Kickflips and Kickstands
A podcast where skateboarding and motorcycle cultures combine. We hang out with all sorts of characters and find out when, where, how and why they love either or both of these things.
Kickflips and Kickstands
S3E6: THE most important Florida man RODNEY MULLEN
You might hear many a man try to claim and be the most important Florida man, but no one else defined by literally writing the book quite like the living legend, Rodney Mullen
Thank you, welcome back to Kickflips and Kickstands everyone. I am, as always, danny Monta, joined by me, as always.
Speaker 2:Grayson.
Speaker 1:Conner Grayson. Conner, if you hear any kind of delay or anything, we're coming at you digitally. We're just zooming this one in because we've got to get that content machine rolling.
Speaker 2:I'm AI now.
Speaker 1:Oh, oh, yeah. Yeah, this is actually, if you head on over to the YouTube that we for sure are starting this season um, you'll see that he's AI and not a real boy.
Speaker 2:I'm starting to feel.
Speaker 1:Oh, you're just starting to feel. In general, I thought something was following up to that I thought it was dot dot, dot, not just one dot after feel Okay, okay, that's good. On today's episode we're going to dive into the swamps. We're going to become a couple swamp daddies, yeah, let's leave.
Speaker 1:Now a lot of the world's got a real boner for making fun of florida. Florida man, this florida man that we've heard it. You know everyone loves to make fun of florida, uh, but I will say, of all demographics, our listener base, uh is probably one of the rare cases where, like florida's the promised land, you know sure, uh, daytona beach bike week, fucking guns, you know it's it. And daytona beach is one of the like motorcycle meccas peninsulas, peninsulas, yeah, you know it's, it's like tropical texas as far as like it is like tropical texas, isn it?
Speaker 1:Yeah, and whether or not, let's see, and whether or not it's in its prime glory days. We're talking about Daytona here. It's not. Everyone that's been to Daytona has a good and bad story, but they're both probably worth sharing. But enough about Daytona. Our story today takes us a little north of the Sunshine State's central coast. But enough about Daytona. Our story today takes us a little north of the Sunshine State's central coast.
Speaker 1:Now you've heard the tales of Florida man, but what if I told you there are many extremely Florida man men, people that one's probably safer to say these days Tom Petty, Jim Morrison, Ronnie Van Zant, Debbie Harry T-Pain. Have you guys ever heard of a little band called limp biscuit? Um, like the point is, the list of heavy hitters coming out of the home of endless summer goes on. But one of, if not the most important people to come out of florida in the last 100 years, it goes to this man. You see, many of these people are listed. Might have become famous for perfecting their form of art, but none of them created it. Morrison could sing, but did he invent singing? So on today's episode we're talking about the grandfather, the creator and the spark that probably lit the fuse, the Florida man known as Rodney Mullen.
Speaker 2:Oh, I actually didn't know what we were talking about, but what a pleasant little treat.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so Grayson didn't know tonight's episode topic, which is kind of fun, and I was thinking you know last season if you're a seasoned listener of ours. Thank you first and first, mostly If you're new last season. We keep saying this finish this episode, and then go back and listen to every episode that you haven't yet Available wherever you podcast. But, grayson, so effortlessly, how do you say that word? There's a word in there. You guys know it.
Speaker 1:You're on it, you know, and somewhat, even excruciatingly, took us through the evolution of skate tricks and kind of a history of that. So I figured um, why not talk about the person that created a lot of those tricks, most Most, yeah, which? Um, let me see Before I get into tricks. This is kind of this is our. Can you pull that up, jamie? This is why Josh is slacking. Are the third person supposed to have the laptop at the ready?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:List of tricks Rodney Mullen invented. Okay, we have to, so we're already recording, but we have to. You have to also figure this out. When you Google list of tricks, the third search down is list of tricks Rodney Mullen invented in Google.
Speaker 2:That's right.
