The Most Important Skateboarder That has ever lived.
Skateboarder than has contributed to the sport of skateboarding and who has made the most important tricks.
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Rodney Mullen is by far the most important skateboarder there has ever lived. He probably invented most of the tricks you can do.
The most important trick Rodney Mullen invented was the flat ground Ollie. The Ollie is by far the most important trick in skateboarding, you cant do any other flip tricks without the Ollie. Rodney took the vert Ollie invented by a guy nicknamed “Ollie” and turned it into the flat-ground Ollie we know today.
Here is a list of all the tricks Rodney Mullen invented:
- Flatground Ollie
- Godzilla Rail Flip
- 540 Shove-it
- 50-50 Saran Wrap
- Helipops (360 Nollie)
- Gazelles
- No Handed 50-50 Kickflip
- Heelflip
- Double heelflips
- Ollie Impossible
- Sidewinders
- 360 Flip
- 360 pressure Flip
- Casper 360 Flip
- 50-50 Sidewinders
- One footed Ollie
- Backside 180 Flip
- Ollie Nosebones
- Ollie Fingerflip
- Airwalks
- Frontside Heelflip Shove-its
- Switchstance 360 Flips
- Helipop Heelflips
- Kickflip Underflip
- Casper Slides
- Half Flip Darkslide
- 540 double kickflip
- Caballerial impossible
- Half-cab kickflip underflip
- Handstand flips
- Rusty slides
- kick flip
Here is some basic information about Rodney:
- Name: John Rodney Mullen
- Gender: Male
- Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA or Hermosa Beach, CA
- Date of Birth: August 17th, 1966 in Gainesville, FL
- Family: married to Traci Mullen
- Occupation: Engineer / Skate Brand Owner / Skateboarder
- Started Skating: 1974
- Started Competing: 1977
- Turned Pro: 1980
- Favored Discipline: Street
- #1 Sponsors: Almost, Enjoi, Darkstar, Tensor, Speed Demons, Matix, Globe
- Stance: Regular
- Nicknames: Mutt, King
