happy birthday, mat hoffman!

I met Mat Hoffman in 1987 at a demo he rode in for Rockville BMX. He was just a kid, but he was already going twice as big as anybody had ever gone on a bike. It was like watching Michael Jordan in High School, you just knew that he was special. Out of college, my first real job was art director for BMX Action/ Freestylin’ magazine and I had a front row seat watching Mat become a legend. He is the gnarliest person I know and I’m proud to call him my friend. Happy birthday Mat, you som’ bitch!!!

—Jeff Tremaine

(Photo by Jeff Tremaine; Oklahoma; 2007)

Celebrate Mat’s birthday by watching his highlights from jackass, wildboyz and jackassworld.com:

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