Apparently, lockdown gives one lots of time to work on skating tricks because 11-year-old Gui Khury, a Brazilian phenom, just completed the first 1080 (three full spins) on a vert ramp near his home. Tony Hawk was the first to do a 900 in 1999 at the X Games as a 31-year-old.
Khury’s father told Reuters that the pandemic has actually given his son more time to work on his game. “He had a life that was about school, and he didn’t have a lot of time to train. When he got home from school he was tired,” Khury Filho said. “So now he is at home more, he eats better, and he has more time to train. If he didn’t have (the skate facilities) … he would be stuck at home like everyone else and unable to do sport. So the isolation helped him focus.”
Tom Schaar did land a 1080-degree turn in 2012 but on a mega ramp. This was a first for a standard vert setup.
“I was like, oh my God, what did I just do?” Gui said after. He told the media that he sent the video to all his favorite skaters to celebrate. Some of the icons posted it for him. It was a really big trick from a pretty talented little man.
