Video: Downtime with Josh Bryceland

 No Monster on any of his gear in that vid, has he made the switch?

 can some one translate ?

 Red Bull bike has made lots of videos with riders who aren't directly affiliated with the Red Bull brand. Last season they had a video series The Guts behind The Glory where they documented the lives of various riders such as Eddie Masters, Mike Jones, Eliot Jackson and Matt Simmonds just to name a few. None of these guys are Red Bull athletes yet Red Bull made very good quality videos about them. I think it is great that Red Bull is doing this. It shows that they not only care about the athletes they sponsor, but also care about the sport of mountain biking as a whole.

 Sooo happy to see him riding like always Cheers

 RedBull does quite a bit of things with Non-RedBull athletes that take part in RedBull sponsored events. You see then in their magazine as well.

 Josh bryceland has downtime!!!!!

 Didnt understand a word he was saying but still enjoyed it

 @robaussie99 they do care about their athletes paying their medical bills (there are recent videos of Soderstrom and mcAskill if you want to see proofs) but they don't cover every rider who rides a redbull organized event.

 Robaussie99 would you rather them have no sponsor at all? I would venture to guess that a redbull sponsor is better than no sponsor at all?

 I thought it is becouse english is not my mother language, but now I see it´s not only my probleem....

 josh was sponsored by monster untill now ??

 Insurance is part of the sponsorship negotiation that's for sure, some riders have enough leverage to force a company like Redbull or Monster to include insurance on their paycheck, some other riders just don't, so they have to settle for less and pay for it from their own dime.

 you guys are stupid... these sponsors do not pay for insurance. Red Bull does not pay insurance. They pay the athletes to be ambassadors for their brand. Most if not all riders have separate insurance that they arrange themselves.

 well, some sponsors pay .... for example RB payed for Martins Soderstrom's recovery after his massive crash at RB joyride 2013.
RB has too much money they can at least pay for the consequences of the things they "ask" from the riders they sponsor.

 Hutch you say "most riders have separate insurance that they arrange themselves" you do realize that they have other sponsors, why are you not complaining about their other sponsors not paying for their insurance?!? Are they not ambassadors for their brand as well? I am not crazy about redbull, but they still pay their riders to go to all of these bad ass locations on their own dime to do what most of us could only dream of doing. Yes redbull is a big company, but they do help out their riders and help put on some of the best events in mountain biking.

 @ robaussie99 u r a dipshit. If you enter into a competition like Rampage and don't consider either negotiating or purchasing insurance then it your own damn fault that you don't have insurance. I am so tired of everyone is a victim and entitlement in general. No one was forced to ride or compete at Rampage. I hope none of us get hurt riding but the reality is there are risk and people will get hurt. Be responsible for your own actions.

Glad Ratboy is on the up again. Great rider/attitude and hope him the best this year!

 Anti-corporate rant follows. Feel free to skip.

@J50005, I hear lots of talk in the US about personal responsibility, and very little about corporate responsibility. It is very convenient to constantly throw out the call for personal responsibility and skate over any notion of corporate responsibility aside from their responsibility to turn a profit for stakeholders. I'm tired of a corporate culture that relieves them from being held to account for their willful misdeeds, e.g. financial institutions too big to fail despite the fact huge banks took wanton risks that put entire countries on the brink of financial collapse, put millions out of work and cost those responsible nothing; or mining companies that make water polluted for miles around and then file for bankruptcy rather than have to pay for the damage they caused. Chain restaurants that manipulate the bliss-point of their menus to bring customers coming back again and again despite the clear indication that what they serve is unhealthy. The list is as monstrous as the crimes for which they are not 'responsible', and since they live longer than we humans, and have no personal liability, they can have legislative agendas that are generations long to help ensure their continued growth and political power.
I like the Rampage and Joyride as much as the next person, but have no love for a range of products ( so-called 'energy drinks') that clearly are unhealthy for young people especially, to consume. They're just drug dealers who happen to operate somewhere within the lines of legality. They should pony up and take some responsibility too, not just the individual who engages in an activity they sponsor.

 @ reverend. I agree with everything you say up to the last sentence. If you want to hold Redbull or whatever company responsible for the health problems their products cause (and can prove it) I support you. But Redbull isn't making it's fortune on $25 admission ticket to Rampage. I understand the value on marketing/association to their brand and that has significant value. But if Redubull is responsible then isn't the manufacturers of the bike, components, clothing, and whatever else that can be associated to the event including the broadcasting network also responsible. And by the same reasoning any race promoter is then responsible, and then any bike park or land owner(including forest service/BLM) that allows any event to take place and financially benefits responsible. And how responsible are they: just for the medical bills, lost income, future lost income, mental and physical anguish, etc. I think this is a bad example of corporate responsibility and as you follow this line of reason we end up loosing events and access the very sport itself.

 @JL50005, resorting to name calling removes any respectability and/or leverage you once had in a conversation. Grow up.

 Here we go with the 'Caffeine and Vitamins' are unhealthy/terrible/poison/toxic nonsense again....

 Alan Milway, one of the main Redbull coaches personally arranged to be in charge of Ratty's rehab after Norway. It's likely there were already plans in place for him to switch over after the 2014 season or maybe he formed a relationship with them while he was going through rehab.

 Too true! Get the fuck in rat boy!!! Fuuuuuuuuucccccckkkkkk!!!! Yeah!!!!!!!! Winnnnnnn it all again!!!!!!

 Hopefully a Carpenter Rat isn't in the works anytime too soon. Love watching both of'em slay it.

 hahaha ms. rat

 Captain F'ing Ratboy!!!! Can't wait to see what he has in store for us this season. Long live the Rat!!!

 Captain Rat Sparrow on stranger toes

 I tend to agree. Although it wouldn't surprise me if he's right up there on a shorter track...I recall Wyndam last year in which Claudio and Warner we stunned he basically wasn't even pedaling - just not using his brakes and carrying immoral amounts of speed. Even at world champs last year he didn't seem like he was on the gas much, instead preferring to let Mr. Newton provide the kph's. Regardless, I will be pulling for him to post some great results, stay healthy and keep his raditude intact.

 "immoral amounts of speed".... that has to be one of the most novel phrases I've heard on PB. English is alive and well... thanks, Jackalope!

 You forgot to put "but I hope I'm wrong ", at the end of all that.

 I think you spell it rattitude.

 I was just about to say 'Rattitude' would be an awesome name for a video full of balls out shredding and party shenanigans.

 I'm not necessarily the biggest Atherton fan, but it doesn't seem to me that they "suck the fun out of downhilling" at all. There are plenty of videos out there of them having a good time (see Dan's Hardline video for example, or Gee's "Follow Me" segment). Sure, they are a bit serious on the podium, but that hardly means that all of the fun is sucked out.

 I get what you're saying, I guess I just resonate more with josh here.

 The Athertons get a load of shit, but they're cool calm pros. They all seem like down to earth people to me.

It's sad that the UK gets a nice run of top riders, (God knows we suck at most other sports), and people take the first chance to shit on the Athertons like they're old news.

 The Atherton vid was like watching paint dry.

 Me too me too wait was that what he said?!

 You realise he probably put in a lot of time digging there right?

 Probably.

 Yeah a canal boat or bardge. Long thing that can only go on inland waterways.