VICE Meets: BMX Rider Mat Hoffman

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VICE Meets: BMX Rider Mat Hoffman

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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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@sparksk8er 11 ай бұрын

They say dont meet your legends, but I would give my right arm to give that man a hug. the joy not only him but every single soul in action sports from the late 90s to late 2000s has given me is immeasurable and deserves infinite praise

@j.bermudez3958 8 жыл бұрын

I feel like not many people know about the semi-truck thing. To go through that alone would have been incredible, but add in all the other injuries and the fact that this dude STILL drop-kicks boundaries in the face, and you get a truly super-human story. Hail the Condor, may the Miracle Boy fly in peace and Love to all BMX!

@dennisardel890 4 жыл бұрын

That last sentence really brought a tear to my eye.

@218maryland 4 жыл бұрын

Yes. This footage is all one big coagulated miracle. So inspiring

@bryanketcham9922 4 жыл бұрын

legit got chills reading this. those dudes and BMX as a whole is life.

@SpineSplitter1776 10 ай бұрын

Yeah man & Dave Mirra got hit by a car also which gave him depression I'm thinking .

@MylaLonelySoul 11 жыл бұрын

If you were a youth during the 90s then Matt Hoffman was a main Man for inspiration for skaters and BMXers alike.

@seanm7539 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@seanm7539 3 жыл бұрын

I was in 98 I was 6

@ed-_-7779 2 жыл бұрын

Yes he defo was and tony hawks and Dave Mira aswell bam magera too

@jbmp1390 7 жыл бұрын

I will never understand how Hoffman is not completely addicted to painkillers. One of the toughest dudes ever.

@PaPaPOVEY 4 жыл бұрын

PS Matt did die twice from this jump, he hooked a weedwacker to his bmx to get more speed and crashed on landing and ruptured his spleen and his blood pressure dropped and his heart stopped twice. He also has gotten his knee drilled through and through with no anesthesia or nothing and had his ligaments replaced all on nothing. That’s the definition of gnarly

@ericsalidbar1693 Жыл бұрын

Maybe he’s addicted to the pain

@sdichari099 7 жыл бұрын

Matt Hoffman pro bmx ps2 nostalgic

@ryanwilson8659 7 жыл бұрын

All day. Loved that shit

@brankin1 4 жыл бұрын

That was ps1

@kid4375 4 жыл бұрын

James Brankin it was released in 2002 m8

@brankin1 4 жыл бұрын

@@kid4375 damn didn't even know they made a second one

@flybikesallday 8 жыл бұрын

"And what am I doing? Just lugging beer up this hill" dead 😲😲😲😲

@blakeerdmann 4 жыл бұрын

Just watching home suit up to ride makes me wonder how much pain he's in every morning when he wakes up. But he keeps getting up and keeps going and going. Well done! From one bmxer to another you're a legend!

@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Dave Mirra Edit: Drinking game time: Take a shot every time Mat says "Go for it"

@Bryanbkk 8 жыл бұрын

Glad his story is being told. I saw him ride a few times back in the day...amazing legend.

@ch92886 8 жыл бұрын

Check out ESPN's 30 for 30 on Mat. He certainly revolutionized the sport

@chrishockley6385 4 жыл бұрын

Matt , you are why BMX is where it's at today, that bowl is no joke , you've got balls brother

@frogfortress Жыл бұрын

you know you're fucking gnarly when early 2000s knoxville is saying hes nervous

@albertpang102 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah!!!!! I grew up in the classics 80’s as a youth when the freestyle bicycle tricks BMX was alive and large at heart entering the whole world 🌎 🌍 with an invasion. 😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽missed the old day’s of freestyle BMX bicycle 🚲

@user-mo9zu9ri7d 8 ай бұрын

Matt Hoffman your my hero and a true Inspiration to all of us especially me

@elliotw5918 4 жыл бұрын

Grew up watching this guy and the miracle boy Mirrah. What an epic human being!

@softtacos 11 жыл бұрын

how is this not big! this is so cool. its kinda cool to be one of the only people to know about this documentary

@ericsalidbar1693 Жыл бұрын

You’re so cool 😎

@griffinbmx1992 10 жыл бұрын

thank you for giving me some inspiration to go out and ride

@GrassMoneyManiac 11 жыл бұрын

So true. He was/is a mad man in the best possible way.

