Skateboarder Gui Khury gets Guinness World Record for vert ramp 1080
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Skater Gui Khury has become the first to land a 1080 on a vert ramp
Brazilian skateboarder Gui Khury, who made history by landing the first 1080-degree turn on a vertical ramp tile, has now been awarded a Guinness World Record for his achievement.
The move involves making three rotations before landing and is so difficult no one else - child or adult - has ever done it!
The 11-year-old had already set a record as the world's youngest athlete to ever take part in the extreme sport competition X Games.
He said: "Being a Guinness World Records title holder has always been a dream for me!"
If I ever get the chance to advise any other kid in the world who wants to break records or pursue their passions, I would say, if you want to do something, believe in it, and you can do it
Gui managed his 1,080-degree turn 21 years after legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk became the first to land a 900-degree turn.
American professional Tom Schaar is one of the few to have completed a 1080, but he used a special ramp that meant he could drop in from 20 metres up to help him reach a higher speed.
Gui just used typical half-pipe like the one you have at your local skate park!
This isn't the first time Gui has surprised everyone with his amazing talents - he was already the youngest skateboarder to complete the 900-degree turn, which he did aged EIGHT!
Gui's triple spin was filmed on his parents' phone, and posted on Instagram.
Many famous skateboarders said they were blown away when they saw it.
Gui said: "I sent it to all my favourite skaters, like Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist and Neal Mims.
"Some posted it on their stories and some actually posted it on their Instagram. I was like 'that's so crazy', because it's a once in a lifetime experience."
It's so amazing. It's the best feeling ever.
Gui lives in Curitiba, in southern Brazil. He has spent lockdown practising his moves on a course in his grandmother's back garden.
His dad even thinks that lockdown is part of the reason Gui was able to master the 1080.
He said isolation had helped "because he had a life that was about school and he didn't have a lot of time to train, when he got home from school he was tired.
"So now he is at home more, he eats better and he has more time to train and can focus more on the training so that has helped."
Gui has now set himself a new challenge: to keep practising the 1080-degree turn so he can complete the trick in competitions.
Then he wants to conquer skateboarding's next big move - a rotation of 1260, which involves completing three-and-a-half rotations.
Only one person has ever managed it before, and they used a mega ramp, so it would be even more difficult for Gui to complete on a vertical ramp.
We're already excited to see what other amazing things Gui can achieve!
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