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Behind the scenes at the Yard Party at the Grand Palais, the biggest hip-hop party in France
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Saving lives in some of the world’s highest mountains
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The Everest star on why the journey is more important than the destination
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The sailing competition honing the skills of the world’s best young sailors
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Ferrari moves with the times and launches the turbocharged 488 GTB, with more power and lower emissions
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Visionary dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo explains why it’s important to follow your passion
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Dance provocateur Dada Masilo, US actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emmy Rossum from the American version of Shameless, and turntablist Qbert
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Meet the men of the Air Zermatt mountain rescue crew, who risk their lives on every mission they undertake
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From left: Clarke, Acer, US editor Andreas Tzortzis and Muller
Hollywood takes on the desert The shoot concept was set once we found out that Jason Clarke was a car fanatic. But who would lend photographer Michael Muller some wheels? Enter Robert Acer: Trophy truck racer, philanthropist, mystery millionaire and possible future Marvel superhero. Acer lent his truck and team for the shoot near Los Angeles and Clarke took to the controls with astonishing ease. “I’m threatened,” said Acer, who kept his identity secret by not removing his helmet all day. “He’s a natural.” Read the story on page 42.
IN FOCUS BEHIND THE LENS
Film journalist Sturm is a Munich resident, but a Hollywood-insider by trade. For this month’s issue, he discussed life lessons, sex and cheese on toast with Shameless beauty Emmy Rossum. Page 60.
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A gamer for over 30 years, Kurz is MWEB’s digital and gaming manager. “Gaming is a fast-paced industry,” he says. “You need to know your stuff and keep up to date daily.” Read his monthly gaming update on page 84.
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Rare air: Repo (right) got to fly with the Air Zermatt helicopter rescue team
“Those guys are heroes to me” TERO REPO Finnish photographer Tero Repo, who lives in Switzerland, has accompanied expeditions to the Antarctic and followed snowboarders through freezing mountain ranges in Alaska. But nothing impressed him as much as his assignment for our story about Swiss helicopter rescue team Air Zermatt. “They risk their lives every time they go on a mission.” Fly with us on page 28.
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ROCK ’N’ ROLL American dance music producer Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, is among the top earners in the DJ business, with his audio offerings netting him around US$10 million in 2014 alone. But the 36-year-old high roller isn’t one to rest on his laurels. His all-star dancehall project, Major Lazer, enthrals punters around the world, and for good reason. The undisputed highlight of the energetic live show is Diplo ditching the mixing desk to go zorbing over the audience. Find current tour dates at majorlazer.com Photography: Vincent Arbelet
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James Cameron reached the highpoint of his career when he went as low as it’s possible to go in the Mariana Trench Blockbuster director James Cameron has a complicated relationship with the sea. In Titanic he sank a ship, in Expedition: Bismarck he got to the bottom of what happened to another one, and in The Abyss he met aliens on the seafloor. An extreme therapy session was the only option left: descending into the Mariana Trench, the deepest, darkest place in the world’s oceans, in a submarine. He was only the third person in history to take the trip and the first to do it alone. Cameron documented the watery desert 11km below sea level, a place we know less about than we do Mars. But he didn’t get to see all that much in the three hours he was down there; his submarine had whipped up a whole lot of sand. It’s a problem he’s no doubt run into in his movie work – technical requirements getting in the way of the plot.
Dark times: James Cameron is a deep man – luckily he has a waterproof watch
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The sun’s rays can only penetrate 200m into the sea. Here are five diving adventures in the light and dark for anyone who gets their highs in the deep
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A deep high. This is where the infamous rapture of the deep sets in: expect euphoria, fear, hallucinations.
The (un)sinkable ship. The Titanic shipwreck has lain off the coast southeast of Newfoundland for more than 100 years.
Rock bottom. It helps to be called James Cameron if you want to explore the depths of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific.
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Luckily, Keira Knightley stayed home in the drama Everest
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The glimmer of light on the big screen: Keira Knightley
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There’s one thing we’re certain of: this is no mountaineering outfit. At temperatures of -40ºC that fringe would offer little protection and we’re pretty sure shoes are essential. So, despite the snowy-looking setting, we can confirm that this is definitely not a still from new movie Everest, in which Knightley stars. She opts to remain at home in the disaster thriller, while her on-screen husband, Jason Clarke, goes and climbs the world’s highest mountain with Jake Gyllenhaal. By all accounts, a good decision.
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30m Waitomo Glowworm Caves New Zealand
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120m Lechuguilla Cave New Mexico, USA
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1km Eisriesenwelt Austria
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Known as Elsa’s Ice Palace, only the first kilometre of this pure ice cave is accessible. Beyond that, it’s Elsa only.
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Meaning ‘gathering place of the genies’, the Majlis al Jinn in Oman is 120m high, and the second-largest cave chamber in the world
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Dug in 1943 by Polish slave labourers who, to the Nazis’ chagrin, not only refused to die but actually got stronger. All as a result of the mountain’s (slightly controversial) radioactive healing powers.
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6km Son-Doong Cave Vietnam
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Jungle gym: 6km into this vast cave you’re confronted with a wall 60m high, which has only just been conquered by mountaineers.
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DARK TOURISM Five trips you can take – but probably won’t
NORTH KOREA Take a digital detox in Pyongyang, the closed-off country’s capital.
AFGHANISTAN Go for a stroll around Kabul – but don’t forget your helmet and bullet-proof vest.
CHERNOBYL For anyone with a burning desire for unusual sites, get close to the nuclear reactor.
LONDON The Jack The Ripper tour takes you sightseeing in the serial killer’s stomping ground.
SOMALIA OK, so a sailing trip among the pirates isn’t on any tour operator’s list – yet.
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In this, the year of light, we’re still light years away from flat-rate holidays in space Ever since Captain Kirk first talked of the final frontier in Star Trek in the 1960s, we’ve wanted to travel into space. And ever since Dennis Tito became the first space tourist in 2001, we’ve known that it’s expensive. Companies such as Virgin Galactic and Space Adventures have already invested billions trying to make the dream reality. For a mere $250,000, Virgin will let you look at the Earth as you orbit the planet. In theory, at least. Sadly, last year their SpaceShipTwo fell like a star from the sky. And with it disappeared all our hopes of
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Taking the weight off. When will there be space travel for all?
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THE AIR ZERMATT RESCUE TEAM ARE DEDICATED TO SAVING LIVES IN SOME OF THE WORLD’S HIGHEST MOUNTAINS.
AT 7,000M. AT NIGHT. AGAINST THE CLOCK. AND SUCCESS BEGINS IN THE STAFF KITCHEN… WORDS: ANDREAS ROTTENSCHLAGER PHOTOGRAPHY: TERO REPO
An Air Zermatt mission on the Matterhorn: just seven minutes from hangar to summit
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Winch training in the Swiss Alps: experienced rescue pilots can deposit a 200m-long rope onto a space the size of a towel
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AIR ZERMATT IN NUMBERS
1,500 MISSIONS are flown each year, on average, by the nine Air Zermatt helicopters. Around 700 of these take the rescue team away from hiking paths and ski slopes and into dangerous territory.
10 PILOTS fly full-time for Air Zermatt. There are also eight rescue medics, 15 mechanics, and a pool of 60 freelance doctors. The squadron is based at the heliport in Zermatt.
7,010 METRES was the altitude of the highest-ever helicopter rescue mission, carried out by Air Zermatt pilot Daniel Aufdenblatten on Annapurna in the Himalayas in April 2010.
16 DEGREES was the body temperature of one man rescued by Air Zermatt’s senior doctor, Axel Mann, from a crevasse – the lowest he’s seen. “He went on to marry his nurse,” says Dr Mann.
