Friday, June 17, 2011 1:27pm PDT

Alex Perelson and the tailgrab 900

By: Janos Palko

Young lad Alex Perelson may have just immortalized his name into the pages of skateboarding history. He is already the youngest in an elite group of humans who have landed a 900 degree rotation on a skateboard. Tony Hawk, Giorgio Zattoni, Sandro Dias, and Bob Burnquist are some pretty impressive company.

Tony Hawk did it first in 1999, using a mute grab to hold his board to his feet during the intense rotation. Now Alex has added a new degree of difficulty by grabbing his tail.

Some may argue that a tail grab isn't thaaat hard, but i don't see those people doing two and a half rotations while ten feet above the coping of a 15 foot vert ramp. Check it out for yerself.



HELLACLIPS EXCLUSIVE! ALEX PERLESON - FIRST EVER TAILGRAB 900 from Hellaclips on Vimeo.

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Rhythmflow

Posted by Rhythmflow June 18, 2011 11:59am PDTReply | Report Abuse

Pure sickness, no doubt paid dues to learn that one. I hope he wins a medal if not gold at x games 17. Vert final is on Saturday 7/30 at Nokia theater!

zach palic

Posted by zach palic June 21, 2011 09:39pm PDTReply | Report Abuse

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