SAM HILL
World Champion CyclistArchive for June, 2008
CHAMPIONSHIP Test Event Val di-Sole, Italy 04.05.2008
1 Sam Hill 3:19.42
2 Steve Peat 3:24.60
3 Fabien Barel 3:26.92
4 Floret Payet 3:27.77
5 Justin Leov 3:28.67
SEA OTTER CLASSIC Laguna Seca, Monterey, California 19.04.2008
distance - 1600mtrs 300mtr vertical descent
1 Greg Minnaar 2:11.21
2 Chris Kovarik 2:12.05
3 Justin Leov 2:12.10
4 Steve Peat 2:13.09
5 Nathan Rennie 2:13.28
53 Sam Hill 2:21.11
MTBA National 3 Mt Beauty, Victoria 03.02.2008
1 Sam Hill 3:10.98
2 Steve Smith 3:17.78
3 Nathan Rennie 3:18.09
4 Rick Boyer 3:19.78
5 Liam Panozzo 3:19.96
AUST. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Stromlo, Canberra 27.01.2007
1 Jared Graves 3:19.86
2 Nathan Rennie 3:22.05
3 Jared Rando 3:24.21
4 Filip Polc 3:24.56
5 Amiel Cavalier 3:24.93
8 Sam Hill 3:27.04 (crashed near finish)
OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIP Rotorua, New Zealand 05.03.2006
1 Fabien Barel 3:08.60
2 Sam Hill 3:10.34
3 Cedric Garcia 3:12.11
4 Mick Hannah 3:12.57
5 Kieran Bennett 3:15.28
MTBA FINAL Mt Buller, Victoria 13.02.2005
1 Sam Hill 3:20.87
2 Chris Kovarik 3:26.92
3 Jared Rando 3:27.85
4 Mick Hannah 3:38.97
5 Joel Panozzo 3:29.01
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Eildon, Victoria 29.02.2004
1 Sam Hill 2:43.58
2 Jared Graves 2:26.99
3 Nathan Rennie 2:47.17
4 Jared Rando 2:48.23
5 Mick Hannah 2:48.57
RED BULL CHALLENGE Jindabyne, NSW AUST 24.01.2003
distance - 1000mtrs with 9mtr vertical drop + 14mtr step-down gap + see-saw
1 Sam Hill (17yrs) 128.50 points
2 John Waddell (22yrs) 126.50 points
3 Nathan Rennie (22yrs) 118.50 points
4 Steve Marsh (27yrs) 118.50 points
5 Jared [...]
U19 MTBA National Final Mt. Beauty, Victoria 17.02.2002
1 Sam Hill 3:27.60 (4th overall)
2 Luke Strom 3:41.42
3 Wylie Burchall 3:50.05
4 David McLaughlin 3:50.42
5 Alan Crisp 3:53.67
U19 AUST. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Mt Buller, Victoria 18.03.2001
1 Ben Cory 5:52 51
2 Sam Hill 5:55.17
3 Danny Mills 6:05.94
4 Dave West 6:07.84
5 Justin Havukainen 6:21.99
2009 RockShox Revalation Fork
The new fork offers 5.5″ travel, a beefed up crown, refined compression knobs, and a fresh new look, all coming in at 3.8 pounds.
Sam Takes Win at World Cup #1
Spy Optic’s Sam Hill (Monster/Iron Horse) stepped up and took it to the world’s best downhill mountain bike racers this past weekend in Slovenia, winning the Nissan UCI World Cup DH season opener at Maribor.
Hill, the defending World Cup downhill champ, tuned up for the Maribor opener by thoroughly dominating a UCI mandated test event [...]
IRONHORSE 2008 SUNDAY FACTORY
The secret of Sam Hill’s World Cup and World Championship winning bike is a little more straightforward than the complex and unknown world of the Australian’s psyche. But, like Hill, it is different to most bikes that clatter their way down Alpine slopes that are available in the local bike shop. It is different in [...]
