Matt Hunter

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    Demo 8

    When you ride this hard, your bike has to ride harder.

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    Enduro

    Attack the big stuff, the small stuff and everything in between....

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    Pitch

    All Mountain riding is about attacking the big stuff...

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    P-3

    Jumps, tricks and berms—as long as you've got the skills.....

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    Tires

    The product that started it all.....

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    S-Works MTB Helmet

    The lightest certified helmet in the world, worn by 2008 UCI World XC Champion Christoph Sauser...

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Demo 8

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.

Whistler Gnarl

August 17, 2009

This week in whistler was some serious sensory overload. I am pretty used to having my senses bombarded - every time I ride my bike. Usually the overwhelming feeling goes away when you stop and take a break on the trail. At Crankworx there is no escape. There are people everywhere, the trails are busy, the village crowded, there are a hundred friends in the lift line, the announcer is going off with race commmentary... I don't want to sound too negative, because the riding, the spectating, the socializing, the partying, everything is really really fun. It's just hard to get a break from it.

Some really cool stuff happened at Crankworx. I was in a photo contest for the first few days. I was shooting with John Gibson and we had a great time. We were a two man team, which was simple but also a lot more work. We made a really cool slideshow that told the story of one day riding the bike park. We shot everything from waking up, riding all day to going to sleep. We didn't win but the slideshow was cool and it told a good story. I would like to do a contest like this again.

The Specialized truck brought my new Enduro to Whistler! I am so stoked. Right after I built it up I took it on a sweet 3 hour loop. That bike really is amazing. I have ridden the new enduro lots now, but I was always just borrowing one. Now I have my own and I can't wait to get out on some interior BC epics. I have some rides that the bike will be perfect for. I'll bring my helmetcam along and you can check the video here.

Now I am home and preparing for another film shoot. This time it's with a production company from Rossland.

Keep it pinned!

Matty

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