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The Air Zermatt pilots are among the world’s flying elite. They’re always ready to take off, day or night
An Air Zermatt medic reaches for the long line. The helicopter’s fixed rope can bear loads of up to 400kg
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he most dangerous mission of mountain rescue pilot Tom Pfammatter’s career to date took place in the summer of 2005 – and all because of a windbreaker jacket. Pfammatter, then 35, was rescuing a hiker who had fallen at the base of the Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps. When the SOS call came in, he was having dinner at the helicopter squadron hangar in Zermatt, a Swiss mountain village about 250km east of Geneva. It was already dark as Pfammatter climbed into the cockpit of his crimson Eurocopter EC135. The emergency doctor and paramedics squeezed in behind him. Pfammatter started the engines, then put on his night-vision goggles. Ambulance flights in the mountains are extremely dangerous. Every gust of wind makes the helicopter shake. Falling rocks could put the lives of the crew at risk. At night, the pilot has to manoeuvre the helicopter in the toughest terrain without any points of reference, due to the limited light. Such missions, says Pfammatter, are “uncool”. “Just as we reached the entrance to the valley, the night-vision goggles gave up the ghost,” he recounts. “There was no moonlight at all that night, meaning that the goggles didn’t get enough THE RED BULLETIN
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Missions on the Matterhorn are routine for Air Zermatt
CAN’T SEE A THING. BUT THERE’S A PERSON FREEZING UP ON THE GLACIER residual light. All I could see was this green and black mish-mash.” Pfammatter hovered the helicopter at the entrance to the valley. Without the benefit of night vision, he couldn’t see a thing. But there was a person freezing up on the glacier. “Then I remembered the power supply line which goes through the Rhône Valley and leads up to the glacier.” Pfammatter switched on the onboard headlights. The beam of light was too narrow to brighten up the valley and enable him to carry on flying. But it was wide enough for him to be able to feel his way along a power cable about the thickness of his finger. Pfammatter kept the helicopter 3m above the cable, then edged his way towards the glacier,
metre by metre. The electric power line served as his guide, the helicopter headlights his mobility cane. Thirty minutes later, the medics pulled the shivering hiker on board. Pfammatter turned the helicopter around. He flew them all safely to the hospital on his last drop of fuel. “The next day, the guy we’d rescued told us he’d wanted to take photos on the mountain pass and that his jacket, which had cost him R3,800, had fallen over the safety barrier. When he climbed over the barrier to fetch it, he fell. That was why we flew this mission.” Do the causes of the rescues often make him despair? “No,” replies Pfammatter. “Because I never ask what it was that caused an 39
Flight assistants at Zermatt heliport get a Bell 429 ready for take-off. Valley fog has caused delays
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PEOPLE OUT OF THE ICE USING DRILLS FROM THE DIY STORE accident. I’m a pilot and my job is to fly the rescue team from A to B.”
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ermatt, one cold morning in March. The heliport is on a promontory at the edge of town. Air Zermatt’s conference room, with its well-worn sofa and a narrow kitchen unit, smells of washing-up liquid and coffee. “Mountain flying is a complex system,” explains Pfammatter, 45, who has been flying rescue missions for 20 years. “It’s not just about knowledge. Intuition and joined-up thinking are vital. And you need decades of experience for that.” When Air Zermatt launched in 1968, its first helicopter was parked in a wooden shed, and it was in 1971 that its first rescue mission was flown off the north face of the Eiger. In 2010, Pfammatter’s colleague Daniel Aufdenblatten flew the highest-ever helicopter rescue mission – 40
7,010m up on Annapurna in Nepal. He and mountain guide Richard Lehner, who worked with him on the rescue, were presented with the Aviation Heroism award by industry publication Aviation Week. Training to be an Air Zermatt pilot takes five years, says Pfammatter. “You start out with panoramic flights around the Matterhorn, then you practise loadbearing flights: tree trunks, pipes, cows. By the time a medic puts your first injured party on the winch, you’re more experienced than most other rescue pilots anywhere in the world.” Pfammatter can deposit a 200m-long rescue rope onto a piece of land the size of a towel and align the helicopter’s angle of flight to tufts of grass in a field. What he can’t do is make life-or-death decisions. “At the end of a good day, you look at yourself in the mirror and you’ve saved 10 people’s lives. On a bad day, mission control tells you there are fatalities and
you’re flying body bags to the mountain.” Pfammatter has had many good days as a pilot, but also some very bad ones. He has recovered the bodies of dead children and cried in the cockpit of his helicopter. How does one get over the very bad days? “By running,” says Pfammatter. “Slowly at first. Then I sprint until I’m exhausted and collapse into bed. The next day, you get up and climb back into the cockpit.”
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ir Zermatt’s operational area, the Valais Alps, has 41 peaks over 4,000m high. The team flies 1,500 missions a year. If a mountaineer has an accident away from the hiking trails, the mountain guides are called in. In the valley, Anjan Truffer’s mobile rings. Air Zermatt’s most senior mountain guide is a giant of a man who grew up in the village and has climbed the Matterhorn 150 times. In an emergency, the helicopter lands in the garden behind Truffer’s house. The 40-year-old is flown to the mountains armed with crampons, pitons and slings. “I can get from the couch in my living room to the north face of the Matterhorn in seven minutes,” he explains. Often the first person on the scene, Truffer says rescuing people from THE RED BULLETIN
crevasses is particularly challenging. “People fall into a V-shaped shaft and get stuck. Because their bodies give off heat, they melt into the glacier. Then they’re caught in an icy suit of armour and their body temperature begins to fall.” If Air Zermatt has a crevasse rescue mission, they fly generators up onto the mountain. Rescuers are lowered into the crevasse on a rope, then chisel people out of the ice. Hilti hammer drills from the DIY store are ideal for the job. Truffer abseils into a crevasse about 40 times a year. What’s been his most dangerous mission to date? “It was in 1999 on the Theodul Glacier. A snowboarder had crashed. As I abseiled into the crevasse, I noticed that there were huge icicles on the sides. If you stepped on one, several tons of ice would break off. I had to work my way around them, as if I was in a maze. At one point, the shaft of light overhead disappeared.”
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Truffer reached the unconscious man 85m below ground. “He’d hit his head against the wall of the crevasse. I only found him because of the trail of blood.” The mountain guide tied a triangular sling around his patient’s hips, then radioed to the surface. Colleagues gently lifted the snowboarder above ground. The man survived the fall. He never got in touch with his rescuer. “This job changes your view of life,” says Truffer. “You get less annoyed about everyday things. OK, so your neighbour has a bigger car, and you woke up to discover there was no milk. But once you’ve been inside a crevasse, you know what’s a real problem and what isn’t.”
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he office of Gerold Biner, the head of Air Zermatt, nestles beneath the roof of the hangar like a bird’s nest. Biner, a wiry man with pointy eyebrows, has been flying mountain rescue missions for 25 years. He also exports Swiss expertise to the highest mountain ranges on the planet. Air Zermatt has been training rescue pilots in Nepal since 2010. Biner, 51, and his team flew the first pioneering practice sessions: on YouTube, you can see him hovering
The most difficult mission rescue pilot Tom Pfammatter (above left) has ever flown was on the Rhône Glacier in 2005. Air Zermatt boss Gerold Biner (above right) has flown bodies off Everest
over the Himalayas with an oxygen flask strapped in on the seat next to him. “Helicopters are flying at their limit above 6,000m,” Biner explains. “The air is thin. The rotor blades have less resistance. When landing, you can’t pull back up if something goes wrong. The helicopter lacks power at that height.” Biner flew missions in the Himalayas at just under 7,000m. On Everest, he retrieved the dead bodies of two mountaineers from Camp 2 at 6,500m. He also winched five Chinese climbers to safety on Dhaulagiri, the world’s seventh-highest mountain. Back in Zermatt, Biner is always on the lookout for new rescue pilots and receives hundreds of applications each year. He must select people he can trust with the lives of his colleagues, and there’s one question he always asks in interviews: “How often did you volunteer to clean the kitchen in your last job?” Biner knows that mountain rescuers must always be able to rely on their colleagues, after all. To find out more, go to: air-zermatt.ch
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JASON CLARKE HAS HAD AN IMPRESSIVE RUN OF NOTABLE FILM PERFORMANCES, CULMINATING IN THIS MONTH’S EVEREST. BUT IF STARDOM IS BECKONING, HE’S IN NO BIG HURRY TO GET THERE. FOR HIM, FOCUSING ON THE GOAL ISN’T REWARDING UNLESS YOU ENJOY THE JOURNEY W O R D S : A N D R E A S T Z O R T Z I S P H O T O G R A P H Y: M I C H A E L M U L L E R
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When preparing for a role, Clarke totally immerses himself in the life of his character
Risk and reward are the currency of Clarke’s career, an anomaly in a town that emphasises the safe bet. The approach suits the affable Australian just fine: the destination has been the journey from the very start. The eyecatching role in director Phillip Noyce’s aboriginal drama Rabbit-Proof Fence; the lauded, chilling performance as a CIA operative in Zero Dark Thirty? They were just stops along the way. He’s since proved his blockbuster status as simian sympathiser Malcolm in Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and John Connor in Genisys. But it’s his tender performance as doomed mountain guide Rob Hall in this month’s Everest that could cement Clarke in the minds of mainstream audiences and place him on the brink. “On the brink of what? Of taking over from Robert Downey Jr?” he laughs. “That would be one of the great gigs, by the way.” Clarke is seated on a park bench in the fading afternoon light, away from the dust and noise of the day. The Trophy Truck is parked nearby in all its glorious menace. It’s owned by Robert Acer, an enigma in the motorsport community who keeps his real name and identity cloaked behind a character clad all in black who never removes his Daft Punk-like helmet in public. A man
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Clarke got his first big acting role in his 30s, just as he was thinking of giving up. Months later, he took a risk and moved from Oz to LA
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of means from Malibu, so the legend goes, Acer wouldn’t have minded if Clarke had wrecked the car, as long as the actor himself was unharmed. “I didn’t want to tell Jason this,” says Acer, a muted voice behind a carbon helmet and a mirrored glass visor, “but the faster you go, the smoother it is.”
