The Red Bulletin April 2016 - UK

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BEYOND THE ORDINARY

OCEAN WARRIOR

The man who took on the world’s deadliest seas – and won

APOCALYPSE NOW?

WE WANT EVERY CAR

Our top 12 must-have motors

An expert guide to surviving the fallout

THE WORLD BEYOND

GAME OF THRONES Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on Arctic adventures and channelling the animal inside

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A KNIGHT’S TRAIL

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau gets back to nature on two wheels. And not a warlord nor a dragon in sight

In this edition of The Red Bulletin, we meet men who feel most alive in challenging conditions.

Take this month’s cover star, Game of Thrones survivor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau; at our photoshoot it was impossible to get the self-confessed lover of dirt and grime off his bike, despite bitterly cold conditions and strong winds. Then there’s former toaster salesman Adam Walker, who set his sights on swimming the world’s most treacherous oceans – and succeeded, despite hair-raising hardship. And we accompany two cliff-divers as they take on a challenge that makes even their experienced hearts beat faster: high diving from South Africa’s Victoria Falls, the world’s tallest waterfall. Plus we meet the parkour pros taking over NYC, and join the anything-goes party that literally never stops. We hope you enjoy the issue.

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“Always be persistent, passionate, prepared” HAILEE STEINFELD, PAGE 27 THE RED BULLETIN

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WELCOME

APRIL 2016

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CHANNEL HOPPING

How British swimmer Adam Walker took on seven of the world’s most perilous straits – and won

AT A GLANCE GALLERY 18 GOOD SHOTS! Photos of the month

BULLEVARD 25 INSPIRATIONS Life’s high achievers

FEATURES

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32 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau The Game Of Thrones star digs up the dirt on two wheels in Denmark

40 Cliff diving

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Hitting career highs at Victoria Falls

72 LEAPS AND BOUNDS

New York City is one big adventure playground for parkour pros – and even the local cops go with the flow

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OPEN ALL HOURS

The Red Bulletin goes behind the velvet rope of E11even Miami, the nightclub where the beat goes on. And on. And on

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52 Heroes of the month

Room actress Brie Larson, rugby star Anthony Watson, rapper Macklemore and photographer Morgan Maassen

58 New York parkour

Going on the run in the Big Apple

64 Adam Walker

One man’s journey from toaster salesman to king of the open seas

72 E11even Miami

Hanging with the 24-hour party people

ACTION! 79 SEE IT. GET IT. DO IT. The best travel, gadgets, fitness, films, games, music, wheels, watches and events. Plus Wings for Life World Run, our cartoon, and how to survive the apocalypse

TAKING THE PLUNGE

Meet Orlando Duque (above) and Jonathan Paredes, men with a higher purpose: to cliff-dive from Victoria Falls THE RED BULLETIN

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WHO’S ON BOARD

ALEX HARRIS

Perspective is everything when diving at Victoria Falls

Leaping into the unknown Most tourists who visit Victoria Falls in Zambia find themselves peering over the edge of the world’s largest waterfall, marvelling at the dizzying drop and the power of the waters below them. But cliff divers Orlando Duque (in white, above) and Jonathan Paredes had something else in mind when they visited the Smoke that Thunders: to pull off a high dive from the treacherous cliffs in the shadow of the falls. Turns out the height was the least of their worries. Read more on page 40.

The London-based journalist has won awards for exploring the limits of his comfort zone. On page 64, he learns from endurance swimmer Adam Walker that ‘cold’ is a state of mind, even when you can’t feel your fingers.

KAT BEIN

As a regular contributor for The Miami New Times, Bein knows Florida’s party scene inside out.

For us, she spent an extra-long night at E11even, the Miami hotspot that never closes. See page 72.

„MAN KANN SICH AUCH IN STIMMUNG FICKEN“ Seine Songtexte retten kaputte Ehen.

Inspirieren lässt er sich von Taxifahrern und den Beatles. Und er weiß, wie man Kreati­ vität erzwingt. (Spoiler: Um eine gute Idee zu entwickeln, muss man kein Genie sein.)

Wanda­Frontmann Marco Michael Wanda im Interview. Text: Andreas Rottenschlager Fotos: Maria Ziegelböck

Sänger Marco Wanda DArit im Wiener Hotel Bristol: apisciur, „Wer gut werden consequat. will, muss Hiciam nis-Niederlagen schneller cipsam rem wegstecken.“ cus de porenih icimus

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THE RED BULLETIN AROUND THE WORLD The Red Bulletin is available in 10 countries. This is the introduction to an interview in the Austrian edition with Marco Michael Wanda, the charismatic frontman of Viennese pop-rock band Wanda.

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IN FOCUS BEHIND THE LENS

“His performance on the bike impressed me.

