Rodney Mullen - World Industries Demo 1990

[@rheubengreen8612]

There are tricks he’s doing here that I’ve never seen anyone do...live or on video. ‘Nose manual check slide’....wtf. 360 shovit to manual.... come on buddy. Trick after trick after trick....Rodney is a savage.

[@Ralph_Sandwich]

The insane part is he straight up created these tricks from thin air. It's unreal.

[@cypriano8763]

besides the wall ride and the rail slide, rodney invented every street trick. the fact that he can do all those insane tricks live, back to back to back is unreal!

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

Some of his tricks people still can't replicate easily now, and he makes it all look so easy and natural.

[@idmhead0160]

LOL! He was even doing vert tricks on flat. Like the Christ air at 4:47. Another favorite is, pop into an invert without putting your feet on the ground.

[@mrtambourineman6107]

You see the fuckin board hes using too!

[@icantollie]

4:25: A: “Holy shit…” B: “No freaking way” A: “360 ollie… on a freakin’-on a freestyle board”

[@dimitriosdesmos4699]

gayhaifa that was one foot too.......just saying.

[@mvpjsj7557]

That bail at 5:08 was clean and made it look like a trick in itself

[@icantollie]

2:32: “What the hell is he doing; this guy’s crazy”

[@nexiotech]

YEEEEEEAAAAHH

[@jonathandantonio649]

Mullen is one of those rare talents that was/is on a completely different level from the rest of the competition, and they all knew it.

[@Headbanger496]

5:08 LOL anti-gravity trick YEAHHHH

[@sunnyriverbay]

2020 still sick

[@fartkerson]

Forever sick

[@piercinghuber4743]

Yeah

[@steviesindahouse4903]

@@piercinghuber4743 😂

[@cart00n_rabbit]

5:06 Maybe the only skateboarder in history whose bails can be counted as tricks... Had to replay a few times to believe it.

[@chivaking]

Josh Wadey I agree

[@mrtambourineman6107]

He got a worthy round of applause too! Rodney is da man

[@NathanKRobinson]

Haha the powerslide got a bigger cheer than the tre flip. I wonder how many people noticed it actually flipped?

[@atm6887]

I noticed lol I instantly watched it again.

[@bladecontreras6165]

That’s honestly mind blowing. A little powerslide

[@dougthealligator]

I once saw an interview he did where he mentioned that 360 and 540 flips rarely got a reaction from crowds because they couldn’t tell them apart from 3 shoves. Crazy though. A 540 flip on flat? Cmon.

[@ed_weird]

@@dougthealligator Yeah, that's why he went for a double 360 flip so people would even notice it flip! :D

[@jayweatherbee8666]

The size of this crowd is mind blowing. Knowing how much of an introvert he was, this stuff must have been terrifying and he still does PHENOMENAL. Think about that for a second.

[@JuHraj]

He was probably used to it by that time.

[@gigantopithecushominoidea8779]

Did you know this guy used to practice 9 hours a day? I admire his intensity so much. I mirror him in what ever I do since I discovered him playing tony hawk pro skater 2 .. ahah yeah

[@PMLT3400]

2018 just as impressed now as I was at the time.

[@h20net]

Westgate mall in Bethlehem, PA. Amateur Athlete hosted. I was there! Great times!

[@steviesindahouse4903]

Thanks so much for sharing that with us! So, so epic .. made my day! How long did the whole event go for, and is there any other footage of it about that you know of? Thank you! 😀

[@johnp8587]

And to think this is the same time he had started skating obstacles. Then passed right by everyone within a year or two. Crazy.

[@maidenless2110]

The greatest of all time, 23 and in his prime. I wish I was alive to see this shit live.

[@jonathandantonio649]

He was already a legend even then; there was Mullen and then a HUGE gap to everyone else. All the other great skaters had guys that could beat them, but Mullen was in a class of his own.

