Shae Bentley on Steve Matthes Podcast

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-steve-matthes-show-on-racerx/…

That’s a good listen.
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Moto Obsessed 6/5/2019 9:46pm
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So, I've had this Shoei VFX-R TLD/Pro Circuit replica for many years... ended up connecting with Shae on Facebook, asked him if I could send him the helmet to throw some ink on; and he couldn't of been nicer about saying yes.. Thought he was was over due for a PulpMX podcast, and he said he'd love to do one.

I knew I'd be seeing Steve at the Denver SX Friday live Pulp show the following weekend, so I told Shae I'd mention it to him.. I did end up passing his contact info over to Steve but holy shit I never expected it to turn out so epic! Dude has such personality, and such a gnarly story to tell!! Even better; I hope his story and willingness to want to help others who are struggling, does just that!



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Awesome podcast, what a great story. Would’ve been a different series back then had Shaw been able to stay healthy. Great job Steve and Shae!
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Shae is a good friend of mine and I've often wondered why there seemed to be so much hate for him on Pulp. I've even brought it up during tweets at gibbs and or marx when they were referencing Shae. I think a lot of it was some monetary beef with Ping (who is also awesome, but I don't know personally). I'm glad Matthes and Shae finally hooked up and did a pod. I can't wait to give it a listen.

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Jharper wrote:
Shae is a good friend of mine and I've often wondered why there seemed to be so much hate for him on Pulp. I've even brought...
Shae is a good friend of mine and I've often wondered why there seemed to be so much hate for him on Pulp. I've even brought it up during tweets at gibbs and or marx when they were referencing Shae. I think a lot of it was some monetary beef with Ping (who is also awesome, but I don't know personally). I'm glad Matthes and Shae finally hooked up and did a pod. I can't wait to give it a listen.

We always joked about "hating" him because he beat me in the title chase in 2000, but I've never had a problem with Shae. He's a good dude and I'm stoked that he seems to be doing well. In fact, as we stood on the podium in Dallas after the "I freaking won it" moment, I shook his hand and told him that if it couldn't be me with the number one plate, I was glad it was him. I was choking back tears, mind you, but I meant it.
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Jharper 6/6/2019 2:20pm
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Jharper wrote:
Shae is a good friend of mine and I've often wondered why there seemed to be so much hate for him on Pulp. I've even brought...
Shae is a good friend of mine and I've often wondered why there seemed to be so much hate for him on Pulp. I've even brought it up during tweets at gibbs and or marx when they were referencing Shae. I think a lot of it was some monetary beef with Ping (who is also awesome, but I don't know personally). I'm glad Matthes and Shae finally hooked up and did a pod. I can't wait to give it a listen.

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We always joked about "hating" him because he beat me in the title chase in 2000, but I've never had a problem with Shae. He's a...
We always joked about "hating" him because he beat me in the title chase in 2000, but I've never had a problem with Shae. He's a good dude and I'm stoked that he seems to be doing well. In fact, as we stood on the podium in Dallas after the "I freaking won it" moment, I shook his hand and told him that if it couldn't be me with the number one plate, I was glad it was him. I was choking back tears, mind you, but I meant it.
Ping, I thought there was something else to it from some old shows..I probably just didn't think it was joking, but that's fantastic. Would be awesome to have you both on talking about the old days at the same time!

Edit: also thanks for taking the time to clear that up
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ProKawi24 6/6/2019 10:43pm
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This may be a stretch but...is there any way someone could get me in touch with Shea? As some of you know, I was paralyzed permanently from the waist-down in 2001 at age 12 from an arenacross race. I was and still am a diehard Kawasaki/Pro Circuit guy (back then it was Splitfire instead of Monster). I had a support ride with PC/Kawi as you can see from my bike graphics. Shea was one of my absolute favorite riders and a huge inspiration. At 12 yrs old, I wanted to follow his footsteps and my dream was to be a pro Kawi/PC rider.Shea and Tallon Vohland were Gods to me.

I've wondered for years what happened to Shea and how he's doing so I was super stoked to see this podcast/interview with him. I've listened to it a dozen times. I can totally relate to his story of injuries derailing his career and getting hooked on painkillers, especially the long incredibly difficult journey out of that hell. It's something I struggle with every day to stay clean. I would love to talk with Shea to let him know what a huge inspiration he was to me as a kid and now as an adult with his ability to overcome the addiction, the pain, the injuries, and a promising career ending so abruptly. Adjusting to a life without MX is tougher than most can imagine, especially when it's out of your control.

I would love to just tell him personally how much he's impacted my life and how his interview really gave me a burst of inspiration to stay clean and keep fighting.

