@@rakerholm was about to say the same thing, RR's judgement criteria is on his personal rewatch factor not the historical importance - never seen that Skating in the 80s vid though, cool.
I don't go for a lot of reaction or rating videos but I'm glad I watched this. Insightful. I wouldn't be able to do it because I'd put them all in the top category! I have no objectivity when it comes to Rodney. Dude could do a left turn and I would think it was the greatest thing I ever saw.
Awesome tier list! I am also a big fan of Rodney, and you forgot about ubf piece where he did switch flip one foot nose wheelie You can also find some unused footage of him in the video that was selling with his limited pro shoes, and in a video called Rodney Mullen timeline there's also some rare footage 15:15 he actually did it 4 times! You can find another angle in documentary "from the ground up" and another one he did in round 3 if I'm not mistaken! Love to watch your videos, keep it up!
@@truhhhhhhhokIII3 yeah I know, just wanted to say about more cool footage And his ubf piece part is actually video part, not the hardest, but definitely a cool video
Round 1 changed my life. Legit. I got it as soon as it came out and before that i was riding an 8.5 planet earth with 56mm wheels cause everybody I knew was riding wide boards and big wheels...on a recommendation from a friend, I bought this video and it literally changed everything for me, Forever. The next day I sold my board and bought some of the first A-team boards, Rodney Mullen Rabbit with the A logo and some 50mm world industries wheels. This was right before DarkStar wheels came out. Same year, with this set up, I improved faster than ever and I never looked back.
I agree with most of your rankings. My fav part would be second hand smoke. I still remember borrowing it from a buddy in the 8th grade. I was blown away by Rodneys part. The song flows perfectly with it as well. That part still gets me hyped
As Rodney seems to be in other dimension for me (my favorite, but I just started this whole topic a few years ago) sometimes I think that maybe he have Asperger based on how deeply he can focus on the skateboarding
Enjoyed this video a lot. Weird that the reaction to Rodney's part in Questionable was so underwhelming at the time. I suspect this might not even have had to do with the skating so much as the out with the old (guys) mentality prevalent at the time in skateboarding. He definitely took it to a whole other level in the Almost videos, but those early Plan B videos were straight magic (especially with the Jim Groce song)
Nothing to be proud of, it was an act of spite, towards 80s skaters. You lot have a hide to be proud of what you all did to skating... pigeonholed it for 30 years. FINALLY its back. Skaters are shredding again, not just flat ground circus spins, but everything. It never should have went into that clicky hole that these guys all made. Its skatings worst era. At least Grosso fixed it before he moved on. What a legend. Now skating is better than its ever been. Early 90s was only Gonz. Everyone else who tried to be Mullen are gone and cant keep up.
i would watch the few skate videos i owned every day too. my friends would make fun of me for it, but i would also dub them to vhs and sell them to my friends, and after highschool i would sell bootleged dvd's to people in the community, i made alot of money doing that and its funny that dubing skate videos as a kid started my bootleging career.
Love this idea, please do some other skaters, like Jerry Hsu, Chris Cole, and P-Rod just to name the ones I would love to see the most. TBH no matter who you rank, I’m watching it regardless so please make more of these😁
Long time fan here but I think it’s my first comment. I super fan of Rodney and my list also would be like yours. Good choices! I would like to see more with other skaters!
I think there was a one wheel spin in this Christian slater movie gleaming the cube. When he blows off some steam in an abandoned warehouse. Freestyle montage. Hi def 80s one wheel spin.
@@incapabledub i meant just regular freestyle run, not in a movie. i guess just freestyle competition footage that didn't end up in any video parts. i searched 'rodney mullen freestyle' and the first video had a one-wheel 360. rodney mullen - freestyle contest oceanside 1986. i believe i've seen several other examples over the years
Definitely the undisputed GOAT, I agree with you there, but I definitely don’t agree with your rankings. 😅 Total disrespect for the early stuff. You definitely got the S tear right though.
Solid list. Rodney is the Goat! Rodney vs Daewon was my 1st time seeing Mullen street skate. Skateboarding fell off in 1992 and I quit as well, and he was still doing freestyle and stunt work in Gleaming the Cube
I like this idea, would love to see more rankings of pro's parts. Another idea could be if you ever thought a video had the parts in the wrong order and you thought somebody who may have had first or second to last part should have had the last part, or maybe somebody in the middle should have had first part or something like that.
