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Rodney Mullen (born August 17 1966 , Gainesville, Florida ) is a professional Skateboarder , and considered the most influential skateboarder in the history of the sport. The majority of ollie and flip tricks he invented throughout the 1980's, including the flatground ollie, the Kickflip , the Heelflip , and the 360 flip are regularly done in modern vertical and street skateboarding. Despite Alan Gelfand 's justifiable notoriety for inventing the Ollie air (Gelfand's maneuver being primarily a vert or pool oriented trick) Mullen is largely responsible for the invention and development of the street ollie. The ability to pop the board off of the ground and land back on the board while moving has quite likely been the most significant development in modern skateboarding. This invention alone would rank Mullen among the most important skateboarders of all time along with Tony Alva , Mark Gonzales , Tony Hawk , Pat Duffy and Danny Way . LATER CAREER In 1991, Rodney Mullen began transitioning into street skateboarding as the freestyle skateboard days came to an end. He picked up this more popular form of skateboarding quick enough to have an influential and enduring part in the legendary skateboard video "Questionable" by Plan B. This was followed up by the even more dramatic technical street skate part of his in "Virtual Reality" (1993). He fully evolved as a street skater throughout the 1990's, which culminated with the "Round" series, starring him and his friend Daewon Song. In 2003, Rodney released his autobiography, "The Mutt: How to Skateboard and not Kill Yourself". It tells the nearly complete story of his life from when he was a little kid with "torture boots", to when he proposed to his girlfriend Traci. He continues to revolutionize the world of skateboarding and inspire kids all over the world who watch his videos, as well as help to keep freestyle skateboarding alive. The number of skaters who claim to skate freestyle sharply increased after the release of ''Almost: Round Three''. Rodney Mullen also has appeared in the Tony Hawk Video-Game series from '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 '' to the recent '' Tony Hawk's American Wasteland ''. REFERENCES
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