Talk:Rodney Mullen

It wasn't really "Stretching"

In regards to the part about him "erasing" his stance and the "Stretching" to break up scar tissue... This isn't true from how he really words, sure stretching may be the best word but I feel we need to go more in depth as he has talked about it MULTIPLE times are just two times he has done it publicly! While I understand that Myofascial Release may be a "Psuedoscience" at this moment in time due to lack of research, time and all that jazz it still isn't "Stretching" in regards to what we all attribute it to be! I feel this should be fixed, but again as I stated on the Richard Funk page... I just don't trust myself to make good edits or citations, I leave it to the people that understand how to do things properly.

TeemoQuinton (talk) 19:59, 20 March 2018 (UTC)Posted Day Before Profile

References

I agree completely. While Myofascial Release might not be accepted as medical 'fact', it's important to Rodney Mullen's career, and this line specifically could be better:

Mullen stated that through extensive and consistent stretching he was able to tear away the scar tissue

Any replacement should link to the wiki page (Myofascial release), and be sure to mention that it is 'Alternative Medicine'.

Here's the secret of Wikipedia - Most people don't understand how to do things properly! Everyone is just doing the best they can. You can just copy reference formatting from other pages

I saw this when I was making an edit, and just wanted to encourage you to go ahead and make changes if you think it is an improvement. Worst case it is reverted – but generally if you make an edit, it will encourage others to do the same, and those people will correct any issues in your original edit.

--Cdpas (talk) 13:42, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Trick Invention

I've removed 'Rusty Slide', since I'm pretty certain this is just another name for a Primo slide (sliding with the board at a 90 degree angle, with the side of the wheels/board touching the ground).

The reference provided also doesn't mention the trick at all - it only mentions Ollies on flat, Kick-flips, 360-flips and Impossibles, and hasn't changed since 2015.

If someone more knowledgeable than me wants to revert this in the future, feel free.

Cdpas (talk) 13:17, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

I’m not personally familiar with the term “rusty slide,” but I would agree that credit for invention of the primo slide should properly go to Primo Desiderio (for whom the trick is named); however in Desiderio’s original version, he actually slid backside 180 degrees while moving on the ground, which is ironically even tougher; even still I doubt Mullen was the first to do a primo slide with the board straight and parallel to the direction of travel, even if several of Mullen’s variations on the primo slide and combos including it are almost certainly NBDs. (Btw, credit for the primo slide was reverted by this edit, FYI.)  —PowerPCG5 (talk) 04:43, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Street skateboarding

he is influential but article on street skating makes no mention of him or anyone for that matter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.0.248.208 (talk) 21:19, 14 December 2019 (UTC)