He was successful in local competitions
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 10:06 am
The man who invented almost all the modern tricks of today, the man who made today's skateboarding look like it does.
Rodney Mullen was born in Gainesville, Florida in 1966. He was exposed to skateboarding when he saw his sister's friends (who were surfers) riding their skateboards when there were no waves. He was enthusiastic and asked his father for a skateboard, but his father did not agree, because he said it was a dangerous sport. Rodney did not give up and finally convinced his father to buy him a skateboard on the condition that he must wear full protective gear and the first time he was injured he must retire.
After only one year of skateboarding he was sponsored by a local skate shop , but did not like all the people around him.
At the age of 11, his family moved to a farm far from people outside Gainesville.
He only rode flats because he had nothing else to ride (bass). That's email data his creativity began to blossom. Rodney didn't know what others were doing and didn't care what tricks other skaters were doing. He just wanted to see what was possible with the skate, to push his own limits.
In 1980, he entered his first professional competition and beat Steve Rocco. From there, things started to flow and he started getting calls from companies and magazines.
After getting recognition when he beat Steve Rocco, he became a pro under the sponsorship of Paul Puerta. He started influencing other pros, and one of the things he did that completely changed the world of skateboarding was the Hawley on the flat.
In fact, when Alan Gelfand invented the Hawley, he didn't really hurt the skate, he gave the skate a kind of "scoop" and Rodney took that and figured out how to give the pop so that the skate would really take off.
Rodney had an idea to create a Rodney Mullen VS Dewon Song skate movie and since then it has evolved into the second and third movies (within the movie Almost Round 3) with each time they push themselves and the limits of skateboarding .
Rodney Mullen was born in Gainesville, Florida in 1966. He was exposed to skateboarding when he saw his sister's friends (who were surfers) riding their skateboards when there were no waves. He was enthusiastic and asked his father for a skateboard, but his father did not agree, because he said it was a dangerous sport. Rodney did not give up and finally convinced his father to buy him a skateboard on the condition that he must wear full protective gear and the first time he was injured he must retire.
After only one year of skateboarding he was sponsored by a local skate shop , but did not like all the people around him.
At the age of 11, his family moved to a farm far from people outside Gainesville.
He only rode flats because he had nothing else to ride (bass). That's email data his creativity began to blossom. Rodney didn't know what others were doing and didn't care what tricks other skaters were doing. He just wanted to see what was possible with the skate, to push his own limits.
In 1980, he entered his first professional competition and beat Steve Rocco. From there, things started to flow and he started getting calls from companies and magazines.
After getting recognition when he beat Steve Rocco, he became a pro under the sponsorship of Paul Puerta. He started influencing other pros, and one of the things he did that completely changed the world of skateboarding was the Hawley on the flat.
In fact, when Alan Gelfand invented the Hawley, he didn't really hurt the skate, he gave the skate a kind of "scoop" and Rodney took that and figured out how to give the pop so that the skate would really take off.
Rodney had an idea to create a Rodney Mullen VS Dewon Song skate movie and since then it has evolved into the second and third movies (within the movie Almost Round 3) with each time they push themselves and the limits of skateboarding .