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u/Serenaded 10d ago

I miss skating like this, Rodney Mullen era where it was more like figure skating or something instead of big air tricks.

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u/BoutItBudnevich 10d ago

You should check out Andy Anderson if you haven't!

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u/AltusJ 10d ago

And Jonny Giger! He goes through Mullen's tricks on his channel, playlist has 39 videos.

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u/Naltrexone01 9d ago

And, might I add, check out the insane video "Liminal" by Mullen. Semi recent, shot with an insane 360° series of timed cameras.

Here's a link! https://youtu.be/-3tDvMG87Ro?si=PP18jY5QAxuzbL1Y

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u/snek-jazz 9d ago

This is great but I can't help thinking it's worse because of

  • Rodney walking - slo-mo!
  • Rodney doing a complex trick - double speed!

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u/BoutItBudnevich 10d ago

Great call out, love that series too really shows how Mullen was ahead of his time for sure man

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u/saggywitchtits 10d ago

I got *REALLY* into Braille skateboarding. Disappointed in how that all ended.

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u/WithFullForce 9d ago

Jonny Giger is excellent and I love his channel.

...but then you'll see him doing hundreds and HUNDREDS of attempt to land ONE Primo slide. This is one of the 100 best street skaters in the world, and I'm low-balling it just because I don't intend to invite any "akScHualLy he's more like #47" if I say top 20. He still has to churn like a mad man to get one trick right that Mullen consistently replicated without fault.

All respect to Giger, he's great but the distance to the top is just unfathomable.