All the cool things I've done have been in something that will rip when you catch it on barbed wire, has no space for tools or smokes, needs to be washed at special settings, is too tight to allow freedom of movement in any situation other than brunch, and costs twice as much as cargo shorts. My cool shorts are soft, delicate, pantone purple shorts that are cut above the knee and have one very subtle pocket. My man puts his hand in the pocket to show people he's mine.
PuteBordDelux i really thought you’d use common sense and use the title as a reference. Just how you used common sense to realize not every man has been married to a woman
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
yes sir! I was massive Rodney Mullen fan. I'm an engineer now all grown up, but saw him at a coffee shop between meetings once...typically I stay stoic and professional but that went out the window when I saw Mullen. No one knew who he was sadly. I miss 2000
Im glad to be born in 89. Started skating in 99. The golden era of demos and skating. Indoor skateparks everywhere. The skate cutlure wasnt about hucking tricks it was about being with friends and spot hunting, having fun. I miss it.
Apparantly some were a bit pissed off that he was allowed to do this though. Each skater has a set time to achieve their Trick and Tony Hawk got given extra to do his then won the prize because of it.
Zachary Burrows You’re right, but I’m talking about the whole comment itself. He’s 31 in the video. Everybody would expect him to hit cleaner 900s in his early 30s. Stay with us, here. You looking a little lost calling me a clown.
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.
That's strange. Tony in an interview stated that it did happen. Moreover the timeline fits because the game was released not too long after he landed the 900.
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"
Started in late 70s and then the first 'commercial'/'competitive wave was in the 80s and then went back to a really underground status in the early 90s. Then around mid/late 90s became big again, all the way up to what it is now. You should check out the documentaries 'Lords of Dogtown' and 'Bones Brigade'. Cheers!
I hate how people just dismiss the skating culture of the 90s. People just assume hip hop is responsible for the trends to day when in reality it was skating .supreme was a skating brand.
@@2001tclmike The moment we went wrong was the moment people like you started caring what someone chooses to wear lol. Skaters were often mocked for how they dressed so doing it to someone else is the opposite of what it should be.
@@f0rwardm3ntality26 haha yeah. I’d still consider this to be one of the most impressive moments ever. No roll in extension to drop in on and he just goes out there and sticks it.
@Jetrules231that maybe true however, if there was anyone worthy of multiple attempts at the 900, it had to be Tony Hawk? The dude was practically the Godfather of vert ramps by the late 90’s.
SuburbanHobbyist I think his point is that Tony Hawk wouldn’t be the most iconic Skateboarder in the world if it wasn’t for the 900. That being said, no one knows. The thing is, Tony Hawk already was working on Tony Hawk Pro Skater and would likely had similar success either way. The original commenter probably isn’t aware that Tony Hawk landed plenty of 900s before this, as well as having a huge reputation for his childhood vert days. He might not know about Tony Hawks Hollywood successes from his childhood. I mean, Bam Margera and others didnt suddenly lookup to Hawk once he landed a 900, haha, it was years on years of inspiring dedication to the sport that made Hawk so inspiring. But his continued contribution is definitely making that carving in our mind deeper and deeper every year.
@@Tonyisgaming I think you explained what I was saying very well. Tony Hawk would have been considered one of the "godfathers" of vert and overall skating regardless of if he landed this 900 that day. His rep and status were already well known and assured before this. All this did was add to it and possibly expand his amazing cred into even another generation of skaters.
I'm a year older than Tony. My wife, sons, and myself watched this live. The whole family was rooting for him to stick it. When he did, the whole family erupted in cheers. He's a forever legend because of his innovation, humanity, and because he is just a good dude.
@@yedzovi Tony Hawk is bigger in skateboarding, then Jordan is in basketball. He is literally the first, and only household named skateboarder. There are a hundred basketball players that are household names.
@@ckmoore101 boy you sound crazy… Tony Hawk is bigger than Skating, Michael Jordan is larger than life. I’m sitting in a bmw right now…. If Tony hawk walked in, a few of us, including me would go shake his hand(I remember watching this when it happened, still get chills). If Michael fuckin Jordan walked in here…. it would suck the air out of the building. Tom Brady is the biggest star in the country’s most popular sport…. He ain’t even in the same league popularity wise bruh.
Honestly after playing the games it makes it seem less visually impressive. It is indeed very impressive and difficult but visually it is kinda boring. For the time, it was impressive though.
He's living his life now, and even made his sport into the Olympics and witnessing it first hand. He could've been a paralyzed or stuttering man, but thank God he's not.
Everyone? He officially retired in 2003. I’d already long-assumed he was done with most tricks anyway and was fine with it. It means nothing that a bunch of social media posers saw a single trick and are trying to make a trendy story out of it...
To this day, I still can't believe he made this. Now that his new game came out, my Dad and I have not stopped playing it. Tony Hawk will forever be remembered in the future!
