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

Witness the Fitness

May 19, 2010

I had a big party on Saturday night. In order to get my friends together and see some ridiculous outfits, the theme of the party was "witness the fitness". Everyone came in crazy neon spandex, leotards and leg warmers. There were also a ton of old school riding kits. The costumes were impressive.

We had aerobics going on the back deck, skip rope contests and people bench pressing very light weights. There was also a keg of beer that was consumed and some great music. After a big day of shuttle runs with friends, it makes for some good times.

I am currently planning a trip to Japan. I am really excited, I have never been to Japan before. I'm heading there with my good friend Thomas Vanderham. I am going to bring my trusty Enduro and shred some Japanese trails. Shimano is bringing me there for a "Follow Me" premiere as well so that should be very interesting. Sushi could very well be my favourite food, so I will also sample some fine fish. Hopefully I will also get a chance to get to talk to some Japanese whalers and tell them to cut it out!

I'll be blogging about my adventures here so check it out (when you are done riding)

Matty

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