2) After landing the first ever flair in 1990, Mat gave the bike he used to a kid that had come to watch him from the Make A Wish Foundation

 3) Mat was named Young Entrepreneur Of The Year in 1995 for his work on Hoffman Bikes

6) Mat went on to help organize the BMX events at the X-Games, but the rider got kicked out of the first ever edition of the action sports showdown – twice

7) After landing the 900 in 1989, Mat became the first man to stick a 900 no-hander 13 years later at the X-Games. He had first mentioned the trick in 1991

8) Mat did a lot of work with the ‘Jackass’ gang, but some of the sketches he proposed were even too gnarly for them. One idea reportedly involved “sky-diving into a manmade bodily orifice on the ground”

9) Mat didn’t just ride on ramps – he has also taken his bike BASE jumping off Norwegian cliffs as high as 3,500ft

10) Mat has his own signature tattoo. The motto is ‘live life to be happy’ and he’s tattooed it on various friends including Travis Pastrana

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