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

road tripping with my favourite ally

April 17, 2010

Well, I can't say for sure that my S-Works enduro is my FAVOURITE... my Demo 8 still has a special place in my heart for that. But it is one of my favourites.

I have been in California for about a week now, it's been a great trip. My first few days were spent in Morgan Hill at Specialized. It was really good, I got to tour around and see everyone who I work with over the phone and email. I got a chance to have some input on some really cool products but best of all I got to do some great riding.

I rode in Santa Cruz with Brendan and Troy from the downhill team and some of the engineers and product managers. It had recently rained and the trails were in top condition. It is super fun to ride with the DH racers and see the way they pick lines.

Tonight is the premiere for Anthill's "Follow Me". I haven't seen the movie, and I am very excited to se it tonight for the first time. Hopefully I can stay out of trouble afterwards!

Matty

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