Matt Mumford

Matt Mumford (born 6 April 1974) is an Australian professional skateboarder.

Early life

Mumford was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and grew up in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Professional skateboarding

Mumford first gained attention when photographed by J Grant Brittain while skateboarding in his local area; at the time, Brittain was on tour with Mike McGill. Mumford later traveled to the United States (US) in 1993 to pursue a skateboarding career and was initially sponsored by McGill's Chapter 7 brand (later renamed "Shaft"), before moving to Invisible Skateboards.

Mumford was then asked by professional skateboarder Jamie Thomas to join a new brand at the time, Zero Skateboards, in 1996.[2]

Following Mumford's sponsorship deal with the Globe shoe company, he released signature shoe models named "Mumford" (2003)[3] and "The Alter".[4] Mumford was featured on the cover of Thrasher Magazine in March 2004 performing the "crail slide" skateboard trick.[5]

Following a brief stint with the now-defunct Adio shoe brand, Mumford was then recruited by the Supra footwear brand and joined team members such as Erik Ellington and Jim Greco.[6] Mumford released a shoe model as part of Supra's Vaider low pack in 2011.[7]

Sponsors

As of November 2013, Mumford is sponsored by Slave, Supra, Theeve Trucks, Bones Wheels and Shake Junt.[1][8]

Personal life

As of November 2013, Mumford resides in Encinitas, California, US.[1]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Team - Matt Mumford". Supra. One Distribution. November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Skin Phillips (13 July 2001). "Matt Mumford Interview". Transworld Skateboarding. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Globe Shoes - Mumford". skately. Skately LLC. 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  4. ↑ pbarranco (22 May 2007). "Matt Mumford's The Altar". YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Displaying items by tag: March". Thrasher. BNQT Media Group. 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  6. ↑ ESPN Action Sports (21 September 2010). "Matt Mumford welcomed to Supra footwear". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "SUPRA PRESENTS THE MATT MUMFORD HALLOWEEN VAIDER LOW". SUPRA Footwear. ONE Distribution. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Slave Spring 2012". World Wide Slave. Slave Skateboards. September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  9. ↑ Opinion at IMDB
  10. ↑ United by Fate 1 at IMDB
  11. ↑ United by Fate 2 at IMDB
  12. ↑ Money For Blood at IMDB
  13. ↑ United by Fate 3 at IMDB
  14. ↑ United By Fate 4 at IMDB
  15. ↑ United By Fate 5 at IMDB
  16. ↑ United By Fate 6 at IMDB

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