Outpost Visuals Issue 1

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A Taste of Freedom In search of a bit of chill time, curls, brews and to see if one can truly taste freedom with every turn.

Dots or lines for shading in fine line or ballpoint pens is typically my style.

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Not actually named Harold, not even an Uncle but very handy at drawing and well equipped with worlds.

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Contributors

Tour essentials, inspirations to favourite burger joins an insight into Haan 808, someone to keep an eye on.

Sophie Parker Tim Derig Molly Fryer Haan 808 Benny Thomas Sam Christmas Jared Tinetti Hannah Minty Rowen Baker Joe Hinckes Jerome Burton Josh Bradshaw

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We’d have 120-140 all on choppers or Harleys, mostly old stuff, all radical stuff. We’d go everywhere and make a bit of an entrance.

Honourable Mention James Minty

Contributing Editors

Berlin Braves There is just something about an unplanned trip, a trip with only a location and nothing else.

Bridie Wilson Connor Adams

Editor-In-Chief Guy Jansen

36 Joe Hinckes An in site into one of Birmingham’s talented fine art students over a coffee.

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For any information about contributing or advertising please email, guyjansen@outpostvisual.com

How do you describe your style of drawing?

Dots or lines for shading in fine line or ballpoint pens is typically my style. I would say my style is all about detail, I love highly detailed work and that’s what I’m always aiming for with my pieces.

Top three people who inspire me?

Cj Hendry, her large scale pen drawings are absolutely insane. Love everything about her work, she’s incredibly talented.

Pari Corbitt, he is a very talented tattoo artist. The ballpoint pen drawings he creates are utterly amazing and I’d love to be at that skill level one day. As a group of people, early century medical illustrators.

I’m constantly flipping through my anatomy books looking for inspiration and it never fails.

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A Taste Of

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Freedom Here’s a yarn about a surf mission in the deep south of New Zealand.

One of the more note worthy adventures from this year. I was in search of a bit of chill time and to catch a few curls.

Words Tim Derig • Photos Tim Derig & Molly Fryer Location • South Island, New Zealand

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I had a week up my sleeve, which for me meant doing what I can’t do in any old weekend, so I decided to take my MK1 escort for a mission to a spot that looked to have some waves working in the coming days.

This would be the longest drive I’d done in the van since I bought her down from the North Island a few years back, which had its ups and downs, but that’s a story for another day.

Waves were likely, it was the van making it on this journey there and back again I was a little worried about. I was glad to have time on my side if I was to encounter any setbacks.

After a morning of getting the escort somewhat roadworthy I loaded the bare essentials in the back and hit the road South with visions of a nice long right hander.

The old engine hummed along mint and with fortune on my side I made it to Waikouaiti in good time where I parked up and waited for a couple of friends who were in like mind.

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With a few flashing lights and a bit of banter out the window we carried on in our now convoy to hunt out a suitable location to post up.

Mission accomplished! With the vans side by side backing onto the estuary, even in the dark there was the definite sound of a good swell as we had a feed and then a kip.

At first light, from the comfort of the sleeping bag, I popped my head out of the van door to check the bar. Looked nice, although the tide needed to drop a little before it was worthy of a plunge into the South Pacific Ocean. So back to sleep I went.

After a morning cook up, and a wonder through the local settlement, it was time to get amongst it.

Waves were definitely smaller than anticipated although the set up was unreal, sand bar to point with a wave that ran top to bottom allowing plenty of sliding time.

With a brisk paddle across the river mouth accompanied by my long time adventure bro Alex, we walked up the bar as far as possible before it was time to get wet again then paddled out until we got to the warm salt water... And the peak.

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It took awhile for us to get used to the waves, all with their differences. This one had a few sneaky sections, however, it walled up for what seemed like forever.

Nothing like riding waves until you hit the sand.

With some fun sized curls coming through, Alex and I shared boards along with a couple of waves, chopping and changing down the line. Once our limbs were numb and our bodies spent, it was time to take a wave in and sink a tin or two. That afternoon we had some down time so we checked the back beach and explored an old Maori Pa site.

