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[3] Schaar has since repeated the feat, and completed a 1080 in competition while participating in the 2012 X Games Asia on April 30, 2012. [6] 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 ...
Tom Schaar (/ ʃ ɑːr / SHAR; born September 14, 1999) [2] is an American professional skateboarder. [3] He was the first skateboarder to land a "1080," which is three revolutions, and was the youngest X Games gold medalist after completing the first 1080 in a competition at the 2012 Asia X Games in Shanghai; [4] [5] Forbes Magazine listed Schaar to their 2020 30 Under 30 Sports category ...
A mega ramp, or megaramp, is a large vert ramp structure, often used in skateboarding and freestyle BMX. First built in the 1990s and 2000s, megaramps are twice or more the size of earlier vert ramps. MegaRamp (styled with title caps and without a space) is the name of a mega ramp event organization and promotion company.
X Games Austin 2015 was an action sporting event that took place June 4–7, 2015, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. [ 1 ] The 2015 Summer X Games was the second event in a row to be held in Austin and the third full X Games event to be held in the state of Texas ; in 2003, a special " Global Championships " event was held in San ...
In 2002, when he was five years old, Brusco won a regional competition for children 8-years-old and under. This title also secured him the chance to compete in the 2002 Gravity Games. [1] The same year, his family hired an agent to represent him. [4] In July 2011, Brusco became the second skateboarder to land a 900 on a mega ramp. [5]
He holds the record for being the youngest person to compete at the X Games at the age of 10 years and 7 months. In 2020, he was officially awarded two Guinness World Records for being the Youngest X Games Athlete and for the first 1080 on a vert ramp, [4] followed by a third in 2021 for being the youngest male X-Games gold medalist. [5]
In 2002 at X Games VIII, Hoffman took the trick a step further by landing a no-handed 900. [40] BMX rider Simon Tabron's signature trick is the 900. [41] In the 2007 at X Games XIII, Simon Tabron landed the first back-to-back 900s on a bike. [42]
The X Games Los Angeles 2013 was an action sporting event which took place from August 1–4, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Venues for the event included the Staples Center , Irwindale Event Center , [ 1 ] and the streets near L.A. Live .