Tahnée Seagrave Announced as Red Bull Athlete

 #drinkwater

 No one drinks that shit when they work out. But if drinking 30 of these a night in vegas is wrong, then oh well.

 I like how people say how bad redbull is and then go out and drink ten pints on a Friday night

 @RWM5772: Gaaaaaaatoraaaade!

 @Trainwreck81: H20!!!!

 I drink water almost exclusively, but I do find myself buying redbulls when I want something sweet, and its exclusively because they sponsor very cool stuff.

 @randybadger: one thing to note, beer is made from natural ingredients...just saying Cheers!

 @ClaytonMarkin: I'm far from a saint. If I'm knackered and wanting a hit after a long working week to get the most out of a gym session, all bets are off.

 @asboites: Errr...so is heroine.

 @sevensixtwo: ...and then six feet under.

 @RWM5772: Gatorade with RED40...thanks... to petroleum industry

 But Brawndo has electrolytes!

 @bvwilliams: electrolytes, it's what plants crave

 Jokes aside I'm stoked for tahnee and women's mtb in general to have another rider with such a high profile sponsor.

 Yt

 They say heroine is bad for you, but it can't be all that bad, because Tahnee is one?

 Redbull also massively help support Wings for Life who are trying to find a cure for spinal cord injury.

 @madmax245: Danny

 Tons of riders drink Red Bull and other energy drinks when they ride. I don't, but I see them buying them like crazy at the bike park. Hell, if they didn't, they might only be able to do a couple of laps!

 I remember one time riding winterberg. We had driven all the way from the uk the day before and had a few beers that night. Anyway a few runs in we weren't really feeling it and stopped and had a can of redbull and it was just the pickup we needed, riding improved and felt more focused. I can honestly say in over 20 years it's the only time a can of redbull has ever enhanced a ride. Normally it just leaves me feeling uncoordinated and twitchy if I'm riding

 @asboites:

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But if redbull is all artificial then they must take all the bad shit out right?

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 Totally! I drink various swills willingly. It wakes my old ass up. I prefer the other companies 240mg Caffeine offerings. Tons of water, beer, but no regular soda. I'm not a pro athlete I'm a punter. Preachy mofos.

 Amen brother

 Drink beer!

 @RussellTinka: i ll second that

 What did ratboy say about red bull? I must have missed that whole thing. I don't drink the stuff but I can't help but love the brand for how much sponsorship they give to extreme sports.

 @gtbiker87: Doesn't matter. Nobody can understand him.

 I think it's funny too because the rat specifically made a note to NOT be snobby about it in the interview. I think that energy drink companies have done a lot for action sports and for that I am grateful.

 @gtbiker87: josh intimated during his interview recently that he moved away from Monster owing to a change in his philosophy on what is healthy and what is not. He also alluded to the not so subtle changes to course design, exposure and the apparent taming of Warner's commentary that Redbull are allegedly responsible for.. the Drink Water brand approached him and he took it on and aligned it with the 50:01 thing and 'no f*cks given' ethos. Personally, I think he should be applauded for the moral stance on the branding but as @mgolder pointed out, it's pretty laughable too see the bandwagoning going on and the keyboard reaction to the sports drinks companies after Josh's comments. The sport wouldn't be where it was without them. Even on the same day, Tanhee Seagrave's Redbull athlete status was met with positive comments...

 I dont drink redbull just cos I dont like the taste. And I drink water cos im a cheap bastard. I DO like redbull for all the money they pour into MTB and other sweet sweet sports though.

 @Dodgysam: Redbull is pretty amazing, as an economic proposition. Yep, they produce a caffeinated beverage that I don't enjoy (and hence don't consume). Nope, I don't have a problem with anyone else consuming it. The thing that gets me, though, is that somehow they are apparently profitable enough to where it makes sense to spend insane amounts of money on advertising and marketing. They have a media arm with full time staff in Austria producing some of the most incredible action sports content anywhere - and most of it is available for free, just to create marketing exposure. They sponsor huge media events and contests (and a bunch of things where it's not quite clear as to whether they're contests or media events), and as a result, if I want to show a friend or someone in my family something amazing about some of the sports I love to do (windsurfing, mountain biking, skiing, sailing), chances are I can find a nicely produced Redbull media clip somewhere that gets the point across (and results in nicely blown minds along the way).

