30th Anniversary Interviews: Rodney Mullen Part 1 - TransWorld SKATEboarding

[@Keverninz]

I'm proud to be able to have witnessed the greatness of this man. An incredible skateboarder on all aspects. Flawless style and an incredibly humble individual. I challenge all of you who've seen Rodney's stuff, to pass it on to the next generation. He is a hero, innovator, creater, artist and so much more. And I feel we should carry out his name !

[@JamesScottGuitar]

I remember seeing photos and video of Rodney when I was 10 years old.....that means Rodney was in his late teens. He is a GENIUS.

[@tfffuuu]

If this legend wasn´t on planet , then skating wouldn´t be that what it is nowadays :) thx for your work old rodney, you inspired alot of people :)

[@anhiirr]

the guy that made skating into a form of expression that showed others that there were more than one way to do 1 trick. or more than 1 way to skate 1 spot or 1 curb or 1 ledge. Ingenuity at its best a true pioneer. Though gonz is teh guy that u want to see kick flipping or boardsliding in all honesty rodney brought upon the popsicle deck fame between him and daewon between blind videos and world the early 90s grew so fast off their skating its mindblowing

[@wesharding2469]

THE MULLEN, THE LEGEND

[@romansedano6251]

So unbelievably humble!!! Your the best Rodney

[@UrbanOutlawsSk8Co]

Rodney will always be my hero

[@TransWorldSKATEboarding]

Posted part two of the 30th Anniversary Interviews: Daewon Song interview. Part one went up a long time ago, but I figure these are classic enough to deal with the haters on the 'old content'. Hope you enjoy.

[@Elvices]

If Rodney had not invented the Tricks that Natas and Gonz were capable of to Transfer them to the Street, there would be no Streetskating Flip Tricks that they could have used and what is more important? The cause or the effect?

[@skwirlee13]

I love Rodney by the way. He is the most humble person ever and he deserves to be at the top of any list.

[@marissac870]

First question...... The guy doing the street. He's so great in every way

[@buckledkiller]

Most humble dude on the planet and it's great.

[@perrytomczyk]

rodney mullen is one of my fav skaters

[@Spaceking647]

I can't wait for the gonz interview

[@pressureflipin1992]

To those who say Rodney is not the godfather of street skateboarding, WRONG! all the tricks that he invented during his free style years that were useful in the street which is almost all of them, opened the Door for people Like Natas Kaupas and Mark Gonzales to go try new things, yes Natas And Mark were the first to take stuff RODNEY invented and apply it to the street, and to that dude who said he didnt start street skating well into the 90's...Rodney Was doing Switch 360 flip nose slides in 90 or 91 on curbs, casper slides in 92 and switch frontside flips in 92, thats alot to be doing pretty early on in the 90's. what a lot of people Don't know is that Rodney was the first person to do a whole bunch of stuff switch first, kick flips, heel flips, 360 flips, back side flips, that's what made Guy Mariano want to do them off stairs. hence Mariano being the first person to switch 360 flip a set of stairs. although another guy on World Industries at that time claimed he did it first but didnt get it on film till after Guy did. For those who to see an unknown soldier that invented a lot of things too, look up Dan Gallagher.

[@forshigity5000]

I'm sorry, Rodney is not the godfather of streetskating. Gonz, Natas, incorporated all styles of skating...incluuding freestyle- into streetskating.

[@kalanimakanui9835]

forshigity5000 oh god..

[@anhiirr]

see any flip trick son streets on fire.......thought so.....just bc it isnt flip tricks doesnt mean it isnt street skating.....smh go and watch natas streets on fire part and take in the steeze and what it means to have style kids should take notes on that part and learn to have actual good aesthetic to their skating as a whole before trying to incorpoirate switch 360 flips inbetween lines and etc...smh going 0 mph is trash in this era its one thing for pioneer but its another....its like "street skater kids" that cant even skate 1/2 a park why...bc they never learned to ride...some of the best skaters hardily rode switch cardiel, muska, fowler....smh acting like it can be measured or dignified in any way other than an artform and simply taken as sutch...

[@darlantro]

He mentions seeing Tim Scroggs in person at 2:00 being a big influence; a cool video of Tim freestyle skating in the 70's is on youtube if you search for 'Tim Scroggs clearwater'

[@SillyKittyPurple]

Rodney Mullen is a God.

