Gregory Alan Hill is a former "Old School" professional bicycle motocross (BMX)

BMX

Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...

 racer whose prime competitive years were from 1977 to 1989. He retired from the top competitive "AA" pro circuit after the 1998 season.

He was known to be very outspoken, a rider who had a bit of a temper on the track, and his nicknames were "The Machine" and "The Businessman", for his very serious, focused attitude toward racing even as a young 14-year-old amateur, and also his willingness to speak his mind including being critical of sanctioning bodies and their policies and rules. "The Businessman" moniker in particular was coined by Bob Osborn, owner and editor of Bicycle Motocross Action magazine. Greg personally boycotted the ABA for almost a full season in 1980 beginning with the Winternationals and ending with the Vans 5000 Pro Spectacular. He later lead an informal pro boycott with numerous respected top pros against the ABA in 1983 over the method of how the ABA national number one was decided. Hill was also involved in a number of business ventures, such as motivational and how to books and video tapes; running a short lived BMX bicycle company, Greg Hill Products (GHP) during the 1980s which he later revived in the early 1990s and is still going strong, and teaching seminars instructing children on how to race. These are but a few examples of the drive to promote himself and BMX in the public eye.

He is the brother in law of Stu Thomsen

Stu Thomsen

Stuart L. Thomsen was an American bicycle motocross racer.Stu Thomsen was one of the first of the "Old School" of professional BMX racers who gained fame in the early days of the sport beginning in 1974. His prime competitive years were from 1976-1985...

, who married Hill's sister, Tanya, in 1979. Greg Hill's first son, Gregory Jonathan Hill, was born five hours after his father won the ESPN Pro Spectacular Series.

Racing career milestones

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Milestone	Event Details
Started racing:	April 1974 at the Escape Country track in Trabuco Canyon, California Trabuco Canyon, California Trabuco Canyon is a small unincorporated community located in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains in eastern Orange County, California, and lies partly within the Cleveland National Forest.Trabuco Canyon is north of the town of Rancho Santa Margarita... . It was at the urging of a friend, Tim Galego, a then neighbor of his He was 10 years old.
Sanctioning body:	National Bicycle Association National Bicycle Association The National Bicycle Association , later known as the National Bicycle Motocross Association was an United States based Bicycle Motocross sports sanctioning body originally based in Soledad, California that was created by Ernie Alexander in 1973 and ceased operations as an independent body in 1981...  (NBA)
Home sanctioning body district(s):	National Bicycle Association (NBA) District "X" (Southern California/Los Angeles) (1975–1981);
First race bike:	Schwinn "Apple Crate"
First race result:	Fifth Place 10 Novice.
First win (local):	January 1975 in 11-year-old class, actually tied for 1st place with (Liz Torres who later became Greg's wife. Greg and Liz were married on January 7, 1994) at the Western Sports-A-rama track in Orange, California Orange, California Southern California is well-known for year-round pleasant weather: - On average, the warmest month is August. - The highest recorded temperature was in 1985. - On average, the coolest month is December. - The lowest recorded temperature was in 1950... .
First sponsor:	Pedals Ready Pro Shop/GT* in 1976. His father owned the bicycle shop as well as ran the Western Sports-A-rama track.
First national win:	In 12 Novice at the National Bicycle Association National Bicycle Association The National Bicycle Association , later known as the National Bicycle Motocross Association was an United States based Bicycle Motocross sports sanctioning body originally based in Soledad, California that was created by Ernie Alexander in 1973 and ceased operations as an independent body in 1981...  (NBA) Winter Nationals in Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385...  on April 17, 1976.
Turned professional:	At the age of 14 on March 28, 1978 at the NBA Super Nationals.
First professional race result:
First professional win:
Height and weight at height of his career (1982–84):	Ht:5'9" Wt:~165 lb
Retired:	He retired from frontline Senior pro (AA) competition in 1998 at the age of 35. However, like it seems with the majority of BMX racers they can't stay away from it. After a four year lay off Greg Hill started racing in ABA's Vet pro class at the age of 40 in 2004.

Amateur

• Pedals Ready Pro Shop/Gary Turner (GT): Early 1976-April 1976
• Webco Inc., Pedal-cross Speciaties: April 1976-Late 1976

• FMF (Flying Machine Factory): Late 1976-October 1977. FMF was owned and operated in part by Scot Breithaupt
  Scot Breithaupt
  Scot Alexander Breithaupt is an entrepreneur, "Old School" former professional Motorcycle MX and Bicycle Motocross racer and a founding father of BMX in 1970 whose prime competitive years were from 1970 to 1984...
  
