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BEYOND THE ORDINARY
INTO THE BIG DEEP
Cliff diving a world
wonderSTARBURSTBrie Larson breaks free
GOES TOE11EVEN Miami nightlifegets undressed
GAME OF THRONES
SURVIVING
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau keeps it simple and feeds the animal within
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RELENTLESSHe’s done all right on Game of Thrones; NikolajCoster-Waldau offers survival tips for life.
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pop princess.HAILEE STEINFELD, PAGE 21
HANG TIME Winter is coming, so it only made sense to get our favorite Lannister (sorry, Tyrion) out into the countryside on a mountain bike for some serious training. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s survival on the show owes a lot to the narrative arc Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has crafted. But we’re willing to bet his handsome-rogue portrayal didn’t hurt either. Turns out the Dane is less rogue than balanced family man who learned long ago to ditch his ego in favor of commitment to craft. To find folks with similar commitment, flip on over to page 34, where cliff-diving legend Orlando Duque (his longevity and victories justify that label) and up-and-comer Jonathan Paredes spent the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series offseason diving over Victoria Falls in Africa, the world’s largest waterfall. Enjoy the issue . . .
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RUN NYCDoing the Human Flag—it’s just another day at the office for the parkour pros of New York.
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OVER THE EDGECliff divers Orlando Duque and Jonathan Paredes plummet off the world’s largest waterfall in Africa.
THE ART OF PARTYNo rest for the wicked: Get an exclusive look at E11even, Miami’s wild 24-hour nightclub, lounge and cabaret.
MAN VS OCEAN Adam Walker is the fifth person in history to tackle all seven of the world’s most challenging open-water swims.
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ACTION WHEELS We’re living the California dream in this Volkswagen Beetle Dune, a modern take on the Baja Bugs of the 1960s.
AT A GLANCE
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12 GOOD SHOTS! Photos of the month
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19 INSPIRATIONS Ones to watch
FEATURES
26 Nikolaj Coster-WaldauThe Game of Thrones star unleashed
34 Diving Victoria FallsTaking the plunge with a world wonder
46 Heroes of the monthActress Brie Larson; submariner Karl Stanley; storm chaser George Kourounis; rapper Macklemore; mountain biker Aaron Gwin
54 Parkour ProsThe whole city’s a playground for the freerunning kings of New York
62 Adam WalkerAn open-water swimmer pushes his limits
70 Party All the TimeThe 24-hour rager going on at E11even Miami
ACTION!
77 SEE IT. GET IT. DO IT. The best travel, gadgets, entertainment and more. Plus, how to survive an apocalypse
93 CARS The best new models98 FLASHBACK Biking off a cliff
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CONTRIBUTORS INSIDE THIS ISSUEAPRIL 2016
WHO’SON BOARD
IN FOCUSBEHIND THE LENS
ALEX HARRISThe London-based journalist has won awards for exploring the limits of his comfort zone. On page 62, he learns from endurance swimmer Adam Walker that “cold” is a state of mind, even when you can’t feel your fingers.
KAT BEINAs a regular contributor to the Miami New Times, Bein knows Florida’s party scene inside out. For us she spent an extra long night at E11even, the Miami hotspot that never closes. See page 70.
British photographer Simon Emmett has shot stars for Esquire (Noel Gallagher) and Rolling Stone (Adele). We sent him to Denmark to follow Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who swapped his battle horse for a mountain bike. Page 26.
Most tourists who visit Victoria Falls in Zambia find themselves peering over the edge of the world’s largest waterfall, marveling at the dizzying drop and the power of the waters below them. But cliff divers Orlando Duque (in white, above) and Jonathan Paredes had something else in mind when they visited the Smoke that Thunders: to pull off a high dive from the treacherous cliffs in the shadow of the falls. Turns out the height was the least of their worries. Read more on page 34.
Perspective is everything when diving at Victoria Falls.
Photographer Emmett zooms in on a great Dane.
Leaping into the unknown
THE RED BULLETIN AROUND THE WORLDThe Red Bulletin is available in 10 countries. This is the introduction to an interview in the Austrian edition with Marco Michael Wanda, the charismatic frontman of Viennese pop rock band Wanda.
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“His performance on the bike impressed me. He’s extremely fit.”SIMON EMMETT, PHOTOGRAPHER
DArit apisciur, consequat.Hiciam nis-cipsam rem cus de pore-nih icimus
„MAN KANN SICH AUCH IN STIMMUNG FICKEN“
S e i n e S on g tex te r e t ten ka p u t te Eh en . Inspirieren lässt er sich von Ta x ifahrern und d e n B e a t les. U n d e r we i ß, w ie m a n K r e a t i v i t ä t e r z w i n g t . (Sp o i le r: U m e i n e g u te Id ee zu e n t w icke ln , m us s m a n ke i n Ge n ie se i n .) Wa n da Fr o n t m a n n M a r c o M ich ae l Wa n d a i m In te r v iew. Te x t : A n d r e a s R o t t e n s c h l a g e r F o t o s : M a r i a Z i e g e l b ö c k
Sänger Marco Wanda im Wiener Hotel Bristol: „Wer gut werden will, muss Nieder-lagen schneller wegstecken.“
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CERSEI & JAIME SITTING IN A TREERed Bulletin cover hero Nikolaj Coster-Waldau lets loose on kissing scenes with Game of Thrones partner Lena Headey and how his wife reacts to them.redbulletin.com/gameofthrones
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Street athletes in New York Watch as the Big Apple’s freerunning pros train on buses, fire ladders and demonstrate how to jump from one rooftop to another.redbulletin.com/parkournewyork
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QUANTUM LEAPSÖLDEN, AUSTRIAPHOTO: MARKUS FISCHERMark McMorris’ complex tricks have won him Winter X Games gold medals, so busting out this double backside rodeo 1260 on a huge kicker isn’t too much of a challenge. To find out what other moves the Canadian has up his sleeve, watch new snowboard documentary In Motion, which showcases his skills in alpine parks and on epic backcountry slopes. markmcmorris.com/in_motion.cfm
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In six cross-country and seven downhill competitions (Coulanges competes in the
latter), everywhere from Austria to Australia, the riders do battle for a coveted title, laying
it all on the line in the name of competition. The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2016
airs April 10 on Red Bull TV
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Henry Cavill’s Hollywood career had a bit of a false start. He was almost Bond, had a shot at Edward in Twilight, and his plans to play the man from Krypton in 2003 took a
dive when proposed reboot Superman: Flyby was axed. But then came 2013’s Man
of Steel. Cavill has all the hallmarks of a masculine hero combined with an
unashamedly human vulnerability, making him perfect to play Clark Kent and his
mighty alter-ego. “I’m very self-critical and I use that to motivate myself,” the 32-year-old Brit has said. Cavill is rumored to be in
the running to play James Bond again. Definitely sounds like a job for Superman.
S U PER H U MANHENRY CAVILL IS FLYING HIGH
—AND HE CAN THANK HIS HUMAN WEAKNESSES AS MUCH
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2 0 0 7Kanye and 50 Cent face off, dropping albums on the same day. The hackneyed sound of gangsta rap loses to Graduation, an album that marks another evolution, with Kanye pulling sounds from house and electronica. “I have to be creative at all times. I have to learn,” he said. His pink polo shirt nails the coffin shut on rap’s obsession with guns and drugs.
2 0 0 9Kanye’s arrogance peaks when he shuts downTaylor Swift at the VMAs. He returns with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, a rumination on celebrity excess that marks his most boundary-breaking output, and displays a previously unseen willingness for ego-free collaboration.
2 0 1 5 Yeezy headlines England’s Glastonbury Festival, despite a 136,000-signature petition against his appearance. Prowling the stage, he declares,“You are now watching the greatest living rock star on the planet.” A roaring crowd doesn’t disagree.
2 0 0 1West catches the ear of Jay-Z, who taps him to produce five tracks on his seminal album The Blueprint. The record’s success brings Ludacris and Beyoncé calling, but Yeezy wants to be behind the mic, not the mixing desk. “Kanye has never hustled,” Jay-Z said. “I didn’t see how it could work.”
2 0 0 2Kanye crashes driving home from the studio and wakes up in the hospital, his jaw wired shut. Charged with inspiration, he channels the pain into “Through the Wire,” recorded two weeks later. “[It] was my medicine,” Kanye said. The track is featured on his debut album, The College Dropout, which tops charts.
2 0 0 5Irritated by copycats, West reinvents himself with Late Registration, with $2 million invested from his own pocket. “I’m always going left until everyone is going left, then I’ll go right again,” he said. Rolling Stone hailed ’Ye’s sonic swerve as an undeniable triumph.
2 0 1 3Just 15 days before release, Kanye overhauls sixth album Yeezus, with producer Rick Rubin, in pursuit of perfection. “The risk for me would be in not taking one,” he said. The dice roll comes up double six, as the album hits number one and collects a myriad of awards.
2 0 1 2Kanye and mentor Jay-Z pair up for Watch the Throne, a collaborative album and tour. It’s validation for an artist who once struggled to stand out. “ I was always the weakest rapper,” Kanye said. “But every night I was working.” Their Coachella set receives rave reviews.
1 9 7 7A star is born. Raised by his English-professor mother, Donda, Yeezus was rapping by the age of 8. Music eventually beat books and he became a college dropout. “Some career goals don’t require college,” Donda said. “It was more about having the guts to embrace who you are.”
H OW I G OT H E R E
KANYE WEST IS THE LORD OF THE MICS WHOSE ARROGANCE IS SURPASSED ONLY BY HIS ABILITY. WE UNPICK HIS RISE FROM THRONE WATCHER TO
FIRMLY ENSCONCED STATUS AS YEEZUS.
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They say good things come to those who wait, but Californian Hailee Steinfeld had an Oscar nomination by the age of 14—for her performance in the Coen brothers’ 2010 hit True Grit—and at 19, she’s still scoring. In addition to her acting credits, including this year’s Term Life with Vince Vaughn, she’s a platinum-selling pop star and an ambassador for fashion label Miu Miu. Her secret is the three Ps: Always be passionate, persistent and prepared.
TR I PLE TH R EATHAILEE STEINFELD WHEN IT COMES TO WINNING, AGE AIN’T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER.
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S AY W H AT ?THERE ARE MANY PITFALLS IN THE RACE FOR SUCCESS. LET THESE INSPIRATIONAL WORDS FROM SOME OF LIFE’S WINNERS BE YOUR SHORTCUT TO THE FINISH LINE.
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EXPAND YOUR NETWORK
D E S I G N TA X Itwitter.com/
designtaxiA Twitter feed
with one eye on innovations—modern design, technology, photography—and
the other on the pathfinders of popular
culture. If you’re as inspired by quirky
tech as you are by ingenious graphic
design, this makes for regular eye candy.
