Tony Hawk Lands His Last-Ever Ollie 540 Aged 52

Tony Hawk has landed his last-ever ollie 540. The legendary skateboarder says it was the last time he completed the one-and-a-half rotation in three decades. Hawk, 52, made sure he wasn’t letting this one go and plans to release Chris Gregson’s video camera angle of this trick - and more - as a non-fungible token (NFT) offering via Ethernity in the coming weeks. “In 1989, I started trying ollie 540s as a joke since it seemed there was no way to keep a skateboard on your feet throughout one-and-a-half spins in the air,“ explained the veteran skater. “But at some point, I started scooping the tail with my back toe, which kept my feet in place for most of the spin.“ “When Stacy Peralta came to shoot my segment for ’Ban This,’ I decided to finally make one since he was using ultra-high-speed film cameras.“ “You can see the progression of my feet staying on with this [unseen] raw footage of my attempts before finally landing one... in a full squat, with hand dragging behind.“ “It was the first of many that