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TO EXCEED THE LIMITS

Behind the scenes of the breathtaking new freeskiing movie Days Of Our Youth

WELCOME Doing things differently comes naturally to those who grace The Red Bulletin’s pages, and this issue is no exception.

Ahead of Wimbledon, Andy Murray chats to us about his controversial decision to hire a female coach – and how it’s upping his game. We hit the trails to find out what it takes mentally and physically to win the Cape Epic, the toughest mountain bike stage race in the world, and chat to Julian Boulle, South Africa’s most extraordinary wingsuit flyer.

We also head inside giant glaciers, find out how American actress Emma Stone turns vulnerability into an asset, and teach you how to walk in space. We hope you enjoy the issue.

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“It really opened my eyes when I started working with Amelie” ANDY MURRAY, PAGE 58

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64 CAPE EPIC

How to win the most competitive mountain bike stage race in the world

AT A GLANCE GALLERY 10 This month’s most amazing images

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BULLEVARD 19 BATTLE OF WATERLOO How to avoid your own catastrophe 200 years after Napoleon Bonaparte’s big defeat

FEATURES 26 Days Of Our Youth

Freestyle skiing on film: the jumps, the tricks and the jaw-dropping views

38 This month’s heroes

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Avant-garde quintet Faith No More, actress Emma Stone, queen of dance pop Roisin Murphy, jazz star Gregory Porter, wingsuit flyer Julian Boulle and rocker Andrew WK

46 AC/DC

Angus Young and co hit the road again

52 Deep freeze

Traversing the inside of a glacier

84 STARS OF THE SHOW

The latest cars from this year’s Geneva Motor Show, including the McLaren 675LT and the Aston Martin Vulcan

58 Andy Murray ICE EXPLORERS

Journeying down into the hearts of Europe’s biggest melting glaciers and documenting their deepest secrets

46 72 WHO’S THAT GIRL?

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STILL ROCKING HARD

AC/DC lead guitarist Angus Young talks history, school uniforms and 40 years of flashing his backside on stage

Answering his critics on the court with the help of Amelie Mauresmo

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Toughing it out in the world’s most difficult mountain bike stage race

72 Club Rhonda

America’s most rabble-rousing party

ACTION! 80 TRAVEL Freefalling in South Africa 81 GEAR Watches to lust over 82 CULTURE Music festivals and gaming 83 MUSIC Raekwon’s top five LPs 84 WHEELS Aston Martin’s new launch 85 HOW TO Walk in space 86 SAVE THE DATE Unmissable events 89 BUYERS GUIDE Things we want now 98 MAGIC MOMENT Sewer windsurfing

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CONTRIBUTORS INSIDE THIS ISSUE

WHO’S ON BOARD

MARCEL ANDERS

South African editor Angus Powers in Cape Epic action

On the trail of the pros To research this month’s feature about the Cape Epic mountain bike race, Angus Powers, the editor of the South Africa edition of The Red Bulletin, took part in the event in the amateur category. That’s 750km of chasing interviews with the world’s top mountain bikers. “It’s hard to understand how tough the Epic is if you haven’t done it before,” he says. “The pros ride twice as fast as us mere mortals, but still, it’s brutal for all concerned.” To find out what it takes to win the Epic (rather than just survive it), go to page 64.

The German music journalist has contributed to everything from Rolling Stone to Playboy. For this month’s edition of The Red Bulletin he interviewed AC/DC frontman Angus Young. Read the feature on page 46.

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GARY MOSKOWITZ

The American writer interviewed Faith No More on their home turf in San Francisco, to discuss the bands’ first new album in 18 years. Find out what turned them from underdogs to alt-rock overlords on page 40.

The Red Bulletin is published in 11 countries. Gracing the cover of the latest French edition is Tahitian surfing star Michel Bourez.

IN FOCUS BEHIND THE LENS

“This is a place where you can try whatever” MERLIN BRONQUES

Musician, artist and photoblogger Merlin Bronques went partying in LA for The Red Bulletin. His pictures appear on page 72

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“You always meet a new freak you’ve never met before,” says photographer Merlin Bronques, who shot this month’s nightlife feature at A Club Called Rhonda in Los Angeles. “You can be gender ambiguous or play it straight,” says Bronques.

“This is a place where you can try whatever.”

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DESERT STORM At the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, the fight to finish on the podium is, obviously, only part of the struggle. “You can get stuck at any time on any ascent in the desert sands,” explains driver Adam Malysz. “At the top of the dunes, there are 5m drops. If you don’t come down them diagonally, you’ll fall flat and it’s game over.” So what’s the best way to drive up a dune? “Go straight at it with your foot to the floor,” he says. abudhabidesertchallenge.com Photography: Marcin Kin

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WALL HANGING Twenty-year-old Evan Margetts, one of South Africa’s up-and-coming climbers, takes on the Jack of All Trades route at Waterval Boven. The location is the country’s climbing mecca, world famous for its distinctive orange sandstone. Situated on the God No! wall, Jack of All Trades is graded a challenging 8a because it is a 30m single pitch route with tiny crimpers at the top demanding intense finger strength and endurance. facebook.com/evan.margetts Photography: Ruan Kotze

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LIGHTS OUT This snap of ice-climber Rudolf Hausner deep in Austria’s Sigmund-Thun Gorge could get right under your skin – and not just because of its haunting nature. “For this shot, I only used special UV lights,” says Markus Berger, who took the photo. “They reflect different pigments compared to normal lights.” bergermarkus.com Photography: Markus Berger

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HOME RUN If you’re the kind of runner who only breaks a sweat after 100km, check out the blog of Brazilian ultrarunner Fernanda Maciel, who posts while training from her own turf. Freshwater beaches? Waterfalls? It’s all in a typical route for Maciel, who is the first woman to run Spain’s 860km Camino de Santiago in 10 days. Pilgrims usually take five weeks to walk the same paths. fernandamaciel.es Photography: Marcelo Maragni

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T H E B AT T L E O F WAT E R L O O BICENTENNIAL How to prevent your own catastrophe 200 years after Boney’s big defeat

NAPOLEON lost his final battle on June 18, 1815

JOHNNY DEPP

A COMEDY OF ERRORS The actor’s latest attempts at humour have scratched more than tickled

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Johnny Depp’s postPirates Of The Caribbean filmography includes a pretty unfunny turn as the Mad Hatter in Alice In Wonderland. But his patience-draining role in the eponymous Mortdecai marks a new low. This talented actor clearly needs some help with his choices.

Three roles that could help Johnny Depp back to Jack THE RED BULLETIN

The only thing more contrived than Mortdecai’s plot is Depp’s walrus moustache

SAMURAI Of The Pacific

SHERLOCK Of The Channel

SPARROW Of The Milky Way

In 15th-century Japan you steal the souls of your six brothers, as the evil Samurai Hitachi Hanzo.

DIRECTOR: Quentin Tarantino

An attractive widow asks you to solve the murder of her late aristocrat husband. There’ll be amorous escapades, plot twists and showdowns…

DIRECTOR: Spike Jonze

A re-jig of Pirates Of The Caribbean. But set in the future. In space.

With aliens. And, of course, Leonardo DiCaprio. Oh go on…

DIRECTOR: JJ Abrams

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Getting it wrong

MAKING A CRUCIAL MISTAKE One false move and fate can strike mercilessly. But at least we can learn from history. This is what not to do Binning millions

Sitting pretty

The mistake A man in Pennsylvania buys 25 lottery tickets. When the numbers are drawn, he misreads them. Consequently he throws all his tickets in the bin, losing $1.25m.

The mistake When offered the lead in Pretty Woman, Molly Ringwald declines. Julia Roberts says, ‘Thank you very much!’ The rest is history.

The moral Don’t be too picky.

Who’s Molly Ringwald again?

The moral Keep any potentially money-winning rubbish for a couple of weeks, just in case.

10-cent mistake The mistake In 1974, Cleveland Indians baseball fans have too many cheap beers and trash the stadium out of frustration at the score.

Messing with the best The mistake Wrestling’s great. The NFL’s great. So why not combine them to create Xtreme Football?

Because it will dismally fail as a sport.

The moral The cheaper the drinks, the better you have to play.

The moral Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing.

Continental error The mistake Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon discovers Australia in 1606, but declares it inhospitable. Then the English arrive and reap the rewards.

Obstinate oligarch The mistake Russian tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev doesn’t want to pay his wife $1bn of his $8.8bn fortune after a 30-year marriage. The divorce ends up costing more than $4.5bn.

The moral See the bigger picture.

Sad state of affairs

The moral Being generous can actually save you money.

The mistake A Tsar sells Alaska to the Americans for $7.2m in 1867, unaware of gold and oil underfoot.

Learning to share

The moral When selling, don’t scrimp on the survey.

The mistake Ronald Wayne returns his 10 per cent stake in Apple in 1976 for $800. It would now be worth $30bn.

The moral Cash isn’t always king.

Getting old The mistake The Sixth Sense does pretty well. So M Night Shyamalan shoots the same film – give or take – another six times.

The moral People like surprises.

BACK THE WRONG HORSE The mistake Accepting the Trojan horse.

Looks great on the outside, but full of warriors The moral Sometimes you should look a gift horse in the mouth.

Bust up The mistake Subprime mortgages sound great to bankers, who take on as many as possible. When the property bubble bursts, Lehman Brothers has more than $600bn of debt and goes bankrupt.

The moral of the story If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Before the battle

After the battle

Mon General,

Waterloo?

This is not my Waterloo.

My real

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Always the bridesmaid

THE BEST – OR THE REST There’s only one pop princess per girl group, so how do the others claw their way to the top?

1. JESSICA SUTTA Can anyone name a Pussycat Doll other than Nicole Scherzinger?

Jessica Sutta’s hoping her debut solo album, Feline Resurrection, will mean you can name her, too.

2. KELLY ROWLAND The one who’s not Beyoncé remains Destiny’s stepchild.

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Victoria Beckham judges the catwalk.

This former Spice Girl is on a talent show panel.

JESSICA SUTTA This cat has broken away from the pack to make a name for herself

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GADGET FLOPS

TO ERR IS TECHNICAL

Remember

FORGOTTEN HEROES History can be so unfair. These pioneers achieved great things, but time has almost buried them

Even the biggest companies get it wrong occasionally

APPLE NEWTON The iPad of 1993 had an annoying stylus, poor handwriting recognition and near useless processing power.

1. The discoverer of worlds

SONY BETAMAX Better than VHS, but it lost the 1980s battle for global video dominance. Maybe they should have called it Alphamax.

Hugh Everett, physicist When Everett published his work on parallel worlds in 1956, his peers said he was mad. The rejection was too much and he turned his back on science. Now Everett’s theories are widely accepted.

MICROSOFT ZUNE The iPod wannabe wasn’t user-friendly due to complicated copyright rules.

But now it’s becoming a cult item.

If I overcome myself, does that make me a loser?

Russ Meyer, director He combined big breasts with satire.

Once derided as cheap smut, Meyer’s masterpieces now show at film archives around the world.

