Rodney Mullen-The Best Skater of All Time

[LChinoz]

I was going through some of my old skateboard DVDs the other day and I found a 411VM DVD highlighting Rodney Mullen. I was a huge skater in high school and I totally forgot how good the man is. I thought I'd share his talents with the freaks. ENJOY:

The BEST:
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More:
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Classic:
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[TOE]

I wouldn't say the best but definitely has very unique creative style.

 

[occulum]

awesome stuff.
thanks for the vids...

 

[-Super Hans-]

definatly the best technical skater out there

watching that old 411 vid brought back some good memories

 

[TOE]

Have u guys heard of PJ Ladd ?

besides...Daewon Song beat him in Round 2 and Round 3.

 

[El Roranous]

Skateboarding to AFI! Awesome!!

A huge smile crept up on my face just because of that.

 

[TOE]

PJ Ladd:

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Weiger:

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[LChinoz]

Have u guys heard of PJ Ladd ?

besides...Daewon Song beat him in Round 2 and Round 3.

I know Daewon beat him in Almost, but serisouly I like Rodney's style better so my statement was opinion obviously. Daewon's definitely up there though.

I have always had mad respect for PJ Ladd. Like I said, Rodney was always my fav as a kid and seeing these vids bring back some nostalgic memories. The handstands, the long manuals, THE DARK SLIDE, everything. I'm sure there are much better skaters out there with their own styles, but I love MULLEN!

 

[Ultramanimator]

I wouldn't say the best but definitely has very unique creative style.

No, he's the best. He invented the flatground ollie!!!

 

[TOE]

No, he's the best. He invented the flatground ollie!!!

nope. I think the guy's name was Gelfand aka Ollie.

 

[LChinoz]

No, he's the best. He invented the flatground ollie!!!

All I know is he mastered the darkslide, doing board slides and grinds with the board upsidedown (with the griptape down)...DON'T TRY IT AT HOME.

 

[Ultramanimator]

Crap, I was thinking of the kickflip. He DID invent that.

 

[LChinoz]

nope. I think the guy's name was Gelfand aka Ollie.

He invented the ollie, not the FLATGROUND ollie. Gelfand did it in pools and stuff, but I think Mullen was the first to do it on flatground if I remember correctly. Technically I don't know if you can say Mullen "invented" it, but he was the first to do it.

 

[LChinoz]

Crap, I was thinking of the kickflip. He DID invent that.

Actually you're right. Mullen was the first to do the ollie on flatground. Found this:

https://www.rankopedia.com/ZoneID=3/16895/Favorite-Trick-Invented-by-Rodney-Mullen/Step1/9236.htm

John Rodney Mullen (born August 17, 1966 in Gainesville, Florida) is a professional freestyle skateboarder, and considered to be one of the most influential freestyle skaters in the history of the sport. He is credited with inventing many tricks, including the flat-ground Ollie, the kickflip, the Heelflip, the 360 flip, and the Impossible

 

[Darth Caedus]

Classic:
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Nice socks......

 

[LChinoz]

Nice socks......

With short shorts like that and you comment on the socks?

 

[Darth Caedus]

With short shorts like that and you comment on the socks?

Sadly, around here, people still wear shorts like that

 

[LChinoz]

Apparently Mullen invented these:

180 Kickflip
360 Bigspin flip
360 nollie front foot flip
360 nollie heelflip
360 nollie shove-it late flip
360 nollie underflip
360 Pressure Flip
50-50 Casper
50-50 Saran Wrap
50-50 Sidewinder
540 Shove-it
540 Double Kickflip
Airwalk
Backfoot Varial Heelflip
Backside 180 Flip
Backside Double Heelflip
Backside Double Backfoot Flip
Caballerial impossible
Casper 360 Flip
Casper Slide
Casper Slide 360 Flip
Darkslide
Double Flip Casper Slide
Double Heelflip
Double Kickflip
Double Varial Heelflip
Flat-Ground Ollie
Gazelle (540 Shove-it 360 Body Varial)
Godzilla Rail Flip
Half-Cab Double Flip
Half-Cab Heelflip Darkslide
Half-Cab Impossible
Half Cab Kickflip
Half-Cab Kickflip Underflip
Half Flip Darkslide (Adapted from Mark Gonzales' idea)
Handstand Flip
Heelflip
Helipop (360 Nollie)
Helipop Heelflip
Impossible Casper Slide
Impossible Late 360 flip
Kickflip
Kickflip Underflip
No Handed 50-50
No Handed 50-50 Kickflip
Nollie Double Flip
Nollie Half-Flip Darkslide
Nollie Heelflip Darkslide
Ollie Fingerflip
Ollie Impossible
Ollie Nosebone
One Footed Ollie
Rusty Slide
Sidewinder
Switch 360 flip
360 Flip
Triple Heelflip
Triple Kickflip
Varial Heelflip
Varial Heelflip Underflip
Yoho Plant

 

[LOTRFan]

Nice guy too, I had the pleasure of meeting him while working at a skate/snow shop in my younger years.

 

[Shatterer of Dreams]

without mullen modern street skating wouldn't be where it is today. he may not be the best ever but he is one of the most importa t skaters in the history of the sport.