@Aloysius Redillas I watched a video recently of Rodney doing a talk/interview describing his life a little bit and what it was like to give his Ted-X Talk. In the video he describes himself in fairly deep detail and mentions that he’s basically on the spectrum with some form of autism/aspergers syndrome... which he attributes his complete obsession with skateboarding to, as well as his creativity & motivation to come up with and complete new unique tricks. Definitely worth a watch. It’s a black and white video of him just talking. About 20-30 min if I remember correctly ... and made within last few years I believe.
@@heitorcornelius all though Rodney was the best at it, look up freestyle skating in general, but specifically look at Kevin Harris, you won't regret it.
I swear there's never been a more consistent and creative skateboarder in history. Nobody can land as many unique tricks as cleanly and as frequently as Rodney.
The "unique" tricks are the ones he didn't invent most of. They are all freestyle tricks. He did invent some, like the godzilla rail flip, the 5050 saran wrap, and some others. The "normal" tricks he invented basically all of them, for they are the basic street tricks. It is true that he was the best at freestyle, and he was creative enough to change a sport forever, though.
Well to be realistic here, after popping, the levelling of the board is mostly due to the inertial force acting on the board. His board control is absolutely phenomenal though.
@@seewhyaneyesee it’s insane to say the least aye, imagine seeing some kid at the local skatepark just busting out those kinds tricks....it would still be insane by today’s standard 🔥
Rodney was so amazing that even after 30 years no one has yet been able to skate like him. Tech master, innovator and Godfather of skateboarding. A true legend.
@@hyperion2551 He did lol, he invented the board shape we use nowadays and because of the flatground ollie he invented, skateboarding was invented so that means he created the "Modern Street Skateboarding". plus he was titled as the God Father of Street Skating
I agree with you, but what shows exactly how difficult some of these tricks are is that after all these years there have only been a handful on people on earth that can do some of his tricks.
What the hell!? I can’t even fathom half of what I just watched and it’s 2024! These poor kids brain must just be goo from being melted, they seen into the future and some things that will also never be done again.
This looks like a witch cursed him and made it physically impossible for him to fall off a skateboard and this is him trying everything he can think of to get off
These guys like Mullen and Hawk are so truly special. Amazing stories. Somewhere along the line they got a skateboard and it was fate. They became successful in a place very few do but they also started the whole thing in many respects. Now they are still skating like kids but disguised as successful adults. They not only are living their dream its more than that....
Died?? Rodney mullen is still alive I think + Rodney mullen is still the only one who can do these (I think) or no one to his level - the guy is a genius and invented most of skateboarding including the ollie (I think)
@@jasonmiddleton5491 I think he adapted the Ollie from bowl/ramp to flat, and sadly freestyle didn’t get the the comeback that vert did in the 90s. It’s a shame, freestyle is amazing.
@@jasonmiddleton5491 Yoo, freestyle isn't dead. There are young guns doing shit like this even today. I think in China especially there is freestyle scene. Check it out.
I grew up trying these tricks. Mullen was far ahead of his time. So consistent. I don't know anyone who has those quick feet in the progression of street skating today.
Creating so many tricks while skating in his garage... Imaging sitting at a piano and coming up with a song. Then turning that song.... into a haircut.
This is a gem, I've seen many videos of rodney but this one is a great compilation of what he can do, thanks to him I decided to buy a skateboard at 22 years old, now I'm 30 and happy to have found that guy
That last trick wasnt the flashiest but to me was nost inpressive a 180/ 360 new to this stuff... But he had near no momentum so that to me was a real inpressive display of board perception he had.(*has.)
I think the biggest difference between mullen and alot of other at the time was simply he natrually had a standing stance that offered better board control ( he was pigeon toed.) unfortunately thats why he destroyed his hips but win some lose some i suppouse
The man No myth……..just pure legend. The guy that pretty much invented every modern baseline street skating move there is. Even with what street skating is nowadays, what it came from wouldn’t be what it even currently is without what he came up with. I’m currently 41, but I got into skateboarding after meeting my friend Josh who I’ve known for at least 21 or 22 years at least by now, and that was between the ages of 18 and 20 and somehow through trying to learn to skateboard I met him, and skateboarding is what we got into together together, so we were skateboarding even before the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games came out, and I won’t deny that in the beginning, my favorite skater, for if I remember correctly, at least a short period of time was Andrew Reynolds, But somehow, at some point in time I came across seeing what tricks this guy did, and had a pension for wanting to do the kind of skating he did, and I never became pro by any means, I haven’t been on a skateboard in years, but I’ve been thinking about getting back on the skateboard I still have that’s the last one I used and seeing how I would fare at a skate park nowadays 😂, but I learned about who this guy was, I got fascinated with the tricks that he can pull off and out of most of the friends, and even strangers skateboarding that I met at different skate parks and a different points in time, it seem like I was the only one that actually pulled off tricks that he did, and in games of skate I didn’t win every game but at least half the time I got most of the people I played skate against with the first three letters because nobody else did the technical and freestyle tricks that he did add whenever I got to skate park with Josh at least back in those years and even later on in the middle of my 10 years skateboarding, I still used to love doing finger, flaps, heel flaps, casper stalls and even simply enough, I was one of my few friends that could do heel flips, and I had no problem doing them and I liked doing them, and he actually likes doing them on occasion as well. Over the last year or two I’ve come across videos around this time when he was around this age of different contests and recorded showings off and it’s always cool to see him perform stuff so technical and thorough but consistently as if there’s almost no possibility he’ll screw up. If not, the most technical skateboarder I’ve ever known to see in videos and been into, the only other skater being equal to him with the types of tricks, he does would be, of course Daewon Song.