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3. The king of coffee

Eric Favre, inventor Creator of the coffee capsule in 1970, but Nestle went for instant coffee instead.

The capsule was a flop. Now it’s a hit worth billions.

4. The lowbudget logo

Carolyn Davidson, designer Nike paid the student $35 for the logo. A deal’s a deal, after all.

Later, she was given shares in recognition of her contribution.

5. The first photographer

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2. The porn pioneer

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Hercules Florence, painter Florence invented photography in Brazil in 1833, but didn’t tell anyone. So others stole the glory, in distant Europe.

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Losers we love

THE FAULTY FORECASTS Know-it-alls that tried to predict the future – and got it wrong PREDICTION

PREDICTION

“Breasts will be uncovered within five years” The inventor of the monokini, Rudi Gernreich, thought a fashion revolution was coming in 1962.

“There will never be a bigger plane built” What a BOEING ENGINEER said after the maiden flight in 1933 of a twin-engined Boeing 247 – it could hold 10 people.

PREDICTION

“Guitar groups are on their way out” DICK ROWE, a talent-scout at Decca Records, said ‘no’ to The Beatles in 1962.

PREDICTION

“What would the advantage be of arriving somewhere a couple of hours earlier?”

IMAGO

In 1838, FREDERICK WILLIAM III of Prussia didn’t believe in the railway, or in speeding up the pace of life.

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Today’s tactics

YOUR OWN PERSONAL WATERLOO Would you fight for love or devote all to your career?

Find your way through the minefield of life. But choose carefully: every move you make could spell your downfall

You’re bubbling with ambition and take on three new projects at once.

You brag about your achievements.

Your boss and colleagues tire of you.

You’re modest and keep your skills to yourself.

Start here if

Nobody notices your true value.

GO BACK TO THE START.

MONEY is more important

You go head-to-head with an old friend for promotion.

GAME OVER! Don’t mix business with pleasure.

You come out on top, but you have to train up an ambitious new recruit.

You have an affair with her.

You refuse to teach her anything.

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Focus on your career and money – you can meet a girlfriend later.

You show her the ropes.

Your boss sacks you and promotes her.

The trainee turns out to be better than you.

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Desperation sets in and you pander to her every whim.

You realise that you’re not at all suited to each other.

She misses the buzz of your relationship’s early days. You worry she’ll be unfaithful.

You decide to re-enter the job market.

Your girlfriend is thrilled that you’re finally spending more time with her.

Your job is more important?

GO BACK TO THE START.

You panic and completely change the way you dress.

Start here if

LOVE

She doesn’t like the new you.

She says everything was better the way it was.

is more important GAME OVER! You give love a bad name.

Your beloved feels neglected and has a fling with your boss.

You find a new job at your girlfriend’s workplace, but you struggle to meet targets.

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She says you’re so dull these days.

Plus you’re not earning enough money.

You fall into despair when she moves out.

You make an effort but end up becoming her lapdog.

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Monashee Mountains, British Columbia, Canada: Richard Permin performs a backflip grab. “I love jumping in among the fir trees. It helps you work out how high you are while you’re in the air.” Permin’s jump here is about 7m

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DAYS OF MY YOUTH IS NOT JUST ANOTHER BACKCOUNTRY SKI FLICK. IT’S ONE OF THE MOST INTENSELY CREATED ACTION SPORTS FILMS EVER. THIS IS HOW IT WAS MADE WORDS: AREK PIATEK

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“IT’S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE IF YOU LISTEN TO YOURSELF AND YOUR FEELINGS”

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ays Of My Youth is a unique film; for one, it had what is probably the longest production schedule of any freestyle skiing movie. “We spent two years shooting, which is an eternity,” says Scott Bradfield, the film’s producer. “The reason being, we were only happy when we had the perfect shot, which meant we only filmed when we had absolutely ideal light and snow conditions, even if that meant us waiting in one spot for weeks on end.”

By “us”, he means the world’s top freeriders – Richard Permin, Cody Townsend and Markus Eder – all on the hunt for perfect takes, lines and rock faces. It is a search that took them to far-flung and unspoiled places, such as the Tordrillo Mountains in Alaska and the glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca mountain chain in Peru. “We wanted authenticity.

We didn’t want scenes or interviews to be staged,” says Permin, widely regarded as the best freerider in Europe. “The riders had microphones on them all the time. So anyone watching the film hears the original audio of how we planned our line, and understands what a run takes out of us. That gets you closer to the sportsman and to the action.”

Film directors aren’t usually keen when their stars improvise, but this approach is at the centre of the movie. “Up in the mountains,” Permin says, “we freed ourselves of any constraints and allowed ourselves to become children again and enjoy skiing with the total passion a child has. We always decided independently what jump or trick to do.

It was amazing to see what you can achieve if you just listen to your feelings and are as carefree as you were when you were a little kid on the slopes.” redbull.com/daysofmyyouth

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Top: a state-of-the-art Cineflex camera attached to the filming helicopter provided the spectacular aerial shots.

Bottom: Markus Eder plans his trajectory before heading down a glacier in the Tordrillo Mountains, Alaska

Three of the stars of Days Of My Youth (left to right): Richard Permin, Cody Townsend and Markus Eder

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“WE WANTED AUTHENTICITY. WE DIDN’T WANT SCENES TO BE STAGED”

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Consummate deep-snow skiing: American freestyle skier Michelle Parker cruises through untouched powder in the Monashee Mountains.

“You forget the camera pretty quickly when you’re here. That’s how you end up with pictures that don’t come across as staged”

Seward, Alaska: Cody Townsend on a rock face never before skied.

“The film isn’t all about good tricks. Sometimes you just need to let nature take centre stage”

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Richard Permin demonstrates high-speed freeriding down a ridge in the Tordrillo Mountains.

“Sometimes there’s only one line, and that’s steep downhill. On such a narrow ridge, the slightest deviation would have resulted in a bad fall. The line I was taking was icy, there were cliffs on my left and right, and I was going at about 100kph… Of course I was nervous.

But when I saw the shots afterwards, I thought, ‘S--t, that was worth it’”

“ WE ONLY FILMED WHEN WE HAD ABSOLUTELY IDEAL LIGHT AND SNOW CONDITIONS ”

The countless promontories in the Tordrillo Mountains are paradise for anyone who loves big air. Here is Markus Eder in flight

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Michelle Parker enjoys a powder run at sundown in the deep snow of the Monashee Mountains

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Michelle Parker on an extremely steep “tree run”, a downhill through forest on powder. “It’s like surfing on clouds.

But there’s a downside to snow being whipped up by your speed: you can hardly see a thing and can barely breathe.

Some of us ride with a snorkel. No joke!”

Richard Permin performs a 360 down a rock in Chatter Creek: “There was so much snow. It took a lot of speed to get this trick done”

Permin: “The story behind this picture? It was in Chatter Creek.

Cody and I waited a whole month for snow to fall. What you see are two very, very happy people… a few seconds before one of the most delightful rides of their lives”

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“WE WERE ONLY HAPPY WHEN WE HAD THE PERFECT SHOT”

Richard Permin in the Tordrillo Mountains: “One of the dangers we had to face was ‘sluff,’ which is sliding snow. It is not an avalanche, but has an enormous power and can literally carry you away”

HEROES

“VULNERABILITY MAKES ME BETTER” EMMA STONE From Spider-Man to Birdman, the

American actress has proved herself a star. She puts her success down to a talent for panicking

Words: Rüdiger Sturm

the red bulletin: Paul McCartney designed the tattoo on your left wrist.

What does it mean? emma stone: It’s two bird footprints because my mother’s favourite love song is Blackbird by The Beatles, and because of the great line in the song, ‘Take these broken wings and learn to fly.’

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Can you relate to that?

At the beginning of my career, I auditioned for a part in the TV series Heroes. Before I went in, I heard them saying to the girl ahead of me, ‘You’ve got the part. You’re the best fit.’ It was Hayden Panettiere.

A big part of me died inside right there. I thought, ‘F--k, I’m just going to get rejected my whole life, and just keep hearing no, no, no.’ Then I got my part in Superbad two weeks after that. That changed my life forever. It taught me to make the best

Yeah, acting is a kind of coping mechanism. I have a lot of emotions and a thin skin, which really is a tough combination, but my job helps me put it to good use. Some parts can unleash panic if the challenges are too great. But the more vulnerable you are, the greater the fear, which usually culminates in better results. As an actor, you’re in a weird situation; half of you wants to be shielded from your natural sensitivity and the other half knows that it’s precisely the thing you need to do your job well.

You’ve played Spider-Man’s girlfriend. Could you do with a superhero to help

“I HAVE A LOT OF EMOTIONS AND A THIN SKIN, WHICH IS A TOUGH COMBINATION, BUT MY JOB HELPS ME PUT IT TO GOOD USE” out of difficult situations.

Can you give an example?

I’ve suffered from panic attacks ever since I was eight.

I saw a psychotherapist for two years, which helped me get a clear picture of myself and deal with it. I still tend to be hard on myself and I get anxious a lot, but I also have coping mechanisms.

How do they work?

OK, 98 per cent of the time,

How do you stay normal amid the Hollywood madness?

Luckily I have people I love and trust, and relationships in my life are an absolute priority, not my work. Which doesn’t mean I want to develop a thick skin.

You see that when it happens to actors. You can’t relate to them on screen anymore. It’s like watching a hippo act.

Is emotional vulnerability a benefit in your line of work?

you cope with real life?

It depends what kind of hero.

Anybody who’s willing to laugh when you’ve fallen down is a hero to me, rather than people who are like, ‘Are you OK?’ That makes it so much worse.

I like people who take things lightly. They’re my heroes.

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fter her careerlaunching part in 2007 comedy Superbad, Emma Stone, 26, has built a reputation as one of the most versatile and likeable actors around.

Her turn in last year’s bigscreen hit, Birdman, earned her a first Oscar nomination, and she made her Broadway debut in November 2014, putting in a critically acclaimed performance in the lead role or musical classic, Cabaret.

With the ascent of Stone’s star showing no signs of slowing, she talks to The Red Bulletin about fame, death and the problem with hippos.

everything is fine. When it’s not, if you can stop and say: ‘I’m panicking right now. I’m sitting on a couch holding a coffee. I have shelter. When I want food, I can eat. Am I OK? Yeah, I’m OK. Nobody is dying.’

Is death a big topic for you?

When I was younger, I had a soft spot for anything spooky.

I would go to visit cemeteries.

I’m still interested in that stuff, but not in a negative way. Once you understand that your time is limited, you live with a lot more awareness.

Why should I worry about everything else? The actual reality is death. And I think there’s something strangely comforting about that.

