Brad Leonard Oh come on, Rodney is a legend, but you know damn well how kids can learn to do anything. Im surprised there arent MORE people doing this stuff.
In his biography he said that he would overhear 'people in diners after a competition' say things like: "What's the point in even entering anymore, Rodney is just going to win."
Drew P. Baulsach yeah both Tony and Rodney went through the same things. If you remember in the doc, Tony sought Rodneys advice in this matter and he told him to just have fun and to not worry if you win or lose.
@@Mitsurugi2424 your comment is understated. I was in jr. high during these years. I bought a rodney complete from cal skates out of thrasher magazine. I could ollie up curbs at that point, but I couldn't ollie for shit on rodney's signature model. His front foot was having to do some slide/push down at the end with the bottom of his foot to make that shit happen. There is a reason Rodney is also responsible for the modern skateboard shape (most people dont realize this). If anyone wanted to make that trick easier to do. It was him.
you notice at 1:30 how his foot mirrors the exact movement of his hand to keep perfect balance? his center of gravity and thus the skateboard doesn't move an inch, this is just amazing.
@jay roylmao don't try to sound smart if you're wrong, at the beggining he was spinning on two wheels. If the point of contact with the ground weren't rolling wheels he couldn't spin on two, but since they are wheels that roll, he can. And even if they don't roll he could still spin on two with enough speed.
literally 10 years ahead of the competition...thank you for inventing the Ollie Rodney. without it where would skateboarding be today. you are a LEGEND!!!
It’s crazy to me how few skaters have come close to his greatness and board handling skills. And even more, how no skater has surpassed him. True legend
Rodney is a god in the skateboard community. Let me put it to you this way if there was a stadium filled with skaters all kinds of skaters from Hawk, Hosi, Caballero, the list is to long to put down. Even amateur skaters. And When Rodney opens that door to get in all the skaters that packed that stadium would part like the red sea to make a path for the king of all skaters Rodney Mullen
At this point, it isn't even replicating his skill. There are lots of people who are at least as good as he is, its that every trick that you would see today (kickflip, trey flip, ollie etc.) Rodney invented and did it first. Without Rodney skateboarding would still be all bowls and freestyle.
He dont always get the recognition he deserves unlike other skaters who have their name put out there.... but I think Rodney is and will always be the best
I love how he always proudly shows off his invention at 1:15. nice OLLIE! I wish people would cheer when I land an ollie! nowadays it's like if it doesn't flip, it's sh*x.
Taylor Lalk He invented the flatground Ollie which is what he did here. Alan Gelfand invented the vert Ollie which is completely different. No one had figured out how to get the board up in the air like this without a ramp before Mullen did it.
i've watched this clip well over a hundred times through the years and not once been apathetic. his fluidity -- the man's a true, natural genius. what a legacy.
i know i saw this not long after it happened, but i didn't notice until now how he was synching his moves with the music at the beginning, that's pretty cool
Rodney Mullen made me believe that i can do everything he does just because he made it look so easy while in reality, he's probably the only person in the world that can master that many difficult tricks
I remember Grover at Harrow skate park(UK) telling me about when Alva and crew did a European tour, back in the '80s. He said "the whole crew could only do 10 tricks between them... but they were the only 10 tricks in the world. Everybody copied what those guys were doing in the Pool or Performance Bowl or HP" Never forget your roots.
I was 14 at this time and started skating at 13 and stopped around 20 but its weird how people didn't really do his tricks back then and if we did we didn't really know because nobody was into freestyle everyone knew Rodney Mullen as a freestyle kid and didn't take him serious until the 90s when he switched to street, but its amazing to see what he was doing back then but didn't think much about him during the era of Tony Hawk and all it would have taken was for him to have skated a street board.
I would love to see a video of the whole contest just to see what the other competitors did in the time they had. It would be nice to see just how much better he was compaired to the rest of the competition. Rodney Mullen is THE skate god
I feel bad for the guy who had to go after him...
What's Up really? Do you have an example of a 6 year old doing this? I’m genuinely interested.
Brad Leonard Oh come on, Rodney is a legend, but you know damn well how kids can learn to do anything. Im surprised there arent MORE people doing this stuff.
Sorry, I didn't mean to ask you to backup your claim.
