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Rodney Mullen: Pop an ollie and innovate! (TED Talk)

Hamish Macleod21 skaters recommend it · 27 mentions, 2013 to 2017
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3.9M views · 13 years ago · Interview

Rodney Mullen's 2013 TEDxUSC talk on how skate culture and its environments drive new trick creation. He covers the ollie, freestyle roots, and why he values open community over contest wins.

Why skaters like it

Posted across many threads as the go-to talk on Mullen's creative process and the passion behind skating. Skaters share it when they want to explain why skating matters.

What skaters said on Reddit

u/seanothedead2013 · 5 points

i have a hunch the roll-in was taken from the rodney mullen tedtalk...[VIDEO]

u/scribe__2014 · 3 points

Rodney Mullen is one of my life's biggest influences. He is such a genuine human, and has offered so much to the world (not just in skating) without asking anything in return. Just listening to him talk about his life, about innovation, just anything in general is so eye opening cos he is so intelligent and humble. Such a good guy. Here are some of my favorite videos of him talking about innovation and how it is esse

u/thejoebear2014 · 3 points

More talks by Mullen: [how context shapes context] ([VIDEO]) [Pop an ollie and innovate] ([VIDEO]) Everyone needs to watch these

u/NateBrah2014 · 1 points

Still new here and new to skating as well. So take everything I say with a grain of salt...and maybe a shot of tequila with lime, but I digress. I came to say that I think you are confusing strength with the development of motor patterns. The dictionary defines motor patterns as such. motor pattern: a co-ordinated set of movements involving both voluntary and reflex actions, such as standing, sitting, etc. Typically

u/giraffent2013 · 1 points

Im turning 21 in two months and I've been thinking about picking it up. I always sucked in my early teens but I have a lot more balance and athleticism now so I'm excited to try. But yeah skating isn't about competition so just have fun with it. I watched Rodney Mullen's Ted talk yesterday and im inspired to pick up skating again and I've been looking for a new hobby than vid gaming.Def worth watching: [VIDEO]

u/WandererMelmoth2015 · 1 points

Yeah I saw it back it when it came out. Great film. If Rodney persuaded her in that, show her the TED talk he did [VIDEO]. It's only 18 minutes long.

u/Link_Demobilizer2013 · 1 points

Here [VIDEO] is the non-mobile version of this site.

u/Adrewmc2013

I'm just going to leave this [VIDEO] right here.

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