- The 900 is an aerial spin trick of two and a half rotations for a total of 900 degrees. It was first successfully landed by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk during X Games V in San Francisco in 1999. Since then, only three other skateboarders have successfully landed the 900.
- Prior to Hawk landing the 900 in 1999, a handful of skateboarders have been able to spin the 900 degrees but have failed to land the trick. A video surfaced with skateboarder Danny Way landing the 900 back in 1989, but Hawk has said that while the video shows Way landing the 900, he falls right after the tape cuts off. What an amateur!
- The 900 is typically performed in a half-pipe. The skateboarder skates up the pipe and while in the air, holds the board while rotating his body and the board two and a half times before landing back on the half-pipe. The difficulty in the trick comes from being able to complete the two and a half rotations and landing in the opposite direction the skateboarder began.
- Hawk first landed the 900 on national television during the X Games. He attempted and failed 10 times in the "Best Trick" competition, getting closer and closer on each try. Other competitors stopped their own tricks to watch Hawk get into the zone. On his 11th attempt, Hawk completed the two-and-a-half rotations and landed with a slight touch of his right hand to the ground and skateboarded right into history.
- In the 10 years since Tony Hawk landed the first 900, there have been attempts to perform a 1080 (three rotations). Snowboarding and skateboarding star Shaun White attempted a 1080 at X Games XI in 2005 29 times but failed to land it. It seems possible that someone will land a 1080 in the future and it will then become the best skateboarding trick ever. But until someone does, the 900 will hold that title.
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