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Rodney Mullen (Author)
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July 9, 2004
In the early 1980s, at the age of 13, Rodney took the freestyle skating world by storm. He won 35 world titles in less than five years. Through it all his father pressured him to walk away from the sport. "The Mutt". chronicles the sometimes sad, but ultimately triumphant story of the godfather of street skating.


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Rodney Mullen is a former freestyle world champion with the best contest record in professional skating. He#146;s credited with laying the foundation for street skating and was voted the 2002 Skater of the Year. And he hates horses. He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Collins World (July 9, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060725206
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060725204
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,106,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for skate fans, July 26, 2004
What a great story. For those of you who don't know, Rodney Mullen is arguably the most influential and important skater in modern street skating. This story isn't so much about a misfit becoming one the greatest skaters of all time, as it is about a person's struggle to win the respect and love of a demanding and intimidating father, who can't accept him for who he is. This is a sad, courageous, and inspiring story that is most of all, a very human story. A very quick read that's hard to put down. There's not a boring page to be found.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspriational Story, July 30, 2005
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Keith R. Lammon (Fort Payne, AL United States) - See all my reviews
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The first time I saw Rodney Mullen was in 1986 at the University of Florida. I was between classes and, obviously Rodney was too. I was a skateboarder from 1976 to 1980 and had kept up with what was going on after that so, I knew who Rodney Mullen was. For about 30 minutes, I watched him do the most amazing tricks I had ever seen. He was skating by himself and I was the only one watching him.

Now that I am 40, my 11 year old son is getting into skateboarding. I wondered, "Whatever happened to Rodney Mullen?"

I found this book through a search for "Rodney Mullen" on Amazon. His story is very inspirational. I'm glad that he was able to find peace with his father and find happiness.

I can't imagine anyone doing for skateboarding what Rodney Mullen has done.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Important book on Skateing you shall ever read!, August 24, 2004
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This is the story of Rodney Mullen, the most important street/freestyle skater ever. In this book you read about his life, from his birth, to first skateboard, to winning the world championship in freestyle. You will also read about how he started four of the most known skate companies ever; Enjoi, Almost, World Industries, and Tensor Truck co.. Included in this book is his story of growing up with a father that made his children give up there favorite pass times to pursue the fathers dreams of growing up succesfully. This is, no doubt, the most important book on skaeting ever; From Rodney Mullen inveting the flat ground ollie (or just ollie) to making the 'magic flip' (kickflip) to then creating of 30 of todays most popular tricks.
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freestyle contest, pro contest, freestyle board, street skating, street skaters, pro skater, most skaters, other skaters, contest run, technical tricks
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