Not sure how much you guys are into skating, but Rodney Mullen is one of my all time favorites. He was an original member of the Bones Brigade in the 80's and over the years has invented a ton of tricks that are considered the building blocks of street skating.

Watch and be amazed.

YouTube - [SK8] The Best Tricks of Rodney Mullen

 

I used to watch Rodney at the Desert Surf skate park in Vegas back in the early and mid-1980s. He was the best freestyle skater ever. I also used to see him skate vert at the Pipeline in Upland. He mastered that place - and it was a freaking death trap! I watched him win national and world competitions at Del Mar too. He was the very best.

Looks like he hasn't lost a step, despite the fact that he must be in his early 40s.

 

Wow, thats pretty cool you saw all that stuff.

Yeah, over the years he has adapted his style to still include a lot of those flick tricks where he is standing on one spot and incorporated them into a more street style where he's moving at speed.

 

one of my all time fav. vids ever seen online

YouTube - rodney mullen

 

Yeah, I've seen that video before and it's awesome. Minutes 2:20 and 2:39 are my faves. The kick flip at 2:39 that he reverses half way through with his front foot is so sick.

 

"is that...jack?"

 

I attended the Turkey Shoot in 1985 and saw Rod skating the combi pool at Upland. Then he went to the shallow bowls and tore it up. Then he got out one of those old skinny freestyle boards and did things we couldn't believe. I honestly believed that he was the best skater in the world at the time.

 

Im sure you could find a few people to agree with you to this day. He's certainly one of the most entertaining.

 

John Rodney Mullen (born August 17, 1966 in Gainesville, Florida) is a professional freestyle skateboarder, and considered to be one of the most influential skaters in the history of all of the sport.[1] He is credited with inventing many tricks, including the flat-ground Ollie (originally called the 'ollie pop'), the kickflip (originally called "magic flip"), the Heelflip, the 360 flip, and the Impossible.

Mullen's invented tricks:

Frontside & backside 180 kickflips[6]
50-50 saran wrap[6]
Varial heelflip[6]
50-50 sidewinders[6]
360 Flip[6]
360 pressure flip[6]
540 double kickflip[6]
540 Shove-it[6]
Casper 360 flip[6]
Casper slides[6]
Darkslides (Adapted from Mark Gonzales' idea)[6]
Double heelflips[6]
Flat-ground ollie[6]
Godzilla rail flip[6]
Gazelle[6]
Heelflip[6]
Helipops (360 Nollie)[6]
Half-cab kickflip underflip[6]
Half-cab impossible[6]
Helipop heelflips[6]
Handstand flip[6]
Kickflip underflip[6]
No Handed 50-50[6]
Ollie Kickflip[6]
Ollie Impossible[6]
Ollie nosebone[6]
Ollie fingerflip[6]
One footed ollie[6]
Primo flip[6]

 

His father was a high school teacher of mine. I have always like Mullen and DaeWong Song those dudes are the best...