INTERVIEW
P112
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDREA WILSON
AMA SUPERBIKE CHAMPION JOSH HERRIN
Herrin spent his whole AMA career
with Yamaha and the Graves team.
leyball player who was recently
awarded Defensive Player of the
Year for her team.
The Herrins are a good-looking lot, causing Josh to freely admit, "I'm the ugly one of the family." There's no doubt his brothers
and sister could all be models if
they wanted to be.
THE ENTOURAGE
When the Herrins moved to
Georgia and built their track they
instantly became celebrities of
the nearby little town of Dublin
and the local sandwich shop has
a poster of Josh hanging on the
wall. In addition to his fiancée,
his brothers and sister, Josh
has a cast of characters hanging around that would be a reality
show producer's dream.
There's Greg who lives across
the road from the Herrins. He's
a jack-of-all-trades who loves to
ride and helps out around the
place. Recently, Greg built an offroad course through the woods
on his property that's become a
favorite for Josh to train on. They
call him "Old Gregg" after a BBC
sketch comedy piece that Josh
loves. Then there's John Shofner, a buddy of Josh's from Texas, who is an aspiring filmmaker.
John was on hand doing videos
for Josh that they feature on social media. Josh is really into social media and there are constant
(Right) Finally taking his training
seriously last year was one of
the things that Herrin thinks
helped make him a much better
racer. Here he rides his bike
through morning fog.
updates coming out of the Herrin
compound in the form of photos
and videos shared across the
world via Facebook, Twitter and
Instagram. Then there's Martin,
a buddy who met everyone for
lunch on the day this interview
was conducted. The subject of
lunch was Martin's best buddy
who was in trouble after being
accused of armed robbery.
And then there are the rac-