I watched matt live at Naz fest in the uk, i was the only one who screamed and put my arm up in salute and he looked straight at me and saluted back, chills went up my spine, i rode for 21yrs and i am in such dire pain, how he still does it is beyond me. A master.
Proudly I worked on "Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX" game on PS1 when I was a "Games Tester" for a UK Games Developer called "Runecraft" - I loved every minute of working on it as I grew up riding BMX daily when I was younger, I loved freestyle BMX and a few of us devs are in a hidden video in the game, it's a pretty crap little vid but it's great to actually be in a vid hidden in a game. Mat Hoffman is a living BMX legend in my eyes & heart. R.I.P Dave Mirra too.
Mat is the GOAT, can’t compare foam pit and resi mat tricks to those learned on wood and concrete. Today’s riders rip hard and do unimaginable things but from a gen 2 rider standpoint it goes Hoffman, Bestwick, Mira. Gen 1 was Dominguez, Blyther, Wilkerson.
He will always be the GOAT! Dave Mira is arguably the best rider ever, but Matt Hoffman set the standard back in 86 I think? I remember seeing him for the first time on international bmx beat in the uk. I think he was 15 at the time? And he was up against a uk rider called Carlo Griggs, who was pretty rad to be fair, until the condor came out! I was gob smacked when I watched him. He just tore up the place with massive airs. He was just incredible!
I always wonder seeing more current riders(Ryan Williams, Dennis Enarson, kevin Peraza, Broc Raiford, Scotty Cranmer, etc, etc etc) how they would've stacked up against Matt Hoffman if they had their primes at the same time in the sport.
Ryan williams had no skills to ride in a vert ramps, cuz vert in my opinion were the hardest and toughest from all bmx discipline. Dennis and scotty surely will do their best cuz they are all rounded and have ability to ride in a vert
