Editing Rodney Mullen (section)

===Almost and Dwindle Distribution===
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|"The biggest obstacle to creativity is breaking through the barrier of disbelief."<br/>&mdash;Rodney Mullen, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBbmNAZWq-E|title=On getting up again|last=Mullen|first=Rodney|date=October 2013|publisher=TEDxOrangeCoast|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=2019-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101232140/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBbmNAZWq-E|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Mullen subsequently left Enjoi to co-found [[Almost Skateboards]] with [[Daewon Song]], who had been unable to find success with the two preceding deck companies that he had founded, Deca and Artafact. Mullen and Song proceeded to recruit Cooper Wilt (a former Artafact rider), [[Chris Haslam (skateboarder)|Chris Haslam]] (a former Deca and Artafact rider), [[Greg Lutzka]], and [[Ryan Sheckler|Ryan Scheckler]] to form the initial basis of the company.

After years of success and controversy, [[Steve Rocco]] decided to sell [[World Industries]]. In 2002, World Industries, under the holding name "Kubic Marketing," was sold to [[Globe International]] for US$46 million. Its owner Rocco and Mullen, a principal investor, both became instant multimillionaires.  Kubic's management remained intact, and Mullen began working for Globe under the [[Dwindle Distribution]] brand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kubic Buys Globe|url=http://skateboarding.transworld.net/2002/07/05/globe-buys-kubic/|work=Transworld Skateboarding|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|access-date=26 September 2012|date=5 July 2002|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920080906/https://skateboarding.transworld.net/news/globe-buys-kubic/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{As of|2012|12}}, Mullen remains the co-owner and a team rider for the Almost brand; his role at Almost also includes research and development on new designs and technologies, including Impact Support, Double Impact, and Uber Light.<ref>{{cite web|title=Impact Support|url=http://almostawebsite.com/impact-support/|work=Almost a website|publisher=almost skateboards|access-date=26 September 2012|year=2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205164332/http://www.almostawebsite.com/impact-support/|archive-date=5 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Double Impact|url=http://almostawebsite.com/double-impact/|work=Almost a website|publisher=almost skateboards|access-date=26 September 2012|year=2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120234850/http://almostawebsite.com/double-impact/|archive-date=20 January 2013}}</ref>  The Uber Light design was a collaborative effort between Mullen and the CL Composites company, utilizing a design that consists of "a deck inside a deck", whereby, "The internal carbon fiber foam deck is ultra-light and nearly as stiff as metal. It acts like rebar, or a skeleton embodied by a standard 7-ply layup. It also vastly improved the lateral rigidity. The deck wears, slides, and looks like a normal 7-ply, but it's lighter and has a supernatural pop that lasts far longer than any normal deck."<ref>{{cite web|title=Uber Light|url=http://almostawebsite.com/uber-light/|work=Almost A Website|publisher=Almost Skateboards|access-date=23 December 2012|year=2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624180955/http://almostawebsite.com/uber-light/|archive-date=24 June 2013}}</ref>

Mullen also contributes to the design of experimental and composite deck constructions for Dwindle's other brands, such as [[Blind Skateboards|Blind]] and Darkstar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guarantees|url=http://darkstarskate.com/guarantee/wood/|work=Darkstar|access-date=26 September 2012|year=2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225040242/http://darkstarskate.com/guarantee/wood/|archive-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>