There are issues, of course - they have their own sports medicine facility in Austria for their athletes, which got some pretty bad press for employing at least one physician involved in East Germany's state-sponsored doping program (note that this is very different from there being any evidence to support allegations about that program actually doing anything illicit). They market a product with some questionable claims that it is an "energy drink" (to the point where at least in the US they got sanctioned by the authorities - but then again, Pom Wonderful and Nutella got stuck with the same sorts of sanctions, and it's not like reasonable consumption of Redbull has been shown to have harmful health impacts).

I'm glad they're out there, sponsoring sports I love. I'm glad they're providing sponsorship opportunities for athletes to push their sports. I'm glad they're providing opportunities for writers, photographers, and all sorts of creative types to produce amazing content (especially at a time when a there are fewer magazines and such shelling out for that sort of work).

 @g-42: dat nutella doe

 Here here!

Plus I don't see Water sponsoring anyone and growing the sport we love! If you need someone to tell you to drink water because it's better for you than Monster, Redubull whatever; please send me a direct message with your parent's address included so i can throat punch them for raising a complete dolt.
#justjokes
#chill
#don'tactuallymessagemeplease.

 @nickkk: No kidding, that stuff is seriously addictive.

 Redbull is so awesome! I hope they start painting little kids helmets too. They do so much for sports that they deserve to advertise anywhere they want. I'm think I'm even going to get my little kid's forehead tattooed soon I love them so much. .....ah.... don't think so!

 I know that for Monster, it's just a big fake can full of water. PLG said it on tv. Don't know for redbull but i suppose it's the same thing.

 @Mathhhh: look at the bottom of the can...
If it has 'TW' on it, it's water

 @oldmanDan: it's also around the top of the can too, it's a pretty decent marketing move though.

 @Mathhhh: I'm sure its the same with Redbull. I knew a guy who worked for a Monster sponsored motorsports team and they used to get cases of the Monster cans of water. They called it "race water".

 I have a friend that used to race pro SX and MX and he knows some of the pro riders. I asked and he said all of them have water in whatever energy drink can they are holding.

 doesn't make sense to train at elite levels and then down swill like that.

 @fullbug: I agree

 For all the coverage red bull have sponsored and made it possible to see from rampage to air race, even a man jumping out of space. I'm happy to raise a can or two and call it my energy drink of choice

 Atherton's got a bf now so expect her to calm down a bit

 @Cefn: Yeah and Bruni and Hart got gf's so expect them to calm down a bit too.

 Manon will be right there.

 @Cefn: She had it for a while now, no ?

 @kerberos: hopefully, I do like her, just being realistic here. New bike and set up, hope she fit in quickly and challenge the title

 @Cefn: uggghhhhhh remove your head from your mysogynistic ass!!!!!! Really, I mean really, you think that having a partner is going to slow down a woman on a bike?

 @HelenaS: For what its worth, even though it doesn't matter in the first place, she made many references to her boyfriend all throughout last season in the Atherton videos.

 @Cefn: You mean the one who helped build the Hardline track? I don't see how that is going to calm her down. See, not all partners are like "You just got a new bike last year, why are you getting a new one already?".

 @cmcrawfo: Alot of the riders on the circuit have girlfriends and boyfriends. The point in that saying such a thing about either the men of the women is kind of silly. It doesn't make a difference. I saw Danny Hart mention his girlfriends alot in vids and interviews this past season. I have no idea if this is a new girlfriend or not but he certainly killed it this year did he not?

 @sino428: exactly.

Just pointing out the discrepancy of gender dynamics.

 @jstnrt: Gwin is dating Jesus

 Whatever your gender, you may end up in a mental ward if your partner is a Kardashian.

 @Cefn: hahaha or even she could get excited and come yet faster down the hill

 @sino428: This year? Don't worry, it also takes me a few weeks to remember that we're in a new year already .

 @vinay: I'm working off the world cup calendar. New season hasn't started yet so its still "this year" to me.

 @vinay: I think so, but you know how people change when they are in love. It makes you see the world differently. I hope she doesn't calm down tbh, I think she's sick. But she has already raised the bar and the expectations and pressure this season will be huge...

 Because drinking water actually means to *not* drink unhealthy stuff.

 @kerberos: No actually it is a brand/company that promotes drinking water in response to all the energy drink sponsorships but I'll bite.

Dont drink unhealthy stuff? OK, so don't ever drink a beer either then, hell don't even drink a chocolate milk.

To me that is dumb, just do things in moderation like a normal human, of course drink water and eat healthy it doesn't mean you cannot have a treat every now and then.

