Tony Hawk's Story Of Conquering The Hardest Skateboard Trick: 900
JAKARTA - Tony Hawk's success in the world of extreme skating (Skateboard) is not easy. Every day he continues to hone his talent in controlling balance on boards. One by one the competition he plays. Even one by one the tricks he creates.
Tony is transformed like Michael Jordan, a skating sport. However, Tony was not complacent. He continued to penetrate the boundaries of himself creating tricks. Injuries have become his daily food. At its peak, he tries to create and conquer the most difficult tricks in the world of skateboarding: 900.
People's dreams of making sports a field for money often go hand in hand with failures. Many parents in the 1980s did not want their children to become athletes because they did not guarantee success. Anyone who makes sport a guideline for life is like gambling.
Parents exemplify that not many sportsmen can be a successful example. At best only football, basketball, and tennis athletes. The fate of other sports athletes is considered more uncertain if they don't want to be said to be gloomy.
The fate of skateboarding, especially. The majority of parents will refuse if their child wants to be a skating athlete. However, Tony Hawk is a different example. The man who was born in San Diego, United States (US), May 12, 1968, grew up to be a brilliant child. His IQ alone reached 144, or above the average (gifted).
The only problem Tony has is that he can't stay hyperactive. He's always hyperactive and challenges adrenaline. His brother, Steve immediately gave Tony a skating board. The board means a lot to Tony.
Every day Tony diligently trains on his slideboard. Steve started teaching simple tricks to Tony. Tony took the initiative to train himself to be proficient. His parents would not want to support his son's activities.
The support was given for playing skateboards, making Tony spend excess energy. Ulam's beloved pinnacle arrives. The results of the training and family support made Tony able to become a professional skating board athlete at the age of 14.
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He was able to become a champion here and there. He was even able to create many tricks. Tony was also nicknamed a magic boy.
Every day I play skateboarding at school, home, and anywhere. The first trick you learn is Rock N Roll. I learned valuable lessons on board slides related to balance and self-reliability," said Tony Hawk and Sean Mortimer in the book Hawk: Occupation Skateboarder (2010).
Tony Hawk's presence in the slide competition map made his name even more famous in the 1980s to the 1990s. Tony was able to win the majority of the competitions he participated in. This condition makes Tony's opponents often alert.
The peak of great fanfare by a Tony appeared in the 1990s. He has won the X Games champion many times. A big celebration of the world's extreme sports competition. Victory like a routine. He was able to create up to 50 more new tricks in the world of skating.
The tricks includekickflips of McTwist, Stalefish, andMadonna. Tony then lived like a star. He got a lot of contracts from the world's famous brands. He even became a skating board player with the biggest income in his era.
Tony was not complacent. He kept trying to go beyond his own limits. He began to think about a retirement plan before he was really 30 years old. However, the pension had to be worked out with a valuable note. Alias he had to be at the peak of his career.
Tony then started to create the most difficult tricks ever in the world of skateboarding. The trick is called 900. This phenomenal trick makes Hawk do two and a half rounds of air. The trick was not easily conquered by Tony. He needed to perfect the trick for 10 years.
Injuries are certain. Tony once felt how his ribs cracked, concussioned, and lost some teeth to create that trick. Tony's peak immediately followed the 1999 X Games in San Francisco, California.
Tony also tried to be part of the Most Trick Contest category participant on June 27, 1999. He immediately took steps to move. At its peak, Tony managed to do the trick that was predicted to be the most difficult in the world of skateboarding: 900.
Tony's success was also reported throughout the world. Tony then closed his sweet career by celebrating his success in conquering the trick. As a result, Tony Hawk chose to retire by becoming a successful and wealthy businessman.
"He's been trying the trick for a few years, but it hasn't worked, and in the process he's cracked ribs, some concussions, back injuries, and some teeth loss. His efforts to become the first skateboarder to finish 900."
A dangerous two-and-a-half lap of the so-called halfpipe vertical incline, it all ends in a painful failure. Some of the tricks you think you'll never get. That's what the world's most famous skateboarder says about his work ethic. Tony said: The only thing you can do is keep doing it," said David Fischer in his writing in The New York Times newspaper.