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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. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Gainesville is the largest City in and County seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States. Perhaps the oldest style of Skateboarding itself Freestyle Skateboarding (or most commonly freestyle) is a type of skating that was popular intermittently from [1] He is credited with inventing many tricks, including many flat-ground tricks, the kickflip, the Heelflip, the 360 flip, and the Impossible. The Kickflip (originally Magic Flip) is an Aerial Skateboarding Trick where the Skateboarder kicks his Skateboard in order to make it flip The heelflip (aka heel is an aerial Skateboarding trick where the skateboarder kicks his board in order to make it flip 360 degrees along the board's long axis


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Later career - the 1990s to present day

His tenure at World Industries marked the beginning of a shift in his skating career from freestyle to street skating. He left the World Industries team to join Plan B, a super team made up of some of the highest profile pros of that time. Plan B Skateboards is a Skateboarding company based out of Vista California Consisting of P-Rod Jereme Rogers and Ryan Sheckler Throughout this period Mullen was urged by Plan B founder, Mike Ternasky, to adapt his freestyle skating to street. This approach was first seen in the 1992 Plan B video Questionable, and ushered in a new era of street skating that took freestyle tricks which were traditionally done without rolling, or at slow speeds in a confined flat area, to a more varied terrain, often at speed and incorporating obstacles.

After the death of Ternasky in a car accident, Mullen started the A-Team in 1995. It was his take on forming a super team with the defection of Plan B from the World Industries empire. A-Team folded in 2000 and Mullen went from company founder to company rider under former A-Team rider Marc Johnson, who started Enjoi Skateboards. Marc Johnson (born Jan 6, 1977, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is a Professional skateboarder. Enjoi is a Skateboarding company that offers a line of professionally endorsed skateboard decks as their primary product Mullen left Enjoi and headed Almost Skateboards along with Daewon Song, which he continues to maintain professional status. Almost Skateboards (started 2003) is a skateboard company owned by Dwindle Distribution and was started by Rodney Mullen and Daewon David Daewon Song (born February 19 1975 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean goofy-footed skateboarder. Mullen expanded his product development and created Tensor truck in 2000[2] and has also developed experimental and composite deck constructions for Dwindle brands. Tensor Trucks is a skateboarding truck company founded and designed by professional skateboarder Rodney Mullen in 2000. Dwindle Distribution, based in El Segundo CA, is the largest skateboard manufacturing company and distributor [1]

In 2002 the World Industries companies, under the holding name Kubic Marketing, were bought out by Globe International for $46 million. Kubic's management remained intact and Mullen began working for Globe International under the Dwindle Distribution brand. [3]

In late 2003, Rodney Mullen was voted as the all-time greatest action sports athlete on the Extreme Sports Channel's Legends of the Extreme countdown. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Extreme Sports Channel is a Netherlands -based Extreme sports Television channel available across Europe and the Middle East.

2004 saw the announcement by Dwindle that it has been producing skateboard decks in China under the direction of Mullen. A Dwindle spokesperson explained that the move was “to better control our current product quality and develop new advanced products. All this, while simultaneously lowering the price on existing skate-deck products. ”[4]

Mullen also penned an autobiography in 2004 with the help of Sean Mortimer, entitled The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself.

Mullen continues to skate street and the tricks he pioneered; like the Kickflip and the flat-ground Ollie, once considered technical and difficult, are now considered basic tricks. The Kickflip (originally Magic Flip) is an Aerial Skateboarding Trick where the Skateboarder kicks his Skateboard in order to make it flip The ollie is an aerial Skateboarding trick, invented by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand in 1976 and later adapted to flat ground by Rodney Mullen. Rodney, however, continues to invent and adapt his own tricks such as underflip and darkslide variations.

Mullen's invented tricks

Selected videography

Appearances in '80s culture

Appearances in modern culture

Mullen has appeared in the Tony Hawk Pro Skater (THPS) console games including THPS 2,3,4, Tony Hawk's Underground, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, and Tony Hawk's Project 8. Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968) is an American professional Skateboarder He is credited with being the first recorded skater to land the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (THPS released as Tony Hawk's Skateboarding in Europe, is a Skateboarding Video game. "THUG" redirects here For other uses see Thug. Tony Hawk's Underground, also called THUG and Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (also known as THUG 2 or Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 6) is the sixth installment in Neversoft 's Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (also known as THUG 2 or Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 6) is the sixth installment in Neversoft 's Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, also known as THAW (and unofficially as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 7) is a Video game that Tony Hawk's Project 8, officially abbreviated as THP8, is the eighth installment in the Tony Hawk 's series of video games. He also appears as a featured rigger skater in Tony Hawk's Proving Ground. Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (abbreviated as THPG and loosely referred to as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 9) is a Video game developed Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (abbreviated as THPG and loosely referred to as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 9) is a Video game developed [8]

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References

  1. ^ Weyland, J (2002) The Answer is Never: A Skateboarder's History of the World Arrow, London. Globe Shoes are a manufacturer of Surf and Skateboard footwear formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1994 by former Australian professional Almost Skateboards (started 2003) is a skateboard company owned by Dwindle Distribution and was started by Rodney Mullen and Daewon Tensor Trucks is a skateboarding truck company founded and designed by professional skateboarder Rodney Mullen in 2000. p276. ISBN 0-09-943186-6
  2. ^ Turning On a Dime. Transworld Business (2000-07-11). 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
  3. ^ Globe Buys Kubic. Transworld Business (2002-07-05). See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Retrieved on 2007-10-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses
  4. ^ An Update From The Crew At Dwindle. Transworld Business (2004-01-27). "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Retrieved on 2007-10-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses
  5. ^ Rodney Mullen. Skateboarding. com (2006). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2008-06-05. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem
  6. ^ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0924461/ The Man Who Souled the World ] at the Internet Movie Database
  7. ^ Gleaming the Cube → Trivia at the Internet Movie Database
  8. ^ Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Featured Skaters. Activision. Activision Inc is an American Video game developer and publisher. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the

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