L I F E O F R I L E Yinstagram.com/
lifeof_rileyStuntman and
photographer Riley Harper has a lifestyle
that’s straight out of a Hollywood movie, and his travels, most often astride a 1959 Triumph Bonneville,
take him to the world’s coolest locations. Herein lies a visual feast of adventure travel #inspo, with
a side order of envy.
R O O F T O P P I N Gfacebook.com/
rooftoppingFor a trend that’s
truly up and coming, look no further than
“rooftopping,” where true adrenaline junkies document man-made
heights that are dizzying even when merely viewed on
your phone screen. This page will excite some and abjectly
terrify others.
“I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And
the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.”
SYLVESTER STALLONE
“It’s important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is.”RYAN GOSLING
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“The successful warrior is the
average man, with laser-like focus.”
BRUCE LEE
“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”
TONY HSIEH, ZAPPOS CEO
“Success? I don’t know
what that word means.
I’m happy. But success,
that goes back to what in
somebody’s eyes success
means. For me,
success is inner peace.
That’s a good day for me.” DENZEL
WASHINGTON
“If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.”
CATE BLANCHETT
“I don’t say, ‘Can’t do that,’ ‘Won’t do that.’ I’ve never thought in that way about work. The genuine
truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I’m one of the least competitive people you’ll ever meet.
Except with myself.”
DANIEL CRAIG
“The first step is you have to say that you can.”WILL SMITH
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4/ ANY OTHER PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE? “The idea was to keep collaborating and building. But Martijn was offered a traineeship and I had other projects, so we donated the obstacles to skate shops. Now, boarders can grab them and put them wherever they want. From this point onward, it’s about the idea of inspiring others and connecting often-isolated skaters to regular people who like the idea or appreciate the art. We hope it teaches people to look at the city differently.”
The ramp is made of two glued
layers of flexible 3mm plywood on
a tough frame.
Artist Leon Karssen didn’t
work from a plan. “We just told him
to go crazy.”
3/ DID YOU LEARN ANY NEW TRICKS?“We’d never built a park before, so we spoke to people who had and asked about different materials. Everyone wanted to help, and we learned about the importance of collaboration. Some of the obstacles were painted by Leon Karssen and Vincent Blok, two artists from the skateboarding scene. Leon has 50,000 followers on Instagram, which gave us some extra coverage.”
1/ SO, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?What started as a design project for Dario Goldbach and his co-creator, Martijn Hartwig, became something bigger. “We built a modular skatepark that could go anywhere in the cityscape,” says Goldbach. “It’s essentially nine structures that can be added to urban objects.”
2/ SOUNDS RAD. BUT WHO NEEDS IT?“In Rotterdam, where I’m from, there was a skatepark. But it was built by a company that makes kids’ playgrounds. It was metal, which is horrible for skaters. It needed constant repairs and was closed down. We gave skaters another option. Our mobile obstacles are also great for skate-proofed cities. We showcased them in the city center and it turned into a real event. It was a guerrilla project, so we didn’t know what reaction we’d get. But the police didn’t want us to take them down!”
A mold ensures the side panels are exactly the same size for
stability.
P O RTA B L E S K AT E PA R KNO HALFPIPE? NO PROBLEM. THE MODULAR SKATEPARK IS A MOBILE SOLUTION THAT TRANSFORMS CITYSCAPES WITH RAMPS AND JUMPS.
THE IDEAS MANDARIO GOLDBACH, 23
Pictured here wearing shades next to Jira Jira co-founder Martijn
Hartwig, the ardent Dutch skater and design grad enjoys combining
his passions. He now lives, works and skates in Australia. jirajira.nl
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In May 2015 Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic became the first people in history to attempt to kayak down the Beriman River Gorge. This documentary is the story of their struggles, their determination, and their moments of elation as they attempt to descend a 4000 ft drop.
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WEEKEND WA RRIORHe’s survived five seasons of Game of Thrones, describes himself as an animal and knows the secret to happiness. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, living proof that the Danes are among the most satisfied people on Earth.
The Dane gets out as much as he can, riding the dunes despite the icy winds.
Words: Rüdiger Sturm Photography: Simon EmmettProduction: Josef Siegle
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T should drop the ego and focus on telling a good story instead.Where does that approach come from?Becoming a father. It’s a shock to the system. You instantly stop being the most important person in the world. Until that point you worry about your own mortality, but suddenly you’re worrying about someone else’s. That’s scary. You’re not in control anymore. My younger daughter was struck on the head by a horse and had to go to the hospital. She could have died. It was terrible. At the same time, having children is the most wonderful, exhilarating thing you can do. When are your children happiest?When we’re all doing something together as a family.What made you happy when you were a child?When my father was at home, and wasn’t too drunk, and we’d play cards. Or there was this TV program called Sports Sunday, where they showed a game from the English first division in the afternoon. At half-time, we’d go outside and kick a ball around. A drunken father doesn’t sound like part of a carefree childhood.My father was an alcoholic. He died in 1998. But I had a great mother, even if we did sometimes get visits from the police.Why was that?My mother occasionally used to get carried away and would buy presents for my two sisters and me that, sadly, she couldn’t afford. I still remember the day I had to return my mini hi-fi . . .Not an easy situation.I mostly just felt sorry for my mother. I knew how humiliating it was for her. She had a job and worked hard, but it
he icy wind whipping across the coast by the Kattegat Sea, 37 miles north of Copenhagen, is cutting, brutal. Winter isn’t coming; it’s arrived. But Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is relentless, cycling tirelessly over the dunes and through the forests near Tisvildeleje. The 45-year-old Danish actor has not only survived on the most brutal show on TV (as Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones—so far), but he’s rising in the ranks of Hollywood as well (he’s one of the leads in Gods of Egypt). The key to it all? Low expectations and the occasional mud-splattered day on the trails.
the red bulletin: Is mountain biking when it’s 40°F outside your idea of fun?nikolaj coster-waldau: Absolutely. At home I’m surrounded by women, so it’s important for me to do things with my guy friends. I need the dirt, the cold, the mud and grime. So you’re the outdoor type?We’re all animals deep down, which is why nature has such a deep impact on us. I recently went fishing on my own in the wilds of southern Greenland. It was a magical experience.Is that the recipe for happiness? The Danes are said to be one of the happiest nations on Earth, after all.The trick is that we Danes have low expectations. My father always used to say to me, “Only fly as high as your ears will take you.”But as a star of one of the most successful TV shows ever, you’ve flown way above ear height . . .If how successful the show is had any effect on the way I feel about myself, I’d have been in a mental institution years ago. That’s not why I do what I do. Plus, Danes don’t tolerate show-offs.So you keep it to yourself when you’re feeling really pleased?Occasionally I might say to friends, “Take a look at this.” But to be honest, if you do that kind of thing, it’s really just because you want to hear how fantastic you are. I’m not looking for that. Isn’t applause an actor’s reward?I know other actors who are at the end of their tether because they live by other people’s opinions, and whether they are living up to the greatness that is expected of them. Which is why you
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The Danish key to happiness? “Only fly as high as your ears will take you.”
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“If how successful the show is had any effect on the way I feel about myself, I’d have been in a mental institution years ago.”
was difficult to make ends meet.Do your children know what you went through in your youth?Yes, and I make sure they know that their life isn’t normal. They need to understand that. It can’t be taken for granted that you won’t ever have to worry about food and money. But I’m proud of my childhood nonetheless. You wouldn’t change it, then, given the chance?No. I don’t think it’s harmful to encounter the darker sides of life. If kids get bullied at school, for example, it’s horrible. But if you’ve got parents who love you unconditionally, then you realize that you’re good enough, regardless of what others say.Have you ever experienced rejection?Thousands of times. Every time I didn’t get a part. The story of my audition
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GROOMINGMads Stig @Scoop Agency
LOCAL PRODUCERMatt Peschcke-Køedt @M Production
The fact I missed out on getting the lead in John Carter. At the time that felt bad, but the irony is, that same summer I was cast in Game of Thrones. GoT became a huge hit; John Carter didn’t.Can you remember your first days on the set? The first time I walked into the throne room of the Red Keep was a profound moment. The set has been there since the pilot, and it’s impressive. When I saw that, I thought, “Holy shit. They’re serious.”You’re one of the few cast members to have made it all the way through to the sixth season of GoT. Are you worried about being killed off? No. Actually I’m curious as to how it all turns out. I’m sure the story will be told as it’s meant to be told. Is there anything about your job that gets on your nerves?Yes—all the criticism about Gods of Egypt. A lot of people are getting really worked up online about the fact that I’m a white actor. I’m not even playing an Egyptian; I’m an 8-foot-tall god who turns into a falcon. A part of me just wants to freak out, but then I think, “There’s nothing you can do about it.” You can’t win in that sort of discussion.That’s an admirable attitude. Who do you admire?The hundreds of thousands of people who
are brave enough to leave their country and their terrible daily lives there with nothing more than the clothes they have on their back. They’re the ones I admire. We should make the most of this amazing resource, not be afraid of it. Look at the USA: It was built by people who had nothing but a desire to make a better life.Are you an optimist?There are moments when humankind shocks me. I was supposed to fly to Paris on November 14. I’d already packed my bag when I saw the news about the terrorist attacks. It’s unimaginable to me how someone could get to a point where they want to kill as many people as possible. But overall, I look positively to the future. It’s part of our nature to look ahead and find solutions to our problems. Because this life is the only one we’ve got.hbo.com/game-of-thrones
for Vertical Limit when I was 28 was particularly embarrassing. It was the worst screen test ever. To console myself I went to Lisa Kline Men on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles and treated myself to $1,500 worth of clothes. It just made me feel worse. I returned them the next morning, the second the shop opened. I said something like “Sorry, there’s been a mistake,” and got my money back. You should have seen the look the saleswoman gave me. Total disgust. It was a good lesson; I’ve never spent so much on clothes in one go since.You sound happy recounting the tale. That’s because on the whole I’ve been lucky. I’ve been working for 20 years now and I’ve always been able to feed my family. I’ve learned that you just never know what the future holds for you.For example?
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU WEARS:
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With myriad titles and records to his name, Duque has achieved feats in cliff diving that likely will never be equaled.
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of the outstanding performers in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, have come to test themselves.
“This is one of the most beautiful places,” says Duque, who, with 13 cliff-diving world titles, two Guinness world records and more than 20 years in the sport, has dived off most places it’s possible to dive off of. “Standing in the gorge, looking around, you think, ‘This is unreal.’ But what sets this dive apart from others is the analysis you’ve got to do. It’s not as black and white as you think.”
Indeed. From vast pools with mysterious currents that bubble to the surface to violently foaming rapids, this river is alive, ever-changing and not to be trifled with. In the eddies swirl shattered oars, water bottles ripped from tourists flung from their white-water rafts and enough floating footwear to stock a secondhand shoe shop. In the slower reaches lurk 10-foot-long crocodiles (downstream they grow to more than 20 feet), and fish heads left on flat rocks betray where otters dined overnight. Humidity is close to 100 percent, and the mercury nudges 95°F.
