The dislikers don't realize how influental Rodeny is to modern day skateboarding. It basically came from him. You know that ollie? The first trick you learn on a skateboard? The trick that almost every flatground trick came from? Yeah, he invented that at 15 I love Rodney. He will always be the godfather of skateboarding
I lived it. It was ok but not all that. Only seems like it to those of you who were born later. I think the 60's & 70's were ass kicking times..my parents generation..me just a baby. Its just cuz you were around yet.
Im also 42. 43 in december. Grew up in the middle of nowhere in brazil and was a mission to get the vhs tapes of the powell videos. I still skate to this day and will skate till i die. This are the real heros of my childhood. 42 still skate rails, land pressure flips...360 flips...and have a lot of fun every single time im on my board!!!!
Same here. 40yrs old 41 in may. I have been skating for 35 yrs and the bones brigade was always the elite group to me when I was a kid. Its a shame the kids today won't ever get off their devices and go outside to experience all the awesomeness that skateboarding is.
petestrat07 Hendrix had his own style of playing, so does every guitar player. What he did on guitar is miniscule compared to what Rodney has done. No Rodney and we don't have what skateboarding is today period. No Hendrix and we'd most definitely have guitarist.
Rock, metal music and everything that's in between would be nothing like it is today if it weren't for Jimi. It's very similar as to Mullen's influence with skateboarding. Both are forces that we are unlikely to witness ever again but their influence will ripple for a long time to come..
I don't think we'll ever see another skateboarder like Rodney Mullen. The guy is stratospheres above everyone else. He made skateboarding what it is today, and is still better than basically all the skateboarders who followed in his footsteps. Not only did he create the moves, he did them better than everyone else.
I know the big thing with Rodney is how innovative he was, and nearly spartan in his dedication to skating, but I just adore his personality, at just about all times.
there is. this is a short clip from a documentary. and there is a whole documentary just on rodney. i can't remember what it's called. i watched it though. one of the best documentaries i've ever seen. of any category.
This guy inspires me so much, to do everything. He practiced so hard, put his LIFE into skateboarding and revolutionized the sport. Incredible. If we could harness even 5% of that passion and dedication we would all be so much better. Thank you so much, Rodney.
@@nobodysreview6137 No, freestyle died out and he was left with no option but to start skating stairs, rails and ledges because his sponsors were no longer sponsoring him to ride freestyle. They pulled his pro model skateboards and shoes off the shelves before he ever began street skating.
Rodney is a strange dude. His TED talk is hilarious. Rodney has been one of my favourite skaters since I was a kid. His portfolio of tricks in insane. Love him and am SO grateful for how he revolutionized skating.
I’m glad you were a great example for many people. Thank you for being a positive example in our lives just by being inspired somehow. Thank you so much.
RM was always my favorite skater growing up, and is still one of my all time favorites. The biggest thing that has changed is my reasoning for why he was and still is. Growing up it was his technical abilities and creativity that got me hooked on his skating. As I get older I appreciate his commitment and humble attitude.
I love that not only he is one of, if not, THEE greatest skateboarder to grace concrete with his presence... He's also a f**kin weirdo guy 😂 that story at the end where he just LEFT and came back a while later like nothing happened.
The jovial silly music really takes the edge off of something that must have, at the time, been seriously distressing for him. He's quite literally a genius in what he does, but it clearly doesn't come without a price, and I don't envy those moments in his life. Such an exceptional human being.
I say more like Pele than Ronaldinho, as both Mullen and Pele were the early originators of a style in their sport that made incredible difficult things look fluid and effortless. Ronaldhino would be more like Daewon, clearly very skilled and unpredictable. Rodney is the GOAT in my mind.
@@ottosflyfishingchannel5859 Pele played long ago and never really played club european football which has always been the highest level of play. Ronaldhinio is a perfect comparison because at his peak no one could do what he did his control was unbelievable and his style was unorthodox (even his dribbling), more importantly he birthed a generation of people who copied him.
