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

It is my third day here in Italy

May 1, 2010

It is my third day here in Italy and another nice spring day. It has been a great trip so far. I am here with Darren and Trond, we are doing some filming on our Sworks Enduros.

Yesterday we did a crazy ride. We rode and hiked our bikes up a really wild old trail. It was pretty much a rock ledge that switchbacked up one of the steepest mountains I have ever ridden. Near the top we came to a church-type building that must have been built using helicopters, I can't imagine how else the consruction materials would get there.

One the way up the mountain the trail looked pretty rough, unrideable in sections. It wasn't the most inviting trail, just a lot of steeps, switchbacks and rock ledges. But when it was time to ride down, it ended up being really fun. We were able to carry a lot more momentum than we thought and the speed smoothed out the nasty rocks. I have had my Enduro for almost a year now and it never fails to impress and surprise me with how capable it is.

go ride!

Matt

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