Speaker 1:I mean, there's a reason this episode exists, and this exists in many other ways too. Don't get me wrong, we'll get into that as well. So yeah, grayson, you had no idea, coming into this, what we were going to talk about. But that's kind of fun. I like that sometimes because having like extra voices on for like commentary if you know a lot about the subject, then it's like I don't know. If you know a lot about the subject, then it's like yeah, I don't know. It's more like you're adding facts instead of reactions, I don't know yeah, uh.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's not like I needed to do a bunch of homework on rodney mullen. I'm pretty. I mean, he's been a a pillar of my growing up because he invented every skate trick basically.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, of course I know Rodney Mullen.
Speaker 1:So Rodney Mullen is a name that resonates with anyone even remotely familiar with the skateboarding world. Born on August 17, 1966 in Gainesville, florida, mullen's journey Mullen's journey from a young aspiring skateboarder to an innovator who redefined their sport is nothing short of awe-inspiring. In this episode we'll uncover the fascinating story of how Rodney Mullen revolutionized skateboarding, pushing the boundaries of what was thought possible on a board. We'll explore his early life, the challenges he faced and the passion that drove him to develop groundbreaking tricks and techniques. Imagine a time when the ollie, one of skateboarding's fundamental tricks, had not yet been invented.
Speaker 1:Rodney Millen changed that. He pioneered the flat ground ollie, a move that would go on to become the foundation for countless other tricks and elevate the sport to new heights. So before this, like, I guess the ollie kind of existed, but it was in like pools in Onvert and it wasn't. Guess, the ollie kind of existed, but it was in like pools and on vert, where and it wasn't quite an ollie, it was like dudes were lifting their nose to air out. Yeah, it was an air.
Speaker 1:So when, like and it's not to discredit ronnie mullen, I'm not saying that like, oh, it already existed. He didn't invent it, he did invent the flat ground, ollie, he saw what was going on in bowls and on vert ramps, cause that's like most of what skateboarding was at that time as far as like, at least as far as the competition, I know they did like some downhill slaloms and some freestyle events, but before Rodney Mullen this is like a fact, like we could say that like before ronnie mullen, freestyle ground competition, events or just the sport of it was you're just doing like turns and tic-tacs, like he literally dancey like, almost like ballet.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he took it doing spins on on one truck in place. You know like, oh, that person spun three times. I'm like, okay, look how twirly. Yeah, and I mean, that's not the shit on that too. You know, sure, that's a thing, that's cool.
Speaker 1:But Ronnie Mullen came and he was like what if we took this and put it flat and created the ollie and like, fucking literally changed the game? Yeah, but Ronnie's contributions to skateboarding didn't stop there. He introduced the world to the kickflip, the heel flip and countless other technical tricks that became staples of modern skateboarding. His unique style and fluidity on the board set him apart from the rest. That inspired a whole generation of skaters.
Speaker 1:So here's a little list. Here's that google list tricks invented by rodney mullen heel flip, kickfl flip, ollie I don't know why that's third on the list is a weird one. Um, this is a flip trick. Flip trick is a type of skateboarding trick in which skateboarding oh, so he invented the flip trick because, yeah, I guess if you invented the ollie and then the kick flip and the heel flip, he invented the flip trick in general. Yeah, um, hard flip varial. Heel flip, varial, kick flip. Shove it 360. Pressure pressure flip inward. Heel flip, dark slide 540. Shove it one footed, ollie, ollie, impossible or just impossible.
Speaker 1:Kickflip, underflip, nose grind. Underflip, 360, kickflip, yeah. So he invented the kickflip underflip. And then people were like, oh, he also like, it's its own trick, so underflip, yeah. So he invented the kickflip underflip. And then people were like, oh, he also like it's its own trick. So underflip, 360, kickflip or 360 flip or tray, flip backside, air Christ, air Burt, slide and wall ride. Damn Is what's credited like just under Google, like the first. If you search list of tricks, rodney, well and invented, that list pops up. There might be more. You know who the fuck put all this in? No one was keeping records back then. You know he probably fucking flipped some shit back in the day and there wasn't some like dude in the in the fucking crowd. That was like this is going to be on the internet one day.
Speaker 2:Yeah, someone write that down.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah there's this thing that's going to be an internet in like 20 years and we're going to need to get this on there like let's get you back to bed, grandma.
