skating from the early 90's made me realize something. Tony Hawk was not as good as I thought in comparison to others. he's too basic in comps and often pulled the same tricks(no flips and mostly grabs). was always given hi scores (could be because he was dating someone). truth is whenever an innovative skater would perform new tricks before comps during practices in public places. word of mouth came about and in comps tony hawk took advantage to "steal" tricks to win. I highly recommend you guys go to watch the x games comps from the 90's. one skater that played a big role in performance and on the 900 is tas pappas (go check out the doco all this mayhem an all around tragic story). I remember seeing ben & tas pappas in comps and they were amazing. then I began to wonder about where they are now. and discovered the documentary and it is depressing, tragic what happened to them. they were overshadowed by tony hawk ( a skater who may seem all nice but had his hypocrisy against others to become the best). now, tony isn't THAT bad. but he's not amazing at least he landed the 900- but it gets worse. after the struggles tas was going through he actually competed once again where tony hawk was and when he went to be enlisted on the best trick session. he was denied. eliminated and all he did was sit down and watch. then tony hawk began pulling the 900 and that devastated him. it was no coincidence. because he even tried to get back at the x games but was blacklisted and just to support his family went to other comps that had no big sponsors just to make a bit of money. when x games competitors were winning big.