Emma Stone: almost best actress in a supporting role 2015

All dressed up: Mike Patton (centre) and Faith No More are back in business

HEROES

“I WAS LIKE, ‘OH F--K THIS IS GOOD’” FAITH NO MORE Seventeen years after their

breakup, the avant-garde rockers are back with a new album that shows once again how being different can be self-affirming

Words: Gary Moskowitz

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or 35 years, Faith No More have been known as the true chameleons of rock music, fusing metal with such disparate elements as funk, bossa nova and soul. Though their six studio albums have sold over 10 million copies and earned them three Grammy Awards, in April 1998 the group surprisingly disbanded in order for the five members to pursue solo careers. Singer Mike Patton, whose voice ranges from low-octave crooning and fast-paced vocal acrobatics, up to highoctave screams, made a name for himself as avantgarde music’s enfant terrible.

In 2009 the band regrouped and began touring again.

And there’s more to come: Mike Patton and bassist Billy Gould talk to The Red Bulletin about their new album, Sol Invictus, and explain how a bunch of self-described outsiders made a career out of ignoring boundaries. the red bulletin: Faith No More essentially created their own category of music. How did you do that?

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billy gould: We just thought, ‘Why do you want to do what everyone else is doing?’ I would be horrible in a straight metal band. mike patton: It was hard when there was a scene going on because we fell totally flat.

We didn’t have a community.

We weren’t punk enough, weren’t metal enough. The Metallica guys said we were OK, but we were always fish out of water. We all came from different places, but we ended up together, and couldn’t commit to norms.

It’s just who we are.

musicians. I don’t read music the way orchestra musicians do. I listen instead. There’s no right or wrong way of doing it. You can find a way to make good music if you are able to communicate.

You both did multiple side projects before getting Faith No More back together in 2009.

In what ways did those experiences benefit the band as it’s looking now? mp: I don’t think we’d be back together at this point if I hadn’t had the opportunity to do other projects. It all makes sense now. I was sceptical about reunion stuff, but we did some reunion shows and it felt great. It was

eyes. I was like, ‘Hell, I really love these guys. I could do this again.’ It matters, when you share a relationship with people. I shared nearly half my life with these guys. bg: We recorded most of the new album in a small rehearsal room. It shouldn’t have worked, but it did. We mastered it, and five days later we were on a plane to go and do shows. It’s a strange feeling to open yourself up to the world again. mp: I didn’t talk to anyone for a while. I was like, ‘F--k your phone calls. I’m not listening to anything but our music right now.’

RB: What would you go back and tell your younger

“I ONCE SAID, ‘IF I’M 40 AND STILL DOING THIS, PLEASE KILL ME.’ LIKE IT’S UNDIGNIFIED TO DO THIS ONCE YOU’VE HIT 30” Was being different tough in the beginning? bg: We couldn’t get anyone in San Francisco to write about us until we toured abroad.

Then they started to care, and we were like, ‘F--k you.’ mp: Yeah, when we were doing well we had no problem taking s--t. bg: We found a way to make music we liked. I’m a bass player, but I can’t do a lot of things other guys can do. mp: We’re all self-taught

refreshing. And when I heard the new music Bill wrote, I was like, ‘Oh f--k this is good.’ bg: If we hadn’t done those side projects, who would we be now? We’d be unhappy.

We’d have started making s--tty records. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

How did the band decide it was time to make music together again? mp: We reconnected at [keyboardist Roddy Bottum’s] wedding. It really opened my

selves, knowing what you know now? mp: ‘Shut your mouth, little Mike! It’s not going to be what you think’. I once said, ‘If I’m 40 and still doing this, someone please kill me.’

Like, it’s undignified to do this once you’ve hit 30.

The industry defines you and then holds you to it and tells you what to do. But it’s better to just shrug it off. fnm.com

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“I MIGHT LOOK LIKE A MACHO MAN, BUT I’M NOT” GREGORY PORTER The Grammy Award-winning jazzman has gone from playing American football to singing about vulnerable men Words: Andreas Rottenschlager

the red bulletin: You’ve been heralded as the next big breakout star in jazz.

But you started out as an American football player. gregory porter: I was the outside linebacker for the San Diego Aztecs college team.

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the plunge into the NFL? Because my right shoulder was screwed from tackling, which I had to do even when I was in pain. It was the same type of impact for years. When I was 22, a doctor told me, ‘Gregory, you’ll never play football again.’

That devastated me. I was meant to be a sportsman.

There went my whole dream, ruined in a few minutes.

How did you deal with that?

Through music. Ever since I was small, I’d grown up with my mother’s gospel songs.

She was a minister. After that injury, singing became my

You wrote most of the songs on your album. They cover everything from nursing an injured bird back to health to love gone wrong.

I might look like a macho man, but I’m not. I also sing about how vulnerable men can be. Songs have got to be true. That’s all that matters.

So which song tells the truth about the real you?

Real Good Hands from the Be Good album. It’s about asking your future father-inlaw for his daughter’s hand in marriage. I’ve been through that. I was nervous and it took me three days to come up with a strategy. And then I said what would later become a line in the song: “Papa… don’t forget that one day you was in my shoes.”

“JAZZ ASKS LIFE’S BIG QUESTIONS. WHERE ARE WE FROM? WHY ARE WE HERE? WHY IS THERE INJUSTICE IN THE WORLD?” therapy. I thought, ‘OK, your career as a football player is over. So you’ll stand on the field right before the game and sing the national anthem.’

People don’t expect to see a former linebacker singing the national anthem. How did they react?

People came up to me after the game and told me they had goosebumps. Some people even cried because they were so moved by my voice.

Your debut album, Water,

always showing her ass...

Miley Cyrus?

Yes. That’s the entertainment industry. And if I’m on the dancefloor, I want to be entertained, too. But if that’s all there is, we have a problem.

Where is the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album you won last year for your most recent LP, Liquid Spirit?

It’s on a shelf in my apartment in Brooklyn. I didn’t unpack it for months after moving in. The case looked so smart.

Did it work?

I’m happily married.

And what about your football career? Don’t you miss the adrenalin, the pain?

No. My right shoulder still hurts. My son gives me all the adrenalin I need. He’s two years old and he already wants to play football. I’m having to learn how to throw with my left hand.

The deluxe edition of Liquid Spirit is out now. gregoryporter.com THE RED BULLETIN

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he first thing you notice about Gregory Porter is his sizeable frame.

At 6ft in with broad shoulders, he looks more like an NFL linebacker than a jazz singer, which seemed a more likely career during his college days. Then there’s the hat, a trademark peaked cap with earflaps that complements his ever-present smile. But the 43-year-old’s most valuable asset is his singing voice, a rich baritone that defies his genre, winning him legions of fans worldwide and helping him sell out auditoria that usually play host to established pop acts. The Californian crooner took time out of his globetrotting tour schedule to talk about Miley Cyrus, the Civil Rights Movement and his new adrenalin fix.

came out 17 years later and went on to receive a Grammy nomination. Why the wait?

I just didn’t give it any thought. I didn’t perform in clubs. For two years I sang as part of the ensembles on Broadway. That’s how I got by.

Why did you choose jazz?

Because it asks life’s big questions. Where are we from? Why are we here?

Why is there injustice in the world? Songs like Mississippi Goddam by Nina Simone contributed just as much to equal rights for black people as the Civil Rights Movement.

Jazz is a spirited protest.

What’s your opinion of modern pop music?

I think every type of music has its purpose. Even mainstream pop. Take that girl who’s

Jazz cat in a hat: there’s much more to Gregory Porter than meets the eye

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“LISTEN TO YOUR INNER VOICE” JULIAN BOULLE The South African BASE-jumper and skydiver explains how he became a bonafide legend in the world of wingsuit flying Words: Sean Christie

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fter growing up on the semirural edge of Johannesburg, Julian Boulle’s wingsuit-flying skills have taken him all around the world and given him a unique perspective on managing risk, staying competitive and being fair to family.

variable, and if I can still see no solution, I walk away.

As one of the world’s best wingsuit flyers, how do you keep improving?

I surround myself with the best people, and I know when and how to learn from those who do specific things with exceptional skill.

What has wingsuit flying taught you?

To adore nature. Mountains

look so simple from a distance, but close up they are so complex, so powerful.

Many people living in cities are burned out. Mountains restore us. I have also learned to listen to my inner voice. If I don’t feel 100 per cent prepared for something, I call it off. Gravity is an exacting master. facebook.com/julianwingsuit

The sky’s the limit: wingsuit flyer Julian Boulle

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the red bulletin: What need of yours did skydiving fulfill? julian boulle: I really believe that people are drawn to specific elements, so perhaps it was an elemental need. I find air a beautiful fluid to move around in.

What do you think was your first leap of faith?

Deciding to do things that enriched my life instead of following others. Skydiving gave me the space to evolve as a person away from the herd at my own pace.

How do the people close to you cope with your job?

I gave my parents grey hair growing up, but my mother now understands that my spirit is kept alive by my experiences. I don’t hide anything, but I don’t push the details of what I do on my family either. I’ve found the more I understand about life and what I do, the more they understand.

How do you minimise risk?

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“EVERY DAY CAN BE FRIDAY!” ANDREW WK The American rocker loves to party hard. In his upcoming book, The Party Bible, he reveals the essentials of a good night out

Singing it back again: Roisin Murphy

the red bulletin: What can we learn from The Party Bible? andrew wk: I dedicate my life to party because it’s the one moment of the week when you feel alive and can leave all the stress behind. So why don’t we apply this feeling of a Friday night to other days of the week? Every day can be Friday!

Why do you think partying has such a bad reputation?

In certain areas of our society it’s considered noble to be emotionally detached from excitement. But I think that’s cowardice. If you experience the pure joy of a party, it might be risky, but it’s rewarding. That’s what scares people who want to have things regimented and controlled.

Is it possible to age gracefully in party mode?

You don’t stop partying because you get old. You get old because you stop partying. Look at Black Sabbath, I toured with them last year and their energy is amazing. It’s like them being on stage keeps them functioning. andrewwk.com

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ROISIN MURPHY The flamboyant queen of dance pop is back after eight years, with tips on being creative and love for her heiress, Lady Gaga the red bulletin: For your new album, you wrote 30 songs in only four weeks. Where do you draw inspiration from? roisin murphy: All of life is inspiration, but you have to actually do the work to draw upon. Recently I had a day of total emptiness, a day spent in the opposite mode to inspired.

The next day I sat down and wrote a song about exactly that.

Can you really force creativity like that?

I think so. With all my years of experience, I know the feeling really well. It’s important not to be frightened of the blank page. I force myself to sit down and do it, and it always works.

You took an eight-year break from music to start a family.

Has the industry changed a lot in that time?

When I released Overpowered, people said, ‘This is one of the best pop records of the last 20 years, but she’s not a pop star because she’s too weird.’ Today, people like Lady Gaga are allowed to be both, which is great. I came along too early.

Hairless Toys is out now. roisinmurphyofficial.com THE RED BULLETIN

Mega mingler Andrew WK

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AC/DC ARE THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL AND LONG-LASTING HARD-ROCK BAND, HAVING RIDDEN THE HIGHWAY TO HELL FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. LEAD GUITARIST ANGUS YOUNG TALKS HISTORY, SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND FLASHING HIS BACKSIDE WORDS: MARCEL ANDERS

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Ready to rock: Angus Young poses in his trademark school uniform in London in 1976

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Still buzzing after 41 years DECEMBER 31, 1973 Rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young and brother Angus (lead guitar) perform their first live show as AC/DC (the acronym for alternating current/direct current) in Sydney, Australia.

