I remember seeing Mat Hoffman, Dennis McCoy, and Dave Mirra at the state Fair in Texas in the early 90s. I was about 11 years old and thought it was the coolest thing at the time, there was no internet and the only way we had to watch people ride was still photos in magazines.
@@NickWixx yeah I was lucky enough to have played both and I agree , they both are great games and very fun but mat Hoffman was crazy with the tricks and the second game was good to so many cool riders and the flat land stuff was crazy , I’m glad I got to play games like that as a kid , my first game with my ps2 was Dave Mirra , I always remember the slim Jim guy you can play as , also RIP Dave
Dude's this is awesome! Mat Hoffman is a legend! That ACL surgery in Canada is definitely my favorite story. Mat is so awesome he's signing autographs and sending them out with hb orders. I got one and cherish it. Thanks for everything you did for bmx. And thank you to the other gentleman for making ride BMX. I bought them alot. As a matter of fact I would buy a issue and cut out logos from ads inside to make my own stickers for my bike and helmet haha.
I'm only just seeing this video now, but you really need to make a full series of these. It seems like Mat has so many stories you could probably do dozens of episodes. You've only just covered the early 90s, so could go back and do some of the early stuff in the 80s and then some of the later 90s stuff. Huge Hoffman fan for years and its great to hear some of the stories behind the riding.
Matt is a legend he risked limb and life to push or sport forward. Who knows where BMX would have been now without him. Such a tremendous force for good in vert riding. When I was a teenager I would watch and be like nobody does what he does. Even a trick as basic as a cancan he would extend it so far it would become a masterpiece aerial. Much love and respect to Matt.
I´m titerally in tears... I have soo much love for you Mat, risking it all for the passion of riding! Btw: Brad, Go and Ride mag was the bible for us back then, thank you from the bottom of my heart!
There has never been such a huge shift in any action sports as when matt hit the scene, he was just on another level to everyone, night and day apart. When his vert domination wasn't enough, he builds big air and gets towed !!!! Remember this was all before phones and Internet. It was mid blowing. 🙌🙌🙌
I couldn't believe the pics in mags until I saw him rip the vert ramps apart @ Madison Square Garden (7/1986) AFA comp....all hail the one and only 👑....CONDOR
@1:09 I think that's the most famous photo in all of BMX. I rode ABA from 89 - 93 and knew a couple of the S&M riders who schooled me in Hoffman. Although he wasn't my pick for best BMXr, that honor goes to Allen Foster, he's a legend.
I met Mat Hoffman at the Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma right before The Descendants came on stage. What a epic night for me. I will never forget it!!!!
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Matt Hoffman is a legend & a true pioneer. Most youths today don’t even know who he is, he’s the guy that invented the majority of the trucks they’re trying to land/pull off. Remember watching Mad Matt on MTV in mid 90s. My pal, who is just naturally talented & pretty good at whatever he try’s bmx skateboard snowboard skiing whatever watched Mad Matt & ordered a Hoffman BMX. We are in U.K. & he paid just over £1600 for it back then. Obviously shipping & duty included. Still nearly as much as I paid for my first car, & def more than he paid for his first car which was a Lada he was gifted for free. Another of our pals was an official factory Raleigh mountain bike rider, Zoff had offers from lots of manufacturers/builders, but Raleigh gave by far the best deal, properly looked after him, & used to throw bikes at him all the time to try out. He always had the latest & best, even prototypes. We were all well envious.. Few of our other pals were involved in the scene & used to travel the world to race. A couple had Raleigh as a sponsor, they were good locally, but in America the Kellogg’s Championships ect, elsewhere in Europe & U.K. they never got anywhere, just weren’t good enough. We had some good times. We had a BMX dirt track built right on our doorstep where we literally lived. One of our pals Mums run a team, & got the funding & permission to build the course. In the late 90s everyone had lost interest. The races & club had disbanded years prior & the track just drew the undesirables. It became a well known local trouble spot, some bad crimes were committed there, so the council & police got it tore down, which is sad because there’s few places for kids/youths to go that don’t cost lots of money, and it was the only BMX track in our area. At its height it was a place people travelled to from all over. I lost touch with the lads in that scene years back. We all grew up, got jobs, married & had families. Good to see Matt still rippin shit up. Surprised Matts body held up all these years, after all the bad injuries he sustained. Comes with the territory, though. Didn’t realise Matt was the first to land a double somersault on his bike, everyone thinks it was done at the X Games by Mirra?? Hoffman IS & ALWAYS will be THE MAN!! Seems like forever ago I started following him as a young teen.