Rodney was just amazing as a street skater way back then even tony hawk seem too be way better at skating but I love skateboarding probably my favorite extreme sport so sick & satisfying
Me and my friends in Arkansas pooled our money to order the Questionable Video on VHS and Rodney's part was well received at the time. Duffy was the mind blower for us and Colin and Danny were best overall imo.
why is it a helapop and not a nollie front 360? Is helapop another name for it (like fakie bs 360 -> fullcab) or is it a (dubious) different trick? I think if someone told me a nollie front 3 is actually a helapop I would ignore them, very 80s name :_)
This is interesting I totally get rating the video in terms of watchability however the rating system does not appear to take in the significance of the technical progression in relation to where skateboarding was at. While I agree that watchability is important I don't think the rating system is accurate. It's a fallacy to compare past video parts to present level skateboarding in terms of whether or not it's a good part. Just my two cents I'm trying to agreeably disagree.
Rodney is basically the core of the 30 year pigeonholed era. Flat ground circus tricks more akin to gymnastics or some sport like that. 30 years of skaters doing tiny circles around each other while mocking shaped decks, handplants, boneless, big air, grab rail, laybacks and all the BEST stuff. Doing flip tricks and box rails is really only 5% of skating. It was never that amazing. Im so glad skating has finally pulled itself out of that hole and is full of shredders like Winkowski, Jaime Mateu, Chris Russel, Andy Anderson, .. REAL skaters who can flip, spin, flat, transition, footplant and bust grab rails all day long. Remember when you lot started calling our style mongo? Haven't the tables turned now? Haha. I bet shaped decks are selling more than popsicles now. Certainly worth more, like it always should've been. It was terrible the way you lot treated us old school skaters early 90s. Shame on you all for that disrespect. If Grosso didnt snap everyone out of it with love letters, we would still be trapped with you lot going nowhere. 30+ years of the same boring stuff. Wow. Guess who are the mongo now? Flip trick crew. Everyone who loved Mullen. Isnt that funny. Mullen was ALWAYS just a gimmick. Gonz is the real skater, not Mullen. Gonz can STILL bust the best FS handplants. Flipping the deck was a side quest. Not the whole story.
First Ollie in recorded history, D Tier - chadRat
It is of course of high historical importance, but it doesnt necessarily make it particularly entertaining and rewatchable.
@@rakerholm was about to say the same thing, RR's judgement criteria is on his personal rewatch factor not the historical importance - never seen that Skating in the 80s vid though, cool.
I don't go for a lot of reaction or rating videos but I'm glad I watched this. Insightful. I wouldn't be able to do it because I'd put them all in the top category! I have no objectivity when it comes to Rodney. Dude could do a left turn and I would think it was the greatest thing I ever saw.
but seriously, have you seen him turn left? don't even get me started on when he goes right . . .
Which part is your favorite? I only used clips here, so make sure you watch the full parts!
Awesome tier list! I am also a big fan of Rodney, and you forgot about ubf piece where he did switch flip one foot nose wheelie
You can also find some unused footage of him in the video that was selling with his limited pro shoes, and in a video called Rodney Mullen timeline there's also some rare footage
15:15 he actually did it 4 times! You can find another angle in documentary "from the ground up" and another one he did in round 3 if I'm not mistaken!
Love to watch your videos, keep it up!
@@exoflameethis was of rodneys “video parts” so clips wouldnt count
@@truhhhhhhhokIII3 yeah I know, just wanted to say about more cool footage
And his ubf piece part is actually video part, not the hardest, but definitely a cool video
Round 1. I love the second section with the Doors song. He also fs shuv nose grinded a rail in the beginning of the part.
411 Profile
This was a lot of fun, I'd love to see more of these with different skaters
this with geoff rowley would be insane
Round 1 changed my life. Legit. I got it as soon as it came out and before that i was riding an 8.5 planet earth with 56mm wheels cause everybody I knew was riding wide boards and big wheels...on a recommendation from a friend, I bought this video and it literally changed everything for me, Forever. The next day I sold my board and bought some of the first A-team boards, Rodney Mullen Rabbit with the A logo and some 50mm world industries wheels. This was right before DarkStar wheels came out. Same year, with this set up, I improved faster than ever and I never looked back.
almost round 3 was just too good! I have some fond memories of all the almost round videos, both rodney and daewon had absolutely amazing performances
Daewon Song part tier would be sick.
All S tier
Nah his first video part was booty. He says it himself.
Even the f tier has tricks that are so hard to pull off and that was 40 years ago. Never gonna be another Mullen.
Round 2 at time is S tier. Round 2 is best blend of his creative ability, done with good street style Imo. In late 90s part was absolutely insane.
