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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