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Red Bull Air Race pilots Kirby Chambliss (front), Nicolas Ivanoff (middle) and Matthias Dolderer set out to transport their planes to Las Vegas for the last race of the season. But then, above the Utah desert, their aerobatics genes kicked in. The result? A formation flight with all three in a tilted position. Season highlights: redbullairrace.com
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Aniol Serrasolses grew up in Catalonia, a region not known for its kayaking spots. So he invested every last penny he had in traveling to the world’s wildest waters. Serrasolses became a kayaking icon in 2015 when he took the first-ever plunge down Canada’s 115-foot-high Keyhole Falls—so, for the seasoned paddler, this 50-foot drop in Iceland constitutes a nice thrill on the side. Splashy tweets: twitter.com/aniol10
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KEMER, TURKEY PHOTO: LUKASZ NAZDRACZEW Red Bull Sea to Sky lures the world’s dirt-bike elite to the Turkish Riviera each year. Though the race is billed as “the most enjoyable extreme enduro,” relaxation isn’t on the menu. Instead it’s a three-day grind across pebble beaches and through wooded trails up to the 7,545-foot Mount Olympos. This year, Britain’s Graham Jarvis emerged victorious. Video highlights: redbullseatosky.com
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ELON MUSK Taking the human race to Mars
“It would be pretty cool to die on Mars someday, just not on impact.” When a man like Elon Musk—the South African–born entrepreneur who became a dot-com billionaire in the U.S. via a little idea by the name of PayPal—says something like that, you know he sees it as a genuine possibility. While he has one eye on space, Musk is also concerned with saving planet Earth on the back of the American Dream, setting up one successful company after another. In 2003, he invested in Tesla Motors, the electric-car manufacturer; he’s now the CEO and product architect. Musk is also chairman of the company SolarCity, which 24
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THE VOID Making virtual reality
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An astronaut making repairs to the exterior of the International Space Station for the first time will have practiced every possible maneuver thousands of times at NASA’s Virtual Reality Lab. The technology does its job very nicely and is constantly improving. So why, video gamers of this world have been asking for years, is there still no equally sensational virtual reality game available? Their prayers might finally be answered in 2016, thanks to Ken Bretschneider, Curtis Hickman and James Jensen. This summer, the three American entrepreneurs hope to open The Void, a huge indoor amusement park where non-astronauts will be able to explore fabulous landscapes, eerie buildings and extraterrestrial spaceships, using VR goggles with a 180° field of vision and a special suit that can make it feel like you’re walking through long grass, rain is falling on your skin or 20 tarantulas are crawling up your back. In actual fact, the gamers will be poking their way around a labyrinth of gray, shifting walls that they can touch but on which they’ll see computer-generated images. The Void is currently 26
being built in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Half an hour of fun will cost around $30. So is this it? Will The Void finally bring about the breakthrough in virtual reality that we’ve been waiting for since, er, the wired glove of the 1990s? Perhaps. Meanwhile, the developers at Oculus—now a division of Facebook—are also working feverishly on a virtual gaming universe. And it’s likely that, before long, augmented reality will make its way into our everyday lives—and not only for entertainment purposes. Software giant Microsoft has already presented its HoloLens—augmented-reality glasses that could, for instance, help the handyman of the future with repairs around the house by virtually demonstrating the process of changing a pipe. From there, the next technological leap seems all too obvious. But before the day comes when virtual reality is brought directly to your contact lenses, we’ve got a few more levels to conquer at The Void, in headsets that make us look like giant bugs.
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4 NUCLEAR WASTE Working for us, not against us
There’s one thing we know for sure: Doc Brown was wrong—you can’t travel through time with radioactive plutonium. Which is a shame. But we can still use deadly radioactive material to save the world, as three young geniuses have proved. Taylor Wilson, now 21, built a small-scale nuclear-fusion reactor in his parents’ garage when he was 14. He has since been tinkering with plans for nuclearfission power stations, which would solve the problem of radioactive waste rather than contribute to it. Two MIT graduates, Leslie Dewan, 31, and Mark Massie, 29, are forging similar plans. They too have designed a next-generation nuclear reactor—on paper, at least. All three want to solve one of humanity’s most pressing problems. Dewan and Massie’s molten-salt reactors could use the highly radioactive waste from regular nuclear power stations as a source of energy to produce electricity with an efficiency level of 98 percent. And if that doesn’t work, we’ll be dusting off Doc Brown’s time machine again. Instead of burying waste for the next 100,000 years, turning it into electricity seems a tad better an idea.
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DAVE ASPREY Fine-tuning our biological makeup
This 43-year-old is basically a pop star to the global community of roughly 100,000 ambitious biohackers—that is, people who make sometimes drastic changes to their own bodies with the aim of improving them or even adding superhuman abilities, such as using eye drops that help you see in absolute darkness. Asprey has come up with a somewhat less invasive, though no less effective, hack for his own life. He drinks a special coffee each morning, adding a knob of butter along with some coconut oil extract. Allegedly, this unusual brew increases your productivity and intelligence.
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POLYAMORY Our love lives are set to become more exciting
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Why stick to one relationship when you can have two? Or three? Or more? Increasingly large numbers of couples are opting to ditch monogamy in favor of polyamory —meaning “many loves”—which allows them to enjoy several relationships at a time with the full consent of all concerned. Though there has been no major study on the subject, a conservative estimate is that 5 percent of Americans have permission to find love of all kinds with people other than their primary partner. The trend isn’t limited to the U.S.: In China, a prominent economics professor recently advocated polyamory as a solution to the country’s surplus of men. And in Brazil in November 2015, three women were joined in a polyamorous civil union. But San Francisco remains the spiritual home of polyamory, and it seems it’s no accident that the birthplace of the term itself back in the 1990s is also a global tech mecca. “With the advent of connected mobile devices and the Internet, we’ve entered into the era I’ve dubbed Big Dating,” designer We don’t know what Cara Delevingne thinks of polyamory. But one thing’s for sure: When it comes to Cara Delevingne, we’re absolutely polyamorous.
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RAÚL DE ANDA AND JOSÉ MEDINA Promoting unreasonable
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projects around the world to free us all from the tyranny of conformity
We’ve tried being reasonable for decades. Take development aid, for example. Millions of people donate billions of dollars to the poorer nations of the world, but the money is often frittered away with no discernible effect. Which is why Raúl de Anda and José Medina are taking a completely different approach to social improvement. The two founders of Unreasonable Mexico select people with “impossible” ideas, allocate them mentors with an entrepreneurial background and convince investors to finance these bold schemes. Successful, profitable projects include Eneza Education, which improves student learning in rural parts of Africa via smartphones; Solidarium, an online marketplace for Brazilian artisans; and Girl Effect Accelerator, where young women from poor backgrounds can receive training to set up their own businesses. “We have to be superheroes because the world needs us,” explains de Anda, whose business incubator is just one branch of the global Unreasonable Institute. Their credo: It’s always been the lateral thinkers, the outsiders and the “mad” scientists who have changed the world for the better, rather than the conformists, the accountants or the pen pushers. The name of the institute harks back to a famous aphorism from the pen of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, who wrote, “All progress depends on the unreasonable man.” Or, as the late Apple boss Steve Jobs put it in his legendary Think Different campaign: “Here’s to the crazy ones!” THE RED BULLETIN
ANGRY BIRDS Heralding a new era of violent,
mobile-game-based films that are bad for children Even the biggest Angry Birds addicts will have to stop playing and switch their handset off to watch The Angry Birds Movie.
May 20, 2016, could be a date that changes Hollywood. That’s the day when The Angry Birds Movie, the first blockbuster based on a mobile game, opens in theaters. We can be fairly confident that the film will be a blockbuster; an unbelievable 2 billion people have downloaded the game, so just a small fraction of that number would guarantee success at the box office. And if those angry little birdies reach impressive heights on what is traditionally the best opening weekend on the film calendar, we can expect further mobile-game-based films to follow hot on their tail feathers. The scripts for Fruit Ninja, Doodle Jump and Candy Crush Saga are no doubt already taking up space on Hollywood hard drives.