Speaker 2:So that list is fucking wild.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's like I know it's I mean look at, look up a skate video, just watch any skate video yeah, he's responsible for that that's what I'm saying like whatever people are like fucking throwing around in video parts these days is like that's what the fuck can you think that's not on that list the one that stands out the most is wall ride.
Speaker 2:It's like you see the guy jumping off of the ground. You're like, all right, what else is he gonna do? He's riding on a wall and you're like, okay, yeah, what a new ceiling ride.
Speaker 1:Okay, cool yeah, he got so bored with like creating flat ground tricks he's like I gotta get on another surface man like this that was probably what we do on the ground, on a wall yeah, his first mushroom trip was probably like oh wait a minute, you guys, what if we put it on another surface? But yeah, well, now you have people flipping into or out of wall rides. So not only did he create the wall ride, but he created the flip tricks that people are now doing in and out of wall rides yeah, it's like what if we all eat into another dimension?
Speaker 1:yeah, he probably. It probably didn't start out being a wall ride. He probably saw a portal on a wall. It was like tripping on something he's like, okay, wait a minute, what if I just ollie at that wall? And then he did a wall ride and everyone around him was like holy shit, dude, you just wrote on a wall. And he was like man.
Speaker 2:I imagine rodney mullen just sees everything as binary code.
Speaker 1:He doesn't actually have human vision it's got to be, and I'd like to which, if you're still down, to do like some video editing for these I'll start sending you files um I'll find on the audio side.
Speaker 1:I was gonna put and if we can fit it uh organically like snippets of him talking through all of the fucking speeches that he's made, because he's like doing a lot of that these days too. But yeah, I, I imagine he sees the world in a very different way. I think that's like totally what, and if you've like, as a listener, like we have, if you haven't look up any of his interviews, because like it's, it's insane that I'm sure that his brain works in a in a different way and that's what allowed him to create the. Uh, I don't even want to like I don't know the framework of what skateboarding is. Yeah, came from one person.
Speaker 2:It had. His impact has had such a cultural impact. It'd be like if you invented baseball and you see people wearing baseball hats and baseball shirts and stuff like that and be like that's partially because of me, yeah, yeah, which is, I mean, probably a unique human experience he's having.
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm. However, the path to success was far from easy. Rodney faced injuries, setbacks and even moments of self-doubt. We'll delve into these challenging times and discover how he managed to overcome them, emerging stronger and more determined than ever. We'll also explore Rodney's involvement with skateboarding companies like Powell Peralta and his role in popularizing and his role in popular Motherfucker, okay, let's go. We'll also explore Rodney's involvement with skateboarding companies like Powell Peralta and his role in popularizing street skateboarding, paving the way for a new era of the sport. Perfect, I got it. I fucking got it. That was hard. And of course we can't talk about cool. And of course we can't talk about Rodney Mullen without mentioning his impact off the board. He's an advocate for creativity, innovation and the pursuit of one's passions, and his influences extend beyond skateboarding into the realms of technology and entrepreneurship. That word First. T yeah, good at the big ones. Huh, yeah, yeah, I don't like no, because popularizing, popularizing, popularizing Lips and teeth and tongue. The human torch was denied A bank loan. Your meeting will end in 10 minutes.
Speaker 2:Oh, no, that's our cut, our intermission.
Speaker 1:Can I upgrade off RIP?
Speaker 2:I'll just do one month continue flexing on fools getting that one month zoom baby bing.
Speaker 1:Uh. Do I have to do all this shit right now?
Speaker 2:uh, 25 does that mean oh, I'm not, I'm not in the 25 to 34 age bracket.
Speaker 1:holy shit, You're 35? I'm gonna go kill my no what's up YouTube Today. I get ChatGPT to write my suicide note.
Speaker 2:I just assume you've been 33 the entire five years plus I've known you?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I've been trying to fucking put that vibe off. It's making me do all this, but I'd rather do this and restart a meeting. I guess it's the same.
Speaker 2:We leave all this in. This is captivating, Is it? I mean no, but it'd be fun. Yeah, let me just leave putting in my Put up all your personal information, too, on the video.
Speaker 1:Yeah, let me make sure I get that in the Continue to address on the video yeah, let me make sure I get that in the continue to address.
Speaker 2:Come on, dog. Why does Zoom need your address, though You're going to mail you stuff.
