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This is the biggest skate ramp in the world and I'm going to attempt to skate down the side of it. I will start from the bottom and work my way up dropping in from different heights until I can't drop in anymore. This first one is 55, 60, 65 and then 70. From here the view is kind of a weird. But yeah, let's go down. It's higher than any other ramp in the world. See it from here, I have a different perspective from 55 up it's going to be harder and harder. Yeah, looks gnarly. The ramp was built on the side of a giant building that looks like a quarter pipe. I saw this building late '80s. First thing that came to my mind it was like, "Oh my god, looks like a quarter pipe." So, since that time I had a dream
somehow someone skating on this building. I knew about that building because people kept taking photos of it and tagging me on social media. Like, "Tony Hawk, you should skate this." And when I heard that Sandro was maybe going to drop in on it, it seemed unreal. The two biggest challenges I will face will be G-force and high speeds. When I change the radius, that's the part that's going to be the strongest G-force on my body. It's going to be the hardest part to stay on my board, but I yeah. I train a lot. I've been training for more than 6 months to prepare for this.
I train G-force. So, one of the big challenges in the building drop are the high G-forces. So, we added weights to Sandro's body to simulate the G-forces he will experience on the building drop. 20 kilos on my back. When I go up and up the G-force is going to be heavier. We added another 6 kilo. Total weight Sandro plus will be around 100 kilo. Yeah, it's going again. And I train high speed. We needed to test if Sandro could handle the high speeds he will experience on the building drop. So, we towed him behind a very fast car increasing his speed each time until he reached 125 km/h.
When I go up and up the speed is going to be way higher. I train at impact. And then not to forget he needs to stop when he gets to the bottom of the ramp. He will be traveling at high speeds, 80 to 90 km/h. So, that's why he needs to crash into a airbag. Woo! Damn. That was heavy. So, in my training I did everything separate, but I know here is going to be all together in one drop, but I'm ready. I trained for this. 1 2 3 4 5 6 When I heard that Sandro was maybe going to drop in on it, it seemed unreal. It really seemed wild because what's the biggest ramp that's ever been dropped in on? 30 ft? Now it's more mental than
skills, I guess. The drop you can't train it. So, this is the big challenge where everything acts together. Yeah. But being aware that these single parts work, I think this gives you a lot of power. The only thing that I need to do is put everything together and do the drop. And stay on my board. Here we have the biggest skate ramp ever built. And today we've set up two test drops for Sandro to try starting with 45 m. I've I've been skating for 40 years, but I've never skated something like this before. I skate vert. Vert is only 4 m and 20 cm and this is crazy.
First drop that I just did and I'm going to try the next drop is more than a half building. I know it's going to be way faster because it's 20 m higher. Let's do this. I think he was too low with his legs. It seems the G-force fast changing G-force. That's the reason why he fell. With the bigger one he's really struggling. So, high speed, pressure distribution, super hard to control the board in particular when the end of the radius comes when it goes into the straight.
85 Every time he falls it's a harder strain on his body. I am not sure how high I'll be able to go. Mentally and physically it's super demanding what he's doing. Not the success story yet, so it's really hard for Sandro. The training didn't go as planned. This might be the limit. There's one thing to go downhill and try to maintain a speed. This is constant increase of speed and G-forces. I am not sure how high I'll be able to go. If I can do 70 m, that will be the absolute limit that someone could drop on a skateboard.
9 months of training has led to this moment. Ooh.