He’s extremely fit” SIMON EMMETT, PHOTOGRAPHER British photographer Simon Emmett has shot stars for Esquire (Noel Gallagher) and Rolling Stone (Adele). We sent him to Denmark to follow Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who swapped his battle horse for a mountain bike. Page 32.

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Photographer Emmett focuses on a great Dane

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THE 11 STRANGEST SURVIVING THE STADIUMS ON EARTH SEVEN SEAS

From a platform in the middle of the sea to a field between two UNESCO World Heritage sites: 11 football stadiums that should be on every ground-hopping list.

Endurance swimmer Adam Walker has swum seven of the world’s deadliest seas. Discover the five scariest moments of his epic open-water challenge.

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HIGH DIVE HRADEC NAD MORAVICĂ?, CZECH REPUBLIC PHOTOGRAPHY: LUKAS WAGNETER

Czech band Pipes and Pints have gained a large, loyal following with their uptempo bagpipe-punk anthems, which is why lead singer Syco Mike has no qualms about stage-diving into this adoring home crowd from the roof of the Red Bull Tour Bus. Tour dates: pipesandpints.com

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QUANTUM LEAP

SÖLDEN, AUSTRIA PHOTOGRAPHY: MARKUS FISCHER Mark McMorris’s complex tricks have won him Winter X Games gold medals, so busting out this double backside rodeo 1260 on a huge kicker isn’t too much of a challenge. To find out what other moves the Canadian has up his sleeve, watch new snowboard documentary In Motion, which showcases his skills at alpine fun parks and on epic backcountry slopes. markmcmorris.com/in_motion.cfm

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DOWN TIME

MONT-SAINTE-ANNE, CANADA PHOTOGRAPHY: SVEN MARTIN

French rider Benoit Coulanges demonstrates the hair-raising speeds that make the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup the equivalent of the Champions League for off-road bikers.

In six cross-country and seven downhill competitions (Coulanges competes in the latter), everywhere from Austria to Australia, the riders do battle for a coveted title, laying it all on the line in the name of competition.

Watch the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2016 live on Red Bull TV

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WHERE TECH INNOVATORS BUILD THE NETWORK TO SUCCEED Vienna, Austria - May 24 & 25 Pioneers Festival is the major event for future technologies and entrepreneurship. Build relationships that matter with startup founders, executives, investors, and international media in a unique setting. www.pioneers.io/festival16

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SUPER HUMAN HENRY CAVILL IS FLYING HIGH – AND HE CAN THANK HIS HUMAN WEAKNESSES AS MUCH AS HIS ENVIABLE STRENGTHS

PATRIK GIARDINO

Henry Cavill’s Hollywood career had a bit of a false start. He was almost Bond. He was eyed up for the role of Edward in Twilight.

And his plans to play the man from Krypton in 2003 took a nosedive when proposed reboot Superman: Flyby was axed. But then came 2013’s Man Of Steel. Cavill has all the hallmarks of a masculine hero combined with an unashamedly human vulnerability, making him perfect to play Clark Kent and his mighty alter-ego. “I’m very self-critical and I use that to motivate myself,” says the 32-year-old Brit. Cavill is rumoured to again be in the running to play James Bond.

Definitely sounds like a job for Superman.

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BULLEVARD

2015

1977

Yeezy headlines Glastonbury, despite a 136,000 signature-strong petition against his appearance. The riotous set sees him prowl the stage. “You are now watching the greatest living rock star on the planet,” he declares. A roaring crowd doesn’t disagree.

A star is born. Raised by his English professor mother, Donda, Yeezus was rapping by the age of eight. Music eventually beat books and he became a College Dropout. “Some career goals don’t require college,” says Donda. “It was more about having the guts to embrace who you are.”

2001 West catches the ear of Jay-Z, who taps him up to produce five tracks on his seminal album The Blueprint. The record’s success brings Ludacris and Beyoncé calling, but Yeezy wants to be behind the mic, not the mixing desk.

“Kanye... has never hustled,” says Jay-Z. “I didn’t see how it could work.”

2005 Irritated by copycats, follow-up Late Registration, with $2 million invested from his own pocket, was a reinvention. “I’m always going left until everyone is going left, then I’ll go right again,” he says. Rolling Stone hails ’Ye’s sonic swerve as an undeniable triumph.

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YEEZUS CHRIST, HE IS A GOD: KANYE WEST IS THE LORD OF THE MICS WHOSE ARROGANCE IS SURPASSED ONLY BY HIS ABILITY. WE UNPICK HIS RUNAWAY RISE FROM THRONE WATCHER TO FIRMLY ENSCONCED

2007 Called out by 50 Cent, the rappers face off. The hackneyed sound of gangsta rap loses to Graduation, an album that marks another evolution as Kanye picks magpie-like from house and electronica.

