Rodney Mullen Interview | Tony Hawk & Skateboarding 

I just saw a clip of Tony talking about rodney and how he invented the helipop (front or back 360 spin). And I was sitting here wondering why he doesn't talk and do pods more. He's a pioneer and has contributed an unimaginable amount to skateboarding. Respect for you and him.

I feel like a better person every time hear his profound words, like a part of me that was broken healed a little, mentally. That effect only the best teaching in the world can achieve. Respect to Mr Mullen, for passing on his knowledge for the benefit of others

how could you listen to his total retard rant here and call him insightful? He was given a simple fucking task- "define skateboarding" and he was completely incapable of doing it. that guy is a fucking moron.

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He’s way too busy for doing that I think

I thought the same thing when I watched the Powell/Peralta doc a few years back, I guess 45 minutes is as good as anything! This guy's mind is as inspiring as it is insightful.

Of course he's smart.... he invented the kickflip. Hes a very creative guy

@@mitchgillilan not only that, he pretty much invented street skateboarding.

Watch Dogtown and Bones Brigade docs

Rodney is the man!

we all love Tony and how could you not.. but as a street skater, we all know that Rodney is best skater in the world.

@@stephaniejonathan4970 Big facts

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That will be the follow up video

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Oooooohhhh Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! He is an amazing amazing amazing storyteller skateboard historian!!!

​@@kylewattssurfing3266and an even more amazing skate boarder! But Rodney would say that's subjective to perspective😅

Facts! Man what would skateboarding be without this guy? I don't even wanna know...

only when you're a complete idiot and have no idea what logic or wisdom is

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Most definitely an old soul.

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not for him it wouldn't.

Yes! His voice is so calming he could most likely end wars!

I'm going to get shit on for this, so I'll preface this with: Rodney is the GOAT and most influential skater of all time. That said, he over-explains obvious things ad nauseam. It's like some autistic God is beaming stuff most people already know into his brain for his 24/7 Ted Talk. His true genius is upstairs, and in his feet. I'll skip the mouth floor.

@@lustforlow-end6022 plenty of other mentally handicapped people to hang out with

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yep, he can even spell "anything"

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I NEVER would’ve known he’d grow up to be so eloquent. The best spokesperson for skating in the world. He was always extremely awkward in the little interviews clips on skate videos as a kid, like through the 80s. I never saw it coming

@@brandonmason388 bro took introspection and eloqution to max stat. I wish we had more footage of him just talking

@@rodmullen64 for real. But I’m happy we get what we get from him. I’m an 80s kid and back then he was a real mystery. There were a couple magazine interviews but he didn’t really go in depth on any of the stuff he talks about these days. Now we get a little better glimpse of the real genius

You and I have been skating almost the same amount of time. Thps Rodney's stats were like maxed out right? Skate on! I never live anywhere without a board I always gotta have it.

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I don't know if there's anyone alive today that has contributed more to their industry than Rodney Mullen has for skateboarding. The GOAT of GOATs

​@@johnnycoolguy9554Michael Jordan did quiiiiiiite a bit

@@pigs6486 sure he won a lot. But did he create nearly every technique, every skill that basketball players MUST learn in order to participate in the sport? Because that is what Rodney Mullen did. He literally created the foundation and continually built on that with every skill you have to know to be a skateboarder. MJ was a product of his sport, Rodney Mullen was the creator.

​​@@johnnycoolguy9554 exactly. When I heard him speak about the language of skateboarding, how modular and adaptive and perfectly descriptive to a scientific level of precision it is, all I could think was, "yeah, Rodney, that was mostly your doing. Sure, many others contributed to it, but you were one of the most influential elements in creating that system and redefining the way we see and experience skateboarding even today. So thank you." The man is so humble and so quick to commend the work of others that just by listening to him, you wouldn't necessarily realize how much of the vocabulary and base structural composition of skateboarding was born from his incredible mind. I just hope people realize the immeasurable impact that Rodney Mullen had on the artform of skating and the community surrounding it. Absolute legend. He and Tony provided the shoulders on which everyone who came after them could stand.

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Yes! THPS, always had to be Rodney!!!

Well, he helped design the shape of modern skateboards. So of course they do. Skateboarding wouldn't be anything without Rodney.

Same. I remember in his skate video on the second game he used an AFI song from “Black Sails the Sunset.” Such a ridiculously underrated album.

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People that are not into skating .. They don't get it. Skating is the hardest sport and the most difficult sport. And it's above other sports. And they tried to tell us that skateboarding is not a sport 😅

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His strict parents had alot resistance in the beginning regarding him skateboarding. Luckily Stacy Peralta went and pleaded with them to let Rodney go adroad to competitions. Which enabled him to follow his true passion. The pressures were huge to stay home, work and help the family like everyone else where theyre from . His father was really strict and didnt support his son skating at all, because he thought it was childish and he didnt believe it could be an actual respectable paying profession. So Rodney practiced his routines at night after his family obligations. All that stress affected him socially and he didnt like doing interviews, and was initially an outsider. He was quirky and misunderstood by other skaters who mocked him in the beginning.. But the Bones brigade /Powell Peralta skaters and eventually the world would realized he was lightening in a bottle.. And would become the King of Flatland Freestyle. .Ive got mad respect for Rodney above all others in pro skateboarding simply for what he went through to be there. Those teenage years are hard enough but finding ones self, while polishing his craft to perfection, and being the literal rope in a tug of war between parents and promoter must have been really stressful place to be.. under the microscope of fame and the weight of guilt from leaving home to follow his dream would have made most folks more reserved. or just plain antisocial at best. But he used all that angst for fuel and kept his focus on his ultimate goal. The pressures he internalized and handled as a minor back then.. (and without airing it out in the media publicly, not for sympathy nor for fame or respect) im sure, helped shape him into the insightful gem of a person we have today. Also his parents came to their senses after winning a couple competitions and have fully supported him and his choice to skate since. i would imagine they realized they were wrong about his potential as a young man and about skatboarding in general.

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LMAO ITS RODNEY MULLEN DICKHEAD

Dude invented the kickflip, it wasn't untill I played project 8 till I truly saw the magic of freestyle skating (the mocap surpasses anything even in modern games). He's an amazing artist

He also invented the flatground ollie, nobody had figured out how to pop the board up back then. He invented nearly every basic flip trick and many freestyle tricks and grinds like the darkslide or primo slides. I find it incredibly impressive how he was able to transition from competing in freestyle to street when that became popular in the ‘90s. I remember him saying it was extremely difficult and he did not like it at first. I guess he had to get more used to tricks at speed, gaps, grinds, etc.

Street wouldn’t exist it’s because of him that they had the tricks they had to learn. I hope I can reach even a quarter of a step of the way to such an astonishing street/freestyle skater. Right now I can Ollie any time, finger flip kickflip way just about anytime and if I get lucky shuvit. Lol if I get super lucky I can kickflip moving it just seems a little easier.

Mullen is the Main godfather of streetskating. More than any other pro. You could add Mark Gonzales to that list.

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Read it last year, totally inspiring, grounding and centering, found it to be one of the most useful books I've read to date, bought a casio watch from a second hand store, and dug into skating for my health, it takes humble judgement to keep pushing at 40, it's fun to see what comes naturally vs a hard wall of no

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The interview was about Tony Hawk + the 900

@@storied_skateboarding I’d say the interview was about perspective… art is never black and white with one meaning; we’re both wrong and we’re both right.

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