Matt Mumford

{{short description|Australian professional skateboarder (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2011}} '''Matt Mumford''' (born 6 April 1974) is an Australian professional skateboarder.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exclusive Video: Matt Mumford talks about his new deal with Supra and his favorite skaters on the rise|url=http://www.espn.com/action/skateboarding/blog/_/post/5628951/matt-mumford|access-date=2020-10-25|website=X Games}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Matt Mumford in "Back in Black"|url=https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/trash/matt-mumford-in-back-in-black/|access-date=2020-10-25|website=www.thrashermagazine.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life== Mumford was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and grew up in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.<ref name="One" />

==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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Mumford Interview|url=http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000010496/features/matt-mumford-interview/|publisher=Transworld Skateboarding|access-date=29 February 2012|author=Skin Phillips|date=13 July 2001}}</ref>

Following Mumford's sponsorship deal with the Globe shoe company, he released signature shoe models named "Mumford" (2003)<ref>{{cite web|title=Globe Shoes - Mumford|url=http://skately.com/library/shoes/globe-shoes-mumford|work=skately|publisher=Skately LLC|access-date=26 September 2012|year=2012}}</ref> and "The Alter".<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Mumford's The Altar|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggxb37kkypY|via=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=24 September 2012|author=pbarranco|date=22 May 2007}}</ref> Mumford was featured on the cover of ''Thrasher Magazine'' in March 2004 performing the "crail slide" skateboard trick.<ref>{{cite web|title=Displaying items by tag: March|url=http://www.thrashermagazine.com/tags/march/|work=Thrasher|publisher=BNQT Media Group|access-date=15 September 2012|year=2012}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Mumford welcomed to Supra footwear|url=https://www.espn.com/action/skateboarding/news/story?id=5600011|access-date=29 February 2012|author=ESPN Action Sports|date=21 September 2010}}</ref> Mumford released a shoe model as part of Supra's Vaider low pack in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=SUPRA PRESENTS THE MATT MUMFORD HALLOWEEN VAIDER LOW|url=http://www.suprafootwear.com/news/2011/10/27/Mumford_Vaider|work=SUPRA Footwear|publisher=ONE Distribution|access-date=26 September 2012|date=27 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805031843/http://www.suprafootwear.com/news/2011/10/27/Mumford_Vaider|archive-date=5 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Sponsors=== As of November 2013, Mumford is sponsored by Slave, Supra, Theeve Trucks, Bones Wheels and Shake Junt.<ref name="One">{{cite web|title=Team - Matt Mumford|url=http://www.suprafootwear.com/team/mumford|work=Supra|publisher=One Distribution|access-date=3 November 2013|date=November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104215040/http://www.suprafootwear.com/team/mumford|archive-date=4 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Slave Spring 2012|url=http://www.worldwideslave.com/sp12/index.html|work=World Wide Slave|publisher=Slave Skateboards|access-date=26 September 2012|date=September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818080431/http://www.worldwideslave.com/sp12/index.html|archive-date=18 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life== As of November 2013, Mumford resides in Encinitas, California, US.<ref name="One" />

==Filmography== * Zero: ''Thrill of It All'' (1997) * Zero: ''Misled Youth'' (1999) * Zero: "Dying To Live" (2001) * Transworld: ''The Reason'' (1999) * Globe: ''Opinion'' (2001)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369796/ ''Opinion'' at IMDB]</ref> *Black Label: ''Back in Black'' (2006) * Globe: ''United by Fate 1'' (2007)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1332064/ ''United by Fate 1'' at IMDB]</ref> * Globe: ''United by Fate 2'' (2007)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1324034/ ''United by Fate 2'' at IMDB]</ref> * Globe: ''Money for Blood'' (2007)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1906431/ ''Money For Blood'' at IMDB]</ref> * Globe: ''United by Fate 3'' (2008)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313265/ ''United by Fate 3'' at IMDB]</ref> * Globe: ''United by Fate 4'' (2008)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1833125/ ''United By Fate 4'' at IMDB]</ref> * Globe: ''United by Fate 5'' (2009)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1833126/ ''United By Fate 5'' at IMDB]</ref> * Globe: ''United by Fate 6'' (2010)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1833829/ ''United By Fate 6'' at IMDB]</ref> * Slave: ''Radio/Television'' (2009)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1343066/filmotype Matt Mumford] at IMDB

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