"There are no greatest skaters." - Greatest skater ever

@selfactualizer2099

3 жыл бұрын

We probably don't know the greatest skater, just like musicians, many extremely talented individuals never go on to be famous

You do all realize that these methods of which he is speaking apply to life, to personal goals, right? He is a philosopher of the greatest magnitude. What a mind!!

Mullen is a very well educated and spoken man. Most skaters would be like "I learned this just by doing it a lot." Not Mullen he intellectualizes the process and then relates it to others in a way that doesn't condescend the process or make it sound contrived. Nyjah clearly slammed his man parts onto that rail twice but to hear Mullen talk about it makes it sounds almost noble in a way.

Man, you can just tell by the way he speaks that hes a true genius...

This was an awesome presentation. "Everyone from the community comes with their own backgrounds, something you don't have."

he says "there is no greatest skater and we pull from a common vocabulary of tricks" but neglects to mention that he is the one that wrote the dictionary

One of the greatest human beings! Its almost as if fame has had the opposite effect on him. Its made him more humble.

@marshallrosenberg709

8 жыл бұрын

+Nicholas Evans Oh so VERY true!

@danitiwa

Жыл бұрын

Tbh Tony Hawk is really humble too. I think it’s because arrogant people don’t get very far in skateboarding or surfing. The moment your hubris takes over you get pretty badly injured!

"Basic kickflip-underflip"... -_- I wish...

@mhks68

9 жыл бұрын

truer words never been spoken!!

@lory469

6 жыл бұрын

semiflip is not a kickflip variation at all lol (and it's not called semiflip underflip)

Rodney Mullen is by far my favorite skater and words just cant express how amazing this man is, much respect to this Living Legend.

I was lucky enough to meet him at a demo that I was skating in back in 1984 ...what an amazingly genuine person even at such a young age...as he was mine........and unknowingly at the time his creativity and acrobatical genius became the foundation and precursor to just about every skateboard move ever executed (at the time and currently) and neither did he.... that's the beauty of Mullen and his craft.

what a nice guy

@oreilly

10 жыл бұрын

We couldn't agree more.

Man i love this guy. Hes such a big influence on me, even though i don't skateboard.

@merlebump5328

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. I have some skateboarding background, and will start again very soon. But I never really progressed. Anyway, he's a true inspiration

@joeymoehlenkamp1097

3 ай бұрын

@@merlebump5328practice practice practice

HOLY COW the flipbook analogy is genius. Thank you for posting this!

This is hilarious, I was just playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 as Rodney lol

Such a brillant man! His laugh and excitment when he talks about a trick always makes me smile.

Wow, who'd have thought, a ridiculously good skater AND a philosopher. You're amazing.

@omnigeek

4 жыл бұрын

the bruce lee of skateboarding

@thatdude3977

Жыл бұрын

@@omnigeek be he ain't acting

Rodney Mullen is to skating what Bruce Lee was to fighting. So far above most others and a philospher of the discipline that just never settled. This guy not only created most of the tricks people do, he just kept making them over and over and over. I still watch the end clip of Tony Hawk 3 of him over and over. Even today it's just amazing the stuff he can do. It just doesn't seem possible. And he is just so humble about it and talking failure.

I watch these every morning. Helps a lot in life and skateboarding.

I wish this was an hour long

@marshallrosenberg709

8 жыл бұрын

+Tonicwine999 He has a ton of them out there....probably 5-6 hours easily in total

@Tonicwine999

8 жыл бұрын

Ah thats cool and thanks for the reply :) Will check it out

@lory469

6 жыл бұрын

i wish i could understand a lil more english ç_ç

It´s almost like he doesn´t really understand how much of a legend he is. Can´t help but love him.

Not only a great skateboarder but highly intelligent and awesome speaker.

Amazing skate mind, and incredibly dedicated to his craft. Probably the best Mullen speech I've seen yet.

I remeber him always being my favorite skater, the first time I saw him and heard him talk I was shocked at how reserved and chill he seems. I thought he would be completely different 😂🙌

Rod should make a series of video on how to do his tricks, like deep thick detail..

@nliebert41

8 жыл бұрын

I think he would prefer that you learn yourself and create the executive motor functions that he refers to because for each person the tags are unique essentially he may do it completely different than anyone else and the same to you even though it may look the same.

@nliebert41

8 жыл бұрын

I think he would prefer that you learn yourself and create the executive motor functions that he refers to because for each person the tags are unique essentially he may do it completely different than anyone else and the same to you even though it may look the same.

@cappucino108

5 жыл бұрын

hes doing that right now

he might be one of my favorite people, pure of soul:)

His hair is like his skating..wild!

Rodney has always been one of my favorite skaters. I actually still remember when the exact second when my friend told me to check him out. That was 20 years ago.

