Talk about making an impression. This just in from X Games Barcelona 2013, Sixteen year old skateboarder Mitchie Brusco landed a 1080 on his skateboard on the MegaRamp.
It amazes me that he didn’t win Gold but he did make X Games history by being the third skateboarder to land a 1080 (that’s 3 full rotations), and the first ever to land it on the MegaRamp. His friends 13 year old Tom Schaar and 16 year old Jono Schwan are the only others to land the trick in competition. All this at 16 years old, I think he has a bright future. I mean the kid looks like he’s 10.
Bob Burnquist who won gold was sure to praise Brusco stating “I just can’t believe this kid did a 1080, like, first try,”. It’s true that you can see from the video he lands it with very little effort.
Tony Hawk was commentator and the video shows his reaction from the booth, it’s safe to say he was stunned. It’s been quite a while now, but I seem to remember the first 900 landed in competition by Tony Hawk, though I think it was a little tougher for him on the half pipe.
X Games 1080 Mega Ramp 16 year old Brusco
First Ever Skateboard 1080 Landed on X Games Megaramp
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