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Watch This 12-Yr-Old Skateboarder Land The Impossible Trick That Tony Hawk Can’t Do

Tony Hawk dreams about it. Sean White was the guy most experts believed would get it done. But the one trick that has been the goal of skateboarders and X-Games fans for decades, has finally been nailed by a kid named Tom Schaar. Tom is in the sixth grade, he stands almost five feet tall, and weighs about 80 pounds. But, he’s just stood the skateboarding world on its head. What exactly did he do?

Young Tom Schaar executed the elusive “1080.”

How did he do it? Tom’s dad, Nick was interviewed by ESPN and broke it down for all of us.

“He warmed up with 10 gay twists [a fakie to forward mute-grab 360], half a dozen 720s, and I think he threw a 900 in there. Then he did the 1080 on his fifth try. Then he went back and did it again the next day.”

Watch the trick that Schaar landed last week:

What’s next? Tom and his kind will now set their sights on the “1260.”

Update — Here’s a look at the special ramp that helped Tom nail the 1080:

For more cool stuff on the ramp click here.

Comments (93)

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  • nobama2012yeswecan
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:59am

    my wife landed a 1080 once off the second flight of stairs in our house…her lover landed on top!

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    • EndTheFedNOW
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 1:18pm

      DUDE! This is totally cool. I watched the x games in 99 when Tony did the 900! I skated for years because of him. This kid did a 1080! Ive only seen snowboarders and inline skaters do that.

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    • grudgywoof
      Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:17am

      That is amazing….however. As an x-skateboarder from the Tony Alva era I must say that we never had ramps to launch into a move like that. We did have half pipes but you couldn’t achieve the speed needed plus you have to be small and compact (like a 12 year old) to generate that kind of rotation and stay balaced to land such a move.. All that said it is still RAD! Way to go kid!

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  • HTuttle
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:57am

    Wait! I thought skateboarding was illegal?

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  • robinakilt
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:31am

    Heck I could do that if I didn‘t have this bad hip and my back didn’t hurt and I knew how to ride a skateboard! LMAO just kidding that was amazing to watch. Great job kid!

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:44am

      How does he get the board to stick to his feet and turn at the same speed he dose….velcro????

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    • atechgeek
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 11:41am

      That is the art .. if you look closely, he is holding it with one hand. I have seen some skate boarders do some tricks that defy physics .. so it seems .. and it appears the board does actually stick to their feet. It’s just skill from practice ..

      Great work kid !!

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    • DaBigNob
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 1:31pm

      A reply to BANJORMON’s comment…

      BANJARMON
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:44am
      How does he get the board to stick to his feet and turn at the same speed he dose….velcro????
      —-

      Well, watch the clip! It’s quite obvious to see that he reaches down with his hand and grabs the board to hold it in place while rotating in the air.

      Nice little piece of fluff news though. I’m getting sick and tired of the trumped up race war that the MSM has been pushing on us the last three weeks.

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  • 82dAirborne
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:23am

    Heck I did that 40 years ago with a metal ronner skate nailed to a board! Of course I didn‘t do it on purpose and the guy in the truck swears he didn’t see me……………….

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  • Glock31
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:21am

    @KickinBack- you’re right your not a skate boarder

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  • schroeder123
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:16am

    I can do that… I weigh 380 lbs !

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  • Hrothgar
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:03am

    Kids got some balls. He’ll go far in this sport.

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  • lel2007
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:50am

    So what‘s a ’1080′ ?

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    • Hrothgar
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:06am

      Three 360 spins…high school geometry homes.

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    • fatty
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 12:52pm

      You mean “Holmes.” As in, “High School Literature, Holmes.”

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:29am

    I’m not a skateboarder…But I believe that Tony Hawk’s attempts were on the general competition half-pipe, not a ski jump ramp…But still cool regardless.

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    • aTrueAMERICAN27
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:17am

      Tony Hawk had more kinetic energy on his attempts as he was on a mega ramp. Had also been skating for about 35 years at the time he landed it. More impressed with the kid.

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  • single stack
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:20am

    “He warmed up with 10 gay twists [a fakie to forward mute-grab 360]

    Now explain it in English.