We carried on with this set up for another day while the swell stuck around. Surf, eat, sleep, repeat. A slice of heaven.

I was keen to explore the area a bit more so after a friendly local jump started the van, we were off. Driving through a few beaches and exploring the back roads we ended up setting camp in a dinky rural camp ground not to far from where we had first set off.

It had very much been a rad time. It’s always nice to hit that slow pace, now cruising through Oamaru and following the beautiful coast up north to Christchurch, the van had taken on my carelessness for time.

About an hour’s drive South of home I was kicked back into reality about as quick as I’d dropped into a wave that morning. The old girl decided to give up on me. Sat in the middle of the Rakaia bridge (which happens to be the longest and narrowest bridge in the South Island) with no power and traffic stacked up behind me, I was stuffed.

By the look of it we were the only ones staying the night which was perfect!

Sadly the swell had mostly gone at the bar so we decided to get the low volume boards out and get amongst the back beach’s nuggety sets. It was mint to get the hit of a few heavy take off ’s and some punchy short rides, although it was nothing like that seemingly never ending wall from the days before.

I had definitely had my fill of waves, the body was tired, my mind relaxed. It was time to pack up camp, load up the van, and make sure she’s ready for the long haul home. Uncertain of how the drive back up North would play out with the continuous changing in the water, I thought it time to push on.

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Lucky a chap a few cars back offered to tow me across the rest of the bridge. Once safely on the other side the bonnet was popped and it was time to find out what had gone horribly wrong. The carb pump which was attached to the accelerator cable was squirting fuel, so with the help of Alex and some kiwi ingenuity, I did a shotty mod job and it seemed to work. After she had cooled down she spluttered into life. As I sat in the slow lane back to Christchurch I reminisced on the waves we had caught, a taste of freedom at every turn. The mind racing to plan another trip for the next big swell.

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HAAN 808 INTERVIEW

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At what age did you get your first gig and where was it?

I was around 15/16 years old. I opened of Kaytranada in Christchurch at a place called Dux Live.

Where you Djing before producing? Can you tell us a little bit about getting into producing?

I was a producer/ musician long before I ever was getting into DJing/ performing. I was introduced to producing when I was 10 years old from my older brother because he saw I had an interest in music etc and he bought me a 2 octave midi keyboard and a korg beat pad for my 10th/11th birthday and ever since then I have never stopped writing.

Who are you what do you do and where are you currently living?

I’m a south Asian / European / Middle Eastern brown boy living in Auckland studying product design and fine arts as I take on my music career

What is the best environment for you to create your sound?

How would you describe your the type of music you make

I’d probably say in my own room or a silent studio with like not a lot of people in it. Ideally in a small room with no one but me.

Well it’s influenced by a lot of things. I listen to a lot of heavy metal as well as funk, house and jazz.

I would just say is mainly alternative hip hop. Very hip hop influenced still but very electronic.

Tell us your daily essentials vs the essentials you need on tour.

List some of your most favourite moments in your musical career so far?

Daily essentials: -Wallet -Keys -Laptop -Notepad -Sun glasses

There are so many. There are so many goals I had as a kid that I got to tick off, I’d say maybe..

The moment I debut at my first ever show in LA two years back.

Opening for Diplo then releasing my music through his label (Mad Decent) Performing alongside my idols/ Furness at the same festivals Being in the same studio and writing with Young Thug and other rappers like him Just general recognition on the streets sometimes from fans or people showing me love in my home towns

On tour: -Water bottle -Laptop -Small 2octave keyboard for writing on the road -Notepad -Comic books -Vitamin C tablets -Own white towel -At least 3 to 4 USB’s -Extra pair of sewing glasses

The list could go on tbh, super grateful

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Top 3 people who inspire you?

Top three people would be: Sango (musician) My older brother 9th wonder (musician) Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

I see myself doing the same thing how ever on a much larger playing field and dealing with people I can only dreamt of in terms of my music career and also ideally either living in Canada or Los Angeles.

Favourite burger joint?

At the moment Burger Burger in Auckland. Or around an tour you can’t go wrong with a classic Big Mac.