Feeling sick, Freaking out and then just disappearing like that is all signs of a junkie going through withdrawals! The man was/is addicted to skating! He left to go get his fix so to speak! lmao!... Rodney Mullen the best in the world!
its that obsessiveness. that '9 hours a day' not because he was told to, or wanted to prove something, but just for the joy and art of it. skating was where he felt truly free, and authentic. his most self actualised, and he engaged with it, bravely and truly
There never has been, and likely never will be again, anyone like Rodney Mullen. He did more for street skating than anyone in history. I never realized that back in the 80's when I was a little grom... but looking back now, it's so amazing to realize the fullness of what he brought to skateboarding.
Rodney Mullen is a genius. He may talk like that his great analysis over the technicalities of the tricks and his want to share it to the community is so damn inspiring
Damn right no one said a word. Too much respect, even back then. Can all y'all please stop trying to label the dude, this aint even one of those PC comments, it's about how back in the day no one gave a fuck about trying to figure out what was "wrong" with him, there's too much right with him. He's just the coolest weird dude you know. It's Rodney Fucking Mullen. You don't need to bring out the DSM-V to figure out what he's about. Just watch his clips. Sheesh.
Come on it's great that it played out like that for him and those few individuals, but you're making a statement about a whole generation. Are you really trying to say that people in the past were more tolerant of abnormalities? Maybe they tolerated it in geniuses more, but isn't that true today as well? You're saying one great thing and then lumping in a whole nother statement.
Met the guy a few years back, the nicest person one could meet. Signed something for me, and as a skater I've never thought anything other than this dude is a genius on the board.. The globe video had just dropped, always mind blowing footage.
Rodney came to my neighborhood in Gainesville fla. Slalom cones. Gainesville golf and country Club. Later at sensation basin was his genesis also in Gainesville. Just a real nice guy with a passion to skate and create. And boy did he! Even then some called him mutt. Shout out to Rodney from the Evans brothers!
This part, and the part where Rodney and Tony both discuss quitting competition and coming back in with a different approach were my two favorite parts of the movie. Rodney hands down stole the show in this documentary.
Rodney is just an absolute unit. Perfection to this style of skateboarding. Always my favorite personally, and humble and articulate as well. A joy to watch.
What is shocking in Rodney carrier is that after freestyle everyone though it is over. It's done. He will never skate anymore, he is a dinosaur, no one skate freestyle anymore. But that was just the begining...
Joe Partsch freestyle skateboarding there were 3 styles originally: freestyle, bowl, slalom. then skating kinda died around then came back as Street & Vert.
With all due respect. Every talking head moment with Rodney in this movie is the best. Not only is it the most any fan has ever heard him speak, every word he says carries so much weight to it. He only says what’s necessary and never over complicates his statements. Anyone, skater or not, could apply what he says to any part of life and be a 100% better person if they did.
The dislikers don't realize how influental Rodeny is to modern day skateboarding. It basically came from him.
You know that ollie? The first trick you learn on a skateboard? The trick that almost every flatground trick came from? Yeah, he invented that at 15
I love Rodney. He will always be the godfather of skateboarding
The "dislikers" are just the people who accidentally clicked thumbs-down rather than thumbs-up
SoberBeatz the dislikes have no idea
I bet tanner fox disliked this
SoberBeatz No he didn't. Ollie Gelfand did.
Ollie Gelfand invented vertical air ollie's.
Rodney Mullen did the first flat ground ollie.
If you could do 5% of the tricks Rodney could do, there's a good chance you were the best skater in your town.
hahaha you don't know how accurate you are on that..
Yeah maann. . If you could droor dor trickks you would be just lik my dlikyopdd
Yep
Yeah he has at least 500 tricks so that means you can do at least 25 which is pretty good
If you could do 5% of the tricks Rodney could do, there’s a good chance you were on tour with him 😂😂
just shredding solo with no shirt and hot pink pants....beyond badass. the 80's RULED
fcastle The golden age of not giving a fuck
I lived it. It was ok but not all that. Only seems like it to those of you who were born later. I think the 60's & 70's were ass kicking times..my parents generation..me just a baby. Its just cuz you were around yet.
