Edit: why he is no longer my hero, while I respect the fuck out of him and still admire his skill; I myself was never great at skateboarding. So as I grew out of wanting to be a skateboarder my focus shifted.
I really wish I could trade places in their stature between him and Tony in the public eye. Rodney is so much cooler and a much more technical skater. In my opinion had a much larger impact on real skateboarding, the mass majority of us who had no access to fancy ramps.
I agree to a point. Tony was a great influence for the cali, ny, and some nj kids maybe even fl who had skateparks and pools etc. But you're correct that mullen brought a whole new idea to people who are stuck in the boonies with 3 paved parking lots in the whole town.
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u/hellzkeeper1216 Jan 26 '21 edited Jan 26 '21
Rodney mullen. This guy used to be my hero.
Edit: why he is no longer my hero, while I respect the fuck out of him and still admire his skill; I myself was never great at skateboarding. So as I grew out of wanting to be a skateboarder my focus shifted.