  . He discontinued association with FMF in October 1977 and created Scot Enterprises Racing (SER).

• SE Racing (formerly Scot Enterprises Racing Division, now called Sports Engineering, Inc.): October 1977-Late February 1978.

• Schwinn Bicycle Company: Late February 1978-November 1978. Mr Hill turned pro on with this sponsor.

Professional

• Schwinn Bicycle Company: Late February 1978-November 1978.

• Redline Engineering: November 1978-Mid June 1980. Left under poor terms. Greg Hill maintained that Redline did not meet his salary requirements to renew the contract and Redline told him directly that he wasn't worth it. Redline maintained that Hill had a deal with GT Racing already set up building a frame* before he quit, implying that he was not bargaining in good faith. At this time Greg Hill was developing a reputation as someone who jumps from sponsor to sponsor at little provocation or reason.

• Shimano Sales Corporation: Mid June 1980-July 1980. Fellow pro racer Bobby Encinas
  Bobby Encinas
  Bobby Encinas is a former professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1973 to 1980. He was one of the first superstars in BMX and one of its most savvy promoters...
  
   had personally recruited Greg Hill onto the Shimano racing team. Shimano apparently ended direct sponsorship of Greg Hill by the time of the Lansing, Michigan
  Lansing, Michigan
  Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...
  
   American Bicycle Association
  American Bicycle Association
  The American Bicycle Association is a United States-based Bicycle Motocross sports governing body in Gilbert, Arizona created by Merl Mennenga and Gene Roden in 1977. It is the largest sanctioning body in the United States concerning BMX. It has tracks in Canada and Mexico as well as in the USA...
  
   (ABA) national in the summer of 1980. According to the September 1980 issue of Bicycle Motocross Action magazine (page 56) Shimano Sales believed that Hill breached his contract with Redline Engineering in some way and they withdrew their sposorship of him.
• Bobby Encinas: July 1980-Mid December 1980. Apparently Bobby Encinas, who was in virtual semi-retirement by this time but making promotional tours and numerous interviews for television and magazines personally sponsored Greg Hill starting in July 1980. It was a strange situation to some observers. To add to the confusion Greg Hill still raced in Shimano livery
  Livery
  A livery is a uniform, insignia or symbol adorning, in a non-military context, a person, an object or a vehicle that denotes a relationship between the wearer of the livery and an individual or corporate body. Often, elements of the heraldry relating to the individual or corporate body feature in...
  
  .

• Mongoose (BMX Products): Mid December 1980-September 30, 1981. Left under bad circumstances. Greg Hill claimed that Mongoose did not send him to a cirtain number of nationals including foreign ones, that they promised they would. According to Greg, Mongoose only paid Mr. Hill's way to only six. Mongoose's side of the story is that they sent Greg to seventeen nationals, paying for entry fees, motel and hotel cost and air fair for the twelve of the seventeen nationals he was flown to. Further, a tour of England was discussed but declined due to it interfering with Mr. Hill's vacation.

• GT (Gary Turner) Racing: October 1, 1981-August 28, 1983. The Huffy Global race was Hill's last race for GT. He left under bad circumstances under a contract dispute when he left GT Racing one week before the 1983 NBL Grand Nationals instead of at the end of the year to ride for his own company Greg Hill Products (GHP). Mr. Hill felt that GT was treating him poorly and he lacked motivation to win for them. However, Greg Hill would later sign with Robinson Racing, a bicycle company owned and operated by Richard Long, who also founded and owned GT Racing, indicating any problems between Mr. Hill and GT were patched up.

• CyclePro/GHP (Greg Hill Products): September 1, 1983-December 1984. This was a BMX bicycle company owned by Greg Hill from mid 1983 to July 1986 when it ceased operations (see Redline Engineering). Greg Hill briefly restarted it in 1992 and again in 2005. After a year CyclePro withdrew from partnership with GHP.