“I have to be creative at all times. I have to learn,” he says. The pink polo shirt nails the coffin closed on rap’s obsession with guns and drugs.

2012 Kanye and mentor Jay-Z pair up for Watch The Throne, a collaborative album and tour. It’s validation for an artist who once struggled to stand out. “I was always the weakest rapper,” says Kanye. “But every night I was working.” Their Coachella set receives rave reviews.

2009 Kanye’s arrogance peaks when he shuts down Taylor Swift at the VMAs. He returns with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, a rumination on celebrity excess that marks his most boundary-breaking output, and displays a previously unseen willingness for ego-free collaboration.

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Kanye crashes driving home from the studio and wakes up in hospital, his jaw wired shut, but charged with inspiration. He channels the pain into Through The Wire, recorded two weeks later. “[It] was my medicine,” says Kanye. The track features on his debut album The College Dropout, which tops charts and end-of-year lists.

HOW I GOT HERE

Just 15 days before release, Kanye overhauls sixth album Yeezus, with producer Rick Rubin, in pursuit of perfection. “The risk for me would be in not taking one,” he says. The dice roll comes up double six, as the album hits number one and collects myriad awards.

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BULLEVARD “REALISING THAT YOU CAN DO JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ON YOUR OWN IS INCREDIBLY EMPOWERING”

TRIPLE THREAT JOSEPH LLANES/CONTOUR BY GETTY IMAGES

HAILEE STEINFELD WHEN IT COMES TO WINNING, AGE AIN’T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER They say good things come to those who wait, but Californian Hailee Steinfeld had an Oscar nomination by the age of 14 – for her performance in the Coen brothers’ 2010 hit True Grit – and, at 19, she’s still scoring. In addition to her acting credits, including this year’s Term Life with Vince Vaughn, she’s a platinum-selling pop star and an ambassador for fashion label Miu Miu. Her secret? “The three Ps. Always be passionate, persistent and prepared.”

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FOLLOW, LIKE AND RETWEET YOUR WAY TO A STRONGER MONTH

THERE ARE MANY PITFALLS IN THE RACE FOR SUCCESS. LET THESE INSPIRATIONAL WORDS FROM SOME OF LIFE’S WINNERS BE YOUR SHORTCUT TO THE FINISH LINE

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion” TONY HSIEH

“I don’t say, ‘Can’t do that’, ‘Won’t do that’. I’ve never thought in that way about work. The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I’m one of the least competitive people you’ll ever meet.

Except with myself”

DESIGN TAXI twitter.com/ designtaxi

A Twitter feed with one eye on innovations – modern design, technology, products and photography – and the other on the pathfinders of popular culture. If you’re as inspired by quirky tech as you are by ingenious graphic design, this makes for regular eye candy.

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“The first step is you have to say that you can” WILL SMITH

“If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously” CATE BLANCHETT

LIFE OF RILEY

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus”

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“It’s important not to limit yourself.

You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is” RYAN GOSLING

“I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts” SYLVESTER STALLONE 28

“Success?

I don’t know what that word means.

I’m happy.

But success, that goes back to what in somebody’s eyes success means.

For me, success is inner peace.

That’s a good day for me” DENZEL WASHINGTON

ROOFTOPPING facebook.com/ rooftopping

For a trend that’s truly up-and-coming, look no further than ‘rooftopping’, where true adrenalin junkies document man-made heights that are dizzying even when merely viewed on your phone screen.

This page will excite some and abjectly terrify others.

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Stuntman and photographer Riley Harper has a lifestyle that’s straight out of a Hollywood movie, and his travels, most often astride a 1959 Triumph Bonneville, take him to the world’s coolest locations.

Herein lies a visual feast of adventuretravel #inspo, with a side order of envy.

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INNOVATOR

PORTABLE SKATEPARK NO HALFPIPE? NO PROBLEM. THE MODULAR SKATEPARK IS A MOBILE SOLUTION THAT TRANSFORMS CITYSCAPES WITH RAMPS AND JUMPS

Artist Leon Karssen didn’t work to a brief.

“We just told him to go crazy”

A mould ensures the side panels are exactly the same size for stability

The ramp is made of two glued layers of flexible 3mm plywood on a tough frame

1/ SO, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?

What started as a design project for Dario Goldbach and his co-creator, Martijn Hartwig, became something bigger. “We built a modular skatepark that could go anywhere in the cityscape,” says Goldbach. “It’s essentially nine structures that can be added to urban objects.”

THE IDEAS MAN DARIO GOLDBACH, 23

“In Rotterdam, where I’m from, there was a skatepark. But it was built by a company that makes kids’ playgrounds. It was metal, which is horrible for skaters. It needed constant repairs and was closed down. We gave skaters another option. Our mobile obstacles are also great for skate-proofed cities. We showcased them in the city centre and it turned into a real event. It was a guerilla project, so we didn’t know what reaction we’d get. But the police didn’t want us to take them down!”

