Matt's most renowned feat came on April 16, 1939, when in the Third American Inferno, a top-to-bottom race of Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, he schussed (straight skiing) the steep and infamous Headwall. His time for the 4-mile race was 6 minutes 29.2 seconds, with an estimated top speed of over 90 MPH. cutting the existing course record in half.