”Sorry everyone. Looks like I forgot to say thanks to Chain Reaction Cycles and Nukeproof for the contract extension in my last post. Bring in the next 3 years with the best bike and team.”Fair play Sam!
Three-time Enduro World Series champion Sam Hill appears to be hinting at some changes with his long-time sponsor Team Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof. Sam has been with CRC Nukeproof since the 2013 season, winning three overall EWS championships and standing on 15 individual EWS podiums in his time there.
The man himself posted this on Instagram earlier.
 | I’d like to say a massive thank you to @chainreactioncycles and @nukeproofbikes for all their support and belief in me over the last 8 years. It’s been an awesome time and we have achieved a lot together. Thank you—Sam Hill |
While this is the ususal format for a rider leaving a brand, I suppose
technically this isn't announcing his departure, so team fans will have to cross their fingers and hope his next post says
"...which is why I'm excited to have signed for another 8 years with Nukeproof CRC!"We reached out to Nukeproof for more information but all they would say is that "The man's a wildcat" and that some more news would be coming soon.
Whether he's got a big new deal in the works, he's dialling back the racing, he's fully retiring, or we've been royally trolled, we'll update this as we get more information.
Are we doing this?
I hope Nukeproof survives and they live up to their own name. LOL
(And if the man wins another world series, I'll f*#kin' jump in the lake.)
The Chain Reacts to Sam Hill
10. Sam Hill defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588 in an inflatable raft.
9. Spelling Sam Hill backwards out loud will reverse the rotation of the Earth.
8. Sam Hill can slam a revolving door.
7. Johannes Kepler's calculations were incorrect until he accounted for Sam Hill.
6. All of Sam Hill's toes are big toes.
5. Sam Hill can rip a phone book in half with one hand.
4. In 1975 Sam Hill won an Oscar for his role in the movie Jaws. He played the ocean.
3. Sam Hill invented Taiwan just to piss off China.
2. When a regular person puts a conch shell to his ear and listens, he hears the ocean. When Sam Hill puts a conch shell to his ear and listens, he hears Slayer.
...and the Number 1 Random Fact about Sam Hill:
1, The only thing that sucks more than being Sam Hill is not being Sam Hill.
Absolute genius comment.
Loic: "Hey my name is Loic not Sam."
SFRTS: "Stop joking around Sam...we have work to do."
Although if I recall correctly, Sammy also liked the hardcore band "Lambs":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFGgTDtsflk&ab_channel=Lambs-Topic
A long time ago he tried to put out 75% during practice. The brapping and roosts kicked up so much dirt into the atmosphere the world went into ice age. He said he probably won't do that again.
Three MTB racers, one from Australia Sam Hill , one from South Africa Greg Minnaar and the other from New Zealand Brooke MacDonald, are sitting round a campfire, each embroiled with the bravado for which they are famous.
A night of tall tales begins....
Brooke, the kiwi says, "I must be the meanest, toughest MTB dude there us. Why, just the other year I was paralyzed, recovered and raced a year later"
Greg, from South Africa typically can't stand to be bettered. "Well you guys,I started racing in 1999, got a radial head fracture, recovered and I'm still here today".
Sam the Aussie remained silent, slowly poking the fire with his penis.
I’m hoping he is still racing as I love seeing ride, but also understand if he ends up wanting to retire. After being home around the kiddos for all of 2020, I can understand the desire to make it more permanent.
Curious to see what happens next.
If this doesn't change, to do a full EWS season he would barely get to be at home and see his family for 4 months straight. A weeks before Whistler is the only real time, plus maybe 1-2 days after Whistler if he came home before leaving again for Europe. The DH schedule is a pain as well, but at least there is a big gap after Maribor and Les Gets.
I would be very surprised to see him do a full season of either DH or EWS. And if he's not going for the overall, I wouldn't blame him for thinking he might as well skip it and stay home with the family.
You know what they say when you assume...
She got angry and is now staying at her sister's house.
No marketing team would miss an opportunity for a goodbye video for someone like Sam Hill.
and next year we might see him road racing....FULL LYCRA on HILLs
I'm expecting the downvotes...
But at the same time people on pinkbike don't seem to understand how free agency works for athletes, so they get excited and emotional at any announcements.
www.instagram.com/p/CJpTSJzhMjn/?igshid=js5r235plpdm
Tricked us all ????
Spoiler alert: no.
"November 5, 1955. Yes! Of course! November 5, 1955! That was the day I invented time-travel. I remember it vividly. I was standing on the edge of my toilet hanging a clock, the porcelain was wet, I slipped, hit my head on the sink, and when I came to I had a revelation! A vision! A picture in my head! A picture of this! This is what makes time travel possible: the flux capacitor!"
What about Lacondeguy and redbull?