Sam Hill during practice of round 1 Australian Nationals riding his new Specialized. Oct 31 '08 Photo: Me

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flag bertodhnaron (Oct 31, 2008 at 1:51)
ou nena!!!
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flag fr3erid3r (Nov 1, 2008 at 15:34)
i kinda miss that monster theme he had but hes still sam hill
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flag volcom13 (Nov 1, 2008 at 23:03)
awesome pic...13 is a sweet number
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flag konastuff13 (Oct 31, 2008 at 2:14)
The big question is he going to do well on his new bike?????????????????
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flag rheam (Nov 1, 2008 at 6:40)
i dont think it matters what bike he is on, he will do well no matter what, its not only the bike that makes you fast, just look at rich kids with crazy expensive bikes who have trouble dropping sidewalks, and kids riding budget bikes who are killing it at the jumps, or something like that, point is he was fast on the ironhorse and he will be fast on the specialized.
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flag wayno05 (Nov 1, 2008 at 9:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
what you ment to say was it is not the bike but the a*shole riding the bike.
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flag samheslop (Nov 5, 2008 at 12:31)
i agree with rheam, my saying for that is "all the gear but no idea" lol
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flag joedaho (Oct 31, 2008 at 4:45)
He'd do well on a £100 Halfords special.
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flag MTBriderr (Oct 31, 2008 at 5:12)
look of determination there
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flag rybizm (Oct 31, 2008 at 9:52)
his face looks pretty scary
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flag diogodavinha (Oct 31, 2008 at 9:55)
this demos is sick!!!!!!
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flag simcik (Oct 31, 2008 at 11:26) (Below Threshold) show comment
Still on Maxxis tires, no Spez tires...interesting

Definitely does not have a cool paint job like his Sundays did
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flag crazy-canuck (Oct 31, 2008 at 12:38)
Yeah its the stock colours, but i bet he'l get his own colours soon enough, prolly for next race season.
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flag coralcorn (Nov 1, 2008 at 20:16)
he is goin 2 get a custom paint... the design they showed at interbike is his i think
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flag ddddhhhh (Oct 31, 2008 at 13:21)
he look sad on specialized
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flag raniek (Nov 1, 2008 at 3:53)
You've got right... Smile
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flag tom26h (Nov 1, 2008 at 6:12)
his foots touching the floor, hes pinningit
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flag codywomack (Nov 1, 2008 at 8:51)
he looks pissed at the bike. but that is cool to see him on a demo
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flag patodh (Nov 2, 2008 at 16:55)
that bike is too small for him..look at the other pics, is smaller than the ironhorse
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flag brycewd (Dec 14, 2008 at 9:35)
its really sad to see him move from such a great company, not that specialized is bad, i just thing the Hill fit a lot better with IronHorse, and correct me if im wrong...
isent the Demo 8 a free ride bike? Matt Hunter rides one for god sake, hes an amazing rider dont get me wrong, but hes no DH racer.
So, tell me, why id Samm Hill, arguably the best Downhill rider who ever lived using a bike
that of which is not even made for the dicipline of biking he is taking part in!
The Sunday was an amazing bike spacificly made for DH and DH racing
sorry, dose not make sence to me what so ever
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flag GoApollo (Dec 24, 2008 at 15:20)
You mate, have 100% NO IDEA.

Ride a Demo before you make such assumptions.

I have, and even owned one. Mine is amazing for DH RACING without the custom Geo and parts. So he has an amazing bike, you never know, he may be faster on this.

He was insanely fast down at the Nationals in Adelaide.
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flag elpalmo (Dec 18, 2008 at 12:25)
For the millionth time!! Do you really think that Sam Hill will be riding the exact same geo frame with the same spec as Matt Hunter?!! No. They will custom fit the bike to suit his needs.
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flag brycewd (Dec 24, 2008 at 21:34)
yes, GoApollo, maybe i am being a but ignorant seeing as how when i rode a demo, it did not treat me well and the geo, dident quite cut it for me. BUT THATS JUST ME, im not saying he wont win world cups world cups with this bike, cuz he will...hes a god and i mean comon, its Sam haha
but i just thought it put my 2 cents in and i got a mouthful back
thanks to the condtrationtion to my comment, ill agree to disgaree =D
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flag Cocolino (Mar 22, 2009 at 10:51)
For sure he will have a special Geo, but the Link is the same. And the Demo is a really good bike but for racing... I think de new "Demo" will look a little bit like the Session88 (a big Spec Enduro), for having a light Bike with a lighter rear suspension link. We will see...
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flag konastuffstinky (Oct 25, 2009 at 1:40)
look at his eyes :O
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flag rideracelive (Nov 21, 2009 at 14:59)
sorry dude, but terrible afterwork on photos
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Date: 2008-10-30
Trail: Eagles
Riders: Sam Hill
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