@@locuscades1906 rodney still has tricks only a tiny percent of people who skated their entire lives can do..
@@campfire8103 Show me this shit today make me believer i think your full of shit im calling you out
In his biography he said that he would overhear 'people in diners after a competition' say things like: "What's the point in even entering anymore, Rodney is just going to win."
yeah it's like who's going to compete against that lol
Ultimate flex
That was Tony Hawk who said that. In the Bones Brigade documentary
Drew P. Baulsach I mean sure but I read it from Rodney’s autobiography.
Drew P. Baulsach yeah both Tony and Rodney went through the same things. If you remember in the doc, Tony sought Rodneys advice in this matter and he told him to just have fun and to not worry if you win or lose.
Its awesome how everyone went crazy for the flat ground ollie!
not only that it was thirty years ago but look what he's riding! Anyone would have a hard time doing an ollie on that thing even these days
It's harder on a flat board.
@@Mitsurugi2424 your comment is understated. I was in jr. high during these years. I bought a rodney complete from cal skates out of thrasher magazine. I could ollie up curbs at that point, but I couldn't ollie for shit on rodney's signature model. His front foot was having to do some slide/push down at the end with the bottom of his foot to make that shit happen.
There is a reason Rodney is also responsible for the modern skateboard shape (most people dont realize this). If anyone wanted to make that trick easier to do. It was him.
@@chriswilliamson9030 pretty sure he is kind of the "creator" of the Ollie as well. Wasn't is something people did on vert and he adapted it.
@@Mitsurugi2424 wtf are you on about? i was agreeing with you
He landed every single trick. Is this what his practice looks like too?
In interviews he said even inventing tricks it took him only an hour to nail them.
@Evan Gates dude Rodney is a practice fiend.
@Evan Gates you can hear interviews where he discusses how much he practiced.
yes.
All those tricks eventually became a warmup routine. Consistency confidence
My God he was already doing ollie impossibles.
He created the trick so yah, along with like 50% of them
The 180 flip at 36:
He defies physics.
he INVENTED them.
Do 360 pop shovit all people mute do the hollie WOOOOOO
I honestly believe there has been no one more dedicated to the sport than Mullen.
Daewon?
In many ways many skaters are just as dedicated to the sport. He even said it himself. He was just fortunate enough to have a blank canvis that’s all
Yeah wouldn't argue that for a second!!! Simply the goat!!!!
@@Mr.Plant1994 Thats a good point, he's also just had a long time to do it. But seeing him in 2020 still doing Casper 360flips is kind of insane haha.
Skateboards ride Mullen.
Tell me Rodney Mullen isn’t one of the raddest people of all time.
Rodney Mullen isn't one of the raddest people of all time.
Just wondering ...people still use that word in the “community”?
Victory what word?
Adam Tukaczynski dang sure told me
MKMW C guess so shit
Tap dancing to the music at the start.....on a skateboard.
That's real talent
That's rad
I was like it's even too the music at points
Literally insane❤
you notice at 1:30 how his foot mirrors the exact movement of his hand to keep perfect balance? his center of gravity and thus the skateboard doesn't move an inch, this is just amazing.
Bro what 🤯last trick while he's spinning if you watch really close you see he's balancing on one single wheel! A face melter in it's own right!
Does that trick in the movie Gleaming the Cube as well
@jay roylmao don't try to sound smart if you're wrong, at the beggining he was spinning on two wheels. If the point of contact with the ground weren't rolling wheels he couldn't spin on two, but since they are wheels that roll, he can. And even if they don't roll he could still spin on two with enough speed.
@jay roy you silly boy, they'd have to be on an axle for that to be correct
@jay roy hahaha how fucking dumb can you be?
Dan Reader lol omg
literally 10 years ahead of the competition...thank you for inventing the Ollie Rodney. without it where would skateboarding be today.
you are a LEGEND!!!
that must be one happy deck to be used so well lol
@Nich Hardy what
@Nich Hardy Why you gotta hate on gay people man? That's wrong Nich, very wrong. tsk tsk tsk.
@Nich Hardy Hey
Oi
Nich Hardy honestly there had to be that one guy to ruin it smh
It’s crazy to me how few skaters have come close to his greatness and board handling skills. And even more, how no skater has surpassed him. True legend
If I was to go after him after seeing this I would’ve left the competition lol
Me too. Lol. I would have put down my board and pretended I was just in the audience the whole time instead of a participant
Rodney should go last. Otherwise everything after him won't be impressive.