Best time to grow up. I used to rent all these bones brigade videos and watch them. So much fun.
Fuck yes it did!
fcastle hell yeah bro
When Mullen competed, the only question was, "who's coming in 2nd place?" GOAT
his name was per weilender
DR. Gonzo 😂😂😂
Like Larry bird at the 3 pt contest
Greatest street skateboarder of all time. Period
+Ahmed Tairab the best 1h40 of my life
+soberpunk ahaha nice joke
Rodney is and always will be a legend. However there are better skaters nowadays.
daewon
@soberpunk You right
the best thing about rodney mullen is no matter how many people tell him he's amazing and inspirational, he still remains so humble.
Tony Hawk - The King of Vert
Rodney Mullen - The King of Street
🙄
@RyanORourkelol no. king of street.
RyanORourkelol They're doing tricks down stairs he invented. Rodney can skate stairs and handrails, too. He Darkslid a handrail.
@RyanORourkelol Bro stop acting like a wussy
King of Freestyle ffs (fake stress)
My entire childhood was about my skateboard and these fine gentlemen. Thank you bones brigade for all the fun you brought me! 42 years old now...
@rhino250r same and rodney was like a god for me...strange,but i respect them even more nowadays.
Im also 42. 43 in december. Grew up in the middle of nowhere in brazil and was a mission to get the vhs tapes of the powell videos. I still skate to this day and will skate till i die. This are the real heros of my childhood. 42 still skate rails, land pressure flips...360 flips...and have a lot of fun every single time im on my board!!!!
Same here. 40yrs old 41 in may. I have been skating for 35 yrs and the bones brigade was always the elite group to me when I was a kid. Its a shame the kids today won't ever get off their devices and go outside to experience all the awesomeness that skateboarding is.
Just turned 50, and I’m jones’n to skate. Are shit a few years back and hung it up. But damn it feels so good.
HA! 1:38
"Rodney's a really bright, sensitive person..."
"He's pretty quiet...to himself..."
"RODNEY WAS FUCKIN CRAZY"
Nah dude had the tisism for skating lmao
Rodney Mullen is to skateboarding what Jimi Hendrix is to guitar.
but better
Except Hendrix didn't invent a guitar that changed everything or push the limits of what is possible
IDiggPattyMayonnaise He sure did!
petestrat07 Hendrix had his own style of playing, so does every guitar player. What he did on guitar is miniscule compared to what Rodney has done. No Rodney and we don't have what skateboarding is today period. No Hendrix and we'd most definitely have guitarist.
Rock, metal music and everything that's in between would be nothing like it is today if it weren't for Jimi. It's very similar as to Mullen's influence with skateboarding. Both are forces that we are unlikely to witness ever again but their influence will ripple for a long time to come..
The kind of kid they put on medication these days.
jodroboxes sad but true.
True that bro
this is so true man! This is a great comment!
Skateboarding is the best medication...
Nuff said..so true..
Watching Rodney Mullen speak, for me, is just as entertaining as watching Rodney Mullen skate.
I don't think we'll ever see another skateboarder like Rodney Mullen. The guy is stratospheres above everyone else. He made skateboarding what it is today, and is still better than basically all the skateboarders who followed in his footsteps. Not only did he create the moves, he did them better than everyone else.
no one would ever be able to beat Rodney in SKATE
ever.
+David Vonderhaar Just go home, you're drunk
Are you home yet? I don't think so, just play black ops 3 cx
+David Vonderhaar He's the best.
Shhhhh
+David Vonderhaar If you tried to play him without doing any tricks he invented, you would just stand there...
I know the big thing with Rodney is how innovative he was, and nearly spartan in his dedication to skating, but I just adore his personality, at just about all times.
we need 40 min vídeo about him like this one.
there is. this is a short clip from a documentary. and there is a whole documentary just on rodney. i can't remember what it's called. i watched it though. one of the best documentaries i've ever seen. of any category.
