Tony Hawk Lands His Last Ever Ollie 540 Aged 52
Tony Hawk has landed his lastever ollie 540. The legendary skateboarder says it was the last time he completed the oneandahalf rotation in three decades. Hawk, 52, made sure he wasn t letting this one go and plans to release Chris Gregson s video camera angle of this trick and more as a nonfungible token (NFT) offering via Ethernity in the coming weeks. In 1989, I started trying ollie 540s as a joke since it seemed there was no way to keep a skateboard on your feet throughout oneandahalf spins in the air, explained the veteran skater. But at some point, I started scooping the tail with my back toe, which kept my feet in place for most of the When Stacy Peralta came to shoot my segment for Ban This, I decided to finally make one since he was using ultrahighspeed film You can see the progression of my feet staying on with this unseen raw footage of my attempts before finally landing in a full squat, with hand dragging It was the first of many that
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