• GHP: Jaunuary 1985-December 31, 1985

• Redline Engineering: January 1, 1986-November 9, 1986. Due to financial difficulties GHP could no longer field a factory team, not even Greg Hill himself who was paying his way to races from his own winnings and salary. As part of the deal with Redline, Greg Hill had to divest himself from GHP. GHP also could not use Greg Hill's name in any promotional advertising or any other association, which of course included the name of the company. His father ran the company under a new name for the remainder of its existence. This is the same terms that drove Pete Loncarevich
  Pete Loncarevich
  Peter Loncarevich is a former Bicycle Motocross racer. Loncarevich was an "Old School" professional BMX racer whose prime competitive years were from 1980 to 1994....
  
   from Scot Enterprises Racing (SER), when SE Racing wanted Pete Loncarevich's father to shut down Loncarevich Racing Products (LRP), which did not make bicycles or bicycle frames and forks, but other BMX accessories. Pete Loncarevich later had to accept these terms when he signed with Custom Works (CW). Companies do not want to potentially aid rivals in the same business as they are, and Greg Hill Products were clearly competitors that marketed its own line of complete bicycles and major components like frames, forks and handle bars. GHP was finally shut down in July 1986 some six months after Greg Hill signed with Redline. He was able to revive Greg Hill Products in 1992 after going into semi-retirement from racing and devote more time to it.

• Robinson Racing Products: November 10, 1986-December 1, 1991. Hill briefly considered quiting racing after Redline dropped him until Robinson Racing signed him. In approximately August 1986 GT Racing purchase Robinson Racing Products.

• Balance/ProForx/ODI/Answer: Mid 1993-September 1994. He ran Answer Product's BMX division for approximately a year. In 1994, he reclassified himself back up to "AA" Pro.
• Redline Bicycles: September 1994-December 1998. This was the third association with Redline. He was also the team manager at this time. Greg Hill would return to Redline for a fourth time, this time in a non racing capacity in Late September 1999 driving the Redline factory truck nationals, and promoting his company Sinister Steering Systems.
• Sinister/Marzocchi: 1999-July 2000 After leaving Redline he devoted full attention to his company Sinister, which would later be brought by Marzocchi. Greg Hill would stay on for a time as Product Development and Brand Manager.
• Kona BMX: August 1, 2000-December 21, 2000. Greg Hill declared his leaving of the BMX world in its entirety after his stint with Kona. However, it would be a short retirement.

• Haro Designs: 2003-2004

• GHP Factory Racing 2005–Present. Greg Hill re-opened the doors to GHP along with the help of Alan Worley (Bicycle City).

Amateur

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

• 1975/76 Local No.1 12 Expert

• 1976 12 Novice Winternational Series Champion

• 1976 National No.1 13 Expert
• 1977 13 Expert District Championships Champion.
• 1977 National No.1 14 Expert*

• 1978 National No.1 15 Expert*

• 1979 National No.1 Expert*

• 1981 National No.1 16 Expert*

National Bicycle League (NBL)

• None

United Bicycle Racers (UBR)

• 1980 14 & Over Cruiser Grand National Champion*

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• None

Professional

National Bicycle Association

National Bicycle Association

The National Bicycle Association , later known as the National Bicycle Motocross Association was an United States based Bicycle Motocross sports sanctioning body originally based in Soledad, California that was created by Ernie Alexander in 1973 and ceased operations as an independent body in 1981...

 (NBA)

• 1980 Race of Champions Pro winner.*
• 1981 Pro Money and Senior Open Grandnational Champion (double)

National Bicycle League

National Bicycle League

The National Bicycle League is a United States based Bicycle Motocross sports sanctioning body originally based in Deerfield Beach, Florida but after several moves it was based in Hilliard, Ohio...

 (NBL)

• 1981 Pro National No.3
• 1983 ESPN Pro Spectacular Series No. 1 Champion (NBL sanctioned). He won a Ford Mustang GL sports car.
• 1985 Pro Cruiser Grandnational Champion
• 1985 National No.1 Pro & Pro Cruiser National No.1
• 1986 National No.3 Pro
• 1986 National No.1 Pro Cruiser

• 1988 National No.1 Pro
• 1989 National No.2 Pro

United Bicycle Racers (UBR)

American Bicycle Association

American Bicycle Association

The American Bicycle Association is a United States-based Bicycle Motocross sports governing body in Gilbert, Arizona created by Merl Mennenga and Gene Roden in 1977. It is the largest sanctioning body in the United States concerning BMX. It has tracks in Canada and Mexico as well as in the USA...

