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Wasn't Josh suppose to be ready for outdoors on Hart and huntington? Still not a 100% healed?
Also what happen to getting a video of RV riding that monster/kawi KX250 when his leg was healed? I want to see that beast!
Also what happen to getting a video of RV riding that monster/kawi KX250 when his leg was healed? I want to see that beast!
OH HELL YA! i forgot all about that.
Hope for Josh that he can get back to his 09 form, that H&H will be great to watch with Tedesco, Hill and hopefully Hannny on a 450!
The Shop
His contract with H&H includes 2012 but H&H have an 'opt out' option if Josh is not healthy and back on the bike by a certain date (Kenny didn't give an exact date).
I certainly wish Josh well in his recovery and hope to see him back on the back when he's ready. I just hope this opt out option doesn't force him to think he has to get back on the bike before he's fully healed.
Hill was a great talent but those injuries will be a miracle to recover and get back to a level he can ride let alone race.
Why would a guy that was winning SX races, try a back flip?
Hell, if I were a team manager, I'd write "no freestyle" in their contracts, along with-I'm sure-the other activities thier contracts forbid.
I hope Hill gets better, and that he-and all other riders-learn from his mistake....
Do you know Josh? If you don't then you have no right to saw he's not focused on racing. Just because he's off having fun on his dirtbike doesn't mean he's not focused on racing. If you don't know how to have fun on a bike you probably won't ever get that fast.
I know him personally. He will be back. No doubt in my mind. He's a hard worker.
Pit Row
I don't know Josh. But I don't need to know him to know that he obviously wasn't focused on racing or he wouldn't have been off trying a frikkin' back flip and ruined two years of an already short professional moto career.
And I hate to break it to you there junior, but being "fast" on a dirt bike is far far far far away from what is really important in my life (and unless you are already faster than 99.99999% of all dirt bike racers your age in the entire country, it better not be at the top of your priority list either). So I don't care about being "fast" on a dirt bike.
Either way, I know how to have fun on a dirt bike, "fun" is the only reason I even ride one. But I'm not doing it for a living, and I don't have companies paying me to do it, or expecting me to compete to get them exposure. And if I did, I wouldn't be wasting my time doing freestyle back flips.
And I'm sure Josh is a great kid, and probably a lot of fun to be around, but IN MY OPINION (disagree if you'd like) any professional racing needs to put back flip asperations on the shelf until they retire from racing.
If it's just a matter of fun he is looking for, there are other things to do to get a fix.
If things would have went his way, I think it's safe to say every one of you guys would have believed it was "worth it". People complain about "SX Only" guys, and when a guy steps outside of the box and tries something different and fails, he's an unfocused moron that doesn't appreciate shit. Sad part of this sport.
If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle...."if", "if", "if", "if", "if"....I saw a lot of that in your post.
Facts are, it didn't pay off, he jacked himself up, absolutely destroyed 20% of his professional career (assuming a pro career is 10 years, and he's missed pretty much two complete seasons). That's all that really matters.
And for the record, even if he had pulled it off and won X-games gold, I'd still say it was stupid (because of the chance of what REALLY happened, happening).
Even if he could do a flip, he'd be no where near Pastrana...not even close.
And finally, racers should race. If he wants to do freestyle, he should retire from racing and do freestyle....trying to do both means he let down a lot of people.
Pastrana basically took the same risk Hill did, when his career was splitting into racing/FMX. Pastrana's risk(s) paid off and he's a GOD to millions. Hill's risk failed and he's dubbed a let-down... come on. I'm a born and bred racer... I respect the racing-only guys just and much as Pastrana... a supercross championship in my eyes is worth a lot more than an X Games medal, but multiple millions of TV viewers, merch buyers, etc, would disagree. I respect your opinion, I just think Hill deserves respect for going for something big that could have boosted his career in a major way. Definitely doesn't deserve to be kicked while he's down.
This also highlights the pitfalls of SX only contracts. What is a kid like him, in his prime, going to do all summer? X-Gaymes is a big deal and he had fuck all else to do all summer. Expect Regal is pulling his hair out too. And Bubba's probably back in jail... I blame Brookes! ;-) hahaha
I'd like to see that.
I wish him the best,
I just can't see why H&H gave him a contract.
Pastrana did let a lot of people in racing down when he was doing the freestyle stuff (it drove Decoster nuts)! And ultimately he had to choose one or the other as well, and he choose Freestyle (becauser Freestyle ruined his racing career), and it blew up for him. Does Hill plan on going the same route? Or is he going to try and do both? Pastrana couldn't do it, can Hill?
Him doing a back flip in whatever that stupid event in xgames was, wasn't going to turn him into a Pastrana. If he could go out and win freestyle, or best trick gold medals, THEN you'd have point. But he was trying a back flip to use in a one off event (is it even still in xgames?)
You can respect him for taking unnecessary risks...I don't. Its just opinion...I respect him as a racer, not as a freestyle rider. But, its his life, its his career, he can do what he wants. I'd of rather Pastrana focus on racing, but it is what it is. He did what he wanted, and so be it. It's his life.
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