Aware of his relative inexperience in such extreme conditions, Paredes relies heavily on his mentor. “I trust Orlando a lot—he is a legend,” says the 26-year-old from Mexico. “I will do whatever he says. If he says, ‘Here is the place to dive,’ I will dive.”
But the 41-year-old Colombian has a surprise in store. Although they will first attempt shorter jumps (69 feet,
ictoria Falls. Mosi-oa-Tunya. The Smoke That Thunders. The world’s largest waterfall goes by many different names, but all agree: This is a place of awesome, ancient power. It is here that the waters of the Zambezi River, after winding across the African savanna, are hurled over the cliff’s edge, through a rainbow and into a chasm more than half a mile long and 300 feet deep.
Above billows the famous cloud of pulverized water droplets. Below, in the gorge, runs the blue-green torrent. This is where Orlando Duque and Jonathan Paredes, two
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Above: Devil’s Pool, next to Livingstone Island, offers a heart-stopping view over the edge of Victoria Falls.
Top: Thanks to the logistics of rigging the Victoria Falls dive, Duque and Paredes had to use climbing gear and a rope ladder to reach the takeoff point.
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72 feet and 78.7 feet), the ultimate goal is to pull off a 98-foot dive. Paredes himself has never jumped from this height before (dives in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series are limited to 92 feet), and Duque hasn’t done it in almost a decade.
The exotic location notwithstanding, the standard physics of high diving apply: The athletes will plummet at a speed of approximately 53 mph for three seconds, then plunge into the water to a depth of about 15 feet. But the usual risks—bruised ribs, fractured coccyx, concussion—are compounded by the murky Zambezi: If something goes wrong and the safety team of scuba divers lose sight of Duque or Paredes underwater, it will be difficult to locate them. (In fact, it’s not unheard of for those lost to the Zambezi never to be found.) Plus, for the 98-foot leap, the two divers will be launching from a spray-soaked ledge, literally in the shadow of Victoria Falls itself.
ach diver faces his own challenges. Duque’s responsibility is to set the limits on their ambition, calmly guide the younger man and, of course, go first. The veteran is more than up to the task: He has been preparing mentally for months already, and he has the ability to completely block out all distractions at the critical moment. “I trust in my training,” says Duque. “I expect that if I have done all the preparation, things should work out. I cannot leave anything at all to luck or ritual. And it’s pretty cool that I can shut everything else out.”
Paredes, on the other hand, battles a visceral fear of climbing to the take-off spot. (“I would love an elevator,” he groans.) Worse, when up there all alone, confronting the void, Paredes often struggles to clear his mind of chattering doubts. “Not many people understand, only us divers,” he admits. “But once you get up there, there is no easy way back. That helps. And Orlando keeps telling me, ‘Just believe and trust in yourself. Forget about everything. It will be higher, but no
worries. You can do it.’ ”Etched high against those primeval cliffs, the water
crashing down from higher still, the vulnerability of the divers is painfully exposed. Slowly, gracefully, each salutes, arms drawn up above his head, before launching off his toes, out into space as he begins to fly, tuck into a somersault, then fall, body outstretched.
Duque and then Paredes plunge into the Zambezi and burst back up again to the surface, slapping the water with joy and buzzing with adrenaline. They have nothing left to prove. But then . . . what about a tandem dive? Perhaps not from as high as 98 feet, though . . . Watch out for cliff-diving documentary The Smoke That Thunderson Red Bull TV in April 2016: redbull.tv
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You’ve received countless Best Actress awards for your performance in Room. Would you describe the experience of filming the movie as liberating?All these awards are so unimaginable to me. But they are not the point, because this is not about me. What has really mattered to me are the human encounters I’ve had thanks to my role in Room. Talking to people about issues like art teaches you so much about yourself and about the human experience, and that’s what makes you grow
and change fundamentally. That’s what really stays with you in the end.Do you feel free in your everyday life?Most of the time I do, but we all came into this world in chains, by which I mean that we’re brought up in a certain way and live in a certain society in a certain part of the world. But thanks to our curiosity we can venture ever further and cast off these limitations. I would never
We’ve seen actress Brie Larson play the foil to Amy Schumer in last year’s Trainwreck,
and for her breakthrough performance in Room she’s won a mountain of awards. But we discover this charismatic 26-year-old’s greatest attribute is her thirst for knowledge.
the red bulletin: In Room, you play a young mother who has been kept hostage for seven years. Have there been moments in real life when you haven’t felt totally in control?brie larson: When do we ever have control over everything? Very rarely. I learned that lesson a couple of years ago when we were shooting in India. They don’t have addresses there. You drive around in circles for two hours to find a house that’s just around the corner. You get to the stage where you want to give up, at which point you make up your mind either to laugh or cry. And I discovered that I felt like myself again if I laughed.
have ended up on this journey and had this career if it wasn’t for that curiosity. Can you give us a specific example of when you cast off those chains?I’m always reading authors and thinkers who inspire me. There’s also this great website, brainpickings.org, which publishes excerpts from the works of various artists every day. And I love to travel. In India, for example, people move at a different pace altogether. You have to strip away all your usual habits and just go with what’s happening in the here and now. That way, you perceive the beauty of a single moment quite differently. I’d completely
missed out on that with my life in the U.S.Would you say you enjoy overcoming barriers?Well, sometimes it can be frightening, too. There are times when I wish I was just at home in my parents’ house and that all I had to do was go to school. Life would be so much easier.So deep down, you yearn for the simplicity of childhood?No, it’s not that. As you get older, sadness and loss hit you
much harder than they do when you’re a kid. But then at the same time, your sense of love and happiness has much greater depth. That’s just the boon and bane of growing up, which is why it’s so hard—but also so exciting—to be a human being. Every single day, we have to make a decision to take an active part in life.And how do you personally take that active approach to life?It’s just incredible that you can wake up in the morning and decide to do something with your life. Not many creatures have that option. My dog comes and pokes me in the face in the morning
and starts barking because he wants to be fed. And in the afternoon he wants to be walked. But we, as human beings, can wake up whenever we want. We can drive a car. We can travel the world. We’ve got so many opportunities. In one sense that’s an enormous burden, but at the same time it’s incredibly liberating.Rüdiger Sturm
BRIE LARSON In the critically acclaimed Room , she portrays a captive mother, but off-screen the Hollywood actress has the key to freedom.
THE THINKING MAN’S DREAM GIRL
“THANKS TO CURIOSITY, WE CAN CAST OFF LIFE’S LIMITATIONS. I WOULD NEVER HAVE HAD THIS CAREER IF IT WASN’T FOR THAT.”
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How do you build a sub from scratch? “It all comes down to determination,” Stanley explains.
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dollars. How did you scrape together the money for your sub when you were 15?karl stanley: Little by little. First, I had to train as a welder. My parents paid for the course, but then they could no longer support me, so I got a job selling ice cream, and I dealt in second-hand books at the university library.You can make millions of dollars selling ice cream and used schoolbooks?I didn’t have to raise that much. All I needed in the eight years I worked on the first sub was $20,000.
How did you manage on such a tight budget?By doing a lot of the work myself and buying the materials at a scrapyard. But one thing you should never scrimp on is steel. You need steel that’s not going to rust and that can withstand the pressure. It costs a bit more, but it saves lives. Submarines are normally designed and built by whole teams of engineers. You were a teenager and did it
Karl Stanley’s life changed forever one evening back in 1983. Just 9 at the time, he was reading a children’s book about a group
of boys who built their own submersible. “There and then, I knew that was what I wanted to do,” he says. Stanley got down to the actual handiwork at the age of 15, having done research, drawn up blueprints and saved money from part-time jobs. He received some help—his parents later paid for him to train as a welder—but a fair amount of ridicule, too: “I lost touch with a lot of friends.” Eight years later, the American dived to depths of 656 feet in a submersible he’d built by himself. A year later, a hotelier in Honduras hired him as an underwater guide. Stanley is still doing the job to this day, touring the Caribbean at depths of more than 2,952 feet in the submarine Idabel, which he designed in 2002 and spent two years building.
the red bulletin: Building a submarine usually costs anywhere between a couple of million and several billion
all on your own. Are you some kind of genius?No, I just had the motivation. I did my research over a long period. I read a lot of books. I met people who’d put together their own subs in the ’60s . . .But surely a person could read every book about cars, talk to every engineer and still not be able to build a Ford Mustang single-handedly at home?It’s much easier to build a sub than it is to build a car. Basically, there are only two possible shapes if you want the craft to be submersible and withstand pressure: cylindrical or spherical. And it has to be made of steel. These limitations make things easier.
So you don’t need a fortune or an elite college education, just the will to do it?Yes. It all just comes down to determination. When I started out I didn’t have the money or the expertise. But you can earn money and save it, and you don’t have to go to college for the know-how; all you’ll learn there is boring theory. You have to get to grips with something yourself if you really want to learn. That doesn’t only apply to subs; I’m
convinced the same principle applies to all walks of life. What advice would you give to someone who is thinking of building their own sub?Just hang on in there. And never doubt yourself. Then search for sunken treasure and get rich?Er … no. Why not?Because you’d soon end up in a bureaucratic nightmare, or in court. Who does the gold or silver belong to? Governments normally put a claim on it. I don’t know any stories about treasure with a happy ending. What does make all your efforts worthwhile, then?Adventure. I’ve always been driven by a sense of adventure.
You know, I’m incredibly envious of the people who lived 300 years ago; they could just go somewhere and discover something new. That wouldn’t happen nowadays, because everything has been discovered and surveyed. Apart from the ocean. The ocean is the last place where you can still feel like an explorer.Muhamed Beganovic
K ARL STANLEY The 42-year-old makes submarines from scratch and doesn’t need millions to do it. His creations, he says, are built on enthusiasm.
