Never seen someone so comfortable on a board.

Thank you Rodney for basically every skate board trick ever.

All these decades later, and that run could still win freestyle contests today.

I’m still watching this in 2022 I hope I’m not the only one. Like this up if you still here let’s keep this video alive always.This will always be one of my favourites, one that clearly shows Rodney is a master/manipulator in the Physics of Skateboarding. No one still has yet to master their craft in the same way as Rodney Mullen? Who else has complete board control, creativity and ingenuity to invent and redefine skateboarding, and have more simply just mastered their craft. Man’s a wizard and should be remembered forever when people think of skateboarding.

Holy fuck.. This is a whole nother level..

His board control is unparalleled, and he did it all with a nearly flat board. The evolution of skating is so interesting, and he's responsible for like 90% of it. Truly one of a kind.

A perfectionist, passionately obsessed with skate tricks, this will never happen again in skateboarding, one of a kind.

The 80s and 90s are the golden era of everything.

Best board control ever. There will never be another like him.

This is complete and utter mastery. No skater has ever been as impressive as Mullen. Even people who don’t give a shit about skating are captivated.

The 80s were a beautiful time

Rodney is 1 of a kind. Nobody could compete with him. He invented so many tricks it's ridiculous. A true pioneer.

This dude basically invented every flip trick we do today. So much respect and love for his innovation and contribution to skating. He changed the sport forever

Forgot how absolutely insane those skaters were back in the day. The pioneers, the original goats. This will never stop being insanely impressive.

What’s wild is most people can’t even do a majority of his moves this till this day. Bravo

Rodney Mullen is without a doubt the godfather of street skating

An absolute legend, the greatest street skater of all time, invented half of the worlds known street tricks, won't ever be touched

I love this little statement I found in an article: "If you ask a random person on the street who the greatest skateboarder of all-time is the answer you’re most likely going to get is ‘Tony Hawk.’ But if you ask Tony Hawk, or many of the OGs of skating, who the greatest skater of all time is the answer you’re almost certainly going to get is ‘Rodney Mullen.’"

I hope this guy know that in 2022 8.5 million people have watched him do this and every single one of them were amazed.

This footage should be preserved. I know that not everybody is into skateboarding, but this footage has high historical significance for the sport.

Little did this kid know how he will be credited with inventing most of the base tricks of today's modern skateboarding as well as the shape of the modern skateboard. Rodney Mullen... A living legend.

The crazy part is how consistent he was. He barely messed up any tricks.

Dude was decades ahead of his time.

It's 2021 and it is still mind blowing what he could do with a skateboard.

And that's probably one of the best skateboarding performances ever filmed..

I love the fact that an 11 year old video of a 36 year old recording Is still popular today with new age skaters and old school. Skating truly Is versatile

Thank fuck someone recorded this!

His skill and talent at this point in time is mind blowing. I don’t even know if anybody can pull this off in 2022.

He's a living cheat code. Those 80s boards were HEAVY. The guy nails everything so effortlessly. Plus he invented most of the stuff you've seen here and more. Genius.

This is why Rodney Mullen will go down as the best skater in history for me. Not only did he create some of the most iconic skate tricks, but this performance is still incredibly mind boggling 35+ years later.

This is over 35 Years ago..and this is still better than what i see from Skateboarders in 2022...that's insane!!.. This guy is a legend...

Growing up in Gainesville I had the opportunity to meet him several times (and watch him skate). He is one of the kindest, most modest person I've ever met.

"Just another day" How beautiful the irony? It was history in the making, it was an Icon of modern day culture at the beginning of his career, it was a philosophy, a way of life, and for Rodney, it was "just another day".

1986 or 2022 that's still impressive.

It's a rarity you see someone clearly decades ahead of their time with talent, mind and everything. Rodney was that for skateboarding, quite literally decades ahead of his time.

Rodney Mullen is unarguably the best skater to ever exist. Dude was doing impossibles with a cruiser board. Wicked to see how effortless he does it, not To mention none of these tricks existed yet or werent really out there. Ik for a fact no one in the 80’s was doing flat impossibles or kick flips. shoutout to the Skate father 🦾😎

The board is like an extension of his body. He has such good control.

The only way I can figure out how some of these moves happened is by slowing the video down. This stuff is lightning quick. I was so obsessed with guys like Hosoi and Cab in the 80s and never gave Rodney enough respect. The whole time he was a pioneer for what skating would evolve into and he had no idea.

I miss the 80's and 90's. A totally different world.

Understanding that an Ollie in flat ground had never been done before this man is crazy

This would still beat most skaters in a competition today

What he’s doing here has never been replicated Almost 40 years later

I want my 80's back 😫 😩 😪 😢

Absolutely insane how ahead of his time he was. That’s probably the first time a tre flip or 540 shuv was filmed in contest.

I was at the spot where he preformed over the summer. I could just feel the skate life in that place.

The 80s looks like best era to ever exist in the universe

The 80’s was a decade of culture shock….it was amazing! Rodney was one of the most gifted skateboarders to ever ride.