I recently got a Nintendo 64 and the first tony hawk. I was so excited to play it again and I gave up 10 minutes into it. Not as easy as I remembered it!
sucks being tall and skating lol. I feel like lower center of gravity is a must. Those short dudes that can just flip standing straight up, those dudes always skate like gods hah.
@@PotatoeSnow This one time I was at a party and I thought I saw Shaun White, but when he turned around it was Seth Green. Then I said I thought that was Shaun White and my buddy said "turn around" and there was Shaun White.
The Tarzan team actually did a lot of research with skaters to try and get his tree surfing scenes as accurate as they could've. Makes sense that they're advertising it here, pretty rad.
It’s so awesome that the other skaters were happier to see him land it than they would’ve been if they’d won the competition. For the love and growth of the sport. Awesome
@@jeremyrhansen6637 they were not protesting it at all. every skater from that competition who has been asked about it spoke on how they all wanted him to finally land it because he had come the closest. They were a family even though they were competing.
This brings back crazy memories of my dad and I watching this, we had just got cable for 1st time and were glued to the X Games. I was like in 5th or 6th grade, this was one of the most epic moments in TV history. It was a best trick contest, and as you can see and hear, the other contestants couldn't care less about winning, we needed Tony to make history that day, and he did. Sure, other people were doing their runs, but they gave Tony like over 10 tries to pull it off and would not let him stop until he made it. Such a unique moment.
@@clark987878 thanks for the positivity man, it was a special time back then. And my Zero is from the Game Boy Color Mega Man Xtreme 2, I just took a pic of the screen during a cutscene. Such great pixel art in that one, imagine if Mega Man X was on the NES.
When I watched this a a kid, I got so hyped. And I'm proud of my achievement on that day. Because on that day, I managed to have 22 stitches, the record in my town.
I remember watching this live. To this day it is still one of the most inspiring and beautiful moments I’ve ever experienced. I still tear up every time.
I still remember that night like it was yesterday. I remember the feeling of anxiousness my big brother and I had sitting in front of the TV. We were all the way in Michigan but it’s like I could feel the energy of that place. When he finally landed we were jumping up and down screaming and even as a 10 year old realizing how big of a deal it was for skateboarding. I’m 27 now and I still skate because of Tony, and much because of this night! I’m rambling now but man, what a moment in sports history!
This man must not realize that several other people were born in the 90s that know very quickly he's incorrect, without even needing to do the math. I was born in 94, was 5 in 99 and would have been 26/27 when this comment was made.
Tony Hawk was my skateboard hero when I was 12 and beyond. I was 22 going on 23 when I saw this happen on live TV (or at least the initial broadcast) and cheering and crying at the same time. He's a nice dude and a talented skater, and to see him accomplish this feat was nothing short of wonderful for me. ROCK ON, TONY.
This is the greatest x games moment ever. I watched this when i was 9 and it blew my mind. Still gives me chills to see all the vert greats cheer him on.. Lasek, burnquist, mcdonald.
New or non skaters tend to forget this isnt his only great achievement, but it was the climax indeed. Thank you for introducing us to skating Tony, and for inventing half the tricks done on Vert. Undisputed Vert GOAT, and most important skater alongside Rodney and Gonz IMO.
I didn't grow up bring into skateboarding, but I just love how much Tony Hawk has done for the skating community, and how they, in turn, seem to always support him. It's awesome to see!!
I remember sitting in my living room on my couch with my then 2 year old son (who is now 26) watching this live on TV. It was probably one of the greatest sports moments I have ever witnessed.
Saw this live at crazy am in the UK. The other skaters and croud support was unreal. The guys had a beat going with their boards giving him good vibes. He was at it for almost 10mins after time. I was a blader at the time and seriously considered switching. Just incredible. They asked him what's next, he shrugged and said 1080 and grinned.
You're an idiot.. it's an extremely easy joke to make about something that happened near the very end of the video.. Of course a few people out of thousands of comments are going to say the same thing, that doesn't mean it's stolen.. *STOLEN INSULT* this dude called me a dweeb, only one person in history is allowed to use that insult, anyone else after that stole it! Pure thievery!
Hugh Jaboner well only „your“ comment was written after the original was 9 months old, had nearly 20000 likes and was top comment. Clearly not stolen for likes.....
It is so awesome to see how supportive skateboarders are of eachother. Its still like this today which is really inspiring. Its not common in competitive sports imo
Had to come rewatch this classic after seeing that 9 yo kid hit 3 900s back to back, humans have a crazy way of pushing the bar with sports but it's thanks to moments like this that them doors open
best to *ever* do it? come on. im not sure anyone can really claim there's a "best to do it" anyway, there are amazing things Tony has done and things he can't even come close to that some other guy can do easily. and so on. im not hip to all the new cats in the game, but as an example; can we really compare Daewon Song and Tony Hawk? or even *should* we? sorry to rattle off like this, you're just giving propers to the man, and i hope i didnt come across as trying to take away from that.