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larke was born the son of a sheep shearer and a court clerk in the tiny town of Winton, Queensland. The eldest of four, Clarke would lead his siblings on adventures in the vast expanse of the Outback. But the pull of the big city proved too strong. He headed to Sydney, where he soon became infatuated with the backpackers who would stream through the café where he worked. When he figured out that acting might be able to provide the same sense of adventure, Clarke went about it pragmatically, enrolling on a course at drama school. Cue several years of struggle and dead ends. Broke, he leant on friends for help and began to question his life choices. “If it wasn’t going to happen,” says Clarke now, “I would have gone and done something else. I don’t think there’s any point sitting around and being a suffering or frustrated actor.” Then, as he was about to give up at the age of 33, a break came in the form of Noyce and Rabbit-Proof Fence. Clarke shone as a constable in the powerful aboriginal drama, and Noyce – a fellow Aussie who had successfully made the leap to the US – had an encouraging word in his ear. “Don’t be scared,” he told Clarke. So Clarke planned his next step, figuring how much it would cost, how much commitment he’d put into it, and readying himself for the possibility that he might return with nothing. “Coming to America was a big thing for me,” he says. “It was an all-in thing. Everything was at stake. What are you going to do if it doesn’t work out? I didn’t have a Plan B. I grew up with my father and saw how hard that kind of labour is.” Clarke had US$10,000 in his pocket when he landed in Los Angeles, eager to see how far the money would take him before it ran out. When the acting roles didn’t materialise, he climbed into the 1989 Ford Thunderbird he had bought himself and drove out to the desert, filling his time by rock 47
‘‘THERE’S THAT PERIOD WHEN YOU KEEP PUTTING YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING CRUSHED’’ climbing, or else going backpacking in Northern California. “I felt like I was doing something,” he says. “If it didn’t work, well, at least I’d get to see America. Desire needs opportunity to have a go. And there’s that period when you keep putting your foot in the door and it just keeps getting crushed. Then, finally, you get your foot in the door and you poke your head in, you do your thing and someone says, ‘C’mon in.’” That break was Brotherhood, a US TV series in which creator Blake Masters cast the unknown 37-year-old as one of the two leads. “I’ve been lucky like that a few times in my career,” he says. “With [directors] Michael Mann for Public Enemies, Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty and Baltasar [Kormákur] for Everest. There was a lot of pressure to cast a lot bigger names than me. I mean, [Christian] Bale was originally doing it.” But Bale left and the rest of the names never really existed, says
Kormákur. “I was interested in someone who was working his way up,” says the Icelandic director, who liked Clarke’s “gravity” in Zero Dark Thirty. “Someone who was hungry and ready to go the lengths with me.” And Clarke did it the only way he knows how: all in. “You learn it in drama school, but you also learn it when travelling, especially backpacking,” says Clarke. “You’ve got to throw yourself into it. I backpacked a lot. Going around China, if you don’t understand where you’re going to change your money, what are you going to do? You’ve got to find where it is. As an actor, that’s your job.”
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the books, comparing accounts and discussing it in fine detail.” Cotter was a young man when he joined Hall + Ball Adventure Consultants (the company set up by Rob Hall and business partner Gary Ball) in 1992, and the prospect of a film about his good friend was slightly worrying. The 1996 tragedy, in which eight climbers – including Hall – lost their lives when a storm hit during their descent, was a traumatic event that resonated way beyond the climbing community. “There was every chance for it to be Hollywood-ised,” says Cotter. But Kormákur and Clarke got in touch soon after filming began and asked him to join the production. He became Clarke’s tutor in all things Hall, taking Clarke climbing in the mountains of his native New Zealand and on the Tasman Glacier. In Nepal, close to Everest Base Camp at 5,364m, Clarke would pester Cotter, asking him how he would move with this amount of oxygen deprivation, and how he’d communicate with the team. And then there was the yak. There’s a shot in the film where a herd of the beasts crosses a bridge. Kormákur demanded a few takes and the yaks protested. “You could see them getting irate,” says Cotter. Suddenly, one began to stampede, so Clarke and co-star Josh Brolin grabbed it by the horns before it sent someone over the cliff. It’s the kind of anecdote that sums up Clarke. The day’s driving has come to an end and Clarke pulls himself out of the cab of the truck, his shades still on, the helmet off. He makes small talk with the catering guys reclining in the shade to escape the 30°C heat, his Australian twang subtle and charming. However high up the celebrity chain this acting thing takes him, Clarke wants to avoid becoming the awkward star: “I like my life, I like meeting people.” Clarke spent a few months filming in Thailand this summer, then it was off to Prague to play a despised Nazi leader in a WWII movie, each trip a chance to find out a little more about the world. He recently became a father, and now legacy is on his mind too. “There’s this famous quote: ‘Apart from his health, a man’s most valuable possession is his name.’ I don’t want to leave my kid with hundreds of millions of dollars. Find your own way. I think there’s adventure in that.” Everest opens in the UK on September 18
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doing what I love. I don’t think it gets better than that. Describe your journey to the dance industry… I grew up in Meadowlands, Soweto, and started dancing at the age of 11, with an allgirl group. When I was 12, we were invited to start formal dance training at the Dance Factory. After matriculating, I attended the JazzArt dance theatre in Cape Town, and then auditioned with the Performing Arts Research and Training Studios in Brussels, where I trained for three years. And then when I got back home, I started choreographing. What are the demands of professional dancing?
stronger, more grounded and I’m really enjoying it. And your most rewarding collaborations? I collaborated with artist William Kentridge on a production called Refuse The Hour. I had never done anything like that before – I had never worked with film, projections and live music. It was very challenging because we were coming from different genres, but it was great. How has dance influenced your approach to life? It’s taught me to be disciplined and focused; to have a goal and a vision. When I’m creating a work, I have to know what the end goal is and what it is I’m trying to say.
ada Masilo, the South African dance and choreography provocateur, has performed nearnaked, put male dancers in tutus, collaborated with worldrenowned artist William Kentridge, and banked one of the highest honours in South African dance, the Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year Award. Without vision, the 30-year-old classically trained dancer believes that none of that would have been possible.
by the time I was 14, I knew I wanted to dance professionally. I had found my thing. Many people don’t ever find their “thing”. Why not? I think that as a person you know what it is that you’re passionate about. What’s sad is that people are discouraged to follow their passions because of appearance and pressure, and society always trying to dictate what we should do. But you know in your heart what you’re passionate about. You really just have to drown out the noise and follow your dreams.
the red bulletin: What motivated you to fuse African dance with classical ballet? dada masilo: I’ve always been very curious and ambitious and when the idea occurred to me, I thought it was virtually impossible because ballet and African dance are so different. But when I tried it, there was something fascinating in fusing two dance techniques that don’t really speak to each other. It was a major challenge, but I managed to make it work. Was a career in dance your destiny? It started off as a hobby and something I did for fun. But
“THERE’S SOMETHING FASCINATING ABOUT FUSING TWO DANCE TECHNIQUES THAT DON’T REALLY SPEAK TO EACH OTHER” How do you deal with scepticism about choosing dance as a career? One’s got to stand up for what one believes in. I stand up for my passion for dance because that’s the thing that I love. I don’t think you should do things because that’s what people tell you to do or that’s what society believes you should be doing or not doing. Follow your heart and do what makes you happy. I’m following my heart and I’m
Hard work, commitment, and you have to be able to push yourself. It is a lot of hard work and it’s hard on the body. If you don’t have the passion for it, then don’t do it. What is your most memorable recent work? Recently we’ve been doing Carmen, which is a work I created in 2009 when I was under a lot of pressure and very stressed. Having come back to it now, we’ve fleshed it out and made it fuller – it’s
A lot of young people don’t have a vision – they want to live in the now, but they really don’t have a vision of what they want for their futures. How good are South African dancers internationally? We’re definitely holding our own. The work we take overseas is very different in terms of dynamism and energy. It’s different, but it’s good. Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi Twitter: @dadamasilo
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“We’ve been rehearsing Swan Lake. We haven’t done the piece for about a year, so revisiting it is very cool,” says Masilo
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“I’M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR BIGGER RISKS” JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT The American actor plays
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Did you have any reservations about the role? Are you scared of heights? Remember, I wasn’t doing it 100 storeys up. I don’t have a particular fear of heights, but my dad does. When he saw the movie he was crying out in terror throughout. Can you imagine what it takes to perform a stunt like that? Philippe is a huge control freak, but that’s also where his strength lies. He’s so well organised in what he does and that goes part of the way to explaining why he’s achieved everything he has. And it’s
HitRecord. Why did things work out in your favour? I have a lot to be grateful to my parents for. They gave me self-confidence and taught me to always listen to myself instead of others telling me what I should be or think. Have you ever tried anything that seemed impossible, like Philippe Petit? Acting comes with its fair share of risks. And I’m hooked on them. I look for how I can take ever greater risks and then I try and overcome them. In that sense, The Walk is probably the greatest challenge of my career. And was it simply courage that got you through? It’s also a case of manipulating
“IT’S EASY TO SAY, ‘I CAN’T ACHIEVE ANYTHING. I CAN’T BE THE PERSON I’D LIKE TO BE.’ BUT THAT’S A COWARDLY ATTITUDE” also a sort of concentration game. When he taught me to walk on the tightrope he said, “You find a point to focus on straight in front of you. Only look at that and don’t think of anything else. You don’t look anywhere else. You don’t think of anything else. As soon as you lose your focus, you lose your balance, too. There’s a very deep connection between your body and mind.” Would you want to do what Philippe Petit does?