Speaker 1:I don't know. No, it's a sign up for the payment, but I thought I already had this shit. No, it's a sign up for the payment, but I thought I already had this shit. Like it made me sign in to start the meeting and now it's making me sign in again, like why Might be hacking? Okay, you know what? We'll just fucking let the meeting in and restart it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I got a timer up here. A simple cut will do.
Speaker 1:All that for nothing, huh.
Speaker 2:A simple cut will do All that for nothing.
Speaker 1:Huh, a simple cut will rectify this. Rodney's story is not just about skateboarding, but about the power of perseverance, creativity and the relentless pursuit of one's dreams. So join us as we dive into the life of Rodney Mullen, the man who changed the world of skateboarding forever and discovered an incredible legacy he continues to leave in his wake. So let's take a closer look at some of the specific milestones in Rodney Mullen's life and career. Rodney Mullen's journey into skateboarding began at a young age. Growing up in Gainesville, florida, he was drawn to skateboarding as a form of self-expression. His early years were marked by a relentless pursuit of new tricks and a desire to push the limits of what was possible on a skateboard. I remember watching older skaters in the neighborhood and I was just fascinated by what they could do on a skateboard. It was like a whole new world opened up to me. Mullen's passion for skateboarding led him to become a regular at local skate parks, where he honed his skills and developed his unique style. One of the defining moments in ronnie mullen's career was invention of the flat ground ollie, a trick that would change skateboarding forever at the time. The ollie, a maneuver that allows the skateboarder to jump with the board without using their hands could only be performed on ramps and transitions. Mullins innovation brought this trick to flat ground, opening up a world of possibilities for skateboarders. Mullen's dedication to innovation didn't stop there. He went on to create and popularize numerous other tricks, including the kickflip and heel flip and dark slide, each pushing the boundaries of what was thought possible on a skateboard. Despite his remarkable achievements, ronnie mullen faced his share of challenges along the way. Injuries were a constant threat in the world of skateboarding and Mullen experienced his share of setbacks. However, his determination and resilience always saw him through.
Speaker 1:I know there's other countless documentaries. You guys like he's done some TED Talks and other stuff like the Bones Brigade documentary. He's in that heavy like was documentaries. You guys like he's done like some ted talks and other stuff like the um, the bones brigade documentary. He's in that heavy like um. I know there's a lot of shit there too.
Speaker 1:That happened with his dad. Um, like I think his dad wanted him to take a more traditional career path or something like that, if I'm not mistaken. Um, and it was like he like I think he made him even stop skateboarding for a little bit and that just put him in. I mean, they don't explicitly say this, but from what he was saying it seems like he was going through some depression, yeah, because of that, um. So that's just to say, like, whatever we get into here, like you guys should go seriously go watch some more of this stuff because, like it's, no one's going to do it justice over himself like saying these stories, uh, so I saw one one of those documentaries, at least a clip where I think he made a deal with his dad that if he didn't win a certain competition he'd just quit skateboarding.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like go get a job. And I don't remember if it was that he won and he was like I'm gonna keep doing it, or if he lost and actually did quit for a minute.
Speaker 1:But either way, I remember that story being really amazing, I think yeah, that's, I think he did quit and like that's when he like kind of like went back to florida and like kind of maybe hermited because he like it's so very clear that this person was put on this earth for skateboarding. Like, yeah, whatever deity or god that you look up to, that being fucking put, rodney Mullen, on earth and was like this dude is for skateboarding.
Speaker 2:Yeah, Like you, just look at everything. It's interesting hearing him say like I saw the older kids in the neighborhood skateboarding is and it was amazed seeing them do like twirly birds and zoom, zomps and stuff like that. And he's like well, I'm going to go make it cool, yeah, this whole thing yeah, it's like fuck these nerds, I gotta go, I gotta do my own thing.
