A 13-year-old Gold Coast prodigy has made world skateboarding history in becoming the first female to land a ‘720’ trick in competition.
Poetically, Arisa Trew’s achievement – two full mid-air rotations – came in front of global skateboarding icon Tony Hawk, who was the first person to land the trick.
Trew’s management said Hawk helped the Olympic hopeful with her preparation for the trick before landing it on Sunday at the Tony Hawk Vert Alert in Salt Lake City.
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“I’m so excited to be the first girl to land a 720 in the world,” Trew said.
“I wouldn’t have been able to do it without the crowd hyping me up.”
The trick helped Trew win the women’s division by seven points and puts her on the radar as a medal chance for Paris 2024.
Trew is ranked 14th in the world and will now target X Games USA in California in July.
“It really was an amazing thing,” Trew’s coach, Trevor Ward, said of the historic 720.
“We’ve worked really hard to get Arisa to this point right now. Just a lot of training, a lot of pain and she came through with the goods on the biggest stage in the world. She did the 720 which Tony Hawk did in 1987 (1985), that was the first time to do it. And now she is the first woman in the world to do it, which is unbelievable as a 13-year-old.”
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