John Rodney Mullen (born August 17, 1966 in Gainesville, Florida) is a professional freestyle skateboarder, and considered to be one of the most influential skaters in the history of all of the sport. He is credited with inventing many tricks, including the flat-ground Ollie (originally called the 'ollie pop'), the kickflip(originally called "magic flips"), the Heelflip, the 360 flip, and the Impossible.
Mullen's invented tricks
* Frontside & backside 180 kickflips* 50-50 saran wrap
* Varial heelflip
* 50-50 sidewinders
* 360 Flip
* 360 pressure flip
* 540 double kickflip
* 540 Shove-it
* Casper 360 flip
* Casper slides
* Darkslides (Adapted from Mark Gonzales' idea)
* Double heelflips
* Flat-ground ollie
* Godzilla rail flip
* Gazelle
* Heelflip
* Helipops (360 Nollie)
* Half-cab kickflip underflip
* Half-cab impossible
* Helipop heelflips
* Handstand flip
* Kickflip underflip
* No Handed 50-50
* Ollie Kickflip
* Ollie Impossible
* Ollie nosebone
* Ollie fingerflip
* One footed ollie
Selected videography
* Powell Peralta: Skateboarding in the '80s (1982)* Powell Peralta: The Bones Brigade Video Show (1984)
* Powell Peralta: Future-Primitive (1985)
* Powell Peralta: The Search for Animal Chin (1986)
* Powell Peralta: Public Domain (1988)
* World Industries: Rubbish Heap (1989)
* Plan B: Questionable (1992)
* Plan B: Virtual Reality (1993)
* Plan B: Second Hand Smoke (1994)
* Plan B: The Revolution (1997)
* World Industries: Rodney Mullen versus Daewon Song (1997)
* World Industries: Round 2: Rodney Mullen versus Daewon Song (1999)
* Globe Shoes: Opinion (2001)
* ON Video: Winter 2002 Issue - Mullen is featured in a documentary (2002)
* Almost Skateboards: Round Three (2004)
* The Man Who Souled the World (2007)
* Globe Shoes: United by Fate, Vol. (TBA 2008)