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3/ DID YOU LEARN ANY NEW TRICKS?

“We’d never built a park before, so we spoke to people who had and asked about different materials, etc. Everyone wanted to help and we learnt about the importance of collaboration. Some of the obstacles were painted by Leon Karssen and Vincent Blok, two artists from the skateboarding scene. Leon has 50,000 followers on Instagram, which gave us some extra coverage.”

4/ ANY OTHER PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE?

“The idea was to keep collaborating and building. But Martijn was offered a traineeship and I had other projects, so we donated the obstacles to skate shops. Now, boarders can grab them and put them wherever they want.

From this point onward, it’s about the idea of inspiring others and connecting often-isolated skaters to regular people who like the idea or appreciate the art. We hope it teaches people to look at the city differently.”

HERI IRAWAN

2/ SOUNDS RAD. BUT WHO NEEDS IT?

Pictured here wearing shades next to Jira Jira co-founder Martijn Hartwig, the ardent Dutch skater and design grad enjoys combining his passions. He now lives, works and skates in Australia. jirajira.nl

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Cool running: mountain biking at 5°C in an icy wind is fun for Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

WEEKEND WA He’s survived five seasons of Game of Thrones, describes himself as an animal and knows the secret to happiness. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau says ditch your ego or end up in the madhouse

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he icy wind whipping across the coast by the Kattegat sea, 60km north of Copenhagen, Denmark, is cutting, brutal.

Winter may be hurling all it’s got at Dane Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, but he’s cycling tirelessly over the dunes and through the forests near Tisvildeleje, managing – even in this cold – to look as good as he does as Jaime ‘Kingslayer’ Lannister, his character in Game of Thrones. The 45-year-old doesn’t need the Lannister armour today.

After a difficult start in life, the actor’s world is now battle free. the red bulletin: Is mountain-biking when it’s 5°C outside your idea of fun? nikolaj coster-waldau: Absolutely.

At home I’m surrounded by women, so it’s important for me to do things with my male friends. I need the dirt, the cold, the mud and grime.

So you’re the outdoor type?

We’re all animals deep down, which is why nature has such a deep impact on us. I recently went fishing on my own in the wilds of southern Greenland. It was a magical experience.

Is that the recipe for happiness?

The Danes are said to be one of the happiest nations on Earth, after all.

The trick is that we Danes have low expectations. My father always used to say to me, “Only fly as high as your ears will take you.”

But as a star of one of the most successful TV shows ever, you’ve flown way above ear-height…

If how successful the show is had any effect on the way I feel about myself, I’d have been in a mental institution years ago. That’s not why I do what I do. Plus, Danes don’t tolerate show-offs.

So you keep it to yourself when you’re feeling really pleased?

Occasionally I might say to friends, ‘Here, look at this.’ But, to be honest, if you do that kind of thing, it’s really just because you want to hear how fantastic you are.

I’m not looking for that.

Isn’t applause an actor’s reward?

I know other actors who are at the end of their tether because they live by other people’s opinions, and whether they are living up to the greatness that is expected of them. Which is why you

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should drop the ego and focus on telling a good story instead.

What helped you to adopt that attitude?

Becoming a father. It’s a shock to the system. You instantly stop being the most important person in the world.

Until that point, you worry about your own mortality, but suddenly you’re worrying about someone else’s. That’s scary. You’re not in control anymore.

My younger daughter was struck on the head by a horse and had to go to hospital. She could have died. It was terrible. At the same time, having children is the most wonderful, exhilarating thing you can do.

When are your children happiest?

When we’re all doing something together as a family.

What made you happy when you were a child?

When my father was at home, and wasn’t too drunk, and we’d play cards.

Or there was this TV programme called Sports Sunday, where they showed a game from the English first division in the afternoon. At half-time, we’d go outside and kick a ball around.

A drunken father doesn’t sound like part of a carefree childhood.

My father was an alcoholic. He died in 1998. But I had a great mother, even if we did sometimes get visits from the police.

Why was that?

My mother occasionally used to get carried away and would buy presents for my two sisters and me that, sadly, she couldn’t afford. I still remember the day I had to return my mini hi-fi...

Not an easy situation.

I mostly just felt sorry for my mother.

I knew how humiliating it was for her.

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“We’re all animals deep down, which is why nature has such a deep impact on us” The Danish recipe for happiness: “Only fly as high as your ears will take you”

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“We’re human beings. It’s part of our nature to look ahead and find solutions to our problems.

Because this life is the only one we’ve got”

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She had a job and worked hard, but it was difficult to make ends meet.

