INTERVIEW
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JOSH HILL
were equal parts life and career
threatening. Almost three years
of subsequent pain and suffering
– not to mention trying to rekindle some sort of life into his once
chrome sparks-bright career, Hill
was back and deep and deeply
dedicated to the 2014 Monster
Energy Supercross Series. As he
will explain, Hill says the rough
and tumble times he's bashed
and popped his way through
have only made him stronger,
and with the recent X Games "silver and gold" serving as sort of a
jumping jam, he's ready to head
down on the upside to Australia
for that nation's now-annual SX
Championship.
The 2013 Terex Australian Supercross Championship is pulling
up the curtain Down Under on
September 14 and 15 at Hidden
Valley, Northern Territory, Australia. For Hill, aged 24, it's ready/
steady/go time on both his offseason immediate future and his
near-term "I want to win U.S. Supercross races" future.
Read on.
Prior to the X Games here in
Los Angeles, the last time we
watched you race was at Las
Vegas at the final round of the
Monster Energy Series. How
did you feel about that evening?
Vegas wasn't that good for me.
I was doing okay. I was in the top
10 the whole moto and Broc Tickle and I were battling the whole
race and I was trying to get him
"
I wasn't happy with
second. I thought I should
have won gold.
"
back and I kind of overshot that
ski jump down Monster Alley and
crashed into the wall. I still picked
myself up and got 12th or 13th or
something [Hill placed 14th]. The
Vegas Supercross wasn't really
how I wanted to end the series.
All things considered, how
did you feel about your 2013
Supercross season?
Well, I think it would have been
great but I had just this small
crash in practice at Anaheim I
and ended up breaking my hand.
It's the way I fell. I crashed in-between where all the jumps were
piled up. I smacked my hand on
something and broke it. It wasn't
even a bad crash. I had to sit out
five rounds and pretty much had
to start my preparation all over.
My hand was still hurting for a
