best freestyle skater in the world...ever.

Rodney Mullen is probably the best freestyle skater of all time. he is amazing and has invented so many tricks. Rodney mullen was born in august 17, 1966 in Gainesville Florida. Rodney Mullen began skateboarding at the age of eight after he promised his worried father he would stop the first time he became seriously injured. Rodney began practicing in full pads, and hung out with his sister's surfer friends who skateboarded on the week days. In 1977, having owned a skateboard for less than a year, Rodney took third place in the Boy's Freestyle event at Kona in Jacksonville. Bruce Walker saw his performance and sponsored Mullen through Walker Skateboards. when he was in Florida he did not have alot of room to skate so he practiced his freestyle tricks. Rodney cites 1979 - 1980 as his "most creative time". Mullen claimed many competitive victories in the late 70s, mostly in his home state, Florida , culminating in a win at the Oceanside Nationals in June, 1979. Rodney enjoyed skateboarding and wanted to go big someday soon. At the age of 14 Rodney Mullen entered the Oasis pro competition, in that competition he defeated world champion Steve Rocco. after that he was sponsered by a skateboarding team called Bones Bregade. this team has alot of really good skateboarders in it. while he is here he goes in a skate video called Rubbish heap. In 1991 Rodney Mullen joined the high profile skateboarding team called Plan B. the plan B founder Mike Ternesky Influenced Rodney Mullen to swith from freestyle to street skating and showcased the results in the 1992 Plan B video Questionable. Rodney Mullen starts out with freestyle tricks like he ussually does really well on. and then he moves into different terain and on to flat ground tricks and shows off his board slides, grinds, and a trick called a kickflip underflip. this is when you do a kickflip then in the air hit it into a heelflip. (so it is basicly rewinding a kickflip in the air if you think about it). after that he finishes it all of with a casper slide.Mullen's Questionable performance may have marked the beginning of a new era in street skateboarding. His reluctant departure from freestyle to become a street skater was a symbol that legitimized the technical direction street skating had taken over the previous few years. Mullen specialized at this progression in subsequent Plan B videos; noteworthy is 1993's Virtual Reality where Mullen showcases the newly-mastered darkslide. her is something rodney has said about skateboarding. I can't wait to wake up in the morning... A lot of times I can't sleep because I can't wait to try something new. How many people never really experience that feeling? Rodney Mullen, 2003. Mullen's participation in Plan B dissolved after Mike Ternasky died unexpectedly in 1994. In 1997, Mullen started his own company, A-Team, with the intent of forming a super team with the defection of plan b from the world industries empire. Rodney talked to friend and fellow pro Daewon Song to plan the video Rodney vs. Daewon, which featured each skater competing in segments from trick to trick.Almost folded in 2000 and Mullen went from company founder to company rider under former Almost rider Marc johnson who started Enjoi skateboards. Mullen left Enjoi to head Almost skateboards with Deawon song. the company which he still helms and skates for. Mullen's role at Almost includes research and development on new designs and technologies, including Tenso trucks in 2000 and experimental and composite deck constructions for Dwindle brands.In 2002 the World industries companies, under the holding name Kubic Marketing, were bought out by Globe International for $46 million. Kubic's management remained intact and Mullen began working for Globe International under the Dwindle distribution brand.In 2003 Rodney wrote and released his autobiography, entitled The Mutt: How to skateboard and not kill yourself. In late 2003 Rodney Mullen was voted as the all-time greatest action sports athlete on the Extrem sports channel's Legends of the Extreme countdown. 2007 - 2009 signaled another transition in his skateboarding career as Mullen worked to erase his riding stance, allowing him to move from Regular stance to Goofy Stance. now here is a video of Ridney mullen doing amazing tricks.....

trucks not trucks

When I say trucks if you think im talking about the shipping trucks then you’ve got it all wrong. Trucks are what keep the wheels attached to the board and elevated away from it. There are allotting of different kinds and brands of trucks. Manufacturers are continually experimenting and manufactured different types of metals to try and improve the endurance of the trucks while decreasing the overall weight. Trucks bushings are made with different degrees of hardness that affects the ease of overall skateboarding turns. Trucks are usually made of aluminum alloy. Skateboard trucks consist of the base plate, kingpin, bushing, hangar, and axle. Now I will explain to you what all of these materials are and what they do. The base plate is the part that is connected to the board and it holds the trucks there with screws. There are usually 4 screw holes in the top of the skateboard deck. This is done after you put the grip tape on because if it is done after than you can not see the screws and it is better to see them because then you can tell which is he front of the board and what is the back. The kingpin is a big bolt that holds the axle to the foundation of the truck. The hanger interlocks the bushing the kingpin and the axle. Now I hope you know that there is more than one kind of skateboard. It is different from the one that is usually seen at parks and stores it is called a long board it is longer and flat. There is a tail but it is not curved and this is because you don’t use the long board for tricks on ramps or flip tricks or stuff like that. A long board is for riding down hills and cruising. With a long board you need different bearings and trucks. Than is why I explained what a long board is and I will get into long boards deeper in another blog. As long as you have yor trucks in the right way and you know how to use a skate board you will be fine. The only problem is probably keeping them screwed on so they don’t fall of while you are riding because that can injure you. To keep them clean it is basicly like your bearings. All yo have to do is keep them dry an don’t hit them with anything. (he he).

