Rodney Mullen - Westwood NJ Demo 1986 *Full Demo*

This is the entire Rodney Mullen demo from Westwood NJ in 1986.

[@troyabrams8780]

I was at this demo!!!!! I can't believe I found it. The announcer announces steve Rocco and mark Gonzales.....but a young Mike V was there also!

[@matt4122]

It's funny how he accomplished all of those crazy tricks and the crowd was the most excited on him doing a yo-yo plant..

[@yoman1991]

its a pretty difficult and awesome trick!

[@drewsipherthehedgehog388]

yeah because you don't step off your board while for other hand plants do.

[@usslongbeachcg9]

I'm amazed with flatground airwalks on a board that damn small

[@dealiffy6533]

This guy is superhuman, watching him skate never gets boring.

[@TimMillernapavalleyfilmworks]

I loved these days, I miss watching Mullen. True perfection and no one matches this in 2022

[@beau5316]

My all time number 1 favorite right there. Been a fan since I was six years old, 1992 when I discovered him. I have one of his original pro model freestyle boards from 1985. I feel so blessed to have that piece of history to hold onto. It was because of him that I started skating. Thank you so much Rodney for all of your talent that you've shared. True inspiration.

[@slothystyle]

My uncle has a few skateboards from the 80s, major props to rodney, those skate board are so effing heavy and the fact that he was able to do all those tricks with a board that weighd like 20 lbs is incredible. Rodney one of my fav skaters of all time. Always picked him on Tony hawk pro skater.

[@pearlmax]

20lbs lol.

[@matthewlambrianou2516]

Freestyle boards were alot lighter than the big street/vert 80s boards

[@dididiihas]

Freestyle boards of the 80s we're like 7 × 27 inches. Light lol. However, general 80s skateboards were heavy.

[@CodeBleu724]

80s boards were super wide. I had a Tony Hawk and a Vision Gator deck in 1987. Good for ramps and cruising. By 1993, street decks and smaller wheels were the norm. The game changed so much in 5-6 years. I was getting too old to pull off the crazy shit those kids were doing in the 90s...and they were wearing JNCO pants!

[@quakecon2009]

Not even into skating but I can tell this guy is special..... Cos I never seen anyone like this on a board.

[@Hebuildsstuff]

Funny how the grabs get the most reactions

[@acmeelmerfudd8147]

J Rich Yes..but flat grabs are pretty hard. You need to be fast. At my active skatetime I also could do an flat indygrab. And I was pretty good at freestyling, too

[@datguy9408]

Not gonna lie I like how grab tricks look.

[@geoffhut9272]

All the insane flip tricks barely get anything except for the random skater in the back

[@pairot01]

He's an equilibrium wizard

[@blablablablabla7705]

This video is actually the first time I've ever even seen Rodney mess up, it's a rare sight

[@gonzo13ist]

There is no one who can come close to him and it’s 2019! This is from 1986!

[@Rumi_Rune]

Jersey Devil Believe it or not its Isamu Yamamoto

[@starfireprincess]

@@Rumi_Rune ummm, no

[@denvermadison9052]

You haven’t seen freestylers in Japan then yet have you? Coconut wheelies are nothing to those guys and I don’t think I’ve ever seen Rodney do a coconut wheelie….Mullens a legend and a revolutionary but even he could say the progression of freestyle skate has gone way up he’s a humble god like that.

[@DevinShawTV]

I wish times like this still happend :/ so amazing, i wish i lived in the 80's haha

[@JohnDoe-zq1ho]

They do! Go to a demo sometime bro.

[@Sursion]

8:35 OMFG!!

[@Morkeric]

seeing rodney miss a trick is like seeing stephen hawking get a math problem wrong

[@acmeelmerfudd8147]

BC Richard yeah..Rodney for usual is constantly good

[@dididiihas]

Btw it was because there was obvious debrie on the ground.

[@insaneboi3938]

Dude I like died when he missed a trick cause he is so fricken good

[@marksimmons3801]

that one wheeled manual was sik !!!!!! and you know it !!! 7:00

[@yoyoskates]

always amazing to watch him. Thanks a lot for uploading this demo!

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

You are right brother. It never gets old watching great skaters!

[@Carl6801force]

This Rodney Mullen guy is pretty good..

[@MissMailer]

YEAH!!!

[@Rumi_Rune]

Fs 360 Airwalk True Impossible Trick

[@rtornellort]

I was there! 😆

[@SDGRTX1455]

How was it to watch him doing it those tricks? share the experience plz :)

[@rtornellort]

@@SDGRTX1455 It was truly unbelievable. At the time he was the only one who could pull these tricks off and everyone, including me were in awe. It was like watching a magician, you were seeing it but still couldn't believe it.

[@RuwaSkateboards]

What an awesome demo. Ridiculous combos!

[@mattgokey]

thank you for uploading this.

[@jeffjouenne7456]

it's just amazing

[@technicalhoboskater]

thank you so much!

[@AudraGibson]

That’s the first time I’ve ever seen him miss a trick. And I’ve watched a lot of his tape. Incredible control and style.

[@APMotionFrames]

WTF!! 6:16 creepy voice of camera man "c'mon, do it"

[@1manjohnson516]

the Godfather of Freestyle

[@lordjambrek4868]

That flip at 1:43 is amazing.

[@Mike-tv9rk]

Defintion of pioneer

[@qwertyo1916]

Wow

[@KR11111]

He's skating to the beat if the music Holy shit it's like Olympic ice skating but on a board.

[@labgnat]

Pure Wizardry

[@fredfred976]

The control over the board is amazing. Look how close those fucking people are. Not once does it go in the crowd.

[@71degrees]

Just to keep the heart of skateboarding alive, we watched this video while sitting in THE STREET 😂😂😂😂

[@SoundbombSoldier]

insane

[@jasongeyer2111]

at 5:47 what was that? it's like he ollied with only his back foot and leg. like he put the board against the same leg he popped with that was the most nuts thing I seen in the whole demo. I've seen people do no-complies similar to that but never a straight up ollie. wow!! just wow!! he was seriously something else! 😮👍🏻

[@sofiegrosjean5262]

1986 la meilleur année le maître incontesté du skate celui qui nous à tout montrer ;)

[@marksimmons3801]

this is a tough crowd , no clapping or cheering !!!

[@flowersmile123]

Lol. I was thinking the same thing.

[@homedogdigity]

7:23 .......yup

[@lluNr3aL]

fuckin legend

[@instaplutoriannn2987]

the crowd was so weird they had almost no reaction to the flip tricks which are harder than the grab tricks (which got more attention) considering the board they used to ride

[@zuhardi]

Maybe bcuz they usually seen people doin grab on pool n vert so they must be hyped to see that doin on flatground.

[@erichquinones598]

Damn LL is old lol

[@budakjahat1984]

The tupac of skateboarding

[@mjmendozaiv]

who counted the "yeah"s?

[@comesect]

makes me feel wierd grownin up with this then being exposed to now in days skate'n...hey, whoever reads this ,go hit up a parking block!

[@max-zl1vm]

but still not a single kickflip

[@brocksamson9737]

max yeah at 9:15 dildo

[@EntoSanto]

even your eyes cant notice it :D 9:15

[@the_mcderminator6961]

@@EntoSanto that's a double kick flip

[@datguy9408]

Delete your comment poser

[@roblahey3249]

lol he kickflipped 15 seconds into the video