School’s out: AC/DC bring the noise to England in May 1976

how would you sum up the enduring appeal of AC/DC? I think it’s very straightforward: AC/DC are AC/DC. You can rely on us. People know what to expect. And yet we still surprise them. Sometimes in a good way, sometimes bad.

You’re 60, but you sound just as fresh as you did at 20. How do you do it?

Do you know something? You always sound the way you feel. And I don’t feel anything like 60. When I play the guitar, I’m 18 again, like the first time we performed. I’m a child imprisoned in the body of an mature man.

And how are things in that prison?

[Laughs.] It doesn’t matter what your body looks like. We weren’t ever very good-looking anyway.

Your most recent album was titled Rock Or Bust. After selling more than 200 million albums, are rocking and busting still plan A and plan B? Sod the plans. You have to just do

“ When I play guitar, I’m 18 again. I’m a child imprisoned in the body of a mature man”

Angus (left) and Bon Scott grab a quick pre-gig snack

On the edge: Angus on stage in Sydney in 1974

the things you enjoy doing and not let anyone else tell you what to do. That’s what it’s about. It doesn’t matter whether you’re 18, 60 or 102.

But surely you’re oversimplifying things.

For example, the track Dogs Of War is a critical examination of the state of the world, or have I read too much into it?

We’re singing about Hannibal and his elephants in that song. Even for men of our age, that isn’t really breaking news. Hannibal was great, by the way.

He was a master of warfare.

You’re actually very interested in history, aren’t you? What is it that you find so fascinating?

There’s nothing more exciting than history. It really is incredibly fascinating how some countries and cultures became great and dominated the world, and then suddenly disappeared into thin air. All the mistakes they made and who was behind them. I don’t understand why more people don’t concern themselves with history.

You can learn so much from it.

So Hannibal is breaking news after all?

Touché! You know, people have this tendency to keep doing the same stupid things over and over again. They just don’t want to get cleverer, not for all the money in the world. Which is why this crappy world looks the way it does. Which is

OCTOBER 24, 1974 Twenty-eightyear-old Bon Scott replaces Dave Evans as vocalist and ushers in the band’s first successful era.

But the Young brothers are sceptical before the first rehearsal, thinking Scott, nine years their senior, is “too old to rock”.

FEBRUARY 17, 1975 Their debut album, High Voltage, is released in Australia and AC/DC appear on TV for the first time. Angus Young dazzles in a baby-blue school uniform.

AUGUST 3, 1979 The Highway To Hell album gives the band their international breakthrough and subsequently goes seven-times

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platinum in the US. According to Bon Scott, the title track describes endless days on the tour bus when “there is nothing to do, except have a quick THE RED BULLETIN

one off the wrist or a game of cards”.

FEBRUARY 19, 1980 After a boozy night out in London, Scott dies on the back seat

of a Renault 5 from alcohol poisoning.

The Young brothers consider breaking up the band, but Scott’s parents convince them to carry on.

APRIL 3, 1980 Rock singer Brian Johnson, a one-time car mechanic and long-time friend of the band, becomes the new AC/DC frontman.

He wins over the others at his first audition with AC/DC’s own Whole Lotta Rosie and a rock version of Ike & Tina Turner’s Nutbush City Limits.

JULY 25, 1980 AC/DC release their career-defining album, Back In Black.

According to the New Musical Express, it is the second

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Rocking up: Angus rides his amp on the band’s first tour of the UK in 1976

biggest-selling album ever, its 49 million sales only beaten by Michael Jackson’s Thriller (110m).

The black cover is a tribute to Bon Scott.

SUMMER 1983 Following a confrontation with Malcolm Young, drummer Phil Rudd leaves the band, citing personal problems.

Rudd moves away to New Zealand where, he later commented, “I raced cars, flew helicopters, became a farmer and planted some crops”.

why there’s so much war. Because time after bloody time, nobody bothers to try to understand the past.

Apart from you. And Ozzy Osbourne, who shares your passion for history…

That’s easy to explain: it’s because we’re both from the post-war generation. That left its mark. When you grow up in a time like that, it’s completely normal to want to know why the world is the way it is.

After that, history won’t leave you alone for the rest of your life. It disgusts you and fascinates you at the same time.

It’s said that you’re a talented painter, too. Is that true?

Painting? Oh, I can paint your house for you if you want. I’d manage that.

We were thinking more along the lines of painting landscapes...

Yes, that’s true, but I’d never claim to be good at it. I started painting back when I was at school and I still keep it up as a hobby, but no more than that.

I don’t have any great plans for it, if that’s what you mean.

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Scary dairy: Joker Angus poses with a bottle of milk in 1976. Nowadays, the 60-year-old really is teetotal

JUNE 28, 1985 The band’s 10th album, Fly On The Wall, is a disappointment to fans and critics alike.

Classic Rock magazine brands the album

Since last summer, the band have had to carry on without the presence of your brother Malcolm, who’s suffering from dementia. Has there been any improvement in his health?

As things stand right now, it doesn’t look like it. Malcolm is really not well.

If anything, his condition is getting worse. It’s a tragedy. Bloody illness.

Do you ever ask yourself how long you can keep doing this, or even how long you want to?

The two things aren’t connected. Malcolm is very positive in the way he handles the illness, and that helps us handle it, too.

It’s all very clear as far as we see it: we’ll do what we do as long as we want to, as long as we have the passion and energy

the worst in the band’s history, adding that, “If anyone were to lose their AC/DC virginity to this album, they’d really be losing out.”

SEPTEMBER 10, 1990 The single Thunderstruck is released and goes platinum. The song is also adopted as a motivational anthem

for sports teams worldwide, including baseball’s Chicago White Sox, the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and Italian football team Juventus.

SEPTEMBER 26, 1995 Legendary producer Rick Rubin (Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, Slayer) takes charge of AC/DC’s 13th album Ballbreaker

and Phil Rudd returns as drummer. The single Big Gun features on the soundtrack of the latest Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, Last Action Hero.

Ice caps: Brian Johnson (left) and Angus on the Black Ice tour in 2009

MARCH 10, 2003 The band are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler leads the plaudits, saying, “Does it scare your parents to hell and piss off the neighbours?

They lit a fire in the belly of every kid that grew up born to break the rules.”

JULY 30, 2003 AC/DC and the Rolling Stones play a benefit gig in Toronto to almost 500,000 people in honour of the victims of the SARS pandemic.

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“ My arse is a vital part of the show, like the duck walk or the fake fits” and are still halfway fit. Why should we give up voluntarily?

Hey, I love what I do!

But didn’t you once say in an interview, ‘I hate my music and I’m only still playing for the money’?

[Laughs.] Just take my word for it. I can’t imagine anything better than going on stage or grabbing my guitar and writing a song.

That was the case in 1973 and it’s still the case in 2015.

You’re constantly roaming the stage during shows. Have you ever worked out how many kilometres you cover?

No, I have no idea. I just know that I’ve worn out a good few pairs of shoes.

What should we expect from your upcoming world tour?

The best that AC/DC have to offer.

Including sticking out your bare backside at the audience?

I’m probably not going to get away with giving that up, am I? My arse is a vital part of the show, like the duck walk or the fake fits. It’s part and parcel of the act, and people would be pretty disappointed if I suddenly stopped. Even if my backside isn’t as pert as it used to be, as long as the sight THE RED BULLETIN

OCTOBER 17, 2008 The band’s 15th album, Black Ice, debuts at number one in 29 countries, and 300,000 tickets for their European tour sell out in just 77 minutes.

JANUARY 31, 2010 Thirty-seven years after forming, AC/DC win their first-ever Grammy, for War Machine.

But the band are touring New Zealand, so they miss the awards ceremony.

DECEMBER 2013 For AC/DC’s 40th anniversary, fans start a Facebook campaign to get Highway To Hell to the top of the UK charts (it reaches number four).

The band announce a new album, Rock Or Bust.

Fit as a fiddle: Angus in Budapest, Hungary in 2014

FEBRUARY 8, 2015 AC/DC open the 57th Grammy Awards in LA, getting the ceremony rocking.

Foo Fighters founder Dave Grohl sums it up, saying, “I’m really, really, really happy that AC/DC is here.”

of it doesn’t cause outright revulsion, I’ll carry on doing it.

How on Earth did you come up with the idea of flashing it?

I can’t remember where and when I did it the first time, but it was to bring an overly lethargic crowd out of their shell.

And it worked. At the first couple of concerts, people were pretty annoyed and threw at us whatever they could get their hands on. But then my arse got popular pretty quickly. Allegedly, there are even people who have come to our shows just for my arse. To admire it, that is.

The school uniform has become your trademark onstage outfit. How many do you own?

I must have collected a couple of hundred over the years.

So, somewhere in the world, there’s a dressing room the size of a gym, full of school uniforms...

No, no, there isn’t. They don’t last at all.

After one or two shows, they’re so damaged that they’re no use to anyone.

Are they bought off-the-peg or made-to-measure?

Most are made-to-measure, especially the more recent ones. But the very first one I wore on stage was my official school uniform, which my high school wasn’t particularly happy about. Especially as I kept saying everywhere, “Look at me.

I’m the result of a state education. Now if that doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with our system...”

People hardly remember now, but there was a time before the school uniform when you experimented with a number of different outfits: Spider-Man, Zorro, a gorilla…

Yeah, you name it! Don’t remind me.

Man, that monkey costume was bad.

I could hardly breathe.

How did that come about?

We had a manager back then who was always trying to give us some image or other. But then Malcolm put his foot down and said, “We don’t need this nonsense. We’ll stick to the school uniform.” And that was that.

Finally, what is it about the Gibson SG guitar that has keep you loyal for the past 40 years?

It’s because there are two little horns on the body. When I was young and I first went into a guitar shop, there were all these wonderful Les Pauls and whatever else they’re called. But then I spotted the SG with the two devil’s horns and it was like I’d been struck by lightning. I knew it was the one. I didn’t choose the SG, it chose me. And it’s never let me go since. acdc.com

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A STORY IN FIVE PICTURES: INSIDE THE HEART OF A GLACIER WORDS: ANDREAS ROTTENSCHL AGER PHOTOGR APHY: ROBBIE SHONE

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THE FISSURE British cave photographer Robbie Shone, 35, travels on expeditions to Europe’s largest glaciers to document their inner life. It’s a race against time. “A lot of glaciers will disappear within our lifetimes,” Shone explains.

“My photographs will show what a treasure we’re losing.” Pictured: cave explorer Fulvio Iorio on the Aletsch Glacier east of Geneva.

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HEMMED IN “The Gorner Glacier near Zermatt stretches out over 54km². This is British cave explorer Josh Bratchley worming his way through a traverse that we reached via a shaft. The walls crackled around us as we climbed through the ice.

Glaciers are constantly moving. They can shift anything up to 15m per year.”