Speaker 1:Rodney mullen's influence extends far beyond the skateboarding community. He has become an advocate for creativity, innovation, inspiring people from all walks of life to pursue their passions and think outside the box. His ted talks and interviews have garnered millions of views, spreading his message of empowerment and self-discovery. Skateboarding is a canvas for self-expression. It's a reminder that you can create your own path. Today, rodney Mullen continues to inspire the next generation of skaters and innovators, leading an enduring legacy in the world of sports, creativity and entrepreneurship. Leading an enduring legacy in the world of sports, creativity and entrepreneurship. So, yeah, that's. I mean like we were just saying there's so much shit out there that he's putting out for and it's like it all goes back. It feels like it all goes back to that where it's like you gotta fucking, yeah find what you love and do it, whether it's like for money or not. Like it seems like it's just pushing people to find the thing that they actually love and get good at it, no matter what.
Speaker 2:He's been a good spokesperson for, like, going out into the mainstream, making quotey fingers and like it's on video, I can see it, oh, they can see it bridging, bridging the gap, if you're listening to this in your car pull over real quick.
Speaker 1:Yeah, pull this up the yeah.
Speaker 2:Go on youtube, uh, subscribe, hit the bell so you get notifications and then go to this time stamp and see me do quotey fingers. Yeah, go to this time stamp.
Speaker 1:uh, you know, sometimes I do. You know the YouTube videos that have the timeline separated. But you know, it is such a nice thing, oh, it's such an upgrade, it's a first world issue. But like just being able to look at that timeline and each little section have its own. I guess it's like on like DVDs, when DVDs had like chapters.
Speaker 2:you just skip a couple chapters instead of fast forwarding.
Speaker 1:You're like.
Speaker 2:I used to have to scrub through and just buffer every time like a fucking idiot.
Speaker 1:But yeah, it's kind of crazy that like, okay, so 66. So how old is he technically?
Speaker 2:So 63 would make you 60.
Speaker 1:So he's 63. Do that math, do it so. So he's 63. Do that math. Do it now. He's 63. If born in, 63 would make him 60. Yeah, so 66 makes him 63, right, did I do the math the right way?
Speaker 2:or they go the wrong way.
Speaker 1:57. This is why we need someone on the computer at all times I can pull it up. I could pull it up. Look, watch this, runny. If I was a better podcaster I would have looked this up. Low key 57. I went the wrong way. He's 57.
Speaker 1:Um, same thing, but old I'm not a better podcaster so I just looked it up this way um, yeah, so to be 57 and still like, I mean, he's still skating, maybe not as crazy as he once was, um, but he's still skating and like, just like his fucking message is still getting out there and it's still like. And no one, like I know in skateboarding, like people like to make fun of old heads, but that, like Rodney Mullen is the old head, like the OG of old heads. So like nobody makes fun of Rodney Mullen for being an old head.
Speaker 2:No, no, what are you Bozo?
Speaker 1:Yeah, less than a minute by the way, yeah, I know, I see that. I mean, that's how I got to the end of my script. So anything else, I got to write them a little longer.
Speaker 2:Yeah, there we go.
Speaker 1:Well, so that's what I have written up for this episode on Rodney Mullen. Like I said earlier, I'm sure a better podcast probably would have had more juicy details for you, but we're still playing around with the format. I do enjoy doing these historical takes and I'd like to continue. If you guys have any suggestions, hit us up in the comments of a meme reel or whatever, and let us know the history of blank, what you want to hear.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean yeah. What else can you say about rodney mullen? I, I grew up with him on the tony hawk games. Uh, he's, I think, a crowd favorite in those games to play as and his little secret tapes were a maze oh yeah, you unlocked a 411 video part to rodney mullen and like you playing that.
Speaker 1:You're playing the game and you unlock other people's and you're like that's a pretty rad video part. And you unlock's, and you're like that's a pretty rad video part and you unlock his and you're like what the fuck did I just watch?
Speaker 2:I think we've talked about it in our video game episode, but Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is a lot of people's introduction to skateboarding, yeah. And you watch all of those secret tapes and stuff You're like, okay, I'm getting the gist of it. And then you see Rodney Mullullins. You're like wait a second, what?
Speaker 1:that's not the part of the board you ride. Yeah, you know, yeah, yeah, you see him like doing caspers and primos and dark slides and you're like he's using every side of that thing like does he know?
Speaker 2:his board is upside down right now.
Speaker 1:Yeah, which I know like dark slides are like considered goofy or fucking whatever.