@marshallrosenberg709

8 жыл бұрын

+slickrock I would love to meet him again now 31 years later. I wonder if he would remember me?....Im sure most likely not although just being able to say I was actually in a contest against him in Dover NJ in 1984...is something I will never forget...had no idea what it meant at the time.. I even have a copy of a video tape from the same year that my friend took of me practicing across the street from my house on my facebook page getting ready for the contest. If anyone wants to see it, just let me know and I will friend you...what a humble person he was at such a young age as I mentioned some of his attributes in my post above.

@NiloRiver

8 жыл бұрын

+Marshall Rosenberg What a amazing experience you had bro... it seems you were very in resonance with that kind of high frequency person at the time and now we are all connecting together. For me this videos are the best way to finally receive more of his way of perceiveing things since I was a kid shocked by watching his videos here in Brazil when started skateboarding inspired by his moves on the videogames. Tottaly amazing person and you are too for sure, thankyou for being a skateboarder, without you guys skateboard generation The Skateboard Culture would not become a global way of life as today. Thankyou and hope to meet him and you someday. Peace! Skatelife!

@ASLTerp

4 жыл бұрын

@@marshallrosenberg709 Brother, do you still have your video up? I would love to see it or even share it, thanks.

@marshallrosenberg709

4 жыл бұрын

@@ASLTerp Hey there my friend. Look me up on FB as the video is on there. It's just a clip from the whole video, which I still have on VHS Tape Just tell me what your name is or the name on a friend request. You'll see the same profile photo that I have on KZread. I also was in my Local Newspaper in 1987 doing a handstand fingerflip, when I was 16. If you send me your email address, I'll send it to you.

@marshallrosenberg709

4 жыл бұрын

@@NiloRiver Hey Nilo, it's now 3 years later and I never saw your comment as someone else commented on my reply as well and I saw both. I think that's great you discovered him the way that you did. I also was in the newspaper back in 1986 doing a handstand fingerflip at 16 years old, 2 years after the contest. I wonder where I got the idea for that move? Humm? If you have an email address, I can send you the scanned newspaper or send me a FB friend request, and message me and I'll accept it as theres a few other pics in there if me skating

pure genius ! great speech on how the mind does its thing during the learning of each trick. Liked the backtrack part on where you learn the wrong way !! and where you gotta go back to see what went wrong and continue from there to make any trick better or correct !

Very helpful, Rodney. Thanks. I'm just getting started and I think this will be quite helpful to me

I believe that the main reason of skateboarding is..... When you skate, your always reminded that you could die just rolling down the road. And when you survive a slam or a perfect landing ,your right there the closest to life and death all at once.. Your alive because of the risk of life, you advance after you are reborn from death..

@Desterosso

8 жыл бұрын

+ScottFree *Looks at my skateboard after reading this comment* Nah... *Walks away*

What a gifted human. Naturally intelligence or Acid.. Its hard to comprehend how he even came up with some of these tricks. Genius

@its_me_dave

5 жыл бұрын

@markov ski Definitely on the spectrum, but ain’t we all....?

Rodney I have slowly been discovering the exact same conclusion you have come explain here. Thank you for showing me my thoughts are agreed upon elsewhere.

legend in the skateboarding community and well respected. glad to see rodney is doing well.

i like Mullen take on perseverance...

Amazing as usual.

Amazing stuff!

Pop Flick And foot stance/placement Are the only Constance in skating. Once you can pop , learn to flick good. Having a good flick isn’t just more proper or steezy. Having this quantity reflects another attribute which is catching the boArd. Like a spiral being thrown by a good QB. Not lobby and out of control. Tight spins on the spiral. Sorta catch and release but vise versa. And last foot stance , 180, 360, any flipping of the board, which definitely includes to things that you wouldn’t even think, like rolling away. Arguably the only 4 the constant. It’s one thing to stick a trick. But knowing how to land correctly. Separates good skaters from the great. Knowing how to land a trick even though you may not do them well or isn’t a go to can in many cases. Just work. And in a sense almost guarantee you a roll away even if an error is made of the Constance. and Mastering any of them is the key to creativity, fun....and skateboarding immortality 😂😂😂🤣😅

Very well said Mr. Rodney Mullen SK8orDIE!!!

Brilliant man!

This guy had the cheat code to skateboarding .. a true artist made the most complex look simple

Such a pure human being

Greatest street skater. Mr Rodney Mullen.

@jonnyseedpack3695

4 жыл бұрын

🖕🏻

LEGEND!!

True artist AND scientist.

The master.

He seems much more confident at this event. This must have been after the TED stuff etc. What's the difference between an underflip and a rewind or is it another trick that has two names for the same thing like varial and shove it?

its like 4 cups in an X pattern and you have the ability to fill those cups to compensate for inertia on your balance

He should be President. Get the skaters in office~

He is A Beautiful Mind of skating! Ladies and Gentlemen the great John Nash....I mean Rodney Mullen!!!!!!