If you're able to at all, just PM me or my email is Carl24Lindsey3@gmail.com
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ProKawi24 6/6/2019 10:47pm
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Here's a pic of me next to his bike in 1999/2000 at Hangtown, a race he missed due to the illness he talks about. One of my favorite pics ever. Also another pic of me doing a "Team photoshoot" in 2000 of my new 2000 KX 80 bike & graphics.




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RexEasely 6/6/2019 10:59pm
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Poor guy...has seizures and should not drive. I really liked when he said IM A BAD ASS. Hope he can find heath in the future. Motocross racers are very tough he'll make it through.
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ProKawi24 wrote:
This may be a stretch but...is there any way someone could get me in touch with Shea? As some of you know, I was paralyzed permanently...
This may be a stretch but...is there any way someone could get me in touch with Shea? As some of you know, I was paralyzed permanently from the waist-down in 2001 at age 12 from an arenacross race. I was and still am a diehard Kawasaki/Pro Circuit guy (back then it was Splitfire instead of Monster). I had a support ride with PC/Kawi as you can see from my bike graphics. Shea was one of my absolute favorite riders and a huge inspiration. At 12 yrs old, I wanted to follow his footsteps and my dream was to be a pro Kawi/PC rider.Shea and Tallon Vohland were Gods to me.

I've wondered for years what happened to Shea and how he's doing so I was super stoked to see this podcast/interview with him. I've listened to it a dozen times. I can totally relate to his story of injuries derailing his career and getting hooked on painkillers, especially the long incredibly difficult journey out of that hell. It's something I struggle with every day to stay clean. I would love to talk with Shea to let him know what a huge inspiration he was to me as a kid and now as an adult with his ability to overcome the addiction, the pain, the injuries, and a promising career ending so abruptly. Adjusting to a life without MX is tougher than most can imagine, especially when it's out of your control.

I would love to just tell him personally how much he's impacted my life and how his interview really gave me a burst of inspiration to stay clean and keep fighting.

If you're able to at all, just PM me or my email is Carl24Lindsey3@gmail.com
DM me I’ll hook y’all up
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Shae has always been one of the nicest people around. I remeber hearing about his disease years back and thinking come on, really this guys has had no luck and now this. Listening to him talk about all the stuff wrong with him still honestly it hurt to listen to it as i was getting ready to go ride. Almost didn't want to ride. It's awesome to see somone that the sport has taken so much from (physically, hell mentally to) and still say it was worth it and he would do it all over again. Not only that but to put it out into the universe that if anyone listening is struggling with addictions to call him that he will help in any way possible thats huge. Good people for sure.
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ProKawi24 wrote:
This may be a stretch but...is there any way someone could get me in touch with Shea? As some of you know, I was paralyzed permanently...
This may be a stretch but...is there any way someone could get me in touch with Shea? As some of you know, I was paralyzed permanently from the waist-down in 2001 at age 12 from an arenacross race. I was and still am a diehard Kawasaki/Pro Circuit guy (back then it was Splitfire instead of Monster). I had a support ride with PC/Kawi as you can see from my bike graphics. Shea was one of my absolute favorite riders and a huge inspiration. At 12 yrs old, I wanted to follow his footsteps and my dream was to be a pro Kawi/PC rider.Shea and Tallon Vohland were Gods to me.

I've wondered for years what happened to Shea and how he's doing so I was super stoked to see this podcast/interview with him. I've listened to it a dozen times. I can totally relate to his story of injuries derailing his career and getting hooked on painkillers, especially the long incredibly difficult journey out of that hell. It's something I struggle with every day to stay clean. I would love to talk with Shea to let him know what a huge inspiration he was to me as a kid and now as an adult with his ability to overcome the addiction, the pain, the injuries, and a promising career ending so abruptly. Adjusting to a life without MX is tougher than most can imagine, especially when it's out of your control.

I would love to just tell him personally how much he's impacted my life and how his interview really gave me a burst of inspiration to stay clean and keep fighting.

If you're able to at all, just PM me or my email is Carl24Lindsey3@gmail.com
Shae will be in touch with you.
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ga_pike 6/7/2019 4:49am
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I grew up racing with Shae and Matt Walker in Georgia. Couldn't think of 2 nicer kids to race with. Shae has always been a bad ass.
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*Derrick Tongue

Pretty sure he was in an ad for a casual clothing brand in magazines back in the day? It was Ballzy(sp?) or something? I stared at the picture of him coming out of a corner for ages... Pretty sure he's why I ran my clutch lever so high at one stage too. Laughing

His reaction when he found out he won the title was awesome.
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ProKawi24 wrote:
This may be a stretch but...is there any way someone could get me in touch with Shea? As some of you know, I was paralyzed permanently...
This may be a stretch but...is there any way someone could get me in touch with Shea? As some of you know, I was paralyzed permanently from the waist-down in 2001 at age 12 from an arenacross race. I was and still am a diehard Kawasaki/Pro Circuit guy (back then it was Splitfire instead of Monster). I had a support ride with PC/Kawi as you can see from my bike graphics. Shea was one of my absolute favorite riders and a huge inspiration. At 12 yrs old, I wanted to follow his footsteps and my dream was to be a pro Kawi/PC rider.Shea and Tallon Vohland were Gods to me.

