On December 3, 1990, world-renowned professional skateboarder Tony Hawk dropped into a ramp on a skateboard in the suburb of Rosny in Hobart.
Hawk performed “pretty much” every trick possible on a vert ramp — a ramp with a flat bottom and steep vertical section at the top — in front of a captivated audience drawn from all over the state.
His presence, on one of a handful of public skate ramps in Tasmania at the time, was unbelievable.
It was his first and only visit to Tasmania.
How a suburban skate ramp drew pro skateboarder Tony Hawk to Tasmania in the 90s
abc.net.au