@@Hpencer it's called "From the ground up"
Uristenzor - Nagyerdei Korisok actually I think in found the documentary I was thinking and it was the bones brigade documentary
@@Hpencer it's not just on rodney though. it's on everyone from bones brigade
This guy inspires me so much, to do everything. He practiced so hard, put his LIFE into skateboarding and revolutionized the sport. Incredible. If we could harness even 5% of that passion and dedication we would all be so much better. Thank you so much, Rodney.
You know Mullen was the best at what he did when people STILL can't do some of the shit he did.
Right?? And look at the boards he was using, those things were fucked up and heavy. That truck stand to truck stand he did is fucking nuts.
He actually had to retard his skating down and start skating street just so people could relate, his freestyling nobody can do at all.
@@nobodysreview6137 No, freestyle died out and he was left with no option but to start skating stairs, rails and ledges because his sponsors were no longer sponsoring him to ride freestyle. They pulled his pro model skateboards and shoes off the shelves before he ever began street skating.
@@abtwopoint0 Its in Rubish Heap, Steve Rocco gave him a street board an made him skate street lol go watch the part
@@nobodysreview6137 I watched the Ted Talk in which Rodney said exactly what I said...go watch the video
This video needs more likes.
It's literally history.
I love all these guys soooo much it makes me cry
That's weird.
+Steve Gould lol
yup
“Pop an Ollie and innovate” Pure Legend. 🤘
Dude lives breathes and eats skateboarding. Such dedication is amazing and the things he’s done for our community
#LEGEND
IDK if your the real skate warehouse but i used to always buy my boards from you guys back in the day haha along with a few foundation tees.
When Tony Hawk says you are the best, then you are truly the best EVER!!
This whole documentary is on Amazon Prime. I would highly recommend it.
It is great. I've seen it at least 4 times...
Aaaand it's still great!!
Whats it called?
Rodney is a strange dude. His TED talk is hilarious. Rodney has been one of my favourite skaters since I was a kid. His portfolio of tricks in insane. Love him and am SO grateful for how he revolutionized skating.
I’m glad you were a great example for many people. Thank you for being a positive example in our lives just by being inspired somehow. Thank you so much.
Just goes to show that the grind has always been real! Practice and individuality makes the best people!
I’m happy everyone appreciates his greatness
"Getting 2nd to him was like getting 1st" Probably one of the biggest compliments you could give someone
RM was always my favorite skater growing up, and is still one of my all time favorites. The biggest thing that has changed is my reasoning for why he was and still is. Growing up it was his technical abilities and creativity that got me hooked on his skating. As I get older I appreciate his commitment and humble attitude.
Rodney is the GOAT. Such an amazing humble guy.
I love that not only he is one of, if not, THEE greatest skateboarder to grace concrete with his presence...
He's also a f**kin weirdo guy 😂 that story at the end where he just LEFT and came back a while later like nothing happened.
The godfather of skating still my inspiration no matter whats wrong with him
Love this man.. a true legend and you can tell he has so much heart
by far the best skateboarder ever......a great human being....
LOL "no one said a word " hahaha
1:21 Steve Caballero is wearing the same outfit he used in THPS 1+2 interview
The jovial silly music really takes the edge off of something that must have, at the time, been seriously distressing for him. He's quite literally a genius in what he does, but it clearly doesn't come without a price, and I don't envy those moments in his life. Such an exceptional human being.
Rodney is the Ronaldinho of skateboarding.
Insanely Unpredictable
ikr
I say more like Pele than Ronaldinho, as both Mullen and Pele were the early originators of a style in their sport that made incredible difficult things look fluid and effortless. Ronaldhino would be more like Daewon, clearly very skilled and unpredictable. Rodney is the GOAT in my mind.
No, Pedro. Ronaldinho is the Rodney Mullen of football.
STFU Ronaldinho is good but he is not even in the top 15 foorballers of all time.
