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Ep132: Red Bull and Extreme Sports · Kidcast Daily

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  Welcome to Kit Cast Daily, where we bring news, trivia, fun
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  facts, and more just for curious kids like you.
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  Today we're going on an adventure and adventure all
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  about Red Bulls involvement in extreme sports and adventures.
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  Have you ever seen someone flying through the air on a bike
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  or skiing down a mountain faster than a roller coaster?
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  Well, buckle up because we're about to explore the wild, wacky
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  and wonderful world of extreme sports, Red Bull style.
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  Let's start with a simple question, What is Red Bull?
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  You might know Red Bull as a brand of energy drink in a shiny
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  blue and silver can, but Red Bull is also famous for
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  something super cool. They love sports and adventures
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  that are a little, well, extreme.
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  Imagine your regular soccer game or bike ride, but add a turbo
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  boost of excitement, height, speed, and sometimes even a dash
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  of daring. That's what Red Bull Sports and
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  adventures are all about. Red Bull doesn't just sponsor
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  regular sports like soccer or basketball.
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  Instead, they focus on sports that make your heart race.
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  Sports where athletes do flips on bikes, leap off cliffs with
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  parachutes, or even race airplanes.
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  It's like the difference between riding your bike to the park and
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  riding your bike off a giant ramp, soaring through the sky
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  and landing safely on the other side.
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  Sounds amazing, right? Let's dive into some of the
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  coolest Red Bull sports, starting with extreme sports.
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  These are activities that push the limits of what people can
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  do. Imagine skateboarding but on a
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  huge ramp that feels as tall as a house or surfing but on waves
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  as big as a building. Red Bull sponsors athletes who
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  do just that. They help them train, travel and
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  perform in competitions all over the world.
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  One of the most famous Red Bull sports is called Cliff diving.
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  Now, have you ever jumped off the side of a pool into the
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  water below? Cliff diving is like that, but
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  instead of a pool, the divers jump off cliffs as high as a 10
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  story building, sometimes even higher.
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  They twist and spin in the air before splashing down into the
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  water below. It takes lots of practice,
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  courage and skill. Did you know the Red Bull Cliff
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  Diving World Series travels to beautiful places all around the
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  globe, like waterfalls in Italy or seaside cliffs in Portugal?
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  The divers even get scored on how creative and smooth their
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  jumps are. Another super exciting sport is
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  BMX biking. BMX stands for Bicycle
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  Motocross, and it's all about tricks, flips, and jumps on
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  bikes. Imagine riding your bike, but
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  instead of just peddling down the street, you're zooming up
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  ramps, spinning in the air, and landing with style.
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  Red Bull helps organize some of the biggest BMX competitions in
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  the world, like the Red Bull Rampage.
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  In this event, athletes race down Rocky Mountains, jumping
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  over huge gaps and doing tricks that look like something from a
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  video game. If you've ever built a ramp out
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  of cardboard in your backyard and tried to jump over a puddle,
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  you already know the thrill. Let's not forget about
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  skateboarding. Red Bull sponsor skateboarders
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  who do amazing tricks on rails, stairs, and ramps.
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  There's an event called Red Bull Skate Generation where skaters
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  of all ages show off their coolest moves.
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  Some skaters can even spin their boards under their feet while
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  jumping in the air. Kind of like jumping rope, but
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  with a skateboard. Now, what about sports in the
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  air? Red Bull is famous for turning
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  the sky into a playground. Ever heard of skydiving?
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  That's when someone jumps out of an airplane and opens a
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  parachute to land safely on the ground.
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  Red Bull athletes take skydiving to the next level with something
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  called wingsuit flying. Imagine wearing a suit with
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  fabric stretched between your arms and legs, kind of like a
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  flying squirrel. When they jump out of an
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  airplane, they glide through the air before opening their
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  parachutes. Some wingsuit Flyers even race
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  each other down mountainsides, swooping through the air as fast
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  as a car on the highway. And wait, there's more.
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  Red Bull also organizes a race called the Red Bull Air Race.
