Na man, the TESLA!

Island Gore Newton ~= modern physics, laws of motion, etc... Ya know, like a skateboard. Tesla ~= electricity... like a skateboard.

@@endlessvoid7952 TESLA in my eyes will forever be the only great mind but for the sake of this whatever you say.

@@endlessvoid7952 It's not because it relates to physics it's because he developed many of the first tricks that lead to street skateboarding like the ollie, kickflip, heelflip, and 360 flip, While isolated. I remember either watching a video or reading something where Rodney was talking about how his dad did not want him to skate, because he was a dentist and had to work on kids who messed up their mouths skateboarding, so he moved them to a remote place where he was separated from the contest circuit and could not compete or compare his progression with others. Where he developed the tricks mentioned above. Like Isaac Newton who worked on some of his influential work in calculus while isolated by the Great Plague of London.

Arnoldo Gonzalez Wow.. Take a deep breath

Big shocker

Thank YOU Jonny

your the truth bro

I hope to see you and Rodney skate together one day man!

@Johnny Giger you're exactly what he's talking about. Keep rolling 🤙🏻

Kenneth Barger 👌

Exactly

Yaaaaas

He would break his knee

why doesnt this have more thumbs up?????

UP

We need them to meet

Yes

Hes dead no?

I know!!! that would be sooo sick!!! 🤜🔥👌

adrian yeung Mike vallely talked for 5 hours. Rodney can do 5+

👏👏👏 More than ever! 🙏🏻

upppp

Yesssss!

He is so inspirational in so many ways I could listen all day at the nine club!#🛹👑@adrian yeung @ thenineclub

Probably there will be screaming like "do a kickflip to casper and 360 flip out"... But... Nevermind...

Tony Hawk looking for a dollar

071Engie do a switchfoot pogo

@@071Engie A SWITCH FOOT POGO

He's too busy talking to techies who ride electric skateboards

It's my fav of all time, definitelty one of the best.

Danny Nam fuck yeah

Top 5 for sure. A lot of tricks that only those two can do

Round 3 though....one of the sickest tricks Rodney does a BS crook nollie v heel out on a forklift prong, makes less sense than any of the primo tricks at the end, which are Godly. And he has that weird way of forcing the trick while maintaining perfect posture so it just looks like he's trying yet it's easy. Round 2 though they look like thugs the way the footy is, skating benches like a 5" Manny pad...........part 4 dude where's it at

Round three was my first vid ever. Mind forever blown

Stealie!!

THAT needs to be on his signature pro board.

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The MUTT!!!

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Cops and security guards

Those 4 people live a truly sad, sad life. I am sorry for them.

Posers, the lot of them.

Nick Revitte this guy was the first man to Ollie more than a curb and invented the kickflip and any flatground trick you can think of. Anyone who can hate on this humble guy are just sad and sick

Or maybe he's just like a lot of us who think this guy is WAY overrated. He's a skateboarder. He didn't cure cancer.

I couldn't imagine.

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Lucky!

Semente de Maçã at the end of the day, he’s like us, just doing what he loved doing. He just did it so well and so early that it inspired so many people. I doubt fame was on his mind, he just wanted to land that one trick for himself everyday. Legend.

Semente de Maçã i read person as prison and went😟

You’d die for that shit???? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

MEU sonho ver o cara ao vivo

I saw him live at the Globe Opinion tour amazing. Landing those tricks 1st 2nd or 3rd time in his own style

Joey Lackey And kickflip

and Ollie was because of Alan Gelfand -- that's what he mentioned, taking something, changing it, and giving it back.

I remember when I saw him do the "Vulcan mind meld" completely blew my head to bits.💥

....Alan Gelfand did the flatground ollie, rodney did do the kickflip and about every other flip trick back then.

Im sorry no, Alan Gelfand was the first one to do an ollie on vert, but rodney was the first one to do it on flat

lucky you , i wanna see him before we all go

My dream

Me too. I was 13 years old and I've met a lot of really famous ppl later on in life due to working in the French Quarter in New Orleans, but I was never as "star struck" or so very proud to have met Rodney Mullen. I will never forget the demo I went to as a youngster and being able to skate with him when the demo was over. That was truly a day I will always remember.

@The Real Miklo really its not ive never mentioned this before i dont think.

The Real Miklo we can all tell you just mad or sad at the world . Don’t be , be a fucking legend my dude !! We love you

David Aston that’s how long it would take before he said something interesting. I like when he lets his skating do the talking because it sounds like he’d rather be a motivational speaker than tell interesting stories.

@@DFunct905 75 likes disagree. But you do you bro. 👍

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I want to be in the same place as someone who would give Rodney crap for not being ‘at his peak’ and call them out HARD.

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You got it man it's all about hard work. Always get back up!!

Keep pushing and believing :) You got this!