@@ottosflyfishingchannel5859 Pele played long ago and never really played club european football which has always been the highest level of play.
Ronaldhinio is a perfect comparison because at his peak no one could do what he did his control was unbelievable and his style was unorthodox (even his dribbling), more importantly he birthed a generation of people who copied him.
seems like skateboarding was there for him in a big way.
An escape dude, lot of introverts get into skating.
I don't skate anymore but the passion and dedication of, Rodney Mullen, still inspires me to this day.
his darkslides and tailslides are so smooth they are timeless
Feeling sick, Freaking out and then just disappearing like that is all signs of a junkie going through withdrawals! The man was/is addicted to skating! He left to go get his fix so to speak! lmao!... Rodney Mullen the best in the world!
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Panic attack most likely. Nauseous and feeling the need to run away. Sounds like panic attack to me.
No he was just an annoying little prick who just so sadly happened to be one of the most legendary skaters ever
for me Rodnes was, is, and will always be the best skateboarder that ever lived.. just a legend
he was just on a completely different level. it's insane to look at where he was even back then. insane
"9 hours a day? how is that possible?" it's called finding something you are genuinely passionate about
9 hours a day on a skateboard is more than passion. That is extremely exhausting.
@@unrelatedpopcornfire9823 his energy bar went up every time he landed a trick
Thank you Rodney. For a beautiful place in an ugly world. Much love and respect from Boston.
Rodney Mullen, a very special person.
its that obsessiveness. that '9 hours a day' not because he was told to, or wanted to prove something, but just for the joy and art of it. skating was where he felt truly free, and authentic. his most self actualised, and he engaged with it, bravely and truly
He reminds me of Shaggy from Scooby Doo lmao
undeadr4nge naw Shaggy Reminds you of Rodney.
ROTFL
Shaggy is Braille
Zoiks!
There never has been, and likely never will be again, anyone like Rodney Mullen. He did more for street skating than anyone in history. I never realized that back in the 80's when I was a little grom... but looking back now, it's so amazing to realize the fullness of what he brought to skateboarding.
the m2k of skateboarding
LOL true dat
HAHAHA
Quality comment right here.
noice
that's exactly what I was thinking omg
This autobiography was actually amazing I loved watching it
this guy is the best, and he has aged pretty well also.
+vzlan999 what?
+Dushan Mandick he looks very good for his age
vzlan999 is he 50 or somethin?
+Dushan Mandick yes
+vzlan999 Tony Hawk probably aged better, he still does demos and he is actually OLDER than Rodney Mullen
Rodney Mullen is a genius. He may talk like that his great analysis over the technicalities of the tricks and his want to share it to the community is so damn inspiring
Damn right no one said a word. Too much respect, even back then. Can all y'all please stop trying to label the dude, this aint even one of those PC comments, it's about how back in the day no one gave a fuck about trying to figure out what was "wrong" with him, there's too much right with him. He's just the coolest weird dude you know. It's Rodney Fucking Mullen. You don't need to bring out the DSM-V to figure out what he's about. Just watch his clips. Sheesh.
Well said. Great guy, amazing skater. Who cares what is wrong with him, see the good in people.
"what was "wrong" with him, there's too much right with him"
nice
Come on it's great that it played out like that for him and those few individuals, but you're making a statement about a whole generation. Are you really trying to say that people in the past were more tolerant of abnormalities? Maybe they tolerated it in geniuses more, but isn't that true today as well?
You're saying one great thing and then lumping in a whole nother statement.
Met the guy a few years back, the nicest person one could meet. Signed something for me, and as a skater I've never thought anything other than this dude is a genius on the board.. The globe video had just dropped, always mind blowing footage.
3:14 this is how true friends react to each other.
This man is an absolute legend. Fucking love his style
I just seen every idol and inspiration of my teenage years looking like grown ups and I still get chills watching the "Bones Brigade" to this MF day!
This is the greatest thing ever! hahaha "No one said a word!"
every time i watch a Rodney video i'm all smiling :)
Check out Rodney's Ted talk. It's amazing.
