Rodney Mullens Bio

skatenews — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:58:40 +0000

Rodney Mullen Basic Bio Information:

Name: John Rodney Mullen
Gender: Male
Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA or Hermosa Beach, CA
Date of Birth: August 17th, 1966 in Gainesville, FL
Family: married to Traci Mullen
Occupation: Engineer / Skate Brand Owner / Skateboarder
Started Skating: 1974
Started Competing: 1977
Turned Pro: 1980
Favored Discipline: Street
#1 Sponsors: Almost, Enjoi, Darkstar, Tensor, Speed Demons, Matix, Globe
Stance: Regular
Nicknames: Mutt, King

Rodney Mullen Skateboarding Style and Strengths: Rodney Mullen is easily the best street skateboarder the world has yet seen. His skateboarding style is comfortable and relaxed, making the incredible tricks he does look light and simple. Rodney Mullen often smiles and laughs, while pulling off trick after trick that no one has ever seen. Rodney Mullen is inventive, creative, confident and easy going.

Rodney Mullen Favorite / Signature Skateboarding Tricks: “I like frontside crooked grind variations, particularly the munkey flip out, or nollie hard flip. Darkslides are fun.” (Quote from Skateboard.com)

Rodney Mullen Skateboarding Tricks Invented:

Flatground Ollie
Godzilla Rail Flip
540 Shove-it
50-50 Saran Wrap
Helipops (360 Nollie)
Gazelles
No Handed 50-50 Kickflip
Heelflip
Double heelflips
Ollie Impossible
Sidewinders
360 Flip
360 pressure Flip
Casper 360 Flip
50-50 Sidewinders
One footed Ollie
Backside 180 Flip
Ollie Nosebones
Ollie Fingerflip
Airwalks
Frontside Heelflip Shove-its

Switchstance 360 Flips
Helipop Heelflips
Kickflip Underflip
Casper Slides
Half Flip Darkslide
540 double kickflip
Caballerial impossible
Half-cab kickflip underflip
Handstand flips
Rusty slides
Kickflip

Rodney Mullen Skateboarding Career Highlights:
1977 – Mullen won the first freestyle contest he entered
1980 – joined the Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade
1984, 85, 87, 88 – featured in The Bones Brigade Videos 1-4
1988 – appeared in feature film, Gleaming the Cube
1992 – began World Industries with Steve Rocco
1990+ – featured in videos by Plan B, A-Team, Globe and Almost
2002 – won Transworld Readers’ Choice Award for Skater of the Year
2002 – created Almost skateboard company
2003 – wrote “The Mutt: How to Skateboard and not Kill Yourself”

Rodney Mullen Personal History: Rodney Mullen’s father, a doctor, only allowed Rodney to skate if he always wore pads and would quit after his first serious injury. Rodney Mullen avoided injury and obeyed his father, and got sponsored 9 months after getting his own skateboard. Freestyle skateboarding faded from popularity, but Rodney Mullen took his creative skills and continues to feature in skate videos up to the present day. Rodney Mullen no longer skates in competitions, but still skateboards two hours a day.

Rodney Mullen Interesting Fact: Rodney Mullen has only lost one freestyle contest. Ever. In his entire life. And in the contest he lost, he came in 2nd, because he was sick. Rodney Mullen has even won one vert contest.

Rodney Mullen Quote: “Do what you love and try not to look at what other people occupy themselves with. Most people seem restless and bounce around too much to focus or even pay attention enough to themselves to figure out exactly what they really do love, as opposed to what the people that surround them are doing.” (Quote from Skateboard.com) – Hear more from Rodney in this Rodney Mullen Interview.

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