Rodney Mullen

Rodney Mullen (born August 17, 1966 in Gainesville, Florida) is a professional freestyle skateboarder, and considered to be one of the most influential skaters in the history of the sport.Weyland, J (2002) The Answer is Never: A Skateboarder's History of the World Arrow, London. p276.  He is credited with inventing many tricks, including the flat-ground Ollie (originally called the 'ollie pop'), the kickflip (originally called "magic flips"), the Heelflip, the 360 flip, and the Ollie Impossible (more often called the Impossible).

Tricks he invented
Mullen has invented many tricks. These are:

Frontside & backside 180 kickflips
50-50 saran wrap
Varial heelflip
50-50 sidewinders
360 Flip
360 pressure flip
540 double kickflip
540 Shove-it
Casper 360 flip
Casper slides
Darkslides (Adapted from Mark Gonzales' idea)
Double heelflips
Flat-ground ollie
Godzilla rail flip
Gazelle
Heelflip
Helipops (360 Nollie)
Half-cab kickflip underflip
Half-cab impossible
Helipop heelflips
Handstand flip
Kickflip underflip
No Handed 50-50
Ollie Kickflip
Ollie Impossible
Ollie nosebone
Ollie fingerflip
One footed ollie

Movie appearance
Rodney Mullen did many of the skateboarding stunts for Christian Slater in the 1989 skateboarding movie Gleaming the Cube. He can be seen performing in order to look like Slater. At the end credits he can be seen from an overhead view riding his skateboard with the camera zooming in on his foot work.

Video game appearances
Mullen has appeared in many video games related to the Tony Hawk Pro Skater (THPS) console games. These include:
THPS 2, 3 and 4
Tony Hawk's Underground, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Tony Hawk’s American Sk8land
Tony Hawk's Project 8

References

Category:American skateboarders
Category:Sportspeople from Florida
Category:People from Gainesville, Florida
Category:1966 births
Category:Living people