Because of this and all my tony hawks games. I enjoy this sport, I also love BMX because of dave mirra RIP you two will always be that face of that sport.
tony hawk, while clearly the most popular skater, is yet the most under rated amongst skaters. "he sucks, fourteen year olds can do this." ON A FUCKING MEGARAMP. this trick has never been repeated by anybody except bob burnquist and shawn white on this size of halfpipe. say again he sucks?
God, I still LOVE that entire thing. Not EVEN so much the landed 900... but that he had *so* much love, dedication, support, family, fans, friends, training, hard work and more behind him on it. I only *WISH* I had ever had such a volume of (consistent) support over the years in my own endeavors. 😎 Instead, there were many who wanted to see me fail, and... they had some level of influence, that's for certain! 💪😎🤟
Loved being there to watch him do it, by far the nest experience of my life. Makes it a little better because it was on my 9th birthday, ended up picking up a new board that day too. Got home and started trying, took me a couple years to get a 540 down. Then a skate park opened up in my city, first day I went i started trying again, unfortunately I bailed at the worst possible time and landed on my back on the rail. Now I get to roll everywhere.
@@7200kapo all good man, it happened doing my passion. I get a kick out of it sometimes. Nothing like being around strangers and saying "man... My feet are killing me" you wouldn't believe the amount of people it actually pisses off lmfao.
What could be better than having your friends and family proudly watch you as you become a legend infront of the whole world? Determination. Perseverance. Tony Hawk.
Spihk heart bust!? spihk heart bust tell Sarah from the holy Bible to spihk heart bust all all time mates internet friends and all all time internet friends for girl with The Mets Server Harry & Zumo's brother's bathroom doorway dad's brother's look alike's brother with UMass Server Polynice !!!!!!!!
For all of you talking about has Tas Pappas is better, or he would have landed it first, remember the documentary was made from his point of view, with his input, and his opinions. He fucked himself so hard on drugs that the X Games probably had a thousand reasons not to let him compete. That at he didn't land it first, Tony did. Pappas may have proven himself the better skater had he not fucked himself over, but he failed to prove it because he was a druggie and Tony's dedication to perfection is almost psychotic. Hawk has the credit for the 900, now stop being shitheads and arguing that point just cause he's popular.
People should be able to have personal accomplishments. Saying "the day my son was born was the best day of my life" is just a cliche. Men are expected to give up their identities and replace it with a wife and child. Lots of people get married and have kids...big deal. A moment like this is more special.
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
😂😂😂
Thanks dude, that made me laugh.
Now that was epic
This made me literally lol
This is my favorite UA-cam comment ever
This has to be the coolest thing ever done in cargo shorts
All the cool things I've done have been in something that will rip when you catch it on barbed wire, has no space for tools or smokes, needs to be washed at special settings, is too tight to allow freedom of movement in any situation other than brunch, and costs twice as much as cargo shorts. My cool shorts are soft, delicate, pantone purple shorts that are cut above the knee and have one very subtle pocket. My man puts his hand in the pocket to show people he's mine.
Carter Bowman have you heard of John Cena?
Adam L I have, just yesterday actually
Michael Guest “haha gays bad lol”
Nobody's gotten a handjob in cargo shorts since 'nam
-Jonah Hill in Superbad
"This is the best day of my life, i swear to god!"
*Wife and daughter stand 15 feet away*
He slept on the couch that night. 😂
Throughout history every man had a wife and every woman was a daughter.
Nobody has ever pulled a 900
@@adepresseddanawhite4534 not that was recorded, no.
PuteBordDelux i really thought you’d use common sense and use the title as a reference. Just how you used common sense to realize not every man has been married to a woman
@@adepresseddanawhite4534 you asre making zero sense, are u ok
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
yes sir! I was massive Rodney Mullen fan. I'm an engineer now all grown up, but saw him at a coffee shop between meetings once...typically I stay stoic and professional but that went out the window when I saw Mullen. No one knew who he was sadly. I miss 2000
Faaaacts 💯💯💯😃
Im glad to be born in 89. Started skating in 99. The golden era of demos and skating. Indoor skateparks everywhere. The skate cutlure wasnt about hucking tricks it was about being with friends and spot hunting, having fun. I miss it.
You're forgetting it's upbringing in the 80s.
@@nathanjohns9188 that was the most boring era of skateboarding.
You see every skater was happy for him no envy that's what I call sports.
Apparantly some were a bit pissed off that he was allowed to do this though. Each skater has a set time to achieve their Trick and Tony Hawk got given extra to do his then won the prize because of it.
Lol sportsmanship or sports?.... aw hell either way youre right
Naturally
All This Mayhem
Tony Presidio Biggfacts
He is now 48 years old and recorded himself recently landing a cleaner 900 than this one lol.
MasterCeddy of course it would be cleaner then the first attempt.
