SDMBA Staff

Email peter@sdmba.com

Executive Director - Peter Hulburt

Born and raised in San Diego, Peter is proud to serve as a steward of the land and of our mountain biking community that makes use of it. He believes that, when rightly aligned, recreation and conservation have a natural tendency to elevate each other.

Riding bikes has been a core fixture of Peter’s life since he was about 15 years old. Back then, he lived in North Park and enjoyed lots of urban riding, a few MTB rides with his first OTB, fixed gear riding with Critical Mass on Thursday nights, and cruising over to the Zoo with his younger sister on weekends. Later, Peter led bike tours in La Jolla, got into eMTB riding in Del Mar Mesa and PQ, and enjoyed working as a bike mechanic at REI. As the bike rentals manager at REI San Diego, Peter spearheaded REI’s partnership in the Ride On Mountain Biking Challenge, an award-winning collaboration with SDMBA and San Diego County Department of Parks and Recreation that expanded access to mountain biking for any San Diegan who signed up. These days he lives in OB with his wife, Molly, and their cat, Shep, mostly rides analogue bikes, and is still trying to learn how to wheelie.

Having ridden and worked on bikes of most genres from most eras since the 70’s, Peter’s journey with bikes has taught him a few lessons: 

• You should have at least two bikes. One of them should be rigid.
• Riser bars have more fun.
• Joy doesn’t come from the bike, it comes from the rider... but the bike helps!
• There’s no substitute for riding with friends.