Untold Story Of Tony Hawk’s First 900
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- In "How The Most Famous Skateboarding Trick Ever Done Led To History At Hubba Hideout" we sit down with Legendary Skate Photographer, Dave Swift to hear even MORE skateboarding greatness that went down on June 27th, 1999. As many know, Tony Hawk did the first ever 900 at the X Games Vert Skateboarding Best Trick contest in San Francisco (this would be the most famous skateboarding trick that we mentioned in the title). It was broadcast live on ESPN, in front of millions of fans, bringing skateboarding to thousands of new homes. But what many skaters don't know, is at the exact same time, history was being made at the iconic Hubba Hideout ledge (also featured in Tony Hawk Pro Skater "THPS") by Pro Skaters Brad Staba and Brian Anderson. After skating the street contest, Brad and Brian left to go skate the legendary ledge. Almost simultaneously, Grant Brittain and Dave were kicked out of the Vert contest for shooting photos.
Dave, who was a Transworld Skateboarding photographer at the time, was no stranger to Hubba, having shot photos there before with skateboarding greats Eric Koston, Rob Dyrdek and Marc Johnson. As fate would have it, they crossed paths and headed to Hubba together, shooting a few moves that would go down in the history books. And yes, this means Dave of course missed the first 900. Soon after he left, skaters Bob Burnquist, Colin McKay and Andy Macdonald willed Tony to push himself to pull the first ever 900.
Dave has no regrets though, he shot the second 900...or was it the third? In a wild blast from the past, Dave sifts through an old magazine to find the sequence of the second 900, the magazine has Geoff Rowley on the cover, featuring "up-and-coming" skaters such as Andrew Reynolds, Chad Fernandez and Jerry Hsu. Tony states that after his first 900 at X Games, he knew Grant, Dave or Atiba Jefferson would be reaching out soon to shoot another!
The 900 has gone on to become the most famous skateboarding trick ever done. Rodney Mullen believes it opened the doors in unmeasurable ways; as we have now seen Tom Schaar do a 1080, the first female 900 by Arisa Trew and just recently THREE consecutive 900s by Ema Kawakami at Tony Hawk's Vert Alert in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Photos by: Dave Swift
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I competed in that x games of 99
Sick!
You’re a legend 😮🙏
Yo the wallride ceiling bash is EASILY one of the most insane things ever done on a skateboard. Danny I used to skate that thing and I was pretty good at wallrides and I would be at that spot just playing mental tennis trying to figure out HOW you did it....LEGENDARY 💯
Could you make a video about the spiritual side of skating if you know what i mean? To me skating is like religion, going to the park like going to church. In skating I found a reason to live
Possibly!
The 900 that keeps on giving
still cannot believe Ema Kawakami just hit three in a row in a contest run *at 9 years old*
So insane
Crazy
It's easier for small bodies to spin BUT IT'S STILL INSANE !
Given Tony's size he never should have been the first to land it but Tony is a freak.
The younger generation is so special. So stoked Tony was there to see it
Yeah I just commented that he might be the first to pull a 1080 on a standard sized vert ramp. That kid spins like a friggin spinning top. I get dizzy just watching him lol. 😲😲😲
200 hand signed Tony Hawk 900 boards available at storiedskateboarding !
Dang. Even the "ads" to sell "merch" are fire. Lol. Love what y'all do.
@@cjchavez19 haha thanks!
“Hey how many copies should we make of the board that celebrates the 900?”
“…200.”
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Hahaha. That is a HEFTY upfront cost
Lol
I worked the xgames that year for ESPN. I headed home at my end of my workday. I really should have stayed for the history.
Ha wow! That’s wild
At least I got to see Travis jump into the bay. What a nutter. I remember him showing his scars from the dislocated spine injury, couldn’t believe my eyes.
Crazy haha
So you worked for those that forbid Tas.P from entering the best trick comp that day, can you shed any light as to why Tas wasn't allowed to compete that year?
Credit were its due. the 900 belongs to Tas
Definitely one of the most important tricks in skateboard history! So cool to hear some other perspectives from that time!
💯💯💯
Yup
I couldn’t disagree more. And I would love to have an official vote on this topic/ discussion. The grind, the backside and frontside air, the ollie, the kickflip, and 360 varial flip (tre flip), and even the wall ride, helped pushed the needle even more into the ever evolving physics magic that exists today. Did I mention Tony Hawk 720 video game?
@@stevee.7419 very conversational! No arguements on all of the tricks that you called out that evolved skateboarding. That is undeniable. Although, The 900 put all of those tricks (in a way) in front of millions of people for the first time. Thus growing skateboarding exponentially. The 900 meaning - the moment on national television, the video game, etc
@@storied_skateboarding it’s all great for skateboarding’s evolution! And it just keeps on getting greater!