@mrtambourineman6107 4 жыл бұрын

Hoffman was the man back in the day

@cadgerphilosophic326 4 жыл бұрын

When you can add "died twice" to your list of injuries, you're a gd legend in my book.

@NoJoeThatsNotYou 2 жыл бұрын

Mat came to my school when I was a kid and pogo'd over me that was the coolest f'n thing I'd ever witness.

@logang6583 6 ай бұрын

We need a series like epically later'd but for BMX episodes about influencial pro riders. So many amazing individuals 👌

@tonmyritter6377 6 жыл бұрын

The Condor Matt OG Hoffman. Mad props.

@drkviol8013 7 жыл бұрын

Knoxville brings the Yoda figure, lugging beer up the hill, ha

@Hoffmanbikes91 9 жыл бұрын

Great guys great edit..

@deanbaza8581 4 жыл бұрын

just lugging beer up the hill😂😂😂thats me at the trails nowdays😂

@joew9415 6 жыл бұрын

The man is a legend.

@sethstevenson6523 7 жыл бұрын

R.i.p. Dave Mirra

@nate2966 4 жыл бұрын

Ty good man. Miracle man will live on!

@stefgav Жыл бұрын

i thought my mind was blown after his knee surgery but his explanation of that floating collar bone solidified hes the terminator sent back with settings on vert ramp algebra. "i need your clothes your boots and your bmx"

@onzie9 11 жыл бұрын

This video is awesome, but I think my favorite part is how he it putting his bike together with a crescent wrench.

@veritaslibertas4976 4 жыл бұрын

@J. L. Legit too lazy to find the right wrench lol.. All crescent wrenches are good for is stripping bolts. In a machine shop, that's a dead giveaway for being a noob.

@Bravacadu 3 жыл бұрын

That’s incredible

@nottyvondutchmusic2354 3 жыл бұрын

The Godfather. "Legend" is a damn understatement.

@ollieroks 8 жыл бұрын

Tuffest Man in Sports.

@daystarcreations 4 жыл бұрын

Great people. Love and miss yall, god bless. Matt thank you for all the blessings, please take it easy on your body brother. Peace.

@Boric78 8 жыл бұрын

don't change Matt - wonderful

@southwest702 6 жыл бұрын

Such a legend of the sport

@andybarrete6749 2 жыл бұрын

He is the raddest of all time.

@freakb0y311 3 жыл бұрын

thank you

@sionyevans 4 жыл бұрын

Go Matt..friggin.legend !!!!!

@freedomnow10 7 жыл бұрын

This is so rad. I couldn't stop smiling. Stoked level is high!

@navajorezathlete1202 Жыл бұрын

Pure inspiration

@duder-ts3vz 5 жыл бұрын

LEGEND.

@julianmercado6020 7 жыл бұрын

Lmao Johnny Knoxville made this video 10x better

@SAM-zt2uy 2 жыл бұрын

My hero!

@andrewtruex 3 жыл бұрын

I love that Mat calls Johnny PJ.

@Bear0nAUnicycle 10 жыл бұрын

I remember reading comics about this guy, he changed bmxing

@gregmadore6365 3 жыл бұрын

Matt Hoffman was a head of his time and the OG of BMX

@stefgav Жыл бұрын

i feel like mat is the bob ross of getting beat with an iron bar. "im just gonna leave my dislocated hip down in the corner while i smile at you politely and excel at the highest tier of a crrazy hard sport thst i pioneered".. after thought. its truly mind boggling what ahuman can achieve if they are free to do what they are passionate about

@andymac1350 8 жыл бұрын

watching vids like this makes me want to ride.

@Norbitpotter 7 жыл бұрын

respect the legend

@DNAManufacturing 11 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant. Mat you have been an inspiration to me and riders everywhere! Although I would probably stop after my collar bone wasn't attached to anything haha.

@Vandalsounds 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome! What a mindset!

@seanm7539 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@noize934 3 жыл бұрын

Legend

@chawatt989 3 жыл бұрын

This man is a God. No questions asked.

@itscrazytrevor 12 жыл бұрын

Three months later & still only up to 1,148 views for some epic air BMX jumps THEY need to keep replugging the classic old stuff! I like that Jonny Knoxville has to transfer his beer from the nice cold bottle to a room temperature jelly jar that he is used to drinking his moon shine out off!