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DEEP FREEZE “You always have to climb new routes because the glacier shafts change shape within months. Italian explorer Daniela Barbieri is climbing out of a pipe in the Gorner Glacier. To take the photo, I fixed an ice screw into the wall, hung my climbing harness on it and snapped into the abyss.�

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CHECKING THE ROPES

“Expedition members Josh Bratchley (left) and Gareth Davies check their equipment shortly after climbing out of the Gorner Glacier. It was -10ºC that day. The wet ropes began freezing solid straight away. Josh and Gareth had to shake ice crystals off their 100m-long climbing ropes. They didn’t even have to time to look at the outline of the Matterhorn to their left on the horizon.”

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CAMPING OUT “A gasoline generator lights the lamps when night falls on the Gorner Glacier.

I crept into my sleeping bag right after I took this photo. Glacier expeditions usually begin before sunrise. You have to finish your descent before getting caught out by the meltwater.”

See more from Robbie Shone’s glacier assignments at shonephotography.com

As one of the world’s first elite sportsmen to employ a female coach, Andy Murray has inspired praise, judgement and debate in equal measure

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MY MIND” Not that the 27-year-old Scot has let that slow him down – he’s ready to answer his critics on the court WORDS: RUTH MORGAN PHOTOGRAPHY: CLIVE BRUNSKILL/GETTY IMAGES

Andy Murray has slammed critics of his decision to hire Amelie Mauresmo

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A ndy Murray has won Wimbledon, an Olympic gold medal and is one of the tennis top four alongside Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. During a decade-long senior career which has seen him go from unknown hopeful to global star, the 27-year-old has always done things a bit differently to his peers.

Most recently, in June 2014, the Scot hired Frenchwoman and former world number one Amelie Mauresmo as his coach, after parting ways with supercoach Ivan Lendl.

It’s a decision that’s made him one of the first top athletes in the world to be coached by a woman, and landed him at the centre of a more heated debate than you’d imagine possible in the 21st century. While many have praised his choice, it was also labelled a joke, with several male players happy to voice their doubts in the press – and even more behind closed doors. But as Murray has proved before, where he leads, others follow, meaning sporting norms could be about to change. As the home test of Wimbledon approaches, Murray talks to The Red Bulletin about locker room comments, setting trends and becoming a feminist.

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the red bulletin: With almost no women coaching men at an elite level in tennis, or indeed almost any other popular sport, did you realise how significant a move it was to appoint Amelie Mauresmo? andy murray: I knew it hadn’t happened before, but I wasn’t thinking of it being a groundbreaking move or having an influence that could cross over into other sports. Then, after seeing the response to it, and some of the things that have been said, I can see it is. I’ve actually become very passionate about getting more women in sport, giving women more opportunities. When I was younger, I wasn’t thinking about stuff like that.

But now I’ve seen it with my own eyes, it’s quite amazing how few female coaches there are across any sport.

What did you think of the furore it whipped up?

Since I’ve been on the tour, and I’m in my 10th year, none of the top male or female players have had women coaches.

It was two or three out of hundreds of players. So I knew it would be a big story at the beginning. But I thought it would die down quicker than it has. Before I started working with Amelie, I was losing – I started last year much worse than I finished it, so I was very surprised at the amount of criticism she received for each loss I had. I couldn’t believe the negativity towards her personally. That has never happened with any other coach I’ve worked with before. It was a shock.

What does Amelie Mauresmo give you that Ivan Lendl couldn’t?

I felt I was able to be open the very first time we chatted. I was returning from back surgery, which was difficult. When I stopped working with Ivan, I hadn’t spent much time with him. After the surgery I really needed help and guidance.

And she gave you that?

She listened well to how I was feeling.

How important is it for you as a player to get that from a coach?

It’s very important. They need to listen to how I’m seeing the game, how I feel on the court. At that point, I was low on confidence. I looked for someone very different to Ivan. Everyone looks at the success I had with Ivan, but that doesn’t mean my relationship with him was perfect. There were elements missing.

I needed someone who would really listen to what I was saying and incorporate that. That’s something Amelie’s better at than any coach I’ve ever had.

Does gender play a part in that?

I’m not sure why, but ever since I was young, I’ve found it easier to open up and

“I couldn’t believe

THE NEGATIVITY towards her. That has never happened with any other coach.

It was a shock”

“Sometimes when we’re competing,

TRYING TO BE MACHO, it can get a bit testosterone-fuelled.

I’ve ended up having some big arguments”

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talk about how I’m feeling with the women closest to me – my mum, my wife. So with her I’ve found that side of things easier. It was much easier for me to open up to Amelie when I wasn’t feeling confident.

And does that benefit your game in a way you haven’t found with a male coach?

Of course it depends on the person, but generally, when you get five or six men sitting at a table in a competitive environment, it’s not pleasant. I’ve found it difficult to open up sometimes as you feel judged or that it’s seen as a sign of weakness. Sometimes, when we’re

Murray is gearing up for the grasscourt swing of the ATP season

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competing and working out, trying to be macho, it can get a bit testosteronefuelled. I’ve ended up having some big arguments. I don’t feel like I’m competing with Amelie. When we’re talking, it’s more of a collaboration.

We discuss things and try to get to the root of a problem. Over the last few months, everything’s been handled more calmly.

You announced your partnership before the Queen’s Club Championship last year. Were there comments made in the locker rooms at the time?

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To me, it’s amazing to hear that.

Some players, such as Marinko Matosevic, openly said they would never employ a female coach. Are other male players missing out?

Anyone can make whatever decisions they want, but I’m comfortable working with a female. I’m used to working with women, having been coached by my mum when I was growing up. Having worked with Amelie for months, I can really see the benefits in my game.

What makes you go against the grain?

When I was young, every coach around me was a man. Every single one. And when you’re young, you follow what you see around you. That’s the nature of being young. But when you grow up a bit, you think more for yourself.

I just looked at the positives Amelie could bring and I couldn’t see any negatives at all. Amelie was the best in the world at what she did, and whether you’re a man or a woman, or in any sport or job, that’s an incredibly difficult thing to do. You have to have amazing qualities to do that.

I’m benefiting from it.

Why don’t more men employ women as coaches?

I genuinely think it hasn’t occurred to a lot of male players that they could hire a woman coach. I know that Amelie is a good coach because I’ve worked with many. That’s proof enough for me.

So doing things differently to the pack doesn’t faze you?

I never thought about the decision in terms of image or brand. I knew it was different, but then I’ve always done things a bit differently to other players.

How so?

I don’t live my life by what people might say in the press or on Twitter.

I take confidence from decisions I’ve made in the past that have been a bit different, but have worked for me. When I employed Ivan Lendl, that decision was viewed as being a very unusual as not many great ex-players had coached before. It was a big step for me and added pressure.

THINK MORE FOR YOURSELF. I just looked at the positives that Amelie could bring” But then it turned into a huge trend…

Yeah, then a lot of players started doing it because it was successful for me.

Are you starting another trend?

It will start to change. It will take time.

All it takes, and it’s a shame that it’s the case, is one successful relationship like me and Amelie for people to start to buy into it. Martina Navratilova and Lindsay Davenport have both started coaching at elite level since Amelie and I began working together.

Do you regard yourself as a feminist?

[Long pause]. Good question. I don’t know. I’m pro everyone being equal and if that’s being a feminist then you could say so, yes. It really opened my eyes when I started working with Amelie. Inequality is something I started to see and become passionate about. It’s opened my mind.

At the end of last year, you parted ways, not with Mauresmo as many predicted, but with your long-term team members Dani Vallverdu and Jez Green. Why? Everyone, including the people closest to me, was doubting my decision [to appoint Mauresmo], and that was difficult. I told everyone that me losing to Roger [Federer] in London was nothing to do with Amelie. During that year I’d spent a total of two and a half weeks training with her. It clearly wasn’t her fault. Rather than doubt her, I started to wonder why no one was taking responsibility for their role in it.

So I decided to move on.

Does that bring more pressure to make sure this partnership works?

I feel like a lot of people thought it was destined to fail at the end of last year when I lost to Roger. Everyone was saying, ‘Oh Amelie’s confused him, he has no identity on the court, he doesn’t know what he’s doing.’ Two months later, I was playing like a completely different player. I’ve already shown it can work. andymurray.com

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Wild ride: the Cape Epic covers 750km and 16,000m of vertical gain. Kristian Hynek and Alban Lakata pushed hard for victory

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W HAT D O ES IT TAKE TO W I N TH E CAPE EPI C , TH E M O ST C O M PETITIVE M O U NTAI N B I KE STAG E R AC E I N TH E WO R LD? TO FI N D OUT, THE R ED BULLE TIN WENT ALONG FOR THE RIDE WORDS: ANGUS POWERS

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Singular momentum: speed through the singletrack (right) sometimes depended on not suffering untimely mechanicals, as defending champion Hynek and former world marathon champ Lakata (left) soon found out

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Famous five: Christoph Sauser (right) and Karl Platt had both won the Epic four times. Heading out onto the trails (left), who would be the first to five victories?

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How do you win the Tour de France of mountain biking? Many have asked but few have answered, at least in the only way that matters, which is to let your legs do the talking, all the way to the top step of the podium. “You don’t win the Epic on paper, or by being a favourite,” warned Christoph Sauser before this year’s race.

Considering the Swiss veteran’s pedigree – four Cape Epic wins (the same as Platt), plus an Olympic bronze medal, two World Cup series and four world titles – and that he’d be partnering Czech powerhouse Jaroslav Kulhavy in the 2015 Epic, it was a sobering assessment.

Not that anyone had any doubts about the nature of the beast. The Cape Epic might not be a climb-fest like the TransAlp Challenge, but its 750km and 16,000m of vertical gain breaks down into a prologue and seven stages of approximately 100km and more than 2,000m of climbing daily. That equates to a lot of opportunities to put the 67

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Facing the challenge: Jose Hermida after a rough day in the saddle. The Spaniard would go on to finish fourth

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opposition in the hurt box, particularly in the punishing African conditions the race is famous for.

With a hors categorie rating from the UCI (a classification reserved for events like the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España), the richest purse and by far the biggest media coverage in mountain biking, the Epic draws pro riders like cowboys to a rodeo. The general classification reads like a who’s who of off-road racing, and it’s this roll call of talent that explains why victory at the Epic is trumped only by Olympic or world championship glory.

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In its early years, the Epic covered 900km in nine days, but that soon proved too brutal a proposition. The schedule is merciless enough as it is: up at 4.30am, oats for breakfast at 5am and a quick shower and warm-up before the starter’s gun goes at 7am. Then it’s five hours of racing, on the limit, in the heat and wind, over rocks and sand and through thorny scrub, before attempting to recover in time to do it all again the next day. And the next.

