Matt Hunter

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

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    S-Works MTB Helmet

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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.

What are those clouds doing in the sky? this is Mexico!

December 14, 2009

We have all the trails, jumps and features built. We have watered the takeoffs and packed the landings. My bike is ready, the cameras are ready... We should be making movies, but instead... we are surfing.

OK, I know, that doesn't sound so bad. But we have driven over 40 hours to get to this peice of mexican desert to shoot a mountain bike film segment, and while it's great to be getting some waves, we only have a few days left and we need to get the shots in the bag.

We have some really out-of-the-ordinary weather systems rolling through right now. Big, nasty dark rainclouds come and go and there has been an impermeable high ceiling that is making the beautiful baja mountains look kind of plain. So, we wait.

I have been on other film trips where we get skunked by weather, usually there aren't waves nearby. At Punta San Carlos, there are awesome trails to ride and there is a nice point break right out front of our camp! Pretty amazing, that's for sure.

If the sun doesn't poke through that thick layer of water by tomorrow morning we will go film anyways. But I sure hope it does, because it just doesn't look like Mexico without the sun.

Matt

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