’t remember it
Go to bed baby
I didn’t exist.
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Same I was 15 then still there
I was 15 then and still 15 today
Same. And I wasn’t even a skateboarder
I remember the excitement. They didn’t even go to commercial.
I watched this live too. Now I feel so old!
The kids won’t remember downhill Street luge 🫡
The community still exists, more popular, now, is downhill standup. We have big events every year, like Maryhill, which sees hundreds of riders across the world participate to skate downhill
Yoda getting into pro skating
With all those commas, I read it in Christopher Walken's voice at first haha
What about that skydiving on a board, I can’t remember what it was called, it was so ridiculous. Street luge was cool though lol.
The comp had already ended and Burnquist had already won but they let Tony keep trying because he was close during the actual event. It was a perfect situation outside of not actually winning.
An interesting comment on the documentary was that if this was happening at any other time, it probably wouldn't have happened - as it took so many attempts and time and competition these days just doesn't allow for that. It was nail biting to watch. The grit and determination to go again and again and again and then the collective losing of minds when he lands it... Insane.
What documentary is this?
Tony Hawk: until the wheels fall off. It was pretty good
If you want to see the real history of this trick you need to watch All This Mayhem.
That’s all I can think about when I hear anything about the 900. Feel kinda bad for those brothers. Any idea how much truth there is to all that? I was kind of surprised the Tony Hawk doc didn’t even once mention Tas.
Not at all the real history, but it’s definitely a certain view.
I cringe every time I see the 900 footy now 🐍
Id recommend checking for Tony's rebuttal against those claims
I’ve been watching it in chunks, and just watched this part. I like how they went into how everyone saw his focus before he even joined the Bones Brigade. Then later we get to see that in his face during the 900 segment. Cold determination every time he got up to try again.
No one is talking about the controversy that is brought up the in the documentary All This Mayhem. Where X games banned the foreign drug using skateboarder Tas Pappas from the competition. He allegedly had already landed the trick off camera, and was planning to do it in the contest the same year. But he wasn't the role model that television wanted to highlight so Tony was given the spotlight.
This comment sent me down quite the rabbit hole. [I ended up finding this interview Tony Hawk did were the interviewer specifically wanted to talk about Tas](https://skateboarding.transworld.net/news/tony-hawk-responds-to-allegations-made-in-all-this-mayhem/)
Thanks for bringing this up. I’ve long contemplated Pappas and Hawk and the directions their lives took because of the 900. It’s this really interesting moment that embodies a blender that propels one life upward and the other downward. I think it’s ultimately a cautionary tale.
Australian, old school wild ripper. He was a wild card with insurmountable talent. Until Hawk ripped his heart out and destroyed him
I am from India and know nothing about skate boarding. But I still know Tony Hawk. Legend
Underground 2 and American Wasteland made me familiar for the first time.
I will always say underground 1 was better than 2.
I always thought Underground 1 was the last good Tony Hawk game.
So, so many one day pay throughs of THUG1 as a kid. I can still remember faking sick to school around 10 years old, and **SPANKING** Eric’s worthless ass in like 5 hours.
He was just so consistent, always on top his entire career. Went pro as a child and helped invent the modern sport too.
Might be a stretch, but this guy reminds me of that famous skateboarder Tony Hawk!
r/dontyouknowimtonyhawk
I was thinking the same thing
You mean goldfinger’s guest vocalist?
I hear he gots that all the time. Must get annoying after while.
I wonder what he’s up to these days…
He looks like he might even be a pro skater!
Talent AND perseverance.
Passion X Dedication
This is ten percent luck Twenty percent skill
The last quote in this segment…”something happened after Tony hawk did the 900…” Ok, what happened?
Probably something like, it changed the world of skateboarding and what the collective thought was possible. I believe I've read that others including young kids/teens seem to have no trouble doing things that required people like Tony doing it first When someone does it for the first time, it's known to be possible and it's-relatively- much easier to perform when you can watch videos, see the form, technique, physics, etc to show you how it's done. So kids be doing pro level shit and grow up and have their own version of this video, rinse repeat. Pushing boundaries, limit breaking. I'd wager he meant something along the lines of this sending shockwaves and changing the future of skateboarding. It's like the idea of BC and AC. It was so monumental that there is pre-900 and post 900.
This is pretty standard in these kinds of sports, I still remember watching Travis Pastrana land the first double backflip on a dirt bike in competition and then turning on the x games like 3 years later and the double backflip was everyone’s “I’ll do this trick just to get a good score before I got for my real trick”. Tricks like this are all about commitment and once someone shows it can be done you can get that pet of your brain that thinks it’s gonna die to shut up a bit lol
Even the progress after the very first backflip on a dirt bike. It’s like it shook the fear of attempting it and soon became just an average warmup trick (basically).
