Rodney Mullen - The Impossible (2018)

The king doing his thing.
Filmed with a phantom high speed camera at 1000fps, see Mullen's tricks like never before.
Using footage from thephysicsgirl video "Why this skateboarding trick should be IMPOSSIBLE"
Created by Dianna Cowern
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Music: Rob Dougan - 'The Return'

[@borissidealmeida]

The most important skater of all time

[@ricardojunior8684]

I agree

[@yoonnsytrezasio4808]

That Boy Tony no....

[@OutOfSightOutOfMinddd]

@That Boy Tony You do know Tony Hawk looks up to him

[@riyanazhar9086]

@That Boy Tony Mullen invented the flip tricks, which is the base for most tricks both on the street and ramp. Tony just made skateboarding mainstream.

[@joedaddy828]

@That Boy Tony It actually is important who invented what, Mullen invented most base tricks such as the ollie and kickflip, if it weren't for Mullen Tony Hawk probably wouldn't have been able to make THPS.

[@MycketTuff]

You don't even have to be a skater to appreciate the combination of sheer dedication and raw talent boiling down to what could be best described as one of the most complex forms of art. A form of art he almost created single-handedly, which is now a lifestyle for millions upon millions, all centered around his inventions. I mean seriously, very few people like this comes along at all.

[@druidofdark]

It's so cool to be a contrarian. Em is overrated btw

[@TheLongjohndong]

If you truly don't understand what mullen has done for skateboarding you don't skate or don't have true appreciation for skateboarding. An this man is more humble and has more humility than any pro of this era.

[@jonathanferris3786]

@@smittywerbenmanjensen1350 Wtf are you talking about? Peters hahaha... Peters owes to the world of skateboarding and guys like Mullen moreso than anyone at all owes anything to Peters. Mullen freestyle, Gonzalez street, Hawk vert... you can say what you want about pioneers, but these guys revolutionized skating... Peters most certainly did not.

[@789raiden]

@@smittywerbenmanjensen1350 its irritating not being able to land one of his tricks huh

[@789raiden]

@@smittywerbenmanjensen1350 care to explain how? Do you have anything else you want to get off your chest?

[@Mondoggy1986]

He is the yoda of skateboarding!

[@luisrosario3781]

Impossible, you must! Sprained ankles, you will succumb to!

[@Sennaxm71]

He so is the Yoda of skateboarding, always admired his talent and dedication

[@michaelguarino7834]

More like the George Lucas. He is a creator/innovator

[@Maplelust]

@@michaelguarino7834 what? George Lucas would get destroyed if he challenged Yoda. you're crazy.

[@schmarotzke8205]

Right, the Yoda of skateboarding he is

[@jeffg329]

That might be the best impossible I’ve ever seen...and it was nollie...and he’s over 50. Rodney, you are forever one of my heroes.

[@ahmedhamm5464]

i used to pop impossibles and nollie always looked cleaner but man he is just on another level godfather of the board

[@fluffstuffpootiebean1688]

I thought Nollie was the only way to properly do an impossible...because you have to wrap your foot around the board...

[@CherishHaze666]

there's front foot and back foot of almost every flip trick. in order to do a front foot impossible you have to nollie @@fluffstuffpootiebean1688

[@aneurysm234]

It’s so amazing to see that the dude who invented the flat ground Ollie and the kick flip, among countless others, is still skating on such a vastly higher tier than so many of some of today’s greats.

[@capp00]

Thank you youtube recommendations for bringing me back to this one. Rodney is King, no argument there. In real-time, you'll be hard pressed to find anyone that does it as smoothly and clean as he does. Almost looks like magic, like he floats in mid-air while the board spins in ways it shouldn't be able to, and then latches back onto his feet. In slow-mo, it looks like he has real-life cheat codes enabled.

[@seanfrance3182]

💯 no argument

[@WubbaLubbaDubDubs]

Agreed. Premium content.