Do your children know what you went through in your youth?

Yes, and I make sure they know that their life isn’t normal. They need to understand that. It can’t be taken for granted that you won’t ever have to worry about food and money. But I’m proud of my childhood, nonetheless.

You wouldn’t change it, then, given the chance?

No. I don’t think it’s harmful to encounter the darker sides of life. If kids get bullied at school, for example, it’s horrible. But if you’ve got parents who love you unconditionally, then you realise that you’re good enough, regardless of what others say.

Have you ever experienced rejection?

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Thousands of times. Every time I didn’t get a part. The story of my audition for Vertical Limit when I was 28 was particularly embarrassing. It was the worst screen test ever. To console myself I went to Lisa Kline Men on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles and treated myself to $1,500-worth of clothes.

It just made me feel worse. I returned them the next morning, the second the shop opened. I said something like, ‘Sorry, there’s been a mistake,’ and got my money back. You should have seen the look the saleswoman gave me. Total disgust. It was a good lesson; I’ve never spent so much on clothes in one go since.

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my family. I’ve learnt that you just never know what the future holds for you.

For example?

The fact I missed out on getting the lead in John Carter… At the time, that felt bad, but the irony is, that same summer I was cast in Game of Thrones. GoT became a huge hit; John Carter didn’t.

You’re one of the few cast members to have made it all the way through to the sixth season of GoT. Are you worried about being killed off?

No. Actually I’m curious as to how it all turns out. I’m sure the story will be told as it’s meant to be told.

Is there anything about your job that gets on your nerves?

Yes, all the criticism about Gods of Egypt.

A lot of people are getting really worked up online about the fact that I’m a white actor. I’m not even playing an Egyptian; I’m an 8ft-tall god who turns into a falcon. A part of me just wants to freak out, but then I think, ‘There’s nothing you can do about it. You can’t win in that sort of discussion.’

That’s an admirable attitude. Who do you admire?

The hundreds of thousands of people who are brave enough to leave their country and their terrible daily lives there with nothing more than the clothes they have

on their back. They’re the ones I admire.

We should make the most of this amazing resource, not be afraid of it. Look at the USA: it was built by people who had nothing but a desire to make a better life.

Are you an optimist?

We’re human beings. It’s part of our nature to look ahead and find solutions to our problems. Because this life is the only one we’ve got. hbo.com/game-of-thrones NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU WEARS: Endura Hoodie, MT500 Burner Pant and Singletrack II Shorts (worn over trousers), all endurasport.com Black leather high-top trainers clarks.co.uk LoDown gloves specialized.com LEFT: Nike jumper (worn under sweatshirt) and short-sleeve sweatshirt, both urbanoutfitters.com Bike: Specialized Enduro Expert Carbon 650b tredz.co.uk

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From this height, Jonathan Paredes will be travelling at around 85kph when he hits the water at the base of Victoria Falls

OVER THE EDGE

CLIFF DIVERS ORLANDO DUQUE AND JONATHAN PAREDES WENT IN SEARCH OF A CHALLENGE – AND FOUND IT AT VICTORIA FALLS, ONE OF THE SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD

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THE WORLD’S LARGEST WATERFALL GOES BY MANY DIFFERENT NAMES, BUT ALL AGREE: THIS IS A PLACE OF AWESOME, ANCIENT POWER

“Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight,” wrote Scottish explorer David Livingstone when he first set eyes on Mosi-oaTunya, also known as The Smoke That Thunders

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DUQUE: “THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES. BUT WHAT SETS THIS DIVE APART IS THE ANALYSIS YOU’VE GOT TO DO. IT’S NOT AS BLACK AND WHITE AS YOU THINK”

Paredes finished third overall in the 2015 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series Opposite page: Orlando Duque and Jonathan Paredes spend days carefully scouting before daring to dive at Victoria Falls

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With myriad titles and records to his name, what Duque has achieved in cliff diving will probably never be equalled

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ictoria Falls. Mosi-oa-Tunya. The Smoke That Thunders. The world’s largest waterfall goes by many different names, but all agree: this is a place of awesome, ancient power. It is here that the waters of the Zambezi river, having wound across the African savannah, are hurled over the cliff’s edge, through a rainbow, and into a chasm measuring more than a kilometre long and 100m deep.

Above billows the famous cloud of pulverised water droplets. Below, in the gorge, runs the blue-green torrent. This is where Orlando Duque and Jonathan Paredes, two

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To get a taste of the powerful and intimidating Zambezi, Duque and Paredes went white-water rafting for a day

of the outstanding talents of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, have come to test themselves.

“This is one of the most beautiful places,” says Duque, who, with 13 cliff-diving world titles, two Guinness world records and more than 20 years in the sport, has dived off most places it’s possible to dive off. “Standing in the gorge, looking around, you think, ‘This is unreal.’

