From the moment he became the youngest driver ever to win in Formula One in 2016 at the age of 18, Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen has been the sport's brightest light. Now, in the 2021 F1 season, the champs have a genuine challenger snapping at their heels. But who is Max Verstappen and how did he get to this moment? Find the answers here, courtesy of drivers, team-mates, journalists, fans and those closest to him – such as drivers Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Liam Lawson and F1 legend...

Thousands of athletes worldwide were preparing for what should have been their career highlight. Competitions they had been training for not just weeks and months, but in some cases decades. Dreaming of the prospect of success, winning and gold. Then the pandemic hit and the world stood still – and sport with it. But that didn't mean all the hard work to achieve sporting dreams also had to stop. Hear the inside story of what it’s like for athletes and coaches when training, as they knew it,...

Season Three is available soon! Meet the people pushing the boundaries of sport, adventure, gaming, culture and more. Hear from F1 racing driver Max Verstappen, heptathlete Niamh Emerson, BMX rider Khothalang Leuta, freeskiers Eileen Gu and Bobby Brown, and more. With new episodes each Tuesday, make sure you follow to be the first to hear the latest one. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary and find every episode at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

B-Boys RoxRite, Lil Zoo and Neguin come from completely different parts of the world, but the three Red Bull BC One All Stars crew members all have the same thing in common: their lives have been changed forever by breaking. Make sure you hit follow to be the first to hear the latest episodes. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

Have you ever wondered what it really takes to travel to the very limits of human endurance? To do things most mortals couldn’t even dream of? To become superhuman? Ultrarunner Rob Pope and cross-country skier Veronika Mayerhofer, who is also a mental performance specialist at the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center in Austria, talk about how athletes achieve the seemingly impossible – from overcoming immeasurable obstacles to triumphing over physical and mental demons. Hear from marathon...

Meet Belgian paraglider Tom de Dorlodot as he competes in the world’s toughest adventure race: Red Bull X-Alps. For 13 brutal days Tom battled weather, fatigue and demoralising setbacks as he sought to finish the 2021 competition. We tracked him every step of the way as he hiked, ran, climbed and flew, placing microphones wherever we could without compromising his performance. Throughout his journey, he shares his experience of the physical and mental toll it takes to compete in Red Bull...

Some people just seem to see the world a bit differently. For a small but growing group of athletes, every city street becomes a potential playground, every sloping roof, every tree or park bench a jumping-off point for adventure. What does it mean to freerun? What gives these athletes such a unique sense of adventure? And how did freerunning become a competitive sport? This episode features professional freerunning athletes Jason Paul, Hazal Nehir and Didi Alaoui as well as freerunning...

What do you do when faced with fear that makes you freeze? How can athletes manage and offset that fear? What’s muscle memory got to do with it? We explore what it means for athletes to operate at extreme heights; managing their emotions and exercising control over their body and mind. Hear cliff divers Gary Hunt, Aimee Harrison and Rhiannan Iffland, rock climber Emily Harris and sport and exercise psychology expert Dr Jamie Barker as they delve into the psychology of fear. This episode...

A former pro surfer, Richardson was nominated for Wave of the Year in 2014 for a huge ride at Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania – one of the most challenging waves in the world. However, his pro career was short. He was a surfer before social media was huge, and not many organised, mainstream competitions existed so he shifted his career focus… He took to diving for abalone – otherwise known as molluscs – off the shores of Tasmania, regularly underwater for up to four hours at a time. But he’s...

Red Bull X-Alps is an elite adventure race, a unique test of flying skills and physical endurance – and for most of the men and women taking part, a competition they don’t have a hope in hell of winning. For 12 days, this exceptional group of ultra-prepared athletes will hike up into the mountains for altitude, paraglide for hours in pursuit of distance and almost certainly find on landing they’ve lost more ground to a man nicknamed The Eagle who's been untouchable in the event for over a...

Without a World Cup race under her belt, Austrian 19-year old Valentina "Vali" Höll is already being tipped to dominate downhill mountain biking. She comes from a family steeped in the sports’ history and grew up idolising Rachel Atherton – so we thought why not see what the young rider can learn from her hero? The two of them joined a call ahead of Vali’s home race at Leogang as the pair discussed their determination to win and why preparing to be lonely is vital to achieve success; why you...

