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Tony hawk 9005/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The 900 had been at the top of Hawk’s trick wish list for over a decade, the final entry on a list of tricks the Birdman wished to complete before he hung up his helmet and shin pads for good - last on the list because it would, of course, be the trickiest. But it’s the 900, of all the outlandish tricks to ever be successfully completed, that’s still the most revered. The first landed triple cork in a snowboard competition? Check. The first ever freestyle motocross double backflip? Check. The first-ever snowmobile front-flip? Check. Since its inception in 1994, the X-Games have found a home for some of the most mind-boggling, gravity-defying and physics-flouting tricks to ever be performed in the world of extreme sports. “This is the best day of my life,” said a 32-year-old Tony Hawk upon completing the apparently impossible on June 27 at the fifth instalment of the summer X-Games in San Francisco. The 900° is considered one of the most technically demanding tricks to be performed on a board and back in 1999 it was the Holy Grail of the skatepark. There’s a fine line between the possible and the impossible. ![]()
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