Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/06/watch-the-first-1260-in-pro-sk.html
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and he stuck the landing, too, unlike Mr Hawk
Well, now that video about Tony Hawk’s struggle to do a mere 900 makes him look like a bungling fool
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The ramps are very different so it’s an unfair comparison because of the difference in speed, plus at that time people weren’t doing 900’s in the pro scene so pulling it off was a huge gamble.
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Yeah standard half pipe vs whatever that big-ass ramp is called. If Tony had been on the big ramp the 900 would have been cake.
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BFFT EXCUSES! all i am interested in is watching hot topic customers revolve as many x as possible ITS LITERALLY ALL I CARE ABOUT
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How far have we come… on video editing. The new record video was almost serene compared to the headache-inducing splikety splik of 90’s skater aesthetics.
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part of that is the absurd “oh no, we hate back bars” animation. The widescreen aspect ratio may also be better suited for sports.
Yeah, that kid is getting a lot of air simply cuz the ramp gives him so much speed. He’s got much more time to pull off the rotations.
Tony Hawk has a lot less time and --in my opinion-- is more impressive. A 1260 would be impossible on a standard half-pipe.
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Would it hurt him to smile?
Yes. Also, stop touching him.
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What would really impress me is an 810, or an 1170.
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How does he keep the board from coming away from his feet? I remember in the year or so leading to Tony Hawk landing the 900, there was a lot of talk about there being a hard limit to the number of rotations a skateboarders can do. It had something to do with centrifugal force causing the board and feet to drift apart.
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Isn’t he simply holding it there? In the Tony Hawk vid the problem seems to more about completing the rotations and sticking the landing than anything else.
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Goddammit, are the X-Games already old enough to be shown with faux vignetting?
[does math on fingers]
That’s 360, 720, 1080…
That’s three and a half times around, folks.
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Yea, I did the same thing.
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