Matt Mumford (born 6 April 1974) is an Australian professional

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Early life

Mumford was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and grew up in

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, Australia.

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

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. 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

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to join a new brand at the time,

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, in 1996. Following Mumford's sponsorship deal with the

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shoe company, he released signature shoe models named "Mumford" (2003) and "The Alter". Mumford was featured on the cover of ''

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'' in March 2004 performing the "crail slide" skateboard trick. 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

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and Jim Greco. Mumford released a shoe model as part of Supra's Vaider low pack in 2011.

Personal life

As of November 2013, Mumford resides in

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, US.

Filmography

* Zero: ''Thrill of It All'' (1997) * Zero: ''Misled Youth'' (1999) * Zero: "Dying To Live" (2001) * Transworld: ''The Reason'' (1999) * Globe: ''Opinion'' (2001) *Black Label: ''Back in Black'' (2006) * Globe: ''United by Fate 1'' (2007) * Globe: ''United by Fate 2'' (2007) * Globe: ''Money for Blood'' (2007) * Globe: ''United by Fate 3'' (2008) * Globe: ''United by Fate 4'' (2008) * Globe: ''United by Fate 5'' (2009) * Globe: ''United by Fate 6'' (2010)''United By Fate 6'' at IMDB
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