I absolutely loved this video, I just wish you didn't say "by todays standards" so much, Rodney Mullen is the Standard.
would be cool to see this across a whole brand, like every baker part or something
I agree with most of your rankings. My fav part would be second hand smoke. I still remember borrowing it from a buddy in the 8th grade. I was blown away by Rodneys part. The song flows perfectly with it as well. That part still gets me hyped
As Rodney seems to be in other dimension for me (my favorite, but I just started this whole topic a few years ago) sometimes I think that maybe he have Asperger based on how deeply he can focus on the skateboarding
Great video. Accurate information. Please make more videos following the entire videography career of skaters. I wonder if Rodney will see this.
interesting format mr. rodent thank you for the upload
My favorite skater since I was 8! Thanks for this!
My favourite rodney mullen part is his THPS3 video with the AFI song & his THP8 videos
Enjoyed this video a lot. Weird that the reaction to Rodney's part in Questionable was so underwhelming at the time. I suspect this might not even have had to do with the skating so much as the out with the old (guys) mentality prevalent at the time in skateboarding. He definitely took it to a whole other level in the Almost videos, but those early Plan B videos were straight magic (especially with the Jim Groce song)
S Tier - Best of Rodney Mullen on RUclips
Idk if I've watched much of his super old footage but seeing it reminds me of his autobiography Mutt which I did a book report on in school lol
One of my skate friends in middle school did the same thing. I ended up borrowing the book from him after. Was a good read
Not only the best skateboarder of all time..but also the most important. Dude is the man.
Rodney was like 38 doing top tier stuff for Enjoi... Gives me hope getting back into skating after a decade+.
I'm tripping out on the massive style change between 89 and 92. From small pants to huugge baggy pants. Gnarly
Nothing to be proud of, it was an act of spite, towards 80s skaters. You lot have a hide to be proud of what you all did to skating... pigeonholed it for 30 years. FINALLY its back. Skaters are shredding again, not just flat ground circus spins, but everything. It never should have went into that clicky hole that these guys all made. Its skatings worst era. At least Grosso fixed it before he moved on. What a legend. Now skating is better than its ever been. Early 90s was only Gonz. Everyone else who tried to be Mullen are gone and cant keep up.
I started skating because of the best of part on youtube with Rodney Mullen.
No SEARCH FOR ANIMAL CHIN?
Don't pre plan the rankings. It's better when we hear the thought process of why things go where they do vs other stuff.
i would watch the few skate videos i owned every day too. my friends would make fun of me for it, but i would also dub them to vhs and sell them to my friends, and after highschool i would sell bootleged dvd's to people in the community, i made alot of money doing that and its funny that dubing skate videos as a kid started my bootleging career.
Love this idea, please do some other skaters, like Jerry Hsu, Chris Cole, and P-Rod just to name the ones I would love to see the most. TBH no matter who you rank, I’m watching it regardless so please make more of these😁
Long time fan here but I think it’s my first comment. I super fan of Rodney and my list also would be like yours. Good choices! I would like to see more with other skaters!
Automatic thumbs up because this is a good idea for a video and I already know I'm going to enjoy it.
i'm pretty sure i've seen footage of him doing one-wheel 360s in the '80s on freestyle board
I think there was a one wheel spin in this Christian slater movie gleaming the cube. When he blows off some steam in an abandoned warehouse. Freestyle montage. Hi def 80s one wheel spin.
@@incapabledub i meant just regular freestyle run, not in a movie. i guess just freestyle competition footage that didn't end up in any video parts. i searched 'rodney mullen freestyle' and the first video had a one-wheel 360. rodney mullen - freestyle contest oceanside 1986. i believe i've seen several other examples over the years
Yes! Finally you do a video about Mullen. I thought you would never retouch the topic again
Definitely the undisputed GOAT, I agree with you there, but I definitely don’t agree with your rankings. 😅 Total disrespect for the early stuff. You definitely got the S tear right though.
wow, you're harsh.
you didn't even mention his ender casper slide?
I had globe opinion on vhs and it’s such a great video
Love seeing a tier list from you!
That loading dock spot
Questionable and Virtual Reality will always be my favorites. He did a nollie back 3 front foot flip on a board with almost no nose over 30 years ago.
Virtual reality > questionable imo
Mike Carroll part outsteezed Rodney Mullen part in plan b questionable
Solid list. Rodney is the Goat! Rodney vs Daewon was my 1st time seeing Mullen street skate. Skateboarding fell off in 1992 and I quit as well, and he was still doing freestyle and stunt work in Gleaming the Cube
Oh hell yes, a Rodney Mullen tier list. I'm all for it dude
I like this idea, would love to see more rankings of pro's parts. Another idea could be if you ever thought a video had the parts in the wrong order and you thought somebody who may have had first or second to last part should have had the last part, or maybe somebody in the middle should have had first part or something like that.
