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

Riding again!!!

June 29, 2009

I'm back on my bike! After some involuntary time off, I am back shredding.

My back is feeling really good. I still have some aches but nothing that keeps me from riding. I rode my Demo 7 at Sun Peaks resort a couple days ago and it was awesome. The lifts hadn't opened to bikes yet but the guys at the resort wanted me come up there and do some filming before they opened. Man that was a good idea! The trails had all been raked clear of rocks and braking bumps and all the berms and lips were buffed up to perfection. The winter frost had softened up all the hard packed areas and the dirt was amazing. I was riding with some of my bros from the Bicycle Cafe in Kamloops, we had a great time. There was so much dirt flying in some of the berms that I felt like I was in a motocross race!

Right after the Sun Peaks session I flew right to Utah to test Specialized's new rigs. We hit the weather just right, bluebird skies.

There are two bikes here that are completely blowing my mind. There is a new Stumpjumper and a new Enduro. I haven't been as stoked on changes to a bike since the Demo came out in 2004! The bikes are amazing. I have had more time riding the new Enduro and it is so awesome. The bike climbs really well but where it seriously shines is once you point it downhill. The bike feels so stiff and solid that I totally forget I am riding a carbon bike that I climbed the mountain on. I found myself popping off roots and rocks and jumping the bike as comfortably as an SX trail. I am really excited to get one of these bikes and do some really epic rides with serious descents.

Stay tuned for tonight, I am going to ride the new Stumjumper right as soon as I am done typing this!

take er easy

Matt

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