Wow. Mat Hoffman. This person is both sky high on his way of living, yet sooooo down to earth. Funny thing. I can listen to him forever. Big book of wisdom. Great interview Vital Bmx.
This is the best thing I've seen on RUclips for a while. Ron Wilkerson and Mat Hoffman were such huge inspirations to me and helped me learn the mindset of always progressing and not paying attention to what people thought. I was fortunate to compete with Mat in Ron's back yard at 2hip finals, then years later to compete in one of Mat's early BS contests in Lake Owen, Wisconsin. The sport at that point was "dead" but within the sport it was the most exciting time to see Mat, the Hoffman team, Jay Miron all going crazy. Mat's influence on BMX is perhaps only matched by Bob Haro's as far as importance to the freestyle movement. Thanks so much for sharing this!
Wow I never knew Matt was a truck driver. I grew up with a father who drove them started his own company down the road. I worked side by side with him for around 15yrs. STILL love hearing stories like Matts about the weight stations and dodging them,lol.. I received more stitches and staples riding BMX then I ever did riding or racing ATV's professionally.
He wasnt a truck driver so much as he drove his own truck show to show. You still have to weigh your load no matter what youre hauling. Even if no load is present. He just used it to haul his ramp.
Brad! I loved Go mag!!! I been into bikes for over 35 years now.. watched Matt from grom days. You are both true pioneers and dedicated for life. Respect. This was good to watch. The legendary Ramp truck! Had a pic of it on my wall for years.
We all missed you and your old day’s of riding BMX Haro freestyle bicycle since your old day’s. You’re a simply legend nonetheless. You’re contributions towards BMX freestyle bicycle tricks and BMX is awesome and an inspiration to all who are into the world 🌎 🌍 of freestyle BMX bicycle tricks nonetheless. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I know he absolutely won't remember but one of the biggest thrills of my life was street riding in downtown Portland Or. with Mat and a bunch of other guys. It was after the 88' or 89' AMA freestyle Masters. God that was awesome!
He was here in Australia for a competition back in 1991. During the comp he slightly bent one of his knee saver bars and I was lucky enough to end up with it. He's always been my biggest idol✊
Go Magazine was such a great rag I am a photographer, Brad's photography along with Spike Jones, made me love photography. Matt jumped my brother bike at an abandon Pheonixville BMX track when I was 14.He was hanging with the plywood hoods Matt told my dad, who was doing math equations on the side of a track that I jumped pretty good for a kid my age.
That was awesome. Great trip back in time. Remember every part of the "hoffman story" Never forget the time i had the chance meeting him and DMC at the skate contest Münster Monster Mastership Germany. We drove 8 hours from Denmark just to meet him. Sadly the halfpipe broke down the day before. So no vert riding. Anyway, just meeting him and see him, and DMC trying flip-whips over at tiny box was legendary.
It would be fantastic to also hear about production during the ramp room years, especially 1994, 1995, including the transition to in-house production from s.e., difficulties encountered, condor serial numbers debates, including the decision to include serial numbers and then remove them again, then include them again (etc), the number of frames produced, actual reasons for gradually tweaking the frame geometry, the different production stages and people involved at each stage, that they were all riders, etc. More generally, any discussion and elaboration on the info here bmxmuseum.com/reference/3428 would be hugely valuable. This is extremely valuable stuff to have on camera. Thank you so much for this interview.
