Matt Hunter

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    Demo 8

    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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    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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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.

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I did not recognize any of the foods

May 25, 2010

I did not recognize any of the foods. There were at least a dozen different plates in front of me at the table and besides one item which appeared to be a dried fish, they were all unidentified.

The dinner turned out to be delicious.

That is the way this Japan trip has gone so far. There have been a lot of really new experiences which I was unsure about, but it has been nothing but good times.

Yesterday I raced my Enduro in an XC race. I think I was a little overgunned for most of the course but it was amazing on the downhills. I also found out that the command post is the ultimate for XC racing.

I was attending a festival near Nagano. It is a really beautiful area, there are deep green jungle covered mountains all around and the festival had very interesting events. Hands down the coolest event was the dual slalom race. The course was reminiscent of a mid 90's track; just slalom gates on a grassy hill, but the really special treat was the last class to race. The final class was called "Old Timers" and it was part bike race, part museum showing, and pure nostalgia. The rules for the race stated that the racers must ride the oldest bike they owned, which was usually accompanied by a perfectly matching outfit from that era. As darkness fell and the lights of the ski run lit the grassy slope, the racers absolutely shredded the course on their ancient steeds. I haven't been so entertained in a long, long time. At the awards ceremony I got to hand out the prizes. Tioga carbon disc wheels and an Offroad flex stem were handed out to the winner. Hilarious.

Today we are traveling to Tokyo. Tomorrow there will be a premiere of "Follow Me" in downtown Tokyo. I expect to have some more surprising and amazing experiences. Keep an eye out here for some words and maybe an interesting photo or two!

Matt

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