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American professional skateboarder

This article is about the American skateboarder. For the CEO of Kroger, see Rodney McMullen.

John Rodney Mullen^[3][4] (born August 17, 1966)^[5] is an American professional skateboarder who practices freestyle skateboarding and street skateboarding.

He is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.^[6][7][8] Mullen is credited for inventing numerous tricks, including the flatground ollie, kickflip, heelflip, impossible, and 360-kickflip.^[9] As a result, he has been called the "Godfather of freestyle skating."^[10]

Rodney Mullen won his first world freestyle skateboard championship at the age of 14; over the following decade, he won 34 out of 35 freestyle contests, thus establishing the most successful competitive run in the history of the sport.^[10] Over the following years, he transitioned from freestyle to street skat