Freestyle Skater Rodney Mullen in 1986

The first pro skateboarder I really got to know was Rodney Mullen in August 1986.  We both practiced near the Redondo Beach Pier then.   This is what it took to be 8 (or 9?) time freestyle world champion back then.  At that point, he had already invented the flat ground ollie, the kick flip, the 360 flip, the ollie impossible, and a whole bunch of other tricks that laid the foundation for the street skating boom that was just getting started.