Most pros spend four months preparing, starting in December. Kulhavy spoke about 25-hour training weeks, riding 160-220km per day with 3,000m of climbing. Sauser’s hardest training days involved a run, a plyometrics session, then 120km on the bike (including fiveminute power intervals), up mountain passes, into headwinds and in summer temperatures in excess of 35°C. That ‘train like you race’ philosophy paid off on Stage 3, a 128km haul from Grabouw to Worcester in blistering sun

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Flat out: when Kulhavy put the hammer down, Urs Huber, Sauser and Karl Platt struggled to hold his wheel

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SUFFERING and wind. Sauser, Kulhavy and defending Epic champion Kristian Hynek exited a rocky dam wall crossing first, with Hynek’s partner, Alban Lakata, being held up by slower riders across the narrow causeway. Kulhavy then put the hammer down into a block headwind, and with Lakata failing to bridge the gap, Hynek had to drop back to help his Austrian teammate. That move alone was worth a precious 25 seconds.

In Hynek’s opinion, Kulhavy was the “game-changer”, a reference to his countryman’s extraordinary power on the flats. Sauser agreed: “Jaro often made the difference. On the climbs, we would get just a little gap, then Jaro could open the throttle on the flat and open up the gap. It’s so important: to get a little gap and then you are able to put one more into them on the flat.”

Viewed up close, the Epic was eight days of war: of attrition, of course, but also a clash of wits and will. Key battles were fought at strategic sectors on every stage, with minor skirmishes continually adding to, or subtracting from, each team’s ever-diminishing mental and physical resources. As Hynek and Lakata gradually emerged as the most dangerous challengers to Sauser and Kulhavy’s early grip on the race, the two pairs even contested a sprint finish against each other on Stage 4, despite the stage already having been won by another team.

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so important to show that you are the strongest team. It’s a hard race; when you get beaten again and you lose a little bit of time, it breaks you. No matter how good you are, there are always suffering days, that’s for sure. It’s very important that your head is completely into it and you know it’s going to be harder than anything else. Basically, you have to be willing to go flat out for eight days.”

Kulhavy saw the intimidation factor cutting both ways. “It’s very important that our rivals know about our power,” he said. “It’s important for our minds as well. The race is very long and every positive thought is very good.”

For Hynek and Lakata, withstanding the physical onslaught was relatively straightforward. As for the tactical challenge of finding a chink in Sauser and Kulhavy’s seemingly impregnable armour? Not so much.

“There is always a big level of suffering,” Hynek admitted. “You just have to realise that everyone is suffering and the longer you are able to suffer, the better. If you are able to suffer longer than the others, it is one of the keys a lot of the time. But if we want to win, we have to try in every possible moment and situation to build a gap. For sure it won’t happen by itself, so we need to make a move.”

“The question is, how can we go to the start line and attack from there, with a plan and a strategy and go full gas to get the result we want?” echoed Lakata.

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A certain personal resilience was required to stay healthy and bugfree while living in the race village (in a campervan or tent) along with two thousand other riders and crew. State-of-the-art bikes are de rigeur, and for the top contenders so is a battalion of support staff, including a back-up racing team who could donate equipment off their own bikes to effect an emergency repair. But despite everyone’s best efforts, only so much can be controlled.

“I would say maybe 50 per cent of this race is luck: having luck, or not having luck. Crashing, or not crashing.

Puncturing, or not puncturing,” mused Hynek before the 121km-long Stage 5.

“I think this is also something that makes the Cape Epic so special.

There’s no other race that has so many variables that can destroy your hopes.

Most of the downhills are pretty unpredictable: bushes, stones, sand… and as you can see every year, so many teams don’t make it to the end.”

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Trials and triumph: Lakata cooled off after another hard day of chasing; Sauser and Kulhavy’s champagne shower from their InvestecSongo-Specialized teammates to celebrate overall victory was sweeter

“You need luck in order to win any race,” nodded Lakata ruefully. “But here you need even more.”

Lakata’s luck, which had been dubious throughout, finally ran out that day. A twisted chain meant he and Hynek lost six minutes and had to spend the rest of the stage chasing back to the pack. Kulhavy fared no better: he battled stomach problems all day, and then wound up with a branch tangled in his rear derailleur.

Fortunately for the panicking Kulhavy, back-up teammate Nico Bell soon arrived and quickly got him going again.

“When you have to deal with a mechanical, first you feel that all is lost,” explained Hynek. “Then you have to get back on track, realise it’s not lost at all and that you have to keep on fighting. It took me some time to realise we have to keep fighting.”

“I thought we had lost the whole race,” admitted Kulhavy. “You never know what will happen next. This is the Cape Epic – it’s full of technicals, flat tyres and crashes. During the eight days, everybody has a problem. Of course, you can be the strongest, but just one technical problem or crash and that can be the end for you. We knew that we had won only on the finish line in Meerendal.”

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ut-gunned, out-manoeuvred and ultimately out of luck, Lakata and Hynek went on to finish 10 minutes adrift of the race favourites, but almost 25 minutes ahead of Platt and Huber. “One team was stronger and I think we have to accept that,” Lakata conceded. “We had some bad luck, but even if we didn’t, I think it would have been the same result but with a smaller time difference.”

To survive the Epic, let alone win it, requires so much mental toughness – “to not break your mind”, as Kulhavy put it – but what really sets a champion apart is calmness under fire: the ability to think clearly in the heat of battle, when your heart rate is through the roof and the clock is ticking. Without a stiff dose of sangfroid, all the firepower in the world won’t keep a team in contention.

Sauser again: “I never really stress about physical condition or tactics or mechanicals. It doesn’t help. I worry about the smaller question marks.

When you win, and you think about the thousands of corners you’ve been through and the millions of rocks you’ve ridden over, it’s quite amazing.”

He’s right. It is amazing. Because this race isn’t called the Epic for nothing. cape-epic.com

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Rhonda One night in Los Angeles at A Club Called Rhonda, the city’s rabblerousing monthly party where everyone’s welcome and anything goes WORDS: ANN DONAHUE PHOTOGRAPHY: MERLIN BRONQUES

Who’s that girl?

You’d be right for asking after Rhonda at a Rhonda International event. According to one of the collective’s founders, Gregory Alexander, Rhonda is an “ideal instead of a person. We’ve created this mythical being to suit the feel we’re trying to convey with the club”

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Rhondevous Exhilarating house and disco pump out at LA’s favourite dance party, held once a month at Los Globos on Sunset Blvd.

One-off events have taken place in New York, Miami, Toronto and London

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“This is where you can try whatever” Merlin Bronques, an LA-based nightlife photographer

Cut loose You’ll find a fabulous scene of “polysexual hard partying”, as one promo puts it, where people are encouraged to wear their stripes with pride whether they are gay, straight, bi or trans

“You always meet a new freak you’ve never met before” Merlin Bronques

Crowd pleasers Big-name bookings at Rhonda events include James Murphy, Seven Davis Jr, Honey Dijon, Jackmaster, Hot Chip and Peanut Butter Wolf

Be seen The attention-seeking antics at A Club Called Rhonda are incomparable to other clubs. The scene is raw, inclusive and anything but the roped-off and restrictive pageant for which this part of California is famous

“We couldn’t find one place where we could get together and enjoy the music we like” the red bulletin: Who is Rhonda, exactly?

A lot of partygoers would like to meet her. gregory alexander, co-founder, rhonda international: Most of the time when people ask us in the actual club, we refer to her as this person who actually exists. But in interviews we’ve broken the veil that Rhonda is a fictional character we’ve created, this ideal instead of a person. We’ve created this mythical being to suit the feel we’re trying to convey with the club. loren granic, co-founder, rhonda international: We wanted Rhonda to be very high concept, more than bringing a soundsystem and a DJ and calling it a night. We wanted it to have the creative legs to take it a lot of different places. Me and Gregory have been friends for a very long time; we come from different backgrounds.

He is gay and I am straight. There were places for his friends and my friends, and we didn’t see the point of that. We couldn’t find one place where we could all get together and enjoy the music we like.

Rhonda started out as an anthropomorphic party girl who brought very different people together to have a lot of fun. Would you agree with that? lg: This all happened after the MySpace days. It wasn’t when Twitter was super huge, but the concept of an organisation issuing communiques from the voice of a person made a lot of sense.

What were your first events like? lg: One of the things we knew from the beginning was that we wanted unconventional venues. The first was Guatelinda in east Hollywood, a building with mock Chinese architecture that was basically a Guatemalan mafia bar. We went in there and talked to the dudes who were running it, and they were like, ‘We don’t know who you dudes are.’ But they listened to what we had to say.

What about now, seven years later? ga: We’re known for hotel takeovers. We’ll have our first event at the Mondrian [on Sunset Blvd, in LA] on May 24, with a party at the pool of the Herringbone restaurant. We’ll be selling rooms with passes. rhondainternational.com

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FEEL THE POWER Get ready for the drop in Soweto

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There are few places in the world where you can experience a 100kph, heart-in-mouth freefall without a bungee rope and live to tell the tale. One of them is a decommissioned power station in South Africa.

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The Orlando Towers vertical adventure centre in Soweto, Johannesburg, has a SCAD (suspended catch air device) freefall facility, a popular leap – or drop – of faith available to thrillseekers in only a few places in the world. The activity has been taken to a whole new level at Orlando Towers by manager Nico Myburg. Firstly, and perhaps least surprisingly, it’s the only SCAD system set up in a disused cooling tower; and secondly, it’s the highest in the world, with a drop of 70m.

“As the SCAD freefall here is inside a cooling tower, it’s a unique ‘tunnel’ experience,” says Myburg. “It’s truly a world first.” The experience comes complete with all the fear and adrenalin you’d expect. After ascending to the top of one of the two 100m-high chimneys via a dangling cage winched up through its centre, you hang suspended over the drop. The only thing between you and the rush of your life is the controlled freefall harness, essentially a belt clipped to a quick-release hook.

Far below, the suspended catch air device – a safety-net contraption made of air-filled tubes and a sophisticated brake-suspension system – is ready to break your fall. The countdown from five begins. When it gets to zero, the instructor releases your harness.

“There really is nothing between you and the net below,” says Nick Avery, a 21-year-old student from Philadelphia, USA, who took the plunge while on a visit to South Africa. “You really don’t know when you’re going to hit, because you’re falling backwards. It’s just an insane experience and one of the craziest rides on the planet. If you want to feel like you’re falling into complete oblivion, or want to know what your death scream sounds like, this is what you do.”

Thanks to the SCAD, the landing is a very soft one. You feel very little at all, just a slowing of the descent. It adds significantly to the intensity of the jump. The entire apparatus is then lowered to the ground, allowing you to exit safely, heart and fists pumping.

SOWETO More to explore Sample At shebeen-style eatery Chaf Pozi, near Soweto’s Orlando Towers, traditional South African barbecue fare is served with a fiery chakalaka sauce and sides such as samp (crushed corn kernels) and pap (ground maize). chafpozi.co.za

Soar After a round of pre-flight checks, some classroom instruction and expert advice, climb into a helicopter cockpit and take to the skies over Joburg. After half an hour, it’ll be your hands taking over the controls. sa-venues.com

“ YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE FALLING INTO COMPLETE OBLIVION” Soweto, South Africa Johannesburg Do you dare to make the drop? Visit: orlandotowers.co.za

Scare Dare to swim with Nile crocodiles up to 4m long in their home waters.

