The iconic skateboarder broke out as a teenage prodigy on the pro circuit with the Bones Brigade, the legendary Powell Peralta team in the early 1980s. By 1999, Hawk etched his name into the history books when he landed his first 900 - two and a half midair spins - at the X Games, a feat that had never been done before, let alone live on television. The moment vaulted the sport firmly into the mainstream, changing it forever.