 (ABA)

• 1979 & 1989 National No.2 pro
• 1982 Jag Pro World Champion (ABA sanctioned)
• 1996 Veteran Pro World Cup Champion

United States Bicycle Motocross Association

United States Bicycle Motocross Association

The United States Bicycle Association was a short lived Bicycle Motocross national sanctioning body based in Tempe, Arizona. It was founded in March 1984 by five former members of the American Bicycle Association : Rich Mann, Dave Cook, Geoff Sims, Steve Schaefer and Rod Keeling, who became the...

 (USBA)

• 1985 National No.1 Pro.

• 1985, 1986 National No.1 Pro Cruiser.

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)

• 1981 20" Pro International Champion.

• 1982 20" Pro World Champion.
• 1989 20" Pro Third Place World Champion.

BMX product lines

In the summer of 1983 Greg Hill started his own BMX bicycle company,
Greg Hill Products (GHP) that made frames and forks and later complete Bicycles. In the early days, Cycle Pro manufactured the Hill designed components and were distributed by them. Later on, GHP products were built by VDC. Hill was quoted in the November 1983 issue of Super BMX magazine as to why he made the switch from GT Racing said that he wanted "...to move on, do my own thing." The company would last in its original incarnation from 1983 to 1986 with a second life from 1991 to 1993 and presently from 2005 to the present.

• 1984 CyclePro/Greg Hill Products Greg Hill Replica Signature Model bicycle.

Product Evaluations

BMX Plus! November 1984 Vol.7 No.11 pg.57 Test Article.

BMX Action December 1984 Vol.9 No.12 pg.60 Test Article.

Other rider owned bicycle companies

Scot Breithaupt

Scot Breithaupt

Scot Alexander Breithaupt is an entrepreneur, "Old School" former professional Motorcycle MX and Bicycle Motocross racer and a founding father of BMX in 1970 whose prime competitive years were from 1970 to 1984...

: SE Racing (1976–1999) SE Racing was sold to a Taiwanese firm.

Jeff Utterback: GJS Racing (with his father George and his brother Scott).

Bob Haro

Bob Haro

Bob Haro is a former freestyle BMX rider turned artist and business executive. He is the founder of Haro Bikes and was one of the most important early innovators of BMX freestyle....

: (freestyler) 1979–Present Haro was sold to West Coast Cycles (Cycle Pro) in December 1986

Billy Ferrel: Hyper Bicycles, 1983-1985 (Farrell was killed in an automobile accident in the Fall of 1985 and the company shut down soon after)

Chris Moeller: S&M (Scott & Moeller) Bicycles (racer/dirt jumper) with Greg Scott Mid 1987–Present

Tommy Brackens

Tommy Brackens

Tommy Lee Brackens is an American former professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross racer...

: Brackens Racing Products 1988-Late 1994 Tommy sold his company to Power Source/Roost in Late 1994

Rick Moliternio: Standard Bykes (racer/freestyler) with fellow freestylers William Nitschke and Kurt Schmidt. 1991–Present.

Mat Hoffman

Mat Hoffman

Mat Hoffman is an American BMX rider considered one of the best vert-ramp riders in the history of the sport. He is nicknamed "The Condor" and owns the BMX Freestyle brand Hoffman BMX Bikes, based out of Oklahoma City, OK.-Bio:...

: Hoffman Bikes (freestyler)

Craig Reynolds: Reynolds Racing Mid 1993-September 1998

Harry Leary

Harry Leary

Harry Clarence Leary Jr. was a "Old School" professional bicycle motocross racer....

: Dirtwerx

Notable accolades

• He is the youngest winner of a national level NBA trophy dash that involved pros (amateurs and pros could race in the same trophy dash race at the time) on March 28, 1978 at the NBA Supernationals, defeating such veteran and older professional luminaries as Perry Kramer
  Perry Kramer
  Perry Kramer is a former American "Old School" professional Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1974-1981....
  
  , Robby Rupe and Jeff Ruminer at the age of 14 years. It is a record that will never be broken since, beginning in 1980, an amateur has to be the age of 16 to turn pro by all sanctioning bodies, in addition that the NBA ceased existing as an independent sanctioning body at the end of the 1981 season with its merger with the NBL.

