Tony Hawk Lands FIRST-EVER 900 | World of X Games

After many attempts, Tony Hawk nails the first-ever 900 in competition in Skateboard Vert Best Trick at X Games 5 in San Francisco.

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[rikosaikawa]

I remember watching this back in the day. I got inspired and ran out with my World Industries deck and popped an ollie and hit my balls

[puteborddelux]

"This is the best day of my life, i swear to god!"

*Wife and daughter stand 15 feet away*

[taronwilliams]

The 900 is still such a phenomenon. It was such a shock that even Tony Hawk couldn't believe he stuck the landing.

[MasterCeddy]

He is now 48 years old and recorded himself recently landing a cleaner 900 than this one lol.

[imapenguin]

This has to be the coolest thing ever done in cargo shorts

[galacticeagle]

The first Tony hawk game was getting close to being shipped out at this point and tony called the devs not long after this and asked the devs if it was possible to put the 900 as another of his special moves and the devs replied don't worry we already on top of it.

[Tonypre]

You see every skater was happy for him no envy that's what I call sports.

[JohnnyBRad]

I know skateboarding was around before and will never truly go away but it just felt like such an amazing golden era in the late 90s early 2000s. What a time to be a fan

[keanubrookes]

This wasnt reccomended, i searched for it

[averagememe]

The guy givin him the good juju at 1:15 is his reason for success

[noahfountaincomedy]

Tony Hawk is one of the few celebrity athletes that actually lives up to their hype

[MalphThePilot]

Who’s here after seeing that young man hit 3 back to back

[NoNewfriendss]

The hype around this trick and the late 90's revival of skateboarding sparked entire industries of clothing to video games and in part helped fund todays "street fashion"

[brighamc]

This. This is why his name is carved in everyone's memory. This is why he is a legend.

[bloodlover]

The amount of support from his fellow skaters and competition is a thing to behold

[vincentseidle]

Me: never searches skateboarding
Youtube: here's an 8 year old skateboarding video

[TheGrouchDnD]

The most impressive thing to me is him surviving all the fails, I can't even get out of the couch without banging in to the coffee table

[thecoolbro]

Who else is here after he officially retired...Tony thanks for the memories bro

[tipilot]

Came here after seeing him do it again 17 years later. Watta god

[LeskoBrandonx]

I watched it live. I’m not even into skateboarding but I understand just how iconic that day was. Props to the king of skateboarding