{"product_id":"the-mutt-how-to-skateboard-and-not-kill-yourself","title":"The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt age six  Rodney Mullen was the family misfit who had to wear braces to straighten out his pigeon-toed feet. But by age fourteen  he was a world-champion skateboarder -- and for the next decade lost only one contest. Now  for the first time  Rodney tells the incredible story of his ascent to fame as the number one nerd in a sport where anarchy is often encouraged. Rodney learned to skate by himself on the family farm  his only company the wandering cows. As a teenager he traveled the world for demonstrations  invented the flatground ollie -- a trick that laid the foundation for modern street skating -- and in ten years garnered thirty-five world skating titles. While acing skateboard contests Rodney also earned straight As in school  but his father forced him to abandon his fame and the fortune he could make from the sport he loved. Rodney was unable to stop for very long though  even after freestyle skating went out of fashion and the skateboarding world abandoned him. He adapted to street skating and eventually became one of the most innovative and influential skaters of all time. Its all here: everything from his eating and sleeping disorders to his comical experiences with loan sharks  occult-obsessed relatives  and the FBI. The Mutt is a look at Rodneys strange journey from penniless skateboarder to millionaire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946863652917,"sku":"ByrdShop_0060556188","price":129.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780060556181.jpg?v=1769969606","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-mutt-how-to-skateboard-and-not-kill-yourself","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}