BLACKROLL® was the official recovery partner of the Red Bull X-Alps

The X-Alps push athletes to their absolute limits. BLACKROLL® supported this year’s participants in the world’s toughest paragliding race during training and recovery.

The Red Bull X-Alps is considered one of the toughest international adventure races. Every two years, athletes from around the world come to Austria to put their bodies and minds through an incredible test. Starting in Salzburg, they set out on foot and by paraglider across the Alps, covering more than 1,000 km of the most challenging alpine terrain.

Depending on the route and conditions, they are on the move nonstop for one to two weeks. They take breaks only to sleep.

This makes muscle and fascia recovery between stages and after extreme exertion all the more important to prevent injuries and ensure athletes are ready to perform again the next day. As the official recovery partner, BLACKROLL® supported the athletes of this year’s Red Bull X-Alps in successfully and healthily overcoming the race’s enormous challenges. To coincide with the event, BLACKROLL® launched the Red Bull X-Alps Edition.

The Red Bull X-Alps is held every two years with a new route. This year, the competitors started on June 20 in Salzburg. The 10th Red Bull X-Alps broke with tradition and, for the first time, did not end in Monaco but in Zell am See, with a turnpoint at Mont Blanc. This was intended to keep the athletes closer together geographically and thus create new moments of suspense. At 1,238 km, the route was the longest ever used for the Red Bull X-Alps. Thirty-three athletes from around the world participated in the race—30 men and three women.