"So the isolation helped him focus.".
You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls. All rights reserved. He has two older sisters, Pat and Lenore, and an older brother, Steve. He sent the video to his favorite skaters, including Hawk. Hawk, at age 31, completed the first 900 nearly two decades ago. While sports are on hiatus during the COVID-19 crisis, Brazilian skateboard Gui Khury did something even the legendary Tony Hawk couldn’t accomplish. - May 12, 2020 01:07 pm EDT. To enable Verizon Media and our partners to process your personal data select 'I agree', or select 'Manage settings' for more information and to manage your choices. The video shows the young skater building up speed and then getting all three spins in while airborne, barely finishing in time to stick the landing. Copyright 2018 ComicBook.com. Hitting a 1080 on a half-pipe seemed like something you could only do in the video games, as Hawk himself wasn't even able to land the three full spins. However, no skater had been able to one-up Hawk’s milestone with a 1080 on a vert ramp. We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Khury now has his sites set on even bigger goals, potentially even being the first person to land a 1260-degree turn. Gui Khury, an 11-year-old from Brazil, landed a 1080 over the weekend and posted it to his Instagram. !I have no words to explain what just happened... @greenboxsk8 @nikesb @ebanx.sports @ebanxlife @blackriver_official @flatface.fingerboards @maderobrasil @90theoriginal @187killerpads @triple8nyc @dropdeadskateboard @saga_overdrive @ongsocialskate #skate #skateboard #skate #skatebordingisfun #skatebording #vertskateboarding #vert #skateeveryday #skateanddestroy #skatelife #skatecrunchmag #berrics #theworldofskateboarding #shralpinskateboarding #thankyouskateboarding, A post shared by Gui Khury (@gui_khury) on May 8, 2020 at 4:40pm PDT.
“So now he is at home more, he eats better and he has more time to train and can focus more on the training, so that has helped.”. It was first completed successfully on a mega ramp in 2012 by American skateboarder Tom Schaar, and on a vert ramp in May 2020 by Brazilian skateboarder Gui Khury. That is, until now. Hawk set the record in 1999, hitting a 900-degree turn (2.5 spins).
He threw down the first 1080 … For his celebratory meal after setting the new record, 11-year-old Khury went with a tried and true classic, mac and cheese.
Hawk was 31 when he set the record in 1999.
Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Yahoo is part of Verizon Media. Khury’s father, Ricardo Khury Filho, told Reuters the coronavirus pandemic that closed schools in Brazil allowed him to focus more on skating, as his training facility remained open. As a child, Hawk was described as "hyperactive", and his mother has stated that he was "so hard on himself and expected himself to do so many things." "1080!!!! remastered for modern console generations, Tony Hawk's Longtime Record Broken by 11-Year-Old Skating Prodigy, 234 PS4 Games on Sale in PlayStation Store's Halloween 2020 Sale, Mortal Kombat 11 Reveals New Rain Trailer, Borat Will Appear Live on Twitch With DrLupo, Rocket League Update 1.85 Released, Patch Notes Revealed, New Texas Chainsaw Massacre Teaser Poster Released, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Play Among Us on Twitch, Pokimane, Xavier Woods & More Interested, Tome of Beasts 2 Adds a Plethora of Fantastic Monsters to Dungeons & Dragons. Last week, Khury was able to land the 1080, and posted videos online to prove it.
The skater announced on Tuesday morning that the first two Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games were being remastered for modern console generations, and will be released on September 4th. Early life. AD Not even Tony Hawk himself pulled this one off. A 1080 — three complete revolutions in the air — is one of the rarest moves in skateboarding, and it usually favors the youth. Khury, however, needed only a standard vertical ramp to complete his feat. 1080!!
Tony Hawk was born on May 12, 1968, in San Diego, California, to Nancy (1925–2019) and Frank Peter Rupert Hawk (d. 1995), and was raised in San Diego. The 1080 is a skateboarding trick, performed on a vertical skateboard ramp, in which the skateboarder makes three full revolutions (1080 degrees of rotation) while airborne. Before hitting the 1080, Khury had tied Hawk's record of a 900-degree turn a few years ago, when he was only 8. Tom Schaar became the first rider to land a 1080 in 2012 at age 12, but used a mega ramp, which allows riders to soar higher in the air and allows for more time to complete the turns.
The timing ot Khury's record couldn't be better, as Tony Hawk is starting to dominate the news cycle once again. !I have no words to explain what just happened... @greenboxsk8 @nikesb @ebanx.sports @ebanxlife @blackriver_official @flatface.fingerboards @maderobrasil @90theoriginal @187killerpads @triple8nyc @dropdeadskateboard @saga_overdrive @ongsocialskate #skate #skateboard #skate #skatebordingisfun #skatebording #vertskateboarding #vert #skateeveryday #skateanddestroy #skatelife #skatecrunchmag #berrics #theworldofskateboarding #shralpinskateboarding #thankyouskateboarding, A post shared by Gui Khury (@gui_khury) on May 8, 2020 at 4:40pm PDT. Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. (CNN) An 11-year-old skateboarder from Brazil has become the first person to land a 1080-degree turn on a vertical ramp. Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. Gui Khury, an 11-year-old from Brazil, landed a 1080 over the weekend and posted it to his Instagram.
“The isolation for the coronavirus helped because 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's father, Ricardo Khury Filho, said (per High Snobiety). Not even Tony Hawk himself pulled this one off.
A 1080 — … One of skateboard legend Tony Hawk's most prominent records has finally been broken, as 11-year-old Brazilian skater Gui Khury has achieved the unthinkable and landed a 1080-degree turn on a vertical ramp. "He has an opportunity to train here, if he didn’t have (the skate facilities) ... he would be stuck at home like everyone else and unable to do sport," his father said. 1080!! I have no words to explain what just happened," Khury wrote in an Instagram post over the weekend. Skateboarding will debut at the Tokyo Olympics next year, although vert will not be one of the events; the two categories will be street and park. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least 13 years of age, and have read and agree to the Comicbook.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, By Charlie Ridgely Hitting a 1080 on a half-pipe seemed like something you could only do in the video games, as Hawk himself wasn't even able to land the three full spins.
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