Which his nickname was ollie..and rodney was the first to do a real ollie..cause the first guy, Alan Gelfand, only did them on banks with just popping it when sliding back down into the other side of banks..he had no clue what he was doing..rodney, learned how to pop the board good enough to get over 6 inches..which was considered the first real ollie..but he wasnt the first to do one.