I've wondered for years what happened to Shea and how he's doing so I was super stoked to see this podcast/interview with him. I've listened to it a dozen times. I can totally relate to his story of injuries derailing his career and getting hooked on painkillers, especially the long incredibly difficult journey out of that hell. It's something I struggle with every day to stay clean. I would love to talk with Shea to let him know what a huge inspiration he was to me as a kid and now as an adult with his ability to overcome the addiction, the pain, the injuries, and a promising career ending so abruptly. Adjusting to a life without MX is tougher than most can imagine, especially when it's out of your control.

I would love to just tell him personally how much he's impacted my life and how his interview really gave me a burst of inspiration to stay clean and keep fighting.

If you're able to at all, just PM me or my email is Carl24Lindsey3@gmail.com
Didn't see someone had already contacted Shaw until after I spoke to him. He said you've got an email with all his contact info in your inbox!
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Johnny Ringo 6/7/2019 6:36am
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Always a huge fan of Shae. Dude had a killer style. Made me want splitfire graphics on my KX80
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He was at a local practice track here a few months back turning some laps. I, just some old guy, went over to say hi and he was very friendly. I even told him I remembered a section at the old Road Atlanta track that he put together as a double and he remembered it. Said it was all he could do to get his 125 across it. Good dude.
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BobKerr 6/7/2019 7:42am
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That was a good podcast. I'm glad Steve reached out to Shae.
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Growing up in South Georgia, Shae was a hero. I have his Motoworld Suzuki jersey hanging up in my house.

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steve.hackler.1 wrote:
He was at a local practice track here a few months back turning some laps. I, just some old guy, went over to say hi and...
He was at a local practice track here a few months back turning some laps. I, just some old guy, went over to say hi and he was very friendly. I even told him I remembered a section at the old Road Atlanta track that he put together as a double and he remembered it. Said it was all he could do to get his 125 across it. Good dude.
Shae was?
He said on the Podcast he had not been on a bike in 2 years or longer.
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I guess it has been a couple of years, but I sure didnt think it had been that long. He was by himself. Rode a kx450. Didnt ride hard at all, just circulated. So smooth. Gave me some pointers on entering ruts in turns. At the track in Monroe, outside of Atlanta.
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That was a great listen, thanks to Shae and Steve.

Really shows you the hardships he went through and he was very honest.
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steve.hackler.1 wrote:
I guess it has been a couple of years, but I sure didnt think it had been that long. He was by himself. Rode a kx450...
I guess it has been a couple of years, but I sure didnt think it had been that long. He was by himself. Rode a kx450. Didnt ride hard at all, just circulated. So smooth. Gave me some pointers on entering ruts in turns. At the track in Monroe, outside of Atlanta.
Yeah it was a few years ago
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FWYT 6/7/2019 1:20pm
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That was heavy. Good listen. Good for Shae. Keep on going down the good path.
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Could someone show him this thread? It would put a smile on his face!
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Thank you guys very much, Shae got in touch with me this morning. Such an awesome, down to earth guy. I was a huge fan of his as a kid for Shae the rider, but now I'm an even bigger fan of Shae the man. Everyone knows the stories of all the riders with numerous accolades, the big names like RC/McGrath/Villo/Dungy/Stew etc. but guys like Shae seem to get forgotten. He was insanely fast, won a SX title, and has an incredible story to tell. If you wrote a book about guys like me and Shae, it would be called "When MX careers don't go as planned". There's so many others too that get hit with severe injuries. For every Ryan Villapoto, there's a Carl Madsen.

But like I always say, if I walked again tomorrow...you bet your ass I'd be right back on a bike. It's a love and passion like no other.

Thanks again you guys for contacting Shae, I look forward to chatting with him some more.
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good listen....
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Nighttrain 6/7/2019 4:47pm
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It was funny hearing Bentley mention Keith Turpin’s Dad. Turpin, Billy Liles, and Barry Higgins were the 3 superstars of GA motocross when I was a kid In love with MX.
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Excellent podcast. Shae’s definitely shown courage
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I need to listen to the podcast. Shae was up here in Ohio, knew a buddy of mine, ended up riding at my track at the house a couple of times. I actually have one of his iron on yellow/orange fox jerseys. If memory serves me correctly, he was 583 at the time? He was the first one to hit a pretty sketchy/knarly uphill triple at my place. He was very humble and a great inspiration for the youngster I was at the time.

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