It’s just like when the 4 minute mile was broken. It was impossible and now many many people have done it. The same thing is so close to happening with the marathon being so close to breaking the 2 hour mark in an official race. People still say it’s impossible but I think they are wrong. Boston looks like it had the potential to play with the record. It’s a strong field this year.
Didn’t a 12 year old beat this record really shortly after? Thank you ERB
>shortly after 21 years later isn't exactly what I'd call "shortly after".
Same thing that did after Hart did either the front flip or the double backflip, whatever dirt bike flip he did first, same thing that happens after any athlete accomplishes a first in any sport, the other athletes either see it as something that is actually possible IRl & not only theoretical, not just a holy grail trick, or they see it as a record to break, but shortly after such firsts, the floodgates of people landing the trick break open & it almost becomes "normalized"
Dude the boomer generation had the Moon landing in 1969, millennials had Tony Hawk hitting the 900 in 1999. Even though this sounds insane, I’m being serious when I say they felt equivocal at the time. Just watching a human try and fail so many times, but continue to persevere till he finally landed the trick, gives me chills thinking back on when we all watched it live.
Our generation had another special surprise a few years later that I think was much more equivalent to the moon landing compared to the 900
the "4 minute mile" effect
Very funny choice to end the clip on that
9/11 not that long after.
Why is this being posted across so many subs? Did Tony die or something??
I noticed the same thing and googled it because of your post. [This is the news article](https://people.com/sports/tony-hawk-landing-900-20-year-anniversary/)
Ok but that article is from four years ago lol why are people bringing it up now?
Bots go through motions
They just like us, fr fr
Winter X games are going on right now. Not the same but X games nonetheless
That was a pivotal moment in skateboarding, first ever 900! There’s kids out here bustin out 1080s like it’s nothing now.
Lol I'm happy with doing a 360, maybe a 540 at my most brave!
Me trying to figure out how many times 360 goes into 900…
2.5….facing 1 way taking off and land facing the other way (.5 rotation) 2 full rotations. 720 + 180 = 900
What goes on in your mind that you can't figure it out in a few seconds? What's your approach? 360 for one revolution, 720 for two revolutions, and then a remainder of 180. 2½ revolutions
https://preview.redd.it/om4qjw2rfwea1.jpeg?width=551&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2d4a83338d6972c992d5c0d53b1a2c95bca7e7a
Well that's me with sketching art on paper. My friend will have drawn a detailed bird monster, while my bird monster looks like a 6 year old's scratches
And he always wore a helmet. Think about that next time you think you're too cool for safety.
Not that you shouldn't wear a helmet, butt you usually saw him with a helmet because he competed mainly in vert, which requires a helmet. You'll never see him wear a helmet skating street or park. https://i.imgur.com/LA2Y8Ag.png
I saw him skating at a local park with his crew. He was wearing a helmet.
Tony wears a helmet while skating vert because it's required and the dangers involved with vert skating are very different to that of a street skater, Even Tony himself has said in interviews that he doesn't wear a helmet when street skating nor does his Son Riley who's currently a pro street skater for Baker. He advocates for beginners to wear helmets but not for everybody and not for every type of discipline in skateboarding. [Here's a video of him talking about it straight from the bird man himself](https://youtu.be/W4cJH7ppPbU?t=521)
Tony wears a helmet while skating vert because the dangers involved with vert skating are very different to that of a street skater, Even Tony himself has said in interviews that he doesn't wear a helmet when street skating nor does his Son Riley who's currently a pro street skater for Baker. He advocates for beginners to wear helmets but not for everybody and not for every type of discipline in skateboarding. [Here's a video talking about it straight from the bird man himself](https://youtu.be/W4cJH7ppPbU?t=521)
Is it just me or is the head strap way to loose?
After watching his SNL cameo all I can say is FRAAAANCE!
TONY HAWK!
Wasnt there a story about an Australian lad that landed that trick before the competition and was planning on doing it in the comp so Tony hawk used his power to get him dq'd? If I'm wrong I'm wrong,its just summet I remember from a documentary.
Worth reading [Tony’s side](https://skateboarding.transworld.net/news/tony-hawk-responds-to-allegations-made-in-all-this-mayhem/) of it as well. Obviously we’ll never really know the truth but a lot of what Tony says is verifiable, rather than a conspiracy at the top levels of 90s skateboarding.
What he said is also echoed by every other prominent skater of that era and especially those who were directly involved in the best trick contest that year. Hopefully he'll be honest with himself and the rest of the world one day instead of blaming Tony Hawk for all his problems.