[@Ma660t5andw1ch]

It was amazing, but we had no idea how amazing it was or how he did much of this stuff. At this point street skating was barely getting away from handplants, wall rides, and launch ramps. We were running up to rails, boards in hand, and dropping the board onto the rail to ride it down. We had yet to have our heads rocked by darkslides, impossibles, and Godzilla flips.

[@squick1842]

The stamina is over 9000!!!

[@Chesperito_]

I can't even stay in a casper stall for more than 20 seconds Rodney mullen is a skate god

[@leocorrea5935]

Even when he misses, people just comprehend and keep cheering for him. That's the true skateboarding community spirit.

[@nickysassiano5473]

Reactions in the 90's: "Yea, yea, YEA! 2020: "Holy sh*t wtf was that?!"

[@JL050]

The balance and understanding of weight distribution is amazing

[@CleverMetaphor]

It's like he was born to do this

[@idmhead0160]

I liked when he did the nose manual and then went into a 360 and actually started pumping it so he kept spinning around. That was nuts.

[@guyroxorz]

I think what people fail to appreciate with Rodney is that, at this point in time, no one was doing anything remotely close to what he was doing. I think too many people approach this with a modern viewpoint, all of modern skating pretty much evolved from Rodney's innovation. Skating wouldn't exist as it does without him and we should all be eternally grateful that we get to witness him in our lifetime

[@patrickftw8464]

I dont think any actual skaters, new or old, fail to appreciate that lol. Everyone who knows anything knows this guy invented most of the tricks people do today. Ive never heard anyone understate his achievements and contributions to skating. Maybe non skaters, but most people know this guy is a living legend

[@samrobertson9051]

People at the time didn't fail to appreciate it. What he does is amazing, but the thing is, it was totally on a flat plane, geared around the freestyle competition format. So in that sense it had become stagnant, and too contained for the adventure of skateboarding unfortunately. And by 1990 most skated everthing, and even miniramp skating overshadowed it. Heck...we were all 'chink-chinking' and 'rock-to-willy'ing' our asses off.

[@fatramh]

Love it!! I’m pretty sure he came to Maximus that year too. Where he rode a quote on “regular board and dropped in on the 6 foot ramp at least… so sick great video

[@kurstone8511]

YEAH!

[@fredsavage4925]

The fluid STYLE. Even when he didn't stick it, he was an acrobat and gymnast while recovering from it. One of a kind.

[@richardhowle8591]

I was 15 then, and it looks like what I imagined the 60's looked like.

[@user-wl7dt1uw2e]

Rodney farts. Yeah. Rodney hits his nuts with the board. Yeah. Rodney skins his knee. Yeah. Most consecutive Yeahs from a crowd, ever. Yeah. Fuck yeah.

[@ricktherrien8235]

They even say “yeah” when he screws up lol Mullens such a epic skater!!

[@steviesindahouse4903]

They've most definitely on his side! Love it! 😀

[@mydreaminorbit9297]

The crowd commentary is hilarious, here you have Mullen one of the best to ever do it. Performing an epic freestyle and some guy is debating which are better potato chips or pretzels 6:31

[@tacti-cool4022]

I thought that was a metaphor or something for what they really said..nope that was the actual conversation haha

[@sundog1979]

I think the dude tried to make a joke, waiting for the crowd to respond, "yeeeah!".

[@sundog1979]

@myself to myself Yeah, I am that guy, figuratively. That's why I caught it. Ha! I'm so lame.

[@sundog1979]

@myself to myself Thank you.

[@dedododo-dedadada7957]

Still to this day... mind blown!

[@broken2k9]

I love Rodney and his will to give it everything, especially back when skating was really starting off mainstream. This man has invented so many tricks with a skateboard that it’s already a tradition to learn his moves for a couple decades.

[@Darksagan]

He was killing it.

[@pardonmyfrench4760]

Still is

[@amueller585]

Rodney doing 360’s at the end of every routine should have been a finishing move on Mortal Kombat.

