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Rodney Mullen 1994 Plan B Second Hand Smoke

worldblind1019 skaters recommend it · 12 mentions, 2013 to 2024
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188K views · 14 years ago · Full part

Rodney Mullen's part from Plan B's 1994 video Second Hand Smoke. Street freestyle and technical flatground tricks from one of the most influential skaters of the era.

Why skaters like it

Posted as a go-to classic whenever Mullen comes up. Commenters call it one of the best to go back and watch, and praise his grace and style.

“He skates with the grace of a dancer.”

u/The_Lonliest_Munk

What skaters said on Reddit

u/The_Lonliest_Munk2015 · 20 points

His best spot IMO. Prolly for nostalgia reasons. He skates with the grace of a dancer. [VIDEO]

u/Party-Independent-382024 · 6 points

still one of the best to go back and watch [VIDEO]

u/thoughtzero2016 · 2 points

Freestyle is *usually* done on insanely tight trucks, but that doesn't mean you *have* to do it that way. Whatever works best for you is the right way. Offset wheels protect the axle during railstands, primos, and coconuts, but they don't do anything else. They'd have no effect at all on walking the dog. You don't need a special setup for freestyle. When you look at old videos of people doing freestyle their boards a

u/clamwhammer2016 · 1 points

Rodney's been doing handstand variations for as long as he's been a pro skater. He continued doing them [VIDEO] even in the 90's when he was riding for Plan B, when everybody thought freestyle was the dorkiest thing in the world. In his last full video part, he did a handstand fingerflip to nosemanual [VIDEO]. You can debate whether you think Rodney is inspired by Killian if you want, but not when you're talking abou

u/ShadowXJ2019 · 1 points

Does anyone know what skateboard trucks Rodney was riding in secondhand smoke? best view of them is here: [VIDEO] The video was ~1994, and I know he rode Destructo - but as I understand that company started in 1996, before he eventually created Tensor Trucks.

u/RSTVideoCustomerHelp2018

>Personally, I'm more into tranny stuff. don't see how that's relevant [LINK] >But again, what sells, sells, and your tastes seem to be in the minority. Who says that's what "sells"? It's what skateboarding arbitrarily decided to push and kids just followed what they were told to like. Most people that first get into skateboarding idolize Rodney Mullen who hasn't skated a stair or handrail since the 90's (not a big o

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