Matt Hunter

I was born in Kamloops, British Columbia in 1983. Singletrack zigzags through the hills behind my parents' house; bikes were freedom. I explored the hills and trails wherever and whenever I could. I was 12 when I got into XC racing. I was really into it until I was about 15, when I started focusing more on DH riding. Some of my friends who I raced with made the same transition, and we started to learn together. We started building big jumps and aggressive trails. We filmed ourselves riding and I made a short video. I entered the video in an online contest, the "Ultimate Freeride Challenge" and ended up winning. That was the beginning of my sponsored career in 2003. Specialized sponsored me then and I have been with Specialized ever since.

My focus has always been shooting photos and filming video segments, that is what I love to do. I really enjoy finding adventure in the mountains - whether it be challenging moves and airs or maybe it's a multiple day ride.

I like watching big mountain skiers and snowboarders, the way they shred the mountains in the snow inspires me on dirt. Besides riding, I surf, fish, and backcountry skias much as I can.

Sponsors: Specialized, Shimano, Adidas Eyewear, Dakine, Chromag, MRP.

Darren visits Kamloops

April 29, 2009

My friend and teammate Darren Berrecloth came through Kamloops yesterday and called me up. Darren and his girlfriend Megan were in the area scoping for some good filming terrain, and decided to take a break from hiking and cruising backroads to go for a ride with me and my girlfriend Nikki.

We decided to do a shuttle run of Kamloops' finest singletrack. Darren definitely approved. The bit of video we got shows us goofing around on some jumps on the trail. Afterwards we decided to drive up to one of my favourite lakes where we did a bit of fishing, had a big fire and camped out. It was awesome to have Darren come out to ride and hang out in Kamloops. Stay tuned for when I visit Darren on Vancouver Island and we go some riding and salmon fishing there!

Matty

Stats for Matt Hunter are coming soon.