Zachary Burrows But at age 48?!
Cole Sanchez he’s not bloody 48 in this video clip yah clown! 🙄🙄
Zachary Burrows You’re right, but I’m talking about the whole comment itself. He’s 31 in the video. Everybody would expect him to hit cleaner 900s in his early 30s.
Stay with us, here. You looking a little lost calling me a clown.
+Zachary Burrows your first comment is even funnier now that I realize it's completely serious
1:15 This is why he made it
hahahahaha xD
Definitely!
Too bad the spirit fingers couldn't keep his hand from dragging all over the damn ramp lol
MrCorivatt lmao
@@sterlingpratt4901 he touched one hand to the ramp
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.
That's awesome
Fake story (dev here) but it sounds good so
@@DrVonNostrand oh 🤣
That's strange. Tony in an interview stated that it did happen. Moreover the timeline fits because the game was released not too long after he landed the 900.
@@starter497 😱
The guy givin him the good juju at 1:15 is his reason for success
Bucky Lasek FTW
The tongue action 😂😂😂😂😂
I was gonna say...I think you mean “Bucky Lasek”...almost as famous as Tony in the skate community.
Average Meme the best comment on here
Jesus himself from the The Big Lebowski, well almost 😂
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"
No Newfriends when was the first wave of skateboarding for it to need a revival? im new fan from finland
Started in late 70s and then the first 'commercial'/'competitive wave was in the 80s and then went back to a really underground status in the early 90s. Then around mid/late 90s became big again, all the way up to what it is now. You should check out the documentaries 'Lords of Dogtown' and 'Bones Brigade'. Cheers!
I hate how people just dismiss the skating culture of the 90s. People just assume hip hop is responsible for the trends to day when in reality it was skating .supreme was a skating brand.
Yup now jaden smith wheres dresses...where did we go wrong
@@2001tclmike The moment we went wrong was the moment people like you started caring what someone chooses to wear lol. Skaters were often mocked for how they dressed so doing it to someone else is the opposite of what it should be.
The 900 is still such a phenomenon. It was such a shock that even Tony Hawk couldn't believe he stuck the landing.
Now it’s time for a 1260!!
@@f0rwardm3ntality26 haha yeah. I’d still consider this to be one of the most impressive moments ever. No roll in extension to drop in on and he just goes out there and sticks it.
A 12 years old boy just did a 1080 in front of Tony, legend!
Did you watch? We’ll count it but that landing wasn’t even close to a clean stick.
Me and my son just noticed he touched his arm down on the landing. My son who's 7 years old said he cheated.
The amount of support from his fellow skaters and competition is a thing to behold
@Jetrules231that maybe true however, if there was anyone worthy of multiple attempts at the 900, it had to be Tony Hawk? The dude was practically the Godfather of vert ramps by the late 90’s.
that's just how we're wired. we just want to see cool tricks. anyone not into skating for that reason first, aint in it for the right reason.
This wasnt reccomended, i searched for it
Same
Yep
Wow, you're so cool
Yep
Fax
This. This is why his name is carved in everyone's memory. This is why he is a legend.
Um, no. Don't get me wrong, this added to his legacy, however, he was a legend WAY before this 900.
SuburbanHobbyist I think his point is that Tony Hawk wouldn’t be the most iconic Skateboarder in the world if it wasn’t for the 900. That being said, no one knows. The thing is, Tony Hawk already was working on Tony Hawk Pro Skater and would likely had similar success either way. The original commenter probably isn’t aware that Tony Hawk landed plenty of 900s before this, as well as having a huge reputation for his childhood vert days. He might not know about Tony Hawks Hollywood successes from his childhood. I mean, Bam Margera and others didnt suddenly lookup to Hawk once he landed a 900, haha, it was years on years of inspiring dedication to the sport that made Hawk so inspiring. But his continued contribution is definitely making that carving in our mind deeper and deeper every year.
@@Tonyisgaming I think you explained what I was saying very well. Tony Hawk would have been considered one of the "godfathers" of vert and overall skating regardless of if he landed this 900 that day. His rep and status were already well known and assured before this. All this did was add to it and possibly expand his amazing cred into even another generation of skaters.
I’m sorry, but it’s at least 90% due to THPS.
@@SinkingOrange he had a game named after him because hes legendary
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
Same here my man. It was captivating and epic. Amazing.
Absolutely Bro🤟💎🇪🇸
King of Vert but King of Skateboarding is none other than Rodney Mullen
@@DOI_ARTS in freestyle of course....
I'm a year older than Tony. My wife, sons, and myself watched this live. The whole family was rooting for him to stick it. When he did, the whole family erupted in cheers. He's a forever legend because of his innovation, humanity, and because he is just a good dude.
Tony Hawk is one of the few celebrity athletes that actually lives up to their hype
Hype?