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It takes 4,200 gallons of shower and bathwater, several pounds of soap and anywhere between three and six bottles of shampoo and shower gel to keep the average European adult clean for a year. Or so we think. According to chemical engineer David Whitlock, who trained at the esteemed and credible institution known as MIT, such excess isn’t necessary. Whitlock and his start-up, AOBiome, have developed a spray that he says will make showering redundant. Whitlock readily admits that he last took a shower at some point in the late ’90s. Since then, he has THE RED BULLETIN
let something else do the cleaning: the legions of bacteria that live on his skin. The star of the spray can is Nitrosomonas eutropha, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium that normally lives in the soil beneath our feet. Each of these rod- or pear-shaped bacteria is typically two micrometers long, meaning 500 of them laid end to end would measure just 1mm in length. Whitlock says you should use the bacterial spray twice a day. Billions of these little bacteria then settle on the skin and start working wonders. As Whitlock explains, before people began to shower on an almost daily basis and wash their hands with soap at every opportunity, these cleansing bacteria would have felt right at home on our skin. They would also have brought about cleanliness in a natural way by eroding our sweat. What we see as hygiene and cleanliness today has no doubt curbed many severe, infectious diseases over the last two centuries. Yet, according to Whitlock, excessive hygiene also brings allergies and opens the door to other pathogens, which, in the past, would have been fended off by friendly bacteria such as the “nitro.� Whitlock has demonstrated that the presence of ammoniaoxidizing bacteria on the skin curbs inflammation and irritation and strengthens the immune system. An adult human carries around approximately 100 trillion good bacteria, which can weigh up to 4.5 pounds in total. Most live in our intestines where they do indispensable digestive work, and we all now know that we can support these invisible friends of ours by eating foods such as probiotic yogurt. Whitlock is convinced that our skin bacteria will soon experience the same steep rise in popularity with the general public as their intestinal cousins. His spray, which retails under the name Mother Dirt, should give us the same healthy skin microbiome our unwashed ancestors had. Dirty is the new clean.
It seems 2016 is the year your skin will go organic, thanks to living micro-organisms that will happily graze on your dirt.
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TAYLOR SWIFT Turning sexists into feminists?
In the last five years, country music starlet Taylor Swift has blossomed into the world’s biggest pop artist, with the world now eating out of her manicured hands. Last year, even Apple succumbed to Swift’s power, making overnight changes to the way it pays artists on its music streaming service so as not to annoy her. She has adorned the cover of some of the world’s most influential magazines, from Vanity Fair to Time. One publication she hasn’t posed for is Playboy—no surprise given that the star very publicly embraced feminism in 2015. Rumor has it the men’s magazine would love to feature the Queen of Pop on the front of its March issue and even made her an offer that would break with 62 years of magazine tradition: She could be the first woman to adorn the cover fully clothed. With or without her, it will be an historic issue—from March onward, Playboy will no longer feature any (totally) naked women. Could this be the Swift influence at work again?
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If you’re a rich musician a couple of years from now, remember Taylor Swift. If it wasn’t for her, Apple would be getting all your money.
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LIVE TRACKING The tech is getting more
precise. And smaller. And it’ll soon be ubiquitous
10 LORETTA LYNCH Taking FIFA to task—and saving it in the process
Wait a minute . . . wouldn’t she be the perfect new FIFA president? Has anyone asked her? Can we nominate her?
In early 2015, the U.S. Attorney General almost single-handedly stormed the defenses of FIFA, the world’s largest and most powerful sports organization. What was required to bring to light the highly suspect conduct of various FIFA officials was for an unbiased woman to come off the bench. In May, Loretta Lynch had various high-ranking members of staff at soccer’s governing body arrested, precipitating the resignation of its scandalbeset president, Sepp Blatter. Two of Lynch’s strengths when conducting this investigation have been her distance from the soccer world and her unshakable willingness to tackle burning issues. Back in her days as a prosecutor, she blew the lid off several human-trafficking rings and took on corrupt Wall Street bankers and police. Her stance is axiomatic: “No individual is impervious to the law,” she says. “No corrupt organization is beyond its reach.” Lynch and her team are only at the beginning of their investigation. Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini have been suspended, but the process of reforming FIFA may prove problematic. The old powersthat-be won’t be willing to give up their authority easily. Quite a few more red cards will need to be handed out before FIFA regains the trust of soccer fans.
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How far mankind has come since the invention of the humble treadmill. From these bulky beginnings, fitness technology has become a whole lot more portable. With the present-day emphasis on tech being mobile, the latest gadgets have to tick a number of new boxes. They have to be, above all else, small, light and multipurpose. One of the smallest, lightest and cleverest new devices is The Dash by German firm Bragi. This stylish pair of wireless earphones plays music as you jog, cycle or even swim and features a miniature tracking device that plots your physical activity, along with a thermometer, motion sensor and optical sensor. The Dash gives us a taste of what we can expect in the coming year when it comes to live tracking, namely the premature end of tracking bracelets and the rise of everyday items equipped with sensors.
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Turns out your life needn’t take up all that much space. Almost everything you need to know fits into this tiny little device from Bragi.
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Take a deep breath and crunch away. The reward is a greater variety of tastes. (There are around 11,000 types of grasshopper alone.)
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INSECTS Minibeasts are the meat of the future (as long as the menus of the future don’t include photos)
Some people simply see them as bugs, but others believe that in the future they’ll be our most important source of protein. Like chickens, sheep and cows, insects produce high-value protein from plant-based nutrients—but they do it in a much more cost-efficient way. Producing 2 pounds of meat currently requires up to 29 pounds of animal feed. With insects, you can produce the same amount of protein with as little as 3.7 pounds. Eating creepy-crawlies may not appeal to all palates right now, but it’s all just a question of habit. Beetle larvae were a delicacy in ancient Rome, and in many parts of the world, grasshoppers and mealworms are seen as a nutritious snack. The U.N. predicts that in 20 years’ time, a 10th of the world’s protein could be sourced from insects, most likely dried. Mealworm flour is very versatile, and New York start-up Exo is already making protein snacks from ground crickets. In the meantime, who’s for Mexican-grasshopper tacos or Thaistyle fried water-scavenger beetles? Famous chefs such as René Redzepi and David Faure have had insects on the menu for some time. Also, biotech artist Katharina Unger has developed an insect farm that allows you to breed delicious black soldier fly larvae at home. And let’s not forget those crispy-fried honeypot ants. Delicious.
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GRAPHENE It’s the material of the
future. But that future is still some way off
A single layer of atoms: This is what tech researchers imagine the future will look like.
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MEGAN ELLISON The Hollywood producer
turning brave filmmaking into box-office success
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Until as recently as two years ago, Megan Ellison was chiefly seen as a businessman’s daughter: Her dad is Larry Ellison, software guru and the third-wealthiest man in America. Had it not been for her background, the 29-year-old might just be another college dropout dreaming of a movie career. But Ellison used her wealth to produce films—good films—and she’s now a key player in a cultural shift in Hollywood. While the major film studios have sought refuge in safe-bet remakes, prequels and sequels, the heiress has financed unusual, courageous cinema with medium budgets but big stars. Kathryn Bigelow’s boxoffice smash Zero Dark Thirty, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology epic The Master and Harmony Korine’s punk/Disney crossover Spring Breakers wouldn’t exist were it not for the young producer. Ellison doesn’t give interviews; she only communicates with the public via cat photos and snappy tweets. She knows what the future’s about. Ellison, the founder of Annapurna Pictures, is behind a variety of big-screen offerings, from Her to American Hustle.
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Scientists are calling graphene the miracle material that will revolutionize the tech industry. Why? Because this single layer of carbon atoms is incredibly light and thinner than any other material on the planet. Thanks to graphene, we’ll be able to fold away or roll up the displays and touch screens of the future. Microchips will become even smaller and 10,000 times faster than the chips we use today. There’s no doubt about it: The future belongs to graphene. But science is still looking for ways to mass-produce the stuff. When you consider that it usually takes about 40 years for any new material to get from the research lab to the market, it’s clear we’ll just have to sit back and watch as a little more time and money is plowed into it. After all, we only discovered graphene’s miraculous powers about 10 years ago.
15 For anyone born before 1990: The stuck-out tongue and winking eye emoji means “Welcome to the hellish irony of Generation Y!”
EMOJIS Adding color to our language
(if we’ve understood correctly)
APPLE INC.
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WHICH TRANSLATES AS: People the world over now communicate using emojis. It doesn’t matter if they’re happy, sad or deep in thought. Sadly, it’s sometimes pretty difficult to know what the emoji actually means. A dictionary would come in handy. But don’t overthink it, and don’t get confused. The main thing is to send the “pile-of-shit” emoji as often as you can. That’s just the sort of thing that makes us laugh around these parts. We’re told 2016 will see the arrival of several new emojis, like this hand. It means “Call me!” Perhaps that should have been the very first emoji.