• He is the last Pro Class Grand National Champion of the National Bicycle Motocross Association
  National Bicycle Association
  The National Bicycle Association , later known as the National Bicycle Motocross Association was an United States based Bicycle Motocross sports sanctioning body originally based in Soledad, California that was created by Ernie Alexander in 1973 and ceased operations as an independent body in 1981...
  
   (NBmxA) Grand National and the last winner of any NBmxA national, winning both the Pro Money and Senior Open classes of the 1981 NBmxA Grand National in Long Beach, California
  Long Beach, California
  Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
  
   in December 1981. The NBmxA (nee
  NEE
  NEE is a political protest group whose goal was to provide an alternative for voters who are unhappy with all political parties at hand in Belgium, where voting is compulsory.The NEE party was founded in 2005 in Antwerp...
  
   National Bicycle Association) merged with the National Bicycle League
  National Bicycle League
  The National Bicycle League is a United States based Bicycle Motocross sports sanctioning body originally based in Deerfield Beach, Florida but after several moves it was based in Hilliard, Ohio...
  
   (NBL) in January 1982. Scott Clark
  Scott Clark (BMX rider)
  Scott Clark is an "Old School" former professional Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1978 to 1985....
  
   was the last NBmxA/NBA National Number One Pro in 1981.

He is a four-time BMX Action Number One Racer Award (NORA) Cup winner:

• 1983 with 2586 votes out of 6761 cast or 38.25% of the Vote. He also received a check of US$500 from BMX Action magazine.*

• 1984 with 2237 votes out of 8922** cast or 25.1% of the Vote. His winnings were a Billiard Olympic 320 lb weight set and a Marcy Monster incline bench.

• 1985 with 1184 votes out of 4638** cast or 25.53% of the Vote. He won a Weider 310 lb weight set and a Marcy Olympic weight bench.

• 1989 with 22% of the Vote (Number of individual and total votes cast not given).

• Greg Hill is a 1990 ABA Hall of Fame Inductee and is also a 2005 United States Bicycling Hall of Fame Inductee.

Significant injuries

• Hyper-Extended his left knee in a collision with Tommy Brackens
  Tommy Brackens
  Tommy Lee Brackens is an American former professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross racer...
  
   in an NBL national held in Memphis, Tennessee
  Memphis, Tennessee
  Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
  
   in March 1983. Laid up for approximately a month.
• Broken collar bone and torn ear in January 1984. Laid up for three months.
• Injury filled 1987. Contusion on leg. Laid up two months; injured shoulder in mid summer; Sprained ankle in August.
• Suffered a dislocated shoulder during the third main at the ABA Grandnationals on December 1, 1990 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...
  
  . He was laid up until the ABA Lonestar Nationals in Austin, Texas
  Austin, Texas
  Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
  
   on January 26, 1991. However, he re-injured the shoulder in Austin leading to the belief by some that he came back too soon. Undergoing physical therapy he was laid up until the ABA Supernationals in El Paso, Texas
  El Paso, Texas
  El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
  
   on the weekend of March 17, 1991.
• Under went shoulder surgery in July 1991 for the preexisting shoulder problems. Laid up until early 1992. However, these repeated shoulder problems caused him to go into semi retirement.

Racing habits and traits

• Very outspoken personality. By all accounts having an intense personality. Had a bit of a temper on the track which was an indication of his intensity. Could be abrupt with fans. Over the years it was often repeated by the BMX press that a "new" more mellow and relaxed Greg Hill has emerged. For instance the "Maturing Greg Hill" in the November 1983 issue of Super BMX only to have the old intensity display itself. It is also regarded widely that it is this intensity and seriousness he brought to racing is what kept him on or near the top so long.

Post BMX career

In truth, he doesn't have a post BMX career per se. After a four year hiatus he found he could not stay away and began racing in the Veteran's Pro class of the ABA in 2004. His own BMX bicycle company, Greg Hill Products is doing quite well. He is still involved with teaching kids the secrets of BMX racing in Pro clinics he runs.

BMX magazine covers

Bicycle Motocross News:

• None

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

• August 1978 Vol.5 No.8 (M/BMXA) Twice, in main image and in inset.
• June 1980 Vol.7 No.6 (M/BMXA)
• August 1981 Vol.8 No.8 (SBMX)
• June 1982 Vol.9 No.6 (SBMX)
• January 1983 Vol.10 No.1 In inset amateur BMX racer Ron House posing with celebrity
  Celebrity
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   actress Justine Bateman
  Justine Bateman
  Justine Tanya Bateman is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is best known for her regular role as Mallory Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties...
  
