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Rodney mullen is born
Rodney Mullen is born Gainsville, Florida -
Rodney Mullen's first skateboard
"Rodney began skating when he was 10 years old. His father opposed his desire to skate, but he agreed to buy Rodney’s first skateboard on January 1, 1977, on the conditions that he always wore safety pads and he quit skating if he were ever to be injured."(3) -
Rodney Mullen first contest & sponsorship
"Rodney entered the Boys Freestyle Contest in 1977 at Kona skatepark in Jacksonville. He placed third, but that was enough to attract the attention of skateboard manufacturer Bruce Walker. Rodney was immediately sponsored by Walker Skateboards."(4) -
Rodney Mullen becomes part of the bones brigade
"After placing first at the Oasis Pro competition in San Diego, Rodney began his professional career with the Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade in 1980."(6) -
Powell Peralta: Skateboarding in the '80's (1982)
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Rodney Mullen cofounded World Industries with steve rocco
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Rodney Mullen patents his design of the construction of a skateboard trucks
"Each truck assembly includes an axle assembly with a ring-shaped hanger that is confined on a kingpin using a pair of bushings, at least one of which includes an annular flange that projects into an annular gap defined between the hanger and the kingpin. This prevents the hanger from moving laterally relative to the kingpin and thereby eliminates undesired ride characteristics such as hanger-jiggle and wheel bite."(1) -
Rodney Mullen wins readers choice awards at 4th Annual TransWorld Skateboarding Awards
“O presented the Readers’ Choice award to Rodney Mullen who not only made out with a trophy but a complete bound and engraved set of every TransWorld SKATEboarding issue ever printed."(2) -
Rodney Mullen creates Almost Skatebords
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Rodney Mullen releases his own book
The Mutt: how to skateboard and not kill yourself. "The world–champion freestyle skateboarder and the man who brought the ollie – the trick that revolutionised the sport by taking it from the ground to the air – to street skating shares the history of skateboarding, as he tells the dramatic story of his life."(1) -
Rodney Mullen patents his design of the skateboard
"According to one disclosed embodiment, a skateboard deck comprises a carbon-fiber shell surrounding a longitudinally-extending interior space. The carbon-fiber shell has an upper inner surface and a lower inner surface opposite the upper inner surface; and a longitudinal beam disposed within the interior space. The longitudinal beam has an upper flange bonded to the upper inner surface of the shell, a lower flange bonded to the lower inner surface of the shell"(1) -
Rodney mullen hall of fame enduction
