John Rodney Mullen (born August 17, 1966 in Gainesville, Florida), known simply as Rodney Mullen (AKA The Mutt), is a professional skateboarder considered by many to be the most influential skater in the history of the sport. Mullen is credited with inventing at least 39 distinct skateboarding tricks, including the Flatland Ollie, the Kickflip (originally called the "magic flip") in 1983, the Heelflip, the 360 Flip (aka the 360 Kickflip or Trefli...
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John Rodney Mullen (born August 17, 1966 in Gainesville, Florida), known simply as Rodney Mullen (AKA The Mutt), is a professional skateboarder considered by many to be the most influential skater in the history of the sport. Mullen is credited with inventing at least 39 distinct skateboarding tricks, including the Flatland Ollie, the Kickflip (originally called the "magic flip") in 1983, the Heelflip, the 360 Flip (aka the 360 Kickflip or Treflip), and the Impossible. Mullen is credited in numerous skateboarding videos, and has authored an autobiography.
"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. I could walk around with my skateboard at the skatepark. I love skateboarding" Rodney Mullen, 2003
Rodney Mullen began skateboarding at the age of ten after he promised his worried father he would stop the first time he became seriously injured....
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