[@nicktolmie6102]

This….! Almost no-one else can actually do this trick at all if you go by what it’s sposed to be…. Full vertical rotation on the mid axis. Mullen is a monster

[@TechWizMaster]

What's crazy about it is this guy was doing these tricks in the early 1980's...

[@teckniqqque]

He was shredding when he was a fetus

[@fvgc454ss]

@@teckniqqque fetal flip

[@victorvidal9056]

This sequence of comments made me laugh a lot.

[@teckniqqque]

@@fvgc454ss 💀💀

[@kessilrun6754]

Also the sad part. He invent d so many moves that nobody noticed in competitions, so he started focusing on moves that are easily noticed. This was the tragedy of the 360 flip, which got credited to Jason Lee. Rodney did this in competition and nobody noticed it, so he started adding double 360 (kick) flips and still nobody noticed. They thought he was doing 360 shuv-its. Which look similar at realtime speed.

[@VinitR]

I just found this 2018 Rodney Mullen, and being a Rodney Mullen fan (my #1 sportsperson) I was worried I'd see signs of aging from Rodney. He blew my mind yet again. Greatest of all time. I'm saying this literally with watery eyes.

[@DreamWorldSyd]

Ya know if you go to a random parking lot at night in southern california, any given night, you may have a chance to see him still out there doing work. The spark just never left this man.

[@nomenestomen3452]

He's around 10 years older than me and this man will still do his awesome skateboard tricks when i will move around in a walking chair.

[@BocksCarRacer]

This ended up on my recommendations, which means it probably ended up in yours. If anyone is seeing this video in 2024, please give Dianna from @thephysicsgirl some love. Her team filmed this footage of Rodney and she's been sick for a few years now and was forced to stop doing what she loved.

[@seanwilliams5848]

The most creative skater that ever lived, paved the way for every single skater out there

[@joshwilliams7692]

I really wish we could get a proper part from Rodney Mullen again. The last couple times he's filmed something, it's just gone into a KZbin video edited by someone who wants to turn it into an art piece instead of a skate video. This one is better than the 360 video thing, but still. I'd give anything for a Round 4.

[@frikstobal]

He said he was going to film a new video, I am not sure if it will be at level of Opinion or Round 3. but at least will be something memorable.

[@joshwilliams7692]

frikstobal That’s awesome. Where did you hear that? Did you film this video? Honestly, I wouldn’t even care if it’s not as good as some of his previous videos, just as long as it’s him.

[@frikstobal]

Oh,no, I didn't film this one. the guys from KumaFilms and BeyondSlowMotion did. about the new video, I know by first hand, but I can´t say much about it. :/

[@carlkamuti]

@Chris 1983 16 to be precise.

[@zukodude487987]

Came here for Rodney Mullen and stayed for Rodney Mullen.

[@MA-oj4si]

He will be forever be the Best Freestyle skateboarder in the world👏🏾👏🏾

[@noneofyourbuisness4607]

What about Tony? XD

[@koreypaul6698]

@@noneofyourbuisness4607 Joking, right?

[@noneofyourbuisness4607]

@@koreypaul6698 Do you think i was seriously being serious? Rodney Mullen is THE BEST Skateboarder, No way in hell was i bein serious

[@happymike420]

@@noneofyourbuisness4607 Tony hawk is good but Mullen wipes the floor with him. Like thanks Tony for the cool games that helped get so many skaters some real exposure but when you compare the 2, rodney is a God to a king.

[@eliasfreestyle1659]

the master Rodney mullen.

[@chrismaw5117]

Praise the King he invented skateboarding basically

[@martinarbe1]

Chris Maw street skateboarding*

[@70monkey]

A lot of street skaters came before him.

[@AronBouwhuis]

@@70monkey Look up the tricks Rodney invented.

[@70monkey]

@@AronBouwhuis he certainly added a lot to street skating but can't be credited with inventing it.

