If you came to just hear the Yamaha part. 13:30

Opiates in the motocross community needs to be talked about. Thanks for bringing some attention to it.

Raw talent, dude straight up rips. SOunds like hes got a good grip on life to! cheers

Josh is one of my favorite riders. Super chill dude

Nice to hear he understands and appreciates how his parents tried to raise him .

Anybody else realize how good he keeps the conversation long, he literally is so good at going into detail about the truth of moto.

I remember him and jlaw at starwest mx quading a section that had no business being quaded and then launching a fucking berm after it and landing on the other side of the track. I was blown away by the talent and how rad these dudes were. 🤘

Simple, but dope video, nice to see this side of our favorite riders, especially some legends like Josh

This is the first video I’ve seen from you and I’m already a fan

Josh hill..i love the way he rides..and your right..pain killers absolutly ruin lives..but #75 forever!!

Get j law stroupe and izzi on your show gypsy i would love to hear there side of the story

I broke my back at Kenworthys national in 2001 on the dirty dozen. 19 years now and im miserable most days in pain beyond words. I spent 6 years as a cop and ultimately came back to plumbing from the life prescription opiates took on my life (my own fault) from a 19 year old motocross injury. I wish it on no one.

Stoked that there is a podcast that interviews people that are “famous” to me. Like I would way rather run into Josh Hill at the airport as opposed to some actor or singer. I am from Salem Oregon and I have always hoped for some reason I would run into Josh. He seems like a mad chill dude. I have always wanted to do podcasts like this but I don’t have the connections with people to make it interesting! Keep it up dude I have been following since the beginning and I am excited to be here when you have a mil of subs!

14min mark if you want to just listen to the story about the 450

I remember watchin josh hill at horn rapids on a yz85, there was a double double and he was quading it on the 85, there were like 2 pros on 450s doin it, this was back in like 03 04

Josh hill... your favorite riders favorite rider

Being able to see this side of these riders other than just the media version of them is incredible

This is great quality content!! Very impressed by the interviewing skills, subscribed!

I could be boys with Josh and Jace. Listening to this conversation is super enjoyable, and the positivity from Hill is refreshing as hell. You could be a salty mother when your career begins with Steve Mathis takin a shit on it, but Josh keeps proving mothers wrong. The best dudes do this because they love it.

Opiates in Motocross is the Elephant in the room for sure!? And maby Adderall! I went through opiate additicion, stemming from a knee injury...it sucks!

All these young successful racers has solid upbringings. Good parents- structure. Respect

Fucking straight up truth! Awesome interview and best of luck to you Josh! I had a spinal fusion from Arena Cross and have been battling ever since 😔

Really interesting to read about the opiate problem in motocross and sad that there isn't anything done. In horse racing in the UK we have the Injured Jockeys fund which helps injuried jockeys to rehab after injuries but have also helps riders here with addictions (less opiates as UK it's far harder to get presribed the stonger pain meds than it is in the US) maybe a charity or something needs setting up specifically for injured and/or addicted moto riders...

I could of watched this all day. Wish I could find the rest

Would it be possible to get Colby Raha on your show? I think that would be an interesting one.

Kicked the opiates after a multi year addiction. I was about an hour away from home riding with a buddy on our 450 race ATVs and I was a beginner on any off-road machines at the time besides riding a mountain bike at 25mph maybe. Crashed at about 15 mph and didn't have any protective gear besides a helmet. Crash caused my lower back to have a bulging disc. But it did help me get pumped to go open my own biz and I needed it to do work and it helped me make good money so that's what made it way harder to get off

Great video mates

Snapped my wrist at Perris Raceway, went to the doctor and they gave me two things. An external fixture and 50 norco’s a week for a month. They did the job but became physically addicted and detoxing was tough.

Opiates are a really serious thing for the motor cross community, that’s why my dad had to stop racing before his third year. Even I was put on a prescription for oxy multiple times and I’m not even 17 yet, if they keep giving them out like they’re, more careers will be ruined.