Are freestyle boards' trucks usually kept tight? I have no idea how he's doing stuff like the one wheel spin and the spacewalks without getting wheelbite
Back when me & my friends made fun of him for just spinning his board and always ff'ed past his parts in bones movies to get to the rad guys jumping over shit or skating ramps/pools. Little did we know his masterplan to be the ultimate street skater. God I wanna smack my young self 🤦♂️
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1 dislike? Must be Rodney himself thinking he could do it even better...
Haha. Excellent. Love it
Nope. Me.
Make that 2
@@fldn7086 You would almost want to meet those two people just to see what's up. Did they miss the upvote button, what happened? Who are they?
@@chrisluders9592 and why?
30 years later and those tricks are still amazing to watch. Rodney was ahead of his time.
Rodney was ahead of OUR time. I guess no one can do those tricks with that flow/style/techinique
@Aloysius Redillas I watched a video recently of Rodney doing a talk/interview describing his life a little bit and what it was like to give his Ted-X Talk. In the video he describes himself in fairly deep detail and mentions that he’s basically on the spectrum with some form of autism/aspergers syndrome... which he attributes his complete obsession with skateboarding to, as well as his creativity & motivation to come up with and complete new unique tricks.
Definitely worth a watch. It’s a black and white video of him just talking. About 20-30 min if I remember correctly ... and made within last few years I believe.
@@heitorcornelius all though Rodney was the best at it, look up freestyle skating in general, but specifically look at Kevin Harris, you won't regret it.
@@heitorcornelius ua-cam.com/video/vAYEbnvYtfw/v-deo.html
30 years later and still 90% of skaters CAN’T do all those tricks.
I swear there's never been a more consistent and creative skateboarder in history. Nobody can land as many unique tricks as cleanly and as frequently as Rodney.
Not to mention he basically invented skateboarding
The "unique" tricks are the ones he didn't invent most of. They are all freestyle tricks. He did invent some, like the godzilla rail flip, the 5050 saran wrap, and some others. The "normal" tricks he invented basically all of them, for they are the basic street tricks. It is true that he was the best at freestyle, and he was creative enough to change a sport forever, though.
Jonny Giger is pretty good tho check him out
@BTICronox he did handstand manuals and a freaking 540 double flip!?!!
@BTICronox where can i find a video of him doing handstand manual, 540 double flip and the Godzilla railflip?
So this is the man responsible for 99% of the moves in tony hawk games
Damn your dumb. He's responsible for 99% or tricks in SKATEBOARDING.
@@dariangreen405 lol😭😭
Beaver blast
Lol
Yep
His board has literally no nose or tail and looks flat af and he still pops the sh*t outta it 🔥🔥🔥
Well to be realistic here, after popping, the levelling of the board is mostly due to the inertial force acting on the board. His board control is absolutely phenomenal though.
@@seewhyaneyesee it’s insane to say the least aye, imagine seeing some kid at the local skatepark just busting out those kinds tricks....it would still be insane by today’s standard 🔥
It's easier with a smaller tail same as higher trucks
@@seewhyaneyesee can somebody ollie most of their maximum height if they replace their grip tape with Teflon then?
I wonder if the guys understand that they are encountering alien species for the first time on earth....
Rodney was so amazing that even after 30 years no one has yet been able to skate like him. Tech master, innovator and Godfather of skateboarding. A true legend.
Oh but there is one!
Jonny Giger!
@@SplendidFellow lol, not even close
@@SplendidFellow That’s laughable
@@SplendidFellow Jonny has done amazingly great. But he is a kid next to Rodney.
Andy Anderson?
Rodney Mullen invented skateboarding.
Tony Hawk told the world about it.
Wrong and wrong
I also thought of this, name should be rodney mullen’s pro skater
no
@@hyperion2551 why no?