Some people find certain things easier than others, because we know that life on Earth isn’t fair. But it would be even easier to say, “I don’t care about anything. I can’t achieve anything. I can’t be the person I’d like to be.” That’s a cowardly attitude. You’ve clearly realised your full potential. You’re one of the most heralded actors of your generation and you founded an innovative media website called
your mind. Philippe told me I shouldn’t say ‘fall’. Instead I would ‘decide when to step off’. So he was setting up a vocabulary of positive thinking. That’s hugely important. I believe people who complain a lot have more bad things happen, whereas it tends to be other way around when you have a positive attitude. Julia and Rüdiger Sturm The Walk is released on October 9: thewalk-movie.net THE RED BULLETIN
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I’m not the daredevil type who likes to jeopardise his physical wellbeing. That’s not how I get my kicks. I started at 60cm and when I was good enough, I moved up to 4m, which was the height I shot my scenes at. But even though I’m not particularly scared of heights, my body cramped up with fear because my instincts kicked in. I only really got used to it by the end of filming. But the way I see it, Philippe’s walk is more of a metaphor. You can achieve courageous things if you set your mind to it. That’s a lot easier said than done… Of course not everyone is cut out for it in the same way.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 34, likes a metaphor. “As soon as you lose your focus, you lose your balance, too�
Emmy Rossum, 28, never stops working. “Be the best version of yourself you can be�
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“VANITY IS YOUR ENEMY” EMMY ROSSUM The star of Shameless in the US
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rom big-screen hits Beautiful Creatures, The Day After Tomorrow and last year’s You’re Not You, starring Hilary Swank, to smallscreen stardom in the US version of hit TV series Shameless, American actress Emmy Rossum is learning lessons at every turn.
the red bulletin: You once said in an interview, “Men only need two things to be happy: cheese on toast and sex.” emmy rossum: I was only joking. Well, I’m sure there are plenty of men who wouldn’t disagree… It’s true that men are wired more simply when it comes to their biological make-up. They’re normally thinking about food or sex. How about women? If you’ll allow me to resort to a ridiculous generalisation, women are a lot more complex. Mainly in that they’re more emotional. You’ve got to say the right thing at the right time to us. Does your life philosophy include cheese on toast? I try to live by the motto, “Carpe diem”. Seize the day. We need to make a conscious effort to live in the here and now, because we don’t know how much time we have. I met a lot of patients with (neurodegenerative disease) ALS when I was filming You’re Not You. That sort of experience keeps your feet on the ground. THE RED BULLETIN
How does that grounding manifest itself in you? I’m less afraid of illness now than I used to be. And I try to make even more of an emotional commitment to people who have problems. If I see someone who needs help, I’m the first to get up and offer it. Avoiding people who are sick or just in some way different is the easiest thing to do. But it only takes a tiny effort to start a conversation. “What is it you have?” And then we talk about it. What do you do if there are no people in dire need around you? It’s about a basic attitude to life. In Shameless, I play a woman earning minimum wage to help her five siblings survive. It couldn’t be less glamorous, but through her I learnt to give up vanity totally. Vanity is your enemy. The moment you start thinking about how you look, your brain blocks off everything else. You once said that your Jewish heritage influences your view on life... I identify more with the culture than the religion. I don’t speak Hebrew. I don’t keep kosher. But that’s not what it’s all about. The Jewish code of ethics and morals is at the heart of most other religions, too. Don’t lie. Be good to your nearest and dearest. Work hard. If you see someone who needs help, help him. Be the best version of yourself you can be. Rüdiger Sturm twitter.com/emmyrossum
Qbert, 45, makes things click. “You only get better by interacting with others”
“YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW” QBERT is one of the best turntablists in the world. The secret of his success? He reveals his tricks the red bulletin: The deejaying world is very competitive, as you know from having won the world championship three times yourself. Why do you share your tricks with the competition? qbert: I used to read spiritual books when I was a teenager and I was impressed by the notion of karma: “You reap what you sow.” So that’s why I started teaching young DJs my skills early on. That gave my creativity an enormous boost. So it’s all about cosmic balance? Well, you automatically improve by performing your tricks. Plus it gets you thinking about your technique, and that in turn gives you new ideas. You only get better by interacting with others. And quite aside from all that, there’s nothing more fulfilling than seeing the smile of a pupil the moment something clicks. Working with someone is more satisfying than competing against them. Qbert and his DJ crew, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, will be performing at Red Bull Thre3style in Tokyo on September 20. Live stream: redbullthre3style.com
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ight hours, 12 minutes and 29 seconds. That’s the time it took Belgium’s Frederik van Lierde to win the Ironman World Championship in Kona in 2013. He completed the 3.86km swim, 180.25km bike ride and 42.2km run a few minutes ahead of Luke McKenzie from Australia and Germany’s Sebastian Kienle. Coming home in 30th place was South Africa’s top amateur racer, Matt Trautman. Trautman, an ‘age-grouper’ (as the amateurs are called, classed by the age bracket in which they race), had completed the notoriously brutal course on Hawaii’s beautiful Big Island in a time of 08.49:12. To the uninitiated, being 37 minutes off the pace may seem like a lot, but if you consider that competitors have 17 hours to complete the race, it was a blistering performance. It’s also worth noting that not only do the pros make a living from racing, but because they train full-time they are significantly physiologically and mentally stronger than the amateurs. And when they’re not training, they have the freedom to rest and recover. So it was no mean feat for Trautman to finish in the top 30 at the most
physically demanding single-day sporting event in the world. It also was no fluke. Fast-forward two years and the man they call ‘The Captain’ has two professional wins under his skintight tri-suit (Ironman Wales 2014 and Ironman 70.3 South Africa 2015) and a Kona podium now fixed firmly in his sights. Triathlon is one sport which is really three: each discipline (and its distance) would be a challenge if it was tackled alone – think about swimming for more than an hour, riding back-to-back Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenges, and then running a full marathon. As the sum of its parts, Ironman is all about managing your weaknesses while playing to your strengths. Trautman’s meteoric rise through the Ironman ranks surely reflects a set of extraordinary physiological traits – he might just be the ultimate advocate for the theory that we all carry some hidden talent. Trautman was fortunate enough to discover his, but talent alone doesn’t get you far in professional sport, especially in endurance events. Trautman no doubt possesses an ideal mix of genetics combined with a huge capacity for suffering and plenty of discipline to train, but his biggest attribute is that, until recently, he wasn’t a triathlete at all. If there is a commonly accepted route to Ironman glory, Trautman certainly hasn’t followed it. “At junior school level I was into all the usual sports as a South African kid – cricket, hockey, rugby. I also swam and ran cross-country and athletics at provincial level,” he says of his formative years. In high school he focused more on kayaking and completed numerous Dusi canoe marathons, before going on to represent South Africa at the wild water kayaking world championships, where a 10km course of raging rapids tends to reward those endowed with both endurance and strategic nous. Trautman spent most of the following decade at sea. “I became a sailor,” he says. “I started off in Mozambique doing diving and fishing charters and got into the yacht racing scene from there.” Trautman worked his way up to skippering the 46ft Tonnerre, one of the most successful IRC racing yachts in the world and an environment where victories were built on attention to detail and a ruthless, constant quest for improvement. Searching for a new challenge beyond crewed sailing, Trautman embarked on a two-year mission to become the first South African to complete the Mini Transat, a punishing single-handed transatlantic event raced on 6.5m yachts. 65
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solely by results. “It is only a lifestyle event for the owners of the yachts. The people who work on them need results – if the performance is not there, you’re not there. Simple. That’s my kind of logic,” he explains. “Matty also knows that having one captain is everything on a ship. You take orders. You don’t like them? Tough. You still do them to the best of your ability and find yourself another boat when you’re back in port.” But Trautman isn’t about to jump ship: an example of his trust in Sutton came a few weeks after he won in Wales last year. He was on the startlist for Ironman Barcelona, his travel and accommodation already booked and paid for. Mentally he was ready to race, buoyed by the confidence from his first pro title. “Physically, however, we decided that Matt hadn’t fully recovered from his maiden win,” Sutton says. “Better to return home, regroup and start planning for the 70.3 in South Africa (which he went on to win). For fledging pros this can be a very tough decision, so I was very happy that Matt took the professional option.” Trautman’s major goal is a podium finish in Kona by 2018. “I always like
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training hours and push through tough sessions and races. As for the sailing, it’s very much a mental game, and at times a physical one. The solo sailing, where you have to stay awake and focused for long periods of time, has helped with staying in the zone on race day or even just grinding out a four-hour session on my indoor trainer. As my coach jokes, though, my biggest asset is that I don’t know any better and just have to listen to him.”
