Mullen started skateboarding on borrowed boards when he was 8 and at age 10 he got his first skateboard. His father opposed his son's wishes to practice the sport, however, he finally agreed to give Rodney a skateboard on condition that he always wore pads, with the understanding that if he were to ever get hurt, he would have to quit. On January 1, 1977, Mullen had his first skateboard, a black Bonzai.
His first sponsor was the Inland Surf Shop where he used to skate in their carpark. After winning first place at the Kona contest in 1979, he was sponsored by Walker Skateboards. In 1980 at 13 he turned professional after winning first place in freestyle competition, and began skateboarding for the legendary Powell Peralta Bones Brigade team.
In 1988, Mullen appeared in the feature film Gleaming the Cube, alongside fellow Bones Brigade team members and movie star Christian Slater. Mullen's other videos include The Bones Brigade Video Show, Bones Brigade Video II: Future-Primitive, Bones Brigade Video III: The Search for Animal Chin, and Bones Brigade Video IV: Public Domain, the Mullen vs. Daewon series and most recently Almost Round 3. He also appeared as a guest on That's Incredible!.
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