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JASON ELLIS “I WANT THAT 540 ONE MORE TIME”

Jason Ellis is one of Australia's great vert skaters, a professional fighter, a comedian and co-host of the.Hawk Vs Wolf podcast with his close friend Tony Hawk. At 52 years old, Ellis recently landed a 540 for the first time in a long time. Greg Stewart caught up with Ellis to get the scoop on how it felt to wrangle a five after 10 years.

Jason! You're back with a massive melon 540. And what's amazing is that you're 52.

That made it a bigger deal, for sure. If you overrotate on that at 52, you're so fucked. It's a lot more to put on the line when you're 52. It felt more intense than the

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