THE BOY WHO BUILT A SUBMARINE
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Do you still get scared?Yes, of course I do. How do you manage to take the risks you do?Fear keeps me on my toes. Without it, you feel too sure of yourself and end up making mistakes. I embrace fear.So it doesn’t have a paralyzing effect on you?Fear is in the mind and you have to counteract it, ideally with curiosity. Can you give us an example of how you counteract it? OK, let’s take the fear of snakes: Keep looking until
you come across something about snakes that you find interesting, such as their smooth skin, their bite, whatever. Then gather as much information as you can about that aspect of snakes and about snakes in general. Your curiosity has to surpass your fear, and that’s exactly what happens when you research anything thoroughly. I guarantee it. People are only afraid of things they don’t know about, which is why
For George Kourounis, great weather starts at a force-10 gale —which is a stroke of luck, as his job as a documentary filmmaker takes him from one extreme
situation to another. For his long-running TV series, Angry Planet, Kourounis films tornadoes and wild animals and climbs into the deepest, darkest caves on Earth. The 45-year-old Canadian knows the precise definition of fear. Fortunately for him, he also knows how to overcome it.
the red bulletin: When we first tried to do this interview, you were busy chasing Tropical Storm Erika. The cyclone raged across the Atlantic Ocean and wreaked large-scale destruction. Why do you seek out danger?george kourounis: I didn’t find it that time—Tropical Storm Erika broke up. Which was disappointing. No, but seriously, it’s not about danger for me. I chase storms because I revere them. Plus, it’s not as dangerous when you know what you’re doing.
you have to learn everything about your fear, so that you’re able to control it.When was the last time this method helped you in your filmmaking?Recently, I shot a film about polar bears and we were sitting in the tundra, about 65 feet from a male. Male polar bears have a reputation for being very aggressive, by the way. So I had sought out every conceivable piece of information about these fascinating animals. A friend, who I’ll call the bear whisperer, had taught me how to behave in order to survive.So fear didn’t control you?It can’t. As soon as a polar
bear notices you, it’s all about timing. If you’re sure that the bear is wavering, take one or two steps toward him and growl. Then stand your ground. And then repeat the process. By doing this, you’re showing the bear that you are dominant. Under no circumstances should you yourself waver, turn around or run away altogether. If you go for that course of action, the polar bear will attack straight away.
What can we take from that if we don’t hang around polar bears? Do the same rules apply to, say, a strong fear of public speaking? It’s the same trick, but swap curiosity for enthusiasm. After all, when you’re invited to speak on a subject, it’s normally one that you’re very partial to. You have to infect the audience with your enthusiasm. If that doesn’t work first time around, don’t worry. Practice makes perfect.Do you ever worry that people might emulate you and injure themselves?I can’t stop people copying me. Everyone has to work out the meaning of life for
themselves. Mine is to travel around the most extreme locations in the world, to come face to face with the wildest animals and to chase the most dangerous storms, and document it all. Maybe that’s my lesson: that wonderful things happen when you do something uncomfortable. That’s when life starts to get interesting.Muhamed Beganovic
GEORGE KOUROUNIS The Canadian documentary filmmaker chases tornadoes and got married on an active volcano. Unsurprisingly, he has a tried-and-trusted method of beating phobias.
“I CONQUER FEAR WITH CURIOSITY”
“IF THE POLAR BEAR WAVERS, GO ONE OR TWO STEPS CLOSER TO HIM AND GROWL. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES RUN AWAY.”
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Not your average wedding attire:
Kourounis wears this protective
clothing when braving active volcanoes.
The Seattle rhyme-sayer’s debut studio album went platinum and won a Grammy.
New album: This Unruly Mess I’ve Made; macklemore.com
The red bulletin: Perfectionism seems to be de rigueur right now. But you think it can be dangerous. Why is that?
macklemore: It’s natural to want to get the best out of yourself. But ambition can backfire and perfectionism can kill creativity. So, did your 2012 hit with Ryan Lewis, “Thrift Shop” (which won two Grammys and went multi-platinum), come about . . . by chance?I make sure that my music is as good as it can possibly be. But at a certain point you have to step away from a piece of art and put it out into the world. That’s the tricky bit. If I have a song in my head and it doesn’t turn out the way that I want it to, it can be extremely frustrating. So frustrating that it stops me from trying to bring ideas to fruition in the first place. Music is not an easy career. It’s one of immense difficulty and self-scrutiny.So what do you do about it?I remind myself that flaws are part of being human and of art. I could work on an album for 10 years and still feel like it’s not perfect yet. There are effects like auto-tune to correct every wrong note, but they get away from the root, from the raw and organic moments that create music. It’s about being able to display your flaws in a real, vulnerable way. That’s what makes art beautiful. Make mistakes!
Salvador Dalí famously said, “Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.” Can you relate to that?Definitely. In our society we focus too much on outcomes. We’re judged by numbers, such as Facebook likes, when really the beauty of art lies in the creation process. Only once you’ve understood that there’s not just one correct way to your goal can you freely bring your ideas to fruition without frustration.That sounds reasonable. But if a doctor was treating me, I’d still want him to lean toward perfectionism.While we’re on the subject of medicine, did you know that depression often comes from perfectionism, from only thinking about ourselves? People who can’t take the weight of expectation anymore feel like losers. Once you get stuck in this vicious circle, it’s time to step back.What do you mean? Take time off. Disconnect from the internet. Get outside of your own selfish intentions and motivations. Be of service to your community and others.Should we seek help, then?No, I mean actually help other people. When I do service work in my community, I realize that my own problems aren’t that big anymore. The minute you start helping others you realize that there’s a blessing to all of it and that the suffering we deal with is only temporary.Florian Obkircher
MR. NOT TOTALLYPERFECTMACKLEMORE The rap sensation believes that perfectionism kills creativity and the secret to solving your problems is to focus on others.
One of the fastest riders on
the circuit is also one of the most
fearless.
the red bulletin: How are you not superstitious after three years in a row of mechanical failures at Leogang?aaron gwin: Some athletes put one sock on before the other, but I’ve never been superstitious. My faith is what drives my actions. I know that anything can always turn around—good or bad—at any moment. It doesn’t have anything to do with a certain location. There’s a mental advantage when you know you have nothing left to lose. Yes, it’s like the pressure is off. I had a mountain of an obstacle to overcome, so I was able to go for it a little bit extra because I knew the mechanical failure could cost me the entire season. What’ll it be this year—your handlebars falling off? People think I must hate Leogang after all that’s happened, but it’s one of my favorite venues. It’s played a big part in building who I am as a rider. Nora O’Donnell
“I’VE NEVER BEEN SUPERSTITIOUS”A ARON GWIN The gutsy mountain biker on what he learned from a string of bad breaks in competition.
Instagram: @aarongwin1
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RUN NYCThese parkour pros have made running an art form. And in the concrete jungle of New York City, they have the world’s most famous playground at their disposal.Words: Alexander Macheck Photography: Ben Franke
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Eighth AvenuePasha “The Boss” Petkuns
uses a steel joist at this subway station to gather
enough momentum for a backflip.
Central ParkThe Boss performs a precision jump over rocks in Central Park. Photographer Ben Franke first came across parkour on YouTube. “When I saw what these guys were doing,” he says, “I just knew that I had to get pictures.”
“When I saw what these guys were doing, I knew right away that I had to get pictures.”
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Urban canyonsThe Boss scopes his next route.
Below: Erik Mukhametshin leaps between steel joists at the Bleeker
Street stop. One wrong step and it’s goodbye front teeth.
The most New York thing you can do is barely notice the guy doing the Human Flag on the side of the tour bus.
Times SquareJuan Rosario does the Human Flag
on the side of a sightseeing bus. “A lot of people just walked past as
if there wasn’t something absolutely extraordinary happening,” says photographer Franke. Welcome
to New York City.
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Williamsburg Bridge
Erik Mukhametshin does a backflip as a subway train
passes beneath him. Illegal? Whatever. It’s not as if the cops
are out to stop the parkour pros. Later, in Union Square,
some officers even play along, turning on their siren as one of
the guys leaps over a squad car.
In the ’80s artists spray painted trains. Now they backflip them.
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Hudson RiverAbove: Luciano Acuna Jr. displays extreme body tension as he holds a position called the Planche at a disused pier on the river. Below: Lenny “Tarzan” Cruz shows how he earned his nickname, making this jump in Queens look effortless.
O C E A NM A N V SA DA M WA L K E R U S E D TO S P E N D H I S DAYS S E L L I N G TOAST E R S—T H E N A D E S I R E TO SW I M T H E W O R L D’S M O ST G R U E L I N G O P E N WAT E R S C H A N G E D E V E RY T H I N G .W O R D S : A L E X H A R R I S P H OTO G R A P H Y: A N D R E W W H I T T O N
Walker is the second person in history to complete all the Oceans 7 channel swims on first attempt.
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“ YO U D O N ’ T WA N T TO D I E N OT H AV I N G AC H I E V E D S O M E T H I N G S P E C I A L . ”
The former appliance salesman turned
extreme sportsman refuses to recognize
the word “cold.”
It’s early on a Friday morning in January, and Adam Walker is driving from the Midlands to Dover Marina in southeast England. The 200-mile route is a familiar one to him; he couldn’t count the hours he’s spent traveling it. But Walker, 37, owes a lot to the destination at the end of his journey. The marina rescued him from his mundane job and plunged him in at the deepest end of endurance sports. By the age of 18, Walker had been dabbling in the water as unremarkably as he had all the other sports that tend to play a part in the upbringing of British boys. But in the last eight years he has broken records as well as expectations, becoming the first in his country to swim seven of the world’s most treacherous open-water straits, known collectively as the Oceans Seven. He’s endured a crucible of near breakdowns, injuries, marine-life attacks and hypothermia. And then of course there’s every sportsman’s worst enemy: himself.
Before his achievements, before the training, before Dover, Walker’s story began like anyone elses’s. There was no PE teacher who spotted a potential Olympian and nudged him toward regionals and glory, no pushy parent urging him to nurture a sporting career. Walker was normal to an almost comical degree: a tea kettle and toaster salesman from Nottingham whose chances of being a world-class athlete had dwindled with his youth.
But then, in 2006, when he was 28 and far removed from top-level sports, he watched an in-flight movie about a man who swims the English Channel and decided to turn his life around. “I wanted to do something memorable,” he says. “You don’t want to die not having achieved something special. This was the biggest physical and mental challenge out there. Even more so for me because I wasn’t ever good at endurance. It was a case of ‘do something you’re not good at.’ ”
His implausible decision had epic consequences. “I started practicing techniques in the pool, but I needed to test myself against cold water; I needed to acclimatize,” explains Walker. “So I started swimming in lakes.” But it was a rough start. “During my first open-water swim I got hypothermia,” he says. “I was later told by paramedics that I was only a few minutes away from death.”
Undeterred by the setback—and the need to keep his full-time job—he made swimming his focus. “I would go and swim before and after work,” he says, “like Olympians do.” As his training went deeper, so did the costs. Walker’s then-relationship folded under the strain. But he persevered and found his way to Dover. By 2008 he’d taken on the English Channel. In the seven years that followed he swam all seven straits, making the home-appliance salesman one of only six people in the world to conquer what is arguably the toughest endurance challenge on the planet. It’s real life that smacks of Hollywood cliché.