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Photos - Jared Tinetti

Benny Thomas Founder of Mutt Motorcycles

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At the end of summer, I had the chance to sit down with the founder of Mutt Motorcycles situated in Digbeth Birmingham. Our conversation started with what I thought was the most interesting, his history. Talking about when he first fell in love with motorcycles what inspired him to build his own motorcycles than to what challenges he experiences along the way.

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A little bit yeah, I was quite a sort of hands-on bloke anyway the first one I built, fucking hell, I had loads of issues. I bought a frame from this crazy little place called Trevs Customs in Coventry.

It was a little chopper shop. There was no internet, you just found a little advert somewhere - I found No, no, not at all, my family hated motorbikes, they this little chopper shop. This bloke Trev, lived in a were really anti them wouldn’t let me have them. I little caravan on a yard somewhere, a ramshackle grew up in Wolverhampton. There was a big club thing and he happened to have this CB Honda there, so you’d see loads about, sort of floating hard frame, so I bought that and taught myself to around. The bikes I’ve always been into myself weld. I say weld but (laughs) it was probably really are choppers. I got into choppers at quite an early bad then, I put this bike back together. So hand age. So yeah, no family influence. No brothers into painted all the flames my self. bikes, so…

Diving into it all, what was your entry into motorbikes? Did your dad have a motorbike, did you grow up in the scene.

How long did that first bike last before you had to build another one.

What was your first bike?

The first one I built was a Honda CB 550, it was a rigid frame - so traditional chopper, mustang tank and flames on it and stuff, skinny wheels.

About 3 weeks. (laughs) I just got obsessed with them then. I bought a 650 project which is a chopper again. I suppose it was a late 70s early 80s style chopper then. I was 17 I guess 18. So yeah I used to buy stuff like that, used to get the bargain pages from for sale ads in the old mags like Backstreet Heroes. You would go through them ring them

Your first bike, you literally went straight into building. Did you have a mechanical background beforehand?

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up and find out about it. People would post you pictures and then you would go and look at them.

Buying a few projects, restyling them basically and stuff like that.

different skills. I was making stuff. I bought a little mig-welder at the time, so I could do stuff like that.

I do the major bits with engines, but I still can’t wire a fucking bike, I’m terrible. Wires are full of smoke… and if the smoke leaks out… you are in trouble. So we all helped each other out. Some lads can paint etc.

The riding scene then, what was it like getting into? Did a lot of your friends have bikes.

At what point did it get a bit more serious and you considered making a They started to get them, it was a bit of a funny time for me because the people then used to see on living from this? those kinds of bikes, the choppers.

It was a bit past the 70s, but the only people who rode choppers and stuff were all in my immediate circle were all bad asses, you know quite intimidating blokes, you didn’t get cool young lads riding them. For me, I was like a young kid from a different sort of scene. My family had a nice background. I certainly never classed myself as a badass I was a young pretty boy getting into it, there didn’t seem to be that many people around.

This was pre the back wheel craze. Quite a few of my mates had them.

I wasn’t really. I was just like you, I just didn’t care, I did various stuff like boat yards and building sites, labourers, roofers, stuff like that. I just worked when I wanted to and when I needed to, it wasn’t anything serious.

When did you open your first shop?

We had a garage at home and we outgrew it and then I rented a little unit somewhere for our own stuff. Then people came in asking to do stuff.

I never set out to start a custom bike business it just happened and happened, and we moved from a bigger place to a bigger place till when we were building quite a high-end wicked Harleys and stuff.

At what point did you start building for someone else.

We used to do it anyway, so all people have

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The growth was organic, but were you showing your bikes in shows or going to the shows.

Yes, we used to do the shows and stuff. There were certain shows that we didn’t go to that weren’t really our thing, and then there was a bit Hot Rod crossover thing that started happening. Then there were things like the Hot Rod Hay Ride and a lot of the ones in Stratford which now is all shut down the Hot Rod drags and stuff like that. We used to

go to them and that’s when, for me, that’s when the older, traditional style started growing a bit more.

