How to Skate Like Rodney Mullen

Rodney Mullen is in his 30s and continues as the top technical freestyle professional skateboarder. He is very modest about his success and seems to feel embarrassed to earn so much money doing something that is fun. Be true to yourself and pursue your skateboarding dreams to skate like Rodney Mullen.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. Look comfortable and skateboard with relative ease. Mullen says his comfortable appearance on the skateboard comes from a natural ability to keep his balance.

2. Participate in skateboarding because it's not an organized or coached sport. In an interview, Rodney explains that he enjoys the freedom of doing things his own way.

3. Vie against your own skills in competition. Mullen says, "What drives me is pretty simple: I love skateboarding. It helps me be me; it's how I feel free."

4. Invent numerous tricks to skate like Rodney Mullen. The professional freestyle skateboarder receives credit for inventing the kickflip, heelflip, 360 flip, 540 flip, 720 flip, impossible and the casper.

5. Appear in numerous video games and films. Mullen appeared in several Tony Hawk Pro Skater console games and a couple of videos.

6. Work to improve your weaknesses to skate like Rodney Mullen. As amazing as it seems, Mullen claims he still has many areas to improve so he practices two to three hours daily.

7. Overcome all obstacles that will keep you from skating success. The path was not clear for Rodney because his dad was totally against his interest in skateboarding; Mullen says he had to get good fast because he promised his dad he would quit if he ever got hurt.

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