Season Two is coming soon! Meet the people pushing the boundaries of sport, adventure, gaming, culture and more. With new episodes each Tuesday, make sure you follow to be the first to hear the latest one. Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary and find every episode at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

For this bonus episode, we meet Steven – “A regular guy with good job in the city … and in a split second, I was living my life second by second” when he was knocked off his bike on his way to work – and Sam, who injured her spinal cord when she fell from a 20 foot balcony. What have their extraordinary stories got to do with the Wings for Life World Run? Listen to find out. Join this year’s Wings For Life World Run at wingsforlifeworldrun.com Make sure you follow for free to be the first...

Jump on board Jimmy Spithill’s AC75 yacht as we take you on an immersive ride to the centre of one of the planet's wildest races - The America's Cup. Hear what it sounds like being in the middle of the action with a team functioning in high pressure, at high pace and using the latest global technology to go faster than anyone before on water. Australian Spithill - the Luna Rossa helmsman - shares how his upbringing equipped him to be one of the best in the sport, how he remains unimaginably...

This is a long read taken from RedBull.com. When the F1 season started in Austria, coming back after the break due to Coronavirus, teams were very limited in the number of people they could bring with them. That only increased the importance of the ‘left behind’ operation back at the team HQ in Milton Keynes. As well as people who support designing, developing and constructing the car, there is a group stationed in the ‘Operations Room’ who play a key role. The Ops Room is not open to the...

This is a long read taken from The Red Bulletin magazine. It’s about a group of all-female roller skaters who are taking control of the skateparks of Athens, in the face of a skate scene that’s still largely dominated by men. Chicks in Bowls, Athens meet regularly to skate, express themselves, and explore new corners of the city together. It’s an inspiring story of community and rebellion against the backdrop of economic crisis, written by Alex King. Read more at www.theredbulletin.com ...

We speak with Carlin Isles, the fastest rugby player in the world and an athlete who's raced against some of the quickest sprinters in history. Having famously said no to the NFL, he's represented the USA in both Rugby Sevens and on the track and hopes 2021 will see his dreams come true in both and become a household name not just in his home country but across the world. Host Nick Bright talks with Rupert Cox (Rugby Sevens commentator), Bianca Knight (US sprinter), Jack Nowell (England...

Natural Selection Tour is the first winter sports event series to showcase the world’s top riders from Olympians to big mountain film icons as they compete on the planet’s most exciting natural and naturally-enhanced terrain. On this episode our host Nick Bright and ex-pro-snowboarder Tina Dixon speak with snowboarding legend and Natural Selection Tour founder, Travis Rice. Travis reshaped the action sports film genre with bigger cameras, riding, budgets, multi-year projects; and is now...

This is a long read taken from The Red Bulletin. Listen to 6 stories from the underground astronauts, aka terranauts, exploring worlds beneath the surface of the earth. From microbiologists using caving to research antibiotic resistance, hanging out in caves so big they have their own weather systems, to urban explorers who traverse enormous sewer systems, battling the authorities, tidal surges and deadly infections in their quest. Then there are the paleoclimatologists researching climate...

Positive mentality, dealing with adversity, philosophies of leadership and how a trip round the world changed so much perspective. These are just a few of the topics that Jesse Marsch, Red Bull Salzburg’s manager, shares in this interview. Taken from the official Red Bull Salzburg podcast Pressing Questions, this interview is packed with background info, personal stories, and poses questions that have never been asked before. If you liked this and want to here similar interviews from Red...

This is a long read taken from The Red Bulletin. Ex-British Special Forces soldier Nirmal Purja was not taken seriously by the mountain team when he set himself the challenge of scaling the only 14 peaks in the world which are above 8000m. The previous fastest-known time for completing this was almost 8 years. Nims did it in just 6 months. Hear his story. This article was taken from The Red Bulletin. Read more at www.theredbulletin.com. Listen to all episodes and discover more about Beyond...

This is a long read taken from The Red Bulletin. Nazaré is the epicentre of global big wave surfing, a place where the world’s bravest surfers come to set big wave world records. In this episode, meet Sergio Cosme who is a jet-ski pilot at Nazaré who’s job is to locate a fallen surfer, race towards them at top speed with a jet ski, and get them out of the way of the next wave. These waves are extreme, they can be 30 metres high and with only 10-15 seconds in between each wave, you haven’t got...

It’s one of the toughest races in the world and it takes place in some of the most challenging locations on the planet, but beyond that, how much do you know about the Dakar Rally and the men and women who literally risk everything to cross the finish line? In this episode, we immerse ourselves in this world of speed, sand and sleep deprivation! Guided by TV host Caroline De Moraes, a veteran of Dakar Daily broadcasts and with the insight of someone who knows a thing or two about how tough...