9-Year-Old Skateboarder Successfully Lands a 540 After 75 Tries

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9-Year-Old Skateboarder Successfully Lands a 540 After 75 Tries
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Watch out, Tony Hawk. This kid is shredding her way to the top.

At age 9, most young skateboarders (http://mashable.com/category/skateboarding/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) are just learning to ollie, happy to successfully jump their boards a few inches

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Sabre **rris from New South Wales, Australia, can't ride a bike, but has already tackled the halfpipe and landed her first 540. The trick requires the rider launch off a ramp, spin with the board one-and-a-half turns and successfully land back on the ramp.

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Video: YouTube, The Berrics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD_yjW64buU)


The video shows a few failed landings, but after 75 attempts that day, **rris finally landed the 540, according to The Berrics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD_yjW64buU). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/30/9-year-old-skateboarding-girl/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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