Rodney came to my neighborhood in Gainesville fla. Slalom cones. Gainesville golf and country Club. Later at sensation basin was his genesis also in Gainesville. Just a real nice guy with a passion to skate and create. And boy did he! Even then some called him mutt. Shout out to Rodney from the Evans brothers!
Crazy to think that he was slowly creating modern skateboard decades before.
Don’t miss his TED talks and motivational speaking videos. Profound beyond expectations.
This part, and the part where Rodney and Tony both discuss quitting competition and coming back in with a different approach were my two favorite parts of the movie. Rodney hands down stole the show in this documentary.
Sports have progressed so much since the 80s but Rodney's videos still look amazing today.
He has the most amazing laugh.
Rodney is just an absolute unit. Perfection to this style of skateboarding. Always my favorite personally, and humble and articulate as well. A joy to watch.
"no one said a word"
hahahahaha kills me every time
I’ve watched this prob over a hundred times Rodney is honestly my hero and my inspiration
absolutely filthy. his greatness is taken for granted
Song in the background is Up and Down by Chad Valley. In case anyone was wondering :D
Hank Hill h'wat
Seek out Rodney's book. An incredible read. He does motivational talks now, some on RUclips. Amazing guy. Skate god.
we love you rodney.
What is shocking in Rodney carrier is that after freestyle everyone though it is over. It's done. He will never skate anymore, he is a dinosaur, no one skate freestyle anymore. But that was just the begining...
Rodney was crazy. There is no other word that describes him better.
Also, for real, Guerrero and Mountain aged well. Real well.
The most creative artist, athlete that most people have never heard of.
00:46 What's William Lane Craig doing in this video?
Samsgarden That`s Per Welinder, former freestyle skateboarder. The single freestyle skater ho beaten Rodney in a competition, ever.
+Marius Virgil Constantin And I think rodney had a fever in that contest if I'm not mistaken.
Hahaha... yeah it does look like that crackpot.
crack pot? come on now..
Might look like him if you squint really hard lol
Never skateboarded never wanted to but always watched Rodneys highlight tapes... he's the master.
guys now go watch the Plan B video Second Hand Smoke. Thank me later.
Such a profound and deep person and just so committed to whatever he’s doing!!
Like Jay Adams, Rodney Mullen cared about skating, the rest was ridiculous fluff that only mattered to the greedy and fame-hunters. A modern day guru.
It gives me hope for humanity knowing that people like Rodney Mullen are out there.
1:53 Rodney Mullen was fucking crazy
hahaha lol
Let's not forget he also helped invent the modern skate board we use today
61 persons dislike rodney mullen are you crazy
Darn I love the 80's!!!
Isaac Newton of skateboarding.. Anybody who knows the history of the sport will agree.
This is the example of a man that truly loves his job :D
There is NINJA LEVEL, then there is YODA LEVEL and finally above those, there is RODNEY MULLEN LEVEL.
What a GREAT video that ends RIGHT when it gets good!!!
02:20 Traveling in the middle of, literally nowhere... That´s Spain in those images jajaja
Saludos desde España. Ya te vale, Rodney xD
Rodney is sheer genius inventing more then 200 tricks that are still relevant to this day! Skateboarding Hall of fame!!!
rodney mullen is jimmy hendrix of skateboarding
Just imagine: Rodey Mullen starting at Olympics 2021.
0:27 - 0:35 wtf?
Joe Partsch freestyle skateboarding
there were 3 styles originally: freestyle, bowl, slalom.
then skating kinda died around then came back as Street & Vert.
Before Rodney guys were doing hand stands, 1 footers & spins. Now, imagine you're the current champion & Rodney shows up. Goodbye career! 😆
With all due respect. Every talking head moment with Rodney in this movie is the best. Not only is it the most any fan has ever heard him speak, every word he says carries so much weight to it. He only says what’s necessary and never over complicates his statements. Anyone, skater or not, could apply what he says to any part of life and be a 100% better person if they did.