You know the TripOut, it’s a big show in the UK that a friend of mine organises - a good friend of mine - and that’s just geared towards stuff like this: traditional Harleys, traditional customs. So yeah, we went to the shows, built a lot of bikes and got a load of magazine features for the ones we built.

At the TripOut they’d give away bikes so we’d build the bikes for that, as well. The first ones to build

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bikes to give away there so it was quiet … they were really good times, we built a load of really cool bikes.

How long did Bone Shakers last before now becoming Mutt and where there multiple stores?

Bone Shakers ran for 15-16 years, really. So that was the main one I had and that moved around - I had various premises if you like, but it was just under that one brand. We did t-shirts and stuff and that’s how I came into meeting Will my now business partner, really.

Did you ever do trips or touring on your bike?

We’d go everywhere on them. A lot of my mates - it’s one thing to have the time which I haven’t got now, but mates of mine ride all over Europe on them, It’s crazy. Yeah, we’d go to all the dos all over the UK. We’d have 120-140 all on choppers or Harleys, mostly old stuff, all radical stuff. We’d go everywhere and make a bit of an entrance!

What are your influences?

My view of bikes as vehicular design is that everyone lost there way.

You know in the 70s, and I know that’s really a broad statement to make, and I know why things were made and why modern cars look the way they do, I understand all that, but its not for me and what fascinates me with the heyday of vehicular design, you know when people were still doing stuff and coming up with different ideas which were super basic, so to me a motorcycle to me should have conventional forks spoke wheels, a tubular frame, shocks, that’s how a motorcycle should look to me, or a rigid frame. So that’s what I do really. To me its nothing super clever. Your Birmingham Triumphs, your BSA, new Imperials. What I’m doing really is an up to date version of them. I don’t want to build a bike that is all smoothed out or jelly moulded.

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Phototography - Guy Jansen

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There is just something about an unplanned trip, a trip with only a location and nothing else.

It didn’t take weeks of planning and itinerary placing us left right and centre it came from a simple question..”Where do you want to go?”

Followed by an even simpler answer of “fuck knows will see what the vibe is”. A trip with this much expert planning, only a few could handle.

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After checking in to our Air Bnb what was to unfold was unforgettable weekend of abandoned inner city airports to late night burgers and beers. Navigating the Hauptbahnhof - Lehrther Bahnhof out to an ex America spy base followed by a swim at a nudest lake hidden away in a forest.

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Apartment block, Kottbusser Tor

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Forgotten transport, Teufelsbergv

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Sometimes doing as the locals do will give you something you wouldn’t have expected at all. Hidden away cafÊs local bars and parks that offer more that just a relaxing space to sit down and have a beer.

This trip brought us closer as a group and made memories that will last a life time.

Until the next adventure.

Phototography - Guy Jansen, Rowan Baker & Hannah Minty

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Joe Hinckes Interview

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I had the chance to sit down for a coffee and conversate with a very talented artist from Birmingham, England.

How old are you, where are you from and when did you start getting involved in art?

I’ 23 years old from Birmingham, I can’t remember a point in my life where I’ve not done art. As much as I’ve tried to venture out into other paths of creativity, it has always led me back to drawing some way or another. I think I’ve always known this is what I’ve wanted.

We meet through a friend who he was working on a commissioned piece for.

How would you describe your art?

I can vary depending on it’s intended cause. If it’s for myself, its expressive and gestural. The imagery can be ominous and solemn, especially when I’m using charcoal. However, when I’m doodling or drawing for a commission in ink, its very neat and controlled.

Who were your influences growing up?

I love figurative artwork, so the first person that comes to mind is Quentin Blake.

I found out about Alex Pardee in high school and that totally changed my outlook on the type of work I wanted to produce. He is probably my biggest influence. And like a whole bunch of art students, I really admire Francis Bacon What was the turning point when you went “fuck I’m not to bad at this”

Super cliché, but I still find it hard to say “I’m good at art” because I always want to improve.

I kind of run with it because it’s what I enjoy doing.

I suppose when I was about 8/9 years old I got sent to my headmaster because I drew a frog that my teacher really liked... Was quite encouraging at that age haha!

