Malibu youth Tom Schaar, 12, landed a "1080" on his skateboard this past Monday, the first time in history that the trick has been pulled off.
A 1080 consists of three full rotations in the air. The most high-profile skateboarders today have been unable to do what the sixth-grade phenom accomplished.
Schaar, who is sponsored by Red Bull, in Malibu and first picked up a skateboard at age 3, according to his mother and former Malibu Planning Commissioner, Regan Schaar.
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Tom has since turned professional and traveled the world with perhaps the world's most famous skateboarder, Tony Hawk.
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