MY local video store had this whole contest available to rent- we must have watched is 1,000 times. Rodney STILL blows me away, to this day.
Rodney is a god in the skateboard community. Let me put it to you this way if there was a stadium filled with skaters all kinds of skaters from Hawk, Hosi, Caballero, the list is to long to put down. Even amateur skaters. And When Rodney opens that door to get in all the skaters that packed that stadium would part like the red sea to make a path for the king of all skaters Rodney Mullen
Garry Roth couldnt in a million years have worded it better myself
Serious question, has no one taken his place as his successor? No one can replicate his skill?
Daewon Song is the only person who has ever come close.
At this point, it isn't even replicating his skill. There are lots of people who are at least as good as he is, its that every trick that you would see today (kickflip, trey flip, ollie etc.) Rodney invented and did it first. Without Rodney skateboarding would still be all bowls and freestyle.
@@AlienHeadGaming I don't know man. The level of tech and consistency are as high as his innovation (which is god-tier).
This is art
Man, the 80's were so much simpler but so much more entertaining
Its insane how good he was at that age at that time. He was on another planet to everyone else.
When that boi hit the “I make it look too easy” look I had to drop a like
This will one day be skating in the future; I dig how Mullen does tricks to the beat. It's like watching someone dance on a skateboard.
He dont always get the recognition he deserves unlike other skaters who have their name put out there.... but I think Rodney is and will always be the best
Rip to anyone that had to come up against this man in a freestyle comp 😂
and RIP to everyone that was there and died for real since that time...
I seriously wonder if anyone today could perform this routine in one take. A true master. What a sick run!
I love how he smacks his skateboard to the beat right at the beginning.
I love how he always proudly shows off his invention at 1:15. nice OLLIE! I wish people would cheer when I land an ollie! nowadays it's like if it doesn't flip, it's sh*x.
He didn't invent the Ollie but he did invent many of the flip tricks
Taylor Lalk He invented the flatground Ollie which is what he did here. Alan Gelfand invented the vert Ollie which is completely different. No one had figured out how to get the board up in the air like this without a ramp before Mullen did it.
Conquerer13 And even Gelfand didn't figure out what to do with it. Hawk was the first to really pop the tail and get good air.
chimyshark try olieing using THAT board
+Lemon flavored Bleach easy :)
What was the second place routine? That must have looked sad in comparison.
that balancing skill is inhuman 😱
Ty for uploading an epic clip of one of the masters of skateboarding, he truly manipulates that board like no other
that was awesome! and gotta love those vintage chucks :)
MsDudette21 I don’t like em tbh
What a beast. I've never seen anything like this.
Always wondered why my skater in the Tony hawk games wipe his hair, now I iknow. 1:30
i've watched this clip well over a hundred times through the years and not once been apathetic. his fluidity -- the man's a true, natural genius. what a legacy.
1:30 "If all these tricks don't get me the chicks, THIS WILL."
😂😂😂
Lol
That was so cringe lolol
I come back and watch this from time to time. Just amazing how he revolutionized skateboarding as we know it. #LEGEND
I love how the video starts with him basically figure skating on a skateboard
I can’t even use words to describe this
This freestyle could probably still hold up in 2020 tournaments
Are you kidding? He'd win.
Probably?
i know i saw this not long after it happened, but i didn't notice until now how he was synching his moves with the music at the beginning, that's pretty cool
Love the post punk in the back, so perfect for his run!
Do you know the Song?
I said it before and I’ll say it again Rodney Mullen was destined to be on a skateboard that right there is the definition of a God-given talent
1986 and he’s still unreal. Wow
Rodney Mullen made me believe that i can do everything he does just because he made it look so easy while in reality, he's probably the only person in the world that can master that many difficult tricks
in the whole video he didn't even push once for gaining speed... legend
Bernhard Winkler :37
he used surf-style arm and body motions to push himself.
0:39
@@wolfdragon4176 debunked rip
Still cool how he spun to gain momentum!
And this ladys and gents, is ART!
