Rodney Mullen: The Story Of The First Kickflip

Rodney Mullen's flatground innovations have revolutionized skateboarding, but he humbly insists that the most impactful of —the kickflip—happened by accident. He tells you the whole story in our latest video, above… All hail THE FIRST KICKFLIP EVER!

[AlexP-ybgh]

thank the universe that out of all the people to help kickstart skateboarding in his way, it was Rodney Mullen a humble man, i can't imagine a better example of a human for skateboarding 🙏

[Cloud-dfhy]

As Skaters can we make a national "Mullen" day? You know cos like, he's a legend and all?

[PurposelessRabbitholes]

It’s like watching Gandalf talk about magic, goddamn

[cofiddle]

I see Rodney Mullen I click. No questions asked. The man is a national treasure and I could watch him talk about skating for hours.

[callan]

This guy invented 100's of tricks and he says oh I only had a few tricks the rest were just variations. What a legend

[AprehamLincoln]

Rodney Mullen invented more tricks than I've ever landed.

[cherrybombcoffee]

Basically someone was driving by and yelled "do a kickflip!"

[aaronbolster]

PLEASE get Rodney on The Nine Club. Ask, beg, whatever.

[Fushione]

How can someone who did so much for skateboarding can be so simple and humble

[eternia-reginleif]

i want to see Rodney to host "do a kickflip" at least once!

[matherqw]

The first words of the video are "My name is Rodney Mullen, I've been skating for 43 years and I invented the kickflip." Imagine being the guy who invented one of the most influential tricks in sports history.

[beyondthegong]

“I did a 360 flip and nobody noticed.... so I did a double 360 flip...”

[mjmendozaiv]

vid got 1 Dislike from that guy in Madagascar who did the first kickflip.

[Mogely]

I love the way he speaks with passion.

[JoshM]

I love how he introduced himself even though every skater knows who he is

[BeAnZrc]

A true legend, this man is like skate yoda

[dariadayle]

I love hearing him speak. He's my favourite public speaker in the world.

[LuckyOhara]

Every time Rodney talks about skating you can really hear him pour all of his heart and emotion in it. Sounds like he's on the verge of tears of happiness all the time and it really shows his love for the sport.

[EricEllenbrook]

Man, Rodney is so humble. “I guess” I invented the kickflip.

[Natureboyjake]

I literally just smile when i see his face on a video, its like looking at the soul of skateboarding. Rodney your literally the brightest soul out there what you've done for people can never be put in to words. Thankyou!
All the love brother.