A sturdy cage protects you from their bite, which has a pressure four times greater than that of a great white shark. cango.co.za

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“Experienced jumpers can learn aerial tricks like somersaults and back flips,” says Nico Myburg, of Orlando Towers. “It’s not advertised and it’s up to the jumpmaster to decide if you can, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.”

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The yellow second hand of the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M features the Bond family coat-of-arms at its tip. Also, the gun-barrel design of the watch’s self-winding rotor symbolises the most important tool of the secret agent’s trade.

SECRET WEAPON Wear it like 007 In the words of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, “A gentleman’s choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Savile Row suit.”

It’s no surprise, then, that 007 has sported only the most striking chronometers in the 23 Bond films to date. From 1962 to 1974 he wore mostly Rolex, as Fleming intended; then, from 1977, Seiko featured in five consecutive films. However, it’s Omega that’s synonymous with modern Bond. Their timepieces debuted with Pierce Brosnan in 1995’s GoldenEye and have kept accurate time in situations both amorous and precarious ever since. To mark the release this November of Bond 24, Spectre, 15,007 limited-edition steel Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150Ms have been made. Daniel Craig, now on his fourth mission, likes his Bond more physically able than gadget-reliant, but this 41.5mm timepiece ensures its wearer still has tricks up his sleeve. It’s water resistant to a depth of 150m and can combat magnetic fields far greater than any other wristwatch (15,007-milligauss, neatly enough – 250 times the average). omegawatches.com

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Watches inspired by music and motorsport Hamilton Ventura Elvis 80 In 1961, Elvis Presley wore a Hamilton Ventura in the movie Blue Hawaii.

To commemorate what would have been the singer’s 80th birthday, Hamilton has released an eye-catching special edition with an automatic movement and a power reserve of 80 hours. hamiltonwatch.com

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a light titanium case with an Audi R18 e-tron Quattro pictured on its underside, and features a 10-minute countdown function. oris.ch

Porsche Design Chronotimer Series 1 World-famous designer FA Porsche created the first black chronograph in 1972 and the firstever titanium wristwatch in 1980. This new waterproof 42mm model is a stylish synthesis of both. porsche-design.com

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Witness the evolution From June 16-18, Los Angeles Convention Center will host E3 2015, the world’s premier trade show for computer and video games. Keep watch on local sites for news on the latest drool-worthy consoles and accessories. And start saving for that Christmas list now. e3expo.com

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If you like your festivals remote, eclectic and smallscale, try Miombo Magic near Harare, Zimbabwe.

We caught up with co-founder Angus Wakeling

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Go Bat crazy one more time Prepare for Batarangs, Grapnel Guns and super-thugs as the Dark Knight returns in Batman: Arkham Knight, the epic conclusion to the Arkham trilogy.

Designed exclusively for next-gen platforms, the game promises players an immersive experience with new gadgets, forensic investigations, cinematic combat, and a chance to drive the Batmobile! Roam around Gotham City as you take on supercriminals Harley Quinn, the Penguin, Two-Face and the Riddler, all united

by Scarecrow in a bid to destroy our hero forever. Be the Bat on June 23 when the game is released for the PS4, Xbox One and PC. batmanarkhamknight.com

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The Red Bulletin: How did Miombo Magic start?

Angus Wakeling: The first Miombo Magic happened in 2012. Fellow founder Gus Le Breton and I both live 20 minutes outside Harare, in an area of hills covered in indigenous Miombo woodland. We’re both amateur musos and wilderness fundis, so it was only a matter of time before we had the idea of staging a festival in our backyard.

What can visitors expect? We average about 25 acts a year, mostly Zimbabwean, and cover jazz, funk, soul, reggae, folk and a variety of styles you won’t experience anywhere else in the world, like mbira punk.

What has been your stand-out Miombo moment? Miombo Magic is all about spontaneity. Last year, Drum Café brought 200 drums, handed them out to the audience and proceeded to lead one of the most extraordinary sets I’ve ever experienced. This year, they’re bringing 400! For me, though, the stand-out performance came from Victoria Falls band Mokoomba last year. Pure energy. And lead vocalist Mathias Muzaza has a voice that would humble Senegalese greats like Youssou N’Dour and Baaba Maal.

Any big names we should look out for? Confirmed acts for this year include singer Tariro neGitare, DJ Toby2Shoes, Drum Cafe, and Mann Friday frontman Rob Burrell, who opened for James Blunt in Harare in February.

When: May 30-31, 2015 Where: Mazowe, Zimbabwe www.miombomagic.com

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THE PLAYLIST RAEKWON Corey Woods was 23 when he rose to hip-hop stardom almost overnight. As Raekwon, he, and his eight comrades-in-arms in notorious New York crew the Wu-Tang Clan, merged Shaolin mythology and street rap to create the stunning 1993 debut Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Two years later, Raekwon’s mafia-rap solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., also became a classic of the genre. Today, the 45-year-old father-of-two finds inspiration in art and fashion, hence the title of his new album, Fly International Luxurious Art. The veteran rapper talks The Red Bulletin through the five albums that have had the most impact on his career.

Marvin Gaye

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“Marvin had a lot on his mind when he recorded this in 1971, and with this album he was challenging his thoughts. I can relate to that. I’m always looking at the future and asking myself, ‘What am I going to do next?’

So listening to this album gives me inspiration. I’ve loved soul music ever since I was a kid, but this record is special to me.

It’s like a vitamin: I feel like I need it as often as possible.”

“I feel this album kind of raised me, because Rakim was talking about things we were going through when we grew up. He spoke to us; he wrote anthems of the street. The record came out when I was 17 and Rakim was a few years older, but the guy was ahead of his time. He was Muhammad Ali at a young age, lyrically. This album will always sound good. It’s one of the blueprints of hip-hop.”

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Stevie Wonder

“This album made me respect women more. As young men, we respected women, of course, but we never took the time to listen to them; I would lose a chick in a minute if I felt like she was getting on my nerves. So when Mary came up with this album, it gave me a new perspective of what women go through. It made me realise women are the backbone of everything, so we got to treat them like queens.”

“Stevie’s genius is making music that stands the test of time.

I discovered this through my parents, and even as a kid I was fascinated by his music and lyrics. His imagination is so vivid; for somebody who can’t see the world, he knows everything about it. A while back, I met him at an awards show. I was so scared of talking to him, but he was so humble. Best thing was, he knew about the Wu-Tang!”

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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) “If this is about albums that had an impact on my career, I have to mention this one. It opened the doors for all nine of us MCs, and I think it became a greater album because of the distance it went. We still perform it live, and when we play Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F--k Wit the energy goes through the house. It will always penetrate clubs, because it’s the energy that my boys bring to the table.”

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Songs In The Key Of Life

Pharrell Williams is planning a series of kids’ books, starting with one based on his hit song, Happy.

Of course, he’s not the first musician to write for children…

Keith Richards Would you give your child a book by a man who has lived the most rock ’n’ roll lifestyle imaginable? You should, because 2014’s Gus & Me is Richards’ touching tribute to his granddad, who inspired him to play guitar.

Courtney Love Rock music’s enfant terrible was never going to write about a fairytale princess. The heroine of Love’s 2004 manga graphic-novel series is an alien girl named Princess Ai, who finds herself fighting demons and rocking music clubs in Japan.

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Artiphon Instrument 1 At first glance, this MIDI controller might look like the neck of a guitar, but if you connect it to your iPhone it turns into a versatile multiinstrument. From strumming the pressuresensitive fingerboard like a guitar, to playing it like a violin, to using the frets as piano keys and programming a drum beat, this compact all-rounder is likely to trigger a revolution in digital music production. Forward-thinking musicians are already using it. artiphon.com

Madonna With six kids’ books to her name, Madonna is the most experienced children’s author in music. Her first, 2003’s The English Roses, has sold over half a million copies worldwide and been published in 40 languages.

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WHEELS MOTOR MERCH Upgrading your driving experience

Ford AppLink Goal Live Scores Ford SYNC with AppLink is the US car maker’s entry into the voice control market.

This app keeps you upto-date with the latest scores from European football fixtures. ford.com

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This Vulcan heralds the future When is a concept car not a concept car? When it’s the Aston Martin Vulcan. The British marque’s latest supercar is a 7-litre, V12 track-only monster. With more than 800hp, this frontengined, rear-wheel-drive, carbon-fibre creation is more powerful than an F1 car. And while it won’t quite have the latter’s power-to-weight ratio, Aston Martin says it will outstrip one of its GTE cars from the World Endurance Championship.

That, quite frankly, is a lot of power, and being able to afford the hefty price tag doesn’t necessarily confer the talent to use it wisely. Which is why anyone buying one of the 24 Vulcans currently in production will get the opportunity to participate in an intensive driver training programme.

The Vulcan was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show and made much of the fact it was styled in-house and features “a design language hinting at the next generation of Aston Martin sportscars”. Phrases like this are often heard at motor shows, where car makers want to float a balloon to test whether people like or loathe their vision. With the Vulcan, Aston Martin has a double-whammy: a styling concept for show and something they can sell. astonmartin.com

Style and substance: the recently launched Aston Martin Vulcan

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The new McLaren Longtail craves competition

Yamaha Racing collection by TW Steel

Also making its debut at Geneva was the long-awaited McLaren 675LT. Trading on the Longtail monicker last associated with the GTR derivative of the McLaren F1 road car, the 675LT is the latest variant of the 650S. The new McLaren has shed around 100kg, and its 3.8-litre V8 engine has been heavily revised to deliver more power. The body has been tweaked to generate greater downforce, as well as improvements made to the 650S’s active airbrake. McLaren is quoting figures of 0-100kph in 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 330kph (that’s 205mph for those who prefer their performance old-school). The figures suggest a model destined for racing, and the 675LT’s lack of creature comforts – no airconditioning, etc – seems to support this. McLaren, however, is keen to point out that the 1,230kg supercar is entirely road-legal. mclaren.com

This collaboration has produced timepieces targeted at that intersection on the Venn diagram where MotoGP fans meet lovers of big watches. twsteel.com

Bowers & Wilkins P5 Maserati Edition Finished in Maserati blue leather, these topnotch special-edition cans from the superior car maker and premium audio firm have the hallmark of quality. bowers-wilkins.com

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WALK IN SPACE Between 540 and 550 people have been into space (the exact number depends on which ruling body is counting). Of those astronauts, just over 200 have left their craft for a spacewalk, and only three have done so more times than the nine EVAs (extra vehicular activity) notched up by Rick Mastracchio. The 55-year-old American has spent over 53 hours walking in space. “It’s not like in Gravity, where they jump and hop,” he says. “Actually, I watched that movie when I was on orbit last year [on the International Space Station]. I was getting ready to spacewalk and I thought it would get me in the mood. It’s very entertaining, just not realistic.” No, this is how you walk in space…

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MARK THOMAS

“You’re in the vacuum of space, inside a bulky pressure suit.

