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

Lots of thumbs-ups

April 29, 2010

I awoke to a wickedly sore throat, the kind that makes you question the necessity of every swallow and word spoken. My voice started to crack and eventually grew into a hoarse whistle. Then it got real quiet.

For the past 2 days my voice has been completely missing. I can’t make any volume above a whisper. Phone calls are especially funny. I whisper to the caller that yes, this really is Matt, but I can’t talk properly. Just send me a text.

Fortunately, I don’t lack any energy or feel sick; I have been riding lots and I feel healthy.

Losing my voice has given me a good chance to do some more listening, and made me realize that I say a lot of pretty useless stuff. Most of these things can be replaced by a simple gesture. When I am riding with my friends I like to heckle and cheer them on. Not lately. I pretty much rely on smiles and the good old thumbs-up. Lots and lots of thumbs-ups.

Now I am a plane to Italy where I will meet up with Trond and Darren to do some riding on our Enduros and attend a Festival at Lake Garda. I still have no voice at all. My thumbs are going to get tired.

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