The Inspiration for this lesson
This little video came across our desks today. It is likely the first time anyone has seen Rodney Mullen skate on film for quite a while.
As we showed this around we realised that it is quite likely most of you do not know who Rodney Mullen is. So now sit back and enjoy the video by video history lesson over the next few pages…
So who is Rodney Mullen
Quite simply he is the man who invented the majority of skating’s ollie and flip tricks, including the flatground ollie, the kickflip, the heelflip, the 360-flip, and many others. These tricks are now considered an essential part of modern skateboarding.
This is Rodney at 34 years old in 2010…
What can we learn from him
Rodney Mullen is also an inventor, social icon and public speaker and we in the kiting world and in our lives in general have a lot to learn from this man.
Sit down, take 18 minutes of your day and watch his influential TED talk on ‘Getting Up Again’.
Now perhaps you understand why ‘a little bit more about Rodney Mullen’ was an important history lesson for the day.