But what sets this dive apart from others is the analysis you’ve got to do. It’s not as black and white as you think.”

Indeed. From vast pools with mysterious currents that burble to the surface, to violently foaming rapids, this river is alive, ever-changing and not to be trifled with. In the eddies swirl shattered oars, water bottles ripped from tourists flung from their white-water rafts, and enough floating footwear to stock a second-hand shoe shop. In the slower reaches lurk 3m-long crocodiles (downstream, they grow to more than 6m), and fish heads left on flat rocks betray where otters dined overnight. Humidity is close to 100 per cent, and the mercury nudges 35°C. Aware of his relative inexperience in such extreme conditions, Paredes relies heavily on his mentor. “I trust Orlando a lot – he is a legend,” says the 26-year-old Mexican. “I will do whatever he says. If he says, ‘Here is the place to dive,’ I will dive.”

But the 41-year-old Colombian has a surprise in store.

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DUQUE: “I TRUST IN MY TRAINING. I EXPECT THAT IF I’VE DONE ALL THE PREPARATION, THINGS SHOULD WORK OUT. I CAN’T LEAVE ANYTHING TO LUCK. IT’S COOL THAT I CAN SHUT EVERYTHING ELSE OUT”

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Top: Thanks to the logistics of rigging the Victoria Falls dive, Duque and Paredes had to use climbing gear and a rope ladder to reach the take-off point

Above: Devil’s Pool, next to Livingstone Island, offers a heart-stopping view over the edge of Victoria Falls

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If anything goes wrong during the duo’s plunge, scuba divers might struggle to find them in the Zambezi’s murky waters

To celebrate their successful 30m cliff dive, Duque and Paredes teamed up for a tandem descent through the rainbowinfused spray

2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series and 24m), the ultimate goal is to pull off a 30m dive.

Not only has Paredes never leapt from this height before (dives in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series are limited to 28m), even Duque himself hasn’t dived from 30m for almost a decade.

Standard physics of high diving apply: the athletes will take around three seconds to hit the water, plummeting at a speed of approximately 85kph, and will decelerate to 0kph in 1.5 seconds at a depth of 4-5m. But the usual risks – bruised ribs, a fractured coccyx, concussion – are compounded by the murky Zambezi: if something goes wrong and the safety team of scuba divers lose sight of Duque or Paredes underwater, it will be difficult to locate them. (In fact, it’s not unheard of for those lost to the Zambezi never to be found again.) Plus, for the 30m leap, the two divers will be launching from a spray-soaked ledge, literally in the shadow of Victoria Falls itself.

This season’s competition features two new locations – Japan and Dubai – and more than twice the previous number of women’s events. All events will be shown LIVE on Red Bull TV. For all transmission times, visit redbullcliffdiving.com

ach diver faces his own challenges.

Duque’s responsibility is to set the limits on their ambition, calmly guide the younger man, and, of course, go first. The veteran is more than up to it. Not only has he been mentally preparing for months already, he has the ability to completely block out all distractions at the critical moment.

“I trust in my training,” says Duque.

“I expect that if I have done all the preparation, things should work out.

I cannot leave anything at all to luck or ritual. And it’s pretty cool that I can shut everything else out.”

Paredes, on the other hand, battles a visceral fear of climbing to the takeoff spot. (“I would love an elevator,” he groans.) Worse, when up there all alone, confronting the void, Paredes often struggles to clear his mind of chattering doubts. “Not many people understand, only us divers,” he admits.

“But once you get up there, there is no easy way back. That helps. And Orlando keeps telling me, ‘Just believe and trust in yourself. Forget about everything. It will be higher, but no worries, you can do it.’”

Etched high against those primeval cliffs, the water crashing down from higher still, the vulnerability of the divers is painfully exposed. Slowly, gracefully, each salutes, arms drawn up above his head, before launching off his toes, out into space as he begins to fly, tuck into a somersault, then fall, body outstretched.

Duque and then Paredes plunge into the Zambezi and burst back up again to the surface, slapping the water with joy and buzzing with adrenalin. They have nothing left to prove. But then… what about a tandem dive? Perhaps not from as high as 30m, though…

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JUNE 18 Denmark (men) Portugal (men/women)

JULY 23 France (men)

AUGUST 28 Italy (men/women)

SEPTEMBER 11 United Kingdom (men/women)

SEPTEMBER 24 Bosnia and Herzegovina (men/women)

OCTOBER 16 Japan (men/women)

OCTOBER 28 UAE (men/women)

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HEROES

“BREAK FREE FROM THOSE CHAINS” BRIE LARSON In the critically acclaimed Room,

she portrays a captive mother – but off-screen, the Hollywood actress has the key to freedom

the red bulletin: In Room, you play a young mother who has been kept hostage for seven years. Have there been moments in real life when you haven’t felt totally in control? brie larson: When do we ever have control over everything? Very rarely.