[@seriousbismuth2173]

@@70monkey dude... he literally invented the modern design of boards used today.. not to mention trucks and wheels. Wtf? No he didn't "invent skateboarding" but there's a reason your favorite skaters ALL credit Rodney with the title "Godfather of modern Street."

[@VinitR]

Someone please make an anime on skateboarding. At least an anime character can stand a chance to compete with this humble God right here. 0:49

[@andreluiz-ol8mz]

I do not have words to describe Rodney Mullen

[@nwalkernc]

1:24 thanks for the explanation

[@gangsterdisciple759]

shugo104 thanks for the explanation

[@mmirza9870]

Easy just press triangle button

[@ChillandQuill]

The best there was. The best there is. The best there ever will be.

[@Spamfritter94]

No that's Bret The Hitman Hart

[@ChillandQuill]

@@Spamfritter94 im using that quote to apply to rodney mullen, smart ass.

[@Spamfritter94]

@@ChillandQuill woah! I thought you might have understood that reference and played along. Wow! Some people dont know how to keep the peace, I bet rodney Mullen hates people like you.

[@ChillandQuill]

@@Spamfritter94 whatever dude.

[@DarkBlue101010]

Lol the Mullen skate dungeon or the Mullen foundation

[@asherrose4114]

2 dislikers broke their ankle just by watching this

[@maxxxtkd9]

Hahahaha their brain how to do this !

[@brendonmoore3505]

I broke my ankle years ago trying to do his ghost flip

[@kentoutcourt]

ahahhahahahahahaahhahahahha!

[@noneofyourbuisness4607]

Ok fair but... What about the other 75 ?!?!

[@lewybuitton4185]

They're the kids that rode scooters cause they couldn't figure out how to ollie

[@ArcienPlaysGames]

I love how the edits are more or less telling a story, so chronologically, it goes from: "Skateboarding tricks consist of so many different mathematical proportions, equations and physics, that are not for the faint of heart. It requires knowledge, trial and error to master and refine such skills" to: "sTeP fOoT dOwN, oThEr EnD oF bOaRd Go Up!1!!1!"

[@drstraange1]

I have practiced for year and I can finally do alllll his moves On ps2

[@frun]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ravingmad765]

Absolutely amazing. But the mathematics graphics was stupid.

[@matthewallen2247]

What! The dynamic motion connection is what makes Rodney's Tricks so dope.

[@xxkilleroxx]

Yeah. See it very often. Mullen Videos combined with Physic graphics. He just fell it.

[@Curazio]

That is because it was taken from Physics Girls...m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3e1gZufZc-bfcU

[@petcow3427]

Curazio there is physics girls .org in the description

[@Curazio]

@@petcow3427 Have seen it but there was no link to her video so I posted it here. Maybe stolen, was the wrong wording(?)

[@SalsaShark6]

I'm wrapping up his book this weekend and honestly, a true inspiration. Humble, talented, honest and disciplined. A rare breed to lead the example. Thanks Rodney.

[@PSOnoni]

I feel like on top of landing complex tricks is how damn clean he lands it

[@GeoMak666]

Feels like I'm watching a maestro, that has the eternal flow of energy. Pure magical.

[@thatboy3930]

It blows my mind everytime I think about all the tricks he invented.

[@antdawg6112]

I was blessed to be able to ride in the '70s...what a beautiful time it was

[@Sennaxm71]

I still do, not as often as I would like to, but occasionaly me and my eldest, still go for a sesh at our local skatepark, I love the freedom of it still, I'll be 50 in 18 months and I'll be going to the Nurburgring for my 50th in my mk2 Golf GTi, see profile pic for the last time it was there :) Fuck getting old, its rubbish, have some fun before you die eh ;)

[@donny5314]

Great music!

[@xp3085]

Love watching these legends. Ever since my childhood playing THPS 1 !!!!

[@nicolasnazor3264]

Grande crack! Un saludo desde Punta Arenas, Chile!!!

