Matt Hunter

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.

Back from Utah

April 27, 2009

Hey, Matt here. I just got back from a quick trip to Utah. I went to Salt Lake City for one of Specialized's new concept stores. The shop is called Bingham Cyclery, and it is awesome! There is a huge showroom with a bunch of big garage doors that open to make the shop seem like it's outside. The snow was persistent again in Utah ( seems like it's like that everywhere this year) but we rode some really fun jumps that were nice and dry. I had a really good time at the i street jumps, we had a really big group session and everyone shredded hard. I am looking forward to heading back to Utah to do some more riding soon.

Thanks to all the guys from Bingham who showed me their jumps and good times!

Matt

Stats for Matt Hunter are coming soon.