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.

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Old School good times

March 31, 2010

It's been a week since I dislocated my shoulder filming for Follow Me. I took some time off my bike to let my shoulder heal, then I got hit pretty hard with a cold around the same time so I really needed some rest.

Yesterday I went for a mellow ride to see how my shoulder was feeling. When I started out it was feeling sketchy but eventually it started to feel a bit better and I was having a lot of fun. I was trying to keep my injury in the back of my mind so that I didn't get too carried away and hurt it again. I was out riding my Sworks Enduro through some terrain that is close to where I grew up; trails that I got started mountain biking on. I never stopped riding in this area but my route choice has evolved to hit only the best trails in the area.

I have really been overlooking some of the trails that I had ridden every day as a kid. I thought I had grown out of those old trails but with "keep it chill" in the back of my mind I opted to ride those old classics yesterday. Little did I know I was in for an amazing shred, adrenaline and nostalgia combined. It was so great to ride those trails again. Obstacles seemed smaller, the corners seemed better and I almost forgot about my shoulder!

So sit down, look through your dusty old memories of "back in the day" riding and if there are some trails you have been overlooking, go ride them again!

Get out and ride!

Matt

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