Micheal Jordan of skateboarding
tony hawk of basketball
@@yedzovi Tony Hawk is bigger in skateboarding, then Jordan is in basketball. He is literally the first, and only household named skateboarder. There are a hundred basketball players that are household names.
@@ckmoore101 boy you sound crazy… Tony Hawk is bigger than Skating, Michael Jordan is larger than life.
I’m sitting in a bmw right now…. If Tony hawk walked in, a few of us, including me would go shake his hand(I remember watching this when it happened, still get chills). If Michael fuckin Jordan walked in here…. it would suck the air out of the building.
Tom Brady is the biggest star in the country’s most popular sport…. He ain’t even in the same league popularity wise bruh.
shouldve turned on moon gravity cheat
and matrix mode so that he can do three 900's in an ollie :)
Lmao
2themoon
Lol there was a moon gravity and a double moon gravity cheat lol
Lmao !!
Me: never searches skateboarding
UA-cam: here's an 8 year old skateboarding video
Same here.... How did I get here
I specifically clicked on this video to unit with my recommended brethren
Plenty of pockets so you can put your weed in there
Same
I saw a random Tony Hawk video that came out of nowhere, watched this, and now UA-cam will assume I'm a big fan of his.
right, down + circle. pfft easy.
Honestly after playing the games it makes it seem less visually impressive. It is indeed very impressive and difficult but visually it is kinda boring. For the time, it was impressive though.
Hahaha nice!
I always changed it to left, down, circle. It was a better fit for goofy stance
The nostalgia. Ha ha
Throw in a kickflip at the end to get a multiplier
It never gets old seeing how NATURALLY he rides a half pipe. He genuinely makes it look easier than walking
Tony Hawk walks?!?
NICE use of caps there to really get your point across
@@Emperor_Shao_Kahn shut up bro
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
It also helps that Tony always wore good gear. I can’t think of many times I’ve seen him skate without helmet, and knee and elbow pads.
He was very skilled indeed. Didn't fight gravity and just let the impact spread, thus minimizing injuries and trauma.
Learning to fall safely is one of the first things a skateboarder learns.
You bang the coffee table and still alive??
Dude, you're a superhero...
He's living his life now, and even made his sport into the Olympics and witnessing it first hand. He could've been a paralyzed or stuttering man, but thank God he's not.
Came here after seeing him do it again 17 years later. Watta god
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Who else is here after he officially retired...Tony thanks for the memories bro
i’m here bro. i played his games all throughout my childhood. never forget the #1 skater of all time
@@logancamacho9465 definitely shaped our generation. I didn't even know much about skating until i started to play his games. Salute to the GOAT
Yo man I’m here for the best
Me
Everyone? He officially retired in 2003.
I’d already long-assumed he was done with most tricks anyway and was fine with it. It means nothing that a bunch of social media posers saw a single trick and are trying to make a trendy story out of it...
To this day, I still can't believe he made this. Now that his new game came out, my Dad and I have not stopped playing it. Tony Hawk will forever be remembered in the future!
0:09 Hitler when he found out that the Russians were gaining ground
I recently got a Nintendo 64 and the first tony hawk. I was so excited to play it again and I gave up 10 minutes into it. Not as easy as I remembered it!
Tony Hawk: "Do a kickflip"
Only the real know.
You just got that recommended, too, huh?
Here have some headphones
Amazing the kids just flip it.
*Ahh I see A Recommendation by UA-cam*
Misfits podcast baby
What's most impressive is he did it at a height of 6'3''. How many good skaters or snowboarders are that tall and can pull tricks that..
sucks being tall and skating lol. I feel like lower center of gravity is a must. Those short dudes that can just flip standing straight up, those dudes always skate like gods hah.
6 7 here when im skating people seems to think im levitating.
Mateo lol
Excuses... More like he showed it can be done being talk
@@PotatoeSnow This one time I was at a party and I thought I saw Shaun White, but when he turned around it was Seth Green. Then I said I thought that was Shaun White and my buddy said "turn around" and there was Shaun White.
1:35 Wow, Tarzan the Disney movie was being advertised. 1999 was a long time ago...
16 years ago to be exact.
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The Tarzan team actually did a lot of research with skaters to try and get his tree surfing scenes as accurate as they could've. Makes sense that they're advertising it here, pretty rad.
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It’s so awesome that the other skaters were happier to see him land it than they would’ve been if they’d won the competition. For the love and growth of the sport. Awesome
Pretty sure some were protesting it though!?
I noticed the same. It's like a huge family out there...
@@jeremyrhansen6637 Yo, why would they be protesting it? This makes zero sense.
@@enjoi62137 he was given more time
@@jeremyrhansen6637 they were not protesting it at all. every skater from that competition who has been asked about it spoke on how they all wanted him to finally land it because he had come the closest. They were a family even though they were competing.