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THE INTERNET OF THINGS Making everyday life simpler
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“If This Then That.” Linden Tibbets wants to revolutionize the Internet of Things with this simple phrase. The world around us increasingly consists of devices fitted out with smart, networked sensors, from your toy drone to the light switch on your aquarium, not to mention the apps downloaded onto your smartphone. Tibbets’ IFTTT platform hopes to make this never-ending stream of data manageable for each individual user, with the result that our digital lives become a little simpler, not more complicated. So IFTTT might connect two apps, for example, and
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automate their actions. Tibbets will thus make us a little less scared of what the Italian professor of philosophy Luciano Floridi is calling the “infosphere”—the not-toodistant future when our lives will be completely shaped by digital information and any action we perform will generate new pieces of information and interconnect them. Tibbets’ stroke of genius reminds us that we’ll never stop being active players in the infosphere. Your fridge now talks to your phone, and you can switch on the light while you’re in your car—the light in the house, that is.
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Today’s essential music makers tell the stories behind their beat: Fireside Chats on rbmaradio.com
FIRE TULTEPEC IS MEXICO’S FIREWORKS CAPITAL—AND WORDS: ANDREAS ROTTENSCHLAGER
A firework bull at the Feria Nacional de la Pirotecnia in Tultepec —Mexico’s largest pyrotechnic display.
STARTERS FOR NINE DAYS EACH YEAR, PYROTECHNICS RULE. PHOTOGRAPHY: FLORIAN RAINER
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THE HUB OF MEXICO’S FIREWORKS INDUSTRY IS A SMALL TOWN ON THE EDGE OF MEXICO CITY. FOR ONE WEEK EVERY YEAR, THE FACTORIES COMPETE FOR GLORY.
The pamplonada, or “running of the bulls,” begins with a daylong parade through town.
The festival’s March 8 kickoff date coincides with the celebration day of San Juan dos Dios, the patron saint of fireworks makers. For the climax, papier-mâché bulls (far left) are filled with fireworks (left) and paraded to the town’s main plaza, where tens of thousands watch them go up in flames.
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hen I read online about the Feria Nacional de la Pirotecnia in Tultepec, I was instantly fascinated,” says Viennese photographer Florian Rainer. “Tultepec is Mexico’s fireworks capital, and its residents make rockets and firecrackers for 120 million people. In the first week of March every year, the factory workers organize nine days of competitions and parades. It’s a festival for professional pyromaniacs. I had to go! “I flew to Mexico City in early March and took the first bus north, 21 miles away. An incredible number of men with burns got on the bus, so I knew I was going in the right direction. “There was already a party atmosphere in the streets when I arrived; women were barbecuing chickens over shopping carts and men were drinking tequila, all anticipating the big fireworks displays that mark the start of the festival. That evening I marched along with 5,000 people to a field to see the castillo competition. Castillos (“castles”) are wooden towers with Catherine wheels and launch platforms attached, and each belongs to a pyrotechnician who sets off his fireworks by remote control. If a pinwheel got stuck, men would clamber up onto the burning towers and get it going with their bare hands. That was a surreal sight. “My personal highlight came on day two of the festival. The town dwellers had created more than 300 papier-mâché bulls for the parade of the toritos, with each bull containing up to 4,000 fireworks. The parade moved toward the town’s main plaza as night fell, and when these bulls filled with explosives were set alight, the town just went berserk. There were sparks everywhere, magnesium caps were exploding, and people danced with delight amid the smoking remains. I took photographs until 4 a.m. As dawn began to break, I gave up trying to count the burn holes in my sweater. My pants were hanging off my legs in shreds, and I had burns on both hands. But you can really only be part of this kind of pyromaniac passion when you’re right up close to it.” For more of Florian Rainer’s photo stories, head to: florianrainer.com
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Inset: A bull spits sparks at the crowd during the parade of the toritos in the center of town. Main photo: The 100-foot-high towers in the castillo competition can take up to half an hour to burn down completely.
THE FIREWORK CASTLES ARE AS TALL AS TRANSMISSION TOWERS. THE PYROTECHNICIANS SET OFF THE FIREWORKS BY REMOTE CONTROL.
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Four men try to restart a Catherine wheel—65 feet off the ground—that got stuck during the castillo competition.
MEN CLAMBER UP BURNING WOODEN TOWERS WITHOUT ANY SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
Top and middle: Chaos as the up to 4,000 fireworks stuffed inside the bulls light up and shower people with sparks. Bottom: Tultepec’s pyrotechnicians add to the display by planting rockets at the base of the firework towers.
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Blaze of glory: Each team in the parade gets whipped by the crowd as they go.
A hoodie is about as far as people are willing to go to protect themselves. The purists don’t even bother with that.
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THE RESIDENTS OF TULTEPEC WEAR THEIR BURNS WITH PRIDE.
Dancing until the last sparks die out at 4 a.m. Locals spend the next day tending to their wounds.
RIDING THE VOLCANO
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IT SOUNDS INSANE: SPEND YOUR VACATION TIME BY TEMPTING FATE AND VISITING AN ACTIVE VOLCANO. BUT IS IT? THE PROS OUTWEIGH THE CONS—GLORIOUS SCENERY, EXCELLENT BACKCOUNTRY OPPORTUNITIES, FEWER CROWDS AND THE THRILLS OF A LIFETIME. HERE’S HOW TO DO IT. WORDS: MEGAN MICHELSON
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Even cloud cover can’t ruin a run down the volcanic Mount Adams (last eruption: 550 BC).
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MOUNT ADAMS WASHINGTON
SKIING
Just north of the Columbia River, Adams is the largest active volcano in the state. To get to the top of 12,276-foot Mount Adams, you’ll spend a couple of days climbing the mountain’s face and setting up camp. When you finally reach the top of the volcanic summit, you can smell sulfur blowing in the wind. On the way down you’ll be rewarded with a 4,000-verticalfoot ski descent of the Southwest Chutes, wideopen gullies filled with untracked snow. Hire a backcountry guide from Northwest Mountain School (see mountainschool.com for rates) and they’ll show you the safest routes and cook you pad Thai at base camp. Plan your trip for April to June, when snow conditions are the most stable.
WHERE TO STAY The night before you head out, get a good night’s sleep at the Trout Lake Valley Inn in the tiny town of Trout Lake, near the trailhead. From $90; troutlakevalleyinn.com
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Northwest Mountain School rents most of the camping and ski gear you’ll need, but bring your own goggles. Oakley’s Team USA Signature Airbrake Snow model comes with antifog lenses you can easily swap out based on the light. $245; oakley.com
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An imposing part of the Seattle cityscape, Rainier last erupted in the 1890s. The mighty volcano of Mount Rainier towers over Seattle. In the winter, it’s coated with a thick layer of snow. To spend a night or two snow camping on the peak’s lower flanks, snag a required backcountry permit, then snowshoe or ski 1.8 miles uphill and along an unplowed road from the Narada Falls trailhead to a snowcovered Reflection Lake, a flat basin ideal for setting up camp. “Winter is a great time to visit Rainier, but you do need to have navigational skills and check the weather and avalanche forecast before you go,” says Casey Overturf, a ranger at Mount Rainier National Park.
CAMPING
WHERE TO STAY Before or after camping, score a creekside log cabin with a fireplace at the Copper Creek Inn in Ashford, close to the park entrance. From $119; coppercreekinn.com
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Nearby Whittaker Mountaineering (whittakermountaineering.com) rents all the camping gear you’ll need, from sleeping bags to tents. But to sip coffee at camp, you’ll want a Yeti Rambler Lowball, a 10ounce stainless-steel cup with vacuum insulation. $25; yeticoolers.com
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CRATER LAKE OREGON
SNOWSHOEING
With no streams flowing in, it took 250 years for the lake to fill to its current depth. Crater Lake was formed when an eruption over 7,000 years ago collapsed a 12,000-foot volcanic peak into a giant hole known as a caldera, which is now filled with the deepest lake in the U.S. (1,943 feet). In the winter, Crater Lake National Park averages 44 feet of snow. You can snowshoe along the rim of the crater and peek down at the steep banks and sapphire lake below. Rent snowshoes at the Rim Village Gift Shop for $15 a day, then head out on your own or sign up for a ranger-led, two-hour snowshoe walk on winter weekends—you’ll get free snowshoe rental and ample facts on winter ecology.
WHERE TO STAY In-park lodging is closed during the winter. So book a knotty-pine-paneled lodge room at the historic and recently renovated Union Creek Resort, 25 miles to the west. From $74; unioncreekoregon.com
WHAT TO BRING Keep your head from getting cold while snowshoeing with Smartwool’s Reversible Slouch Beanie, made from merino wool with two ways to wear it. $34; smartwool.com
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First explored in 1898, the range remains virgin territory for adventurers. Imagine dropping 2,500 vertical feet of untouched powder off the rim of a volcanic caldera. And you took a helicopter to get there. That’s an average day at Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, deep in Alaska’s remote Tordrillo Range. A helicopter will deliver you and your skis or snowboard to the summits of volcanic peaks like 11,070-foot Mount Spurr or 9,147-foot Mount Hayes. Both peaks, conical mountains with glacial terrain and open bowls of deep snow, are located about a 10- to 15-mile heli flight from the lodge.
