He got his first board when he was 10 years old, But his dad(who was a doctor) thought he would get hurt, his first injury meant he would have to quit skateboarding. His dad kept telling him to quit and go finish University, until the skate company's started sending them money for sponsers so his dad dicided let him skate.
Rodney Mullen is sponsored by Almost for decks, Globe for shoes, and Tensor for trucks.
Rodney Mullen was to be 17 years old when he invented the kickflip
There is no way to compare the 2 because they skate totally different style- Tony Hawk is a very skater and Rodney Mullen is freestyle or street. I would say they are each equally prolific in in their own right, both pioneers of what is modern day skateboarding. There is not one trick that skaters do today that wasn't either created by one of them, or isnt a variation of one of their creations. They share the title as Best Skater Ever in my book (Although personally Rodney Mullen is my favorite skater)
He owns Almost...Their boards are made in china and he makes money off his name...A better board would be a Real, Foundation, Toy Machine, Krooked...Just because someone rides a certain brand doesn't make it good...Just look at birdhouse.
He's credited with inventing 32 tricks. They are:
Flatground Ollie, Godzilla Rail Flip, 540 Shove-it, 50-50 Saran Wrap, Helipops (360 Nollie), Gazelles, No Handed 50-50 Kickflip, Heelflip, Double heelflips, Ollie Impossible, Sidewinders, 360 Flip, 360 pressure Flip, Casper 360 Flip, 50-50 Sidewinders, One footed Ollie, Backside 180 Flip, Ollie Nosebones, Ollie Fingerflip,
Airwalks, Frontside Heelflip Shove-its, Switchstance 360 Flips, Helipop Heelflips, Kickflip Underflip, Casper Slides, Half Flip Darkslide, 540 double kickflip, Caballerial impossible, Half-cab kickflip underflip,
Handstand flips, Rusty slides, Kickflip.
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Rodney mullen has retired from compotition skating although he still skates atleast 2 hours a day in his skatepark and for a few cameo appeareances in demo's. he had to change his stance later in his career because of a hip injury that was damaging his body . he went from R to G
No he doesn't skate in competitions but skates 2 hours a day
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Rodney Mullen is better at street and Danny Way is the best at vert.
Rodney Mullen is most famous for being sponsored by Almost. Rodney has a line of his own Almost skateboard, but Rodney has been skating for Enjoi too.
Niether is "better" than the other. For one thing, Rodney Mullen and Chris Cole have two different styles and things that they skate, so you can't really compare the two. For another, skateboarding is all about expressing yourself, and once you reach the pro level, everyone is so amazing that no one is really "better" than another person; it's all about how good you can make tricks look.