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“A LIFE IN SALT WATER IS A LIFE WORTH LIVING.”
FOUNDER & EDITOR Nathan Cleary FEATURES EDITOR Mathias Benninghoven DESIGN Nathan Cleary PUBLISHER wildzine.com ISSN 2055-7566
CONTRIBUTORS Alec Farmer Charlie Brophy Elle Kaye Jason Reposar Jay Adams Javier Campuzano Jean-Philippe Lebee Joe Harper Johnny Colbert Josh Love Mariano Wechsler Mathias Benninghoven Muff Customs Nathan Cleary Niall Walker Nina Hoogstraate Peter Illetschko Trakke Vicki Jones
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Editor’s Note I felt that after the second issue that it was time to take stock and reflect upon its success. As part of this creative process I decided that the magazine needed some fine tuning. The magazine will now display a new logo, a smaller typeface and use a new paper stock for both cover and contents. I have worked very hard to develop and implement a design that’s elegant, eye-catching and easy to navigate. I really hope you like what you see. In this issue we explore ‘Lifestyle’. The “Collins English Dictionary” defines “lifestyle” as a set of attitudes, habits or possessions associated with a particular person or group. I believe lifestlye is much more. Some of the most telling stories from this issue are about the journeys that people have made or are still making whilst engaged in their passion for their lifestyle. Our contributors and artists have really outdone themselves again. I need to say a huge thank you to all of them for their enthusiasm, patience and of course their awesome stories and images! I would also like to say a huge thank you to Mathias Benninghoven and Steve Cleary for helping me get this issue finished. I really hope you enjoy this issue as much as I have creating it and I hope this will inspire you to follow your own journey into a happier lifestyle. Enjoy!
- Nathan Cleary, Founder & Editor of Wildland Magazine
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FRONT COVER Jean-Philippe Lebee
06 MUF F Jo e H a r p e r N a th a n C l e ar y Jo s h Lo v e
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INT ER V IEW: VIC KI J O NES Na t ha n C l ea r y Vi ck i J o nes
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I N T ERV IE W: JAY A DA M S Ja s o n Re p o s ar N in a H oo g s t raate Ja y Adam s
P R ES ER V AT IO N Jo hnny Co l b er t E l l e Ka ye Ma t hi a s B enni ngho ven
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T R AK K E N ia ll Wal ke r Ma th ia s B e n n i n g h o v e n Ale c F a r m e r
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RE AR COVER Johnny Colber t
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B2B JOG A CA P O E I R A Ja vie r C am p u z an o Ma r ia n o We c h s l e r P e te r I llet s c h ko
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MOTH ER I N D I A Ch a r lie B ro p hy
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SAL A AM A L A I KU M N in a H oo g s t raate
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INSIDE COVER Joe Harper
HACKNEY WICK , LONDON PHOTOGR APHY BY JOE HARPER WORDS BY NATHAN CLE ARY & JOSH LOVE
Muff Customs is a workshop and cafe dedicated to bespoke motorcycles as well as great food and drinks in the heart of Hackney Wick, London. They produce roaring traffic-beating machines for London roads that will challenge you to an adventure in the dirt and still be a pleasure to ride to the shops. Besides everything two-wheeled and noisy, Muff draws its customers with their own signature coffee roast, a selection of handmade cakes and pastries and eventually a good after-work brew to drown those mechanically induced sorrows. I caught up with founder Josh Love, who gave me a further insight into the workings of his company.
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Tell us about yourself. Where are you from, what do you do for fun, and what’s your role at Muff? I’m Josh. Beside the occasional field bike I didn’t have much of a bike fetish until I came to London about ten years ago. I’ve been building bikes that whole time, starting with scrappy scramblers that were barely road legal to the finely polished bikes we do now. I’d love to say I still build scrappy stuff for fun but my times pretty finely divided between the workshop and cafe. How did the brand start? As with all good things it started in the pub as a joke but kind of stuck when we got a bit more serious about starting up. The party line is that muff is short for muffler but it’s also been said to be the name of my first dog in situations where a sob story is needed to convince people. What sets your cafe apart from others? We just had the cafe listed in the London coffee guide and they said it best; like our bikes, uniqueness isn’t something we’ve had to work for (massive paraphrasing). There’s set to be an explosion of custom motorbike places in London over the next couple years. We wanted to hit the ground running and get there first and now be the bar of quality others have to beat. Did you always envision Muff going into the cafe business, or has this just developed itself along the way? We think of them as one and the same: the cafe, bikes and workshop. Muff came about to be both a cafe and workshop. Bike garages aren’t always inviting places to just hang out in, unless your about to drop a couple hundred no ones interested. The cafe gives you a place to spend a couple quid in the afternoon, surrounded by the bikes, people and carefully selected stuff, and our coffee’s damn good.