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Marcello maragni & thiago diz “Excitingly styled and incredibly courageous” is how the two Brazilian photographers described the tribe of longboarders they encountered in their homeland. “I was surprised how fast the riders were and that men and women raced together,” says Maragni. Adds Diz: “They thundered past so close that the draft felt threatening.” One of them got too close and torpedoed Diz’s camera bag. “I needed 10 minutes to collect my stuff,” he says. The action begins on page 68.
Robert tighe Australian actor Eric Bana “has played some really badass characters”, says The Red Bulletin’s New Zealand editor. “I was expecting him to be intense and moody. In fact he’s a mellow motorsports fanatic who hasn’t let Hollywood go to his head.” Tighe met the Lone Survivor star in his Melbourne office, near the garage where photographer Graham Shearer took this month’s cover photo and where Bana keeps the car with a special place in his heart, a 1974 Ford Falcon Coupe. Engines are started on page 42.
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Among the lucky few who combine their passions with their career, photographer Dickerson took The Red Bulletin on a trip surfing in Alaska. “Growing up surrounded by the wild beauty of Alaska, it’s no surprise I chose photography as a career,” he says. “How I became so passionate about surfing remains somewhat of a mystery, even to myself. The only explanation I can offer is that some of us are just born with a love of the ocean.” See how Dickerson and his crew ride the frigid surf on page 26.
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Sean Christie The gonzo truant says that his interview with South African kiteboarding champ Oswald Smith was a balm at the end of a hard year. “We pine for youth publicly while privately thanking our stars that the steepest learning curves lie in the past,” says Christie. “A few minutes in Smith’s company – tap-tap-tapping his foot in the absence of wind or boosting off a wavelet to a height of 40ft – and I was like, ‘Stuff it, wipe the hard drive, send me back. Make me young.’” Story in full: page 60.
“ The longboarders thundered past so close that the draft felt threatening” Thiago Diz
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