The Mutt

At age six, Rodney Mullen was the family misfit who had to wear braces to straighten out his pigeon-toed feet. But by age fourteen, he was a world-champion skateboarder—and for the next decade lost only one contest. He cemented his legend by inventing the ollie, the trick that revolutionized the sport by taking it off the ground and into the air. Today he is a 36 year old multi-millionaire with his own skateboard company and starring roles in the most popular skateboarding video games and videos. The Mutt chronicles every step of his ascent to fame and fortune; the sometimes sad, often hilarious, and ultimately triumphant story of the making of “the godfather of skateboarding”.

Rodney Mullen is a freestyle world champion with the best contest record in professional skating. He's credited with laying the foundation for street skating and was voted the 2002 Skater of the Year. He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife.  Sean Mortimer was the editor of Skateboarder magazine and coauthored Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder with Tony Hawk. He lives in Oceanside, California, with his wife and son.  

Rodney Mullen is the Godfather of Skateboarding-the World Freestyle Champion of the 1980s, the Most Admired Street Skater of the 1990s, and Today a Multimillionaire Skateboard Company Owner. But at Age Six, Rodney was the Family Misfit Who had to Wear Braces to Straighten Out his Pigeon-Toed Feet. He Learned to Skate by Himself, and Eight Years Later he was a World Champion-But his Father Looked Down on the Sport and Pressured Rodney to Quit. By the Time he Finally Broke Free from his Abusive Home Life, the Popularity of Freestyle had Waned and Given Way to Vert and Street Styles. So Rodney Picked Up his Board and Started from Scratch-Using his Freestyle Background to Usher in a New Era of Street Skating. The Mutt is a Sometimes Sad, Often Hilarious, and Ultimately Triumphant Chronicle of the Curious Life and Times of a World-Champion Skateboarder.

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