Watch 52-Year-Old Tony Hawk Stomp a 720 for First Time in Years

Though it was a 180 degrees short of the 900 he pulled off at the X Games in 1999, the 720 Tony Hawk performed in a half-pipe earlier this week was almost as impressive.

In a video he shared on Twitter, the 52-year-old icon showed he’s still got the goods despite being closer to Medicare eligibility than he is an X Games podium.

I recently made a 720 and it was a battle. The last one I made before this was over three years ago, and it’s much harder now all things considered: recently dislocated fingers hinder my grab, my spin is slower so I need to go higher for full rotation and…
I’m really old. pic.twitter.com/u8pbwRhS9j
— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) January 27, 2021

Even though Hawk was able to nail the trick at age 52, he may not be doing another one before, or after, his 53rd birthday in May.

“I can’t say for certain that this is the last one I’ll ever do, but I can’t imagine doing many more,” he wrote on Twitter.

To that end, Hawk is giving fans a chance to win the board he used on what may have been his final double 360.

Here’s a chance to win my skateboard used in my last post (720 battle): donate any amount to @thenineclub superchat and it will go to The @skatepark Project. Three random winners will get signed decks and one will get my used complete.
Starts at 7pm PT: https://t.co/PAwOZBoFFQ
— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) January 28, 2021

For some contrast about his evolution as a skater, Hawk previously shared a video shot on a VHS tape that his father took of him in ’87.

Recently found a VHS tape from when my dad brought his videocamera to our first day of shooting Search For Animal Chin in 1987. The tape was labeled “Bones Brigade at Dream Ramp” and sat forgotten for decades. Here is 1 minute of footage, including tricks that didn’t make the cut pic.twitter.com/oHPxL338zv
— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) January 20, 2021

While it is great Hawk is still able to pull off a 720 in 2021, we’re not sure he’d still be able to pull of the pretty-in-pink outfit he was rocking in ’87. Though if anyone could, it’s him.