Chris Haslam next!
I completely agree with your list
Dude i love rodney mullen thanks for making these tier lists
I'd put them all in God tier 😂 jk great video idea man
Rodney was just amazing as a street skater way back then even tony hawk seem too be way better at skating but I love skateboarding probably my favorite extreme sport so sick & satisfying
6:39 is actually a *Nollie FS 360 shuvit lateflip 👍🏼
Should be A Tier and S Tier only
i like secondhand smoke bc he's riding a lot of etnies/raps, they've always been a favorite skate shoe of mine
Me and my friends in Arkansas pooled our money to order the Questionable Video on VHS and Rodney's part was well received at the time. Duffy was the mind blower for us and Colin and Danny were best overall imo.
why is it a helapop and not a nollie front 360? Is helapop another name for it (like fakie bs 360 -> fullcab) or is it a (dubious) different trick?
I think if someone told me a nollie front 3 is actually a helapop I would ignore them, very 80s name :_)
All Rodney is S tier
I'm petty sure the cross was a T for Tensor trucks.
You forgot his 411 parts. Im PISSED. His part in best of 411 vol. 4 was great!
Rodney’s got skills. 40 years in he still set the standards. Opinions and critiques of phenomenal skating sounds hella arrogant.
Good video
You should do this with other skaters video parts.
Imagine skating with him.
best skater in the world Rodney Mullen
Do you like his Globe United by Fate section?
8:00 weak? Go do that, old man
Do Reynolds teir part list
This is interesting I totally get rating the video in terms of watchability however the rating system does not appear to take in the significance of the technical progression in relation to where skateboarding was at. While I agree that watchability is important I don't think the rating system is accurate. It's a fallacy to compare past video parts to present level skateboarding in terms of whether or not it's a good part. Just my two cents I'm trying to agreeably disagree.
Alll Tim Favorite, eh??
How about Daewon?? Can you PLEASE rank him?? CHEERS!!!
God only makes ten out of ten parts.
Wait, he's actually got 13 video part? :D
Thats not a dark lipslide
skipping sheckler round 3 is criminal
yeah, why mention it and becoming a hater
Rad Rat knows it’s time for an edgy rebranding
@@thelocal-trashpanda Edge Rat
Pretty pretentious to pick apart, a Legend.
Rodney is the goat 🐐
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Honestly I think he ended the future of at least two genres worth of skating by being too good lol
This rating I couldn't disagree with more lol
Rodney is basically the core of the 30 year pigeonholed era. Flat ground circus tricks more akin to gymnastics or some sport like that. 30 years of skaters doing tiny circles around each other while mocking shaped decks, handplants, boneless, big air, grab rail, laybacks and all the BEST stuff. Doing flip tricks and box rails is really only 5% of skating. It was never that amazing. Im so glad skating has finally pulled itself out of that hole and is full of shredders like Winkowski, Jaime Mateu, Chris Russel, Andy Anderson, .. REAL skaters who can flip, spin, flat, transition, footplant and bust grab rails all day long.
Remember when you lot started calling our style mongo? Haven't the tables turned now? Haha. I bet shaped decks are selling more than popsicles now. Certainly worth more, like it always should've been. It was terrible the way you lot treated us old school skaters early 90s. Shame on you all for that disrespect. If Grosso didnt snap everyone out of it with love letters, we would still be trapped with you lot going nowhere. 30+ years of the same boring stuff. Wow.
Guess who are the mongo now? Flip trick crew. Everyone who loved Mullen. Isnt that funny. Mullen was ALWAYS just a gimmick. Gonz is the real skater, not Mullen. Gonz can STILL bust the best FS handplants.
Flipping the deck was a side quest. Not the whole story.
Mullen was pretty good in Round 3 but we all know William Patrick had one of the best parts of all time.
He came out of nowhere, made an amazing part, then dipped from the industry. Legend
rodneys the goat
Keyboard critics. 🙄. Tier rating on professionals doing things I can only dream of. Like they say you can’t do teach! those who can’t teach critique!
I thought his hip problems were like way before Liminal was made?
Lol. If you were a true Stan, you'd have rated them all s-tier. 🤷
Rodney is The Goat
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Honestly, the subliminal video is the only one I would rate as F tier. The video is just unwatchable because of the weird editing.