In Steve defense, he doesnt talk crap about a kid. he talks crap about the system and how factorys dump money in to a ameteur and when they turn pro they just change team. And all that money could go to a real pro.

"once you dont need weed you just stop" god damn aint that the truth. The hardest part is reformatting any habits youve developed like constant oversnacking, or too much youtube/tv/video games. leaning off weed now that ive been using for my 4 fractured transverse processes. today, i decided to only smoke in the morning and fix some motorcycles today. no heavy sweats, no shakes, no anxiety. after a month all day every day high, ive had a nice productive day sober :-)

The wrong place at the wrong time was within 100 ft.or closer to JLaw.The dude was bad news.He could have been somebody, '' he could have been a contender.''

Hill talkin bout the opiates hit home bad. 24 operations and 18yrs later im a full blown addict and destroyed my life, im 52. Prior to any injuries and severe nerve pain i didnt do drugs. I became victim of the opiate epidemic when doctors gave large amounts of oxycodone 30's and 80mg oxycontin 80's. Just a terrible deal

Funniest story I've heard in a long time! Only Josh could pull that off... Great interview!!

Nerve pain IS THE WORST bro! Opiates are vicious but like he said they have their place but it has to be administered under very controlled circumstances and taken off equally as cautious. It’s incredibly wrong how they treat these guys these days with SERIOUS injuries. Hope they have a better program these days.

I have a cut nerve from a botched hernia surgery. It sends electric shocks 24/7 as it wants to. Such a crazy pain. medical marijuana products helps more than anything.

Great to hear this talked about

Being i road race the yamaha FZ 750 the father of the YZR 426...i m retired but thought hey just to play ride i want ti get a yzf 250...i rode a street bike version when they were first out...i was really let down that was the first addition...i cant explain how good the FZ 750 R was motor an transmission was so good racing the new 86 gsxr 750 my 86 yamaha gave the gsxr 70 pound an i could still smoke that suzuki under acceleration 2 gear an i blow by it...so yzr 250 was a big let down i havent ridden the MX version

I see that Dixxon flannel🤙🏻🤘🏻

Opiates destroyed a portion of my existence. All better now but that stuff is deadly.

8 years sober .

Must be so hard to be at that level he did some good things cool video

josh hill is the best guy

I was in BMX in the 90’s and in general opiates were prescribed way to much. At the dentist if yer tooth was pulled you got a bottle of 30 pills. Yet it was the kids fault if he got strung out by the time he was 24. I can only imagine in MX what it was like. Opiates are tough and once yer in yer struggling for years. Hats of to this discussion of black balling Gypsy

I’m happy people are talking about the opiates because it’s a real issue

Dude Josh your right! Im sitting here with a broke back my surgeon said we can get through this on without surgery! His words “ but this is not an insignificant break you are 50/50 surgery or no surgery but let’s try healing with no surgery it’s a T5 T6 fracture and compression! And a rib I cased a double hands came off the bards flew off! So I’m sitting here broken back but 8 days out of ICU I had to get a pain killer refill! The fucking surgeons offfice is like nope we only give pain meds if you had surgery! I was still not sleeping in bed up all night with pain levels at 6-7 and these fuckers were afraid to prescribe pain pills! Thank God I knew a doctor that was about to look at the scenario and give me a couple weeks worth! To get me through I’m fine now only take 1 a week maybe if I do too much and get soar! But these doctors lost their damn minds 7 days out of ICU broken back I assure you it’s ok to prescribe pain meds nobody is questioning that!

Anyone have a link to Matthes ever calling Josh Hill a stoner kid at 17? Matthes was doing some journalism, but didn't start podcasting until 2008. He's never really said anything about the guy other than being douchey at a Monster party.

Remove Hills hat and hair, RC's long lost cousin 🤣😂🤣

He’s right tho no one really puts any good news out about motocross like..why the hell does nobody have a badass podcast yet..

