rodney mullen – most underrated skater ever
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- showpony
easily the most innovative skater who gets no respect. that is all.
- showpony0
here he is in '84...
- voiceof0
^
I agree, he was always respected I just don't think he was never one of the "cool kids" so you didn't hear his name as much.
- boobs0
Fuck that. Stacy Vickers had it all over that twerp.
- janne760
i don't know him personally, but i generally respect my fellow human being.
so there you go, restecp.
- baseline_shift0
not underrated at all. any skater worth his salt knows he invented half the flip tricks people use these days.
- Stugoo0
awesome skater by no means underrated... thanks for the reminder though, he is a legend!
- hiten0
He's a legend. I agree he was never in the cool crowd though, when I used to skate Muska was the king of cool.
- likewise. the shorty's team was the cool kids. Boomboxes and tattoos...baseline_shift
- Ambushstudio0
cool outfit
- mg330
Yeah, you're a little off with the "underrated" comment. Anyone who really knows skating knows that he's responsible more than anyone else in some ways for the progression from the 80s era street skating to what we have now. People used to laugh at freestyle back then - and look at the influence it has on modern skating now. Half the tricks people do now wouldn't exist if freestyle hadn't existed.
He's just not talked about much because he's not really skating anymore. He's not in videos, he's more on the business end of it now.
- seed0
He's my favorite skater. I was reading about him recently and was surprised to see how many tricks he invented that are standards today. I would think most people who really know skateboarding know how talented and influential he is. I think it's great that he is still skating professionally too.
- Meeklo0
Underrated?
did you lived in saturn your entire life?
- seed0
Everyone knows these are classic too:
- one of my fav vids of all time.baseline_shift
- i've seen this video many times, yet i'm still in awedijitaq
- seed0
- lvl_130
who is that at 2:57 in the video?
- creez0
he gets the respect he desserves
- seed0
I like that his style is so technical that he doesn't have to be super insane to be impressive. I love the unique street adapted freestyle.
- robotron3k0
I alway imagine he's like Rain Man on a skate board. He can really express himself with a skateboard, have lot's of fun, and do it perfectly – every time.
- bliznutty0
i never underrated him
- he always had the gift, but he wasn't into or good at PR like most of the goofballs leading the circuits,,,robotron3k
