Watching Sam Hill race enduro is like watching Usain Bolt run or seeing Serena Williams defend her baseline game. With the same bike and component technology as his competitors, Hill is somehow able to eke out riskier lines that other riders didn’t see or were intimidated by, and he makes them work. His knack for straightening out a snake of trail makes up time, resulting in a list of results that the young Australian can be proud of.
Hill is not only the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Enduro World Series overall champion, but he also won the UCI Downhill Championship races in 2006, 2007, and 2010, and earned the World Cup Downhill overall seat in 2007 and 2009. His wins and podiums between those results are too many to list, but you get the idea that Hill knows his way down a proper steep track.
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