Tony Hawk’s $1.15M “900” Board Breaks Records

By VeVe Staff · September 25, 2025

When Records Are A Habit

Funny thing is, I feel like I write the same headline every week. Another record broken. 

There's the Darth Vader lightsaber hitting $3.6 million. And then there's the Kobe-Jordan Dual Logoman selling for $12.93 million. And now, Tony Hawk’s “900” skateboard from his 1999 X Games spins into the record books at $1.15 million.

Records keep getting smashed. Collectors keep chasing. The cycle has become part of the fun.

The Board That Defined an Era

Hawk’s Birdhouse “Falcon 2” deck carried him through the moment that defined an era. At the 1999 X Games in San Francisco, he landed the first 900 ever completed in competition. That is two and a half spins, soaring high on a vert ramp, after multiple gut-wrenching misses.

However,  the trick almost didn’t happen. 

Regulation time was over. Judges were ready to move on. Hawk begged for a few more tries. And then, after a dozen failed attempts, history happened and skating shifted overnight.

The board still shows the scars of that night. The grip tape was slapped on fast and the wheels and trucks were worn. Though when you look at it, every scratch and dent feels like a fingerprint of a cultural turning point.

The Auction

The sale was part of The 900 Collection, a full catalog of Hawk’s memorabilia that went under the hammer in Los Angeles. Nearly one hundred items crossed the block. His helmet from that same run. His knee pads. The sneakers he wore. Even the bronze medal from the vert finals.

Auctioneers had estimated the board between half a million and seven hundred thousand, however, bidding flew past expectations and landed at $1.15 million.

The helmet pulled in over one hundred thousand. The sneakers, more than sixty thousand. Knee pads, fifty seven thousand. Even the bronze medal found a home for nearly nine thousand.

The winning bidder for the skateboard remains anonymous, but part of the proceeds go to The Skatepark Project, Hawk’s nonprofit that funds community parks worldwide. 

That detail matters, as collecting is about passion, but also about impact.

Collecting Has No Finish Line

Here is the question that floats around every time a record is broken. 

Is this the peak? 

The answer is always the same. 

Not yet.

Once upon a time, grails meant fine art. Then stamps and coins joined the list. Comics followed. Now sports memorabilia, sneakers, props, and skateboards are in the conversation. The boundaries keep expanding.

Every record fuels the next. Collectors see the headline, and the hunt begins again.

Categories Collide

This is the fun part. Collecting is a playground where categories overlap and bleed together.

One collector might line up a Lamborghini, a Penny Black stamp, a Marvel comic, a hoverboard from Back to the Future, and now a skateboard deck in the same digital showroom. The mix is proof that meaning carries across mediums.

And yes, even digital decks have entered the chat. VeVe partnered with Lincoln Design Co. years ago to create a line of digital skateboards. They live in AR, spin in 3D, and sit alongside everything else in our ecosystem. These digital collectibles aren’t trying to take away from the physical, it is about giving collectors more ways to express what they love.

The Road Ahead

Hawk’s 900 was not the last trick. 

His $1.15 million board will not be the last recordbreaker.

Collectors are turning everyday culture into grails. A sneaker run. A movie prop. A piece of gaming hardware. Tomorrow’s record could be any of these.

What matters is the meaning. These objects remind us of moments we never forgot. They give us a chance to hold history, or at least display it proudly.

The future of collecting is wide open. And if you have been paying attention, you know this much: we're only getting started.

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