Editing Rodney Mullen (section)

=== Bones Brigade ===
Shortly thereafter, Mullen turned professional as a member of the renowned [[Bones Brigade]] team (the team was sponsored by the skateboard company [[Powell Peralta]]). Mullen was recommended to the Bones Brigade by skateboarder Tim Scroggs, who was a member of the team and a fellow Floridian. Scroggs specifically recommended Mullen to company co-founder [[Stacy Peralta]], whom Mullen highly admired.<ref name="Lem" />  Mullen competed voraciously throughout the 1980s, often frustrating competitors and judges with his consistency and progressive ability.<ref name="Mullen 2004">[[#Mullen04|Mullen 2004]]</ref>

Like most skaters at the time, Mullen skated a mix of styles, including some [[vert skateboarding|vert]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2xWBlfr1h0&t=3m40s|title=Rodney Mullen sits down with Tony Hawk—Dissent Part 1 of 2|last=Hawk|first=Tony|date=June 6, 2012|website=YouTube.com|publisher=RIDE Channel|access-date=2021-03-15|quote=I've known Rodney so long that I did get to see him skate sort of transition and bowls, and I saw Rodney Mullen do a hand-plant in a little bowl one time, with full gear and wrist guards, in vert—I saw it.}}</ref> before skateboarding became more clearly delineated, as skaters who were more freestyle-oriented gravitated toward [[street skateboarding|street]] and those who had skated more transition, bowls, and pools went into vert.

Mullen enrolled in the [[chemical engineering]] program at the [[University of Florida]], leaving during his senior year prior to completing his degree in order to take over management of [[World Industries]] with fellow Bones Brigade team member and company co-founder Steve Rocco.<ref name="MIT"/>