Sequence Saturday: Sam Hill's Slam

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cameronb3321 (Jan 23, 2015 at 22:00)

The moment Australia collectively found their heads falling into their hands.

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skierdud89 (Jan 23, 2015 at 22:26)

I'd say more than just Australia. I know it's worlds but I still was rooting for Hill.

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lukachadwick (Jan 24, 2015 at 0:28)

Unfortunately (in my eyes) the two most disappointing crashes of the season happened that day. Firstly this. Secondly ratboys over shoot. I ignorantly thought the win would be one of theirs and I'd been rooting for both the whole season. And they're both riders id expect to do well at hafjell too, with the lack of pedally sections compared To other tracks and the raw natural sections.

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dr-fishy-noooo (Jan 24, 2015 at 0:34)

Straya

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iamamodel (Jan 24, 2015 at 4:16)

That's the second time he did that to us. When he slid out at Val di Sole... gut wrenching all-round. I'm still gutted for him over that, but like he said in a radio interview after "I'm a racer and I go as fast as possible at all times [or words to that effect]." when the interviewer asked him if he would have slowed down if he knew how far in front he was.

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jlev (Jan 24, 2015 at 4:16)

And also Blenkinsop who screwed his face in the practice...

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mtbswindler (Jan 24, 2015 at 8:40)

ill never forget this crash

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chyu (Jan 24, 2015 at 8:53)

He doesn't want to win by 1 or 2 seconds. He wants to smoke everyone by 10.

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pm148 (Jan 24, 2015 at 9:39)

That was fearon who screwed his face

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sicsoma (Jan 24, 2015 at 11:01)

i wanna see image 2.5, so as to infer where it 'went wrong'

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mtbswindler (Jan 24, 2015 at 11:33)

its in image 3, he hit that rock...

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skierdud89 (Jan 24, 2015 at 13:30)

@mtbswindler

most helpful comment ever!

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Stuuriaan (Jan 24, 2015 at 17:39)

my guess is the NSA took it

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BobChicken (Jan 24, 2015 at 17:45)

Sadly, most Australians have no idea who Sam Hill is.... if he was on road bikes, different story....

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Goose76 FL (Jan 24, 2015 at 20:07)

@BobChicken could not agree more, I do my bit to promote the sport and names to the uneducated. If you asked my eldest daughter when she was 10 who Sam Hill was, she was able to tell you.

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HankBizzle (Jan 25, 2015 at 3:29)

To be fair @luka they probably woulda been first and second had they not had their incident, looking at their split times.

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rideRB (Jan 24, 2015 at 4:10)

I hope he will get his EVOC backpack for this.

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omtimasprime FL (Jan 23, 2015 at 22:25)

Looks like his bike just couldn't handle his skill.

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dirtdoctor (Jan 23, 2015 at 23:26)

That wreck was insane, he was 5 or 6 seconds up easy win. I was praying 'just chill' finish clean WHAM!! I guess they don't know rank during the run?

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el-nombre FL (Jan 24, 2015 at 4:12)

Easy win? Ratboy had pretty similar times didn't he?

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iamamodel (Jan 24, 2015 at 4:18)

Gee also had a bit of a moment. If everyone had had a clean run, it would have been very close between the three of them, and perhaps four (Neko).

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orastreet1 (Jan 24, 2015 at 9:25)

I would imagine you don't know you are up until you are at the finish line. So yeah, you would go balls out to the finish.

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jclnv (Jan 24, 2015 at 15:45)

el-nombre, no Hill was about 2/3 seconds up on Bryceland. I think it's fair to say he would have comfortably won.

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BillieCook97 (Jan 25, 2015 at 2:43)

I think they all had different sections that they were better at, you'll never know who would've won if they ball had a clean run.

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fasian FL (Jan 23, 2015 at 21:48)

Scorpion FTW!!! Over the Hill with that one.

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JaseZ (Jan 23, 2015 at 22:08) (Below Threshold)

Good pun haha

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l0key (Jan 24, 2015 at 1:06)

in photo 7, the look of anger in his eyes, I'd suggest that rock find somewhere to hide, as Sam's coming back with a jackhammer to teach it a lesson

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el-nombre FL (Jan 25, 2015 at 11:28)

Aren't his eyes closed in that shot?

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GetMounted (Jan 24, 2015 at 3:19)

If that was Chuck Norris....he'd be dead.

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pteplitxky (Jan 24, 2015 at 20:51)

It really interesting to note the reaction time of the spectators while this wreck is going on:

As we can see in slide no. 3, Sam is clearly in deep sh!t. No reaction from spectators

in slide no. 4, Sam is now in face-first trajectory towards immovable wall of stone. No reaction from spectators.

Slide no. 5, Sam has initiated an inverted elbow-bump ninja cartwheel over the rock. Audience is finally like "FUUUUUUUU-"

If any of those dudes watching were in Sam's situation, their faces would be concave before they even knew they were going down. Check out the dude with the red hat. all he can do is go slack-jaw.