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“It’s a completely mad – predominantly French – race across the Atlantic on very powerful and unpredictable little boats,” he explains. Trautman finished ninth out of 85 starters. This was an achievement that owed as much to discipline, selfreliance and a serious lack of sleep as it did to an ability to get the job done and push through, no matter what. Trautman returned to South Africa in 2012 and teamed up with his brother Kelvin, an adventure photographer, for the Non-Stop Dusi canoe marathon, the world’s most gruelling one-day canoe ultra-marathon. Inspired by their third-placed finish, and with a rekindled love for endurance sport, Trautman started training in earnest for Ironman South Africa 2013. “I was looking for a new challenge after I had sold my single-handed boat and racing an Ironman seemed to fulfil those criteria,” he explains. “And after that result in Kona, I figured I should give it a go as a pro triathlete for 2014.” It’s a remark that hints at humility as well as a steely selfconfidence, built up over years of successful competitive sport. There’s also a sense of all those lessons accumulated without realising how valuable they would later prove in iron distance triathlon. “Kayaking could have helped me from a physical point of view; certain canoeing races also have a fair amount of portaging involved, but I’m not sure how much of that carried through over the years,” says the 30-year-old, who originally hails from Pietermaritzburg, but now calls Cape Town home. “Having said that, I don’t think your mind forgets what it’s like to put in all the
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to aim big, even if it seems a bit naive at times,” he says. To do that, he and Sutton have mapped out where he needs to improve over the next two seasons. “My swimming is probably the discipline that still needs the most work,” Trautman admits, but he also identifies plenty of other gains to be made over an entire race. “It helps just by being fitter, more experienced and better adapted to racing hard for the entire event.” Originally, the plan for 2015 was simply to qualify as a pro for Kona. “Now I’ve come to the realisation that a top 10 is achievable,” Trautman says. Amazingly, he mentions this less than a fortnight after he managed to break his shoulder blade in a bike crash during a training session. Undeterred by this setback, he is soldiering on. “I’ve still managed to put in some good sessions on the indoor trainer and I’m doing plenty of one-arm swimming. I’m also starting to build up the mileage on the run again, so hopefully I can get back into it again properly at some point over the next few weeks. That way, I wouldn’t have lost too much in my build-up to the Kona event.” Single-minded. Unwavering. Resilient. All these are qualities that Trautman honed very far from the mantra of swim bike run, but all will prove decisive come October 10. mattytrautman.com
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Pro racing as yacht hand, including winning the Cape to Rio, and 9th on the Mini Transat
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(first year as pro triathlete) 5th, Ironman South Africa 3rd, Ironman 70.3 Austria 1st, Ironman Wales
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1st, Ironman 70.3 South Africa 4th, Ironman South Africa 6th, Ironman Brazil
Party people: MC Travis Scott gets the crowd jumping
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“IT’S THE BEST HIP-HOP PARTY IN FRANCE. IT’S A HUGE EVENT” The Grand Palais is 72,000m² and opened its doors in 1900. On June 26, 5,000 revellers came to hear the latest sounds (left). Right: rapper Niska, surrounded by his entourage Crowd pleaser: everybody wants to get close to American rapper Travis Scott
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he queue is huge. It’s 1am and people are arriving in their hundreds, eager to get into the Grand Palais. It’s a 72,000m² monster of steel, stone and glass that was inaugurated at the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1900. But there’s no Belle Époque nostalgia here. The Grand Palais is modern. And this is where the biggest party of the summer in Paris is kicking off. “Keffer to Yoan...” Photographer Keffer contacts Yoan Prat using
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a security guard’s walkie-talkie. Prat and Tom Brunet, founders of creative agency Yard, are in charge of the event, and Prat appears through a side entrance with the all-important access-all-areas passes. He’s wearing white Air Force 1 basketball shoes, which aren’t at all out of place. In fact, almost everyone at Yard is over 190cm tall. Prat and Brunet met on the court, and that fact is now reflected in the dress code. So what exactly is Yard? “The best hip-hop party in France,” says Brunet, from behind the DJ decks. The line-up bears this out: Hologram Lo’, Supa!, 73
The party keeps going backstage too. Our photographer, Keffer, takes us with him behind the scenes
“AN AMAZINGLY MIXED CROWD WITH UNTOLD ENERGY. WILLING TO BE DIFFERENT TO MAKE A POINT” Girls Girls Girls, Kyu St33d, Endrixx and Yannick Do are all here. If the crowd was a smoking volcano before, it erupts when the light show starts. There are already more than 3,500 people packing the venue. Leading up from the masses, a monumental, grand double staircase winds its way to the VIP floor. It’s up there you get the best view of the impressive and intricate Nave, fashioned from more steel than it took to make the Eiffel Tower. The space is huge and the sound system is scaled to suit. “Here, you’re mostly getting modern hip-hop with Future Bass, African music and dancehall influences for modern, lively cities,” says Prat. “It’s an incredibly mixed young crowd with endless energy,” adds Brunet. “They’re here to be different, to make a point.” The crowd is a combination of white, black, Asian, Middle Eastern… People are dolled up to the nines in stylish designs or dressed very simply, like they’re headed to the basketball court. Some drink glasses of water, others champagne. And there are lots of attractive women clearly in their element. At about 2am, rapper Niska takes to the stage and the crowd is buzzing. It’s the reaction the organising duo hoped for. “Niska is the internet discovery of 2015,” says Brunet. “We totally wanted to be the first people to get him out there.” But the person most of the revellers here are waiting for is American rapper Travis Scott. The excitement has been building all day on social networks, ticket holders boasting, those who missed out lamenting. “I want total chaos!” roars Scott when he finally arrives. But he isn’t on stage for long. He jumps into the crowd and then a few seconds later he reappears minus his top. Scott sprays champagne all over the sound system like a man possessed, soaking DJ Endrixx at the controls in the process. Virgil Abloh, a New Yorker who also happens to be the creative director for Kanye West, appears out of nowhere, clearly used to alcohol-related meltdowns. He hooks Travis up to another system and the 74
show goes on. Scott really gets the party going before leaving the stage. Then Pablo Attal from the Yard crew roars into the microphone, “All the Africans out there, make some noise!” Anyone who loves sub-Saharan sounds gets their money’s worth from DJ Yannick Do, who brings the party to a close with music from Nigeria, Ghana, Congo and Ivory Coast. “African music at the Grand Palais is an historic moment,” Yannick shouts. “This is the future of France right here in front of me.” Though
this doesn’t apply to American Owen Wilson, it’s at this moment the actor appears on the grand staircase. As does Sonia Rolland, a former Miss France. And then there’s Nekfeu, one of France’s best-known rappers, chilling on the dancefloor. Here, the eclectic crowd is just focused on the music, 5,000 dedicated revellers dancing until dawn. It’s the last thing the 1,500 workers who built the Grand Palais more than 120 years ago could have imagined. oneyard.com THE RED BULLETIN
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Forget speedboats. To experience what it’s like to fly over ocean waves at over 40mph (65kph) with nothing but brute strength to stop you being hurled overboard, you have to jump onboard a Zapcat. Booming in popularity with adrenalin-seeking seafarers everywhere, Zapcats are small catamarans built for just one thing: going very, very fast.
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St Andrews, Scotland Edinburgh Want to learn how to perform stunts like a pro? Visit: blownaway.co.uk
Swing low Take in a few rounds in one of golf’s most historic settings. The aptly named ‘Old Course’ has been hosting players since the 15th century and is the reason St Andrews is known as the home of golf. standrews.com
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“YOU HAVE TO BE RELATIVELY FIT,” SAYS McKENZIE. “YOU’LL BE USING YOUR LEG AND ARM MUSCLES TO HOLD YOURSELF IN THE BOAT, AND YOU HAVE TO BE AGILE AND NINJA-LIKE TO HELP MANOEUVRE IT. HOLD ON AND GET LOW TO GO FASTER”
speed going into 90- and 180-degree turns. They’re amazing pieces of kit.” With turns that fast, Zapcat riders will experience a G-force of 3G – just below that of an F1 car. And newbies don’t get much adjustment time. “We have one co-pilot per driver to make it faster and more exciting,” McKenzie says. “But they’re not just sitting there holding on for dear life – they’re responsible for helping balance and manoeuvre the boat around the turns. If you have one person in a Zapcat, it’ll almost do a wheelie with the amount of power if you accelerate hard. You need the second person to keep the weight down at the front to allow it to travel forward, not up in the air.” Racing at high speeds in a lightweight vessel means there’s a risk of wipeouts – search YouTube for ‘Bad Day at the Zapcat Office!’ However, McKenzie says, they’re few and far between. “Yeah, our insurance company saw that YouTube clip, too,” he laughs. “That’s the fully prepared racing guys who are out in a championship-style event. We’re looking to get the same feeling, but we’re not trying to kill people! It’s full on, though, definitely a ‘hold on tight’ experience.”
