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Ema Kawakami

Japanese skateboarder (born 2014) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Ema Kawakami (born 8 September 2014) is a Japanese skateboarder. He is the youngest person to land a 900 and the first person to land three consecutive 900s.

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In August 2022, Kawakami became the youngest person to successfully land a 900 at the age of seven.[1][2] Kawakami won the 2023 Japan Skateboarding Federation vertical contest and the Wingram Cup 2023 Vertical Series Vol. 1.[3] He also holds the Guinness World Record for the most backside 540 skateboard tricks in one minute with eight tricks completed.[3]

In April 2024, he was added to GoPro's professional athlete team.[3] On June 15, 2024, at the age of nine, he became the first person to land three consecutive 900s,[4] completing the feat at the 2024 Tony Hawk's Vert Alert competition, in front of Tony Hawk himself, the first person to ever successfully land a 900.[5][6]

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