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Danny Way – The Quest For High Air

Yesterday we got Mat Hoffman‘s section for The Quest For Big Air from X Games (Watch: Mat Hoffman – The Quest For High Air ). Now today we get skateboarder Danny Way’s perspective on the ramp and how much influence Mat had on the project. This is nothing short of absolutely mind blowing. Both of these guys are crazy!

“In 2015, skateboarder Danny Way constructed a new ramp in his lifelong search for high air on a skateboard. When it was finished, Way invited BMX legend Mat Hoffman out to test the new ramp. This is Way’s account.”
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Mat Hoffman – The Quest For High Air

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YES! We’re finally getting a look at some footage from Mat Hoffman‘s sessions on the crazy ramp that Danny Way built! We’re not sure exactly how high Mat went on the ramp, but we’re pretty damn sure he hit a new record height! Hit play to get some insight from Mat about the ramp, along with some riding footage showing you just how big he was going. This is soooooo good. Mat continues to blow peoples minds with his riding and push his own boundaries!

“In 2015, skateboarder Danny Way constructed a new ramp in his lifelong search for high air on a skateboard. When it was finished, Way invited BMX Big Air legend Mat Hoffman along to try out the new ramp. This is Hoffman’s account.” – X Games
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Mat Hoffman Talks NASS X BMX Worlds 2016

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For 2016, NASS and BMX Worlds have teamed up for a massive contest that’s going to be a wild one. The crew at Ride UK sat Mat Hoffman down on his backyard vert ramp to talk a little bit about the contest and a number of other topics. Hit play and take it all in!

“NASS questions Mat Hoffman about NASS 2016 x The BMX Worlds, discussing his whole career, past highlights, injuries and future plans.

Q1 – 0:03 – The Worlds Return
Q2 – 1:08 – Injuries
Q3 – 2:49 – Career Highlights
Q4 – 4:19 – The Condor
Q5 – 5:20 – Dave Mirra
Q6 – 6:45 – Handrails
Q7 – 8:25 – Adrenaline Junkie
Q8 – 10:30 – NASS 2016”
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Vice Meets BMX Rider Mat Hoffman

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Vice and Johnny Knoxville just dropped this rad new video where they give you some insight into Mat Hoffman with highlights from the “Birth of Big Air” documentary, riding footage from his first session back after shattering his arm into pieces when a semi hit him while driving and some stories and good adivce. Mat is such a badass! Enjoy!

“VICE correspondent Johnny Knoxville takes us to meet modern-day Evel Knievel, Mat Hoffman. More than any other figure in BMX riding, Hoffman’s responsible for the the popularity of big air tricks, hence the title of Spike Jonze’s documentary about Mat, The Birth of Big Air. Despite breaking over 20 bones and getting his arm shattered to bits by a semi-truck, Mat continues to bike harder and invent wilder tricks than anyone else in the business—all to the deep concern/chagrin of his doctors, who considered his career finished after the accident.”

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Leaked Mat Hoffman Big Air Footage

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If you caught our Interview with Mat Hoffman a while back, you would have known that he was working on setting the biggest air record again and that there would be a video coming from it eventually. Today, Hoffman Bikes dropped a little teaser video giving you an idea of just what’s to come… All we can say is HOLY CRAP! We cannot wait to see the full video. Based off this and what Mat told us, it’s going to be insane.

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Product: Mat Hoffman X Chris Shary T-Shirt

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Mat Hoffman has teamed up with artist Chris Shary to do a limited batch of t-shirts utilizing a portrait that Chris drew! The shirt ended up turning out rad, so they’re going to be printing up to 500 of these bad boys for you to get your hands on them. You can get the shirt over on the Bifocal Media website to pre-order one now for $21! More info below.

“Mat Hoffman is a fearless, innovative, legend in the world of 20 inch bike riding. Mat was the first person I saw do a handrail on a bike. He did the first flip fakie. He created the standard for vert riding and he ruled vert for over a decade. I saw him try a tailwhip back flip on dirt in the early 90s when both flips and tailwhips were considered nearly impossible tricks. In 1992 Mat built a 20 ft quarter pipe and had a friend tow him with a motorcycle so he could set a world record (going over 20 ft out on a 20 ft ramp). When corporations abandoned BMX in the early 90s, Mat stepped in and founded one of the first rider owned bike companies. He also started an underground contest series that was pretty much the only game in town until he worked with ESPN to bring the sport back into the mainstream with the X-Games. BMX is a powerful, creative, badass, expressive, individual lifestyle and Mat Hoffman is BMX.

