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Rodney Mullen on Innovation

LemelsonCenter5 skaters recommend it · 6 mentions, 2012 to 2014
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406K views · 13 years ago · Interview

Rodney Mullen speaks at the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center in August 2012 about invention and innovation. He covers street skating's origins and what creativity means for society.

Why skaters like it

Skaters point to it as a thoughtful talk where Mullen goes beyond tricks. Commenters call him intelligent and humble and say it is worth the 23 minutes.

“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.”

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What skaters said on Reddit

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/bigfootskates2013 · 1 points

some of guys might like this: [VIDEO] it's a little long, but worth the watch!

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