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

• Zero: Thrill Of It All (1997)
• Zero: Misled Youth (1999)
• Zero: "Dying To Live" (2001)
• Transworld: The Reason (1999)
• Globe: Opinion (2001)^[9]
• Black Label: Back in Black (2006)
• Globe: United by Fate 1 (2007)^[10]
• Globe: United by Fate 2 (2007)^[11]
• Globe: Money for Blood (2007)^[12]
• Globe: United by Fate 3 (2008)^[13]
• Globe: United by Fate 4 (2008)^[14]
• Globe: United by Fate 5 (2009)^[15]
• Globe: United by Fate 6 (2010)^[16]
• Slave: Radio/Television (2009)

References

External links

• Matt Mumford at IMDB