rodney mullen – most underrated skater ever
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- 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.
- Ambushstudio0
cool outfit
- 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
- Stugoo0
awesome skater by no means underrated... thanks for the reminder though, he is a legend!
- baseline_shift0
not underrated at all. any skater worth his salt knows he invented half the flip tricks people use these days.
- janne760
i don't know him personally, but i generally respect my fellow human being.
so there you go, restecp.
- boobs0
Fuck that. Stacy Vickers had it all over that twerp.
- 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.
- showpony0
here he is in '84...
- showpony
easily the most innovative skater who gets no respect. that is all.