This brings back crazy memories of my dad and I watching this, we had just got cable for 1st time and were glued to the X Games. I was like in 5th or 6th grade, this was one of the most epic moments in TV history. It was a best trick contest, and as you can see and hear, the other contestants couldn't care less about winning, we needed Tony to make history that day, and he did. Sure, other people were doing their runs, but they gave Tony like over 10 tries to pull it off and would not let him stop until he made it. Such a unique moment.
They even bought up extra tv time so the world could watch him do it live.
I love your comment and your Zero PFP stay awesome stranger
@@clark987878 thanks for the positivity man, it was a special time back then.
And my Zero is from the Game Boy Color Mega Man Xtreme 2, I just took a pic of the screen during a cutscene. Such great pixel art in that one, imagine if Mega Man X was on the NES.
Who’s here after seeing that young man hit 3 back to back
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When I watched this a a kid, I got so hyped. And I'm proud of my achievement on that day. Because on that day, I managed to have 22 stitches, the record in my town.
I remember watching this live. To this day it is still one of the most inspiring and beautiful moments I’ve ever experienced. I still tear up every time.
Tony Hawk: *Finally lands 900*
Everyone around him: *smacks his head*
I laughed way too hard at this LOL
He most likely got a new haircut
I still remember that night like it was yesterday. I remember the feeling of anxiousness my big brother and I had sitting in front of the TV. We were all the way in Michigan but it’s like I could feel the energy of that place. When he finally landed we were jumping up and down screaming and even as a 10 year old realizing how big of a deal it was for skateboarding. I’m 27 now and I still skate because of Tony, and much because of this night! I’m rambling now but man, what a moment in sports history!
U woulda been six in 1999
@@HypnoticFear exactly my thoughts... I was 9 in 1999, I'm 32 now. Those dates don't add up, even if this comment was 2 years ago
This guy tried to pretend like he watched it lol
strange, I was 12 in 1999 and I'm 35 now.....I need what u eat man, whatever Kellog's Time Frosties there are
This man must not realize that several other people were born in the 90s that know very quickly he's incorrect, without even needing to do the math. I was born in 94, was 5 in 99 and would have been 26/27 when this comment was made.
Tony Hawk was my skateboard hero when I was 12 and beyond. I was 22 going on 23 when I saw this happen on live TV (or at least the initial broadcast) and cheering and crying at the same time. He's a nice dude and a talented skater, and to see him accomplish this feat was nothing short of wonderful for me. ROCK ON, TONY.
Nobody:
Announcer: “NINE HUNDRAAAAAD NINE HUNDRAAAADDD”
It’s so obnoxious 😂
That commentator was cringe.
So annoying lol. Was that the live commentary? Talk about robbing a moment from someone else
I think he was drunk haha
900 likes :)
This is the greatest x games moment ever. I watched this when i was 9 and it blew my mind. Still gives me chills to see all the vert greats cheer him on.. Lasek, burnquist, mcdonald.
I love Tony Hawk!
It’s so cool that they named a bird after him!
Actually I love watching birds of prey - and the Tony is my favourite Falcon.
New or non skaters tend to forget this isnt his only great achievement, but it was the climax indeed. Thank you for introducing us to skating Tony, and for inventing half the tricks done on Vert. Undisputed Vert GOAT, and most important skater alongside Rodney and Gonz IMO.
I just saw a vid of a 9yr old Japanese kid doing three 900's in a row.
It's crazy how talented humans are.
Thank you
not on a half pipe ..
And it’s still a lot more difficult to do it when you’re in your 30s or 40s.
@@BibbeDi-BobbeDi yes! It was a half pipe!
@@BibbeDi-BobbeDi where then?
1:15 "If you don't land it this time, we're all gonna tickle you!"
It was Black magic
Tony hawk, Dave mirra, Travis Pastrana. the holy Trinity of the xgames
Shaun White?
Rip dave mirra
Rodney Mullen tho
I didn't grow up bring into skateboarding, but I just love how much Tony Hawk has done for the skating community, and how they, in turn, seem to always support him. It's awesome to see!!
He was already a legend. He became god right here.
Doing a 900 is better than the day he married his wife and having any of his kids combined.
By far dude.
Riley Hawk is this "assholes" son
Denzell Dy
Well no shit. Thank you for enlightening me on information I already knew.
MidwestSkaterDude keep liking your own comments dude.
Joshua the Delusional Don't know what you're talking about, but alright.
2 decades later, still gives me the chills 🥶 🐐
When I saw Tony Hawk hit the 900 live I went insane with excitement. This changed the X games forever.
hold my beer
the fact he was able to dial it in live in front of everybody is insane
I watched this happen on Tv when I was 15. Amazing!
TheTokenVamp what year?
FCIM 1908
Caught em..
😍
Was 14, seemed like a big deal. Still does.
TheTokenVamp me too. This was amazing
I remember sitting in my living room on my couch with my then 2 year old son (who is now 26) watching this live on TV. It was probably one of the greatest sports moments I have ever witnessed.
I still remember watching this live. I literally cried tears of joy when he landed it.