  . (SBMX)
• June 1984 Vol.11 No.6. Female clothing models in insert. (SBMX)
• June 1985 Vol.12 No.6 (SBMX&F)
• August 1986 Vol.13 No.8 (SBMX&F)
• March 1987 Vol.14 No.3 in bottom insert (16) ahead of Eddy King
  Eddy King
  Edward King is an "Old School" former professional Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1977 to 1985....
  
   (6) in back. In right insert on ramp freestyler Joe Johnson. Main image freestyler Dennis McCoy.
• April 1988 Vol.15 No.4 with Ronnie Anderson in top left inset and freestyler Jack Smith in bottom right inset. (SBMX&F)
• September 1988 Vol.15 No.9 behind Gary Ellis
  Gary Ellis
  Gary Leo Ellis Jr. was an American "Old School" professional bicycle motocross racer.Ellis was one of the last of the "Old School" BMX racers whose careers started in the 1970s to early 1980s. His prime competitive years were from 1982-1996.Nickname: "The Lumberjack"...
  
   and Charles Townsend
  Charles Townsend (BMX racer)
  Charles Heath Townsend is an "Old School/Mid School" former professional Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1985 to 1996....
  
  . In inset freestyler Matt Hoffman
  Mat Hoffman
  Mat Hoffman is an American BMX rider considered one of the best vert-ramp riders in the history of the sport. He is nicknamed "The Condor" and owns the BMX Freestyle brand Hoffman BMX Bikes, based out of Oklahoma City, OK.-Bio:...
  
  .

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

• March 1982 Vol.7 No.3 (3) ahead of Bob Woods (2) (BMXA) This was the last issue in which the logo spelled out "Bicycle Motocross Action".
• November 1982 Vol.7 No.11 (BMXA)
• March 1984 Vol.9 No.3 (BMXA)
• September 1985 Vol.10 No.9 with Pete Loncarevich
  Pete Loncarevich
  Peter Loncarevich is a former Bicycle Motocross racer. Loncarevich was an "Old School" professional BMX racer whose prime competitive years were from 1980 to 1994....
  
   and Harry Leary
  Harry Leary
  Harry Clarence Leary Jr. was a "Old School" professional bicycle motocross racer....
  
  . (BMXA)
• April 1987 Vol.12 No.4 (BMXA)
• September 1988 Vol.13 No.9 with Rick Palmer, Mike King
  Mike King (BMX racer)
  Michael Allen King is an "Old School/Mid School" former professional Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1984 to 1998 and is also a former Mountain Bike racer who prime competitive years in that discipline were 1993 to 2004.- Biography :Mike King is the younger...
  
  , & unidentified on the gate. (BMXA)
• January 1989 Vol.14 No.1 (BMXA) This was the last issue of BMX Action to have the classic iconic BMX Action logo.
• June 1990 Vol.1 No.8 with Brad Blanchard and Perry Mervar in separate insets (Go).

BMX Plus!

• November 1978 Vol.1 No.1 Premier Issue.
• October 1981 Vol.4 No.10
• March 1982 Vol.6 No.3
• December 1982 Vol.5 No.12 behind Stu Thomsen
  Stu Thomsen
  Stuart L. Thomsen was an American bicycle motocross racer.Stu Thomsen was one of the first of the "Old School" of professional BMX racers who gained fame in the early days of the sport beginning in 1974. His prime competitive years were from 1976-1985...
  
  .
• December 1983 Vol.6 No.11* In inset with Stu Thomsen
  Stu Thomsen
  Stuart L. Thomsen was an American bicycle motocross racer.Stu Thomsen was one of the first of the "Old School" of professional BMX racers who gained fame in the early days of the sport beginning in 1974. His prime competitive years were from 1976-1985...
  
  , Nelson Chanady
  Nelson Chanady
  Nelson Chanady is a former American "Old School" professional Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1981–1987-Racing career milestones:-----Amateur:...
  
  , Tim Judge
  Tim Judge
  Timothy Judge is a former American "Old School" professional Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1979-1985. When he was a young racer his given name was used in the diminutive "Timmy"...
  
   and others at beginning of national banner presentation at the start of a race. Brian Patterson
  Brian Patterson
  Brian Patterson is a former American "Old School" bicycle motocross racer.Brian Patterson is the younger of the most potent sibling combinations BMX has ever seen. With Brent the Brothers Patterson are the only brothers to both hold the National No.1 Pro title in any major BMX sanctioning body...
  
   is the main image.
• November 1984 Vol.7 No.11 behind Shawn Texas
  Shawn Texas
  Shawn Patrick Texas was an American professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from -Racing career milestones:----...
  