WHERE TO STAY You’ll stay in the Tordrillo Mountain Lodge’s plush 5,600-square-foot lakeside log home and end the day dining on Alaskan king crab and soaking in a wood-fired hot tub. All-inclusive weeklong packages start at $13,000; tordrillomountainlodge.com
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Poc’s Receptor Backcountry MIPS helmet offers style and protection from rotational impacts to your head so you can focus on what matters most: the heli-skiing. $260; pocsports.com
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The park’s volcano is actually beneath the earth. And it makes its presence felt. You can cross-country ski in the shadows of Bunsen Peak, an ancient volcano, and near the geothermal pools of Mammoth Hot Springs. Sign up for a guided ski tour (for rates and availability check trailguidesyellowstone.com) and your guide will break trail through the valley and help you spot the tracks of wildlife like elk, wolves, bison and moose. “There are less crowds in the winter in Yellowstone and it’s a great time to watch for wildlife,” says Brian Farrell, owner of the outfitter Trail Guides Yellowstone.
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CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel is one of few hotels in Yellowstone you can drive to in the wintertime that has easy access to ski trails. Book a cabin with its own six-person hot tub. From $140; yellowstonenationalparklodges.com
WHAT TO BRING Rent cross-country ski gear from the Bear Den Ski Shop inside the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel (from $16 for a half day). Want to know how far you’ve gone? Track your distance, navigation, altitude and more on Garmin’s Fenix 3 watch. $500; garmin.com
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MOUNT KILAUEA HAWAII
Among the world’s most active volcanoes, Kilauea is a bit short on winter sports.
KAYAKING
From the shores of the Big Island in Hawaii, you can spot the blackened lava and jagged edges of the volcano Mount Kilauea. And why not sightsee from the seat of a floating sea kayak? Rent a kayak or opt for a guided tour (rentals from $54/day; konaboys.com) and you’ll paddle through the calm waters of Kealakekua Bay and experience some of the best snorkeling on the island, including coral reefs visible to 100 feet deep and a marine wildlife sanctuary that’s home to spinner dolphins, manta rays and eels.
WHERE TO STAY Sleep in a private bungalow surrounded by mango trees at Puakea Ranch on the north end of the island. from $275; puakearanch.com
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Pack the waterproof and indestructible Olympus TG-4 camera to capture imagery and high-definition video of molten rock and dancing dolphins, then upload via builtin Wi-Fi to share with friends. $380; getolympus.com
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HEROES
“SCREW PERFECTION!” DAN AUERBACH hates the music industry. And yet he became a star with the Black Keys. Here he explains why. (Hint: Soup helps.)
the red bulletin: The current Black Keys album, Turn Blue, reached No. 1 in the American charts last year. What does that feel like for a person who says he couldn’t care less about success? dan auerbach: [Laughs.] It feels good. But I still stand by what I said. I don’t make music for the fame. I feel like I’m in the wrong movie when I’m at awards ceremonies such as the Grammys. Trend researchers would never pick your dirty, bluesy sound for success—it 66
doesn’t conform to the modern zeitgeist. Our albums are a reaction to what’s currently going on in the music industry. Everything is overstyled, calculated, horribly perfect. Our success shows that there are still people who want music to be made by real musicians. By musicians who play their asses off and put their hearts and souls into their music. Don’t rock ’n’ roll and perfection go together? I’m no virtuoso myself. I can’t read music. Technically speaking, my partner, Pat, is a bad drummer. But we
with it. While other bands that started out at the same time as we did got rich and famous quickly, with us it was a very drawn-out process. We were really broke for a very long time. It wasn’t always easy, but it taught us a lot. It’s good to have staying power. How do you manage to stay in shape? When you’re on tour, the most important thing is eating right. I have a Vietnamese pho noodle soup every day. Whereas, say, Chinese food gets cooked once and then gets reheated, pho is always made fresh. That sounds very sensible for a rocker. I think that healthy eating is the cornerstone of everything. If you live on fast food, you
“THE THING WITH REAL MUSICIANS IS THAT THEY HAVE NO PLAN B. THEY’LL JUST CARRY ON WORKING AND WORKING.” compensate for that with abandon. And that’s what it’s all about—screw perfection! You’ve got to enjoy what you do. And be completely devoted to it. That’s more important than making sure that everything’s flawless or following the industry’s rules. Which is precisely why so much music sounds so boring and samey now. We deliberately counteract that.
No, I wouldn’t. The thing with real musicians is that they have no plan B. They’ll just carry on working and working. As the Black Keys, we’ve been on tour or in the studio since the start of our career. We don’t know any different. How do you keep up that hectic schedule for 14 years? We’ve never really thought about it, we’ve just got on
just end up feeling bad. Then it affects your creativity and your drive and also your voice, if you’re out on tour. Old-school rock ’n’ rollers should be sure to remember that too. There’s a saying: You are what you eat. Marcel Anders Yours, Dreamily is the debut album by Auerbach’s new band, the Arcs. Find it at thearcs.com THE RED BULLETIN
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an Auerbach has won seven Grammys and sold more than 2 million albums as part of bluesrock duo the Black Keys. Not bad when you consider he’s resolutely been ignoring the rules of the business for 14 years now. The musician writes old-fashioned songs, hates media attention and boycotts music online. What’s the secret of his success? “Don’t trust anyone who tells you to stick to the rules,” he says.
Are you calling for a musical revolution? Exactly. Do what we do, don’t trust anyone who tells you to stick to the rules. Is it that attitude that has stopped you from offering your music to streaming services such as Spotify? The trouble with streaming platforms is that it’s mostly the industry middlemen earning the money and not the musicians themselves. If your song is listened to 100,000 times on Spotify, you, as the artist, earn $20. I think that’s not OK. Streaming services make people think that music is just some free gimmick. If you were a young musician today, would you give up on the industry with the direction it’s going?
Dan Auerbach, 36, swears by soup. “We were really broke for a very long time. It taught us a lot.”
Robin Arzón, 33, has a “Do Epic Shit” list, which includes running around the world.
“I DON’T BELIEVE IN LIMITS” ROBIN ARZÓN The online running guru
changed her life by embracing fitness—and she’s now inspiring others to do the same.
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self-proclaimed “ambassador of sweat,” Robin Arzón quit a promising career in law to pursue her love of fitness. The passion dates back to her days of legal training, after a night out in a New York bar turned into a nightmare when Arzón and others were held hostage by a crazed gunman, before a brave few were able to overpower him. She found solace in running—a mental release that, over the next 10 years, became a way of life. Today, Arzón is one of the world’s most respected fitness coaches and ultramarathon runners. Here, she tells The Red Bulletin how putting on a pair of running shoes changed her life. the red bulletin: You went through a terrible ordeal—how did running help you deal with that? robin arzón: After being held hostage? Running was definitely positive, but it was only in retrospect that I put two and two together. At first I just felt compelled to run, but then I realized it allowed me to let my thoughts go. It was an escape, cathartic both physically and mentally. I was able to run my feelings out and work through emotions I didn’t even know were there. It became like a moving therapy for me. What made you fall in love with running and fitness? I think one of the most powerful things we can do is to push and pull our own THE RED BULLETIN
body weight and own our space in the world. I don’t really see a better way to do that than through fitness. What has been your biggest achievement since changing your career? I’m sitting now at probably the most successful point in my life since law. I just signed a book deal, I have a TV show coming out . . . I feel like my biggest accomplishment is creating this life. I wasn’t happy and I decided to pursue something else— I didn’t know what that something else was and so I decided to define that for myself. You’ve embraced social media as a motivator . . . I think the idea that we’re a global community of athletes training virtually together is really powerful. Using these things for inspiration is fantastic, but you need to be able to use that as a touchstone to actually act. It’s easy to scroll through Instagram and feel inspired, but then what are you going to do with that? What do you think is the biggest thing holding people back from pursuing an active lifestyle? I think people are driven more by what they think they can’t do than what they think they can do. I’ve seen people with all kinds of physical limitations conquer amazing feats, so I encourage people to excuse their excuses. Honestly, I just don’t believe in limits. Richard Jordan robinarzon.com
How failure can actually be more instructive.