@@hyperion2551 He did lol, he invented the board shape we use nowadays and because of the flatground ollie he invented, skateboarding was invented so that means he created the "Modern Street Skateboarding". plus he was titled as the God Father of Street Skating
Every skater aspires to reach such a level that when you skate everyone at the skatepark just stops and watches you absolutely kill it.
Wtf
In 1 video for the early 80s, Rodney invented almost every street trick of modern skating and even more no one can do to this day
@rheotaxisvids Daewon don’t invent kickflips tho 😭
He can't be from this planet. 30 years ago he was doing things most skaters struggle to do today
I agree with you, but what shows exactly how difficult some of these tricks are is that after all these years there have only been a handful on people on earth that can do some of his tricks.
That handstand pivot is pure sorcery.
Best street skater ever, end of the story
So crazy watching one of The Godfather’s of skateboarding create tricks 30 years ago that are still above pros standards today. THE GOAT.
The blueprint for the future of skateboarding
Hidden gem
What the hell!? I can’t even fathom half of what I just watched and it’s 2024! These poor kids brain must just be goo from being melted, they seen into the future and some things that will also never be done again.
He deserves more credit, people know him yes. But even non skaters know Tony Hawk when this guy has done so much for street skating.
This looks like a witch cursed him and made it physically impossible for him to fall off a skateboard and this is him trying everything he can think of to get off
when you spin like that the world starts to spin with you
wow..
Imagine a dude skates a modern sls and busts out moves like this. How would they even grade him? 😂
Immediately wins
Año 1990 , yo aún no nacía y el ya hacía todo esto , increíble , mis respetos para mullen, uno de mis inspiradores en el mundo del skate 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Rodney doesn’t mess up, the board messes up
These guys like Mullen and Hawk are so truly special. Amazing stories. Somewhere along the line they got a skateboard and it was fate. They became successful in a place very few do but they also started the whole thing in many respects. Now they are still skating like kids but disguised as successful adults. They not only are living their dream its more than that....
This takes so much creativity to do compared to the skating that’s done nowadays
How big is Rodney Mullens skateboard in this video (I’m thinking of making a diy freestyle skateboard
Havent seen many documented clips of him doing a carousel. This is probably the only one
absolute genius
This man is a different breed yo...
This has to be the most impressive thing I’ve ever scene, crazier than anything I see today
This is ballet with a skateboard
I swear I have only ever heard rodney Mullen through my left airpod
yup they split the audio between both headphones
Rodney is just a god of skateboarding.
The legend of skateboard
He did trick "tricks" like cool wacky hard shit, rather than flips
(not that flips aren't tricks no one will know how to do them straight up(
What a special person.
Sick!!!!
So inspiring!
3:40 Nollie 360 melon grabs on flat, 31 years ago.
I don’t get how free style died this is amazing.
Died?? Rodney mullen is still alive I think + Rodney mullen is still the only one who can do these (I think) or no one to his level - the guy is a genius and invented most of skateboarding including the ollie (I think)
@@jasonmiddleton5491 I think he adapted the Ollie from bowl/ramp to flat, and sadly freestyle didn’t get the the comeback that vert did in the 90s. It’s a shame, freestyle is amazing.
@@retroh9041 I believe he found the Olie from the stopping motion by using the tail - and found the popping motion to lift the board over curbs etc...
@@jasonmiddleton5491 Yoo, freestyle isn't dead. There are young guns doing shit like this even today. I think in China especially there is freestyle scene. Check it out.
@@poetsrear I've seen, *re-read my comment, I never said this type of skateboarding was dead? Wth is going on these days - everyone's gone nuts!!*
You'd have to be jealous to dislike this video
This is the dopest thing I’ve ever seen posted onto UA-cam. Mullen must’ve came out of the womb and darkslide the hospital gurney when birthed 😂 lmao
At first I thought the title was one of his tricks
I grew up trying these tricks. Mullen was far ahead of his time. So consistent. I don't know anyone who has those quick feet in the progression of street skating today.
Creating so many tricks while skating in his garage... Imaging sitting at a piano and coming up with a song. Then turning that song.... into a haircut.
This is a gem, I've seen many videos of rodney but this one is a great compilation of what he can do, thanks to him I decided to buy a skateboard at 22 years old, now I'm 30 and happy to have found that guy
fucking awesome
Id die to know the music in the background,.. Especially 2nd track,.. can anyone help?
I've been looking for it too.
That last trick wasnt the flashiest but to me was nost inpressive a 180/ 360 new to this stuff...
But he had near no momentum so that to me was a real inpressive display of board perception he had.(*has.)
omg🤯🤯🤯💣💣💣
I love his truck stands
mind blowing, this man is a true LEGEND
If this is the skating I grew up seeing I'd definitely be a skater lol imo this is way cooler than modern skating seems much more technical as well
Zerava tony hawks pro skater com ele só pra abrir os videos dele. Cara era bom demais tá é loko.