Speaker 2:But well, it's, as I was gonna say, like a lot of his, like the ollie and the kickflip and tray flip. So many of his tricks became like ubiquitous and like just commonplace, but then so many of them, when you see one out in the wild, it's like seeing a unicorn yeah, is that a dark side?
Speaker 1:well, and now that you say that, like I and I'm sure this isn't like groundbreaking a lot of people do like I judge certain people's style in skateboarding off their tray flips.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And, like, unknowingly, that's because of Rodney Mullen, like yeah totally. I will see someone, even myself, that I can't tray flip.
Speaker 2:I'll see like a really dirty, gross looking tray flip and I'm just like nope, and so many like seeing rodney skate is he's got such a distinctly rodney mullen style. Yeah, I think it's like. I think it's in secret life of walter middy, that movie, where in it ben stiller's supposed to be doing like some freestyle, like primo flips and stuff, but the minute it cuts to seeing someone do that, you're like wait, that's rodney mullen. Yeah, yeah and it is. It is rodney mullen in that nice definitely tell yeah, that's.
Speaker 1:And that happened with a lot of those dudes like stacy peralta and tony hawk.
Speaker 1:They like put them in a lot of shit like that too, where it's like camera cuts away and cuts back to and you're like, oh, that's 1980s, tony Hawk right now you can especially tell what it's Tony Hawk yeah big lanky motherfucker like in that speaking of, uh, tony Hawk's pro skater, I think in number two you can uh skate with Spider-Man, because they had like the Spider-Man game come out, so like cross promo, and then they had all he had his own secret tape and it was very clearly fucking Tony Hawk in the Spider-Man suit skating around like I don't remember Spider-Man being 6'1 and lanky as fuck yeah, and Spider-Man's kind of got some weak flag round kickflips yeah, spider-man looked really good on a vert yeah, he can make twists like a motherfucker, but don't watch him.
Speaker 2:Ollie on the ground that's crazy and I will say rodney mullins, ted talks. I think you know ted is like an institution in thinking I guess, um, but rodney's is up there with the best. Oh yeah, he really for being in a room full of scholars and academics. He super held his own and has had many interesting things to say on TED Talks.
Speaker 1:Oh, yeah, yeah, and he's just some fucking skateboarding kid from Florida and listening to him talk.
Speaker 2:he's got such a like a quiet, like meek cadence to the way he speaks.
Speaker 1:Yeah that's right. Like it's one of those voices where, like, you listen to him and you almost don't know why, but you can't stop listening to him and then like just in, like the tone and cadence of his voice. I'm glad you brought that up Because you're like, you're fascinated by just the way that he talks. And then you are listening to him and then you're hearing what he's saying and you're like this fucking dude is like we joked about it, like with the wall ride, but like he's on a different plane of reality. He just sees, like it's like, it's like neo in the matrix. We're like he sees maybe not I don't know if rodney his binary code is like it's all like little skateboards, you know like it's still ones and zeros, but it's yeah, it's a little skateboard, it's like skateboard binary code is what rodney mullen sees as yeah, it's gotta be I and he's like a monk, uh, and even if, again, if you hear him just talk about like life and stuff, you're like he's got it figured out yeah, that's the thing.
Speaker 1:It's like you watch his skate video parts, you're like he's a really good fucking skateboarder and you listen to him talk and you're like this dude he's on to something you're like.
Speaker 2:Will you be my dad?
Speaker 1:yeah I don't know dude, if rodney mullin was my dad, no offense to my real dad yeah, shout out to my dad yeah, shout out to like my actual dad Love that motherfucker. And I probably would. I don't know If you were just some punk like skateboarding nepo baby, where you're just like Rodney Mullen's my dad and then like you have to skateboard you know what I mean Like, look at Tony Hawk's kids.
Speaker 2:Oh, I love my dad, but his primo flips suck.
Speaker 1:Like if Rodney Mullen was your dad and you came home and were like I think I want to play football, dad, he would just be crutched. He would be like, oh my gosh, I've failed you.
Speaker 2:I've got to send you to the conversion camp. It's like Dad, I got my PhD.
Speaker 1:He's like dad, I got my phd. He's like okay, why don't you?