“LEAVE YOUR GOAL BEHIND” MICHELLE PARKER The freeskier set out to climb two 19,000-foot mountains in Ecuador: Cayambe and Cotopaxi. She turned back twice. the red bulletin: Why did you go after this? michelle parker: As a skier, I’ve competed in slopestyle and filmed in big mountains. Ski mountaineering is the next step in my career, but as you get into high-altitude peaks, there are skills that you need, and it takes quite a bit of time [to learn]. Your Cayambe and Cotopaxi climbs have the story line of every adventure story gone wrong. On Cayambe, before we knew it, it was whiteout conditions. And we turned a corner on Cotopaxi and the wind was over 60 mph. It was wet, too. Our bodies, our skis, our backpacks wound up being covered in half an inch to an inch of ice. I had never been in conditions that harsh in the mountains. It must have been incredibly frustrating to miss the top. We turned around and didn’t look back. It’s a really valuable and unique learning experience to say no and leave your goal behind. This was a trip to prepare for the future. Ann Donahue Fresh powder tweets: @MyshellParker
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Red Bull Rampage is less an event than it is the occasion you abandon all hope that man is a sane, sensible being. Words: Vanda Gyuris
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TEN YEARS OF RISKING IT ALL “I’m scared shitless,” says Todd Barber. “The morning of, I feel like I’m going to war on the beaches of Normandy.” The sentiment by the co-creator of the most jaw-dropping mountain bike competition in the world neatly sums up its intimidation factor. A veritable battleground that tests human potential in every way imaginable, Red Bull Rampage has made a mark on action sports that goes beyond the realm of biking enthusiasts.
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Preparation for the event begins one week before the two-day competition, when riders and their support teams show up at the base of towering 70-foot red-rock cliffs and punishing canyon gaps to plot out their routes. And this is what distinguishes it from nearly every other competition on the planet. The course is what they make it—using picks and shovels to carve out the lines down the mountain that might secure them victory. “It’s where imagination meets craziness,” says Jeremy Grant, who has filmed every Red Bull Rampage as creative director at Freeride Entertainment. “You can be as crazy as you want, but if you don’t have the creativity to find a new line you won’t do well.” So why go to dizzying heights to see what the mind and body can achieve? “You’ll get 40 different answers for why the athletes push themselves,” says Barber. “Personal goals, fame and glory, sponsorships, girlfriends.” But while the impetus for competing in the event may vary, an overarching theme emerges when the dust of madness clears. “When you push your own limits you figure out who you are,” says six-time Red Bull Rampage competitor Darren Berrecloth. “You only know who you really are when you’re at that edge.” We look back at 10 years of holy shit . . .
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Darren Butler, one of the pioneers.
HUMBLE ROOTS Beginning in 2001 in the Utah desert, the early years of Red Bull Rampage were raw, unfiltered attempts to make bigmountain riding something worth paying attention to. “It went from a bunch of crazy dudes in the desert hucking themselves off cliffs to now you have a million people
tuning in worldwide,” says competitor Berrecloth. “People’s careers are made or broken from this event.” Canada’s Wade Simmons, also known as the “Godfather of Freeriding,” secured his spot in history with the first winning run down an entirely natural course—something that in later years would be exchanged for man-made features and massive jumps.
2001 BIGGER, BETTER Confidence grew after co-founder Todd Barber and crew realized they could pull this thing off. The magnitude of jumps exploded as riders pushed the possibilities of “big.” “There is a flame, a spark that ignites in the desert with all these riders together,” says Grant. These were the glory
days of reckless enthusiasm, where anything was possible and everyone was willing to let the landscape define them. The event staked its claim to Utah’s dusty desert floor as the ultimate proving ground on a bike. Year two showed that not only could you build an event around high-risk freeriding, but that it could resonate beyond the scene.
A rocky ridge near Virgin, Utah, is the event’s home.
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Todd Barber, founder, along with Paul Crandall.
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FIND THE BEST LINE Things turned technical when riders showed up for the first time with build teams prepped to carve unique paths down the mountain. Routes became individualized, letting riders showcase their personal style. “The first few years everything was raw,” says Randy Spangler, who has been at every Red Bull Rampage, first as a rider and now as part of the official course-building team. “And you still want it raw now, but if
you don’t do some manicuring you can’t progress the sport.” The event morphed from a venue for riders to push their limits on fear alone into an elevated state of sport-defining planning and execution. If the previous year had been about going massive, this year’s competition was about refining an event that was growing in popularity. It was also the first year the event attracted a substantial number of spectators, who headed out to a course more than two hours’ drive from Las Vegas.
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Cedric Gracia wins the event with his first-ever backflip.
”When you push your own limits, you figure out who you are. You only know who you are when you’re at that edge.”
THE PERFECT STORM Faster, bigger riding meant supercharged stakes. “As dangerous and extreme as it is, it’s also very calculated,” says Derek Westerlund, founder of Freeride Entertainment. “Danger is part of the job description. It’s no different than football or automobile racing.” Kyle Strait—a rider who has participated in every Red Bull Rampage—secured his first victory by flying over the “Mansize Gap,” an enormous 70-something-foot split in the earth that could devour anything mansized that entered it. Strait was 17 years old at the time. After the results of his win were
called, he pranced around grinning uncontrollably and wore a bear costume for his trip to the podium. As young as he was and as foolish as he might have seemed, there was no doubt about the poise and focus he exhibited earlier in the day, when he took his hands off the handlebar, midair, over the gap. Many thought the move was the ceiling of what was humanly possible on the event course. Though there had been injuries aplenty before—including a few serious leg breaks by competitors dropping down the cliff—there was a general sense that the limits had been reached. Organizers put the event to sleep for the next three years.
Kyle Strait has competed in every Red Bull Rampage, winning twice.
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Competitors (like Strait) carve their own lines.
Scouting routes can be arduous—the trip down is the payoff.
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“As dangerous as it is, it is also very calculated. Danger is part of the job description.”
The drop off the edge is the key to building speed.
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Red Bull Rampage arose from hibernation with a vengeance. “We don’t see it as putting ourselves in danger. This is what we’re comfortable doing—this is what we do for fun. If there was a shuttle to the top [of the course], I’d go ride this course every day,” says Berrecloth. That youthful glee carried 17-year-old Canadian rider Brandon Semenuk to victory, which he took with a style that belied his years.
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2010 Cam Zink navigates the ridge at the top.
MAJOR REWARDS Cameron Zink, whom Westerlund calls “one degree shy of crazy when it comes to riding a mountain bike,” finally nails it after years of attempting a 360° spin down the face of a cliff. Landing this trick set a benchmark for what was possible—not only for the sport but also for Zink as an individual. “Zink transitioned from this madman to a family man and still stayed at the top of the sport. He would do the biggest, craziest stuff, and when he found out his girlfriend was pregnant, it allowed him to focus. He pulled off even more amazing things with that focus,” says Grant. As riders moved away from bigger and better
and narrowed their focus, risks became more calculated and streamlined in a way that made previously impossible moves perfectly plausible. It was also the year that new man-made structures sent the entire course into space, as the “Oakley Icon Sender” was born—a steep wooden ramp that connects the top section of the course to the bottom of the mountain. The Sender went through several iterations; three years after it was born, Zink asked for a small lip to be built at its very top ahead of his run. After a meandering upper section, he rocketed off the lip and nailed the biggest backflip in mountainbiking history.
“The dirt is very forgiving and allows for easier building.”
Kelly McGarry set new standards with his airs.
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New Zealand rider Kelly McGarry took what was thought insane—crossing a 72-foot-long canyon gap—and married it with what the laws of physics would deem impossible: backflipping while crossing it. The year was also notable because it exhibited the volatility of the mountain, where weather has caused problems seven out of the 10 years. Organizers canceled the second of two runs because of heavy winds. As a
LIMITS REACHED “We’re at a plateau state right now where if you go too much further the risks are exponential. In terms of the size of gaps, jumps and drops we are at a standstill—and I’m comfortable with that,” says Berrecloth. Kurt Sorge (right) brought a new level of fearlessness to the event in 2015, clinching
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result, the winner was announced off of the first-round scores, giving the victory to Strait, who became the first repeat winner in Red Bull Rampage history. But for the riders, there’s a siege mentality in taking on a course like this that trumps much of the scoreboardwatching. “These guys are all your friends, and when they drop in, your heart stops beating,” says Grant. “But the feeling of when they cross the finish line and get it, it’s so high. It’s a total roller coaster. You get why they do it.”
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2012 champ Kurt Sorge returned from injuries to win in 2015.
victory after coming back from injury. “He got hurt after winning in 2012 and started losing sponsors. The industry started to doubt him. Kurt standing on the podium this year is a huge deal,” says Grant. “I think the event shows how hard you have to work for something,” says Sorge. “Surviving the event makes you appreciate everything in your life more.”
