An 11-year-old Brazilian skateboarder became the first person to land a 1080-degree turn on a vertical ramp — and social distancing actually helped him achieve the feat.
Brazilian skater Gui Khury, 11, is the first person to complete a 1080-degree turn, or three full rotations, on a vertical ramp.account on Friday. The video shows the skateboarder flying up off the half-pipe, spinning three times, and seamlessly skating back down. The historic move plays three times over, once in slow motion, with the caption"1080!!!I have no words to explain what just happened...
Khury smashed the previous 900-degree record on a vertical ramp held by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. Hawk, almost a decade before Khury was born. Since Hawk set the record, several skateboarders have matched it. Khury himself became the youngest person to successfully complete a 900 on vert at eight years old.
Khury's video circulated widely on social media and garnered a slew of astonished reactions, especially after it was reposted by stars like Hawk.Khury wasn't even born when Tony Hawk hit his record 900 back in 1999. (via
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