Brazilian skateboarder Gui Khury landed the world’s first-ever 1080 trick in competition at the X Games 2021 in California.
The 12-year-old vert skater beat Tony Hawk in Pacifico Skateboard Vert Best Trick held at Vista’s CA Training Facility.
After completing the three full revolutions, Khury was greeted by all competitors and enthusiastically congratulated by Tony Hawk.
Bryce Wettstein is a senior at San Dieguito High School Academy and is the No. 1 ranked U.S. Park Skateboarder who will be representing her country at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. She lives in Encinitas.
“Skateboarding is the one dream I’ve always had, even before I knew it enough to dream about it. It seems to be the indicator of who I really was and who I am to be later on. It is one of a kind, but paradoxically ignites all other kinds of dreams, too.
It is multifaceted, which is why you … More
When the police show up — which they sometimes do — Nyjah Huston probably looks like any other skateboarder, hanging with friends, grinding rails in the park, doing kickflips off the stairs in front of a library.
His trim build and thin goatee are not so imposing. Maybe the tattoos covering his entire body, creeping up his neck almost to his face, make him seem tougher.
“Cops will sit us down on the curb,” he says. “I’ve never actually been arrested but they’ve put me in handcuffs multiple times … More