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I used to be addicted to the blueberry redbull's, drank 1-2 a week like clockwork for almost a year. About 8 months in I started having diarrhea randomly in between the 1-2 I consumed. When I stopped drinking them my digestive issues also stopped. I haven't had one in over a year now.
Maybe Monster is pulling out because the GNCC crowd has transcended the image they are targeting?
Quad numbers are down, no more SxS racing, started e-bicycle racing, now they are banning pitbikes................
No TV coverage combined with very little media coverage for the sport (notice there is no Vitaloffroad.com or GNCC Action magazine) = very little ROI for Monster. I'm big fan of all forms of motorcycle racing, and I gotta admit, I wasn't aware of Monster's sponsorship of GNCC.
Wrong
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6018192/#:~:text=CONCLUSIONS-,….
Preclinical models and human studies have demonstrated that nicotine has cognitive-enhancing effects, including improvement of fine motor functions, attention, working memory, and episodic memory.
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They put an addictive chemical in it that makes you crave it fortnightly, smaaartaaasss…!
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1 - 2 a WEEK? I would hardly call that addicted...
Long term consumption of sucralose isn’t great for gut health. Getting harder to avoid it.
Just wait for the bent carrot sponsorship
I regularly see them 3 for $5 for Rockstars and 2 for $4 for Monsters at my grocery store and convenience stores. So, a little pricey but not much more than buying a "single" soda. I rarely drink them, but from my observations, they are really popular with the same crowd that buys Vaping Pens...Ha!
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I drank somewhere around 125 of them in that year, to me it was addicted. Equivalent to over 8 gallons of red bull. Regardless of what you consider addicted they caused me enough digestive issues I stopped drinking them.
"They put an addictive chemical in it that makes you crave it fortnightly, smaaartaaasss…!"
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I had zero idea monster sponsored GNCC. I knew they sponsored a couple riders, but didn’t think they were affiliated with GNCC
My father has diverticulitis, an issue mostly seen in older folks. He used to drink energy drinks like he should have been drinking water. His GI told him that he had seen a dramatic increase of this disease in young people 20-25 in the last 10 years, he attributed it to the popularity of every drinks. Not saying I have irrefutable proof this is what is happening, I am just stating what my Fathers GI told him.
Now do the cardiovascular system and think about what on the whole means. Tiny but measurable temporary gains on some neuro tests isn't worth the coronary artery disease, kidney failure, impotence, foot amputation, etc to me.
Remove smoking from the equation and it's not as black and white as you make it seem. Sorry, you're just wrong here.
Nicotine as a major component of addiction in cigarettes has been reported to play protective roles in some pathological processes. It is reported that activation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor also has a cardioprotective effect.
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However, studies have found that the main components of cigarettes that causes cancer and cardiovascular disease are oxidizing chemicals and toxic organic chemicals [9,10].
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006291X19322120….
Many studies have investigated the relationship between smoking and increased cardiovascular risk, but few investigate nicotine and cardiovascular risk in humans.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7308884/#:~:text=Nicotine%20pr…).
You prove my point. I point out people's genuine negative association and dirt bike riders will not acknowledge it. I ride motorcycle trails that quads and UTVs have now destroyed, I know your point is true. But the fucking point is public perception, not fellow motorcyclists perception. I worked with my state's DCNR to further the state's public land access for dirt bikes and people like you and your kind are the reason dirt bikes are taboo to so many. Your kind doesn't give a shit about public concern of our sport's impact, you point fingers at enthusiasts of other sports who work on their image better but perhaps are worse violaters. Dirt bikers have to heal our own societal wounds not point fingers at other groups who can handle the public narrative better.
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I have been riding national forest land for 45 years, so I am familiar with pre-disc brakes trail systems. So yes, disc brakes affect trails and riding styles on the trails, it is noticeable. I did not state I thought it was a problem, I stated it was a public perception.
Because there just isn’t very much return for any sponsor sponsoring moto. That’s why some jump in for a few years but leave after realizing that.
The teams and riders themselves don’t normally do a lot for sponsors. (There are exceptions to that statement)
Just stop..... tell me you're addicted to Zyn without telling me..... you think maybe some of this nonsense about nicotine being good for you might be coming from the people still getting rich off of it?
