CNN —Australian teenager Arisa Trew has become the first female to land a 720 – a skateboarding trick involving two full rotations while in the air – as she competed in the Tony Hawk Vert Alert event on Saturday.
In 1985, legendary skateboarder Hawk became the first to complete the trick but since then no female has joined him in achieving the feat – until now.
Zak Kaczmarek/Getty Images/FileHer coach Trevor Ward also took to Instagram to talk about the process of the teen making history and the battle between 16-year-old Lilly Stoephasius and Trew to land the trick.
The 2 best vert skaters going head-to-head to land the 720 in front of the inventor of the trick.
Congrats Arisa you are amazing.,” Ward concluded.
Persons:
Arisa Trew, Hawk, “, ”, Trew, Tony Hawk, Zak Kaczmarek, Trevor Ward, Lilly Stoephasius, Tony, “ Arisa, Congrats, ” Ward
Organizations:
CNN, Olympic Games, Paris
Locations:
Salt Lake City , Utah, Australia