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  In this race, pilots fly small airplanes through obstacle
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  courses in the sky, weaving between huge inflatable pylons.
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  Imagine your favorite video game, but in real life and up in
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  the clouds. These pilots need amazing skill,
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  quick reflexes, and nerves of steel to fly so fast and close
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  to the ground. Now let's zoom from the sky down
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  to the snow. Red Bull loves winter sports
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  too. Have you ever tried skiing or
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  snowboarding? Red Bull sponsors athletes who
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  do amazing tricks on snowy mountains, flipping, spinning
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  and even sliding down rails. There's even a crazy event
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  called Red Bull Crashed Ice, where skaters race down an icy
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  track full of twists, turns and jumps.
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  It's like a roller coaster, but on ice skates.
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  But Red Bull doesn't just stick to land, air or snow.
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  They love water sports, too. Ever seen someone ride a jet ski
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  or surf a big wave? Red Bull supports athletes who
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  do all sorts of water stunts from wakeboarding, which is like
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  snowboarding on water, to kite surfing where you use a giant
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  kite to pull you across the waves.
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  There's even a Red Bull event called Red Bull Storm Chase
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  where windsurfers chase the biggest storms to ride the
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  wildest waves. You might be thinking, how do
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  these athletes do such amazing things?
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  Well, it takes tons of training, practice, and courage.
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  Red Bull helps athletes by giving them places to practice,
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  coaches to help them improve, and events where they can show
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  off their skills. They also help share these
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  adventures with the world by making cool videos and movies so
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  everyone can watch from home. Now here's a did you know
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  moment. Did you know that Red Bull once
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  helped a man named Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge
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  of space? That's right, he went up in a
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  special balloon all the way to the stratosphere, which is
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  higher than airplanes fly. Then he jumped out and free fell
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  back to earth, going faster than the speed of sound.
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  It was called the Red Bull Stratos mission and it broke
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  world records. Imagine jumping from a place so
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  high you could see the curve of the earth.
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  Red Bull also loves creativity and fun.
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  They organize silly and imaginative events too.
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  One of the most famous is the Red Bull Flood tag, which is
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  German for Flying day. In this event, people build
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  their own flying machines, sometimes shaped like Dragons,
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  ducks or even giant hamburgers, and try to fly them off a
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  platform into the water. Most of them don't fly very far,
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  but everyone has a blast and cheers for the wildest
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  inventions. Let's talk about teamwork.
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  Many Red Bull sports are about individual athletes, but there
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  are team events too. For example, Red Bull sponsors
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  soccer tournaments, car races, and even E sports where teams
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  play video games together in big competitions.
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  No matter what the sport, working together and supporting
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  your friends is always important.
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  So why does Red Bull do all this?
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  Well, they believe in inspiring people to push their limits, try
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  new things, and have adventures. They want people to see that
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  with practice, creativity, and a bit of courage, you can achieve
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  amazing things, whether you're jumping off a Cliff, skating
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  down an icy track, or just trying something new in your own
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  backyard. Let's go over some of the
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  coolest facts we learned today. Red Bull isn't just an energy
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  drink. They're all about adventure and
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  excitement. They sponsor extreme sports like
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  Cliff diving, BMX, biking, skateboarding, and wing suit
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  flying. Red Bull hosts wild races in the
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  air, on snow, on water, and even in video games.
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  They help athletes train, compete, and share their stories
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  with the world, and they love creativity, teamwork, and having
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  fun, whether it's breaking world records or launching homemade
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  flying machines into the water. Remember, you don't have to jump
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  off a Cliff or ride a bike down a mountain to have an adventure.
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  Trying something new, practicing a skill, or even building a fun
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  obstacle course in your backyard can be your own version of a Red
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  Bull adventure. It's all about being curious,
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  brave, and a little bit creative.
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  That's all for today's episode of Kid Cast Daily.
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  We hope you had fun learning about Red Bull sports and
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  adventures. Keep exploring, keep asking
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  questions, and who knows, maybe your next adventure is just
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  around the corner. Thanks for listening, and we'll
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  catch you on the next kick Cast Daily.