Rodney Mullen is the soul creator of most of todays generation of skateboarding such as: The Kickflip, Heelflip, Impossible and many more.
Started his 3rd skate company called "Almost", including skaters Ryan Sheckler and Daewon Song. (2005)
Started skating 1 January, 1976. Won his first pro contest (and simultaneously turned pro) on 21 August, 1980. In eleven years of competitive skating, he lost only one contest.
Founder of the "Tensor" trucks company and is the designer for "Tensor" trucks.
When Rodney invented the Kickflip it was originally named the "Magic Flip".