1:31 - Nice "Paragon" pinball machine in the background.
Good eye
Wait that happened 25 years ago! Dam
Yup!!
that's nuts about the back tail big spin Anderson did. I saw the clips for the other tricks but had no idea he did that. Sequence looks killer!
Crazy right?
So cool
Tas Pappas likes this Video
😄👏👏👏 tas was a pure jealous coked up kook
These are the best
Thank you!!
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I suppose it's such a big deal because without a ramp like a mega it's really hard to get anymore rotations in. Although with the way kids are spinning now that little 9 year old dude Ema Kawakami doin btbtb 900's he might be the first to pull a 1080 on a standard sized vert ramp. That kid spins like a friggin spinning top. 😲😲😲
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@@storied_skateboarding Just found out and watched that Guy Khuri's already done it. I've been living under a rock lol. 🤷♂😲
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All I remember is seeing Tas.P sitting beside the ramp in disbelief that the corporate gatekeepers (ESPN) had him locked out of the best trick comp that year. I know first hand that Tas was a real smart ass (1998 to 1990 at Prahran Melbourne) and didn't do much to help himself but to lock him out of best trick because he'd been putting them down the month before is just wrong. Hated or not credit where credit is due.
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In every video I have seen about the 900, no one has ever mentioned the serendipitous nature of the fact that the ad playing behind Tony when he does the first 900, is for Disney's Tarzan. A film for which animation is based off of Tony Hawk skating AND he later did the ad for the home release on VHS
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Dun dun dunnn
TONY. HAWK. 😎😎
The 🐐
The man
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Tony sounds like Stacey P these days....
I remember being on the edge of my sofa when Hawk did the 900 an I didn't even know about skateboarding much but that live moment sucked soo many in .. I just remember the determination Tony had each time he got up was something so special ill remember till I'm a oldman tony hawks is the coolest man alive .I also got to watch tony watch a 9 year old do back to back to back 900😅
!!! Gotta grab a board 😜
Dude, love these videos
We love you
❤
I think if anyone else had done it and it went down exactly as it did that day, then it wouldn't have been as big as it was.
True
Love the content! Keep killing it Chase :) You really are the best ❤
Thank you!!!
The Stolen 900.
the way everything went down is a little dicey (depending on who you are listening to) but he didn’t “steal” the trick from anyone 🤷🏻taz didn’t invent the idea of the 900 and didn’t have exclusive rights to it …..he’s just a drugged out cry baby
ON Video vibes!! In the best way possible! Good stuff
Appreciate it!!
Awe growing up in the Bay.
I use to skate Hubba’s and I happen to be there at xgames to watch the 900 and met Muska there, got a flick with him.
Sick!!
Dope♠︎★!!! 👊🎱🔥
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Shout out to Tas Pappas!
The first female 900 is so buttery!!
💯💯💯
180 nose grind 180 out on hubba > the 900.
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I’m confused because the hubba footage of BA was used in Transworld’s Sixth Sense which came out in 1998 and the 900 was in July of 99…
Thanks Chase!
Any time!
I haven't bought a deck for myself in gosh, 4 years? But that was the easiest, no-brainer deck acquisition ever since the first Gart Sports complete I got shortly after Tony did the 9. Hell yeah. What awesome skaters, photographers and filmers regarding two iconic tricks happening at the same time. I had no idea.
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The 900 was a perfect recipe of extreme sports fever back then. Right place, right time....RIGHT PERSON. Tony Hawk was just the right guy to get that trick in front of the world.
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The most overrated trick in skateboarding
How do you figure?
@@storied_skateboarding I guess I should reword what I’m saying ….for all the hype around it I personally find it the most boring trick in skateboarding lol
this man's cope game is strong as hell lol 5:30
he not wrong tho, vert skating wasn't the big focus in the eyes of skateboarding culture at the time
Haha
True!
@@catethps vert skating hasn't been the focus since the inception of street skating. that much isn't up for debate. but to this day a bsts bigspin down a 6 stair ledge is nothing compared to a fucking 9 are you kidding me lol
Find me a nine year old who can back tail bigspin out on a ledge as big as hubba hideout three times in a row, and the conversation regarding the respective difficulty or impressiveness of the tricks can begin. No shade on Tony or the 900. I was screaming at the TV 25 years ago, rooting for it to go down, and appreciate the broader cultural impact it has as an NBD.
0:08 *sole
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People can talk shit about Tony but he's such a pro.
He rules
BFD
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Tas Pappas did it first
Look out for me
Super cool story behind it all. I’m 39 and I can remember watching the 900 go down live. I still get goosebumps every time.
It is legendary
Same
Stolen.... Still not yours Tony!