Matt Hunter

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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 ski as much as I can.

Sponsors: Specialized, Shimano, Clif Bar, Chromag, MRP, IXS, Fox Racing Shox, Dakine, Contour

Colorado Dreamin'

June 29, 2010

I have been in Colorado for a few days now and what a good time it has been. I am here for the Specialized Global Press Launch in Keystone. At this press launch we are riding the new (2011) bikes.

There are around 80 journalists here and many of the Specialized staff. There is a chairlift with some good DH trails as well as some high-grade singletrack in the area.

Yesterday I rode an all-new bike. It’s called the Camber. It is a 120mm trail bike that fits in between the Epic and the Stumpy.

My first ride on the Camber was on the Colorado trail near Keystone. The trail has some good climbs that take you to some world-class singletrack descents. The Camber was unreal on this trail. I was riding with some super fast Specialized folks and we were seriously putting those bikes through their paces.

Lots of the trail was high speed smooth ripping, super fast through nicely spaced aspens. Parts of it were rough with some roots, there were also some switchbacks that would sneak up on you and require 100% braking force. Throughout the ride there were all kinds of natural features that just begged to be ridden. I was amazed with the Camber, it was stable at speed and felt great in the tight sections.

I am a rider who really enjoys suspension. I spend 99% of my time on bikes from 140mm and up.

The Camber definitely felt like a shorter travel bike, but it didn’t leave me looking for more travel. It was smooth on the small bumps and didn’t bottom on the big ones. It was perfect for the trail that day. It was just the right amount of suspension and nothing more.

I’m not sure when the Camber will be available, but when you get a chance you should check it out, it is definitely designed for maximum fun on the trail.

I’m packing up now for a really cool trip. I am going to travel around Colorado, camp and ride for almost 2 weeks. My road trip partners are Doctor Spider and Meathorse (road trip names). I have my Sworks Enduro and I plan on riding every trail I can. I also have my flyrod and I want to do some fishing. Hopefully I can combine riding and fishing at some point and ride a trail to a cool fishing spot. Keep an eye here and I’ll post some road trip stories.

Matt

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