Any sport where young kids get hurt your gonna know what pain killers are at a young age. I know all about it. Broken over 32 bones in my life and i love pain killers. But like he said lock yourself in a room for a week. Sweat it out. Iv sweated it out a million times and i would always go back for more. I got 4 years clean last month. Weeds the way to go.

“Like Like like like ......like like ........like like like.....yeah, like like like like “. Jesus Christ fill the gaps with words that add to the conversation. When did the word “like” become every third word of EVERY SENTENCE!?!?!?

I broke my T5,T6 my first bad crash and luckily I had strict trainers that wouldn't let me stay on meds. My second bad one was L2 , my tailbone and a foot and was ready to get off meds to get back riding. My last was a C2,C6,C7, andT1 and had a three level spinal fusion and I was still in the hospital and nurse was trying to give me a Darvocet N100 while I still had a IV in. Luckily I was ready to heal up and adapted but I blamed all of the drug attics for screwing it up for everybody. I do look at things different now and with all my nerve pain and headaches weed does help. Really like my neck hurt so damn bad that no pain meds helped it just got my mind out of it. But I can calm down on weed. I do feel for my buddies that get caught up on it but I really only hang out with Moto guys that can relate. I retired now and all I do is skydive now. It's a lot safer. I miss racing Moto but I stay involved in it. I actually fly over Chad Reed's house all the time and dream about. I do think weed is better than alcohol all day long!!!!! Injuries are gonna happen. I have had over a dozen surgeries through the years. And I still wouldn't change a thing. I always dreamed of making a million but instead I made a million for the Dr! But those Drs did put me back together!!

Kratom is the best pain remedy Even for nerve pain

You want to know about opiates & motocross ? Ask Caleb Wyatt ! First guy to pull & land the back flip , 04 big air fmx gold medal recipient. He's a legend & his story is insane !

Does anyone know the info on why his bike locked up 8 times , ide like to know the story in each blow up

Good job 👍🏻

Tylenol 3, it’s codeine still opiate

Did Josh and Steve Matthes ever bury the beef?

Always wondered if anybody knows the whole backstory of Jaisaac Sloan and why he went the route he did 😔

lol he wants to comment on how bad yamaha is but threw a career away over a backflp.

Endone is oxy genius.

im gna start a channel and make a podcast. Just invite people on, and have a good time talking moto sounds awesome

Where can I listen to the whole interviews?

I remember when it used to be about smoking weed, now everyone vapes and eats the stuff made from it. Man I'm getting old. "Back when they made 2 strokes" "Back when they raced 125's" "Back when people smoked weed" "My knees are bad" "Don't tell your mom"

Man people listen I got hurt and opiates ruined my career in Motocross and allot of my life.

I guess I was lucky that I didn't break a bone

You da man!!!

Saw Josh at Donnie Hansen MX academy in 99 at Washougal he was about 10 years old and he was a little Punk with a big mouth. Donnie was always telling him to stfu

Lmao "fuck this roach "

Gypsy, you seem like a great dude. I really LIKE your vibe, but ironically enough you are killing the word "like". If you could just help a brotha out and branch away from that it would be a small change that would make a big difference in the quality of your already great podcast. Thanks for the insights! Good interview. Honestly never really been a huge fan of the Hill brothers. Nothing personal. But I did enjoy this interview with Josh. Again thanks man!

Good interview mate, but if you could clean your language up, then I could show my kids. Thanks.

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Of course Mathis spreading fake news

Sounds like Josh makes his own bad luck!

Get Matt Walker on

Ungreatful???

Stoner

My IQ dropped 65% watching this.

I always rooted for Josh Hill. Apparently he has not learned that appearance and the people you hang with play a big role in how people perceive you. Looking back on my party days everyone around me that smoked a lot of weed, 20 years later they are all still under-achievers. Pot is still for losers just like it always was.

You might literally be the worst interviewer in the moto industry.

Disgraceful inability to speak without using "like" multiple times in a sentence.

Booooooring!!