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sick :shock: ,, it almost looks fake

wow, that dude is my hero. its like he came out of his mother with a skateboard. jesus christ.

That dude is truly in a class by himself.

thats one of the secret vids in tony hawk 3 isnt it... that guy is fukin deadly..hes safe as fuck.

Too bad he was way ahead of his time. Tony was luckier and built a brand for himself. Rodney was a member of the same Bones Brigade and we don't see or hear about him that much, no video games, T shirts or stores. I mean it's great fro Hawk, but you wonder what happened to most of your favorite skaters from the 80's.

this guy is really wicked :shock:

Re: OLD RODNEY MULLEN VIDEO-(DAE WONSONG)

super vid dude!!!!

Taken from somewhere else.

[quote] Rodney Mullen THE KING OF FREESTYLE

For someone who has left (and is still in the process of leaving) an incredible legacy to the world of skateboarding, Rodney Mullen's start with the sport was fairly inauspicious. When the second skateboard boom hit in the 1970's, Rodney was eager to ride a board of his own. He had been watching the neighborhood kids, envious of their boards. Rodney had asked his father for a skateboard on numerous occasions, but everytime, had been told "NO". On New Years Eve, 1976, Rodney decided to ask his father for a board just one more time. In an article written for Thrasher (January 1996 issue), Rodney recalls his fathers response that evening: "He reluctantly made a deal: The first injury I got, or the first time he had caught me without my pads, I had to quit".

With his fathers reserved blessing, Rodney wasted no time and marched down to the local shopping mall on January 1st, 1977. He picked up a black Bonsai aluminum board with precision wheels and ACS trucks. Prior to this purchase, his father had been concerned that skateboarding was not a very safe sport. In hindsight, he needn't have worried. Quickly, Rodney began practicing and learning freestyle tricks - in full pads. About nine months from the time he received his skateboard, Rodney picked up his first sponsor: The Inland Surf Shop.

He started winning contests in his home state of Florida. In 1978, Rodney blew a lot of the California pros away when he reached 4th place at the Kona contest. In 1979, Rodney took top spot at the Oceanside contest in California and was immediately sponsored by Walker. With all this success, Rodney's father realized that his son had mastered skateboarding. The only problem was, now his father wanted him to try to master something else. What was the sport Rodney's father had suggested he pick up?: "Golf," say Rodney, with a tinge of disbelief. But Rodney didn't pick up the clubs and he kept training.

In August of 1980, he received a call from Stacy Peralta inviting him out to a contest in San Diego. Rodney remembers the time vividly. "This was to be my last fling." He was 13 years old and would be competiting with top Sims freestyler Steve Rocco. The contest was extremely close and the judges kept on awarding the same number of points to both Steve and Rodney. Eventually, on the last runoff, Rodney won the contest. It was then that he officially started riding for Powell Peralta. "After this success", recalls Rodney, "my father was motivated to keep me involved in skateboarding."

In the early 80's, skateboarding was very much underground. The sport had peaked, just like in the 60's and now there was only a group of hardcore skaters who kept up with the sport. Rodney wrote articles for Thrasher magazine that explained, step-by-step, complex freestyle moves. He wound up in 1st place in almost every contest. In the mid 80's, the sport picked up again, primarily due to the proliferation of skateboard videos. The Powell Peralta and Vision Psycho skate videos showcased Rodney's amazing abilities better than any sequential photo spread found in a magazine. Viewers were in awe of his command of the board. As Peter Weldrake, owner of Toronto's famous Hogtown Skateboard Shop, recalled, "In the mid 1980's, I had a little black and white television hooked up to a VCR and crowds of people would jam the store in awe of what Rodney was doing. They had never seen skateboarding like this before!" As the 80's progressed, Rodney became increasingly famous. He has some positive memories of the time: "There was so much opportunity. My friends were doing well." Rodney wrote in Thrasher "Skating blew up from around 86 to 91. I felt like a rock star. I flew on the Concorde." Despite all his success, however, Rodney recalled some painful truths about fame: "Each time I thought I got somewhere else, I realized I hadn't gone anywhere."

Slowly, Rodney entered into the world of new school skating. He put away the traditional freestyle board and with encouragement from Plan B's Mike Ternasky and World Industries had Steve Rocco, Rodney started moving into street skating. His practice paid off and he can be seen in the 1992 Questionable Video. His blending of new street style skating with his amazingly technical freestyle tricks set a new standard and blew many people away.