[@DashCamExtrodinaire]

Absolutely EXCELLENT work with the cinematography! Rodney is and always been amazing!

[@adamgregory9198]

Rodney Mullen is so far beyond any other skater to this day. He has the same kind of tortured genius as Bach or Beethoven. If you watch the bones brigade documentary, his father was going to make him quit skating. So he spent his last summer doing everything he could and he literally found a way to ride every surface of the board and invented or innovated the modern vocabulary of skate tricks. He mastered skateboarding in a way no one else ever will. All modern street skating is just people doing what Rodney Mullen did, but shittier. Goat 🐐 💯

[@frostparaselene]

Rodney Mullen is simply just on another level beyond inspirational. Man's a master of his craft

[@genericdeveloper3966]

I passed my physics class based on all those random math equations.

[@NickCADA]

He makes it look absolutely flawless and simplistic.

[@happymike420]

Forever be my favorite skateboarder. Makes it look so easy. Always would choose to be him in THPS.

[@limiteddetailing6686]

What’s impressive about rodney is that all his tricks are clean effortless and always land the board straight. The Goat!

[@DLTNRDG]

El mejor skater de todos los tiempos sin duda alguna.

[@bo55streaming76]

Rodney es el Ronaldinho del Skate 🔥🔥🔥 Para mi el mejor que llevo esto a otro nivel!

[@drakestar13]

STILL unbeaten and NO ONE comes even close till today!!! GOAT of all time!!!!

[@seanleflyer540]

The skate of all Gods 💪🔥 True legend true G.O.A.T. There's just no other Thank you Mr Mullen Thank you very much 😊

[@3dmadness296]

Thank you for what you did for skateboarding, skating helped me a lot in a really bad time of my life was a way to escape unfortunately reality kicked in and had to stop coz of work and other stuffs but I am thankful that I used to skate, I see still myself as a Skateboarder since my love for this sport never ended ❤️

[@peternorthsdick]

Can’t believe he can still do this stuff it’s like watching public domain I keep waiting for mike v to run out and ask if we wanna go skate

[@noneofyourbuisness4607]

Rodney Mullen is one of the Best skateboarders, Without him my dad would NEVER Had taken up skateboarding and if he didn't... I wouldn't have. In life the only thing i love more then actually being alive is feeling alive by skateboarding... This is one of my favourite things to do and without skateboarding i would probable be sitting on my room floor bored as F*** But because of you Rodney Mullen... I get to go skateboarding almost everyday and no matter what, You are going to be my idle... I know i'm a girl ha ha ha but i want to be like you when i grow up... A Fantastic Skateboarder who never gives up on doing what they love. Thank you man and keep it up dude... Your s*** Is amazing. - Cynthia Macdonald

[@reecegarthwaite4905]

It's not much but I learned ollies today

[@gabrielcesar96]

That's great buddy! Keep going, that's just the first of many more 👊

[@reecegarthwaite4905]

@@gabrielcesar96 thanks dude I'm trying unsuccessfully pop shuvs

[@TheAntManChannel]

Good, that's a start.

[@dannybarquera9386]

The greatest skater and one of the most humble people you will ever meet, And Thank You for being you Rodney Mullen.

[@isaid2307]

I longpressed the "👍" button thinking I could react a "❤" or "😱".

[@matthewallen2247]

I'm so glad you used dynamic principles to show the motion of skating. My kids always make fun of me for trying to make these connections with everyday processes. Thank You🤓

[@patienceisavirtue2085]

Still my favorite skater till this day. 😎

[@xxkilleroxx]

Yeah man. Probably forever.

[@kongchingpow]

For years i have watched rodney skate....and i still find my jaw agape in disbelief at his innovation and pure skill. He never stops learning!

[@mikekristin7201]

No man alive has the incredible balance , hang time or creativity l Of Rodney Mullen .

[@Rufusdos]

"hang time"?