Known as the Prince of Pubs, the iconic Ma Bells is a classy bar favoured by students and locals alike, and was a regular haunt of Prince William and Kate Middleton during their uni days. If it’s good enough for them… hotelduvin.com
Wind power The adrenalin experience continues with X-sailing – land yachting across the expansive West Sands beach. With a constant wind, these agile three-wheelers can reach the same speeds as a Zapcat. x-sail.com
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There are no seats, no steering wheel and no harnesses: it’s just an inflatable twin hull and a 50bhp engine. Pilots navigate via a tiller system and rely on the shifting bodyweight of both themselves and their co-pilot to keep the vessel on course – especially when taking on Mother Nature’s mighty swells. Jumping waves and leaping up to 1.8m in the air are all part of the fun, though, which is why the choppy waters of the North Sea are perfect for experiencing Zapcatting in all its rough-and-ready glory. “A white-knuckle ride is a good description,” says Guy McKenzie, Zapcat pilot and co-founder of St Andrews-based adventure outfit Blown Away. “It’s high-adrenalin. In terms of car speeds, the Zapcats travel at 40mph (65kph) or more, which on water is pretty quick. You can even keep that
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Celebrate the International Year Of Light with this illuminated kit
Mello LED Skateboard Perk up your evening skate sessions with this quirky, retro-style cruiser board, with innovative LED wheels to add impressive light trails to your tricks. In lime, blueberry and cherry, or choose your own combo. melloskateboards.co.uk
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An award-winning desk-lamp design featuring magnetic, conductive LED ‘crystals’ that can be assembled in a plethora of different shapes. Hours of fun. qisdesign.com
Imagine if Jedi Knights made headphones… These premium buds use a light-diffusing fibre to conduct a pure laser light that pulses to your music. glowheadphones.com
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Combining the best of sleep tracker apps and simulated sunrise alarms, the Aura uses innovative light programs to wake you at the best time of your sleep cycle. withings.com
Become a guitar hero overnight with a Fretlight. Hook the instrument up to your computer and the LED lights in the neck will guide you through notes, chords and riffs. fretlight.com
A potentially life-saving Kickstarter success, this rechargeable helmet has integrated indicator and brake lights controlled by a wireless remote on your handlebar. lumoshelmet.co
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ROAD WARRIOR Hublot Big Bang Ferrari Titanium Carbon
Unmistakeable Scuderia hallmarks on the Big Bang Ferrari Titanium Carbon include the Cavallino Rampante (the prancing horse) on the left, and the chronograph counter in red and date window in yellow – the classic Ferrari colours – on the right
When it comes to cool watches based on fast cars, Hublot and Ferrari’s latest design isn’t so much ‘inspired by’ as forged in the garage itself. To mark the third year of their collaboration, the Hublot team spent time with the Ferrari design studio staff, engineers and technicians, visiting the factory and studying the materials they used. The result? A timepiece that’s unlike anything else on the market. Making the most of the Swiss watchmaker’s taste for ‘fusion’, the Big Bang Ferrari’s sporty 45mm case blends advanced elements including versatile carbon fibre (lighter than aluminium, stronger than steel), anti-corrosive titanium and, erm, rubber to create a look and feel that’s unique. And, fittingly for a Ferrari, there’s just as much going on under the hood as on the surface: the self-winding Unico movement (manufactured in-house by Hublot) comprises 330 handassembled components, while the flyback chronograph means the watch is safe at pressures of up to 10 bar. It even has Ferrari’s exclusive edge; with only 1,000 of these bad boys in existence, expect them to disappear faster than the Scuderia’s finest. hublot.com
BEHIND THE WHEEL The perfect timepieces for when you’re out on the road
Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Jacky Ickx Edition Chopard commemorates the 70th birthday of six-time Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx with this limited edition of 100. The 45mm steel case houses an in-house automatic mechanism, and it’s waterproof to 10 bar. chopard.com
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Oris Audi Sport GMT From the German carmaker comes the Audi Sport GMT, a steel watch with a 44mm case and a dial inspired by the dashboard of the car it’s named after. The timepiece also has a rotor winding movement, 24-hour hand and significant function display. audi.com
Breitling Bentley GMT Light Body B04 Midnight Carbon Breitling has been working with Bentley since 2002, and their latest creation boasts a titanium case with a robust, carbon-based coating, automatic winding mechanism and a time-zone display on the bezel. breitling.com
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Ferrari goes big on turbo with fewer emissions
MOTOR MERCH Top-gear fashion fixes from the pros
Mini Gentleman’s Collection Mini has unveiled a capsule collection of accessories by young Italian designers, comprising a hat, sunglasses, shoes, a bag, fragrance and a shaving kit. mini.com
To the delight of supercar fans and vendors of posters for teenagers’ bedroom walls, the Ferrari 488 GTB, unveiled earlier this year in Geneva, is now rolling out of showrooms. The new model is a very different animal to its predecessor, the 458 Italia, dropping over half a litre of displacement, but delivering an extra 100hp from its new 3.9-litre twin-turbo direct-injection V8. A turbocharged Ferrari is still everso-slightly controversial, but even the Scuderia has to live in the real world – or at least the real world as defined by government emissions drive cycles – and reduce CO2 output. The 488 GTB might not have quite the same emotional appeal as an old-school,
normally aspirated model that revs to infinity and beyond, but it’s still got the chops to turn wealthy middle-aged men into giggling schoolboys when they floor the throttle. It’s also technically impressive. Maranello may have been dragged kicking and screaming into Formula One’s economy era, but there’s doubtless crossover to be leveraged from the direct-injection turbo engine used in motorsport’s premier category. There’s an awful lot of literature about response times and power delivery, but the bottom line is a car that, in the hands of professionals, laps Ferrari’s Fiorano circuit slightly faster than the top-ofthe-range 458 Speciale. ferrari.com
The Ferrari 488 GTB: a twin-turbo supercar with a 3.9-litre V8 (below), taking you from 0-100kph in just three seconds
GOING FOR GOLD The GT-R celebrates its birthday in style
A 45th anniversary is traditionally celebrated with sapphires – but for its Limited Edition 45th Anniversary GT-R, Nissan has cracked open the champagne instead. The modern GT-R shares little DNA with the original Skyline GT-R, but there’s still reason to rejoice. Nissan is making 100 special-edition models, painted champagne gold in a nod to 2001’s Skyline R34 GT-R M-spec. As well as the eye-catching paint job, you’ll find a commemorative plaque on the centre console and a special serial number in the engine bay, along with all the standard 2015 GT-R features. But if you don’t think a four-wheel drive, 3.8-litre, twin-turbo V6 that delivers 550hp is special already, you really need a test drive. nissan.co.uk
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Casa Maserati Maserati has opened a new shop and lounge bar on Piazza San Fedele in Milan’s famous fashion district, stocked with products from brands including Ermenegildo Zegna, La Martina, Dr Vranjes and Bulgari. maserati.com
Red Bull Racing Eyewear The colourful ‘Young Line’ collection consists of six different models with a mix of four fun designs. They’ve got a technical edge, too: the frames are made from TR90, a material that’s much more robust than the usual plastic used in sunglasses and is flexible enough to bend, not snap, under pressure. racing-eyewear.com
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FIFA 16
Walk this way: take a 50km hike to the site
EA Sports’ blockbuster football game, FIFA 16, hits the shelves on September 25. Available for Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, the game has many new features, including no-touch dribbling, new defensive AI and dynamic crossing. easports.com/fifa
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Annual music gathering Rocking The Daisies offers festivalgoers a unique way to arrive at the event – a two-day, 51km guided trek from Cape Town. Organiser Cheryl Jupp gives us the lowdown The Red Bulletin: How did the trek – Walking The Daisies – start? Cheryl Jupp: It started with a botanist named Greg Nicolson. In 2008, he walked from Namibia to Cape Town, then trekked back up the coastline with a friend to attend Rocking The Daisies. The organisers thought that was great, so Walking The Daisies was born. What’s the concept? To promote enjoyment of the outdoors and raise environmental awareness. Two hundred walkers are split into 10 groups, each with its own environmental guide, so it’s a learning experience. Veterans of the overnight camp at Silwerstroom will also tell you it fulfils the promise of the festival’s motto: “Play hard, tread lightly.” What musical carrots do you have to tempt the walkers this year? For the 10th anniversary, the organisers have secured international acts such as The Kooks from the UK and Milky Chance from Germany, as well some of South Africa’s biggest acts, including Aking, Fokofpolisiekar and PHFAT. How does the trek work? Walkers pay R500, which covers meals
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and accommodation on the two-day walk, as well as their festival pass. What’s the distance? A total of 51km: 24km on the first day, 27km on the second. Are there any other ‘green’ transport options? There’s always carpooling, and then there’s Cycling The Daisies, a single-day ride from Cape Town to the site. When does the walk start? Walkers depart from Big Bay in Bloubergstrand on September 30 and arrive at the festival site at Cloof Wine Estate near Darling on October 1. Rocking The Daisies runs until October 4. rockingthedaisies.com FINISH: Cloof Wine Estate Overnight camp: Silwerstroom
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rAge Expo rAge, South Africa’s largest gaming expo and winner of the award for Consumer Exhibition Of The Year in 2014, returns on October 9-15. The venue? The Ticketpro Dome in Jozi. Go on, you know you want to. rageexpo.co.za
Walking The Daisies The spectacular walking route will take you along West Coast beaches, and through daisy fields and fertile farm valleys, until the sounds of the main stage lure you to the festival itself.