It’s very hard to move your hands and there’s not a lot of flexibility. So it’s good to be tall and have long arms: the more reach you have, the easier it is to do the work while you’re in the suit.”

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“Your shoulders and forearms have to be very strong, because you’re out there crawling hand-overhand for seven, eight hours sometimes, on the surface of the Space Station.

Spacewalking is not really the right term for it; it should be called spacecrawling.”

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“You need to know how to use tools as a lot of spacewalking involves assembly.

You’re making electrical connections, bolting things together and to the Station. If you can take a car apart, that’s a good skill set to have.”

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Solve future problems

“You need to be able to think ahead 10 minutes to your next task and where your partner will be.

Of course, the ground crew are there to help you out, but on nearly every spacewalk, something doesn’t work out the way you expected it to: a bolt will be sticky, or some connector won’t connect.”

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“Usually, you’re so busy working that you don’t have the time to think about all the things that can go wrong. But sometimes you have to convince yourself that if you let go, you’re not going to fall off. The laws of physics say you won’t, but your imagination can run away with you.”

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June 27-28 One-on-one Johannesburg For the first time, South Africa will be sending a contender to the Red Bull King of the Rock basketball contest. King of the Rock involves a one-on-one street ball format, with the world finals taking place in a decommissioned prison. Traditionally held on Alcatraz Island, last year the competition visited the exercise yards of Samasana Island, Taiwan, where 32 athletes from 23 countries vied for global honours, with Turkey’s Kivanc Dinler taking the title – take note: plenty of skill, speed, strategy and strength are required. Local hopefuls stay tuned for details of the South Africa qualifier at the end of June. redbull.co.za

June 21 Austrian GP Spielberg

A day at the races

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The Red Bull Ring hosts its second Formula One grand prix in as many years with the Red Bull teams, spearheaded by Daniel Ricciardo, again looking to maximise home advantage.

Racing for Scuderia Toro Rosso, 17-year-old Max Verstappen has done more than turn heads in his debut F1 season – in his second race he became the youngest F1 driver to ever finish in the points – and fans can look forward to more of the same from the teenaged speed sensation. infiniti-redbullracing.com

June 12-14 Motoring mayhem Johannesburg

The name might have changed (the Top Gear Live brand has been retained by the BBC), but the recipe for this high-octane show remains the same: the inimitable Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond hamming it up, plus a load of drool-worthy automobiles and amazing stunts. clarksonhammondandmaylive.co.za

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Red Bull King of the Rock: Kivanc Dinler (left) of Turkey plays Orlando Ortega of Panama

May 30-31 Get Free Umhlanga Rocks

The second of three Quiksilver Get Free surf contests moves from Umdloti to Umhlanga Rocks this year with three divisions: Open, U20 and U16. Rocks boy Beyrick de Vries will be leading the charge, with Dylan Lightfoot, David van Zyl, Mikey February and Matt Bromley breathing down his neck. In the U20 category, reigning SA junior champ Michael Monk will be the man with a target on his back. quiksilver.co.za/getfree

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May EPL showdown The last day of the English Premier League means dogfights up and down the table as teams jostle to avoid the drop, qualify for Europe or simply finish one spot higher on the ladder to pocket more TV revenue. premierleague.com

June 7 Freedom Challenge Across South Africa You want a real mountain bike race?

Try the Race Across South Africa, a non-stop, unsupported, self-navigated adventure from Pietermaritzburg to Wellington. Riders follow a 2,300km route that includes 37,000m of climbing and terrain varying from mountains to the arid Karoo. Interested? freedomchallenge.org.za

Festival fever at fun in the sun

June 26-28 Fun in the sun Hazelmere Dam From humble beginnings back in 2007 (a couple of speakers in the back of a couple of bakkies), Fun in the Sun has developed into one of the premier outdoor music festivals in KwaZulu-Natal.

Braais, boating and camping are integral to this all-weekend dance party on the shores of Hazelmere Dam, situated just inland from Durban. And with many of the country’s top DJs on the decks, what’s not to like? fitsfest.co.za

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Eyadini Lounge

Umlazi

May Out with a bang The legendary Vans Pit parties come to an end at Cape Town’s grungiest skateboard dive, where Red Bull Studio Cape Town will release a CD of all the bands who’ve played First Thursday gigs at the Pit. The skate comp gets underway at 6pm.

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Situated in a unique space in the heart of Umlazi, Eyadini is the go-to club for grooving weekend DJ line-ups, with headliners like Black Coffee and Dream Team guaranteed to pack out the venue.

Eyadini rocks from Thursday afternoon to Sunday evening, but it’s not just a party venue. The food is also worth spending some time over, especially the inhloko (stewed cow’s brains) and dumplings. If you’re in Durbs at the end of May, Eyadini’s going to be one of the best spots from which to check out the Red Bull Kas’lami arts and culture fest. eyadiniumlazi.co.za

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June Final countdown After 11 months, dozens of teams and hundreds of matches, the final of the 2015 UEFA Champions League will take place in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. It should be worth the wait. uefa.com

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Forget Christmas wish lists: this is the kit you shouldn’t wait to own. Adventure across land and sea to a soundtrack of your choosing.

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DUCATI SCRAMBLER FULL THROTTLE. This flat-track-style, aggressive-looking bike with its V2, 803cc, 75hp engine is at home on the racetrack. But a Termignoni racing exhaust and streamlined handlebars make it suitable for everyday use. ducati.com THE RED BULLETIN

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MOBILE HOME ATACAMA EXPEDITION MOTORCYCLE TENT. Heading into the wild? This tent only weighs 6.5kg, but can keep two people and one bike warm and dry. redverz.com

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THIN LINE SCANTON, BY TOMMY HILFIGER. These narrow-leg, cotton jeans are the right fit for any party. tommy.com

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SOG BLADELIGHT CAMP KNIFE. ­The handle has six LED diodes producing 30 lumens, so nocturnal man can see what he’s hacking away at. sogknives.com

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HITCASE PRO. Your iPhone 6 can now survive a 10m plunge into water or a 2m fall to the ground. hitcase.com

HE AIN’T HEAVY TREK SUPERFLY FS 9.9 SL XX1. Mountain bikes don’t come any lighter than this.

The full-suspension, carbonframe bike with Avid XX hydraulic disc brakeset is the first choice for World Cup racers. trekbikes.com

07 SPACE BOAT THE QUADROFOIL. Boats can be quiet, too. This new electric number produces no noise, no emissions and lifts you above the waves. It has a top speed of 40kph and a range of about 100km. And, most reassuringly, it’s unsinkable. quadrofoil.com

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09 MAN UP DIESEL ONLY THE BRAVE WILD. Apparently real men smell of grapefruit, lemongrass, lavender, cedar wood, coconut water and a touch of black pepper. diesel.com

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ROLL YOUR EYES NIVEA ENERGY EYE ROLL-ON. If the night went on longer than you predicted, use the skin’s own coenzyme Q10 to wash away bags under the eyes. nivea.com THE RED BULLETIN

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SONY SMARTWATCH 3. With built-in GPS, 4GB of storage and a music player, this clever wrist companion will have you ditching your mobile. sonymobile.com

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LOUD SPEAKER FUGOO TOUGH XL. This shock-resistant, waterproof speaker can produce up to 100 decibels, so wherever you go, the party can follow. Available from July. fugoo.com

BEACH BOY S OLIVER SHIRT. You don’t have to have the perfect body to cut a good figure as you walk along the beach in this airy cotton vest. soliver.eu

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CLEVER CANS AVEGANT GLYPH. With a flick of the headband, these noise-cancelling headphones transform into a super-sharp, 1280 x 720-pixel private cinema screen that sits on your nose like a pair of glasses. avegant.com

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ON TRACK CARRERA DIGITAL 132 RACE PARTY. Don’t own a supercar? Driving a Porsche or Ferrari around this 8m track is the next best thing. carrera-toys.com

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BULLEIT BOURBON FRONTIER. Take the edge off. This Kentucky whiskey has a mild taste and notes of vanilla and honey. bulleit.com

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SHIRT STYLE THOMAS SABO WHEEL OF KARMA CUFFLINKS. Choose sterling silver and black zirconia for when your cuffs need to look their best. thomassabo.com

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RIDE WITH THE PACK BROOKS PICKWICK. Any stylish urban biker will love this linen rucksack with leather straps. It’s practical, too: it can hold up to 24 litres. brooksengland.com

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UP IN YOUR GRILL WEBER PERFORMER DELUXE. Real men barbecue their meat, but there’s nothing wrong with a bit of comfort, with an ignition system, a stainless steel grate and a heat shield. weber.com THE RED BULLETIN

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LUMBERJACK CHIC WOOLRICH BERING WOOL SHIRT IN PLAID. The perfect pure wool shirt for any camping trip. woolrich.com

OXX COFFEEBOXX. Wouldn’t the great outdoors be greater with quality coffee? This piece of kit is waterproof, dustproof and shock-resistant. oxx.com

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GET ON BOARD BELLAGIO 12.0.

This inflatable 10.9kg, 366cm expedition board is big enough for lake-top adventures and will fit in your bag afterwards. croslake.com

SUNDIAL CASIO EDIFICE. This classic, solar-powered chronograph, with solid stainless steel case and mineral glass, can connect to your mobile via Bluetooth 4.0 and announces incoming e-mails. casio-europe.com

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LACIE MIRROR. A black plastic hard drive? Boring. This 1TB design piece is made of Corning Gorilla Glass. lacie.com

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ADIDAS EVIL EYE EVO PRO L. When things get hot, you’ll be thankful for sunglasses with a sweat-blocker and ventilation. adidas.com

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FULL FAT SCROOSER SCOOTERS. This is the Harley Davidson of scooters, with an electric engine that gets it to a brisk 25kph. The hefty tyres are more than a match for any bumps in the road. scrooser.com

TOOL TIME LEATHERMAN TREAD QM1. Who can resist a toolbox for your wrist? Slide a screwdriver out of a link or use the bottle-opening stainless steel strap in an instant. leatherman.com

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GARMIN VIRB ELITE. Shoot over three hours of action in full HD with this fully remote-controllable, programmable little camera. GPS and Wi-Fi capability come as standard. garmin.com

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NEAT NECKLACE POLICE RELIANCE. This stainless steel chain with linear cross pendant was designed with men in mind. policelifestyle.com

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THE NORTH FACE THERMOBALL HYBRID HOODIE. A versatile, functional jacket that’s waterproof, windproof and breathable. thenorthface.com

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ADIDAS TERREX SCOPE GTX. The perfect choice for easy terrain, with waterproof GORETEX lining and cushioning in the heel. adidas.com THE RED BULLETIN

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To create his series of unexpected images called True Wind, windsurfer Max Matissek goes in search of places considered unsurfable. Then, with the help of a crew, winch, ramp and the necessary airflow, he proves everybody wrong. The 27-year-old then transfers the photographs – this is one of the first – to canvas and turns them into abstract paintings. maxmatissek.com

Freestyle windsurfer Max Matissek produces surf-art in seemingly impossible places

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