Skate TED
Tuesday 12 June 2012 This tricksy vid of "greatest freestyle skateboarder of all time" Rodney Mullen talking at a TEDx event in California recently, presents a new spatial dimension discovered through skateboarding. Watch it.
How Context Shapes Content, was the title of his talk in early May. From the blurb by the TEDxUSC (University of California):
"What do skateboarding and innovation have in common? More than you might think. A successful entrepreneur and innovator, Rodney Mullen is widely considered the most influential street skater in history, inventing most of the tricks used today. By the time he was 23, Mullen had already set new milestones for skateboarding winning 35 out of 36 freestyle competitions.
"He studied engineering at University of Florida before co-founding World Industries, the largest skate company of the 90's, which was acquired for more than $20m. He continues to skate, innovate, and design 30 years after he won his first world championship at the age of 11. Mullen spends his spare time thinking about open source communities, hacking the urban terrain, and transforming the mundane into something new. He's be featured in upcoming documentary The Bones Brigade."
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