I think the biggest difference between mullen and alot of other at the time was simply he natrually had a standing stance that offered better board control ( he was pigeon toed.) unfortunately thats why he destroyed his hips but win some lose some i suppouse
Rodney joins a contest and everybody stops breathing.
😂
Mike is a beast and also the nicest dude around. He is the friend you want in your corner.
I saw him in the same session before his run in Munster 1990. During practice. I can t find my diapositive i shot!!!
i thought 1990 was the amount of rotation of some trick like tony hawks 900 this is rodneys 1990
He mastered the art of skating to a Tee, it’s as if their weee magnet on his shoes and the board. I’ve never ever seen skate boarding like this ever.
I can’t even do this on the video game
are those front foot and back foot impossibles?
My left ear loves this
And that's just Level 1.
Crazy to think this guy almost never got a chance to even own a skateboard
Good
Excelent video. Yeah super sk8
how does he not get dizzy
Him and Daewon are my favorite skaters ever.
in the words of Keanu Reeves.....whoa.....!
Wooooow. I never knew anyone could actually do that one trick. I thought it was just cgi trick in THPS lol.
This dude is a robot from the future.
@2:14 most of that spin only one wheel is touching the ground.
El verdadero prodigio del skate sin dudas , por lo menos el mejor de la historia andando en el piso. En rampa probablemente sea tonyhawk
Bruce Lee Of Skateboarding
that nosedive manual fuckin sick
The man
No myth……..just pure legend.
The guy that pretty much invented every modern baseline street skating move there is.
Even with what street skating is nowadays, what it came from wouldn’t be what it even currently is without what he came up with.
I’m currently 41, but I got into skateboarding after meeting my friend Josh who I’ve known for at least 21 or 22 years at least by now, and that was between the ages of 18 and 20 and somehow through trying to learn to skateboard I met him, and skateboarding is what we got into together together, so we were skateboarding even before the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games came out, and I won’t deny that in the beginning, my favorite skater, for if I remember correctly, at least a short period of time was Andrew Reynolds, But somehow, at some point in time I came across seeing what tricks this guy did, and had a pension for wanting to do the kind of skating he did, and I never became pro by any means, I haven’t been on a skateboard in years, but I’ve been thinking about getting back on the skateboard I still have that’s the last one I used and seeing how I would fare at a skate park nowadays 😂, but I learned about who this guy was, I got fascinated with the tricks that he can pull off and out of most of the friends, and even strangers skateboarding that I met at different skate parks and a different points in time, it seem like I was the only one that actually pulled off tricks that he did, and in games of skate I didn’t win every game but at least half the time I got most of the people I played skate against with the first three letters because nobody else did the technical and freestyle tricks that he did add whenever I got to skate park with Josh at least back in those years and even later on in the middle of my 10 years skateboarding, I still used to love doing finger, flaps, heel flaps, casper stalls and even simply enough, I was one of my few friends that could do heel flips, and I had no problem doing them and I liked doing them, and he actually likes doing them on occasion as well.
Over the last year or two I’ve come across videos around this time when he was around this age of different contests and recorded showings off and it’s always cool to see him perform stuff so technical and thorough but consistently as if there’s almost no possibility he’ll screw up.
If not, the most technical skateboarder I’ve ever known to see in videos and been into, the only other skater being equal to him with the types of tricks, he does would be, of course Daewon Song.
God status
The way he plants all of the tricks too. Like an olympic gymnast nailing a landing.
Why does everything in the 90s seem so much better?
Sadly,because it was.
Ayoooo any oilers fans notice dudes shirt 9 seconds in?
Wait what? He was in Helsinki???
tony hawks pro skater 4, manual and just smash random buttons to do all the manual combo tricks is right here in this video.
Родни - гений!!!!
Anyone know what kind of pants those are?
i liked before i watched. then i thought lets watch maybe its not even that good. it was that good
Are freestyle boards' trucks usually kept tight? I have no idea how he's doing stuff like the one wheel spin and the spacewalks without getting wheelbite
Back when me & my friends made fun of him for just spinning his board and always ff'ed past his parts in bones movies to get to the rad guys jumping over shit or skating ramps/pools. Little did we know his masterplan to be the ultimate street skater.
God I wanna smack my young self 🤦♂️
"I'll just take the letter"
mi ídolo en el skteboarding!! lml
He sold his soul to the devil. Absolutely unreal
He could take every skaters money in a game of skate
A bueno este es re profesional diría yo
Who spiked my drink?
Ese on me llega al pincho pero si
That's the greatest
The Archwizard of Skateboarding.
Always in our hearts.
1:42 up down > triangle circle > circle > triangle > x > right square
"Rubbish heap" days
He's so dorky and innovative. Always seemed like a genuinely good decent guy