Halo 5: Guardians Master Chief fans, rejoice: our hero is stepping into the breach again in Halo 5: Guardians. Expect intense action in a new campaign with four-player co-op and multiplayer mode with 24-player battles. Out on October 27 on Xbox One. halowaypoint.com
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CULTURE ROCK ’N’ READ Punk myths, riot grrl tales and 50 shades of Grace – new memoirs from three of music’s most iconic women
Chrissie Hynde Reckless From shop assistant at notorious boutique SEX (aka the birthplace of punk) to rock icon with The Pretenders, Hynde tells her story across 320 pages.
Carrie Brownstein Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl Memoirs at the age of 40? When you’ve been a feminist role model, rock icon (Sleater-Kinney) and TV star (Portlandia), it’s more than justified.
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Grace Jones I’ll Never Write My Memoirs In her 1981 song Art Groupie, Jones famously said she’d never write her memoirs. Luckily for us, she’s broken the promise with a book that reportedly contains juicy stories about Warhol and Schwarzenegger.
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“The first time I listened to this song [from the 2013 album Impersonator] was on New Year’s Day last year. It was like I had an intimate companion in my head, helping me through my hangover. The tune is sparse – it’s all about the vocals. They make you feel like you’re in a poetic Alcoholics Anonymous meeting with someone telling you his innermost fears. It’s a dark, deep record, and I’ll love it for ever.”
“I discovered this song when I was 15. A girl I had a crush on made me a mix cassette with this tune on it. My parents didn’t listen to rock music, so it was the first time I realised that classic rock hits are classics for a reason. The Passenger is so amazing and timeless because it’s such a simple song – there’s no trickery. That honesty is exactly what I crave when I write music.”
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“I love this electronic duo, because every decision they make is the opposite of what I’d do musically. Take this track [from the 2013 album Psychic]: there are so many moments when I’d expect something to kick in, but they reverse it and create more negative space. There’s a lot of space in Darkside’s psychedelic cosmos and yet it feels natural, which I enjoy a lot.”
“This song is on an album called Prison Songs Volume One: Murderous Home, a compilation of US recordings from the 1940s. The way those incarcerated men sing is so touching. It’s like they’re channelling their souls through this song, drumming the rhythm with pickaxes. It’s haunting, and it reminds you that the most powerful music in the world is just a voice and a beat. You don’t need anything else.”
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Soundbrenner Pulse
An accurate sense of rhythm is an essential skill for those who play music, and the Soundbrenner Pulse – the first smartwatch for musicians – keeps you on the beat. This wearable metronome silently vibrates and flashes your chosen tempo, and has a training mode that corrects you if you stray. You can set the speed via an iPhone app, and even sync your entire band while performing live. soundbrenner.com
Dean Blunt War Report “This elusive producer does modern London like nobody else, and in his voice and lyrics, he captures a kind of fractured Britishness. War Report [from the recent EP Babyfather] is a weirdly appealing song that feels like he wrote it in half an hour in a hotel room. It’s thin and unadorned, which makes it sound very human. It’s surely not everybody’s cup of tea, but I’m a big fan of his.”
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Own the water “Great Whites are surprisingly meek in their interactions with other predators. When preying on seals, it’s the tiny, defenceless pups they’ll go for. In their confrontations with each other, they’ll swim side by side to compare who’s biggest, and the smaller one will swim off at top speed. When you’re in the water with a Great White, be big, have attitude and confidence, watch your back and the sharks will ignore you.”
Steve Backshall likes sharks. The award-winning wildlife TV presenter has had a lifelong fascination with the marine animals and is a patron of The Shark Trust, a charity dedicated to their conservation. Through his work on programmes such as Deadly 60 and Swimming With Monsters, Backshall has learnt the importance of showing sharks a healthy respect when sharing their waters. If you encounter one in the wild, this lesson could save your life. “Bear in mind that if you do get attacked by a shark, these much-maligned and beautiful animals will be demonised,” he says, “regardless of whether it was their fault or not.” sharktrust.org/en/no_limits
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Choose carefully where you swim “There’s only one place on Earth I’m aware of where you can dive outside the cage with a Great White – in Guadelupe, Mexico, where the water is so clear the shark can see you’re not prey. [Only one operator is known to have offered this controversial practice.] Otherwise, diving with Great Whites is done from a cage, full stop. In the murky waters around Dyer Island in South Africa, where these sharks shoot up from depth to hit seals at the surface, to go for a swim would be… unwise.”
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Watch their body language “Sharks will tell you if they’re in a dangerous mood. If a shark has its back arched, its mouth open and gills billowing, pectoral fins dropped low, and its movements are sharp and angular, it’s ready for action. Stay inside the cage! But if the shark is moving languidly with its mouth closed and its fins splayed wide like wings, it’s merely cruising.”
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Take note of your surroundings “It doesn’t matter how much money or time you’ve spent getting to Guadelupe or any other diving location. If it’s getting close to dusk – which is when sharks tend to switch into predatory mode – or if the visibility is poor, or there are more sharks than planned, or anything is less than perfect, don’t be a hero: pull the dive immediately.”
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Feel no fear “Don’t be afraid. Sharks have evolved to focus on stress signals in prey and can sense your fear. Faster breathing and a quickened pulse are transmitted through the water as vibrations. So breathe deeply and relax.”
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The 100km route of Ultra-trail Cape Town is 90 per cent mountain trails
Starting and finishing at Gardens Tech Rugby Club, high above the Cape Town City Bowl, the second edition of Ultra-trail Cape Town offers three race distances: 100km, 65km and 20km. Runners will be supported by aid stations never further than 15km apart, and those taking on the 100km route will enjoy the world’s most scenic ‘urban’ trail running race, passing through or over Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Signal Hill, Hout Bay, Llandudno, Kirstenbosch and Devil’s Peak. ultratrailcapetown.com
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October 3-4 Need for speed
September 19 Rugby World Cup
Mossel Bay
United Kingdom
The South African Gravity Racing Association’s national race series starts winding down for the year with an exciting new course in Dana Bay (just outside Mossel Bay) on the Garden Route. With riders becoming increasingly skilful, the event organisers have had to rustle up a challenging hill that just might produce the most technical downhill race in the country. sagra.co.za
The Springboks get their RWC campaign underway in Pool B with coach Heyneke Meyer’s main headache being how to blend youthful talent (like Damian de Allende, right) with his favourite veterans. rugby worldcup.com
NICK MUZIK, CHRIS SAUNDERS, SAM CLARKE, MARCO VAN RIJT
October 3 Blazing a trail Table Mountain
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October 7-10 Sparkling skills Kimberley
More dates for your diary
Who wants to be a millionaire? A rand millionaire, that is. The winner of the street event at the Kimberley Diamond Cup Skateboarding World Championships will take home $100,000. But it’s not only about the money in street skating. There are also vert, women’s, youth, team and Big Air competitions, which make the KDC not only the highlight of the local skate calendar but a must-do for top talent worldwide. kimberley diamondcup.com
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September Party planet
There’s big money up for grabs in Kimberley
Oct 23 – Nov 2 Peaktime viewing
October 3 Game on
Across South Africa
Cape Town
As part of its latest, massive world tour which stops off in 44 countries, the Banff Mountain Film Festival returns to South Africa with a selection of the year’s best films featuring ski, bike, rope, water and rock adventures. Catch it in most of SA’s major cities. banff.co.za
The grand finals of the MWEB GameZone Master Series pit South Africa’s top four teams in Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive against each other. R44,000 must be won. Spectators are welcome. tournaments.mweb.co.za
This year’s Earthdance party goes down at Nekkies Resort in Worcester over two days, with three dancefloors (catering to psy-trance, techno and drum ’n’ bass) and a live link-up with other Earthdances taking place around the world. earthdancecapetown. co.za
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October The future’s green
Club of the month Rocca Bar Durban Roccing the house in Durban
Fired up: Little Dragon are back
The Sandton CBD will be going as car-free as possible during October for the EcoMobility World Festival. The festival will promote public transport, walking and cycling, with street festivals, and food and entertainment pop-ups. ecomobilityfestival.org
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October 16-17 Enter the Dragon Cape Town and Joburg Three years on from their last sold-out tour of South Africa, Swedish electronic outfit Little Dragon – Yukimi Nagano, Erik Bodin, Fred Källgren Wallin and Håkan Wirenstrand – return for two dates. Expect to hear the best of their four critically acclaimed albums in a live show that has impressed audiences worldwide. facebook.com/RedBullStudioCT
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Clubbing at Rocca Bar isn’t just about the stylish décor, the VIP booths, the two dancefloors, five bars, private patio and free parking. The crowd is super-svelte, and the music grooves from the latest hiphop and house to club anthems and all-time retro classics. Fridays and Saturdays are the big nights: from 8pm to midnight on Fridays, Durban Youth Radio broadcasts live from Rocca Bar, showcasing the club’s top-class resident and guest DJs, while Saturdays are all about a smart dress code and themed party nights. instagram. com/roccabar_dbn
October No mean FEAT The seventh annual Fascinating Expedition and Adventure Talks event will take place at the Linder Auditorium in Parktown. At FEAT, 10 speakers from a range of backgrounds will have just seven minutes each to tell the audience about their latest adventure. featsa.co.za
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Today’s essential music makers tell the stories behind their beat: Fireside Chats on rbmaradio.com
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Capstone 22-litre hiking pack by Thule thule.com
HEAD TO TOE Whether you’re heading out on an urban adventure or exploring remote mountainous wilds, with this collection of stylish-yet-rugged kit we’ve got you covered
VivoActive GPS smartwatch by Garmin garmin.com
Honolulu sunglasses by Maui Jim mauijim.com
ZPump Fusion running shoes by Reebok reebok.com
Merino Fleece Plus hoodie by Ortovox ortovox.com
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Wildcat helmet by Quiksilver quiksilver.com
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TOP FORM Get a head start with gear that captures, protects or reflects without sacrificing style
Uranium Collection Prizm Golf Flak 2.0 XL sunglasses by Oakley oakley.com
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Anso sunglasses by O’Neill oneill.com
Hero 4 Session camera by GoPro gopro.com
This tech-heavy helmet won’t weigh you down For riders on two wheels, a pair of skis or a snowboard, this new offering from K2 has what you need. It ain’t heavy, weighing in at just 60g more than the lightest helmet ever created, but that doesn’t mean it’s light on tech. Its magnetic goggle strap eliminates fuss, and its new Passive Channel Ventilation System is designed to keep you cool in all conditions. Then there’s the built-in Baseline Audio system, which means all you need to worry about is choosing the right soundtrack for your session.