This was amazing, thank you two so much for this. The ball piercing story was def my fav !!!!!! XD you guys dont even realize how much you did for BMX and for me personally, thanks again. o7O707
I'm 38 and I keep getting told to give it up! Knees pritty much dinked to death, scars broken bones but, nothing can really compare to hitting a ramp in style, women might come second as I love riding my first choice! 😂❤ love mat he keeps me going
Please do more of these. Obviously call Vic Murphy and let’s talk about the greatest photo ever taken in Bmx and it ain’t the ride cover haha loved this thanks so much for it. Both of you are legends
Always loved matt, I wish that we could have the chance to get Dave mirra give us a modern day interview, such a shame, matt, Dave, dmc and voelker were my favourite riders.
Hoffman and Larry Bird my only 2 fellas that have lasted from teen to middle age, still real deal idols. All the others were a joke when i got older. Oh and Tom Petty
@@dieseldabz7104 one for sure the bama. Some complete bike's. Ain't nothing like back in the day however. They sell some retro stuff too. They just bought the love handles back. Go check out the site. I got stickers and grip's and a autograph. I was positive the signature was real but what's really cool is mat has a video of him signing everything during quarantine. So they're legit if you pick up something
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So glad to Matt doing well. That dude gave his entire body to the sport.
Hoffman's a legend. I'm getting older now and it's inspirational to see Hoffman still shredding bmx.
Same I'm 40
37... cant decide on a 24in cruiser or another 20 inch, but im craving to bike!
I’m 13 and he was my dads idol and he is mine and I have a 1999 hoffman condor
I’m 48
Same I’m 35 and so much is different
I remember seeing Mat Hoffman, Dennis McCoy, and Dave Mirra at the state Fair in Texas in the early 90s. I was about 11 years old and thought it was the coolest thing at the time, there was no internet and the only way we had to watch people ride was still photos in magazines.
Yes I was at the same fair different year tho 98
That’s how Morgan wade started!
The old days were so crazy
Matt Hoffman Pro BMX 2 was Life. Allot of PS Kids only ever played Dave Mira’s game but Hofmans was way better.
@@NickWixx yeah I was lucky enough to have played both and I agree , they both are great games and very fun but mat Hoffman was crazy with the tricks and the second game was good to so many cool riders and the flat land stuff was crazy , I’m glad I got to play games like that as a kid , my first game with my ps2 was Dave Mirra , I always remember the slim Jim guy you can play as , also RIP Dave
Love this! Thanks Brad!
1 of the best pictures in BMX behind him
Dude's this is awesome! Mat Hoffman is a legend! That ACL surgery in Canada is definitely my favorite story. Mat is so awesome he's signing autographs and sending them out with hb orders. I got one and cherish it. Thanks for everything you did for bmx. And thank you to the other gentleman for making ride BMX. I bought them alot. As a matter of fact I would buy a issue and cut out logos from ads inside to make my own stickers for my bike and helmet haha.
MATT treating his body like a bike says out all!!
FULL SEND 🤘❤️🤘
Mat is a legend ! He literally took riding to a whole new level! Ultimate shredder! Big thanks also to Vital BMX for giving us this interview!
I'm only just seeing this video now, but you really need to make a full series of these. It seems like Mat has so many stories you could probably do dozens of episodes. You've only just covered the early 90s, so could go back and do some of the early stuff in the 80s and then some of the later 90s stuff. Huge Hoffman fan for years and its great to hear some of the stories behind the riding.
The duct taped balls is pure gold. Mat is a madman.
Matt is a legend he risked limb and life to push or sport forward. Who knows where BMX would have been now without him. Such a tremendous force for good in vert riding. When I was a teenager I would watch and be like nobody does what he does. Even a trick as basic as a cancan he would extend it so far it would become a masterpiece aerial. Much love and respect to Matt.