   (09) and ahead of John Crews (43). In insets Mike Franze (bottom) and freestyler Eddie Fiola
  Eddie Fiola
  Edward Lynn Fiola in Bellflower, California, USA was a professional freestyle BMX rider in the 1980s and a film stuntman....
  
   (top)
• September 1986 Vol.9 No.9 in photo composite ahead of Tommy Brackens
  Tommy Brackens
  Tommy Lee Brackens is an American former professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross racer...
  
  , Eric Rupe
  Eric Rupe
  Eric Fitzgerald Rupe is an "Old School" American professional bicycle motocross racer. His prime competitive years were from 1978 to 1990....
  
  , Gary Ellis
  Gary Ellis
  Gary Leo Ellis Jr. was an American "Old School" professional bicycle motocross racer.Ellis was one of the last of the "Old School" BMX racers whose careers started in the 1970s to early 1980s. His prime competitive years were from 1982-1996.Nickname: "The Lumberjack"...
  
   (1) and unidentified (15). Freestyler Eddie Fiola "above" them.
• August 1987 Vol.10 No.8 in bottom insert (3) slightly behind Gary Ellis (6) and ahead of Charles Townsend
  Charles Townsend (BMX racer)
  Charles Heath Townsend is an "Old School/Mid School" former professional Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1985 to 1996....
  
   (CW) and ahead of unidentified (23). Top insert freestyler John Ludvigson; Main File: freestyler Matt Hoffman
  Mat Hoffman
  Mat Hoffman is an American BMX rider considered one of the best vert-ramp riders in the history of the sport. He is nicknamed "The Condor" and owns the BMX Freestyle brand Hoffman BMX Bikes, based out of Oklahoma City, OK.-Bio:...
  
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• May 1989 Vol.12 No.5 main image. In top insert is freestyler Woody Itson.
• August 1990 Vol.13 No.8 No.(2) tied with Brian Lopes (6) and ahead of Steve Veltman
  Steve Veltman
  Stephen James Veltman is a former American "Old School/Mid School" professional Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1981–1983 and 1989 to 1998...
  
  .
• August 1992 Vol.15 No.8 (3) in insert with Billy Griggs
  Billy Griggs
  William Luther Griggs is an American "Old School/Mid School" former professional Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1985 to 1996....
  
   (5) and four unidentifieds (8), (64), (53) and (51). Main image freestyler Jimmy LeVan.

Action Now:

• November 1981 Vol.8 No.4 Half face close up with Hill in Helmet and goggles.

BMX Action Bike (British publication):

• April/May 1982 Iss.1 Premier Issue.
• August 1983 Iss.10
• February 1984 Iss.15

BiCross Magazine:

• December 1985 No.39

Total BMX:

Bicycles and Dirt:

• None

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

Moto Mag:

Twenty BMX:

BMX World:

NBA World & NBmx World (The official NBA/NBmxA membership publication):

• NBA World April 1978 Main image and in profile in lower left insert.

Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL membership publication under two names):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA membership publication under three names):

• ABA Action April 1983 Vol.6 No.4 standing with Brent Patterson
  Brent Patterson (BMX rider)
  Brent Hathaway Patterson is a former American "Old School" bicycle motocross racer....
  
  , Steve Veltman
  Steve Veltman
  Stephen James Veltman is a former American "Old School/Mid School" professional Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1981–1983 and 1989 to 1998...
  
  , Robert Fehd, and Debbie Kalsow
  Debbie Kalsow
  Debra Lynn Kalsow was an American amateur "Old School" Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1981-1985.-Racing career milestones:----Started racing: At age 11 in 1979...
  
   (ABAA).
• American BMXer January/February 1989 Vol.11 No.1

The USBA Racer (The official USBA membership publication):

• July/August 1984 Vol.1 No.1

External links

• 2004 Interview from Daleholmes.com
• November 18, 1998 BMX Ultra interview.
• Greg Hill Products (GHP BMX) Website.
• Greg Hill Speed Seminar site.
• The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.
• The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.