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Light show Strap on a pair of snowshoes for a guided night tour of Ilulissat’s frosty surroundings, where you’ll find a perfect viewpoint for one of nature’s greatest spectacles: the Northern Lights. pgigreenland.com
THE INSIDER “KICK THE ICE HARD—LIKE YOU’RE KICKING A SOCCER BALL—AND ALWAYS KEEP YOUR HEEL LOW OR IF POSSIBLE AT 90° AGAINST THE WALL,” SAYS MARC CARRERAS. “IF YOU CAN MASTER THIS, YOU’LL BE FINE.”
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climbing in -4°F. It’s bitter and very, very tricky, especially with the wind, so you have to be familiar with a winter environment.” Mental and physical tests aside, Greenland’s stunning icy landscape provides climbers with a spectacular vantage point, pushing their limits from within the Arctic Circle itself. “It’s an extreme activity in an unusual location,” says Carreras. “There are places that are more well known for ice climbing, like Canada or Norway, but here you’re climbing in the ice cap, which is epic.” Hanging onto the ice from four small points means that climbers also experience something they’re unlikely to find with traditional mountaineering. “It feels like you’re suspended in the air,” says Carreras. “It’s a unique perspective on the world.”
Chill out Drift alongside the icebergs and explore the stunning polar coast from a traditional Greenlandic kayak— the same vessel used by the country’s first wave of immigrants almost 4,000 years ago. greenland.com
Meet the locals Get up close and personal with Inuit culture by attending a “Kaffemik”—a good old Greenlandic gettogether where local families open their homes and invite you to eat, drink and be merry. touristnature.com
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The digital watch faces mimic classic TAG Heuer three-hand and chronograph designs. Blue, black and white options are available at launch, but with the ability to download new and specialedition faces in the future, the possibilities for customization are endless.
TAG Heuer unveils a smartwatch to challenge the market titans Ever since the Apple Watch burst onto the scene in April 2015, traditional watch brands have been faced with a dilemma: Do they try to compete with the tech giant’s wearable phenomenon or forge ahead with their own classic, beautifully crafted timepieces? For TAG Heuer, the answer was simple: It would do both. Following an announcement at trade show Baselworld earlier this year, the brand has unveiled the TAG Heuer Connected—a new kind of smartwatch that sees the Swiss watchmaker join forces with computer-chip specialist Intel and software giant Google to offer a credible, luxury rival to Apple’s latest game changer. For all its technological wizardry, the Connected stays true to TAG Heuer’s roots—as its CEO, Jean-Claude Biver, emphasizes, “It is, primarily, a proper watch.” And, true to his word, the round, 46 mm titanium case bears all the hallmarks of the company’s trademark Carrera watches. But the real innovation can be accessed via the scratch-resistant, sapphire crystal touch screen, which covers a sophisticated, Intelengineered microcomputer. The future is looking familiar . tagheuerconnected.com
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A huge array of apps will be available to download from the Google Play store. The watch has external sensors—useful for fitness and sleep-tracking apps—and the wearer can record voice memos, check weather reports, get calendar reminders and much more.
The Connected comes with a USB charging cradle for powering up and has 30 hours of battery life with normal use.
The smartwatch can save or download data directly to and from the cloud (via Wi-Fi) or your smartphone (via Bluetooth). Unlike the Apple Watch, the Connected is “bilingual,” meaning it can communicate with both Android and iOS devices (although there will be some restrictions to the latter).
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TAG Heuer CEO Jean-Claude Biver gives the lowdown on Connected The Red Bulletin: What was the idea behind the TAG Heuer Connected? Jean-Claude Biver: The idea is in our slogan: “Avant-garde since 1860.” If you’ve been avant-garde since 1860, then obviously you should be avant-garde in 2015, too. It’s an ongoing process. TAG Heuer is about both tradition and innovation. In that sense, the Connected watch fits the bill perfectly. So how did it come about? We came up with the Connected watch thanks to Apple. The Swiss watchmaking industry has never been very deeply involved in [smart technology]. We have always thought of it as something peripheral, for sport
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and outdoor activities. But the Apple Watch really woke us up and gave us a bit of a fright. By the time that happened, Apple was already way out ahead. We understood that we would be entering the arena with a lot of catching up to do. You’ve brought some powerful partners on board in Intel and Google . . . The only way for those of us who were so far behind to make headway was to team up with partners who were as advanced as Apple. For software, Google and its Android Wear was the only option, as it has a 70 percent market share. As for hardware, Intel is undoubtedly one of the technological market leaders. They’re our strategic
partners: Google gives us the chassis and Intel the engine. It was a logical move; linking up with the market leader means you always keep up with the latest developments, whereas if you only buy the technology, there’s the danger that you might end up with something obsolete. Did TAG Heuer develop the hardware alongside Intel or did the ideas all come from California? Intel provided us with multiple suggestions. The last involved
“The Apple Watch really woke us up and gave us a bit of a fright.”
using a real computer. In summer 2014, there was still talk of using a microprocessor, as Apple and some of the other companies were doing. But then the head of development turned up with this thing that was just the size of a coin but full of electronic components. When I asked what it was, the answer I got was “a computer.” I was stunned. They told me that this element was easy to operate with a monitor and keyboard. It was the world’s smallest computer. And I said we should use this technology, as long as it was available in time. “Computer” implies a certain degree of autonomy. Yes, that is the case—as far as certain basic functions are concerned, the Connected is indeed autonomous. You can listen to music on it or just keep abreast of the time. But to access the full range of its functions, you will still need a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection via your smartphone. The Connected is first and foremost a watch, even if it does contain a microcomputer. One of the biggest problems with smartphones—and also smartwatches—is that they go out of date so quickly. How does the TAG Heuer Connected measure up in that regard? Will we have to buy a new watch every one or two years? No, of course that’s not the case. You will be able to install new or improved software, as you can with a smartphone. Naturally, anyone who wants to stay up-to-date with the latest technological advances, such as having a watch with a built-in camera, won’t be able to avoid buying a new one eventually. But it seems to be the case that the people who might potentially buy a smartwatch accept that sort of thing. I admit that we don’t have any experience in the area yet; this is virgin territory for us. We have to learn as we go along.
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Alfa Romeo invades again with a sedan stunner The pricing and specification of Alfa Romeo’s new Giulia Quadrifoglio invites comparison with all the other titans in the compact-sedan class. Thanks to its 510 hp engine and 0-62 mph time of 3.9 seconds, the model is inevitably bracketed with BMW’s M3 sedan, Audi’s RS4 and the Mercedes-AMG C63. But it shouldn’t be, because where other brands inspire admiration, Alfa Romeo inspires love. And after being absent from the performancesedan market for too long, the sight of this new “Cloverleaf” will have Alfa’s army of
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Bentley takes luxury style off-roading
Given the proliferation of high-end SUVs, it was perhaps inevitable that genuine luxury carmakers would eventually jump on the bandwagon. So, for those who don’t find the new flagship Range Rover opulent enough, there’s the Bentley Bentayga— a Bentley and an SUV. The Bentayga has a 6-liter W12 twin-turbo engine capable of producing 600 hp, and its interior was hand-built by the craftspeople of the Bentley workshop, offering a level of luxury and detail that only generations of training can provide. And, as usual, the customer can have pretty much any palette of colors, type of leather and grain of wood he or she desires. So, if you have very deep pockets and a yearning to go off-roading without having to rough it, there’s a Bentley Bentayga for you. bentleymotors.com
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adoring fans clapping their hands like teenagers at a One Direction gig. More restrained Giulias will follow, but Alfa has decided to launch its flagship first. Beneath the long bonnet lies a Ferrari-fettled, turbocharged 2.9-liter V6 engine, and the elegance usually seen in Alfa sedans has been replaced by a pronounced rake and more muscularity. Despite all that, though, the Giulia is still pretty in ways that its German rivals are not, as Alfa looks to inspire its existing devotees while also moving the brand forward. alfaromeo.com
The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio’s top speed is 190 mph. Active Torque Vectoring makes sure it stays on the road.
