About Us

 

Wooah, can't believe Nathaniel's mom thought that turtle neck was a good choice... At least it matches the early 2000s red-eye film camera glare. Can you believe our hair cuts haven't gotten much better as of 2025? 

Anyways, this is the part of the website where we tell you about our mission statement and super altruistic values and our entire life story as narrated by Morgan Freeman. And somehow, by telling you about the product that we made, we will skillfully convince you to buy it. But let's not do that. We'd hope a conveniently packaged and affordable high-carb product would speak for itself. 

But alas, if you're still curious, here's the rundown on Mike and I (Nathaniel): We're cousins and best friends. Mike is way more handsome than me (I started with a rather large disadvantage given my gap tooth in the picture). Mike is also faster and has a higher V02 Max. Thanks for nothing Dad. We live in Colorado and spend an inordinate amount of time in the mountains like any cliche Front-Range resident, and a lot of that time involves doing high intensity activities like trail running, biking, ski-mountaineering, and the like. 

Nutrition has always played a role in our activities. A few years ago, we both started using high-carb drink mixes to fuel long days in the mountains—and quickly realized this stuff works: better energy, better recovery, and way better days out.

Then came the price tags: $4, $5, sometimes even $6 per serving from the big brands. It wasn’t sustainable.

So we went to the lab (literally—Nathaniel has a degree in molecular biology) and started mixing up our own version. It worked so well that we used it exclusively for ourselves for months. Eventually, friends and family started asking for it too, and we figured... why not?

That’s how Dirtbag Hydration was born—a high-carb mix that performs as well as anything out there, is ridiculously affordable, and actually fits into real athletes’ lives. We use it five days a week, and it’s completely changed our nutrition game.

Honestly, we just started Dirtbag so we could have unlimited fuel at cost—so our wives wouldn’t kill us over how much we were spending on sports nutrition.