I just wanted to jump stuff and be good at jumping. We all see those guys out there every Sunday hucking 80-foot triples, and rolling the whoop sections. Funny thing is-and my parents still quote this-when I was a little kid my parents asked me, “do you want to be a pro when you grow up?” I said “no, I just want to be a junior that jumps everything.” My dad was a pro BMX rider, pro dirt-biker, and I just wanted to ride. Back then, I didn’t even want to be fast I didn’t care about it. Yeah, I grew up racing there, Albany SX and Salem Arenacross. The people that ran that place were always awesome. Helens eruption ash so they can only run in the winter. My first race ever was at Woodland MX park in 1992, and I was born in ’89. I had been racing since I was three years old. Yeah, in 2006 I got the Horizon Award, but I was already on a factory team by then. Like you for example, you won the Horizon Award in 2006, but a ton happened before that day that got you there. I’m just a huge fan of the sport and the riders, and I know your story doesn’t begin when you go pro. I think there’s a cool story out there about each rider. It’s cool that you bring out their story. It’s kind of tough unless you’re top three or top five every weekend you kind of get forgotten. I read your Brayton and Blose interviews, and it seemed like you’re trying to paint a picture of what each rider’s about and what they’ve accomplished. You’re a story I really think needs to be told. This is what Josh had to tell us last week: Josh has had his ups and downs, and is currently recovering from the biggest down of his career. Pacific Northwest native, Josh Hill, has only been a professional racer for five years, but as you will soon find out, those years have been long and tough for the twenty-one year old racer. When we called this week’s “Inside Story,” we had no idea how long his journey actually was until we ended our phone call two and a half hours later.
These profiles are in-depth journeys through the careers of professional SX and MX riders-covering everything from their first training wheels till today. As many of you already know by now, the “Inside Story” series on MotoXAddicts is more than just a bunch of interviews.
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