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PostPosted: Feb 13, 2003 9:04 pm    Post subject: Rodney Mullen :O!! Reply with quote

wow is this guy ever amazing, I dont skateboard myself, but I know enough to appreciate and admire the kinds of things this guy can do....it blows my mind, and I dont even skateboard. Download the video:

Rodney Mullen - Rodney Mullen's Part Form Opinion

from kazaa or whatever you use. Its insane...wow, props to that man, or should I say machine...I havent seen anyone else who can pull the mad tricks this guy can.
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PostPosted: Feb 18, 2003 5:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know this was a double post but i must say again that rodney mullen is a god and should be respected as such.
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PostPosted: Feb 20, 2003 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

He's been killing it for about 15 years now!!! Never lost a contest...
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PostPosted: Feb 20, 2003 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rodney's been skating for much longer than 15 years, he went pro in 1980 or 81. And he lost 1 contest to Per Welinder; still the winningest contest record in skate history.
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PostPosted: Feb 22, 2003 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dude rodney created everything the flip, shuv it, darkslide, etc. name it he made it
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PostPosted: Feb 22, 2003 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

he is the stuff
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PostPosted: Feb 26, 2003 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He is the shizzle to the 10th power, i wish more of the old skool tricks would come back in style. Especially all of the flatland stuff.
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PostPosted: Feb 26, 2003 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

he mighta created many tricks but people many people can throw them down a 100x better then he can...hes sketchy...looks like hes going to mess up everytime...want a skater look at Pj ladd
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PostPosted: Feb 26, 2003 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree that PJ is a great skater, but I don't think Rodney has sketchy style. I mean he's lands tricks sketchy, sure, but who doesn't? Consider the combos he does, they're pretty tough. I'll give him a little leeway on cleanness for the difficulty.
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PostPosted: Feb 27, 2003 6:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

anyone who can do a handstand to fingerflip to primo to whatever the crap else he wants to do has got to be the best rider ever. mullen made skateboarding what it is today.
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PostPosted: Mar 01, 2003 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was angry when Mullen was thrashed in the other thread. Now i am extremely angry. Mullen invented almost every trick done today. Everyone should have nothing but respect for him. He is as skilled as anyone. He can flip in and out of any rail, ledge, table on the planet. The man did a 720 double kickflip (double 360 flip) off a curb. THAT is INSAN!!!.
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PostPosted: Mar 02, 2003 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought the Profile that ON Skateboarding mag did on him last summer was amazing. After you watch it you respect him way more cause it puts his whole career into context.

I'll always say that Rodney Mullen and Danny Way are the best skaters or all time. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Mar 04, 2003 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow SKATEwakeBOARDER what are you his best friend...people have opinions...mines hes sketchy whopie he invented sht people throw it down better then him anyday of the week...handstand to primo...he needs to move on outa the 80s...I saw him at a Enjoi demo in boston he did spins and hand stands when people like jerry hsu was pullin sht like nollie nosegrinds then you got jose rojo with fs flips over my head...In the skateboard world people like mullen cause hes old and created stuff....but tehre where many people before him if it wernt for them he wouldnt be there...Dont credit just mullen for the progression of the sport look at Tony alva and stacey paralta and stuff dog town and z-boys...
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PostPosted: Mar 10, 2003 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I never credited just mullen, im just saying give respect where it is do. And I still say he is got as much skill as anybody today. Just one combo that I can think of. Off flat ground, ollie into a manual on a picnic table, backside 360 shuvit into nose manul onto the next picnic table, frontside 360 shuvit into manual to the next table, with a flip off. keep in mind that that is one trick.
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PostPosted: Mar 13, 2003 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

His self-promotion < His Crazy Skills
I don't even know what he's doing sometimes when I watch it in slow mo. Shocked
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PostPosted: Mar 17, 2003 2:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, Mullen is totally crazy. I dont really think hes sketchy....and his caspers and darkslides are the total shizzle
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PostPosted: Mar 17, 2003 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree with toothpick, he is one of the most humble skateboarders, mabye one of the most humble famous athletes out there.
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PostPosted: Mar 24, 2003 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

is someone even comparing rodney to any other skateboarder who ever lived? if so, the please get up, and leave the forum immediately Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Oct 25, 2005 10:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mullen is the best skater i have ever seen
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PostPosted: Oct 25, 2005 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dude could probably do a handstand with each hand on a football standing the long way. what im saying is hes incredible. what sucks (or is good) for him, is once THPS came out, all the kids saw his skating and couldnt believe their eyes. when everyone is doing handrails LIKE EVERYONE ELSE hes flippin crazy flips in and out of manuals, and grinds, and primos and such.

its no fun watching a video where everyones hitting the SAME handrail at the SAME spot someone else did in another video. but when you watch a mullen part, you are mezmerized. always rewinding and hittin slo-mo. one guy who skates like Mullen today is Nate Sherwood. ive skated with him down in SoCal and that guy can shred. but hes sketchy (YES SKETCHY) like Mullen. you almost have to be sketchy when you pull tricks that crazy. as someone mentioned before, the technicality and difficulty nullify any sketchiness bashing.
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PostPosted: Oct 26, 2005 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ian_82, ditto
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PostPosted: Oct 27, 2005 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i personally would rather watch people hitting big handrails and sets then mullen stuff. he's good and everything but i like watching big hammers better.
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PostPosted: Oct 27, 2005 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jester wrote:
I agree that PJ is a great skater, but I don't think Rodney has sketchy style. I mean he's lands tricks sketchy, sure, but who doesn't? Consider the combos he does, they're pretty tough. I'll give him a little leeway on cleanness for the difficulty.


In my opinion skateboarding is more art than sport. its not about doing the biggest combo, most number of flips, and biggest spin, its about making it look good. rodney is super talented but he has average style and doesnt really get any height on his tricks. I think its more important to have a unique style than it is to have the techest tricks
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PostPosted: Oct 27, 2005 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Colclough999, how many people do stuff like rodney?
personally im not a big fan of watching rodney ride. no doubt the guy rips its just not my thing.
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PostPosted: Nov 01, 2005 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Headless Chicken, my point was that even though other skaters cant match a 720 flip Rolling Eyes they can do a 3flip that looks so much better
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PostPosted: Nov 01, 2005 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Colclough999, i agree that skateboarding isnt about seeing who can get their board to spin the fastest but you cant knock rodney for doing his own thing.
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PostPosted: Nov 01, 2005 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well if tricks went by looks i think u could just chuck a one footed impossible and then give up
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wake_quake, i have absolutly no idea what your talking about and i dont think you do either
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PostPosted: Nov 02, 2005 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Colclough999, i said if tricks were judged by looks all you would have to learn is a one footed impossible and you wouldnt have to do anything else
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PostPosted: Nov 02, 2005 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

riiiiiiiiiiiggght. or you could just learn those two footed impossibles, i hear those are sick. Rolling Eyes
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