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Skateboarding Thread

¿kama3

¿kama3

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i luved watchin simple session.
finals http://www.session.ee/live/?stream=1020631
semi finals http://www.session.ee/live/?stream=1020630
1st place american Austin Seaholm. also i loved couple of russians style and of course finlanders, always good skateboarding. and Bastien Salabanzi looked like Eddie Murphy i don't know what was up with him, man was a little rusty 'couldnt even nail flip to fakie on ditch first trick on the run, and that allready killed his will to win I guess.
 
NOKUY

NOKUY

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sum more mullen info

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In a 2009 video Mullen sums up his passion for skateboarding:

I fell in love with skateboarding because it was individual. There were no teams, there were no captains... it was completely opposite of what I saw in so many sports: It was creative.[4]

Contents

1 Biography

Biography
Early life

Rodney Mullen grew up in Florida and began skateboarding at the age of ten, after a neighbourhood friend introduced him to a skateboard. He promised his worried father that he would stop the first time he became seriously injured. Mullen began practicing in full pads, as part of the deal with his dad, and hung out with his sister's surfer friends who skateboarded on weekdays.[5] Mullen became obsessed with the skateboard and practiced for hours every day.
Skateboarding

In 1978, having owned a skateboard for less than a year, Rodney placed fifth in the Boy's Freestyle at the U.S. Open Championships at Kona Skatepark in Jacksonville. Skateboard manufacturer Bruce Walker saw his performance and sponsored Mullen through Walker Skateboards in 1978-1980. Mullen's biggest influence in skateboarding at the time was Walker pro skater Jim McCall. Mullen was coached in his early years by Bruce Walker (who also coached a young Kelly Slater).

In later years, Mullen was coached by Barry Zaritzky, aka SIO Barry. When his family moved to a farm in a remote part of Florida, Rodney began perfecting his flatground techniques in the family garage. Mullen cites the isolation and lack of terrain naturally influenced him toward freestyle skateboarding. Rodney cites 1979 - 1980 as his "most creative time".[5] Mullen put together a string of 30 straight competitive amateur victories in the late 70s, mostly in his home state Florida, culminating in a win at the Oceanside Nationals in June, 1979.
Rodney Mullen in air
Rodney Mullen, 1988.

In 1980, 14-year-old Rodney Mullen entered the Oasis Pro competition, defeating world champion Steve Rocco. Mullen later turned professional as a member of the Bones Brigade sponsored by Powell Peralta. Powell Peralta was co-owned by Stacy Peralta, who Mullen highly admired. Mullen competed voraciously throughout the 80s—often frustrating both competitors and judges with his consistency and progressive ability.[6] By 1990, Mullen had won 34 out of 35 freestyle competitions that he entered, having been beaten only once by fellow Bones Brigade member Per Welinder, due to Mullen falling over during his run. Mullen established the most successful competitive run in the history of the sport.

Despite Alan "Ollie" Gelfand's fame for inventing the ollie air (Gelfand's maneuver being primarily a transition-oriented trick) Mullen is responsible for the invention and development of the street ollie. The ability to pop the board off of the ground and land back on the board while moving has been the most significant development in modern skateboarding. The invention alone would rank Mullen one of the most important skateboarders of all time.

Throughout the 1980s, he invented the majority of skating's ollie and flip tricks, including the flatground ollie, the kickflip, the heelflip and many others. These tricks are now considered an essential part of modern vert and street skateboarding. In early 1989, Mullen left the Bones Brigade to join World Industries as a principal investor with longtime friend and former rival Steve Rocco.[6] The choice was a gamble since Powell Peralta was an established company, while Rocco's upstart company was struggling and losing money.
Street skating

As the popularity of freestyle skateboarding declined, Mullen was urged to move his style toward street skating, which Mullen had refused to do.[6] This is hinted at in the World Industries video Rubbish Heap, where Mullen's sequence ends with team member Jeremy Klein breaking Rodney's freestyle skateboard, and handing him a note from Steve Rocco, symbolizing the end of freestyle.[7]

In 1991, Mullen joined the high-profile skateboarding team Plan B. Mike Ternasky, the owner of Plan B, influenced Mullen to transition from freestyle to street skating, and showcased his skills in the 1992 Plan B video Questionable. Mullen's segment begins with traditional freestyle tricks done on flat ground, but quickly accelerates across public terrain to shift into street skating. In relation to obstacles, he sequences tricks, mixes flip tricks with grinds and board slides. In the video, Mullen introduced two newly invented tricks, the kickflip underflip and the casper slide.

