Pop an ollie and innovate! | Rodney Mullen | TED

Why HN readers recommended it

HN people share it as an inspiring talk linking skateboarding creativity to hacking and open-source knowledge sharing.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

TED

Topic

creativity and innovation in skateboarding

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Talk on innovating in your field by Rodney Mullens: [VIDEO] Grew up playing Tony Hawk. His talk really inspired me follow my creativity.

• Really awesome seeing someone talk about skateboarding here on HN as it relates to the subjects covered by Knuth in this article. I grew up skateboarding and I credit the years those years with a huge amount of learning I didn't even know I was …

• Cue Rodney Mullen’s TED talk: “Pop a Ollie and Innovate!”. If anyone’s in a position to draw such a comparison between skaters and hackers, it’s the Godfather of skateboarding. Also, “This is Eric Koston”, the comparison is indirect, but the section around “we’re trespassers” resonates …