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get caught up in all.

What other aspects in your life influence your art?

A whole bunch of different things Comedy, music, film, my family and friends Not talking a whole lot and listening/people watching really fuel what I try to address in my practice.

How have you noticed skateboarding / the culture of skateboarding has influenced your outlook to art.

Where to begin? Some of my favourite artists are skaters? Ed Templeton and Jason Dill’s work within skateboarding and in their own personal projects. It is so inspiring I feel like skaters have such a direct vision of what they like. Being involved in a such a culture can make you very opinionated. I also feel that drives the creative side of skating to produce some really amazing stuff!

I have dabbled around with using skateboards as a medium to display artwork on, as many people have!

Even my vision has changed thanks to skateboarding, from analysing board graphics to looking at architecture and shapes around me to influence my work.

Where do you see your self in 5 years time?

I want to be better at drawing.

I also want to have my own creative project where I can sell my artwork preferably on clothing Hopefully I’m a little healthier and back on my board Perhaps pick up surfing too?

Favourite snack?

I love fruit. Things you can graze on. Berries and grapes. Stuff like that.

Watermelon?

Wait...

No Toast.

Good go to.

I kind of want to have produced an actual painting that I’m semi proud of. I don’t paint a whole bunch so that would something I’d like to have achieved.

One artist you would love to collaborate with?

One thing you cannot live without?

Alex Pardee for sure.

My vision and hearing. A lot of what I love revolves around that. Deep. But true.

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Everybody looks, but nobody sees.

By Josh Bradshaw (Uncle Harold).

That Painting you did.

Everybody looks, but nobody sees.

That photo you shot.

Everybody looks, but nobody sees.

That poem you wrote.

Everybody looks, but nobody sees.

That song you played.

Everybody looks, but nobody sees.

Nobody sees the scrap bin of failed attempts.

Nobody sees the 3am finish on an 18 hour day.

Nobody sees the bloodshot eyes of extended concentration.

Nobody sees the sleepless nights wrestling with thoughts and ideas.

Nobody sees you skipping out on groceries so you can afford the materials you need.

Nobody sees the frustration of not quite having the right tools for the job ever.

Nobody sees the back and forth with sponsors, companies and organisers.

Nobody sees the stress of a $12 bank balance with rent due in 2 days.

Nobody sees the anxiety and stress that comes with being put on public display.

But then it’s show time.

Everybody looks.

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Well, the ones that show up do anyway.

They look for the free drinks.

They look at the work for a few seconds and move on.

They pull apart the work picking out their favourite parts and discarding the rest.

They look again for the free drinks that aren’t up to their standards.

They looked, they consumed, they left.

All of that unseen effort, just to be looked at but not actually cared about.

But you know who does care?

You. That’s why you do it.

Even though it feels like you are banging your head against a brick wall sometimes.

Even though you know no one will care.

You care.

You love it.

You won’t stop painting those paintings, writing those poems,shooting those photos and playing those songs, and maybe, just maybe one day someone will care.

Maybe one person will stop and look and actually see.

Words by: Josh Bradshaw (Uncle Harold).

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The story begins with the people around me, Josh Bradshaw, Michael McCaw, Matt Andrews and Dan Baxter.

A group of guys that shares the same outlook on life and where they want to go even if it’s not the same direction creatively.

These guys have been the ones to keep myself and each other in check so we don’t stray off the

path we have set. They are sometimes brutally honest and make you get your shit done (Josh).

The people I can spend for hours talking about life, goals and how to achieve my dreams (Matt). An eye for details and an unbelievably creative mind (Michael) and when he finally fucking decides to check his messages on his phone and then takes a week to reply because he’s a man who 55

takes on a million projects at once (Dan) I can always count on him to come through at the last minute.

If it wasn’t for this bunch of misfits I wouldn’t be where I am today.

OutPost is not just myself, OutPost represents the people close to me, the creative movements we all make.

Now go and create something you have always wanted to create.

Don’t worry about about what anyone will think or say. Don’t worry how long it will take you. Just do it.

You do you.