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors activated as part of normal body function are responding to acetylcholine, not nicotine. Nicotine does not occur naturally in the human body and the only reason the name is given to the receptor is because of the history of the research involved with it. Activating these receptors to an extreme with a different substance doesn't produce the same results as activating them with naturally occurring substances. Making this argument would be similar to arguing that heroin is good for you because the receptors that it hits have some benefit in normal human functioning. True, but irrelevant.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4363846/
"Nicotine adversely affects many organs as shown in human and animal studies. Its biological effects are widespread and extend to all systems of the body including cardiovascular, respiratory, renal and reproductive systems. Nicotine has also been found to be carcinogenic in several studies. It promotes tumorigenesis by affecting cell proliferation, angiogenesis and apoptotic pathways."
I've never used a zyn in my life and have smoked single digit cigarettes, nice try.
What you posted is a meta study that takes results based largely on smoking, which we can all agree is horrible for you regardless of what you're smoking. Recent research on low dose usage points to what I posted above and the benefits that can be observed.
You're not completely wrong but.... GNCC is also the biggest off road series and maybe even race series in the world as far as participation numbers. I bet it's not even close honestly. They get over a thousand racers at every round I think.
They also have pretty good Live coverage on their YouTube Channel and do get coverage from a lot of moto media outlets.
It's not like it's some complete unknown series that gets no attention.
Kind of off topic but I'm actually a believer that companies within moto should be pouring more money into sponsoring GNCC and other off road series because the folks there are the ones who actually buy parts and gear and bikes and tires etc. etc. Compare that to the crowd going to a Pro Motocross or Supercross race and probably 50% of them ain't gonna spend shit within the actual industry, especially Supercross attendees.
So this begs the question since we've got JT$s attention, why don't companies like Fly/Western Powersports spend more money on these off road racers & series' that are actually the ones buying their shit?
The worlds economy isn't in the greatest shape right now. Big companies don't stay big by not knowing when to pull some chips off the board. KTM seems like it is about to go through this as well. Things are tightening back up.
Good points, and I think moto could learn a thing or two form cycling in that regard. Moto wants to be an entertainment sport, cycling has made it into more of a participation model which seems to work well
I might be able to answer part of this because we've attempted GNCC and other off-road coverage in the past. It just straight up doesn't get the eyeballs on it that SX/MX coverage does. Even though the majority of people that visit this website race off-road more than moto for their personal preferences, they don't care to watch it or digest it in such a committed way.
I have a theory for this. 99.999% of us here will never ride a Supercross track, SX is a spectacle and the only thing you can really do is watch it, talk about it, analyze it, etc. And it's in a format that easy to follow while you're at the event or watching from home. It's digestible and easy to view. Pro Motocross to a lesser nature, considering we all do it, but the vast majority of us will never race the national layout of the tracks. There's a certain separation that makes it interesting.
Off-road events like GNCC are more participation based than viewership based. Any of us can wander up, race the AM race, and be on the same track and in the same conditions as these guys. Don't get me wrong, a Stu Baylor, Johnny Girroird, etc are insanely gnarly, but I think being able to compete alongside them in a sense lessens the effect they have on fans. They're popular, don't get me wrong, but they don't create the draw the top SX, MX, and MXGP racers do.
Lastly, you can go do it. Most fans that are interested in GNCC can go race it, so there's less likely hood they're going to go back and watch it. On top of that, it's a very hard style of racing to follow from a viewership standpoint. The events are blast to go to and particiapte in, hang out with your buddies, and view. To sit at home and watch though? Not really.
Any content we do around these forms of off-road racing are a tenth of the views we get from SX, MX, and MXGP. And it costs just as much to produce.
Events with geographically-dispersed participants face broadcasting challenges, and a canopy of trees adds to the complexity. Monster likely understood the risks before getting involved, and we should thank them for making an attempt to broaden GNCC’s audience.
Lol, nicotine is a helluva drug. It’s so over the top addicting, even smart people think it’s okay.
Did Vitalmx do anything special or take the same stale offroad racing content and try to introduce it to a larger audience?
Part of the problem is the length of the race and the distance of the course, so it makes it logistically a great challenge to document.
However, getting cameras into the interesting sections instead of just the fields would be a good start.
Could also be interesting to use a graphic with time gaps or map to help visualize the race even when riders are not in the same shot.
Also on bike cameras for the pro riders could give some nice footage as prove by the Nat. Enduro series.
I just pulled these out of my ass. I'm sure some professionals could come up with really good ideas.
Let's join hands and pray that the ATV numbers continue to fall.
Can you imagine SX or Pro MX racing the day after ATV's ruined the track?
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