Saw this live at crazy am in the UK. The other skaters and croud support was unreal. The guys had a beat going with their boards giving him good vibes. He was at it for almost 10mins after time. I was a blader at the time and seriously considered switching. Just incredible. They asked him what's next, he shrugged and said 1080 and grinned.
*Tony Hawk:* _"This is the best day of my life, I swear to God!"_
*Tony Hawk's wife and newborn child standing beside him:* 👀👀
Hugh Jaboner Stolen comment. Pure dweeb.
You're an idiot.. it's an extremely easy joke to make about something that happened near the very end of the video.. Of course a few people out of thousands of comments are going to say the same thing, that doesn't mean it's stolen.. *STOLEN INSULT* this dude called me a dweeb, only one person in history is allowed to use that insult, anyone else after that stole it! Pure thievery!
Hugh Jaboner well only „your“ comment was written after the original was 9 months old, had nearly 20000 likes and was top comment. Clearly not stolen for likes.....
@@moistbandito7378 You win a lifetime supply of W's, my man 😂😂😂
He actually got into trouble for that. I think he talked about that in his book 😂
Watching this when it happened was amazing but seeing it again gives me chills today Dec. 24th 2019!!! ❤
I'm 38 years old, I remember seeing this as it happened. Still gives me chills.
I remember watching this live. I was 13 years old and the world was a much different place. What an achievement.
It is so awesome to see how supportive skateboarders are of eachother. Its still like this today which is really inspiring. Its not common in competitive sports imo
Had to come rewatch this classic after seeing that 9 yo kid hit 3 900s back to back, humans have a crazy way of pushing the bar with sports but it's thanks to moments like this that them doors open
Tony Hawk is the man responsible for making skating mainstream and the best to ever do it. I love this man to death.
In Two decades which is hard to do, first with bones brigade then with his video game.
best to *ever* do it? come on. im not sure anyone can really claim there's a "best to do it" anyway, there are amazing things Tony has done and things he can't even come close to that some other guy can do easily. and so on. im not hip to all the new cats in the game, but as an example; can we really compare Daewon Song and Tony Hawk? or even *should* we?
sorry to rattle off like this, you're just giving propers to the man, and i hope i didnt come across as trying to take away from that.
Me: *Doesn't two shits about skateboarding*
UA-cam: “Wanna see the video of the first-ever 900?!?!”
hygor bohm Hubner stg
You still clicked it tho 😕
"doesn't two shits" 🤔
*give
Because of this and all my tony hawks games. I enjoy this sport, I also love BMX because of dave mirra RIP you two will always be that face of that sport.
1:59 Tony Hawk: This is the best day of my life
Tony Hawks baby from 1:57 : -.-
Babys are trash.
Enjoy well you were once a baby ::
What's the connection between a baby and the best day of someone's life?
"This is the best day of my life, swear to god."
Day he was born, his wife, and his daughter: Am I a joke to you?
Captain L I’m pretty sure it was a joke
Stoooolleeeen.
@@BeeLegs i didnt know i could steal a known meme....
@@RealSpheal that makes no sense
@@BeeLegs I know what you said makes no sense that was my point
Tony hawk is gonna be the first person to do the 900 in a wheel chair!
A 9 year old kid did back to back to back 900s in front of Tony Hawk. I’m not sure that kid knows how awesome that is.
tony hawk, while clearly the most popular skater, is yet the most under rated amongst skaters. "he sucks, fourteen year olds can do this."
ON A FUCKING MEGARAMP. this trick has never been repeated by anybody except bob burnquist and shawn white on this size of halfpipe. say again he sucks?
more people need to hear this fact!!!
Its all about street these days
no one who skates, not even 10 years ago ever underrated Tony, you're bonkers. were* bonkers, hopefully.
The reaction of my family was literally the same when i cook my first meal with 42 , eggs with fried patatos.
I was at this X Games, but did not see this live. I had no clue this was his absolute first 900.
First documented 900. Not just his.
He landed the 900 at practises before this.
LEGEND of skateboard! 🙌
Larry Fine....... Tony Hawk is a Legend. End of Story
Long live the pappas brothers!
Luis Albarran long live The Pappas Brothers
No one:
UA-cam: let’s recommend this 8 years later
No one is safe yt recommendations...
I actually searched this up, didn't get it as recommended.
God, I still LOVE that entire thing.
Not EVEN so much the landed 900... but that he had *so* much love, dedication, support, family, fans, friends, training, hard work and more behind him on it.
I only *WISH* I had ever had such a volume of (consistent) support over the years in my own endeavors. 😎 Instead, there were many who wanted to see me fail, and... they had some level of influence, that's for certain! 💪😎🤟
A shot of Tony kissing his very small baby, followed by a shot of him yelling to the crowd, “This is the best day of my life.” 😅
Had to come watch this after the pro-skater remastered announcement
Its amazing that he can still do it even though he is older than he was here.