[@lopezart2853]

Yeah..............................YEAH!

[@EVPpsycho]

6:31 "But are potato chips better than pretzels?" We asked the big questions in the 90's.

[@mannycalavera2335]

This would have been insane to do even TODAY. This dude was doing it... when none of these tricks even existed. Some still don't post-Rodney Mullen.

[@ATFjames]

I can not get enough of Mullens skating! It is about as magical of Skating as it gets!

[@jfarrell85]

People said "Yeah" alot back then.

[@thooke222]

Yeah, I agree.

[@subspeciandialect2550]

Yeah they did

[@icantollie]

Yeah bc they got to see Rodney Mullen tour and give demos back then (and right before he was about to start over from scratch as a street skater)

[@jfarrell85]

YEAH

[@luit576]

Yeah

[@thomaspeake6448]

Nobody and I mean NOBODY!!! Could touch him....🤘😜🍻🇨🇦

[@bennyshambles]

This had to be one of Rodney’s final summer tours as a straight-up freestyle skater. Plan B started up at the end of he next summer and he was filming for Questionable (street skating on a full-size board) not too long after that. I used to think he kept at it after Rubbish Heap, but that definitely wasn’t the case.

[@PedroPLish]

Rodney: does whatever The audience: yeeaah

[@steviesindahouse4903]

"YEAH !!!" (Me joining them 30 years on!) .. just imagine for a moment seeing this live, like everyone here, right before your very eyes !!! 😀

[@mattgokey]

@NathanKRobinson i think he mentioned sometime before that this is why he stopped with the 360 double flips, regular people just couldnt relate.

[@ricktherrien8235]

I can’t believe that guy said “that sucked” you do know your watching a master right??

[@icantollie]

0:50: FYI in the 90s “that sucked” was NJ slang for “that hella rocked”

[@ricktherrien8235]

gayhaifa gotcha never knew that!! I was born in 84 so I was young during the eighties but I love the era!!

[@mixgoham]

That’s crazy 😳😱😱

[@icantollie]

5:05: Rodney Mullen’s bails are more beautiful than the best makes I’ll ever land

[@jayweatherbee8666]

@1:10-1:25 is just straight up out of this world. He was an absolute wizard and nobody could truly recognize it.

[@CockLobster]

I guess the massive crowd just happened to be cheering for no reason

[@CockLobster]

I guess the massive crowd just happened to be cheering for no reason

[@bovedli]

The first trick he missed was a fakie frontside bigspin. I can relate to that. Nobody ever does that trick except Chris Joslin and Justin Brock.

[@pnoyd3132]

The best to ever do it

[@MrEazyE357]

Yeah, 1990... Skating in Converse basketball shoes.

[@tfGypsyKing]

And what does this tell you?

[@Coryiodine]

I feel like even the people hes competing against are going "Yeah!" Too

[@builtbydiddykins6302]

He's the GOAT best ever nobody will ever be greater it's just a fact sorry

[@kappo3740]

4:25 I like how they actually asked Rodney to do a boneless

[@maxthreshold]

I like the part where the crowd said "yeah"

[@steviesindahouse4903]

The whole thing! 😂

[@bleeneo101]

One of the greatest. Legend 👐 GTC 🤙

[@MrEazyE357]

Probably THE greatest.

[@jonathandantonio649]

Not one of, and not probably - he is the best skateboarder of all time. No one else is even close, and that's not a knock on the other greats. Mullen was/is in a class of his own.

[@chris_collectibles]

their commentary is hilarious and priceless they start off talking smack about Rodney and in this short demo he blows their minds

[@logandavidson338]

Yeah!

[@philipbrazill2155]

THE GODFATHER!!

[@idmhead0160]

1:50 where he started whipping a bunch of nose 360s was wicked as hell. Would love to be able to do that.

