Larry Linkogle co-founded Metal Mulisha with Brian Deegan. He came out of motocross racing and built the original Mulisha Compound at his family's home in Temecula. Link and the crew were building jumps and riding freestyle there in the early days of FMX.

He rode big natural terrain jumps, filmed for Crusty Demons and rode their live shows. In 2005 he jumped 255 feet in Australia.

Link was tired of the politics in motocross and wanted more control over his own riding. He started making Mulisha shirts for himself and his friends with stencils and spray paint. He wanted to hire his friends and back the riding they were already doing.