There will never be someone like him.
radical talent
What a treat this must have been to see
I don't even skateboard. Never did. But godam I'm a fanboy of Rodney Mullen. I can't get enough of him.
Classic shit..real old school...thx
Every time I watch, I watch completely through and then ask how he does that so effortlessly
I remember when l was young...back in 1990" and my buddy gave me a plan b skate video!!
Rodney Mullen pulls off the Darkslide!!!👍👍👍
Probably the Best Skate Video l have Ever seen!!🤙🤙
@technicalhoboskater - "The Jinx" by Peter and the Test Tube Babies
💪💣🤘
Oh hehe thx, just asked it too xp
This still blows my mind. The creativeness and accuracy
I've watched this video so many times but I'm always surprised.
i like how in the beginning of his run the clacking of the kick turns kinda goes with the song playing.
It really extremely does
Not a coincidence
He's essentially dancing to the music at the start. So good
Did all this in chucks ,Legend.🙏
when u realise that the 90s games cheering crowd effects actually was on point.
guess u cheered that way that time 😂
So rad. Everything from the tune to his bones tshirt. So much love. What a god.
Rodney truly Is a genius he could literally make the board dance!
that sync with the music though
This video is both vintage and ahead of it's time.
One of my favorite aspects of Mullen is his tricks are so low to the ground. Perfection.
How did youtube know I loved Rodney Mullen and also that it recommend it at perfect time lol. 👀👏
No mention of who won the contest...I guess we’ll never know
Considering nobody does what he does especially back then I gotta assume he won. The other guys probably did some kickflips lol
@@factualopinion9370 he's being sarcastic
r/whooooosh
Unsuccumbing not doing a very good job of it. If he were genuinely wondering it would be worded the exact same way lmao
Wheetus G we’re on TH-cam
Best freestyle skater ever. IMO. This is what dedication looks like.
It’s amazing that for this dude is just a beginning of greatness ;D
dude i love watching these
2021....and these tricks are still amazing!
1:30 one of the hidden tricks in Tony hawk's games
Trickstand to Hair Flip.
Literally so much better than anyone else 😂
When my combo starts running out so I start spamming specials
The evolution of skating is crazy
Flawless.
That was '86.
Those were THE tricks.
I remember Grover at Harrow skate park(UK) telling me about when Alva and crew did a European tour, back in the '80s.
He said "the whole crew could only do 10 tricks between them... but they were the only 10 tricks in the world.
Everybody copied what those guys were doing in the Pool or Performance Bowl or HP"
Never forget your roots.
Totally radical dude !
It’s still amazing today!
Such a joy to watch
Rodney’s so amazing. I still haven’t seen another skater quite like him for street stuff
I was 14 at this time and started skating at 13 and stopped around 20 but its weird how people didn't really do his tricks back then and if we did we didn't really know because nobody was into freestyle everyone knew Rodney Mullen as a freestyle kid and didn't take him serious until the 90s when he switched to street, but its amazing to see what he was doing back then but didn't think much about him during the era of Tony Hawk and all it would have taken was for him to have skated a street board.
Love how he has knee pads but no helmet lmao.
I was gonna say why would you need a helmet on flat but then I realized, why would you need knee pads either?
Musicality in skateboarding. Who would have thought. Amazing Rodney!
I would love to see a video of the whole contest just to see what the other competitors did in the time they had. It would be nice to see just how much better he was compaired to the rest of the competition. Rodney Mullen is THE skate god
There are clips of some of the other competitors if you search other videos on this channel.
Truly incredible
back when just the average joe was impressed by skateboarding.
A legend a SK8 god . By far the best!!!
That's all in one take incredible
Love seeing those old school boards.
Woooooow it amazes everytime i see this clip
This guy is an alien! 💪🏼🤯🤘🏼
What a frickin absolute genius!
Hi Jonny Giger fan 😉
Godfather of modern skating!
What an absolute legend...
some say he is still spinning to this day
This dude really just synced his entire video part to land to the music live and in one take. Insane to see what he was doing on a board back then
I scrolled past this video, and had to get a double take, because it looked like Rodney was being held at gunpoint in the thumbnail.
I like how in middle he just pops an ollie and the crowd was like “Fuck Yeaaaaah!
Simply the best.
This would run win any contest now! Gold for life!
This was 86, the year I was born and he already did it? Wow