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- noun the number
nine hundred - noun The act of spinning 900 degrees in the air, doing two and a half complete turns.
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One of his crowning achievements took place in 1999 at the San Francisco X Games, where he landed the first documented “900,” a trick that saw him complete two and a half mid-air spins while holding on to his skateboard.
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Skateboarding trick. A 2.5-revolution (900 degrees) spin, considered to be one of skateboarding's most difficult tricks and performed by Tony Hawk at the 1999 X-Games.
September 17, 2008