As irresistible as you’d imagine Walker’s humble start and subsequent odyssey to be to scriptwriters, there’s no film about him yet. Open-water swimming is still an almost unknown sport. Like its traditional pool-based counterpart, it relies on sound technique; without that you’re going nowhere. Unlike the pool, however, the ocean is chaos, an inherently unpredictable venue in which preparing for everything is about as achievable as trying to predict the roll of the dice. Sometimes you roll a double-six: The current is on your side, the temperature is bearable—in terms relative to the sport, at least—and you are able to swim without much incident, perhaps just suffering the odd bout of uncontrollable vomiting or limb-numbing coldness. Mostly, though, you roll snake eyes: For every mile you swim, the current is prone to drag you back two; perils
“ T H E F I R ST ST E P I S TO G O OV E R T H AT L I N E , TO TA K E T H AT R I S K . I F YO U C A N D O T H AT, YO U C A N TA K E O N A N Y T H I N G : I N J U RY, A DV E R S I T Y, W H AT E V E R . ”
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15 MILES 15HR 31MIN
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abound; you’re stung to hell and back by a horror show of marine life; and “cold” is a word you have to shut out entirely, because to let it in could spell disaster.
Last year the English Channel ingested hundreds of Adam Walker wannabes and then spat them out in varying states of disarray. This year will be no different. “I’m already taking bookings for 2019,” says our small boat’s skipper, who goes by the name of Eddie and serves as an expert eye for folks like Walker. The swimmer’s safety is paramount. The water is particularly cold, even by England’s standards, with a chilly wind blowing that makes everything feel more bitter still. Sun and clear skies belie the fact that present conditions are inappropriate even for a dip in the ocean. “My girlfriend wanted to come,” Walker says, smiling. “She was like, ‘Do any of them know you could die out there today?’ ”
If he has considered that potential outcome himself he doesn’t show it as we board the boat and unload our gear. “Would you believe I get seasick?” he says. “How weird is that? An open-water swimmer, an extreme athlete, who suffers from
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seasickness on boats and in the water.” He laughs loudly over the engine’s thrum as we set out from the marina.
The prospect of swimming in seas like this for extended periods of time, taking on unforeseen problems, is enough to keep most of us on dry land without the added complication of seasickness. But to Walker that’s a small detail, just another psychological brake that needs to be removed as soon as he gets into the water. And that ability is hard-wired into him: He’s a man armed with an arsenal of internal monologues to overcome physical hurdles—chants, mantras, a bit of self-delusion, even. “I train myself not to be negative,” he says by way of explanation.
Indeed, in his line of work, negativity can be fatal. “The biggest thing when you start out, other than just getting started, is acclimatizing to the cold,” he
says. It’s an uncomfortable truth that the sea is unforgiving in terms of temperature. But, Walker believes, it’s your brain that allows you to overcome such hardships, during swimming or in any other endeavor. “You need to want it, want the achievement enough to suffer the pain,” he explains. “Plus, you need to rewire your brain: When I was starting out, I didn’t say the word ‘cold’ for seven years.” He’s not joking.
“Take your bath as a relative scale,” he continues, pulling on his swimming cap now, adjusting his goggles. “Imagine filling it up to the top with cold water and how unpleasant it would be to get into. That’s around 62 to 66°F.” He releases the rubber cap with an audible thwack. “This water is around 45°F,” he says, gesturing toward the sea around us. “Going into hypothermia is a real risk. Plus, it chills your guts, so you’re likely to spend much of your swim vomiting.”
That fitness alone cannot prepare you for physical tests is a notion Walker returns to frequently. More important, he says, is pushing through the pain barrier. He posits this as a metaphor for all of life’s challenges. “It’s not even about the swimming,” says Walker. “In fact, it’s not about the swimming at all. What matters is that you believe you can take on a challenge like this, any challenge, and then do
“ YO U N E E D TO WA N T T H E AC H I E V E M E N T E N O U G H
TO S U F F E R T H E PA I N . ”
Walker’s unique crawl was developed out of necessity after he injured his shoulder.
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Out in the English Channel, Walker practices his moves for his next briny adventure.
“ T H E B I G G E ST T H I N G W H E N YO U STA R T O U T
I S AC C L I M AT I Z I N G TO T H E C O L D. ”
hours later than planned. He’s been stalked by sharks and succumbed to hypothermia.
“You’d have to be mad to do this job, right?” he yells from the water as he carves a line next to the boat, showcasing the famous front-crawl-style stroke unique to him.
Mad indeed. Especially considering the injury that should’ve ended his career.
When Walker ruptured his biceps tendon during the English Channel swim, his surgeon advised him to give up swimming completely. Unfazed, Walker instead pushed on, inventing a stroke that allowed him to work around a shoulder injury so damaging it could have ended the career of any Olympian. Unlike a traditional stroke, the Ocean Walker, as he calls it, shifts the focal point of entry into the water. With each stroke, he focuses on the elbow as the lead to the rest of the upper body. By contrast, traditional teaching would have you lead with the hand. By shifting the focus to the elbow, Walker is able to minimize stress on the shoulder as the arm rotates with each stroke, completing its rotation at the hips. And it’s those hips, by the way, which are doing most of the work. “In all sports, from running to shot put and even when walking, the body prefers to use the hips and core,” he says. “They’re powerful endurance muscles. So why not in swimming?”
And many have agreed with him. Walker now travels the globe teaching his technique. Not only has he inspired other swimmers, but stars in other sports, such as tennis number one Novak Djokovic, are using the Ocean Walker stroke to strengthen the joints that are the most important, rather than risking injury to them. If nothing else, that’s testament to a mind-set that’s been a real game changer. A can-do attitude in the truest sense, which has proven to be a powerful real-life tool.
As Walker climbs out of the water, the unspoken concern among the crew is deafening. He breaks the silence: “I’m . . . shaking like a sh-shitting dog,” he splutters. Everyone laughs.
It’s neither grit nor self-delusion alone but a hard alloy of both that allows a man as normal as Adam Walker the strength to rub shoulders with, and then brush past, the greatest athletes on the planet. “The first step is to go over that line, to take that risk,” he says, cupping his hands around a mug of tea to warm them up. “If you can make that happen, you can take on anything—injury, adversity, whatever. Everybody is capable of doing something like an Oceans Seven. The only question is, do you want it enough? Nothing great is easy. But my mantra is, if it’s simple in your mind, it’s simple in reality.”Man vs Ocean, Adam Walker’s autobiography, is out now. adamwalkeroceans7.co.uk
“ I ’ M A N O P E N -WAT E R SW I M M E R W H O S U F F E R S
F R O M S E AS I C K N E S S . H O W W E I R D I S T H AT ? ”
something about it.” It would be easy to write off such platitudinous advice were Walker’s beginnings not so humble and his achievements not so great. He’s a reminder that wanting something can be the precursor to achieving it, if you’re willing to suffer a little hardship along the way.
Hardships such as an unrelenting headwind that bites despite multiple layers of clothing. Everyone on the boat’s deck is shivering as Walker steps over to the ladder wearing swimming shorts, a swimming cap, goggles . . . and nothing else. “It’s getting hot in here!” he half-shouts, half-sings, the final brain trick deployed. His whooping and chants get quieter as he descends. A few sharp breaths and with an almost inaudible splash, Walker disappears into the foam in the boat’s wake.
It’s painful to watch, but Walker has been through worse. “I vomited more than 20 times in the English Channel,” he says. But of course he completed the swim.
That all sounds mild compared to the Hawaii stretch of the Oceans Seven, during which Walker was stung by a Portuguese man o’ war, also known as the floating terror, a jellyfish-like creature that carries venom nearly as powerful as that of a cobra. “It was the worst pain of my life,” he says. With both his neck and spine numb, Walker’s belief that strength of mind can overcome anything got its biggest test, and he completed the swim only a few
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As the hours tick by, it’s harder to tell who’s working and who’s just having fun.
T H E A R T O F P A R T Y
I n s i d e t h e w i l d w o r l d o f
M i a m i ’ s E 1 1 e v e n , t h e n i g h t c l u b , l o u n g e a n d
c a b a r e t t h a t n e v e r s l e e p s .
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Annual event Art Basel brings the art world
elite to E11even to mix with Miami’s down and
dirty nightlife.
Step right up, folks, and be amazed by the flying striptease.
E11even’s sensual pleasures inspire guests to let it all hang out.
“ I d o n ’ t t h i n k t h e r e ’ s
e v e r b e e n a n y t h i n g
l i k e E 1 1 e v e n . T h e r e ’ s s o
m u c h g o i n g o n , w e c a n
s a t i s f y a n y b o d y .”
you’ve got live bands, cabaret, a production company and Cirque du Soleil–type shows. There’s so much going on, we can satisfy anybody.”
1 0 : 0 0 p m DeGori has the rooftop lounge and restaurant cordoned off for a private event—a party in honor of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade’s manager —and the entire team has come to celebrate. Local hip-hop legend Trick Daddy and “Shake Ya Ass” MC Mystikal are set to perform their Dirty South party rap.
1 1 : 3 0 p m Managing partners Gino LoPinto and Daniel Solomon check in at E11even after showing
face at various corporate-sponsor events and Art Basel parties. That kind of elbow-rubbing is part of the job when you run one of the top 10 highest-grossing venues in the U.S. In 2015 the club boasted almost $34 million in sales revenue. Along with partner Derick Henry, they’ve all helped flesh out owner Dennis DeGori’s original vision to create a new breed of venue, a sinful paradise that oozes extravagance but pulls it off with class. “It’s offensive when we hear ‘strip club,’ ” says LoPinto. “We’ve created a new concept that’s more of a nightclub that uses the topless female body as art. Our business is 50 percent female.”
1 : 4 5 a m Back at the office, go-go dancers and aerial performers gather in a dressing room. They don wigs and stretch before heading to E11even’s illuminated main arena. They’re debuting new choreography for the Basel weekend. Contortionist
Irina Kazakova’s thin, angular body is covered in tight black latex. In an hour she’ll be hanging from the blue ceiling, floating mere feet above customers’ heads. “It’s a pleasure to perform for Art Basel,” she says. “There’s a lot of creative people, and you can feel the energy of the crowd.”
2 : 3 0 a m Real-life couple Hampus and Milena twirl and twist in the air, limbs moving sensually, oblivious to the cheers and dropped jaws of the patrons beneath them. “When a glove comes off, or a stocking, he does it for me,” says Milena. “I’m not stripping. He’s stripping it off me, so it’s interesting, romantic and sexy at the same time.”
5 : 0 0 p m Ken DeGori walks into his office and wipes the sleep from his eyes. It’s hard to find time to rest when you’re throwing a party that never stops. Since it first opened its doors in February 2014, E11even Miami has never closed. It’s a 24-hour job, and DeGori, a frenetic personality, is the first of the club’s five managing partners to arrive. This week has been especially grueling: Today is a Saturday in the midst of Art Basel, an international gathering of artists, celebrities, dealers and the absurdly wealthy. It’s one of the biggest weeks in Miami’s calendar year, and it brings in a sophisticated clientele, special guest DJs and outrageous performances—all of which must go off without a hitch. “I don’t think there’s ever been anything like E11even,” says DeGori, and he should know. He and his partners have more than 100 years of nightlife experience between them. “You’ve got top chef Carla Pellegrino’s restaurant Touché,
“ W e ’ v e c r e a t e d a n e w c o n c e p t t h a t ’ s
m o r e o f a n i g h t c l u b t h a t u s e s t h e
t o p l e s s f e m a l e b o d y a s a r t .”