I learnt that lesson a couple of years ago when we were shooting in India. They don’t have addresses there. You drive round in circles for two hours to find a house that’s just around the corner. You get to the stage where you want to give up, at which point you make up your mind either to laugh or cry. And I discovered that I felt like myself again if I laughed.

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You’ve received countless Best Actress awards for your performance in Room.

Would you describe the experience of filming the movie as liberating?

All these awards are so unimaginable to me. But they are not the point, because this is not about me. What has really mattered to me are the human encounters I’ve had thanks to my role in Room.

Talking to people about issues like art teaches you so much about yourself and about the human experience, and that’s what makes you grow

much harder than they do when you’re a kid. But then, at the same time, your sense of love and happiness has much greater depth. That’s just the boon and bane of growing up, which is why it’s so hard – but also so exciting – to be a human being. Every single day, we have to make a decision to take an active part in life.

What’s your motivation to take such an active approach to life?

It’s just incredible that you can wake up in the morning and decide to do something with your life. Not many creatures have that option.

My dog comes and pokes me in the face in the morning

“THANKS TO CURIOSITY, WE CAN CAST OFF LIFE’S LIMITATIONS. I WOULD NEVER HAVE HAD THIS CAREER IF IT WASN’T FOR THAT” and change fundamentally.

That’s what really stays with you in the end.

Do you feel free in your everyday life?

Most of the time I do, but we all came into this world in chains, by which I mean that we’re brought up in a certain way and live in a certain society in a certain part of the world. But, thanks to our curiosity, we can venture ever further and cast off these limitations. I would never

missed out on that with my life in the US. Would you say you enjoy overcoming barriers?

Well, sometimes it can be frightening, too. There are times when I wish I was just at home in my parents’ house and that all I had to do was go to school. Life would be so much easier.

So, deep down, you yearn for the simplicity of childhood?

No, it’s not that. As you get older, sadness and loss hit you

and starts barking because he wants to be fed. And in the afternoon he wants to be walked. But we, as human beings, can wake up whenever we want. We can drive a car. We can travel the world. We’ve got so many opportunities. In one sense that’s an enormous burden, but at the same time it’s incredibly liberating.

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e’ve seen Californian actress Brie Larson fall in love with Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street, and in last year’s Room she showed why she has attracted so many award nominations. But, as we discover, it’s curiosity that is the most important string to this 26-year-old’s bow.

have ended up on this journey and had this career if it wasn’t for that curiosity.

Can you give us a specific example of when you cast off those chains?

I’m always reading authors and thinkers who inspire me. There’s also this great website, brainpickings.org, which publishes excerpts from the works of various artists every day. And I love to travel.

In India, for example, people move at a different pace altogether. You have to strip away all your usual habits and just go with what’s happening in the here and now. That way, you perceive the beauty of a single moment quite differently. I’d completely

Brie Larson recently completed filming for monster movie sequel Kong: Skull Island, due out next year

Anthony Watson, 22, was England’s joint top try-scorer during the team’s disappointing 2015 Rugby World Cup campaign

“DON’T FEAR COMPETITION” ANTHONY WATSON English rugby’s rising star was crippled by pre-match anxiety – then he learnt to use the competitive instinct to his advantage

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nthony Watson has a surprisingly firm and assured handshake for a man once riddled with self-doubt and nerves.

Having grown up with two fiercely competitive brothers, his determination to triumph began to manifest itself as motivation-sapping anxiety, which threatened to put the brakes on the career of one of England’s most exciting new players. Now, with the help of a mind coach, and eight international tries later, the 22-year-old is channelling his insatiable will to win in a far more productive way… the red bulletin: How intense was the competition between you and your brothers while growing up? anthony watson: Put it this way, I recently saw a hilarious home video from when I was seven or eight. I was having a race against my older brother – it was only 50m or so – but after 20m I realised that I wasn’t going to win, so I veered to the left and burst into tears. When I was a kid, if I didn’t win I’d start crying.

I was a really bad loser.

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Then the sibling rivalry began to create anxiety.

How did that happen?

It probably began because losing meant letting down the people around me. At a sports day when I was 15, everyone expected me to break school records, but the idea of failing them was so terrible that I didn’t even want to take part.

I wanted it over with. That feeling worsened over the next five years, to the point where, before a rugby game, I’d wish I could fast-forward to the final whistle. Instead of finding a way to cope, I kept

at training, there’s no reason I can’t perform on Saturday.

I’ll also never forget the saying ‘Pressure is a privilege’. I’m privileged to be in a position where people expect me to perform, so I began to use that ‘burden’ in a positive way. It’s a privilege to represent my family, my friends and my country. That changed it all.