We’re all older than video versions of ourselves
Anyone in 2021 randomly get this in their reccomended?
Yesh
Yup, first x games or skate board video I've watched on UA-cam.
2020 here
I don’t think you were in 2020 when you made this comment so no
I don’t even watch skateboarding besides like this one longboarding vid
I don’t really like skateboarding, and never have,…but for some reason I just so happened to watch that on TV back in ‘99. It was pretty cool!
I remember watching him complete the 900 in my teens ! I can actually say that ! Pretty dope
Me too
Who else came to watch the original after watching a 9 year old do three of these in a row in front of Tony?
Loved being there to watch him do it, by far the nest experience of my life. Makes it a little better because it was on my 9th birthday, ended up picking up a new board that day too. Got home and started trying, took me a couple years to get a 540 down. Then a skate park opened up in my city, first day I went i started trying again, unfortunately I bailed at the worst possible time and landed on my back on the rail. Now I get to roll everywhere.
Wait what happened bro? You got paralyzed?
@@7200kapo yeah, waist down.
@@Deepwaterjew Damn bro I'm sorry god bless
@@7200kapo all good man, it happened doing my passion. I get a kick out of it sometimes. Nothing like being around strangers and saying "man... My feet are killing me" you wouldn't believe the amount of people it actually pisses off lmfao.
What could be better than having your friends and family proudly watch you as you become a legend infront of the whole world?
Determination. Perseverance. Tony Hawk.
Skateboarding's ultimate champion!
Spihk heart bust!? spihk heart bust tell Sarah from the holy Bible to spihk heart bust all all time mates internet friends and all all time internet friends for girl with The Mets Server Harry & Zumo's brother's bathroom doorway dad's brother's look alike's brother with UMass Server Polynice !!!!!!!!
For all of you talking about has Tas Pappas is better, or he would have landed it first, remember the documentary was made from his point of view, with his input, and his opinions. He fucked himself so hard on drugs that the X Games probably had a thousand reasons not to let him compete. That at he didn't land it first, Tony did. Pappas may have proven himself the better skater had he not fucked himself over, but he failed to prove it because he was a druggie and Tony's dedication to perfection is almost psychotic. Hawk has the credit for the 900, now stop being shitheads and arguing that point just cause he's popular.
shut the fuck up
Thanks +Jeses
"Tony's dedication to perfection is almost psychotic." Damn thats sick
Pulling it off again, I'm sure this comment makes you look pretty stupid. Almost as stupid as me replying to a 2 year old comment. 😁
Jay Caldwell skatings about being serious, making money, and helping skater owned brands go out of business 🤙🏿🤙🏿
I remember watching this live. I almost jumped through the ceiling.
Still gives me chills to this day. Such an incredible moment in skateboarding history
ITS OVER 900!
Aidan Pope He’s paraphrasing a meme where in Dragon Ball Z they’re measuring the Ki and some guy goes ‘It’s over 9000!’
This was uploaded at the beginning of the decade but I’m now seeing it in the last month of the decade... the irony in UA-cam 😂😂
He wasn't wearing the helmet because he could fall, but because he needed something to protect him from the hype at 1:49
I'm so glad the internet decided to show me this today!
Tony Hawk: "this is the best day of my life!".
Wife and kid: "are we a joke to you?"
People should be able to have personal accomplishments.
Saying "the day my son was born was the best day of my life" is just a cliche.
Men are expected to give up their identities and replace it with a wife and child. Lots of people get married and have kids...big deal.
A moment like this is more special.
@@brokenwave6125 spinning on a stupid skateboard ain't near the feeling or kudos than the feeling of being a father!!
I was there
Cool. It was actually my skateboard he used, Tony forgot his board that day and borrowed mine, I still have it!
hjelmkamerat cool. I was the one who actually gave Tony the idea to do this trick!
Cool. Im actually tony hawk and thats actually me in the video
Cool I’m tony hawks brain and I was the one doing that stuff
Cool. I'm both of his parents. I created you
Insane, a kid just did 3 in a row in competition in front of Tony.
And thus was the birth of Tony Hawk's special move in his Skateboarding game series.
I was there. I wish skateboarding was still the same as back then
who says it isn't?
A 10 year old recently did a 900 at the 2019 X games. I can only imagine how Birdman feels XD
Duff Dankwang I’d hope that he isn’t too egotistical to the point he’s upset about it
The announcer really annoyed me in this video
Aidan Pope stfu.
oh
@robert brown lmfao
NIIIIINEE HUUUUNNNDREEEED
@robert brown Tony Tony NIIIIINE
At the time it built the hype to the max i wish i could rewind time... the hype was truly incredible😩
I remember watching this as a kid!
why doesnt he revert to keep the combo going
Or land in a manual
Sticker slap to manual wallplant anyway?
😂😂😂
"this is the best day of my life, i swear to god"
Baby: Am i joke to you?