Name: John Rodney Mullen
Gender: Male
Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA or Hermosa Beach, CA
Date of Birth: August 17th, 1966 in Gainesville, FL
Family: Married to Traci Mullen
Occupation: Engineer / Skate Brand Owner / Skateboarder
Started Skating: 1974
Started Competing: 1977
Turned Pro: 1980
Favored Discipline: Street
Sponsors: Almost, Enjoi, Darkstar, Tensor, Speed Demons, Matix, CCS, Globe
Stance: Regular
Nicknames: Mutt, King
Career Highlights:
1977 - Mullen won the first freestyle contest he entered
1980 - joined the Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade
1984, 85, 87, 88 - featured in The Bones Brigade Videos 1-4
1988 - appeared in feature film, Gleaming the Cube
1992 - began World Industries with Steve Rocco
1990+ - featured in videos by Plan B, A-Team, Globe and Almost
2002 - won Transworld Readers' Choice Award for Skater of the Year
2002 - created Almost skateboard company
2003 - wrote "The Mutt: How to Skateboard and not Kill Yourself"
Tricks Invented:
50-50 Saran Wrap, 50-50 Sidewinders, 360 Flip, 360 pressure Flip, 540 double kickflip, 540 Shove-it, Airwalks, Backside 180 Flip, Casper 360 Flip, Casper Slides, Caballerial impossible, Double heelflips, Flatground Ollie, Frontside Heelflip Shove-its, Godzilla, Rail Flip, Gazelles, Heelflip, Helipops (360 Nollie), Half-cab kickflip underflip, Helipop Heelflips, Half Flip, Darkslide, Handstand flips, Kickflip Underflip, Kickflip, No Handed 50-50 Kickflip, Ollie Impossible, Ollie Nosebones, Ollie Fingerflip, One footed Ollie, Rusty slides, Sidewinders, Switchstance 360 Flips