[@chrisbanfield927]

He just keeps going too

[@richardhowle8591]

so effortless.

[@SkatEarthProductions]

1:30 My reaction if I was him for a day

[@nickwilliams6621]

LMFAO. Same

[@mrtambourineman6107]

Nobody does it better..

[@L_E_L_0_U_P]

YEAH. Has been around for skaters for yearsssss

[@CarlAquaForce]

It's like watching a skateboard ballerina.👍

[@legolite45]

DO A HAND STAND

[@chaiselabrie6497]

Best skater to ever live

[@steviesindahouse4903]

And Tony Hawk thinks so too! 😀

[@travisguide4516]

People who skate understand that rodney has extremely good consistency from demo skating he is all energy here slow down rodney!

[@The247marcos]

man was on his board for 2 fucking minutes doing THAT shit i cant believe Rodney was real

[@GatCat]

Rodney practiced 9 hours a day. He is The Godfather of skating. Bigger than hawk. Bigger than anyone else.

[@unknownskater121]

woah , i didnt know rodney could break dance! 5:09

[@steviesindahouse4903]

Such a pioneer !!! 😉

[@StrangeRealityVlog]

Amazing

[@mangkyou]

7:25 "Ohhh shit!"

[@stevenimeson902]

Rodney killing it for world!

[@413MassDigger]

Yeeaaahhhhh....

[@steviesindahouse4903]

👊

[@udontknowme8673]

hes so dope. (:

[@idmhead0160]

Someone should sponsor this kid.

[@GustavoBaeta]

2:05 Rod playing my moves

[@royallopez69]

Still the best

[@brettperry3737]

His bails are more impressive than most pros' best tricks.

[@dammit2hell]

This crowd should be ashamed of themselves. Witnessing greatness and all they have are some "Yeahs!" and mild clapping.

[@steviesindahouse4903]

Well, I'd be speechless .. I still am !!! 😀

[@zegikniet9999]

ppl actly enjoying the show instead of bragging to their fakefriends w their fakeapps, still watching fucking screens on the spot

[@tiffont]

Yo the dude at 53 secs saying "that sucked" was fuckin' creepy as hell!

[@barryley]

rodney is pure magic -- imagine how laboured and heavy the average person's legs would feel a minute into this routine. mine are lead just watching it

[@andrewpap1789]

Oh how little do these people realize what they got to enjoy that day

[@polishenglish8356]

Fckn legend !

[@MickSwanson]

1990: YeAh 2020: yeeOOO

[@genesisfd4418]

*YEAAH*

[@drewsipherthehedgehog388]

0:51 'that sucked' guys,frick this guy i love finger flip it was awesome it didn't suck lol

[@sharkbite5744]

Watch 4.10 to 4.12 in slow mo!!! fuckin hell that was sick I’m not a skater but Christ he landed that cross legged!!!! Please have a look you don’t notice it in normal speed.

[@Sam0LCFC0]

I really hope Rodney was the finale. You cannot follow this.

[@sonyabadass]

If you see very closely to the board, it doesn't have the tails.... that's just show how good he is

[@StandardDressing]

The skill this man has, unbelievable.

[@gundamo_creates]

Yeeeaaahh!

[@pentastarr666]

Why would someone thumbs down this?

[@idmhead0160]

Watching this at quarter speed. YYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! LOL!

[@dealiffy6533]

2:55 insane

[@lilfuego6613]

0:54 how dare u mock a LEGEND

[@rheubengreen8612]

Idiotic

[@monalisa-bs4zs]

Sarcasm

[@mikedohracks7552]

Getting mad combo points

[@GZA036]

But are potato chips better than pretzels........?

[@MerovingianBlood]

5:08 that b-boy move lol.

[@nathandegroot6490]

1:38 "I know him" lol

[@mbax002]

F'n genius!!!

[@GatCat]

The people in the crowd had no idea they were witnessing the Michael Jordan of skating come of age.