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Hunter balaclava by Dakine dakine.com
Stash audio helmet by K2 k2ski.com
Skylab John Jackson Collab goggles by VonZipper vonzipper.com
M3 Merrill Pro goggles by Anon anonoptics.com
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Outrival jacket by Dare2b dare2b.com
Lite-Show jacket by Asics asics.com
Pace Norviz Heat jacket by Helly Hansen hellyhansen.com
Ventura Elvis 80 wristwatch by Hamilton hamiltonwatch.com
Induction shell by Black Diamond blackdiamondequipment.com
A distinctive jacket that’s related to a stunt kite More than just a pretty pattern, there’s substance to go with the style. This jacket is made from ripstop polyester, the same fabric used for stunt kites and paragliding canopies. But rather than giving you a lift, in this case it keeps the wind firmly at bay, as do the adjustable scuba hood, cuffs and hem. You’ll still be as agile as ever while enjoying respite from the elements, with underarm insets ensuring you have a full range of movement. So you can wave when your striking slicker gets you noticed. Kilowatt Jacket by The North Face thenorthface.com
SB Steele Lightweight Geo Dye Jacket by Nike nike.com
UPPER CLASS Welcome whatever nature decides to throw at you with versatile bodywear that won’t let you down
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The pants for taking on the toughest terrain in comfort
Easy O’Riginals joggers by O’Neill oneill.com
If you’re on an adventure in tricky conditions, it’s important your trousers don’t leave you out in the cold. The outside of these snow pants is waterproof and windproof, so you can stride fearlessly into the unknown. On the inside, a unique inner layer of merino wool ensures you stay comfortable and sweat-free. With built-in gaiters and three layers of insulation, they should be every winter explorer’s best friend.
Guardian shell snow pants by Ortovox ortovox.com
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Daybreaker joggers by Adidas adidas.com
War Paint joggers by Quiksilver quiksilver.com
Kilowatt pant by The North Face thenorthface.com
Karl trousers by Fjall Raven fjallraven.com
Workpant from the Skateboard collection by Levis levis.com
FRESH LEGS Drinks with friends? Hitting the slopes? Working out? Make sure your trousers are good to go
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Pace Norviz tights by Helly Hansen hellyhansen.com
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FEET FIRST Always be prepared for action with footwear that performs, supports and looks great too
Rover Mid-Top shoes by Reef reef.com/eu
Speedform Fortis running shoes by Under Armour underarmour.com
SB Stefan Janoski Skateboarding shoes by Nike nike.com
Clifton 2 running shoes by Hoka One One hokaoneone.eu
Hammer Run shoes by Supra suprafootwear.com
33-DFA running shoes by Asics asics.com
These boots are as happy in town as in the mountains There’s no doubting this is one tough pair of boots. The suede finish is durable, and the Gortex lining ensures that anything that’s encountered on the outside doesn’t get anywhere near you. Then there’s the microporous, shock-absorbent sole and ankle support to ease wear and tear on your feet. But, although these boots won’t be phased by a trek or two, you don’t have to go scaling mountains in order to wear them. Italian brand Dolomite has given them a sleek design and muted colour that makes them an equally attractive choice for urban exploring, perhaps in the less demanding terrain of the pub.
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Cinquantaquattro High Fg Gtx boots by Dolomite dolomite.it
Kinvara 6 running shoes by Saucony saucony.com
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1 Red-e RG40 Red-E brings you the RG40 powerbank. This unit has two outputs (USB and Mini-USB) so you can power or charge two devices at the same time. The experts in powerbanks have also developed a bike and a tri-pod mount specifically for the 4,000mAh powerbank – making it the first of its kind. The RG40 is perfect for any avid cyclist or video enthusiast who enjoy capturing those special occasions but need more battery life on longer periods of time. R 495.00 - R 799.00.
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2 NIXON RaNGeR Black - a506000 Some of us are born to wander; Ranger is designed with this in mind. Its rugged construction and rotating bezel are inspired by military field instruments to keep you on time no matter how far you roam. And its solid stainless steel band makes an easy transition from offthe-trail to on-the-town. R 3 999.00.
www.nixon.com 3 BIllaBONG apeX BOa Backpack Billabong has recently introduced the Apex Boa Pack an outdoor backpack that was selected as gold medalist in the Outdoor Backpacks category at this year‘s leading international trade fair for sporting goods (ISPO). It is a versatile, multi-use travel piece, kittted out with features such as a stowaway rain cover, detachable and drainable wetsuit-storage system, laptop and passport sleeves, fin storage and more. Above all, the backpack sports a world-first innovation in its incorporation of the BOA® brand closure system a patented military-grade proprietary closure system made up of steel lace,nylon guides and a mechanical spool. The Boa® closure system has proven so effective that Billabong also applied the technology to their most premium cold-water wetsuit franchise, the Furnace Carbon - another world-first innovation. R2 999.95.
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www.billabong.com 4 GOpRO HeRO+ lcd Capture incredible moments and relive them on the spot. HERO+ LCD delivers 1080p60 video and 8MP photos, and features the convenience of a touch display. Built-in WiFi and Bluetooth connect to the GoPro App to allow for shot preview, total camera control and easy content sharing to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and more from your phone or tablet. Rugged and waterproof to 40m (131ft), with the ability to power up and record at the press of a button, HERO+ LCD is the convenient life capture solution for all of your adventures. R4800.00.
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5 leatHeRmaN Coming Soon! Anytime, anywhere. The functionality of a Leatherman tool, with you everywhere. Our engineers designed multiple tools in each 17-4 stainless steel bracelet link, making usable tools like Allen wrenches, screwdrivers and box wrenches available at a moment’s notice. Adjustable in increments of up to 6.35mm to accommodate any wrist size and fully customisable with the links you need most, the Leatherman Tread is as stylish as it is functional. Available in a stainless steel or black DLC finish. From R2 700.00. www.leatherman.co.za 6 SkullcaNdy HeSH 2 WIReleSS Hesh 2 Wireless is the Bluetooth® version of Skullcandy’s iconic headphone with a new sleek profile and plush, synthetic leather ear pads. Featuring on-board controls and a rechargeable battery, Hesh 2 Wireless lets you move freely with your playlist. Hesh 2 Wireless’ high quality sound is a result of premium engineering. The headphone boasts impressive technology that guarantees easy use and supreme sound. On-board control buttons let you adjust volume and choose songs and the distinct power button makes answering calls and switching between music and telephone functionality quick and simple. R1 599. www.luksbrands.co.za
“I perform at the top of my game when things get dangerous” Helicopter pilot Felix Baumgartner flies low in pursuit of a 1,000hp Toyota, putting the nerves of steel he honed for Red Bull Stratos to good use
DEBRZNO, POLAND, JUNE 15, 2015 A Hollywood stunt in Debrzno? Not a problem for Felix Baumgartner and drifting ace Jakub Przygonski. Felix pursued the state-of-the-art drift car in a two-tonne helicopter down a former airstrip. His zigzagging and wild tilting, all perilously close to the ground, resulted in a three-minute blockbuster. Watch it at: redbulletin.com/helidrifting
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