[@mikekristin7201]

@@Rufusdos how long one stays in the air when jumping. We call it hang time in the states. Basketball term

[@ariel8856]

Isamu Yamamoto.

[@rickh3714]

@@ariel8856 He's getting there. Needs to improve fluidity and constancy slightly. Should have plenty of time and talent to!

[@ricardocuevas7815]

The worlds most underrated street skater of all time! By far a pioneer, innovator, creator and GOAT of street. Rodney 4 ever!

[@Kyrieru]

The presentation is like he's skating against the dark lord of skating to save the world.

[@nickcoburn2459]

So 98 wanna be haters??? This is purely amazing. All he needs is some flat ground to blow your mind. So much respect will never be another like him or Daewon Song.

[@joaopedrogomescunha7759]

still got it

[@mikeemeador9252]

This guy is the best skater of all time! No one has created or perfected more tricks. Love watching this dude skate

[@moxifloxi]

up + square

[@schuug]

Will never forget in '01 when I first saw clips of mullen skating. I don't think anything or anyone has inspired me as much since.

[@jakeryan4086]

Kids today have no idea.. something as complex as a front foot impossible is like 2nd grade to him… he invented virtually all basic flatland tricks. I know he’s proud of what variations came along… but we owe it all to him

[@janky_jank]

The greatest skater that ever lived. We love you Rodney for all you've done for the sport. Long live the king!!

[@respectanimals2]

Wow I enjoyed that

[@apaz100]

Rodney Mullen is the underrated skater and one of my best/favorite skater

[@HAWKONER]

The best

[@ariel8856]

Not better than Isamu Yamamoto, though.

[@shawnlarsen4753]

I know nothing about skateboarding - haven't ever tried even, but I look this guy up every so often. Incredible athlete.

[@mcmurray360]

I love how when he spins he sticks his arms out like he's channeling some sort of ancient skater force.

[@A1egz]

Charles McMurray It’s called centrifugal force. As you move mass away from the center the spinning speed decreases but lasts longer. He pulls his arms in and out to control his rotation speed accurately and stay in balance.

[@mcmurray360]

@@A1egz yes I am aware, I was making a joke. Thanks tho.

[@bryanhawkins9418]

@@A1egz I wasnt aware of that, thank you! Lol

[@Macho_Fantastico]

The slow motion just shows you how much skill it takes to land these tricks.

[@1234pi95]

The boss man himself

[@lowbornfabrication]

Perfect execution of everything

[@OpenAccessBPO]

He's the greatest ever!!!

[@ariel8856]

No, Isamu Yamamoto is still just a kid but is better than Rodney. Look it up.

[@P4NTERA_]

@@ariel8856 Not even close

[@pifioxone2554]

@ariel lol..... shut the fuck up

[@jeffstuart4424]

@@ariel8856 Rodney Mullen created all the tricks isami does. Its a lot easier to watch videos of a guy and learn then it is being Mullen and creating things that people said were impossible back in the 70s and 80s

[@enjoi3647718]

One of my greatest influences in not just in the sport but of humanity itself 🖤💀

[@fedvvvv]

The guy that invented modern skateboarding.

[@bobsideshow1]

Out of this world! Respect

[@sovageshef3721]

🙏age is just number !!! he is master of illusions

[@derektaylor2845]

The difference between him and all other legends is HE IS STILL DOING IT! Dude is amazing!

[@sunlee5366]

He is 52 on this video, if 2018 in title is for real

[@lory469]

51, he will be 52 in 17 august

[@mikekristin7201]

Amazing as I'm 33 started skateboarding again after a decade off I'm pretty fit but I've sprained an ankle tore cartilage in my wrist. This man doesn't age

[@alainkaizer7769]

Well if you check out the description, these were actually taken from physicsgirl's video w/ rodney that was shot this year, so yeah, he still amazing even in his 50's.

[@erikiseki]

Then there's me, a 22 year-old thinking it's too late to come back to skateboarding after 4 years off.

