Like watching people throw backflip tail-whip combos and bicycle D-Spins on dirt jumps? How about watching them do it on a boat?? That’s right, Red Bull’s JumpShip 2012 did just that. Gathering some of the worlds best riders, they constructed an intricate and feature filled dirt jump course…on a floating barge. Pretty rad if ya ask me!
Contest details:
- Location: Victoria, BC
- Dates: June 22-24
Results:
- Brandon Semenuk – 93.5
- Brett Rheeder – 91
- Anthony Messere – 90.5
Are there any sponsored athletes that have not or will not sign with an energy drink?
I know there’s good money there, but I hate when brands that have nothing to do with extreme/action/ sports sponsor athletes and events.
I especially love how the US Navy is a huge sponsor of the X games.
There are, the We Drink Water guys (two snowboarders?) who a pro-water anti-energy drinks. I think it’s good that these companies are sponsoring athletes and events regardless of what they represent. Look at all the professional sports. Hockey is heavily sponsored by non hockey related groups: Visa, Kraft, Honda etc. It’s because of these sponsors that our action sports are breaking into the main stream, people are noticing our sports and people are beginning to make a living doing them.
I disagree, respectfully of course. While I understand the money is important, big companies are exploiting athletes, and kids for that matter. You can spend $25-35 on a Red Bull hat and are basically a walking advertisement.
The other side I see in the school where I teach. 6th-8th graders often wear Monster, and to a lesser extent Red Bull and Rockstar t-shirts and hoodies. If I were to show logos of those companies to my students, most students, even if they wore the shirt could recognize the logo. However, if they were shown headshots of the athletes that they sponsored, very few if any, could place a name to the face.
I know it’s the sad reality in trying to make money in sports, maybe I just though our community was better than that.
If Seth Morrison wants to sell me skis or goggles, fine, but he doesn’t need to tell me what brand of soda to drink.
Ahoy mates,leave em overboard.
Sink or swim.