I cant believe later on in an interview he said that he was playing it safe all those years ago in competitions. Makes you think what he was really capable of.

Literally every single street trick done today started with this man. The god father.

Rodney Mullen pioneered street skating, and skating as a whole would not be what it is today without him.

That was the most incredible thing I’ve seen

Hard to say he isn't the best street skater of all time for all around technical tricks. He basically invented more than people can do.

I started learning how to skate last week and now my recommended is filled with skate videos lmao

Rodney Mullen was born to skate.. his creativity and the ability to pull it off were next level, even till this day 😁

He was so far ahead his skating is STILL impressive 36 years later!

Godfather of street skateboarding Ollie, kick flip, 360 kick flip and dark slides all Rodney

in what other sport would a guy from 40 years ago be leaps and bounds better than anyone in the current era? literal absolute legend savant

Good thing for skateboarding someone introduced Rodney into him to it as a kid. It wouldn’t look the same today without what he did.

You can tell he was actually just having a lot of fun while skating it just wasn’t about winning he actually enjoyed it

What a legend. In 2022 no one can do this

35 years later and this footage continues to inspire new skaters every day...

At first I was like, what a pretty combo of early skating, and Olympic style ribbon twirling; then he starts throwing these crazy flip tricks. Okay, I’m humbled. This video is legendary.

the 80's just had this vibe like there was something in the air and i didn't even grow up in the 80's.

I'm not a skateboarding fan but how could you not be impressed

nollie 5 shuvs, flat impossibles and nollie gazelles in the late 80s a madman !!

I've never seen anybody today even do anything like this n its great!!

this statement may be extreme, but Rodney is truly one of the most talented people of all time. a true artist.

2021 still here watching how crazy this is more impressive as time goes on

Rodney Mullen is the best skater of all time the true Godfather of skateboarding.

40 years later and still no one can touch this guy.

Is there anyone more impactful to modern skating then Rodney? He literally invented everything at a time where so many people had no idea what they were even looking at.

One of the most important people for this sport. Dude is timeless.

How is it even possible to be so innovative... I respect people that create new things. It's hard to see something when it's not there.

I don't skate, know nothing about it, but I've seen it enough to know how talented this dude is. Incredible.

Seriously mind blowing. He makes the THPS games look realistic by comparison. Superhuman, I swear.

One of the best videos on KZfaq.

This is how street skating started. This man, right here. GOAT. The Mullen. The inventor of the kick flip, heel flip, 360 flip, 50-50 no hander, primo, impossible, and so many many tricks.

Every so often I come watch this and it’s like watching a movie but it’s real life.. lol crazy

I'd be amazed seeing some of these tricks now, let alone 36 years ago, as fluid as he's able to do them. He's the goat.

I've never seen most of those moves before. This is like the human max potential on a skate board

Just watched the documentary on the Bones Brigade and this dude had to have been 20 years ahead of his time. Absolute savant.

I've seen this probably 100 times, and I still can't help but watch it again when it shows up in my feed.

So thoroughly 80s. The vibe in this video just feels good.

Rodney lightyears ahead of his time.

This is still mind blowing 36 yrs after the fact. The balance and board control are next level, in my mind he is still next level. The younger skaters that have not seen this need to , it adds to the full understanding of his greatness. I watch this and can see how he still does a lot of this on modern street boards. Meeting him in 2010 in Denver was a. Crown jewel for me along with two signed decks. I try to emulate his dedication and tenacity every time I skate. Watch this video then watch his Liminal video to bridge the gap and see the amazing progression and talent. Forever grateful for Rodney!

The goat. His tricks in 86 are impressive today.

This is mind blowing now!!! Imagine in 86 🤯

So important to skateboarding, he created the backbone on which the entire sport rides on now days.

Tony Hawk is one of the biggest names in skateboarding, but even HE will tell you Rodney Mullen was one of the best to ever do it.

I grew up in this era of skateboarding and back then everyone knew Rodney was on another level, but we had NO IDEA how far ahead of his time he was. Almost 40 years later so may of these tricks are still top shelf.

Do not get me wrong tony hawk, and tony Alva drop in on bowls and verts was awesome but rodney mullen god of skateboarding. Blows my mind the style he has and it's so unique.

80s and 90s were so pure

Bro. That’s the smoothest thing I’ve ever seen. So mesmerizing and so effortlessly so

Theres something so zen about the way he moves. Its just pure grace.

man he has to be the greatest of all time hands down. pulling this off in 86? thats insane.

The fact that he was doing 360 shuv it’s and double kick flips and even a big spin in the 1980s blows my mind.

Dammit, just the best that ever was. He came along and just started inventing every trick that now seem commonplace. He is the existential godfather of street skating, as later in life he took these freestyle skills and amped them up even further. Then, it turns out he's also incredibly intelligent, and just a mellow philosophical cat. Truly a unique human.

Mullen don’t get talked bout as much as he should or the way he should…dude was insane talented and jus as creative

Dude how am I JUST seeing this for the first time? This is amazing

I rolled my ankle just watching this