The club upholds a strict paparazzi policy. Our photographer had
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Donning your best lingerie
passes the dress code at E11even.
Why ruin a moment like this with words?
enjoying what we’ve put together,” Rowland says. “Seeing people dancing in the birdcage and flying around up in the air, it just blows first-timers away.”
5 :1 5 a m As the rest of Miami’s clubs and bars shut their doors, the energy in E11even reaches critical mass. Parades of champagne bottles adorned with live sparklers snake through the writhing hoards as fake cash rains down in all directions. Drake’s “Hotline Bling” blares from top-grade speakers, the work of visiting DJ Savi. Girlfriends give their men private dances, inspired by topless entertainers performing on raised platforms. Go-go dancers in high socks and mini crop-tops gyrate on either side of the DJ booth, while three topless women hang horizontally from one giant pole on a raised circle in the middle of the dance floor. Revelers sip their cocktails and
stare from the second-tier balcony, lost in sensory overload.
6 : 3 0 a m Ken DeGori circles the perimeter, and though the sun is rising, the line to get inside is as long as ever. Except it’s not so much a line as about 70 would-be clubbers huddled around the ropes like one amorphous being. Everyone knows there’s a crazy party inside, a magical Neverland where time stops and dawn is as dark and loud and wild as 1 a.m. DeGori clocks out for the night.
9 : 0 0 a m The party rages on, though
the crowd finally starts to dwindle. The restaurant upstairs serves breakfast sandwiches and egg-and-chorizo burritos to hungry party zombies in full daylight, their hair messy and eyes wide. For the first time in a week, Miami sees a break in rain and revelers enjoy a sun-filled morning.
1 1 : 0 0 a m After 12 hours of shaking hands, LoPinto and Solomon call it a day. In another 12 hours it will be time to prepare for Basel’s send-off party, Hard 2 Leave. It’s become a Miami tradition, and it means there’ll be no slacking on this day of rest—not that these guys would have it any other way. “I wake up and I pinch myself. I just thank God for life, and I’m happy about it,” says LoPinto. “That’s where it is for me. I’m at the pinnacle of my career, which tells you how I compare this to everything else.”11miami.com
2 : 4 0 a m Dan Rowland, tall and middle aged with a youthful face, sweats as he runs the aerial rigs hidden behind the back bar, monitoring all components of Hampus and Milena’s intricate performance. As the show producer, this is one of a handful of moments in which he and his team steal some shine. He was drafted at E11even’s inception and handpicked for his 15 years of experience working on the Cirque du Soleil shows Ka and Iris, in Las Vegas and Los Angeles respectively. He brought a few of his old Cirque performers with him, Hampus included, to deliver a mind-blowing experience. “I love seeing people
“ S e e i n g p e o p l e d a n c i n g
i n t h e b i r d c a g e a n d
f l y i n g a r o u n d u p i n t h e
a i r , i t j u s t b l o w s f i r s t -
t i m e r s a w a y .”
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Miami nightlife drums out its own beat.
E v e r y o n e k n o w s t h e r e ’ s a c r a z y p a r t y i n s i d e , a m a g i c a l N e v e r l a n d
w h e r e t i m e s t o p s a n d d a w n i s a s w i l d a s 1 a . m .
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This is the place where Niki Lauda lost an ear and thousands of racers have crushed metal.
The Nürburgring Nordschleife racing circuit deep in Germany’s Eifel forests is nicknamed
“Green Hell,” a deserving moniker. How do you not only get out of here unscathed but have
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Martin Stucky has devoted himself to the Nürburgring Nordschleife, a former Grand Prix circuit in the
mountains of Germany nicknamed “the Green Hell.” Stucky, a driving coach for Scuderia S7, has sped through the 13-mile loop at least 25,000 times in his career and taught thousands of novices how to master the 73 corners of this roller-coaster of a course.
“Do you really want this?” he asks his pupils on the first day. “The Nordschleife is a drug. Anyone who goes out there with us now will never get it out of their system.” Of course they all want it, otherwise they wouldn’t have paid $3,000 for a two-day intensive training course, which doesn’t include the car. “It’s cheaper than bodywork damage, anyway,” says one eagerly renewed student driver as he hops into his 740 hp Ferrari F12.
On the first day, the driving experts at Scuderia S7 divide the track into six sections to make it more manageable. Small groups of student cars follow the instructor’s car through each two-mile section. They do this over and over again until they’ve got the line right. This is hard, precise brain work. If you don’t think far enough ahead or you’re even a little bit careless, you’re going to have problems a couple of corners in front of you. But if you follow the pro’s instructions as he guides you over the radio, then even those nasty sections—the ones where your eyes nearly
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Devoted to Hell: Once they’ve had a taste of Nordschleife’s thrills,
many drivers come back for more.
WatchThe 24-Hour Race
unites pros and amateurs in every car you can imagine. The
annual DVD of the event combines drama and sport and is a good
warm-up for driving the course yourself. 24hrennen-paddock-
shop.de
Read The Ideallinie-Konzept by Martin Stucky and
Lothar Fassnacht is considered the
Nürburgring bible, with maps, circuit blueprints, photos
and tips from experts who’ve raced the track
thousands of times. ideallinie-konzept.de
Cologne
Nürburg, Germany
Want to learn to drive in Green Hell? Find out more at scuderia-s7.com
SimulateAssetto Corsa is
currently the most realistic simulation for both cars and track layout. The
Nordschleife has been laser-scanned in 3D and comes with tips
from the professionals. assettocorsa.net
pop out and your brain fights the decision to keep your foot to the floor—will pass without a hitch.
“The less you steer, the more smoothly you’ll go about your business,” explains Friedhelm Mihm, another Scuderia S7 instructor. “That means you’ll be more relaxed, secure and move quicker round the track. You have to think ahead and connect points with the greatest curve possible. That obviously applies here at the Nordschleife, but it applies when you’re driving in regular traffic, too.”
Mihm’s advice is tested on day two, when it’s time for the newly trained drivers to apply what they’ve learned in practice and drive the entire length of the track solo. On the track’s most legendary sections , some of the drivers in more powerful cars come up short against the Opel Corsa OPC, a German mini car that generates just 207 hp. As is so often the case, all that brawn is of no use if the mind is weak—or you weren’t paying enough attention the day before.
By the end, everyone is hooked, just as Stucky predicted. As soon as the drivers finish the loop, they’re already booking their next trip to Hell.
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Valencia
Valencia, Spain
About 180 miles from both Barcelona and Madrid. Find out more at visitvalencia.com
race and has the appearance of a giant translucent eyelid.
For some pre-race training, visit nearby Turia Gardens, a five-mile stretch of green space that snakes through the city. In 1957, a devastating flood killed more than 80 people and forced the city to divert the Turia River. Thirty years later, the former riverbed was transformed into a scenic retreat for joggers, cyclists and nature lovers. After the race, you can recuperate on the waterfront and refuel with a plate of fideuà, a local seafood dish similar to paella but made with a huge pile of saffron-seasoned noodles instead of rice.
If your body is still surging from endorphins and ready to tackle a night of clubbing, then head to Café del Duende in the old town. Duende’s energetic Flamenco show can get even the most exhausted runner back on his feet.
Future meets past with stunning architecture.
Chema Martínez, last year’s winner in Madrid, is looking forward to Valencia.
AC T I O N T R AV E L
Can’t make it to any of the 34 cities where the Wings for Life World Run will be held on May 8,
2016? Be part of this global event with a Wings for Life Selfie Run instead. Just download the free app for iOS or Android and the virtual Catcher Car will be after you. wingsforlifeworldrun.com
IN THE RUNNINGThree more
Wings for Life destinations
MILANItaly
Italian flair and never-ending
charm. Run down the Navigli canals, past the Church of Saint Babila and the San Siro Stadium,
then have an espresso alfresco.
PORTOPortugal
Run in historic surroundings with
good weather (almost) guaranteed. Just a few miles in, you’ll get to
the Atlantic coast. Excellent food,
amazing atmosphere, reasonable prices.
NIAGARA FALLSCanada
When you set out from the foot of the
most powerful waterfall in North
America, the spray might not get you, but the rain probably will. Pack your waterproof
clothes.
Every runner knows it—that moment when giving up seems preferable to carrying on. If you’re lucky enough to join Wings for Life in Valencia this May, make sure to give yourself enough time to enjoy the area. Like you, this ancient Spanish city knows a thing or two about perseverance. Over the course of its 2,000-year history, Valencia has been built, destroyed and rebuilt, and it’s now a modern technological wonder.
Nowhere is this more apparent than at the City of Arts and Science, a complex of museums so architecturally advanced that its exteriors were featured in the 2015 film Tomorrowland. At the center of the campus is L’Hemisfèric, a theater and planetarium that marks the start of the
SPANISH STEPS You don’t have to stay home to enter the Wings for Life World Run. Valencia is just one of 34 great destinations
Après-run: Treat yourself on the
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INSIDER TIP“THE PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR SETTING RECORDS: THERE ARE ALMOST NO CLIMBS, THE TEMPERATURE IS IDEAL AND THE LOCALS LOVE RUNNING.”
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Geo Pocket Transit CompassYour smartphone has nothing on this intricate compass. Inside the aluminum housing, a rare-earth magnet rests on a sapphire jewel bearing
for quick, accurate readings. brunton.com
Hot BoxAs the name suggests, this attractive cube is the
urban answer to a fire pit. Sit around it with friends and warm your hands in winter or add meat for a sizzling summer BBQ. bertandmaykitchens.com
Floating Record TurntableAnalog audio is not just alive and kicking, it’s
thriving—and it’s gone vertical. This space-saving turntable is quick to load and has speakers in its
base (available in maple or walnut veneer). gramovox.com
The vertical turntable creates the illusion of a floating record and showcases
the vinyl’s artwork as it spins.