A bit more understated than the Bentayga are the latest additions to Bentley’s lifestyle merchandise range—everything from leather bags to cashmere equestrian blankets. bentleycollection.com
Land Rover pedal car Land Rover is clearly keen to recruit a younger audience—this scaleddown version of its classic Defender model has jaw-dropping detail and is yours for around half the price of the real thing. landrover.com
Jaguar by Oliver Sweeney This carmaker/cobbler team-up has spawned two new formal drivingshoe styles: Weslake and Sayer (below), named after engine builder Harry Weslake and car designer Malcolm Sayer. oliversweeney.com
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FILM The Revenant An ambitious project from Birdman director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, this epic thriller stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a frontiersman out to get revenge on the men who left him for dead. Expect Oscar buzz when the film is released on December 25. foxmovies.com
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With an even more extreme remake of actionsports thriller Point Break on the way, we catch up with the new Bodhi, Édgar Ramírez The Red Bulletin : How did you feel when you were offered the role of action-sports nut turned bank robber Bodhi? Édgar Ramirez : I was 13 when the original Point Break came out and I was very inspired by it. Little did I know that years later I would be playing Bodhi! He was the character I was most impressed by, because of his freedom and the spiritual battle he leads. Back then society was all about money and accumulating, and Bodhi was trying to rebel against that. Now, we’re paying a huge toll for that era of excess and the guys in the new movie are taking action—it’s not only rebelling against the system, it’s taking down the system. How many of the stunts did you do yourself? We came as close as it was safe for us, and sometimes we pushed it further than that. When we were filming the climbing scenes at Angel Falls in Venezuela, I was hanging at over 2,952 feet above the highest waterfall in the world. I learned how to surf in one of the biggest swells so far this century in Tahiti. We shot everything for real. It was more than a production; it was an expedition. You had top action-sports athletes on set as your advisers and stunt performers—how did they enhance the shoot? It was a huge privilege having Laird Hamilton as your surfing teacher, Xavier De Le Rue teaching you to do big-mountain snowboarding and Chris Sharma as your rock-climbing mentor. They were there to support us both technically and emotionally—we were trying to re-create not only their form but their state of mind, the things that these guys feel to achieve the impossible. It was a very humbling experience. Point Break is in theaters December 25.
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ADRENALINE JUNKIES When action sports meet action flicks . . . Point Break (1991) Spiritual warrior Bodhi (Patrick Swayze) and his gang of surfers/bank robbers are infiltrated by former star QB turned rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves). Vaya con Dios. Cliffhanger (1993) Sylvester Stallone stars as climber Gabe Walker, who gets caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with John Lithgow’s band of mercenaries in the Rocky Mountains.
GAME Lego Marvel’s Avengers Play as minifigure versions of Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk and more in Lego’s latest digital outing, which follows the plots of Avengers Assemble and Avengers: Age Of Ultron (and every Marvel movie in between). Available on all platforms January 26. lego.com
Terminal Velocity (1994) Charlie Sheen’s maverick skydiving instructor teams up with Nastassja Kinski’s former KGB agent to foil the schemes of the Russian mafia. Really.
TV Vinyl A TV show directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Mick Jagger?! The latest HBO original series, about a fictional record label in 1970s New York City, promises plenty of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll. Coming February 2016. hbo.com
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BREAKING THROUGH New year, new musical talent. Here are three up-and-coming female artists we’re tipping for big things in 2016 . . .
Following the release in 2013 of their Grammynominated sixth album, Trouble Will Find Me, which reached number three in the U.S. and the U.K., indie-rock titans the National went on an 18-month world tour. But instead of then taking a break, frontman Matt Berninger went into the studio with fellow musician Brent Knopf to work on a side project, EL VY. In contrast to the National’s melancholy songs, his new group serves up snappy new-wave riffs and upbeat disco rhythms on their debut album, Return to the Moon. Here, the 44-year-old reveals the songs that have inspired him. elvy.co
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This Ain’t No Picnic [from Double Nickels on the Dime]
Hopelessly Devoted to You
“When I started writing [‘Return to the Moon’], I’d been watching We Jam Econo, a documentary about punk band the Minutemen and the friendship between its members D Boon and Mike Watt. It’s about love and pain and all the shit people go through during adolescence. The film moved me and was a big inspiration for the characters in my songs. As for Minutemen’s music, this is one of their finest moments.”
“As a young boy, I was totally in love with Olivia Newton-John. When I think back to the first time I felt true love, it was either her or Annette Funicello from The Mickey Mouse Club. Olivia Newton-John’s music was amazing, too. There’s so much romance in a song like ‘Hopelessly Devoted to You,’ and when you’re a 12-year-old, that’s powerful stuff. It’s impossible not to fall in love with her.”
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Leonard Cohen
Bigmouth Strikes Again
Famous Blue Raincoat [from Songs of Love and Hate]
“Like most of my peers in grade school, I listened to Van Halen, Rush and AC/DC. But all that changed when my sister brought home this single. Listening to this was the beginning of me forming an identity. It was the first time I realized that music is more than entertainment, that there were musicians digging into the ugly and insecure parts of their hearts and turning these thoughts into great pop songs.”
“I’ve been trying for years to write lyrics that compete with the great Leonard Cohen’s, but it’s almost impossible. My Leonard Cohen moment on the EL VY album is the song ‘Sleeping Light,’ in which I try to bring out the ladies’ man in me, although I’ve got no idea how convincing I am. This wonderful Cohen classic was my reference, but I’m afraid Matt Berninger is not particularly sexy.”
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Dua Lipa The 20-year-old from London is signed to the same management as Lana Del Rey, and her husky-toned debut, “New Love,” was co-produced by Emile Haynie of FKA twigs fame. Listen if you like: Sia, Adele Our tip: “New Love”
“I love this song. I adore the video, too, with Simon Le Bon and his band on a big-ass yacht, hanging out with supermodels. That’s my vision of the good life, too; it’s what I’ve always dreamt of. But look what I’ve achieved in my so-called rock-star career: I’m married with children and I’m the lead singer for the National, a band who would never ever get on a boat. I guess I’m a goddamn loser.”
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THE GADGET Batband
This device not only looks like a prop from a sci-fi movie, it might actually be the future of how we listen to music on the go. Unlike regular Bluetooth headphones, the Batband uses conduction technology. Music is transmitted via vibrations through the bones of the skull, while the ears remain uncovered, allowing the user to interact freely with the outside world. studiobananathings.com
Miya Folick Considered to be one of the most talented young songwriters around, this California musician is influenced by Buddhist chants, which feed into her sparse, melancholic folk songs. Listen if you like: Feist, Cat Power Our tip: “I Got Drunk”
Alessia Cara In less than a year, the 19-year-old R&B singer has gone from YouTube fame to a record deal with industry giant Def Jam, counting Taylor Swift among her fans. Listen if you like: Lorde, The Weeknd Our tip: “Here”
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KAINRATH’S WISE WORDS An eternal horoscope for 2016
Pisces
February 21-March 20
Up that mountain with you! After that? Up the next one! The journey is the goal.
Spend some time alone. Plunge into the depths of the ocean . . . or your soul.
Don’t overthink things, especially affairs of the heart. Just go for it!
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
March 21-April 20
April 21-May 20
May 21-June 21
Practice the true art of battle. Become your enemy’s kindred spirit.
It’s not your victories that matter, it’s how many friends you have. Buy them a drink.
Ask yourself what you need more often. Though it’s best not to do it out loud.
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
June 22-July 22
July 23-August 23
August 24-September 23
There’s no turning back. So ditch the doubts and keep going forward!
You know what your problem is. You’re a king in a democracy. Be patient. Things will change.
You are worldly wise—it’s others who are clueless. Most of the time anyway . . .
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Aquarius
January 21-February 20
Scorpio
Sagittarius
September 24-October 23
October 24-November 22
November 23-December 21
Don’t dwell on your mistakes. It will take a load off your mind, and that’s the way to happiness.
You’re never bad at anything. But there is such a thing as being too good!
Love can be dangerous. Only give your heart to someone who is offering theirs in return.
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SAVE THE DATE Music, movies and TV events you won’t want to miss.
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December Marc Maron The neurotic comedian with the wildly popular podcast (President Barack Obama even stopped by his garage studio in Highland Park), Maron was actually a stand-up first. His new comedy special, More Later, debuts on Epix. wtfpod.com
Motocross legend and Red Bull Frozen Rush 2014 champ Ricky Johnson.
