13-year-old Arisa Trew becomes first female skateboarder to land 720 trick invented by Tony Hawk
He provided some pointers to Trew in the moments before she landed the trick, as well as to 16-year-old German Olympian Lilly Stoephasius, who was also going for the record, according to Ward.
“When best trick came I asked her what are we doing? She replied a 720. I knew Lilly would be going for it too. What an amazing scenario. The 2 best vert skaters going head to head to land the 720 in front of the inventor of the trick @tonyhawk,”“We knew it was coming soon. We just didn’t expect it to be on the world stage rather than on our vert ramp back home in Australia. Arisa has an amazing mindset and willpower to succeed. Congrats Arisa you are amazing.
The coach said he and Trew had only been competing at the Utah event because they found some time between competitions in Argentina and Rome. Trew achieved the groundbreaking trick just after the clock ran out for the Best Trick category, but had already Trew has been training for the 720 ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games scheduled for Paris, where she would compete for Australia if selected.
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