Rodney Mullen was born well in the last century hes stared in Gleaming In The Cube a great film not to be missed heres the adress where u can order it www.amazon-gleaming in the cube.com im not to sure but ill have to chnge it in a later date if anyone knows a proper adress can u email it to me.
More stuff about him
This man turned pro when he was thirteen. He started skateboarding on January 1st 1977 at the age of 10 after months of pleading to his father for a skateboard (his dad was a doctor and did'nt want him skating but after new years festivities his dad promist him a board and when he woke up could'nt go back on the promise) Much of the tricks we do on the streets today come to us courtesy of Rodney Mullen.In the 80's he skated for "Powell Peralta" as a member of the infamous "Bones Brigade", where he performed smooth freestyle lines for thier many videos of that era.
He also stared in (and did the freestyle stunts for Christian Slater)in 1988's hugely popular "Gleaming the Cube"(i watched it again a few weeks back with my cousin.Remember Bede!)
During the 90's He skated for "Plan-b" and this is where he did his most technical and impressive tricks.Plan-b's videos were one of the best of the early 90's (my favorites are "The Questionable Video" and "Virtual Reality"). This is when Rodney(and everyone else at that time!) got his most tech. eg. "1 1/2 kickflip to casper slide", "casper slide 360 flip out" and the ballet like freestyle opening to his section on "Second Hand Smoke".
If you want more stuff about him go to http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Mezzanine/8021/rod.htm
This is a nice animation of him
What hes doing now
Rodney now skates for the "A Team" "Rodney Mullen vs. Daewon Song" is the latest video he's skated in(since they pulled his footage from Plan-b 's latest) and its really good,with a seperate freestyle and street sections.
If you've never seen Rodney Mullen skate before definitely check out some of the videos he's in.(even if you do'nt skate!Hell i've even had people who are cynical of skateboarders\skateboarding be stoked on him) Rodney Mullen is surely the best flat ground skater to have ever pushed off and rolled around this planet.
One of his signature tricks the darkslide
Rodney on THPS
If u want to see him in action get tony hawks pro skater 3 its a great game