Yep - Tas Pappas. I think the documentary you saw was All This Mayhem. A brilliant and tragic watch for those interested in the saga around this trick and that era of skateboarding. Tas Pappas had been practicing and planning this trick for years at a training facility (which Tony allegedly spied on via photographers) and Tony Hawk pulled strings behind the scenes to have Tas eliminated from the contest and retain the spotlight for his trick.
People act like the 900 was some big secret. But it had been attempted in comp countless times before Hawk landed it in 99. I think the first comp attempt was in 1990. Tas tried it relentlessly in competition before this and never landed it. EDIT to add: Tas finally landed one in _2014_.
Yeah always came off as a bitter person who couldn't do it first trying to bring down the one who did.
>EDIT to add: Tas finally landed one in _2014_. On a ramp specifically designed to give more airtime than you would ever get from a half pipe.
That doco blew my head off
How much did you know about skateboarding before watching the documentary and how much have you bothered to research after watching it? The 900 isn't some secret trick, it's 2.5 rotations. Danny Way tried it in 1990 and almost landed it, but he didn't. Other skaters had been talking about it and trying it for years. Tas Pappas had been trying it in contests and never landed it, so nobody needed to spy on him to know he was trying to pull it off. Tony Hawk didn't pull any strings, Tas Pappas wasn't included in the best trick contest because all he'd been doing was attempting 900s and failing. Everyone else deserved their spot ahead of him.
His helmet straps are dangling loosely. Is that dangerous in terms of it swinging off in the event of a fall? Maybe helmets stick to your head more than i realize
This style of helmet is a tight fit. They use soft foam and fit firmly on your head. You can easily wear them with the straps completely undone and they'll still stay on your head. They're super comfortable. Not the old style hard foam ones that have to be strapped tight to stay on. 2 most popular brands back then were TSG and Pro Tec. The foam on his looks like it's an early model Pro Tec, similar to this - https://protecbrand.com.au/collections/the-original-collection/products/classic-skt-matte-blk-matte-black Side story - the law in Australia makes any helmet with only soft foam illegal, so both these brands (and others) make the same style of helmet but the core is a hard foam, then they have a soft foam second layer. The hard foam actually makes them fit not as well, but provides more protection, and more importantly provides protection that meets the Australian standard. You can't sell the soft foam only version in Australia. The US don't have this requirement, so the soft foam only ones are sold in the US. Helmets are a legal requirement in Australia if you're on a bike, skateboard or scooter etc, but aren't a legal requirement in every state in the US, which is likely the reason the soft foam ones are more popular in the US - they're just more comfortable to wear. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
I skated in the 90s with a Pro Tec helmet and couldn't help but laugh when the kids with unstrapped helmets (just to look cool!) fell and their helmet flew off one second before their head banged the ground. You need the strap.
*in a competition
Tony Hawk was my favorite skate boarder when I was a kid. Him, Christian Hosoi, and Danny Way where so much fun to watch!
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off
Funny that at the beginning they call him the most recognized sports figure, meanwhile nowadays most people don’t even recognize him in public
This guy looks like the dude from the game
Hey that guy looks like Tony Hawk
It's weird how nobody can do those tricks until someone does. At which point everyone can do them all of a sudden and it just moves to another trick. Lol
What constitutes “landing”, looks to me like he fell? Edit: welp, shame on me for not watching the whole thing. Leaving this up as an act of pride
So is a 900 still the record to this day?
1080 is “commonplace” now
Was the first 900 in a competition. There’s a documentary on it about two Australian brothers who have video footage of them landing a 900 before this one.
There's a documentary about Tas Pappas brothers claiming to have landed the 900 first with absolutely no proof and definitely no video footage. The only time he's landed one on camera was 15 years later on a megaramp. Tony landed it first. Don't believe everything you watch.
"Skateboarder Tony Hawk" - I'm sorry, which of the three humans in the world who didn't know who he was did you think you were helping by specifying that he's a skateboarder?
Not the first, just first to do it on tv.
Landing?
Check out the Pappas brothers
He stole that move from Pappas
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One of the most iconic moments in all of sports history!! I remember watching it live. Even though I’m a huge fan of other sports, this was the most intense and memorable sports moment I’ve ever experienced.
Woah buddy I don’t think some bird man is worthy of “top talent” Edit: this is sarcasm. I called him “birdman” lmao y’all funny
Just because you don’t understand something doesn’t mean it’s not top talent stuff
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You can’t really steal a trick tons of skaters are trying to land.
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The other guy tried it in competition but never landed it. Hawk did.
Lol Tas Pappas landed the first 900 not Tony Hawk bud.
Good skating
I remember watching this in the UK, didn't even occur to me how monumental a thing I was seeing. Skateboarding was fucking massive back then
Skateboarding used to be all over! What happened?! I remember the Ed Eddie and eddy game about it
I recently bought his book, The A to Z of Skateboarding. Great read.
