Rodney Mullen

• 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
• Sponsors: Almost, Enjoi, Darkstar, Tensor, Speed Demons, Matix, Globe
• Stance: Regular
• Nicknames: Mutt, King

Rodney Mullen Skateboarding Tricks 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
• Kickflip

Rodney Mullen Skateboarding Career Highlights:

1977 - Mullen won the first freestyle contest he entered
1980 - joined the Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade
1984, 85, 87, 88 - featured in The Bones Brigade Videos 1-4
1988 - appeared in feature film, Gleaming the Cube
1992 - began World Industries with Steve Rocco
1990+ - featured in videos by Plan B, A-Team, Globe and Almost
2002 - won Transworld Readers' Choice Award for Skater of the Year
2002 - created Almost skateboard company
2003 - wrote "The Mutt: How to Skateboard and not Kill Yourself"