Hoffman is and always will be the heavyweight champion of the world. Brad McDonald's contribution to BMX shouldn't be underestimated either.
I´m titerally in tears... I have soo much love for you Mat, risking it all for the passion of riding! Btw: Brad, Go and Ride mag was the bible for us back then, thank you from the bottom of my heart!
There has never been such a huge shift in any action sports as when matt hit the scene, he was just on another level to everyone, night and day apart. When his vert domination wasn't enough, he builds big air and gets towed !!!! Remember this was all before phones and Internet. It was mid blowing. 🙌🙌🙌
Just watched this for the first time today! Thanks for this love Matt he’s so humble
Matt is the Michael Jordan of vert. I have so much respect for him and what he did for the sport. He was our hero when we were growing up!
I couldn't believe the pics in mags until I saw him rip the vert ramps apart @ Madison Square Garden (7/1986) AFA comp....all hail the one and only 👑....CONDOR
@1:09 I think that's the most famous photo in all of BMX. I rode ABA from 89 - 93 and knew a couple of the S&M riders who schooled me in Hoffman. Although he wasn't my pick for best BMXr, that honor goes to Allen Foster, he's a legend.
I met Mat Hoffman at the Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma right before The Descendants came on stage. What a epic night for me. I will never forget it!!!!
Matt Hoffman is a legend & a true pioneer. Most youths today don’t even know who he is, he’s the guy that invented the majority of the trucks they’re trying to land/pull off. Remember watching Mad Matt on MTV in mid 90s. My pal, who is just naturally talented & pretty good at whatever he try’s bmx skateboard snowboard skiing whatever watched Mad Matt & ordered a Hoffman BMX. We are in U.K. & he paid just over £1600 for it back then. Obviously shipping & duty included. Still nearly as much as I paid for my first car, & def more than he paid for his first car which was a Lada he was gifted for free. Another of our pals was an official factory Raleigh mountain bike rider, Zoff had offers from lots of manufacturers/builders, but Raleigh gave by far the best deal, properly looked after him, & used to throw bikes at him all the time to try out. He always had the latest & best, even prototypes. We were all well envious.. Few of our other pals were involved in the scene & used to travel the world to race. A couple had Raleigh as a sponsor, they were good locally, but in America the Kellogg’s Championships ect, elsewhere in Europe & U.K. they never got anywhere, just weren’t good enough. We had some good times. We had a BMX dirt track built right on our doorstep where we literally lived. One of our pals Mums run a team, & got the funding & permission to build the course. In the late 90s everyone had lost interest. The races & club had disbanded years prior & the track just drew the undesirables. It became a well known local trouble spot, some bad crimes were committed there, so the council & police got it tore down, which is sad because there’s few places for kids/youths to go that don’t cost lots of money, and it was the only BMX track in our area. At its height it was a place people travelled to from all over.
I lost touch with the lads in that scene years back. We all grew up, got jobs, married & had families.
Good to see Matt still rippin shit up. Surprised Matts body held up all these years, after all the bad injuries he sustained. Comes with the territory, though. Didn’t realise Matt was the first to land a double somersault on his bike, everyone thinks it was done at the X Games by Mirra?? Hoffman IS & ALWAYS will be THE MAN!! Seems like forever ago I started following him as a young teen.
Wow. Mat Hoffman. This person is both sky high on his way of living, yet sooooo down to earth. Funny thing. I can listen to him forever. Big book of wisdom. Great interview Vital Bmx.
This is the best thing I've seen on RUclips for a while. Ron Wilkerson and Mat Hoffman were such huge inspirations to me and helped me learn the mindset of always progressing and not paying attention to what people thought. I was fortunate to compete with Mat in Ron's back yard at 2hip finals, then years later to compete in one of Mat's early BS contests in Lake Owen, Wisconsin. The sport at that point was "dead" but within the sport it was the most exciting time to see Mat, the Hoffman team, Jay Miron all going crazy. Mat's influence on BMX is perhaps only matched by Bob Haro's as far as importance to the freestyle movement. Thanks so much for sharing this!