you need griptape

so when you see a skateboard completed it is differant from one not completed obviusly. one big difference is that there is a sheet of black sandy tape stuff this is called grip tape. you need this to grip on to the board or else you will fall right off. this is a big part because you need the grip tape to grip onto your feet. when you ollie you want good grip tape because your foot needs to bring the board up with it and you can ollie higher which helps you get onto thing like boxes and rails. it is dificult to tell the difference between all the griptapes since there are many different kinds and they are all similar, but they all are different because some have a lot of grip and some don't have as much grip as the others. this is because some people don't want there shoes to be ripped up really fast and some want a lot of grip to do tricks better or they just like some grip tape better than another it all matters about the person. grip tape only causts like 5 dollars at most and you can find it at mostly any skateboarding store. putting on the grip tape is something totally different than anything else you need to get this part perfect i would advise getting someone to help you with this like asking someone at zumiez (it is a skateboarding store). when you put it on it has a peel away thing on the bottom and under that is alot of sticky glue to stick to the board if you get this angled wrong than you need to start over. if you get it corectly then it should form to your board. you need to cut away all the excess griptape left over because it is not the same size as your board and you need to cut it with a razor or something and file it down. then you can see if you like it if you dont then thats too bad because you need to get it removed at a store. when you finally get it on the board correctly then you will probably want to keep it there. so try not to scratch it and keep it out of the rain. if you follow these steps then you will be able to have a board with some awesome griptape.

bodacious bearings

bearings are a very big part of your skate board. They determin how fast you go. You need them or else you can't move at all. Bearings come in all different brands. The ones I use are called Reds. They are not the best but are still good and kinda low cost ones but they work fine. The best bearings are probably boneswiss they are very good and can go very fast for a sustained period of time. You want to get a kind of berrings that fit you if you are going to go really fast and race a lot you want a fast type of bearing, and if you are going slow then you want a slower type of bearing I would suggest a slower type of bearing for a beginner and a faster type for a experienced person . when you buy the bearings you will need to put them in to do this you have to carefully do it or else they will break. The way I did it I used a big clamp and put it on the bearing then I slowly clamped them in increasing the preasure. When you first get your bearings and put them into your trucks (if you don’t know what those are I will explain them later) when you first put them in your trucks they will not be as good as they thought you need some time to break in the bearings or you need them to loosen up. Now you have your bearings and you need to keep them in tip top conditions. To do this you will need to keep your skateboard out of the rain and anywhere where water can get into the bearings. If you keep your bearings clean they will last you longer and you can save money because bearings aren’t the cheapest items in the world.

news on shoes

when you are skate boarding you should all ways have the right shoes if you do not you will either fall off the board and break something or ruin your board or your shoes. the right shoes can make or break your skate boarding "career". If you skate with cleats on witch is the probable worst thing to do you will probably rip up your grip tape and maybe hurt your self or your skating ground. i don't know why you would where cleats though. Also you dont want to wear really important or just moderatly important shoes because when you repedidly do a trick you will rip your shoes up in about ten or eleven months if you are an O.K. skateboarder but if you are a really good skateboarder they will not last as long. if you skate alot then your shoes will probably still be where able but will not look as nic as they started out to be. To give you an extra edge you should use skateboarding shoes. These will help you stay on the board and feel comfortable, all while you look good in your nice skateboarding shoes. when you look into getting skate boarding shoes they will cost anywhere from twenty dollars to one hundred and fifty dollars! the ones that cost alot are pobably hightops of a certain brand. they are not that much differant though. because you are ussually just paying for the name (smile). But the shoes do matter and whatever you do try to avoid whering sandals when you skate board. or anything like that like crocks sandals flip flops and things like those with openings in them. if you where those you will probably destroy them faster than ussuall and hurt yourself. when you have NO shoes then you WILL hurt yourself when you try to do a trick on a skateboard with good griptape you will rip the skin of your foot and your foot will probably start bleeding. people try to be cerdius when you start bleeding from getting hurt try not to bleed on other peoples skateboards they ussually dont like that. So when go skate boarding you want to use skateboarding shoes (like the brand i have right now they are lakai's). and whatever you do dont go barefoot. these tips will help while you skate.

haydens bio

i decided to blog about skate boarding because i really like skateboarding. I go to the skate park all the time. If it is not raining outside and it is nice out i am probably skateboarding. i am qualified for this blog because I skateboard all the time and I have picked up knowledge about it. my blog will work by me picking a topic about skateboarding and explaining it and giving tips to all who see my blog