Maristoca Mid SneakersThey may not count your steps for you, but whether in the city or up a mountain, these
handmade Italian suede and leather mid-tops won’t disappoint. diemmefootwear.com
Swiss Tool CaseEven DIY-phobes will fall for the aesthetic
charms of this 24-piece tool collection crafted from finely sanded and oiled Swiss wood.
wohngeist.ch
Great American FlaskHandcrafted in copper, this flask will age gracefully and, thanks to its tin interior and American birch
and cork stopper, always keep your favorite booze nice and tasty. jacobbromwell.com
THE NEW CLASSICS Do you really want to download another app? Sometimes it pays to ditch the digital in favor of simpler pleasures
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Certina DS-1 Chronograph
The DS-1 features a classic ETA 7750 caliber, with a tachymeter scale winding its way around the dial
to help measure speed. The three stopwatch hands are red, which makes them stand out
against the black watch face. certina.com
Hanhart Pioneer TwinControl
The German firm revives a chronograph originally marketed to aviators in 1939. Its red reset button is a tribute to the wife of one flyer, who painted on a dot of nail varnish so that her beloved wouldn’t
press it by accident. hanhart.com
Wempe Zeitmeister Aviator Watch Chronograph XL
An official chronometer certificate confirms that the modified ETA A07.211 automatic caliber inside
this attractive watch is accurate to within minus four or plus six seconds a day. Also, its steel case
is water resistant up to 160 feet. wempe.com
TIME SAVERS Attractive, available, affordable
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COUNTER CULTURELongines HydroConquest
No one really needs a mechanical chronograph on their wrist these days
because anything it can do, a smartphone can do just as efficiently. That said, a
smartphone is just a smartphone. The chronograph is something altogether different. Its appeal is part form, part function, with a pusher on either side
of the crown: one to start and stop the stopwatch, the other to return it to zero.
Then there’s the dial, which is divided into several parts, with an independent
sweep second hand and counters for minutes and hours. It’s something to
behold, an intricate piece of classic engineering. Sports chronographs
don’t have to cost a fortune, either. Longines has a reasonably priced offering
in the handsome HydroConquest, which has a rubber strap, unidirectional rotating
bezel and 41mm steel case and is water resistant to depths of 980 feet.
It will certainly outlive your iPhone. longines.com
Beneath the cover is the L688 automatic
caliber made by ETA. It has a 4-hertz frequency
and a 54-hour power reserve, and the classic chronograph flywheel
is a true gem.
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Mopar bookendsMopar and the Stefani & Co Metalworks are
producing custom bookends. Crafted from
powder-coated steel with the logo in waxed natural steel, they’re not cheap, but they
might be just the thing to prop up those vintage manuals. wearmopar.com
MOTOR MERCH
Three must-have extras for your ride
Amalgam models
McLaren recently completed its 375th and final P1, but the supercar will live on
as a scale model. For the serious model
buyer, Amalgam offers a 1:8 model, precise to
0.1mm. And it has optional extras, too. finemodelcars.com
Scrambler sunglassesDucati and Italia
Independent have released a set of
Scrambler-themed sunglasses. Black with a rubberized surface and mirrored copper-colored lenses, they mimic the shades of the bike’s frame. The Scrambler logo sits
above the left temple. scramblerducati.com
BEACH BUG
Volkswagen resurrects the sunny 1960s
BEST OF BOTH WORLDSA family car that comes with super powers
Audi’s RS lineup has long been a favorite of those who want a supercar and a family vehicle but only have room for one. With the latest Performance models of the RS 6 Avant and RS 7, there are five seats and plenty of space for strollers and luggage, plus there’s an over-the-top power output. The Avant and RS 7 have an increase of 45 horsepower, pushing 600 hp out of a 4.0-liter V8 bi-turbo gas engine. The models go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.7 seconds, zoom to top speeds of 180 mph, and have an overboost function that can increase torque by 50Nm up to an impressive 750Nm. Those are supercar stats—though not many supercars can fit quite so many grocery bags in the trunk. audi.com
It’s rare to see a concept car that’s obvious stand-candy and a genuine production forerunner. When Volkswagen’s Beetle Dune first appeared at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2014, it was the perfect combo—and now the real version is hitting the road. But note we said road, not beach.
The original Beetle spawned the Baja Bug kit cars of the 1960s, but when the modern Beetle came onto the market 30 years later, it was more an exercise in retro chic and less about making an inexpensive car for the masses. The Beetle Dune tips its hat to California’s golden age without any intention of getting its wheels dirty. Like
the rest of its order, the Dune is front-wheel drive only and not meant for sand.
What you do get is something that looks great in its natural habitat, whether you’re driving through the desert, tooling around a cityscape or parked outside a coffee shop. Available as a hatchback or cabriolet, the Dune sits 10mm higher than a standard Beetle and has a slightly wider track, but the standout elements are in the bodywork: a new grille, side strips, graphics and a large spoiler. Inside there are sport seats, leather upholstery and the option of a Fender sound system. Wherever you go, it definitely looks the part. vw.com
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STRENGTH IN NUMBERSCHRISTIAN WADEThe British rugby player combines pace, power and agility in a workout for any scenario. Here’s how he does it
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“A lot of my speed is down to genetics,” he says. “But you still have
to work to keep it. It’s about getting as much force through the floor as you
can with minimal foot contact time.” He works with 4x100 gold medalist
Darren Campbell on speed drills, including the B-skip—to do it, jog
forward, bringing your knees up high, then kick out your
feet before landing as softly as possible.
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THE FUELInsects
They’re high in protein, easy to breed, emit less methane than cows and half a dozen companies are currently smashing
them into bar form. Exo’s cricket-flour-
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THE APPTwilight
Screen glare disrupts production of the sleep hormone melatonin. If you must tweet before
bed, use Twilight to downshift your phone’s
blue light output to improve shuteye.play.google.com
THE WEIGHT WADE USES IN THE HIGH-PULL, variations of Olympic weightlifting moves he uses to build explosive strength. “I have problems with my wrists, so this exercise suits me,” he explains. To do it, start with a bar on the floor, holding it with your hands just outside your knees. Lift it explosively, using the momentum from your leg drive to pull it to chest height before letting it drop. Do five sets of three.
THE HEIGHT IN INCHES OF WADE’S VERTICAL JUMP. To build first-step explosiveness, he stands holding a pair of dumbbells, sinks into a half-squat, then drops the weights and leaps skyward—using his muscles’ stretch reflex for extra air time.
HOW MANY DAYS BEFORE A GAME WADE DOES HIS LAST WORKOUT. “We do footwork drills, power work and skip-and-jumps,” he says. “Nothing that’ll wear us down. You want to feel ready, not fatigued.” If you’re running a marathon or Tough Mudder, do the same—your last training session should be so easy that you come out feeling more energized than when you went in. 3
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Discipline RUGBY UNIONAge 24 Height 5’8”
Weight 189 lb. Achievements PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR, 2012/3; FOUR CAPS
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DEAD OR ALIVE?The GoT characters whose fates are uncertainJon Snow (Kit Harrington) Knifed (repeatedly) by fellow members of the Night’s Watch in the Season 5 finale, but HBO has teased his return. Perhaps Melisandre (Carice van Houten) resurrected him?
Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner, pictured below) Last seen escaping her sadistic husband, Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon), by jumping from a castle wall. It may have been a long way down, but they can’t kill off another Stark, can they?
Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane (Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson) The outlook didn’t look good for Cersei’s giant champion after he was poisoned in battle in Season 4, but his masked appearance at the end of last season suggested otherwise. Is he now an undead Frankenmountain?
Daenerys vs Dothraki: If only
there were an Uber for dragons.
TV
GO WESTEROSHBO’s fantasy drama Game of Thrones returns in April. But will the much-anticipated sixth season live up to expectations? We say yay
COMING ATTRACTIONS
The best new releases to keep you entertained
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FILMCaptain America:
Civil WarPhase Three of Marvel’s “cinematic universe” kicks off with Cap (Chris
Evans) battling fellow Avenger Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) in a war
sparked by new superhero laws. In theaters May 6. marvel.com
FILMThe Jungle Book
Directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man), Disney’s new take on Kipling’s classic tale uses spectacular CG to place the talking animals in a real-world setting. The stellar voice cast includes Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba and Bill Murray.
In theaters April 15. disney.com
GAMETotal War: Warhammer The latest game in the best-selling
Total War series transports the turn-based strategy action from historical battlefields to the fantastical universe
of Warhammer, with orcs, vampires and dwarves fighting for supremacy.
Available April 28 on Mac OSX and Windows. totalwar.com
It’s going to hit the ground running. Season 5 was criticized for being a slow burner, though this is unfair given the number of cliffhangers served up by the finale: Cersei’s (Lena Headey) “walk of shame,” Daenerys’ (Emilia Clarke) brush with a horde of Dothraki warriors and Jon Snow’s (Kit Harington) bloody exit, to name a few. Luckily, it sounds as if the new series won’t leave us hanging for long. Jeremy Podeswa, who directed the first two episodes of this season, recently said there’s less exposition and more action from the very beginning. “It starts off with a bang,” he told reporters. Expect lots of new characters and some familiar facesThe already bulging cast list is set to grow even bigger. Alongside veteran actors including Richard E. Grant and Ian McShane, Season 6 will welcome the likes of Essie Davis (from acclaimed Aussie horror movie The Babadook) and Pilou Asbæk (star of Danish TV drama Borgen). Among those returning to GoT are the psychically gifted Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) and scheming lord Walder Frey (Harry Potter’s David Bradley), who is long overdue some payback for his part in the now infamous Red Wedding.This time around, all bets are off. While some of the show’s characters and subplots have deviated from the source material—George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels—GoT has largely stuck to the core story. But the new season marks the first time the TV series will overtake Martin’s words (he has yet to publish the final two installments). For GoT’s creators, it’s an exciting but scary venture. How will viewers react now that the series is completely off-book? On the plus side, at least fans no longer have to live in fear of literary spoilers. Game of Thrones will air on HBO in April. hbo.com
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“This is a great track to get people hyped as you approach peak time. Migos are the kings of the triplet flow, which is so prominent in hip-hop today. In this song, they talk about ‘dab,’ which is basically a new word for ‘swag.’ Thanks to viral success of the video, ‘Look at My Dab’ is
now a movement with a dance. That’s great for DJs, because when you play it out, the whole dance floor does the moves.”
MigosLook at My Dab
“Early in the evening I like to play songs that are a bit out there but still get people’s heads bobbing. ‘Crosswords’ is a good example of this. With their electronic rhythms and weird delay effects, Panda Bear’s songs are a modern, airy take on psychedelic music. When you’re a DJ, playing his music is a
guaranteed win. It earns you coolness points from people who know of him, while others come up and ask what it is.”
“Hip-hop is a major part of my sets at the moment, because I love where the genre is going. Some people complain about the current lack of lyricism, but for me it’s about the experimental sound of a lot of hip-hop tracks right now. Take ‘Blasé’: For most of the song, there’s not even
any bass, which is fantastic. It shows that you don’t always have to be banging away, as the music can lose its impact.”
“What’s interesting about this rap song is that the only people who request it are women—and they ask for it a lot! In the lyrics, Gotti basically calls for girls to message him certain shots of themselves via Snapchat. It’s very risqué and he’s not very poetic with his words, which
I think is why it works. So if you want to please the ladies in the club, be sure to include this one on your playlist.”