[@rickh3714]

Spinspirational backside 360's. More Nosewheelie moves tho please Mullen! They're due for a comeback! Not talking 'manuals' - classic 70's nosewheelies and nosespins/tricks or variants thereof! Nosewheelies revisited with the Mullen of re-invention? I foot Nosewheelie kickflip into Samoan squat into fakie nose spacewalk ollie?

[@sm00thpursuit33]

Nobody will ever be as good as Rodney.

[@mursyidakbar]

Rodneyldo Mulleninho "Jogo Bonito"

[@Greyman010]

Love seeing the old school freestyle moves that made Mullen in slow motion. He is such a legend.

[@OM-wb3zi]

FYI: your equations of dynamic motion are wrong.

[@kennyearles7055]

O M lol was thinking this. Needs some impulse consideration. That delta symbol by itself was pretty funny.

[@ethanclark4116]

Forgot to include the effects of gravity from the moon

[@Adam-hi8vn]

One in s million and a genuinely nice guy on top of all that talent. What a man.

[@WarframeEnjoyersClub]

Nothing quite like a good ol' fashioned heli-pop!!

[@OmmHmo]

The king, all support from Sonora México 🇲🇽🤠🙏

[@DaveRichardsonFitness]

if feet on the ground was allowed in games of SKATE no one would ever beat him

[@ChuckLopez]

Man I wish there be more Rodney Mullen videos in HD for future generations

[@frikstobal]

The world needs it

[@ImARealHumanPerson]

What is this witchcraft?

[@sdnickyb7455]

Hands down my favorite skate rod all time. This man is the 🐐

[@Knuckle_Sandwich_Hand_Wraps]

Rodney Mullen could probably skate before he could walk.

[@id_666_id]

God bless you Mr.Mullen Thanks for all what you give to us

[@Hyperchicken]

I wish the Impossible was still popular. It's such a perfect capture of old school skating.

[@FitPorsot]

The proof we are in Matrix

[@zeroarcadia8520]

Anyone who dislikes knows nothing about skating or how difficult this is. This is beyond difficult the shear raw talent here is insane!!

[@victorperfecto6267]

No current skater not even the riders of nike sb can match the overlord

[@ariel8856]

Isamu Yamamoto has already surpassed Rodney. Look it up.

[@MauroSanna]

@@ariel8856 No, he has not.

[@floyd9727]

I still think Rodney is the GOAT but I really like Kilian Martin and believe his style is the closest I have seen to Rodney. Again Mullen is still the GOAT...

[@thehofmanproductions7702]

@@floyd9727 jonny giger is almost like him

[@Sunset309]

@@ariel8856 😂 😂 you smoke dog food

[@AdamChudzik-w2z]

Jaw-dropping skills. Rodney is a the GOAT.

[@daniellyons6562]

What's the name of the first trick he does? Ridiculous.

[@SalDOWN]

Laser flip.

[@CoDJumper]

emm no Nollie Impossible.

[@jamalydude]

Вершина Эволюции wouldn’t it be front foot impossible

[@jamalydude]

CoDJumper wouldn’t it be front foot impossible

[@chandagta7422]

Impossible rodney mullen nollie

[@Theupstateidiots]

I used to watch this Frikstobal channel back in the day when I was younger, KZbin recommended just hit me with this. 😂 The algorithm has spoken

[@frikstobal]

hahaha! Thank you buddy!! AI is powerful sometimes... hahaha

[@mynameiskyleabent]

can we get rid of this audio and the stupid "e=mc.." visual effect written on screen

[@RosskoPeeko]

The greatest 2 minute video on KZbin.

[@TheAntManChannel]

Dae Won disliked this video.

[@spinal_capped]

Rodney took Daewon under his wing in the early 90s, so I’m sure he loves this stuff as much as any of us.

[@bettyswallocks7]

The absolute king of technical in my opinion.. Rodney I take a bow