There is no question that Rodney Mullen dominated freestyle skateboarding for over a decade. In today's world of street skating, Rodney is still a major force. Many of the tricks he invented in the 1980's are now the foundation of new school skateboarding. He is, however, extremely humble when asked about the tremendous influence he has had on skateboarding. "I was just doing my thing. I didn't think of myself as a pioneer." Rodney works full time in the skateboard industry, and nowadays, heads up a truck company called Tensor, travels with the Globe team... One of the former "A-Team" members, Marc Johnson, started "Enjoi" skateboards in its place and put all the the old team A-Team members on the new team, including Mr. Mullen!
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Re: OLD RODNEY MULLEN VIDEO-(DAE WONSONG)

i saw this guy skate at a couple of demos way back when. he was fucking swesome. while the bones brigade were skating that half pipe powell peralta dragged around city to city, mullen would be tearing up the street course.

do you remember that pogo thing he did? those were the days!

Re: OLD RODNEY MULLEN VIDEO-(DAE WONSONG)

if he ever came outta retirement and showed up to the x games, the games would basically stop after his first run. if he pulled off half of what he is capable of, he would win every event outside of the vert. no one compares to how good he was. not even the 900.

:shock:

wow :shock: .those guys is crazy.

Absolutely incredible...!! I never thought half that stuff was even possible on a board. I agree, he's in a class by himself!! :RockOn:

[quote=Homskillet]Absolutely incredible...!! I never thought half that stuff was even possible on a board. I agree, he's in a class by himself!! :RockOn:[/quote]

this video is like 15 years old. the guys now can't do half the shit he could.

I think I saw this on Tony Hawk 3, too... all I can say is those upsidedown-grind-manual combos are the pimpest thing I've ever seen people do on a skatebaord

what i liked most about the video was not just that he pulled those tricks off, but how easy he made everything look. some of that shit is virtually impossible and he does it like its nothing.

wow, I have never seen such smooth transistions. This guys slays the board!! Only if, I could skate like that

Rodney Mullen is my favorite skateboarder of all time. The shit he can do while standing in one place, not even moving, is amazing. Freestyle->Primo->Casper->Darkslide->Manual->etc....

What a fucking pimp.

[quote=Mr.Big]thats one of the secret vids in tony hawk 3 isnt it... that guy is fukin deadly..hes safe as fuck.[/quote]

You sir are correct

Re: OLD RODNEY MULLEN VIDEO-(DAE WONSONG)

do you guys remember Ray Barbie? he was sick as shit too.

Re: OLD RODNEY MULLEN VIDEO-(DAE WONSONG)

[quote=rickyfuller]do you guys remember Ray Barbie? he was sick as shit too.[/quote]

Didn't he come after Rodney? I've heard of him, but I've never seen him skate. :D

Re: OLD RODNEY MULLEN VIDEO-(DAE WONSONG)

[quote=hypoluxxa][quote=rickyfuller]do you guys remember Ray Barbie? he was sick as shit too.[/quote]

Didn't he come after Rodney? I've heard of him, but I've never seen him skate. :D[/quote]

yeah he was after rodney but had that same smooth style. makes it look easy.

that kid has skills man KICKASS!! :RockOn:

Great post, thanks sightless.

Rodney Mullen is probably one of the most innovative street skaters ever. To come from a freestyle background when it was considered really lame to be able to command the respect he now does is something else. In Rodney vs Daweon Round 2, his first section is just sick. He does some wicked stuff in Canvas also. The guy is amazing. Stuff he does in an around picknick tables is just mind blowing..

He was easily the most innovative, revolutionary skateboarder ever. He may not have become an industry like Tony Hawk, but trust me...anyone who ever picked up a board knows he was the shit. The world owes no less than 50 different tricks to him alone. Most of them he made up years before anyone else could even think about trying them. Everytime a new Powell/Plan B/whoever the hell else he skated for video came it was always just a wait to get to Rodney's part because you knew you were going to see something you had never seen before. Alway jaw-dropping.

I remember when I unlocked this video..I could not believe he was still doing this kind of shit like 10 years later. Dudes gotta be in his late 30s by now.

Darkslides forever. :Respect:

hes digweed on the skateboard!!!! :mrgreen:

The guy is a fucking God. That said, give Shaun White a few more years (he's still only fucking 17) and I reckon he will enter a similar level of Godliness - he's certainly changed vert skating forever already with his inverted trickery and he's only gonna get better. He's essentially the best snowboarder in the world at the moment already and he's said he's gonna concentrate now much more on his skating, and I can't wait!!

But yea, Mullen is a fucking god, some of that shit just isnt possible!

:shock: holy shit

yea rodney has been my favorite skater since i was 13. he's soooooooooo amazing.

where do we get more links like this?......i want to see more tricks on the skate :wink: :RockOn:

Re: OLD RODNEY MULLEN VIDEO-(DAE WONSONG)

the more i watch that the more i am amzaed