More than two decades after Tony Hawk completed the first 900-degree turn, Khury shattered a long-standing record by flying off the top of a ramp and completing three full spins in the air before landing cleanly and skating off. The manoeuvre has long been one of the holy grails of skateboarding.
"So now he is at home more, he eats better and he has more time to train and can focus more on the training so that has helped. During lockdown, Khury's family make the 20-minute journey to his grandmother's house on most days to deliver food and drop him off so that he can train on the vertical ramp, bowl and street course they had built in her back garden.He was already the youngest skateboarder to complete the 900-degree turn, a feat he pulled off aged eight.
Hawk was 31 when he successfully completed the trick calling it the biggest moment of his competitive career.American Tom Schaar completed a 1080-degree turn in 2012 but on a mega ramp that gives skateboarders a higher speed and elevation in which to complete all three turns."I sent it to all my favourite skaters, like Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist and Neal Mims," Gui Khury said from his home in Curitiba, in southern Brazil.
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