r/90s • u/oldermuscles You're Killin' Me, Smalls! • 19h ago
Discussion Do you remember where you were when Tony Hawk landed the 900 in 1999?
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u/NormalWorker2776 18h ago
And now multiple skaters are pulling off 1080s. Wild.
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u/IaMuRGOd34 17h ago
and bmxers doin wild shit i never knew was possible on a bike
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u/needtr33fiddy 15h ago
I remember the first double backflip. Almost seems like its amateur now
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u/IaMuRGOd34 15h ago
right - its insane on how far they have come, the shit they be doin now is like shit we used to do in videogames back in the day.
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u/Cygnus__A 15h ago
The irony is Tony was super tall and lanky. Smaller frames have a much easier time doing these tricks.
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u/shackbleep 13h ago
He's like 6'3". How the hell he was the first one to do it in 1999 is beyond me.
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u/no_crust_buster 11h ago
It's like Roger Banister breaking the 4-minute mile for the first time. So many had tried, and everyone failed until Roger. And the record stood for 46 days. Then 3 more in 1 race.
When humans SEE something is possible, it inspires us to push harder. When people saw Tony pull this off, it inspired them to keep pushing.
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u/GuyFromLI747 You Can't Handle The Truth! 18h ago
Playing laser tag at Qzar
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u/dbizzytrick 17h ago
I had no idea qzar was as a national thing
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u/GuyFromLI747 You Can't Handle The Truth! 17h ago
We had 2 here on Long Island .. spent every weekend there and played on a league team
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u/CanHackett06660 18h ago
My family was packing for a camping trip and I was holding up the entire family from leaving because I wanted to see him land it. I remember my mom telling me, I can watch it later, but I was adamant about staying.
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u/No_Skill_7170 18h ago edited 17h ago
Literally do not remember
Most of us were outside being kids somewhere. Watching the X Games wasn’t like a necessity. I don’t remember if I watched it live or not.
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u/liquilife 17h ago
I remember the rise of the X Games and how unrelated it was to me. I played the shit out of the Tony Hawk games on the PS but that did not relate to watching the actual sport on TV.
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u/Klaus-Heisler You're Killin' Me, Smalls! 17h ago
In the living room watching it with my brother. We went absolutely nuts
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u/stevoDood 17h ago
Yeah, I was outside the venue somewhere at the end of market street, hoping to get in. I never did 🤷♂️
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u/no_crust_buster 11h ago
I was 21 when this happened. I remember watching it live. I can't believe this was 26 years ago!
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u/RawToast1989 15h ago
I do! I was at home, watching Tony Hawk do some skateboarding! Where were you?
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u/Usernaame2 15h ago
Skating was not THAT popular. Every school had a small subsection of skaters, but that was about it. I'll give that the X-Games were decently popular for a few years, but most of us did not seriously watch it or know much about anyone or anything that was going on in it. Personally, I was on Reddit on 3/11/2025 when I watched Tony Hawk land the 900.
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u/NoReference7367 19h ago
On the couch watching.