John Rodney Mullen is an American professional skateboarder specializing in freestyle and street skateboarding. He is considered the most influential street skater in the history of the sport, credited with inventing numerous tricks, including the kickflip, heelflip, impossible, and 360-flip. As a result, he has been dubbed the "Godfather of Street Skateboarding."

Mullen has appeared in over 20 skateboarding videos and, together with screenwriter Sean Mortimer, co-authored an autobiography titled "The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself."

Rodney Mullen won his first world skateboarding championship at age 14. Over the following decade, he won 34 out of 35 freestyle competitions, establishing the most successful competitive run in the history of the sport. In the years that followed, he transitioned from freestyle to street skateboarding, adapting his accumulated skills to the urban environment while inventing and expanding upon additional tricks in the process.

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