If you watch the "The Dark Knight Rises - Prison Escape Scene" and compare it to 4:46 it's the exact same idea of taking off the harness that holds you back from facing your fears

❤️

I could watch him talk all day

You're a cool man Rodney Mullen

Too bad i couldn't have watched this 15 years ago!

Rodney Mullen dosent skateboard skateboard Rodney mullens

@AlexPletcherPhoto

Жыл бұрын

I love his take on learning how to do a kickflip... He explained the board was 'mocking him' for more reference check out the tony hawk & wolf podcast with rodney

"That is a basic Kickflip Underflip" the GOAT

Mito do Skate

6:59 so, tell me that "nollie half cab" does not exist now !

I would love to know rodneys i.q i know he is a genius [if i have spelt that right] and the way he talks at this show:]:]:] the master the legend Rodeny mullen!!!!

Is there an Art for skating all of the 90s then quitting for 20+ years and starting again when you're 45? UGh! So frustrating.

what is that word at 1:31?

god speeking !

Everything he say is all true man

The best in the world.

1:41

Wow, you can talk about tech without mentioning tech!

Yoda Mullen!

does Rodney have a star in Hollywood??

"we pull from a common vocabulary of tricks" - we pull from..Rodney's old tricks. Lol.

Did Rodney just say Nollie Half Cab??

@deadbzeus

9 жыл бұрын

Watch his stances closely when he is describing them.

@robezy0

9 жыл бұрын

No I mean nollie half cabs dont exist, they can only be done fakie cause caballero invented it that way

@skaterdavedownsouth

9 жыл бұрын

Robbin Tha Hood I agree. He just called a nollie f/s 180 a nollie half Cab, and as much as I've tried to help maintain or promote coherence and consistency to trick description (in terms of historical precedent) I may half to sit down and leave it alone now that Rodney has called it that. Let Steve and Rodney discuss it I guess... I mean, would we be happier if he'd called it a switch half-Cab? Yeah, I know, there's no such thing. Shit. What do we do now? Who are we?

@ninjalemurdude

9 жыл бұрын

He calls them that because he is basically stanceless . A half cab is generally easier than a 180 and nollie 180s come to him so naturally now that they feel the same as a half cab to him.

@skaterdavedownsouth

9 жыл бұрын

Haha! Rodney is not yet "stanceless" as evidenced by his current ongoing mission to BE stanceless. We should probably let Rodney speak for himself on this.

Aun anda en skate?... Keep doing tricks??

@oscarramos3455

8 жыл бұрын

+Jonathan Lucero si

@ASLTerp

4 жыл бұрын

Según hay gente que dice que lo ven patinando por la media noche en la ciudad.

I don't even care what he's talking about i just wanna listen to him talk lol

guys got some cool hair swear be

@AlexPletcherPhoto

Жыл бұрын

Indubidably

rodey laughing at njgha slamming is funny:]:]:]

His awkward laughs.

rather listen to daewon

no one has endless hours of repetition to do this stuff. most ppl have to work for a living.

@leechponds2460

10 жыл бұрын

He wasnt saying that in a bad way, you just took it completely wrong.

@stream47

10 жыл бұрын

OK, James, you don't get it. Rodney is a *professional athlete* and an *artist*. This is what he *does* - every day for at least 3 hours per day. This is what he does for a living - and believe me, although I'm not going to give details - he's done *quite* well at it. And he's invented a new art form in the process. There are a lot of people who *choose* to put the kind of time Rodney has put into his life's work, and those are his peers that he talks about. And over and above his skating, he runs skateboard companies, designs boards, designs trucks, and he does at least 8 hours a day of *that*, too.

@jamesmuller1481

10 жыл бұрын

no, he is a born millionaire who spent 8 hrs a day practice to get that good. i'm sure if i had the time & the money, i could to something amazing too.

@MattiusFincham

10 жыл бұрын

James Muller Not sure if trolling, or mental. Rodney Mullen grew up on a farm with no concrete or skatespots (this being the late 70's); the son of a dentist. He practiced inside his garage, for hours. Mind you, he began skating with much simpler, arguably poorer board designs back then! He studied for schooling and skated with as much free time as he had to get as good as he did and to be able to make a living from it, including running several skateboard companies and receiving payment from sponsors that he earned through dedication and talent. Who honestly doesn't have 8 hours a day to do anything? Most jobs are only 8 hours long. It's all in your mentality.

@stream47

10 жыл бұрын

When i met him, he was a second-year student at the University of Florida, studying biomedical engineering and maintaining a straight-A average in all of his coursework, including maths up to and including Partial Differential Equations. He was doing that Monday through Friday, and then on the weekends, Swatch Watch would fly him over to Europe on the Concorde and he'd do skate demos in Europe, returning to the US on Sunday evening. He's not the average kind of guy...

I tire of how serious Mullen takes everything, and I'm not buying his spiel. It's just skateboarding, not frikkin' Taoism.

@camvalles123

5 жыл бұрын

Then you dont belong here or at a skate park.