Mat Hoffman is such a fn legend! Well done!
Wow I never knew Matt was a truck driver. I grew up with a father who drove them started his own company down the road. I worked side by side with him for around 15yrs. STILL love hearing stories like Matts about the weight stations and dodging them,lol.. I received more stitches and staples riding BMX then I ever did riding or racing ATV's professionally.
He wasnt a truck driver so much as he drove his own truck show to show. You still have to weigh your load no matter what youre hauling. Even if no load is present. He just used it to haul his ramp.
Super awesome conversation!
More of this Please. Much more!
Brad! I loved Go mag!!! I been into bikes for over 35 years now.. watched Matt from grom days. You are both true pioneers and dedicated for life. Respect. This was good to watch. The legendary Ramp truck! Had a pic of it on my wall for years.
That was just awesome. Matt Hoffman aka The Condor...brought back memories of me and my street and dirt antics. Legend!!
Much love Mat! Looked up to you and hearing these stories is great!!!
You can tell he's hit his head alot over the yrs. Such an amazing dude and a true OG to the sport.
That's what I was thinking. I don't think he ever touched weed
Matt has always been this way, go to interviews when he was 17 and there is no difference in the way he is.
This just made my day! Matt is the king of bmx!! We want more!!!! Please do more!!!!!
A duct tape sack cast?! I'm dying! Mat, you are the best!
We all missed you and your old day’s of riding BMX Haro freestyle bicycle since your old day’s. You’re a simply legend nonetheless. You’re contributions towards BMX freestyle bicycle tricks and BMX is awesome and an inspiration to all who are into the world 🌎 🌍 of freestyle BMX bicycle tricks nonetheless. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
You need to get ahold of Slash!!!! I still remember all his flatland pics from V-beach in bmx plus
I know he absolutely won't remember but one of the biggest thrills of my life was street riding in downtown Portland Or. with Mat and a bunch of other guys. It was after the 88' or 89' AMA freestyle Masters. God that was awesome!
He was here in Australia for a competition back in 1991. During the comp he slightly bent one of his knee saver bars and I was lucky enough to end up with it. He's always been my biggest idol✊
What an absolute treat! Thanks for doing this guys
Nice work Brad. Great entertaining stories from Mat!
Go Magazine was such a great rag I am a photographer, Brad's photography along with Spike Jones, made me love photography. Matt jumped my brother bike at an abandon Pheonixville BMX track when I was 14.He was hanging with the plywood hoods Matt told my dad, who was doing math equations on the side of a track that I jumped pretty good for a kid my age.
This was absolutely incredible. Why has he not been on Rogan yet? Thanks for this. Huge OG fan from the early 80s.
For real
so many stories and life wisdom . to have a mind and will power like that and just invent sooooo much in BMX. Mat Rules.
I remember my first Hoffman Bike! Those things were built solid. The man, the myth, the legend!!!
Hoffman’s got me into BMX watch him real lifestyle change for me as kid he was the only guy I was looking for at xgames + etc
That was awesome. Great trip back in time. Remember every part of the "hoffman story" Never forget the time i had the chance meeting him and DMC at the skate contest Münster Monster Mastership Germany. We drove 8 hours from Denmark just to meet him. Sadly the halfpipe broke down the day before. So no vert riding. Anyway, just meeting him and see him, and DMC trying flip-whips over at tiny box was legendary.
Great interview, praise to the Condor
What a great storyteller!
Thanks to matt for Super Forks! Saved many a rider!
It would be fantastic to also hear about production during the ramp room years, especially 1994, 1995, including the transition to in-house production from s.e., difficulties encountered, condor serial numbers debates, including the decision to include serial numbers and then remove them again, then include them again (etc), the number of frames produced, actual reasons for gradually tweaking the frame geometry, the different production stages and people involved at each stage, that they were all riders, etc. More generally, any discussion and elaboration on the info here bmxmuseum.com/reference/3428 would be hugely valuable. This is extremely valuable stuff to have on camera. Thank you so much for this interview.
