Matt Hunter

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    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.

Sick Ride

November 2, 2009

Well the past week has been pretty boring. I got the flu, not sure if it was the swine variety but I have been man-down for a while trying to get it cleared up.

It's crazy how a bike ride can really get you feeling healthy again (even if you aren't!)

My first bike ride of the week was last night. I met up with 4 of my best riding buddies and we shredded one of our favourite old haunts. At the beginning of the ride I was feeling really sick, all stuffed up and achy...

Then something happened. I hit a couple of corners pretty well, did a couple sprints and all of a sudden I felt like a new man. 5 minutes into the ride I blew my nose a couple times and I was feeling pretty near one hundred percent!

The cold air and the perfect dirt conditions really healed me right up. I really love how a good ride with good friends can heal. Whenever I am feeling stressed out, sick, or unhappy for any reason I know that I can just get on my bike and things will work themselves out.

Riding and crashing my bike has sent me to the hospital many times over the years, but I know for sure that without mountain biking I wouldn't be as healthy - mentally and physically - as I am today.

Get out there and ride!

Matty

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