[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.21,0:00:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music) Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.35,0:01:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Skateboard sounds) (Music) Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.73,0:01:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.41,0:01:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that's what I've done with my life. (Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.10,0:01:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.74,0:01:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. (Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.38,0:01:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a kid, I grew up on a farm in Florida, Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.83,0:01:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I did what most little kids do. Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.79,0:01:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I played a little baseball, did a few other things like that, Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.52,0:01:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I always had the sense of being an outsider, Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.80,0:01:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it wasn't until I saw pictures in the magazines Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.70,0:01:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a couple other guys skate, I thought, Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.76,0:01:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wow, that's for me," you know? Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.52,0:01:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there was no coach standing directly over you, Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.96,0:01:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these guys, they were just being themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.86,0:01:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no opponent directly across from you. Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.25,0:01:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I loved that sense, so I started skating Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.96,0:01:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was about 10 years old, in 1977, Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.24,0:01:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I did, I picked it up pretty quickly. Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.92,0:02:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, here's some footage from about 1984. Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.83,0:02:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until '79 I won my first amateur championship, Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.12,0:02:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, by '81, I was 14, and I won Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.28,0:02:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my first world championship, Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.80,0:02:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was amazing to me, Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.21,0:02:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in a very real sense, that was the first real victory I had. Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.41,0:02:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, watch this. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.23,0:02:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a casper slide, where the board's upside down. Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.73,0:02:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental note on that one. (Laughs) Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.10,0:02:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this one here? An ollie. Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.70,0:02:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as she mentioned, that is overstated for sure, Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.90,0:02:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's why they called me the godfather Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.88,0:02:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of modern street skating. Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.79,0:02:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's some images of that. Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.75,0:02:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I was about halfway through my pro career in, Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.49,0:02:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say, the mid-'80s. Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.44,0:02:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freestyle itself, we developed all these flat ground tricks Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.85,0:02:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you saw, but there was evolving Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.75,0:03:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new kind of skateboarding, where guys were taking it Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.27,0:03:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the streets, and they were using that ollie, Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.12,0:03:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I showed you? They were using it to get up onto stuff Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.07,0:03:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like bleachers and handrails and over stairwells Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.98,0:03:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all kinds of cool stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.90,0:03:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was evolving upwards. Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.18,0:03:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, when someone tells you they're a skater today, Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.52,0:03:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they pretty much mean a street skater, Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.76,0:03:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because freestyle, it took about five years for it to die, Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.07,0:03:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at that stage, I'd been a "champion" champion Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.03,0:03:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 11 years, which, phew! Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.53,0:03:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And suddenly it was over for me. That's it. Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.49,0:03:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was gone. They took my pro model off the shelf, Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.59,0:03:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was essentially pronouncing you dead publicly. Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.73,0:03:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how you make your money, you know? Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.84,0:03:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a signature board and wheels and shoes Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.57,0:03:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and clothes. I had all that stuff, and it's gone. Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.11,0:03:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crazy thing was, there was a really Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.03,0:03:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,liberating sense about it, because I no longer had to protect Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.48,0:03:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my record as a champion. "Champion," again. Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.70,0:03:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Champion sounds so goofy, but it's what it was, right? Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.33,0:04:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got to -- What drew me to skateboarding, the freedom Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.24,0:04:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was now restored, where I could just create things, Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.08,0:04:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's where the joy was for me, always, Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.28,0:04:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was creating new stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.94,0:04:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing that I had was a deep well of tricks Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.05,0:04:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to draw from that were rooted in these flat ground tricks. Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.79,0:04:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stuff the normal guys were doing was very much different. Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.85,0:04:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as humbling and rotten as it was — Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.26,0:04:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And believe me, it was rotten. I would go to skate spots, Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.15,0:04:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was already, like, "famous guy," right? Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.93,0:04:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everyone thought I was good. But in this new terrain, Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.02,0:04:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was horrible. So people would go, "Oh, he's all -- Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.92,0:04:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, what happened to Mullen?" (Laughter) (Laughs) Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.24,0:04:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, humbling as it was, I began again. Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.91,0:04:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are some tricks that I started to bring Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.64,0:04:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that new terrain. (Skateboard noises) Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.26,0:04:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, there's this undergirding layer of influence of freestyle Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.08,0:04:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made me — Oh, that one? Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.57,0:04:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's, like, the hardest thing I've ever done. Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.61,0:04:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, look at that. It's a darkslide. Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.66,0:04:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See how it's sliding on the backside? Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.19,0:05:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are super-fun. (Laughter) And, actually, not that hard. Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.20,0:05:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, at the very root of that, see, caspers, Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.82,0:05:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see how you throw it? (Skateboard noises) Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.51,0:05:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simple as that, right? No biggie. (Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.02,0:05:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And your front foot, the way it grabs it, is -- Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.01,0:05:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd seen someone slide on the back of the board like that, Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.66,0:05:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was like, "How can I get it over?" Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.26,0:05:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that had not yet been done. And then it dawned Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.89,0:05:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on me, and here's part of what I'm saying. Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.27,0:05:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an infrastructure. I had this deep layer, where Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.09,0:05:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was like, oh my gosh, it's just your foot. Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.25,0:05:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just the way you throw your board over. Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.47,0:05:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just let the ledge do that, and it's easy, Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.52,0:05:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the next thing you know, there's 20 more tricks Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.44,0:05:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based out of the variations. Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.36,0:05:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's the kind of thing that, here, check this out, Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.71,0:05:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here's another way, and I won't overdo this. Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.88,0:05:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little indulgent, I understand. Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.11,0:05:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something called a primo slide. Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.58,0:05:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Skateboard noises) Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.38,0:05:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the funnest trick ever to do. Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.19,0:05:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Skateboard noises) Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.31,0:05:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like skinboarding. Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.18,0:05:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this one, look how it slides sideways, every which way? Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.06,0:06:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so when you're skating, and you take a fall, Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.84,0:06:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the board slips that way or that way. It's kind of predictable. Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.99,0:06:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This? It goes every which way. It's like a cartoon, the falls, Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.01,0:06:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what I love the most about it. Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.12,0:06:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so much fun to do. In fact, when I started doing them, Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.52,0:06:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember, because I got hurt. I had to get a knee surgery, Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.32,0:06:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right? So there were a couple of days where, actually Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.24,0:06:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a couple of weeks, where I couldn't skate at all. Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.30,0:06:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would give out on me. And I would watch the guys, Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.30,0:06:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd go to this warehouse where a lot of the guys Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.13,0:06:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were skating, my friends, and I was like, Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.76,0:06:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Man I gotta do something new. I want to do something new. Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.68,0:06:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to start fresh. I want to start fresh." Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.52,0:06:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the night before my surgery, I'd watched, Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.59,0:06:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was like, "How am I going to do this?" Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.98,0:06:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I ran up, and I jumped on my board, Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.72,0:06:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I cavemanned, and I flipped it down, Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.82,0:06:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember thinking, I landed so light-footed, thinking, Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.89,0:06:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if my knee gives, they'll just have more work to do in the morning. Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.88,0:06:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughs) (Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.52,0:06:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, when it was the crazy thing. Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.98,0:06:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how many of you guys have had surgery, Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.95,0:06:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but -- (Laughter) -- you are so helpless, right? Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.31,0:06:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're on this gurney and you're watching the ceiling go by, Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.66,0:07:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time it's always that, and right when they're putting Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.05,0:07:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mask on you before you go to sleep, Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.20,0:07:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all I was thinking is, "Man, when I wake up and I get better, Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.25,0:07:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first thing I'm going to do is film that trick." (Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.23,0:07:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And indeed I did. It was the very first thing I filmed, Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.72,0:07:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was awesome. Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.96,0:07:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let me -- I told you a little bit about the evolution Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.51,0:07:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the tricks. Consider that content, in a sense. Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.87,0:07:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we do as street skaters is, Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.04,0:07:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have these tricks. Say I'm working on darkslides, Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.28,0:07:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a primo, that you guys know this stuff now. (Laughter) (Laughs) Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.29,0:07:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you do is you cruise around the same streets that Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.55,0:07:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've seen a hundred times, but suddenly, because you Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.06,0:07:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already have something in this fixed domain of this target, Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.79,0:07:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like, what will match this trick? Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.13,0:07:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I expand, how can the context, how can Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.09,0:07:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the environment change the very nature of what I do? Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.90,0:07:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you drive and drive and drive, and, actually I gotta admit, Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.67,0:07:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because I was struggling with this because I'm here, Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.36,0:07:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'll just say it, is, I cannot tell you, not only to be here Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.77,0:08:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of you, but what a privilege it is to be at USC campus, Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.46,0:08:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I have been escorted off of this campus so many times. (Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.82,0:08:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.48,0:08:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me give you another example of how Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.37,0:08:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,context shapes content. Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.24,0:08:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a place not that far from here. Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.64,0:08:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a rotten neighborhood. Your first consideration is, Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.92,0:08:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,am I gonna get beat up? You go out and -- See this wall? Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.00,0:08:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's fairly mellow, and it's beckoning to do bank tricks, right? Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.28,0:08:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's this other aspect of it for wheelies, Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.08,0:08:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so check this out. There's a few tricks, again, Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.45,0:08:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how environment changes the nature of your tricks. Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.20,0:08:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freestyle oriented, manual down -- wheelie down. Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.62,0:08:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch, this one? Oh, I love this. It's like surfing, this one, Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.26,0:08:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way you catch it. Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.05,0:08:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one, a little sketchy going backwards, Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.35,0:08:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and watch the back foot, watch the back foot. Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.12,0:09:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oop. (Laughs) Mental note right there. Again, we'll get back to that. Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.05,0:09:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here. Back foot, back foot. Okay, up there? Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.03,0:09:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was called a 360 flip. Notice how the board flipped Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.64,0:09:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spun this way, both axes. Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.42,0:09:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And another example of how the context changed, Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.05,0:09:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the creative process for me and for most skaters, Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.98,0:09:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, you go, you get out of the car, you check for security, Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.32,0:09:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you check for stuff. (Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.50,0:09:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's funny, you get to know their rhythms, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.57,0:09:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the guys that cruise around, and Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.53,0:09:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skateboarding is such a humbling thing, man. Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.63,0:09:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter how good you are, right, you still gotta deal with — Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.17,0:09:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you hit this wall, and when I hit it, the first thing you do is Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.08,0:09:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you fall forward, and I'm like, all right, all right. Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.48,0:09:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you adjust, Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.10,0:09:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you punch it up, and then when I would do that, Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.46,0:09:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was throwing my shoulder this way, which Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.26,0:09:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I was doing it, I was like, "Oh wow, that's begging Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.71,0:09:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a 360 flip," because that's how you load up for a 360 flip. Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.63,0:09:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this is what I want to emphasize that, Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.97,0:10:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you can imagine, all of these tricks are made of Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.17,0:10:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sub-movements, executive motor functions, more granular Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.48,0:10:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the degree to which I can't quite tell you, but one thing Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.64,0:10:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do know is, every trick is made of combining two or three Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.07,0:10:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or four or five movements. And so, as I'm going up, Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.24,0:10:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these things are floating around, and you have to sort of Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.93,0:10:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let the cognitive mind, like, rest back, pull it back a little bit, Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.67,0:10:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let your intuition go as you feel these things. Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.46,0:10:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these sub-movements are just kind of floating around, Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.95,0:10:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as the wall hits you, they connect themselves Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.66,0:10:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to an extent, and that's when the cognitive mind, you think, Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.52,0:10:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, 360 flip, I'm going to make that." Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.65,0:10:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's how that works to me, the creative process, Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.05,0:10:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the process itself of street skating. Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.94,0:10:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, next — Oh, mind you. (Laughs) Those are the community. Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.70,0:10:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are some of the best skaters in the world. Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.36,0:10:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are my friends. Oh my gosh, they're such good people. Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.08,0:10:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the beauty of skateboarding is that, Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.62,0:10:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no one guy is the best. In fact, I know this is rotten to say, Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.20,0:10:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're my friends, but a couple of them actually Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.12,0:10:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't look that comfortable on their board. Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.61,0:11:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes them great is the degree to which Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.49,0:11:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they use their skateboarding to individuate themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.68,0:11:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single one of these guys, you look at them, Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.83,0:11:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see a silhouette of them, and you realize, like, Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.49,0:11:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, that's him, that's Haslam, that's Koston, Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.01,0:11:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's these guys, these are the guys. Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.00,0:11:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And skaters, I think they tend to be outsiders Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.29,0:11:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who seek a sense of belonging, Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.77,0:11:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but belonging on their own terms, Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.50,0:11:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and real respect is given by how much we take what Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.54,0:11:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other guys do, these basic tricks, 360 flips, Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.66,0:11:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we take that, we make it our own, and then we contribute Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.18,0:11:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to the community the inner way Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.83,0:11:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that edifies the community itself. Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.80,0:11:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The greater the contribution, the more we express and form Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.62,0:11:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our individuality, which is so important to a lot of us Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.57,0:11:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who feel like rejects to begin with. Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.70,0:11:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The summation of that gives us Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.74,0:11:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something we could never achieve as an individual. Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.49,0:12:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should say this. There's some sort of beautiful symmetry Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.87,0:12:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the degree to which we connect to a community Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.70,0:12:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in proportion to our individuality, which we are expressing Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.93,0:12:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by what we do. Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.19,0:12:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next. These guys. Very similar community Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.17,0:12:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's extremely conducive to innovation. Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.15,0:12:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice a couple of these shots from the Police Department. Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.16,0:12:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is quite similar. I mean, what is it to hack, right? Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.14,0:12:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's knowing a technology so well that you can manipulate it Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.64,0:12:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and steer it to do things it was never intended to do, right? Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.97,0:12:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're not all bad. Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.36,0:12:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be a Linux kernel hacker, make it more stable, right? Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.65,0:12:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More safe, more secure. You can be an iOS hacker, Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.35,0:12:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make your iPhone do stuff it wasn't supposed to. Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.16,0:12:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not authorized, but not illegal. Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.73,0:12:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you've got some of these guys, right? Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.53,0:12:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they do is very similar to our creative process. Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.09,0:12:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They connect disparate information, Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.23,0:12:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they bring it together in a way that Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.99,0:12:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a security analyst doesn't expect. Right? Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.34,0:13:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't make them good people, Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.39,0:13:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's at the heart of engineering, at the heart of Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.08,0:13:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a creative community, an innovative community, Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.58,0:13:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the open source community, the basic ethos of it Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.19,0:13:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, take what other people do, make it better, Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.08,0:13:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give it back so we all rise further. Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.47,0:13:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very similar communities, very similar. Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.68,0:13:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have our edgier sides, too. It's funny, my dad was right. Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.53,0:13:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are my peers. Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.03,0:13:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I respect what they do, and they respect what I do, Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.44,0:13:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they can do things. It's amazing what they can do. Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.93,0:13:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, one of them, he was Ernst & Young's Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.68,0:13:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Entrepreneur of the Year for San Diego County, Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.80,0:13:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they're not, you never know who you're dealing with. Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.23,0:13:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've all had some degree of fame. Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.55,0:13:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I've had so much success that I Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.18,0:13:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strangely always feel unworthy of. Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.72,0:13:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had a patent, and that was cool, and we started Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.90,0:13:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a company, and it grew, and it became the biggest, and then Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.10,0:13:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it went down, and then it became the biggest again, Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.70,0:13:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is harder than the first time, and then we sold it, Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.76,0:14:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we sold it again. Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.16,0:14:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've had some success. And in the end, Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.63,0:14:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you've had all of these things, what is it that continues to Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.42,0:14:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drive you? As I mentioned, the knee stuff and these things, Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.45,0:14:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is it that will punch you? Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.06,0:14:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's not just the mind. Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.70,0:14:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it that will punch you and make you do something Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.19,0:14:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring it to another level, and when you've had it all, Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.23,0:14:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes, guys, they die on the vine with all of that talent, Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.90,0:14:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the things we've had, all of us, is fame, Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.18,0:14:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the best kind of fame, because you can take it off. Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.50,0:14:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been all around the world, Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.09,0:14:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there will be a thousand kids crying out your name, Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.56,0:14:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's such a weird, visceral experience. Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.12,0:14:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, it's disorienting. Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.30,0:14:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you get in a car, and you drive away, Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.19,0:14:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 10-minute drive, and you get out, Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.43,0:14:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no one gives a rat's who you are. (Laughs) Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.66,0:14:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it gives you that clarity of perspective of, man, Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.32,0:14:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just me, and popularity, what does Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.02,0:14:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really mean again? Not much. Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.14,0:14:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's peer respect that drives us. That's the one thing that Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.98,0:14:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes us do what we do. I've had over a dozen bones, Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.07,0:15:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these guys, this guy, over, what, eight, 10 concussions, Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.77,0:15:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the point where it's comedy, right? Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.13,0:15:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is actually comedy. They mess with him. Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.50,0:15:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next. And this is something deeper, and this is where I'm — Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.94,0:15:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I was on tour when I, I was reading one of the Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.63,0:15:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feynman biographies. It was the red one or the blue one. Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.83,0:15:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he made this statement that was so profound to me. Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.10,0:15:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was that the Nobel Prize Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.83,0:15:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the tombstone on all great work, Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.09,0:15:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it resonated because I had won 35 out of 36 contests Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.43,0:15:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'd entered over 11 years, and it made me bananas. Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.31,0:15:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, winning isn't the word. I won it once. Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.58,0:15:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rest of the time, you're just defending, Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.89,0:15:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get into this, like, turtle posture, you know? Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.16,0:15:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where you're not doing. It usurped the joy of what I loved Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.09,0:15:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do because I was no longer doing it to create and have fun, Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.31,0:15:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when it died out from under me, that was one of Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.56,0:15:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most liberating things because I could create. Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.65,0:16:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, I understand that I am on the very edge Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.59,0:16:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of preachy, right here. I'm not here to do that. Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.73,0:16:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just that I'm in front of a very privileged audience. Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.19,0:16:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you guys aren't already leaders in your community, Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.12,0:16:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you probably will be, and if there's anything I can give you Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.35,0:16:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will transcend what I've gotten from skateboarding, Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.86,0:16:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only things of meaning, I think, and of permanence, Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.02,0:16:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not fame, it's not all these things. What it is Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.22,0:16:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that there's an intrinsic value in creating something Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.70,0:16:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the sake of creating it, and better than that, Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.31,0:16:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, man, I'm 46 years old, or I'll be 46, and how Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.94,0:16:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pathetic is that I'm still skateboarding, but there is — Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.23,0:16:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) -- there is this beauty in dropping it into Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.84,0:16:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a community of your own making, and seeing it dispersed, Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.18,0:16:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seeing younger, more talented, just different talent, Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.90,0:16:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take it to levels you can never imagine, Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.30,0:16:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that lives on. So thank you for your time. Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.39,0:17:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.62,0:17:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Krisztina Holly: I have a question for you. Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.94,0:17:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you've really reinvented yourself in the past from Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.18,0:17:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freestyle to street, and, I think it was about four years ago Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.29,0:17:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you officially retired. Is that it? What's next? Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.22,0:17:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rodney Mullen: That's a good question. Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.57,0:17:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KH: Something tells me it's not the end. Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.88,0:17:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RM: Yeah. I, every time you think you've chased something Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.20,0:17:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down, it's funny, no matter how good you are, Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.67,0:17:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know guys like this, it feels like you're polishing a turd. Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.50,0:17:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know? (Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.99,0:17:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, the only way I can extend this Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.64,0:17:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to change something infrastructural, Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.88,0:17:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so that's what I proceeded to do, through a long story, Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.14,0:17:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of desperation, so if I do it, rather than talk about it, Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.43,0:17:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I do it, you'll be the first to know. KH: All right, we won't ask you any more. Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.27,0:17:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RM: You'll get a text. Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.47,0:17:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KH: (Laughs) Right. Thank you. Good job. (Applause)\NRM: Thank you. Thank you. (Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.86,0:17:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)