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Jan. 8 Red Bull Frozen Rush Newry, ME Off-road trucks, a snowswept course and an uphill battle for moto-supremacy: Red Bull Frozen Rush wreaks havoc on the pristine slopes of New England once again. See 900 hp trucks going head-to-head up a winding course—jumps and snowspray included. The action streams live on Red Bull TV and as part of the Red Bull Signature Series on NBC on Jan. 30. redbull.com
Dec. 31 Mötley Crüe: The Final Concert
Dec. 5-6 Capcom Cup
San Francisco And you thought you couldn’t make a career out of playing video games. The explosion of eSports reaches mainstream gaming, where the top Street Fighter 4 (the one you played in your dorm room) players from around the globe gather to compete in San Francisco. The one to watch? Daryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis, the pride of South Central Los Angeles, who plays the unloved Russian brute Zangief (below). capcomcup.com
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Los Angeles The original nasty boys bid adieu to a career of hard rocking, groupie loving and mega-hits. The final concert takes place at Staples Center. Wear your cut-offs and smoke in the boys room one last time. motley.com
Jan. 7-24 San Francisco Sketchfest San Francisco The sleeper two-week festival hit that is a secret no longer. For its 15th year, they’ve prepared a Tribute to Jeff Goldblum—complete with the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra—in addition to all the live podcasts, movie reunions and, of course, sketch comedy. sfsketchfest.com
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December The Hateful 8 Will the post–Civil War flick from the modern pulp auteur signal a return to form? Samuel L. Jackson returns to collaborate with Quentin Tarantino as a bounty hunter packing cans of whoop-ass. Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh star. thehatefuleight.com
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January David Bowie: Blackstar Yes! But in what guise will the ageless Londoner return? Based on an early snippet, the new album promises a spooky Heroes circa 1977 vibe. davidbowie. com
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Do it now Banish the excuses— once you get going, there will be no stopping you. Procrastination is futile. The starting point of an active lifestyle is right now. (Well, you can read to the end of the page . . .)
Whether it’s the Wings for Life World Run or action sports, it’s taking the first step that counts.
He was overweight. He smoked. He drank. Then he began running and became an extreme sportsman. Christian Schiester gives us tips on how to start an active lifestyle There are two steps to banishing the couch potato in you. “First you need a definitive starting point, which takes immediate effect,” says Christian Schiester. “Why hang Christian Schiester, around? Humans are long-distance runner born runners. There’s no reason not to go running.” Forget expensive fitness trackers—the next step is to get yourself a blank sheet of paper. “Note down the [distance] you cover each day,” he says. Speed and pace aren’t important. “Even going for a walk is better than being stuck inside, sitting down.” In Schiester’s notes, which he consults every day, are details of runs through deserts and over permafrost, along with the very first run he recorded, which he remembers all too well. “I weighed 100 kg (220 lbs.) and wanted to cover the 3 km (about 2 miles) to the
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castle in my hometown without having to stop for a rest.” His first runs were to the mailbox at the end of the street. But, he says, “I didn’t give up, because I had to walk past those sheets of paper every day.” His third tip is to reward yourself. “When you get home from a run, everything feels different: the shower, your clean clothes . . . At this point, you can allow yourself a beer as you watch the sunset. But you have to get off your backside first.” Progression is like turning a big wheel, he says. “At the start, you need a lot of strength to get it going. But the longer you keep turning, the easier it gets. Until eventually it’s almost as if it’s happening by itself.” The starting pistol for the 2016 Wings for Life World Run will be fired simultaneously in 34 countries around the world—in Santa Clarita, CA, and Sunrise, FL, in the U.S.—on May 8, 2016. Who will hold the Catcher Car at bay the longest? For information on how to register, go to: wingsforlifeworldrun.com
Take notes Grab a blank sheet of paper to note down how far you’ve run each day. It’s important to note how far you actually got, not what you’d hoped or planned to run. Leave the sheet of paper somewhere you’re likely to see it.
Treat yourself Everyone has something they particularly enjoy: a piece of cake, a glass of wine or curling up with a good book. But you have to earn that reward. It will be all the more enjoyable, too, if you’ve done something to deserve it.
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RUNNING REVOLUTION
Primed and ready. Add your mark to every rail and feature the mountain has to offer. Perfect pipes and pristine parks—you are invited to push your limits. Come to Aspen Snowmass to experience a rejuvenation of the body. Learn more at aspensnowmass.com/mindbodyspirit.
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The temperature’s dropping and snow is finally starting to settle on the mountaintops near our office. So we put together the ultimate guide to the best cold-weather gear and gadgets before heading out.
BERGHAUS BERG BEANIE berghaus.com
POC RECEPTOR BACKCOUNTRY MIPS HELMET pocsports.com ABOM FOG-FREE GOGGLES abom.com
ARC’TERYX RUSH JACKET arcteryx.com
GARMIN FÉNIX 3 SAPPHIRE WATCH This tough timepiece is as smart as it is beautiful. It’s equipped with an altimeter, barometer, compass and GPS and can track and analyze activities from skiing and snowboarding to running and swimming. Plus you can download additional apps and customize the watch face, too. garmin.com
Welcome to BERGHAUS FRENDO SKI PANTS berghaus.com
ROSSIGNOL ALLSPEED ELITE 130 SKI BOOTS rossignol.com
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SCOTT THE SKI SKIS scott-sports.com
ATOMIC NOMAD BLACKEYE Ti ARC SKIS atomic.com THE RED BULLETIN
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SMARTWOOL REVERSIBLE SLOUCH BEANIE smartwool.com BERN BAKER EPS HELMET with wireless audio bernunlimited.com OAKLEY PRIZM FLIGHT DECK XM GOGGLES oakley.com
BURTON ANALOG LENNOX JACKET burton.com
JACK WOLFSKIN THERMO FLASK jack-wolfskin.com
LUME CUBE GOPRO KIT lumecube.com
winter QUIKSILVER SWORDS 2L GORE-TEX SNOWBOARD PANTS quiksilver.com
THIRTYTWO 86 FAST TRACK SNOWBOARD BOOTS thirtytwo.com THE RED BULLETIN
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SNOWLIFE HEATED LION GORE-TEX GLOVES www.snowlife.ch
GNU METAL GNURU EC2 BTX ALL TERRAIN SNOWBOARD gnu.com
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JULBO VERMONT CLASSIC SUNGLASSES julbo.com
CANADA GOOSE SNOW MANTRA PARKA canada-goose.com
EVOC FIRST AID KIT WATERPROOF S This handy kit is a mountaineer’s best friend, containing a whole range of aids from bandages to an emergency plan—always reassuring to have on hand. Waterproof, lightweight and endlessly helpful, it more than earns its place in your backpack. evocsports.com
SALOMON FREE BEANIE salomon.com
GARMIN eTREX 10 GPS garmin.com
FALKE TK2 TREKKING SOCKS falke.com
SEIKO PROSPEX SSC081P1 WATCH seiko-prospex.com
PATAGONIA SNOWSHOT PANTS patagonia.com
THE NORTH FACE TUOLUMNE 2 TENT This good-looking homeon-the-road is a modernized version of a ’70s classic, combining simple design with the latest tech to offer a lightweight, no-hassle option for those making their bed under the stars. thenorthface.com
LA SPORTIVA NEPAL CUBE GTX BOOTS sportiva.com
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OSPREY REV 1.5 BACKPACK ospreypacks.com
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SCOTT LEAP SUNGLASSES scott-sports.com
NIKE ENCHANTED IMPOSSIBLY LIGHT RUNNING JACKET nike.com
PHILIPS WAKE-UP LIGHT Banish dark winter mornings and help motivate training with this alarm clock that wakes you with a choice of 20 different natural dawn shades, accompanied by natural sounds or a soundtrack of your choice—all controlled by an iPhone app. philips.com
SEALSKINZ MID-LENGTH SOCKS sealskinz.com
FITBIT SURGE FITNESS SUPER WATCH fitbit.com
SALOMON SPIKECROSS 3 CS RUNNING SHOES salomon.com THE RED BULLETIN
ADIDAS RESPONSE SHORTS adidas.com CW-X INSULATOR ENDURANCE PRO TIGHTS cw-x.com
THE NORTH FACE RUNNERS 1 ETIP GLOVES thenorthface.com
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PERSOL ORIGINAL HAVANAS SUNGLASSES persol.com
HELLY HANSEN PETE JACKET hellyhansen.com
LG URBANE WATCH lg.com
FJÄLLRÄVEN VÄRMLAND HEATER HAT fjallraven.com
YETI RAMBLER LOWBALL COOLER yeticoolers.com
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MOUNTAIN HARDWARE STRECKER LITE JACKET mountainhardwear.com
ALDEN 405 “INDY” BOOTS These handmade boots were made famous when Harrison Ford insisted on sporting them in all the Indiana Jones films. The waxhide exterior, cotton duck lining and rubber heels tempered with steel ensured they were equipped for all his adventures. If they’re tough enough for Indy… aldenshop.com
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PANTHERELLA CASHMERE SOCKS pantherella.com
FINISTERRE OVIS JEANS finisterreuk.com
EASTPAK PADDED PAK’R BACKPACK eastpak.com THE RED BULLETIN
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND October 3, 2015 Kickers gliding through the room on rails, tubes the size of a truck: For his Kaleidoscope video, BMX star Kriss Kyle built the bike park of the future, a place to perform never-before-tried tricks. Check out the clip at redbulletin.com/ kaleidoscope
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