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 skias much as I can.

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

Interbike

September 28, 2009

This past week I have been attending Interbike. It's a huge event that thousands of cyclists attend. All the cool new gear and bikes are on display. It's a rare event that gets almost everyone who works in the bike industry together.

The expo centre is huge. It would take probably 15 minutes to walk a circle around the room, it's massive.

I think a common trait of cyclists is an appreciation of the outdoors. It's an important part of bike riding. Also cyclists seem to appreciate healthy living.

That's why it is so confusing to me that Las Vegas is the site chosen for Interbike. The trade show is in a windowless hall. The lack of windows makes me feel sick and it's almost impossible to stay oriented. To get to the hall, you must walk through casino after casino, full of blank-faced fat people smoking and playing blaring slot machines. The air is recycled and oxygenated and scented with some kind of synthetic "fresh air" scent. It's seriously gnarly.

Interbike can still overcome and be a fun time. There are some great bike film premieres and it's fun to see everyone again. It's just that vegas is such a synthetic tourist mess. I hope that we can have Interbike somewhere else one day. Until then... I guess we'll all just keep going there and making the best of it.

Wow, this is really negative blog post. Too many days off my bike! I am heading home now and I'm going for a ride. then I'll feel better.

Matty

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