@oprahwinsfree924 7 жыл бұрын

Dude amazing

@ssbj144 10 жыл бұрын

Mat Hoffman in the house.

@JBatts41 8 жыл бұрын

A 360 with one arm... unreal Matty, Honour I road a Dirty 130

@drkviol8013 7 жыл бұрын

go devils

@thefknscarecrow 2 жыл бұрын

Rider?? Hoffman is a fucking Legend.

@chadfren 4 жыл бұрын

when VICE was still respectable...

@carlogigante5239 7 жыл бұрын

Johnny Knoxville is so entertaining he almost nullifies the necessity of a pro bmx legend.

@burns83 4 жыл бұрын

"He would never ride again" again like for the 12th time because he is protected like no one

@Cre8vCoLouRz 4 жыл бұрын

I can't be the only one that didn't know that Johnny Knoxville worked for vice?

@therealwallmiller9595 6 жыл бұрын

I know this guy personally I’m best friends with his son Jhett Hoffman

@primitiveways7183 4 жыл бұрын

Matt Hoffman legend

@orionlegore3248 Жыл бұрын

You know your nuts when Johnny Knoxville says he’s worried about you

@jesboogie 4 ай бұрын

2024 here we are

@stefbmx 2 жыл бұрын

Bmx power Haro bike peace Man

@escapegoat3472 4 жыл бұрын

He owns a huge BMX company. Fits his pedals with a little adjustable wrench.

@krazyk6281 3 жыл бұрын

Dave mirra dont forget the golden boy

@nawforreal6833 7 жыл бұрын

ride a bmx & love life! or just ride a bike. it's good exercise. good for the environment

@elevenfox4207 5 жыл бұрын

100 plus concussions holy shit the state of this guys brain

@Liam20005 3 жыл бұрын

What's with the yoda please?? Love it?? It like for good luck??

@shumeister1059 4 жыл бұрын

Mat! Stem cells dude! Let's grow back some of those muscles back. Do a GoFundMe or any other fundraising platform. You're worth it!

@jorgesantos-mf7nr 4 жыл бұрын

Show Mat

@pex3 9 жыл бұрын

that's fucking insane

@SamWilliams78 8 жыл бұрын

Makes my stomach turn watching him crash every time. Party on Mat.

@PaPaPOVEY 4 жыл бұрын

If so one doesn’t know the Kings of big air then there living under a rock.

@someoneschannel4420 9 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that he got hit by a semi!!!

@Siberius- 8 жыл бұрын

Did the doctor tell him that he will never ride again.. or did the doctor say that if he rode his bike again it would be stupid? I'm thinking it was more likely the latter..

@ShanobiBanobi 7 жыл бұрын

I got some pretty gnarly scars from biking, stopped after i got impaled in my torso. But all good now.

@irieviking 4 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Just wow!!

@SchnellVITALVINYLVLOG 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@thedjartillery 8 жыл бұрын

Hopefully he doesn't have the same fate as Mirra. The Condor is legend.

@insanewayne4996 7 жыл бұрын

thedjartillery Yea Man... He took some Good Slammerz...

@selfwear 7 жыл бұрын

Damn that was a tragedy 🙏🏽

@mysteradio Жыл бұрын

i hope this man has fathered a whole clan of badasses.

@WaldoUnited 7 жыл бұрын

Best ramp rider ever. I'm afraid he has CTE now and the result will be a much shorter life but fuck man, Mat rules! Would like more info on the semi accident?

@jessearellanes648 7 жыл бұрын

that was awesome

@MarsLonsen 10 жыл бұрын

not breakless though

@maxinecantspeak 5 жыл бұрын

And here I am, terrified to even try a 180...... God I'm such a pussy. lol.

@DaveVargas90012 4 ай бұрын

We are still alive and well ☝🏽✝️

@mikenney7 9 жыл бұрын

the condor

@bluegill5192 7 жыл бұрын

The real reason this is amazing is that he's riding converse

@toxickatie 11 жыл бұрын

mat is awesome. less knoxville, less slo mo. more mat.

@Koodayengine 9 жыл бұрын

@4.08 why did the crowd flinch??

@chasedfish 7 жыл бұрын

Anton Morris Mat's back tire popped

@doomizz 4 жыл бұрын

Got the same shoulder problem. The strappy thingie mat wore to protect his shoulder from dislocating, anyone can tell me how is this equipment called?