Tony Hawk Helped Rename A Skateboarding Trick With An Ableist Name To Honor Its Creator
"For nearly 40 years, we’ve shamelessly referred to this trick as the 'mute' air/grab," Hawk wrote in his post, which featured photos of Weddle doing his signature trick.
"Here is the backstory," Hawk wrote."Around 1981, a deaf skater and Colton skatepark local named Chris Weddle was a prominent amateur on the competition circuit. The 'Indy' air had just been created & named so somebody proposed that grabbing with the front hand should be known as the 'Tracker' air. Others countered that Chris was the first to do, so it should be named after him. They referred to him as the 'quiet, mute guy.
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