It’s hard to fully express how excited we are to have worked with Mat and punk art legend Chris Shary (he’s a whole other long winded paragraph) on this shirt. Thanks guys!

LIMITED TO 500. THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. SHIRTS WILL SHIP BY THE THIRD WEEK IN JANUARY.”

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Mat Hoffman Painting To Benefit Burnside

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Dean Dickinson hit us with some news that he has a Mat Hoffman painting up that Mat painted up for auction to benefit Burnside skatepark in Portland! Get the full scoop below or just go BID RIGHT HERE!

“Go to: 32auctions.com/deansdirty30 to bid on Mat Hoffman’s self portrait painting of the man himself shredding the infamous Pink Motel Pool. One of a kind and original art. 38″ x 23.5″ hand painted on wood. Auction ends THIS SATURDAY JANUARY 16TH AT MIDNIGHT PST! All proceeds from this auction will benefit the world famous Burnside Skatepark! Place your bids NOW, share, repost, and tag a friend who’d like to help.”

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Mat Hoffman Blasting Into 25 Years of Hoffman Bikes

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To celebrate 25 years of Hoffman Bikes, the crew have been dropping a lot history on their website over the course of the past 45 days or so. Today was the final day that marks 25 years for the company. Mat Hoffman posted the photo of him BLASTING to what we’re pretty sure was a new world record height on a BMX bike this past summer. Some of you may have heard about this if you caught our Skype Interview with Mat, where he told us all about it and gave us the sneak preview. We’ll be seeing a video come from this soon, so keep an eye out for that. It will be mind blowing we’re sure. Until then, check out the story and some inspirational words from Mat below!

“GO ANYWHERE, DO ANYTHING! HOFFMAN BIKES 25 YEARS STRONG!

I started playing around on Big Ramps again. I rode one in March at the Old School get together at Woodward West in Tehachapi, CA. I was pushing 20 feet comfortably and felt I could go higher than I had before. There were a lot of people around and I knew I needed to do this just for myself to get the focus needed. I had been in the ER many times recently, so I second-guessed myself and walked away to prove I could and to give it more consideration. It kept burning bright, so I decided it’s in me and I had to let it come out.

I’ve been riding a lot but also flying wingsuits, which I think has helped me cross train by harnessing aggressive energy better, become one with it and flow, like the big ramp demands. Painting more has helped sharpen my focus too, plus I’m 43 years old (the holy grail of BMX or so we claim), so I decided I was mentally ready to take on the challenge.

Danny Way talked to me earlier in 2015 about designing a ramp to get more air. He wanted to go so high nobody would want to step to it. So he built this ramp (30 feet tall), kept it a secret and was ready to test it out this past May. At the same time, I had committed to push my limits on these big ramps again too, so the timing was perfect… he invited me out for the test ride.

I went out there and had a private session. I set up some unmanned cameras and filmed the whole session(s), which I’ll show later this year. I was able to break my past record. This sketchy pic was one I shot of a camera screen from one of Danny’s friends who captured it at my first session. It’s definitely not print quality but I liked how the style was so much like the original air I did on my original Big Air ramp in 1991, but higher.

It’s now been 25 years since I made a bike I could trust my life with going bigger than ever before. Let my life be an example to never give up, follow your heart and do what you want no matter how many times you’ve been knocked down and people tell you you’re crazy or it’s impossible. Keep getting up and keep your dreams alive. Keep your game true to your heart and push your life’s passions and skills, no matter how ridiculous they may seem to others. Always following your dreams to wherever they lead….

Love Life and make your dreams happen, no matter what! This is what 25 years of Hoffman Bikes is about to me. I was 18 when I set my first high air record. I had to build a bike I could trust my life with to achieve this. Now I’m 43 and I still make a bike that can back my dreams no matter how big they go….

Go Anywhere, Do Anything! Hoffman Bikes 25 years Strong!

Peace, Love, BMX – Let’s have fun in 2016!” – Mat Hoffman

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