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    • cajunmojo
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:51am

      Glad you ask that , because I was at a lost also. :-0

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    • aTrueAMERICAN27
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:20am

      Fakie – switch stance
      to forward – landing in natural stance
      mute grab – front hand grabs board between feet
      360 – degrees of revolution

      boom.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 11:21am

      @atrueamerican

      Thank you for the explanation. The boy has “true-grit”.

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    • kerrcarto
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:20pm

      10 gay twists are what happen in Barney Frank’s apartment every night.

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  • Ed_Kel
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:19am

    Tony Hawk’s 1020 was on a vert ramp, not mega. Not sure this counts. But good going kid.

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    • aTrueAMERICAN27
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:23am

      Tony did it post contest after trying for a half hour. Not sure that counts. lol. See what i did dere?

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    • Ed_Kel
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:34am

      I see exactly what you did there. You‘re trying to contradict my claim by attempting to sound smart and witty while hoping that no one catches the fact that you’re trying to compare a post comp vert 1020 to a mega vert 1080. they can’t compare, hence the reason why i posted this comment – no one cares, nor is it relevant whether or not Hawk’s 1020 was post comp or not. Stick with the topic at hand and try being less of a douche.

       
  • yinzer
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:18am

    For those curious, this was done at “Camp Woodward” (the logo is on the vertical part of the ramp) it is a training ground that anyone can pay to goto and learn, practice, and get trained by professionals in the sport. It honestly is quite a feat that he did this, Tony Hawk did this years ago after about 30-40 minutes after the x-games competition was over, he kept going until he got it, they even skipped over programming for the next show because it was such a big deal.

    And for all the people criticizing this post, get a life, your no better then the government that treats us like crap most of the time. This kid has made history in the sport, what have you done? Oh nothing right.

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  • SShink
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:11am

    Add a couple hundred more feet to the entrance ramp !

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  • momof5children
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:05am

    that is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!!!!!

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  • NO_MORE_OBAMA
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:02am

    Great job kid! Just wait till OBAMANATION takes 40% of your money you make as a professional

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  • RRFlyer
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:47am

    How come the first few comments I read are all negative? Why all the hate? You sound like a bunch of liberals.

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  • AB5r
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:45am

    –warmed up with 10 gay twists [a fakie to forward mute-grab 360]–

    Expect the LGBT crowd to be up in arms (or wherever they stick those) over the skater crowd calling something a gay twist. They’ll have to come up with another name for that.

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    • BubbaT
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:09am

      Gays are in a twist over something every fking day nothing new.

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  • Tanner Smith
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:35am

    How come we send Little Leaguers up to bat wearing helmets with cages, heart guards and soon shin pads have pee wee hockey players wearing hundreds of dollars of equipment when most can barely skate nor lift the puck off the ice? But a town will set up a skateboard park where they can break every bone in their bodies and land on their heads?

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    • Christhefarmer
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:09am

      Because they are not cowards. (extreme community)

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    • aTrueAMERICAN27
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:29am

      The town didn’t set it up. It’s called Woodward. Look it up. Most town sponsored skate parks require full pads (helmet, elbow, knee), and skaters have waaaaaay more balls than kids who play organized sports. I’ve done both, and staring down a 10-step stair case debating on weather or not you’re going to grind the railing or just try to make it is much more intimidating than lining up across from a 250 pound lineman. These kids get hurt, bleed, break bones, then get up and keep trying to land a trick. It’s much more difficult than traditional sports have ever been.

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  • stage9
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:34am

    Sick!

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  • BuggiOlleo
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:17am

    No way this pipe is public.. Wow, good going kid.!

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  • CHRIS260
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:08am

    Sweet! I wonder if it will count since it is on a mega-ramp. Skateboarding prepared me for life. No matter how hard you fall or how scared you are, you get your butt up and do it until you do it right. You see guys spitting blood with broken ribs do the trick until they landed it. Some of the toughest SOB’s in the country.

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  • BenInNY
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:48am

    I was never even able to work out an ollie. Yikes.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:42am

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    Good Job Kid…..

    And I thought jumping garbage cans on the Orange Peeler was “Da Bomb!”………

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  • chris p bacon
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:40am

    Great job!! no doubt..But Was this during a competition? If not,Let me know when it is..

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  • drago
    Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:37am

    Um ok, now in other news……….

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:29am

      He better get all the tricks he wants to do soon .. before he hits a growth spurt … that is why he could do this .. look at the best gymnasts .. short ..

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