Monte "Turndown" Hill Interview

[TeamHavocRacing]

I crashed my crappy editing software upteen times before getting all of the subltitles correct and finishing this old, 3-part interview into one video. Enjoy!

[jlv]

I think I might have read about him in BMX magazines back in the 80's. Never made that connection before.

Interesting that he wasn't thrilled about the freestyle stuff either.

[TeamHavocRacing]

More noteworthy is the bit near the end about alienating your kid with rough handling. His late grandfather Ted mentioned how they warned Josh about blowing money and he subsequently went and bought a million dollar mansion right before the backflip crash. He's doing better in his "post-career" I think. Style legend and electric bike pioneer.

[jlv]

They say nobody ever wishes they spent more time at the office, but I wonder if that's true for people who had championship level talent at something. You'd have to wonder if you could have been #1 if you committed 100%. Not that Monte Hill should have bullied his kids into it. It's just that you have one small window where it's possible to win and if you waste it you'll never get another shot.

[TeamHavocRacing]

I have a friend who witnessed Monte screaming at young Josh at Shoug, pointing down at him shouting "You let that kid pass you!" He admitted it and knows Josh is gnarly and gets along with him now. He was so committed to winning, he threw away a second place trophy back when he raced lol. He laughs at all of this shit now. Jammin' Jimmy is the one who introduced us in the mid-to-late 1900's. Here 's Monte testing out some lines at a local skatepark ten years ago...