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morgan21 (Jan 23, 2015 at 22:04)

That procore valve and blue tab thingy really holds your attention after you notice it on the rims.

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HellslayeR (Jan 24, 2015 at 2:35)

Is he okey after all? Any leftover injuries? I hope he has just some scraches and no more. He is my favorite still active rider of all time (Fabien Barel and Cedric Gracia was the other two until they rode DH).

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pioterski (Jan 25, 2015 at 2:16)

In fact this sequence misses one or two shots containing proof that neck brace is a true spine saver. Right after the champs, there were many shots of this crash and one could perfectly see how Sam's head got stuck between the rocks and the body was moving on. Then the brace stopped it and SNAP! head was back to its normal place again.

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hillatoppa (Jan 26, 2015 at 9:34)

Was standing roughly 3 meters from this stack. Hill was absolutely hauling ass!! The noise upon impact sent chills down my spine. Still don't know how he just jumped up and rode away.

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Gasket-Jeff (Jan 27, 2015 at 11:44)

Because Sam Hill!

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Kapricorn (Jan 24, 2015 at 8:31)

RSC reservoirs + code calipers + avid cleansweep G2 rotors at the back (can't see the front). Interesting mix and match there.

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flyingfox49 (Jan 25, 2015 at 0:02)

Was that a line that no other rider took ?
I didn't know of anyone else who hit it.
Strange ! I wonder if the flats pushed his weight forward too much.??

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antigit (Jan 25, 2015 at 16:08)

Would have loved for Sam and Ratboy to have both got clean runs to see who came out on top.

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kabanosipyvo (Jan 23, 2015 at 21:57)

Frame 3 is quite the advert for Sam's Deemax. From ludicrous speed to a dead stop, and the wheel barely deflects.

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flowerman7 FL (Jan 24, 2015 at 0:18)

The moment Sam found himself upside down... Where he is found at home

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fullbug (Jan 24, 2015 at 1:53)

The g-string won that day.

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hyperpower88 FL (Jan 24, 2015 at 9:49)

And that kids, is how you lose a world champs race... Was so gutted for him..

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freeride-forever (Jan 24, 2015 at 21:44)

Daaaang, that rock garden is jus' dirry nassy! Looks like he came out pretty good considering.

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magicbeanz (Jan 24, 2015 at 1:58)

Big respect for shaking that off, most would of been carried off.

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AaronDietz (Jan 25, 2015 at 9:37)

Bigger wheels would have rolled right over that rock! The bike is Nukeproof but not rockproof!

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Gasket-Jeff (Jan 27, 2015 at 11:45)

9er!

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sexley FL (Jan 23, 2015 at 21:48)

Ouch!

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stokedcheech420 (Jan 23, 2015 at 23:20)

that rock to his back yeah

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karoliusz (Jan 24, 2015 at 8:38)

Poor rocks!

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marshie (Jan 24, 2015 at 8:57)

did anybody else pause it at the scorpian sequence?

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john260164 (Jan 26, 2015 at 3:30)

Just for fun, in the green jacket, male or female?

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segunda (Jan 27, 2015 at 13:17)

Seriously had me tweaking the image url's to find frame 2.5

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ejob (Jan 24, 2015 at 8:42)

it was the gold bike ,never wear the belt till you win the fight.

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Capitanbikes (Jan 24, 2015 at 1:23)

Sam this is your year kick some @$$ bro.

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Vanguard (Jan 24, 2015 at 1:51)

Sam Hill is back.

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karoliusz (Jan 24, 2015 at 11:12)

He never left!

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Vanguard (Jan 29, 2015 at 10:44)

Ah, he had to recover from a few injuries. But now he's back and he's fast. I think he's a podium contender for 2015.

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MrFudgypants (Jan 24, 2015 at 4:43)

AUAA!

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priest55 (Jan 24, 2015 at 6:37)

good grief. Can you say ''Back Protector''!

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friendlyfoe (Jan 24, 2015 at 20:50)

i think you mean neck brace

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Dustjunky (Jan 24, 2015 at 8:16)

Did he have armour on?

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RoThsChilD (Jan 24, 2015 at 9:46)

Bet he wishes he'd clipped in

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cikudh (Jan 25, 2015 at 3:29)

illuminati theory

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RoThsChilD (Jan 25, 2015 at 10:58)

Haha, i like it, you've done your reading

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freeriderayward (Jan 23, 2015 at 23:18)

Good he didn't have clips.

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lennoxrider (Jan 24, 2015 at 1:28)

Yeah because he got his feet out so well in slide 5

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freeriderayward (Jan 25, 2015 at 0:08)

Would have been much worse with clips bud.

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lennoxrider (Jan 25, 2015 at 0:45)

You've clearly never ridden clips

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RoThsChilD (Jan 25, 2015 at 15:23)

It doesn't take einstein to work out that if he was clipped in...he'd av scorpioned his spine to oblivion...!?!?

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dougies (Feb 10, 2015 at 0:39)

The thing about clips is, they do this amazing thing where they unclip....