 Because Red Bull is so mainstream, Water is the new cool thing. I'm sure everyone here would turn down some sweet Red Bull $$ to stick it to the man.

 @Killrockstar: Thats exactly it. Is redbull good for you? No. But neither is beer, soda, or almost anything people buy from starbucks. Redbull is fine so long as you are not drinking one 4x a day. If you have one once in a while when you are tired, or on a long drive, or to get through a long day there is nothing wrong with it.

 @sino428: Whoa, don't bring beer into this.

 @Killrockstar: uhm... RedBull is most definitely not a treat. They promote it like it's medicine, support you drinking it regularly like taking your meds, and worst of all it tastes like medicine. You might as well finish your epic ride with a big gulp of mountain dew

 @plyawn: promote it likes its medicine? Lol wut? Maybe adverts are different in the UK.

And I enjoy a Mountain Dew every now and then nothing wrong with it.

 @Klainmeister: I'm sorry I needed to use beer for maximum impact! Sorry to beer and everyone offended!

 @Killrockstar:

actually it's terrible for you. www.davidwolfe.com/mountain-dew-unhealthy

 @jaydawg69: so it's .5 ph more acidic than coke? Fizzy drinks rot your teeth, make you fat and this new info to you?

Besides US Mountain Dew is banned in the U.K. I would still argue that having the occasional fizzy drink will do you no harm.

 @Killrockstar: you said there is nothing wrong with it... myself and the science community would argue that. Every now and then is a subjective term.

 @jaydawg69: Please ask your science community for a brain transplant.

 @jaydawg69: ye good one mate, you and your science friends come up with that or did you think of it in your own? Pathetic.

 @Killrockstar: science trumps trolls

 I'd say mountain biking and weightlifting/ powerl ifting. There seems to be an immensly positive attitude towards women in these sports that I see lacking in others. Particularly team sports/ motorsports. Swimming and athletics are probably the closest I can think of to these two sports, but even then I don't seem to see the same level of interaction between male/ female athletes at the elite level.

Of course, I haven't been personally involved in those other sports, but this is just my observation.

 A good buddy of mine drinks two of the big ones before noon each day. It's horrible.

 Yeah. Second that. I know people who say it's just the same as tea or coffee and have it for breakfast. Craziness

 Personally if I want to kill myself slow I put a bit of cocaine on my spliff, tastes way better than red bull...

 Spread the message .

 @Cefn: you f*cken druggo.

 Chavies? Speak English bro

 @marcsb95c: he is. You don't have chavs there so you don't know.

 @marcsb95c: CHAV - Council Housed And Violent.

A bit like trailer trash but with a penchant for fake Burberry baseball caps, tracksuits and a limited vocabulary..

 Lots of people are killing themselves with Redbull? By no means I condone the sht, but that smells like science for social justice warfare. I bet more people die annually doing mountain biking or when driving to/from trail heads / bike parks than from drinking too much redbull.

 @zorba73: spot on, it started from Chatham docks, where the chav originated! My reference to druggo stems from "the big les show" search it out...

 @cunning-linguist: thought it came from Cheltenham Average

 @shakeyakey: ha! That works too! From my reading up on the whole chav thing back in the day, trying to understand pure idiocy, I was enlightened as to the Chatham thing, who knows!

 Earlier this year Health Canada had a case of Acute Hepatitis related to excessive energy drink consumption.

 @gonecoastal: i bet "Health Canada"had more cases of the same disease related to excessive use of apologetic phrases

 Access to red bull training facilities and coaches and medical stuff...and so on

 Prove it!

 @AznKiDrew: called out like a boss!!

 Or when Big Tobacco sponsored F1 and ski events?

 @gonecoastal: Export-A Cigarettes was THE sponsor for a DH and XC World Cup in the late 90 in MOnt-Sainte-Anne, still got some pictures of it!

 @Misteur-Mont-Sainte-Anne: so sick! Didn't know that one.

The future will reveal any parallels between big tobacco and energy drinks in action sports

 @Misteur-Mont-Sainte-Anne: didn't mean to hit submit

I'm not complaining either. The outside money is good for various fringe sports in general. And RedBull and Monster do a good job of marketing to the rest of the world compared to cringe worthy mountain dew commercials of the past .

 Yes, I despise monster. At least Redbull won't ask Tahnee to compete in strings with no baggy shorts. She'll skip quite a bunch of middle aged dumb wankers from the fanbase. On the other hand she won't get a V12 lifted truck.

 Come on Waki... you're better than this...