Matt MacDuff

About

Professional mountain bike freestyler most famous for executing superlatively innovative and extreme stunts, including the famous 40-foot Loop of Doom, which he helped to build at the Garden Route Trail Park in South Africa. He has ridden for industry-leading brands such as O'Neal and Norco and has been featured in films such as Builder, UnReal, and Title MTB. He also hosts his own self-titled podcast, where he often speaks with fellow street-riding heavyweights such as Ryan Nyquist and Dennis Enarson. 

Before Fame

He started riding in the early 2000s and in 2008, along with 3 of his best friends and fellow street riding enthusiasts, he co-founded The Rise, a freestyle MTB community and blog that eventually developed into a production company for media, apparel, and equipment. After his Ten Commandments edit was released in 2009, he quickly started to become one of the biggest names within the freestyle MTB scene.

Trivia

In 2018 and 2019, he and the rest of The Rise Freestyle Mountain Biking Team embarked on their Partymaster Tour, which was also documented into a popular web series. They traveled with popular rock music groups on their custom-renovated school bus to various bike parks and other venues, where they paired freestyle bike riding with live music in order to create a unique and highly reputed show experience. 

Family Life

On January 17, 2023, he shared a tribute post for his late grandfather on his matt_macduff Instagram account.

Associated With

He was a featured athlete in the 2018 film Reverence: A Journey into Fear, along with fellow mountain bikers Gee Atherton, Rachel Atherton, Tyler McCaul, and Cam McCaul.