Ty Dolla $ignBlasé
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Panda BearCrosswords
The Juan MacLeanRunning Back to You
“I love playing this track in my sets. Thanks to Nancy Whang’s cool vocals, everybody on the dance floor seems to click with it instantly, no matter what kind of music they’re into. It’s not a club banger, it’s a downbeat electro-pop song incorporating disco and funk elements, which makes
it the perfect tool when switching between genres, from weirder stuff to hip-hop. It’s kind of the glue in my DJ sets.”
THE GADGETNervana This pocket-sized device
excites the brain by sending electronic pulses down the ear canal as you listen to your music. When connected to your music player with a standard headphone cable, Nervana’s signal stimulates the vagus nerve in order to trigger neurotransmitters that increase feelings of happiness and relaxation. experiencenervana.com
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THE PLAYLIST DEFTONESWith their 1995 debut, Adrenaline, California’s Deftones laid the foundation for the nu-metal genre. But instead of resting on their laurels, the band’s five members began to experiment with electronic sounds, resulting in their platinum-selling masterpiece White Pony five years later. The band’s desire to explore new territory has been key to their success. On the eve of the release of Deftones’ eighth album, Gore, we asked bassist Sergio Vega to list five tracks that have inspired him; it was no surprise when, instead of rock classics, he chose tunes that he loves to play in his DJ sets. deftones.com
LAST ENCOREDon’t hesitate! Book your tickets to see these three bands,
who will probably all take their final bow
onstage in 2016
“When this tour concludes, it will truly be the end,”
proclaimed the members of the greatest metal band of all time when
announcing their current world tour. Sadly, in light of guitarist Tony Iommi’s
health problems, it doesn’t appear
to be a press stunt. blacksabbath.com
If the rumors are true and A Head Full of Dreams is indeed
Coldplay’s final album, this summer fans will get their last chance to see
the soft rockers in concert. The band’s
decision to take song requests during the tour is another hint that the
end is nigh. coldplay.com
Haven’t they just announced their
Coachella reunion, you might ask? Yes, they
have, but considering the continuing tensions
between Axl Rose and Slash, it’s unlikely the
band’s first iconic-lineup show since 1993 will
develop into a full-blown reunion.
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Cena! Divas! Spandex! More Spandex!
Whether you’re a WWE die-hard or a new fan,
we suggest partaking in a drinking game while
you watch. Before long, you’ll be chanting “USA! USA!” and
practicing stunts on your living-room couch.
wwe.com
3April
Final FourIs Bob in accounting talking smack again? Are you drowning in
emails from the office bookie? Oh, the joys of
the March Madness pool. This could be your year to win the Dave &
Buster’s gift card, friend, so choose wisely —or fill out
multiple brackets. ncaa.com
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More happenings you won’t
want to miss
April 18 Boston Marathon Boston
The world’s greatest and oldest marathon celebrates its 120th year. If you can’t make it to Beantown for the race, you can watch Hollywood’s take on the big screen in 2017. Two feature films—one starring Jake Gyllenhaal, the other Mark Wahlberg—about the 2013 bombing are in production. A documentary and a stage play are also in the works. baa.org
Jazz FestSkip the headliners—who knew Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers
and Snoop Dogg were actually jazz
artists?—and see the real deals on one of the 11 other stages
at this beloved gathering in New
Orleans. nojazzfest.com
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March 15-July 31Robert MapplethorpeLos Angeles
The Getty Museum and LACMA team up for a major retrospective of the late photographer’s work, featuring collages, Polaroids and his signature black and white portraits. lacma.org
April 29-May 1 Further FutureLas Vegas
You might think America already has enough music festivals, but you would be wrong. Now in its second year, Further Future promises to be the Burning Man of the EDM scene. (Think eccentric characters mixing with club kids.) Set outside of Vegas in the Mojave Desert, the fest includes luxury perks like spa treatments, yoga seminars, private tents ($850 and up) and free water. (Yes, free water!) furtherfuture.com
April 15-24 Coachella 2016Indio, CA
If you seek more established festival fare than Further Future, you can always go mingle with the stylish hipsters at Coachella. Rock out to headliners Guns N’ Roses or marvel at the blue-haired foxiness of newcomer Halsey, who wasn’t even alive when Use Your Illusion came out in 1991. coachella.com
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THRIVE AFTER THE APOCALYPSEWe’ve all thought about an endgame survival plan after watching an episode of The Walking Dead. But are you really ready? “An average family has a three-day supply of food,” says former Army intelligence officer, novelist and survival blogger Jim Rawles. “I have a three-year supply.” Rawles lives on a self-sufficient ranch in an undisclosed location. “I’m known as someone equipped to survive the apocalypse,” he says. “So if that day comes, I don’t want 1,000 people arriving, looking for a leader.” We’ll make do with his essential tips, then. survivalblog.com
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1Tool up“Learn a martial art like Krav Maga, and how to use the best weapons
available. In the States, I have a lifetime supply of gun ammunition. But if guns aren’t easy to come by, then aim for an air rifle, a simple recurve bow, a survival knife (I’d go for a tanto, a Japanese samurai blade) or even flares.”
3Get out of Dodge“When full-scale disaster strikes, the city is the last place to be.
Because of the volume of a year’s worth of food, it’s important to pre-plan. Stay with country cousins, or rent storage space. If you’re lucky enough to have a holiday cottage, hide your supplies so it doesn’t get cleaned out. When social collapse is imminent, having a well-stocked rural retreat is the only sensible option.”
5Get into a pickle“Storing food without power can be tough. In hot climates you can dry
as much food as you like with no electricity. But elsewhere you’ll need other low-energy techniques to prevent decay. Pickle food, make sauerkraut or use lye to cure fish, called lutefisk, like the Norwegians. But be warned; it’s an acquired taste.”
4Stay in touch“Equipment isn’t nearly as important as a trustworthy
friend. But choose friends wisely—pick doers, not talkers. Get a ham radio license to communicate over long distances. You can buy a walkie-talkie-sized, multi-band transceiver cheaply, and the ham radio repeater network should stay up, as many of the devices are now solar-powered.”
2Be prepared“Always have a neutral-colored backpack filled with outdoor
clothes of a similar color ready to go. Don’t stand out. It should be light enough to carry all day, day after day. Also pack sleeping gear appropriate to the climate, and survival basics—from a fire starter and an LED flashlight to fishing and first-aid kits. A water filter is crucial.”
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What’s great about it: The Remote Engine Start System allows you to turn on the heating or air-con via remote control.
Who drives it: People who work hard but have nothing against luxury.nissanusa.com
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What’s great about it: Classic exterior, fresh interior. So much to love.
Who drives it: People who occasionally get their feet dirty.
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F O R D F O C U S R S
3 5 0 H P. 4 W D . M E N A C I N G A P P E A R A N C E . A N Y Q U E S T I O N S ?
What’s great about it: Supersport performance in a compact frame. Watch out, Ferrari!
Who drives it: Fans of rallying from all walks of life.ford.com
T R E N D 1 : F O U R - W H E E L D R I V E A S S T A N D A R D F O R C A R S I N
A L L C A T E G O R I E S
… POWERFUL
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N O W L O O K S L I K E A S C A L E D - D O W N V E R S I O N O F T H E S - C L A S S , T H A N K S T O A S W O O P Y N E W S H A P E
What’s great about it: The most stylish way to drive a small, classic Mercedes.
Who drives it: Star athletes who haven’t yet settled down.mbusa.com
A U D I R 8 C O U P E
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What’s great about it: Too much to list. Our favorite: the “virtual cockpit,” an all-digital instrument display.
Who drives it: Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini chasers.audiusa.com
H O N D A C I V I C S E D A N
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What’s great about it: Total comfort. Apple CarPlay, heated seats both front and rear and lots of stowage.
Who drives it: The quality-conscious: Kelley Blue Book gave the Civic its 2016 Best Buy Award.automobiles.honda.com
T R E N D 2 : T H E M O R E T I M E S P E N T I N T R A F F I C J A M S , T H E M O R E
I M P O R T A N T T H E Q U A L I T Y A N D C O M F O R T O F T H E C A R
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S U B A R U I M P R E Z A
1 4 8 H P. F O U R - O R F I V E - D O O R O P T I O N . T H E 4 W D P R O V I D E S P E R F E C T G R I P
What’s great about it: The unique charm and sound of the Impreza’s flat-four engine.
Who drives it: People who want to get out to the trailhead in comfort.subaru.com
H Y U N D A I E L A N T R A
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What’s great about it: Satellite radio, good legroom front and rear, and the best crash-test results, all for a reasonable price.
Who drives it: Cost-conscious families. The Value Edition has a load of extras thrown in for free!hyundaiusa.com
T R E N D 3 : L E S S I S S O M E T I M E S M O R E . C L E V E R O M I S S I O N S M E A N
I N T U I T I V E D R I V I N G
… INTELLIGENT
V W T I G U A N
T U R B O - C H A R G E D D I R E C T-I N J E C T I O N E N G I N E . 2 0 0 H P. 4 W D O R F R O N T- W H E E L D R I V E
What’s great about it: Smooth, powerful six-speed auto transmission; refined, quiet cabin.
Who drives it: People who must have the best of both worlds: half station wagon, half SUV.vw.com
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What’s great about it: It’s the hottest-looking car in its range, and the first with Wi-Fi as standard.
Who drives it: Europhiles—the Cruze is a close relative of the new Opel Astra.chevrolet.com
K I A S O U L
H I G H LY V E R S A T I L E . U N M I S T A K A B L E D E S I G N . 1 3 0 O R 1 6 4 H P
What’s great about it: You sit up high and get great visibility, but it’s not an SUV.
Who drives it: Party-rocking hamsters (according to the ad), and those not afraid to make a statement.kia.com
T R E N D 4 : T E C H N O L O G Y T H A T W A S O N C E R E S E R V E D F O R T H E L A R G E - C A R M A R K E T I S
N O W S T A N D A R D I N T H E C O M P A C T - C A R R A N G E
… INNOVATIVE
M A Z D A C X - 9
2 7 3 H P. 4 W D O R F R O N T- W H E E L D R I V E . C A N H O L D S E V E N I N T H R E E R O W S O F S E A T S
What’s great about it: It’s shorter and lighter than its predecessor and yet more spacious and luxurious.
Who drives it: Music lovers—the available Bose sound system has 10 speakers!mazdausa.com
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CAINEVILLE, UTAH, November 2002Photographer Sterling Lorence snapped this shot of Canadian mountain biker Darren Berrecloth—seen plunging down a 16-foot cliff in Utah—during the filming of the classic freeride video Kranked 5. “It’s one of the best air shots of my career,” says Lorence. “Darren only did this jump once.” instagram.com/dberrecloth
MAKES YOU FLY
“Even as a kid,I loved to play outside.”Freeride mountain biker Darren Berrecloth has always been a fan of outdoor playgrounds.
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