Name? Nickname?
Rodney Mullen.
Nickname: The King! Ok, it's really the Mutt.

 

Where were you born?
Gainesville FL.

 

Goofy or regular foot?
Reg.

 

Skateboard set up specs?
Enjoi 7 5/8 X 31 3/8 or so. Mellow tail and nose, but steep concave (Monster Mold). Tail is 1/4" longer than the nose. 50mm dual durometer Darkstars. Tensor LO 5.0. Speed Demons bearings. Tensor hardware-- it's a little lighter.

 

Where do you live?
LA County, in one of the beach cities.

 

Sponsors?

Globe, enjoi, Tensor, Matix, Speed Demons, Darkstar.

 

How long have you been skating?
Started skating 1/1/77. Won my first pro contest (& simultaneously turned pro) 8/21/80.

 

Favorite trick?
I like frontside crooked grind variations, particularly the munky flip out, or nollie hard flip. Darkslides are fun.

 

Favorite terrain?
Schoolyards w/ tables.

 

Favorite place to skate?
There are a couple of fun schoolyards in Lomita that have some stairs too as well to put tables down. It's fun to make your own terrain.

 

Who do you like to session with?
Daewon, Ronnie Creager, and Marc Johnson.

 

How often do you skate?
Everyday about 2 or 3 hours. Usually more on the weekends.

 

Most memorable skateboarding experience?
Winning my first pro contest.

 

Favorite band/music?
I still like a lot of old punk stuff, like Stiff Little Fingers. Old black gospel, like the Dixie Hummingbirds or Swan Silvertones. Nina Samone is awesome, and Billy Holliday. There's a South African jazz guy named Hugh Masekala that is awesome. Classical, I like Dvorak, Shostakovich, and of course Beethoven. (joke)

 

Pets?
Two rad cats. One is 1/2 retarded, so he tends to get thrashed by the other one. I think I relate more to the retarded one.

 

Were your parents supportive of your skating?
No. But my mom understood how much it meant to me, which helped.

 

What would you be doing if you never started skating?
Likely to be making nuclear warheads. Unfortunately, that's where a lot of my friends ended up that enjoyed studying the same stuff, even though they didn't believe it was right. Terrible dilemma. That or mowing lawns. Perhaps the priesthood.

 

Advice to fellow skateboarders?
Do what you love and try not to look at what other people occupy themselves with. Most people seem restless and bounce around too much to focus or even pay attention enough to themselves to figure out exactly what they really do love, as opposed to what the people that surround them are doing.

 

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Son HISTOIRE

 

Rodney Mullen avait 10 ans quand il a eu sa première planche. Il a du supplier son père pendant des mois pour l'obtenir, car son père étant médecin, il ne voulait pas que Rodney ne se blesse à cause d'un sport qui lui paraissait trop brutal. Un jour, son père lui a promis qu'il lui achèterai une board, et l'histoire a commencé : Rodney est devenu très bon très vite, professionnel à l'age de 13 ans, quand il skatait pour powell peltra. Maintenant, il est l'un des meilleurs skateurs street technique en vie, et il a inventé tellement de tricks qu'il est difficile de les répertorier tous. Par exemple, tout (bon) skateur tape le flip, et bein c'est Rodney qui l'a inventé... Rodney est maintenant le plus grand skater du monde. A 36 ans, il a déjà gagné 35 championnat du monde en street et flat (26 en flat, 9 en street) c' est le seul a avoir gagné autant de championnat. Talentueux, mais aussi un incroyable inventeur puisqu' il a à son palmarès plus de 32 tricks inventés. voici la liste de ces tricks.

 

Godzilla Rail Flip 540 Shove-it 50-50 Saran Wrap 50-50 Caspers Helipops Flat Ollies Gazelles No Handed 50-50

Kickflip Heelflip Impossible Sidewinders 360 Flip 360 pressure Flip Casper 360 Flip 50-50 Sidewinders

One footed Ollie Backside 180 Flip Duct-tape on fingers Ollie Nosebones Ollie Fingerflip Airwalks Frontside Heelflip Shove-its

Switchstance 360 Flips Helipop Heelflips Removed Duct-Tape from fingers Kickflip Underflip Casper Slides Half Flip Darkslide

 

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                                 Voici quelques photos unique du "King" :

 

             

                                                                                                                Lance Mountain               Lynn Cooper                            Rodney Mullen

 

 

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Enfin quelques vidéos que vous ne trouverez autre part que dans Skate Mania :

 

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