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This auction is for one Authentic Autograph Gold card of Mat Hoffman, from 2008 Sport Kings Series B Trading Cards. The card was signed in Black ink, numbered #A-MH02 on the back, in NRMT-MINT condition. It's still placed within the original plastic Top Loader with official Sport Kings sticker over it. According to Sport Kings, there are ONLY 10 Gold Autograph cards were made for each athlete.
Mathew "Mat" Hoffman (born January 9, 1972) is a BMX rider considered one of the best vert ramp riders in the history of the sport. He is nicknamed "The Condor" and used to own Hoffman Bikes Manufacturing in Oklahoma City, OK. In 1985, Hoffman entered the freestyle BMX circuit as an amateur at the age of 13. At age 16, he was the youngest pro rider in the sport. Hoffman is a true innovator, defining the sport with the invention of more than 100 revolutionary tricks like the 900; Flip fakie (backflip which includes landing backwards); and Flair (backflip with a 180 degree turn).
Mat's resume includes taking his bike base-jumping off 3,500-foot Norwegian cliffs and, in 2002, setting the record for the highest assisted "air" on a bicycle, when he rose 26'6" above a 24' ramp, reaching 50'6" (approx. 16 metres) above the ground. This feat was listed in the 2004 Guinness Book of World Records and there were no attempts to break the record for several years until Kevin Robinson soared 54-feet into the air, 27' above the ramp in New York City's Central Park on June 12, 2008. Hoffman also assisted Robinson in his feat of breaking his own record. Unfortunately, as this attempt was sponsored by a large drinks manafacturer, and set up in Central Park NYC, when they realised he wasn't really going to break the record they measured from the top of his head at 27 feet, rather than the lowest point of the bike which Hoffman's was measured from.
Hoffman has been a key player in building the sport of BMX Freestyle. He developed the Bicycle Stunt (BS) Series to give riders a place to compete and showcase their talents. The enormous success of the BS Series inevitably attracted the attention of ESPN, which joined forces with Hoffman Promotions in 1995 to produce and televise the series each year.
The growth of Hoffman Promotions gave birth to the Hoffman Sports Association (H.S.A.), which is the organizing body for Freestyle BMX events worldwide, such as ESPN’s highly coveted X Games and all international X Games bicycle stunt events. Hoffman and his team were also selected to take part in the closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga., in a production called “Sport as Art.” In 1999, H.S.A. developed Mat Hoffman's Crazy Freakin’ Bikers Series (CFB), which provides amateur and professional Freestyle bikers a venue in which they can compete. Not only does the H.S.A. promote, organize and host the series, but it also produces all the television programming for the CFB Series, which is aired on ESPN2.
Hoffman has produced, directed and hosted several television series for ESPN, including Kids in the Way, HBtv, Mat’s World, a nine-episode segment on X-2day and, most recently, the CFB Series. Hoffman also created Mat Hoffman’s Crazy Freakin’ Stunt Show for Universal Studios Florida theme park, which debuted in April 2003. Initial ratings for the show were some of the highest in the park's history of shows.
Hoffman worked with Activision to produce the video games Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX and Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2, the later released in August 2002 in conjunction with the Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX2 Tour TV show. Hoffman also appeared in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, also produced by Activision.
Recently he has been involved in a number of film projects: Keep Your Eyes Open, produced by Tamra Davis and starring Spike Jonze; the IMAX film Ultimate X; Triple X, a Rob Cohen film, starring Vin Diesel; and Jackass: The Movie. He also was the host of a series of behind-the-scenes segments for Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, released in June 2003, and was on the cast of members for MTV’s Trippin', hosted by Cameron Diaz, and its Wildboyz show in Spring 2005. His most recent movie appearance was in Jackass Number Two.
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