Mullen's Questionable performance may have marked the beginning of a new era in street skateboarding. His reluctant departure from freestyle to become a street skater was a symbol that legitimized the technical direction street skating had taken over the previous few years. Mullen specialized at this progression in subsequent Plan B videos, including 1993's Virtual Reality, where Mullen showcases the newly-mastered Darkslide. Mullen's participation in Plan B dissolved after Mike Ternasky died in a car crash 1994. In 1997, Mullen started another company A-Team, with the intent of forming a super team with the defection of Plan B from the World Industries empire.[5] Rodney talked to friend and fellow pro Daewon Song to plan the video Rodney vs. Daewon, which featured each skater competing in segments from trick to trick.
Mainstream success

Rodney Mullen has appeared in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater video games, Underground, Underground 2|Underground 2]], American Wasteland, Proving Ground and Ride.[8] The A-Team folded in 2000 and Mullen went from company founder to company rider under former Maple rider Marc Johnson, who started Enjoi Skateboards. Mullen left Enjoi to head Almost Skateboards with Daewon Song, the company which he still helms and skates for. Mullen's role at Almost includes research and development on new designs and technologies, including Tensor truck in 2000[9] and experimental and composite deck constructions for Dwindle brands.[10]

After years of success and controversy, Steve Rocco decided to sell his company. In 2002, World Industries under the holding name Kubic Marketing, were sold to Globe International for $46 million, making Mullen and Rocco instant multi-millionaires. Kubic's management remained intact and Mullen began working for Globe under the Dwindle Distribution brand.[11] In 2002, Mullen won the Transworld Readers' Choice Award for Skater of the Year. In 2003, Mullen wrote and released his autobiography entitled The Mutt: How to skateboard and not kill yourself. In late 2003 he was voted as the all-time greatest action sports athlete on the Extreme Sports Channel's Legends of the Extreme countdown.[12][13]

From 2007 to 2009, Mullen worked to erase his riding stance, allowing him to move from regular stance to goofy. In an interview with Tony Hawk, Mullen explained that he had developed problems in his right hip joint and that his transition between stances came out of an effort to favor his leg. He goes on to describe that scar tissue had built up in his joint as a result of habitually hyper-extending his leg while skating. Mullen stated that through extensive and consistent stretching he was able to tear away the scar tissue.[14] In December 2010, Mullen stated in an interview that he was preparing to film a part for the upcoming Almost video
Personal life
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DIDM

DIDM

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he only compares to people who basically invented the sport they perform in

here is a list of the moves he invented


  • 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
  • triple bummflip
 
b00m

b00m

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:good: Great Post NOKUY :good:
Rodney Mullen has always and always will be my most favourite technical street skater ever
Over half of the flip tricks and switch tricks have been founded by rodney i.e. the first person to do the trick and land it
His Darkslides and tail darkside slides are just WTF!! :yoinks:
Apparently he now skates switch stance as his regular stance now, the man is a legend :joint:
 
mmmcake

mmmcake

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rodney is the man. i loved his book. you should read it if you get the chance.
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signed by the man himself :)
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Z

Zen Master

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I remember the beginning of that clip from the very first 'Tony Hawk' game for Nintendo 64. Was a secret 'cheat code' video I think or you had to unlock it or something. The tricks were so amazing you watch em over and over thinking "impossible" and this was in 1999. :biglaugh:

Rodney Mullen is badass!
 
R

RespectGreen

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Gonzales for sure I've got a new transworld vid with a nice part from him.. Tho I liked Mullin, but Rodney v,s Daewon, Daewon won.. Lol
 
DIDM

DIDM

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Hrpuffnkush said:
rodney was the best on the Flats! He is scared to death of transition lol
that was a different era don brown and Pierre Andre had some killer tricks too back then

id even pick Daewon or Gonzales over mullen

heres somethin killer , http://juicemagazine.com/home/?p=25845
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Rodney invented most every trick kids use still today

there is no comparison

it is really impossible to know what the skateboard world would be without Rodney, but I'm willing to bet it would be nowhere near what it is today. He was the driving force


I mean when Ollie and Kickflip are two tricks you invented, then you basically invented skateboarding IMO

kids used to basically longboard on tiny decks before Rodney showed everyone what was up.
 
JHerbz

JHerbz

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They are trying to making bombing hills illegal here in LA, kids are falling left and right going 35+ MPH lol. Me and my friend included.

Been skaitng since i was in 5th grade.

And Rodney has always been my idol, im jealous of his manual tricks more then anything else he can do. Besides a dark slide.
 
Hrpuffnkush

Hrpuffnkush

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its called street skating
not contest skating lol
others were doing ollies before Rodney , AlanG was the 1st...
if ya wana talk ollies 2 names Jeremy Wray and Danny Wainwright .....
 
greenthumbdub

greenthumbdub

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I love skating for the fun of it. I've been on a board since I was 12 and even when I quit for a while I still loved to be apart of it. I'm in my mid 20s now and have been skating again for about 3 years. It's one of the greatest exercise's out there I'm in great shape without doing any other type of work out

I love all the old skaters; Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska, Andrew Reynolds, Daewon Song, Mark Appleyard but if you really want to see talent look up the new skaters like Nyjah Huston, Chaz Ortiz, Grant Taylor, Torey Pudwill now these kids have so much talent it's not even funny. The tricks they do now days puts the older skaters to shame ha

I'll give it to Reynolds though he is close to 40 I think and still killing it on the streets every day, I'm convinced the man is a machine
 
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