You can do it, get a backpack and a laptop and you've got what you need. Hit up some libraries for internet and get a degree online, with the whole pandemic it's more possible than ever to do it all online. Good luck and hope you achieve what you desire to.

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This is a beautiful thought. Thank you for typing it and posting it.

As long as skateboarding lives he will too!

Armando Soria this is true

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Man, they'll talk bout him reading their History lessons in 200s

is there a rodney mullen statue anywhere? if theres not there ought to be.

Look up the interview on impact theory with him. You'll literally cry.

Hermann Davila Reynolds is the Boss

I would say the godfather of street skating. Larry Bertlemann is probably regarded as the godfather of skateboarding .

Skate or die 🏴‍☠️

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i feel like that would take a few months to film as he is a perfectionist.

@@djsubliminalreeve I guess there won't be too many people at the berrics in the next few weeks ...

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Nothing compares.

couldnt have said it better brother

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Enneagram type 4 maybe

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Mark Gonzales

@New Keys Rodney invented tricks on a pop sickle. Mark Gonzales brought it to a regular skateboard. I've been skating for 26 years.

@New Keys Let's see, i started skating in 1986. Freestyle was a niche. I used to skate freestyle and street and i actually owned Rodney's Chess board and a Kevin Harris. Rodney was the only thing that made it cool. Freestyle wasn't popular and it eventually died. When it died Rodney had nothing to do, Rodney wasn't a street skater, but Mark Gonzales is the guy who those the elements to make Street skating what it is. You name it....Gonz did it. Steve Rocco and Gonz took Rodney and pulled him out of the death of freestyle, and he rode for World. iLook i love Rodney to death but the Gonz's contribution is recognized by the people who were there and saw it. Rodney Mullen wouldn't be as recognized today if Gonz / nautas etc. didn't evolve his freestyle tricks. Older people who were there sometimes see the whole picture. I'm not discounting your opinion because i respect what you have to say.

A living legend

@@forshigity5000 Rodney Mullen created the design of the skateboard we know today

Truman Crockett Great idea

Nine club please

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Le fou ne sait pas qu'il l'est

yup, still got great hair too!

I admire how well spoken and thoughtful he is.

That's something you learn in a basic elocution class, they do exist and are standard in majors like communications or liberal arts. Using "uh" or "um" is a clear indication of a lack of education, even though it isn't a measure of intelligence. It has a clear parallel for example to people who need to read out loud, in comparison to those who can read in silence.

I wish I could speak like that

Everything just flows natural with him he’s fucking pure

@@julesl6910 lol no it's not. People use uh and umm to collect their thoughts before continuing. I've heard well educated, intelligent people use both uh and umm. Your theory doesn't check out. Sorry bud.

Some people will wait 8 lives to get that luck... hope you know it bro

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Maybe, but skating for me, and a lot of people I know well who skate a lot, use it as almost a means of meditation. You go out to a spot by yourself and stay there for hours on end in 'your own zone' just learning a new trick or a couple new tricks. The best skaters in the park are the ones who are usually by themselves, bit awkward, just going hard. That, plus skating has always been a bit of a rebel thing to do. It annoys people when you stay at a spot too long, for whatever reason (too loud, you break shit, people can't use a stairs because there's 'these skaters there', etc.). That, plus some other shit, has made skating into this rebel thing as well, like society doesn't want you to do it, some feel like skaters act as if 'they own the place' sometimes or whatever, when in actuality you just want to do your thing.

@@Mastersteef123 You say a "truth" this is focus , but my point is the compañerism in others skaters , the actitude of a person change a trick , if you have a good vibe and share this with others , you and the skate make magic , maybe underst my point , is a mental status , compañerism not damage your talent

@@MEMELLIN20 there is an unspoken code among all of us skaters. trust that when we past each other up, we know we share the same feels because we're on a fuckin skateboard :P

@@MEMELLIN20 - If you have ever skateboard, you would understand that what they said is true.

Depends where you live. My skateboarding community is amazing and so inclusive of absolutely everyone, no matter skill level, gender, or sexual orientation. It's lovely.

J B I swear I was saying this in my head as I read this comment

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Shoulders control everything.

@@truhhhhhhhokIII3 lol.... no, it isn't....

Bob S, get into Calculus and Cal-based Physics and you will find your answer, and more. Besides, Rodney just gave Antwuan "a talk", not an advice (watch his Nine Club episode).

@@SlickRick4EVER And how would you know that?

@@SlickRick4EVER you clearly haven't listened to him talk about what he thinks about. Where his eyes are looking, and where his back shoulder is.

Think about it this way: If his ego was that big, he probably never would've become the inventor-godfather who he is. It appears the most beautiful and virtuous advanced human beings in almost every era have been the most selfless, who didn't put their false sense of self ahead of doing their craft the right and honest way. Peace.