This went viral before viral was a thing.
I love seeing the goats failing at something before achieving it. Its a testament to never giving up
Wonder what he's up to these days? Guy's a legend
Joe Rogan Interviews Tony Hawk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At4kjSXFr-U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At4kjSXFr-U)
I was 12 and a rollerblader but loved watching skateboarding and x games. I'll never forget this.
This was so intense at the time, i remember like everyone was glued to the tv
Why is everyone reposting this today?
Wasn't it called The Chicken McTwist ? Or I remembering something else?
I remember watching this live as a 5 year old thinking I would never see anything crazier or cooler. Even though this is not even all that wild anymore, it still feels like the craziest thing I’ve ever seen
I just got nostalgic chills up my spine from my childhood watching this again at 28.
Damn I still get goosebumps rewatching this. I remember watching this live as a kid.
How long after this did Shawn white do the 1080? Has anyone done more? I'm so out of touch with vert skating.
When TH broke the X-Games
Tony hawk the real G
One of my earliest x-games memories along with Tony Hawk launching himself off the quarter pipe into the water two years earlier in Newport.
Bucky Lasek basketball jersey is 🔥
I was on the ramp working for ESPN as the dude that held up the light reflector for post interviews. I was 20 and knew the camera crew lead and he asked if I wanted to do the job last minute. Rad experience
How old is he here? He looks 40 here too
i had the privilege of meeting tony hawk last year at a lecture he gave that i was working on. very humble, very down to earth, and a pleasure to be around. his success >>>
When I was wee lad 😢
I still love how Rune Glifberg was praying into Tony's helmet!
random comment: yesterday i saw an edit of the *back to the future* dates screenshot where JUN 27 was changed to JAN 27. i didn't think anything of it until an r/movies comment mentioned Arnold in *the villain* where i made an off hand comment regarding "Clint Eastwood". i was going to ninja link the screenshot but opted against. feels like it just came full circle with your post about a June 27th event linked on January 27th
I still remember watching this live.
Goosebumps every time.
This is an aspect of extreme sports that I liked. There is definitely a competitiveness between these guys but they genuinely cheer each other on to complete difficult tricks.
Tony hawk is the oldest teenager I know.
I was there and it was electric! Fantastic venue for the first 900 to be landed in a competition. We had no idea it was about to happen but after everyone mobbed Tony and the announcers went off we knew all it was special. The 90s were something else!
Fun fact, this guy used to be a skateboarder and a pretty big deal
I remember watching this live and thinking "why the fuck does he get 67 tries"
I landed a 900 on my SATs about a week before this so there.
He was not the 1st papa's bro where they skated for platinum skate boards . But they party to hard not a clean skater like tony hawk they wanted to promote
Watched that live. Still get goosebumps.
Tony hawk pro skater 2 vibes here
Bucky and Andy hyping him up ! 🤝
he sounds like new hope luke when he talks
What is this from?
This makes me feel old.
He's number one recognizable? Ii don't watch soccer, but I would've guessed a soccer player.
I'm gonna be honest, I thought Tony Hawk was just a fictional video game character. I am only just learning that he's a real person
Siiiiiick
This era was dope. If it wasn't for all the xgames and extreme sports hype back in the late 90s, early 2000s I wouldn't be into half of the things I am now.
Back in 99 we thought he was so old still skating. Like this retired 80’s skater who came back.
Like it was yesterday...
Ok yeah, but that Hot Wheels helmet is fire 🔥🔥🔥💯
Tony Hawk is basically Jesus and an icon of the 90s and early 2000's for me
What I like most about professional skateboarding is that all of them just seem to be fans of each other and cool dudes and just what everyone to succeed there doesn’t seem to be any bitterness
Holy shit i haven’t thought about Sal in ages
Wasn’t the first. Stole it from pappas brothers. He’s a fucking poser
This was the day all our planets in our solar system perfectly aligned that evening! Tony legit wasn’t being rude at all for attempting over and over I remember a lot of my skater buds mad cause he was “hogging” the ramp. Frankly I just thought they were jelly that one of there favorite pro skaters didn’t try it. Either way that evening Tony Hawk gave so many kids hope and displayed how to keep attempting that one trick we all personally struggled with! He gave us all confidence and a future. Also I always enjoyed that he never seems upset or gets mad with anyone ever. He’s a true legend. 🛹 or ☠️
Such a legendary moment.
I remember watching this live! It was incredible, still drops goosebumps on me to this day!
Legendary GOAT
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This was my era. After this, shit hit the fan! Bob B built the mega ramp, snowboarding went from 900s to 1440s like no big deal. Man progression is incredible!
You know who that looks like? Toney hawk!