[@commentsrdumb]

It all starts with the Ollie. There would be no Gonz or Natas without it. Gonz rode vert in the 80s before "street skating". Natas very 1st claim to fame was that he could OLLIE a big board. Lance Mountian, Neil Blender, John Lucero etc had "street contests" in the late 70s with jumpramps & curbs. This modern era started when Tommy G, Natas, Gonz etc started to ollie things in the actual streets, mid-late 80s. But it all starts with the Ollie, invented by the Godfather, Rodney Mullen.

[@DanielSmith-br1zi]

Totally historically inaccurate . allen Ollie gelfand invented the Ollie, although its debatable as skate history is littered with different people doing the same thing at the same time in different places. Rodbey mullen. Great skater, freestyler. But not nearly as worth of praise and worship as hes given.

[@carrette31]

A living Legend.

[@coryjacobs494]

He still is humble enough to not even name his style when he was talking about joining plan b and transitioning to street with jeremy wrays help notice he said freestyle or whatever it is I do the modesty in this guy

[@BDAWGPRODUCTIONZ]

i love this video

[@andreaschlapek7718]

Should be on 1!! I mean, he inventid the whole game the gonz is playin...

[@WETHDIELPR]

He is the godfather of street skateboarding. PERIOD

[@igomk]

So Transworld, what about Bob Burnquist? Every forum people say that he should be in :/

[@punkempireinterviews]

Should have used a microphone with your dslr. We can hear the mechanism recording video.

[@Skateandcreate9]

can't wait for the Gonz

[@ELAMINTsk8ENT]

THE SKATE GOD he should write a book

[@RaabBlog]

Hell yea jeremy wray is my favorite too

[@commentsrdumb]

"the possibilities the ollie brought were so exciting that it was hard to sleep sometimes" -Natas Kaupas

[@MrlDase]

id like to see one of these with daewon song

[@Riz2336]

The godfather of street skating

[@NewWestFilmsTV]

MULLEN THE BEST!

[@turnerskater123]

a skateboarding god rodney mullen

[@Ghost-fm6ki]

lol looks like a police interrogation room lol

[@SphinxieHD]

Legend.

[@JimiBerkeley]

it crazy thinking how different, if still existent, this sport would be if Rodney listened to his dad.

[@vampirex96]

POR FAVOR, SUBTITULADO EN ESPAÑOL, PLEASE !

[@SlickRick4EVER]

Esta bueno: Rodney Mullen es el mejor patinador en el universo! ¿Comprendes?

[@howiesk8]

Surely someone could've sorted the audio. C'mon.

[@altirotedigo4008]

nice !

[@a.taka_]

All I wanna do is meet Rodney and thank him for everything he's done for skateboarding. Oh and know the secret he told antwuan Dixon.

[@kmilito231]

Most of them mention Mark Gonzalez as an influence but I hven't seen his enterview, does anybody have a link tothat

[@staks85]

Mullen legendary

[@jk_egeland]

legend!

[@commentsrdumb]

he has one...transworld website

[@clgraff76]

his dad takes him out to the boonies thinking Rodney will eventually give up on the go no where fad of skateboarding and will become a respectable citizen. how determined can someone be let alone a little kid

[@rayabaza4363]

Gonz!!!

[@Cloudedmindzfilms]

❤️

[@chill187]

they've been dragging this out for 2 years

[@MikaelFlyer]

jeremy wray is ballistic

[@Shawnpro123]

there is one ....

[@skwirlee13]

not really. Although he invented alot of the tricks used in street skating, it was gonz and natas and a few others who were the pioneers of modern street skating. Rodney didn't even start skating street until well into the nineties.

[@taikaitaylor9298]

The thumb tag looks like elissa steamer

[@paulgrove3705]

i was gonna say the same thing

[@rsiv2761]

no not really, he actually took a while to get to street skating, they almost forced him lol

[@samzeppelin]

he looks like seventeen

[@jackweeks4368]

first

[@reidellis1988]

No disrespect or making fun but Mullen looks like Elissa Steamer with that hat on.

[@chilledtorsion]

i love Rodney, but that upward inflection makes me want to switch him off

[@skwirlee13]

Yeah I was there. I know how it happened. Your timeline is a bit off. Be careful where you get your history from. Like I said Rodney invented the tricks but he is not the godfather of street skating. Godfather of the flatground Ollie maybe.

[@thesuccession]

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