Best thing I've ever heard
"I've pierced my balls with my seat"
I clasped my nuts when he said that lol
great stuff! Mat is the man!
Hoffman was deffinatly a hero of mine growing up, you will go down in history as the G.O.A.T
This was amazing, thank you two so much for this. The ball piercing story was def my fav !!!!!! XD you guys dont even realize how much you did for BMX and for me personally, thanks again. o7O707
That pic above that guy interviewing him is rad! I want to know about that!
Vic Murphy of the dirt bro’s, shot in San Diego
I had a hoffmann condor, in 1993, stunning, super pro's 48 ect, loved it.. ride to live..live to ride..👍👍
I'm 38 and I keep getting told to give it up! Knees pritty much dinked to death, scars broken bones but, nothing can really compare to hitting a ramp in style, women might come second as I love riding my first choice! 😂❤ love mat he keeps me going
Mat is the GOAT BMX athlete
Please do more of these. Obviously call Vic Murphy and let’s talk about the greatest photo ever taken in Bmx and it ain’t the ride cover haha loved this thanks so much for it. Both of you are legends
Always loved matt, I wish that we could have the chance to get Dave mirra give us a modern day interview, such a shame, matt, Dave, dmc and voelker were my favourite riders.
Absolute legend
This kicks sooooo much ass.
I once put a band-aid on by myself.
Amazing video, thanks!
@7:00 I have an original photo of Mat out at Sheep Hills. Thats gold my friend.
Matts the dude who wakes up in the morning and says what’s impossible? Il try that next 🤯
You're my youth Idol...❤😊
OMG the duct tape ball story is what makes him the GOAT bmx rider .
Remember that back flip photo in BMX Plus:)
The rail seat story.... Oh my.......
Definitely the 👑 of RAD
Kelly baker took me to Woodward in 04 or 05. Matt was changing the world still
I enjoyed that... thanks ♥️
True legend.
What one foot photo is that in the background?
i was having a good time until the balls story and then the thumb one now i cant stop cringing i feel it in my bones
Thanks
Awesome
Amazing
I remember when Matt rode for Skyway like 86ish
Legendary
Epic stories. Matt was the injury king,lol. Mat(Condor),DMC and Fearless Dave Mirra hardcore vert kings thanx to Eddie fiola.
hoffman have magic .
When did he drop the "t"?
I remember him at the King Of Dirt at the ABA BMX grandnationals in Oklahoma. Maybe like 1996
Matt is the tony Hawk of bmx
Legend!!!
remember when lockdown was what you did in a prison....When did we decide it was ok to be a prisoner?
Thrasherland!!!!!!!!!
What ever happened to Hoffman Bikes?
Still around go to hoffmanbikes.com
My idol.
Oh I also had a pk ripper!!!
He legend
Just like reading the book you wrote Brad
Hoffman and Larry Bird my only 2 fellas that have lasted from teen to middle age, still real deal idols. All the others were a joke when i got older. Oh and Tom Petty
🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
@27:15 I remember that pic!!!
Is that a George? That chrome frame behind mat? Doesn't look like a condor. If ii could buy any Hoffman frame today I'd get a taj!
They STILL make frames?
Nothing like a George - everything like a Condor.
@@dieseldabz7104 one for sure the bama. Some complete bike's. Ain't nothing like back in the day however. They sell some retro stuff too. They just bought the love handles back. Go check out the site. I got stickers and grip's and a autograph. I was positive the signature was real but what's really cool is mat has a video of him signing everything during quarantine. So they're legit if you pick up something
Matt Hoffman was the man along with DMC and mirra
Fuckin awesome
Bro Matt has two t’s might want to fix the title, OneLove
Not Mat Hoffman