Doug Henry interview! All your questions answered and much more!

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Went to Doug's house for a day on Thursday and did a long interview with him. It got very emotional and we were all choked up when he was talking about his injury. I asked him questions that I've never heard asked before. I was very surprised by a lot of his answers.


I also got footage of him riding and a helmet cam following him for a while on his track. It will be up later today as I'm still editing it.


Check it all out at www.privateermxtv.com


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Outsider 11/21/2009 10:23am
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Thanks for posting this. Very, very cool.

His attitude is amazing... seems like the more life beats you down, the more you can appreciate what you have. Smile

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Chris_ONeal 11/21/2009 10:47am
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Outsider wrote:
Thanks for posting this. Very, very cool. His attitude is amazing... seems like the more life beats you down, the more you can appreciate what you...
Thanks for posting this. Very, very cool.

His attitude is amazing... seems like the more life beats you down, the more you can appreciate what you have. Smile

I was nervous when I was doing it!

Watching it over again I said Uhh like 50 times!! But O well, Doug has been my hero since I was 12. Anyone other rider I don't get nervous interviewing but with him it was different!
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Outsider 11/21/2009 10:55am
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Nah, it was good... I don't think I would have been able to speak at all...lol.

Too bad he doesn't keep up with moto... would've been interesting to hear his answers to the other questions.

It's also interesting that he, being through those injuries, still favors incentive based contracts... hmm.

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Alpine91290 11/21/2009 11:20am
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Good interview, told me about his past that I never knew. I just knew he was a good outdoors rider and a sick supermoto racer before his incident.

Good to see he still has support and that he's gonna be racing again
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Hank_Thrill 11/21/2009 1:18pm
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Just watched the entire thing. Doug is definitely one of the most amazing guys on and off a bike. He is so full of wisdom, with his philosophies on life, and mental strength - it just blows me away. That's really awesome what you said to him at the end of the interview, about being pitted next to him. What a cool ass dude. I still can't believe I passed up the chance to get his autograph while i was next to the Honda pits in Dallas '95. He went on to win his first SX that night lol.
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Hank_Thrill 11/21/2009 1:20pm
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BTW Chris, how long was that interview? I don't know what time I started, but it felt like an hour and a half????

Great job man!
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Chris_ONeal 11/21/2009 2:25pm
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Yeah it was pretty long! Over a hour. But its like one of those videos once you start watch it you have to finish it. Plus he went into so much detail that it turned out much better than I expected.

Tonight I'm going to pick up about 20 races from the 70's - 80's in New England. Jojo Keller, Bob Hannah at Southwick, Dowd, Henry, Finkleyday, and also a race in Europe with John Finkleyday killing it.

Just have to edit them and they will be up on the site this week, so bookmark the site cause that stuff is going to be awesome!

Henry riding video is almost done. Should be up in the next hour or 2.

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HuskyEd 11/21/2009 3:11pm
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Thanks Chris. Excellent interview.
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wildbill 11/21/2009 3:49pm
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nice work Chris!

Doug was an even greater hero than I knew.

Thanks, Bill
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Crush 11/21/2009 8:16pm
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Pretty Crazy... What a life...

How's his Wife doing?!?! Can't believe the Henry's luck, almost as unbelievable as their attitude...
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jeffro503 11/21/2009 9:08pm
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Chris i haven't watched it yet , but just wanted to say thanks in advance. As Doug has always been one of my MX heros as well. Thanks again , and i look forward to watching it tomorrow morning with a couple cups of strong coffee.
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mattbmx63 11/21/2009 9:30pm
11/21/2009 9:30pm
Great job Chris. Finally someone sat down and really got a good interview with Doug. Keep up the good work, looks like you have expanded on just taking pics, keep it up.
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castloo424 11/21/2009 9:52pm
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Awesome interview. Worth every minute of the load time....

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sean 11/22/2009 7:36am
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His line choice on the track was awesome!

I was trying to see where I could have passed him and I don't think I could have. That video made my morning thanks!
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Void Main 11/22/2009 9:12am
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DH is incredible. I can't imagine how high the CG must be on that bike. That along with only being able to ride in the sitting position has to be tricky. I don't know how he can keep it upright.
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Chris_ONeal 11/22/2009 10:25am
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Void Main wrote:
DH is incredible. I can't imagine how high the CG must be on that bike. That along with only being able to ride in the sitting...
DH is incredible. I can't imagine how high the CG must be on that bike. That along with only being able to ride in the sitting position has to be tricky. I don't know how he can keep it upright.
It was really slippery too!

I helped get the bike on the stand and it's really heavy! It took 2 of us to pick it up!
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Void Main 11/22/2009 7:23pm
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Void Main wrote:
DH is incredible. I can't imagine how high the CG must be on that bike. That along with only being able to ride in the sitting...
DH is incredible. I can't imagine how high the CG must be on that bike. That along with only being able to ride in the sitting position has to be tricky. I don't know how he can keep it upright.
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It was really slippery too!

I helped get the bike on the stand and it's really heavy! It took 2 of us to pick it up!
I really enjoyed the interview. The most touching part I thought was when he mentioned asking his family what they thought about him riding again on the ski lift. The interview was great and it was funny that he blew half your questions because he hadn't been following moto.

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