The 1080 is a

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trick that can be performed on a vertical skateboard ramp or on a

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, in which the skateboarder makes three full

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s (1080 degrees of rotation in total, hence the name) while airborne. It was first completed successfully on a

in 2012 by American skateboarder

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, and on a

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in May 2020 by Brazilian skateboarder

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. The 1080 has only ever been landed after a fakie ollie, meaning the rider is in the normal stance, but rolling in the opposite direction, popping off of the tail.

Mega ramp (big air)

The first-ever 1080 was landed by American skateboarder Tom Schaar on March 26, 2012, at the age of 12. Schaar completed the stunt on a

at Woodward West in

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, on his fifth attempt. The jump was filmed by several cameras at the MegaRamp at Woodward West. A roll-over feature was custom-built which allowed the skater to drop in on the 70-foot-tall and roll right over a 50-foot gap in the ramp, thus allowing Schaar to keep momentum going all the way through to the

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. Schaar performed several 720s and a 900 while warming-up. He then attempted to perform the 1080, failing four times before successfully landing his fifth attempt, being propelled 15 feet above the top of the ramp.

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described the 1080 as "the

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of all skateboard tricks." Schaar has since repeated the feat, and completed a 1080 in competition while participating in the 2012 X Games Asia on April 30, 2012. He won the gold medal in the Skateboard Mini MegaRamp category, the youngest person ever to have done so. At The Dew Tour Ocean City Tom landed the 1080 in Skate Mega 2.0 which resulted in him coming first.

Vert ramp (regular half pipe)

In May 2020, at the age of 11, Brazilian skateboarder

became the first person to land a 1080 using only a vert ramp, breaking the previous record for a

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on a vert ramp set by

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in 1999. (Khury had previously become the youngest person to land a 900, which he achieved at age 8.) His father credited the

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with providing his son the opportunity to practice the technique. At the 2021 X Games, 12 year old Khury successfully landed a 1080 on the vertical ramp, making him the youngest gold medal winner in X Games history.

Successful landings

Vert ramp

, 8 May 2020, Curitiba, Brazil #

, 16 July 2021, 2021 X-Games, Vista, California #

, 23 April 2022, 2022 X-Games Chiba, Japan

MegaRamp

, 30 March 2012, at MegaRamp Woodward West, Tehachapi, California (USA) # Jonathan Schwan, 29 April 2013, at MegaRamp Woodward West, Tehachapi, California (USA) #

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, 17 May 2013, at XGames Barcelona, Spain #

, 21 July 2018, at XGames Minneapolis, USA

References

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