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Tony Hawk Lands 720 at Age 52, Says It Might Be His Last One

By X96

Posted on January 28, 2021

Even after retiring from professional skateboarding, Tony Hawk has still got it.

52-year-old Hawk posted a video to Twitter showing him performing and landing a 720-two rotations in full.

Hawk says that at his age, that 720 may be one of his last. Even still, it’s pretty impressive!

I recently made a 720 and it was a battle. The last one I made before this was over three years ago, and it’s much harder now all things considered: recently dislocated fingers hinder my grab, my spin is slower so I need to go higher for full rotation and…
I’m really old. pic.twitter.com/u8pbwRhS9j

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) January 27, 2021

Hawk is also auctioning off the board he was using for charity. Check out the video and info on his Twitter page (heads up: video has some F bombs).

Can you skate well? What is something that you hope you can still do as you get older?

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