rodney mullen made skateboarding what it is today? is that some kind of joke? tell me how many skaters you see doing the shit mullen does. None. He claims alot of tricks, like the flat-ground ollie, the kickflip and the 360 flip, but they all existed way before rodney. He does have crazy board control, rediculous balance, and some pretty crazy skills, but he probably has less influence on modern skateboarding that any other pro-skater. he hasn't done anything for skateboarding today (well, there is one tiny exception involving Daewon Song and Chad Muska, but that's a story way too intelligent for this thread)