Speaker 2:do something. How many tricks have you invented? Yeah, none. Oh, you got a patent for some fucking product no one's gonna care about. Yeah, cool, yeah flip this board.
Speaker 1:I have a patent for tricks.
Speaker 2:Motherfucker, all of them how many ben stiller movies you've been in?
Speaker 1:I mean, yeah, if my dad hit me with that and I had zero and he had one, I would walk away losing that argument.
Speaker 2:Yeah, touche, yeah Got me there, but it's not.
Speaker 1:Tropic Thunder, Dad. That's what I'd tell him. Yeah, but it's not Tropic Thunder. Or Meet the Fockers.
Speaker 2:He's like how dare you?
Speaker 1:Oh my God, that's great. Well, that's our episode on Rodney Mullen. Uh, grayson, any, any, apologies, take back.
Speaker 2:shout outs here at the tail end, nope. In summary, rodney Mullen's sick. Yeah, watch his stuff. Uh, watch us talk about him.
Speaker 1:You got anything coming up, anything in the pipeline.
Speaker 2:Nothing outstanding, uh. Coming up anything in the pipeline? Nothing outstanding. Uh, feel good club's gonna be on the cobra cast, uh, so look for that wait, what's the? It's a podcast that's what I'm told um. It is on austin austin public tv or something oh, okay tight. I've just told, I just get told where to go and when to show up what if it's like between two ferns or something great? Actually I welcome that, that'd be, sick. We need, we need a little pushback.
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Speaker 1:Yes, yes, I meant to say it. Love y'all. Thanks for fucking coming by. Another one Keep your eyes out on not just for the memes, but some merch drop fucking reels. You know social media loves that vertical content, so we got to keep pushing it out. Yeah, a lot of people keep asking why we make memes, and we made a whole episode answering why we make memes.
Speaker 2:Listen to that this season too I answer your question with a question why do you keep eating them up?
Speaker 1:yeah, exactly yeah, share. Share these episodes as much as you share the memes. If you did that, we're golden baby. We're fucking tearing down Joe Rogan's tube and we're inserting ourselves into that bitch.
Speaker 2:We're getting sponsors left and right, we'd be doing full circle loops on our skateboards and motorcycles in there.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, I'll fucking get on YouTube and make someone else skateboard and we'll. If you guys share our episodes as much as you share the memes, we'll have enough money and sponsorship to buy Joe Rogan's studio from him. Flip it upside down and get I don't know fucking David Bagnoli to skate inside of it and make a video for you. We'll get Mr Beast to do all that for us.
Speaker 2:Our next guest, joe Biden, yeah.
Speaker 1:I don't know if our audience is going to like that one. Oh, maybe they would I don't care, maybe they would.
Speaker 2:No, I don't care who you like. Me either, they're all fucking pieces of shit, no matter what. Yeah, we're just the world's ending.
Speaker 1:It's fine, though, no big deal yeah, like really none of this matters, like no matter how many sponsors we do or don't get, like we've only got about five years until the solar flares take this all out hey, ride it out with us, maybe once the internet once the internet's gone. That that's it, baby. We're just going to trade goods and services.
Speaker 2:I'm going to have to be a mechanic again. Yeah, tune into our pirate radio. Yeah, oh, that would be sick?
Speaker 1:That would be sick. Yeah, what if the world ended but the power grid didn't go out? Yeah, so like it's kind of the apocalypse, there's still fucking like youtube, like you know what I mean. Like the youtube videos are like zombie hunters or fucking like I don't know the world's ending.
Speaker 2:People are dying around you, but you're still getting juicy, juicy memes from us.
Speaker 1:You're still getting memes and fucking like there's apocalypse.
Speaker 2:Am I right?
Speaker 1:people you went to high school with selling you pyramid schemes.
Speaker 2:They're like hey, do you want to be your?
Speaker 1:own boss.
Speaker 2:Fuck off, no Bye, schmatchma care, that's me censoring myself so I don't say the real thing, but you know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 1:Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, all right, that's it from us. Follow us everywhere, share us everywhere, share us everywhere. We'll see you on the next one.
Speaker 2:Love you, I'm out.