So competition is no longer the enemy?

Not at all. Competition is everything now. It’s why we all play. That feeling you get after winning a game is extra special. You can look around at your teammates, who’ve been through the same 80 minutes as you and given everything, and nobody can

me. It was a great challenge, though. I liked the fact that everyone was worried about what would happen, but all I was thinking was how I could impose my game on him.

How would you have approached that scenario if anxiety was still an issue?

The media talk would have really got to me. Instead, I concentrated on my own game and proving myself.

Is there anything that still makes you nervous?

I have this strange thing where whenever I walk over a bridge, I get the temptation to hurl my phone off it. Sometimes I have to put my phone away for safety. I’m sure I never would, but I always get that feeling.

“MY ANXIETY WORSENED TO THE POINT WHERE, BEFORE A RUGBY GAME, I’D WISH I COULD FAST-FORWARD TO THE FINAL WHISTLE” it all inside. Competition was what had driven me to be the best, but then the pressure got to me and I didn’t know how to deal with it.

What was the turning point?

I began to work with [mind coach] Don Macpherson at Bath Rugby last year. At first he was just concentrating on my nerves, but now he’s a mentor, helping me approach things in life the right way. He made me realise that if I put in the work Monday to Friday

take that feeling away. It’s what drives me now.

You mentioned in a recent interview that you now ‘relish playing against big guys’. How do you mentally prepare for such a task?

The last ‘big guy’ I played against was the biggest guy I’ve ever seen on a pitch – Nemani Nadolo, who plays on the wing for Fiji. He’s about 6ft 5in and weighs 125kg, while I’m 6ft 1in and 90kg, so he was a fair bit bigger than

What advice would you give to someone in the same situation as you were?

It’s too easy to just say, “Enjoy it,” as I know anxiety will always stop that from happening. Putting in the hours beforehand is important.

If you can do it in training, there’s no reason you can’t when the time comes.

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Hip-hop philosopher Macklemore, 32: “Disconnect from the internet�

“IT’S OK TO MAKE MISTAKES” MACKLEMORE The American rap superstar says

perfectionism kills creativity. He also has the secret to solving your problems: help others

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he red bulletin: Perfectionism seems to be de rigueur right now.

But you think it can be dangerous.

Why is that? macklemore: It’s natural to want to get the best out of yourself. But ambition can backfire and perfectionism can kill creativity.

So did your 2012 hit with Ryan Lewis, Thrift Shop (which won two Grammys and went multi-platinum), come about... by chance?

I make sure that my music is as good as it can possibly be.

But at a certain point you have to step back away from a piece of art and put it out into the world. That’s the tricky bit. If I have a song in my head and it doesn’t turn out the way that I want it to, it can be extremely frustrating. So frustrating that it stops me from trying to bring ideas to fruition in the first place. Music is not an easy career. It’s one of immense difficulty and self-scrutiny.

So what do you do about it?

I remind myself that flaws are part of being human and of art. I could work on an album for 10 years and still feel like it’s not perfect yet.

There are effects like autotune to correct every wrong note, but they get away from the root, from the raw and organic moments that create music. It’s about being able to display your flaws in a real, vulnerable way. That’s what makes art beautiful. Make mistakes!

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Salvador Dalí famously said, “Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.”

Can you relate to that?

Definitely. In our society we focus too much on outcomes.

We’re judged by numbers, such as Facebook likes, when really the beauty of art lies in the creation process. Only once you’ve understood that there’s not just one correct way to your goal, can you freely bring your ideas to fruition without frustration.

That sounds reasonable.

But if a doctor was treating me, say, I’d still want him to lean towards perfectionism.

While we’re on the subject of medicine, did you know that depression often comes from perfectionism, from only thinking about ourselves?

People who can’t take the weight of expectation any more feel like losers. Once you get stuck in this vicious circle, it’s time to step back.

What do you mean?

Take time off. Disconnect from the internet. Get outside of your own selfish intentions and motivations.

Be of service to your community and others.

Should we seek help, then?

No, I mean actually help other people. When I do service work in my community, I realise that my own problems aren’t that big anymore.

The minute you start helping others, you realise that there’s a blessing to all of it and that the suffering we deal with is only temporary.

Florian Obkircher New album: This Unruly Mess I’ve Made; macklemore.com

Morgan Maassen, 25, is a minimalist: “It’s about the photos you don’t show”

“SIMPLICITY IS THE KEY TO LIFE” MORGAN MAASSEN The world-class sports

photographer and filmmaker knows how to bring order to his life and his career

the red bulletin: In 2013 you won the Lifestyle category of Red Bull Illume, the world’s greatest action sports photography competition. What makes you successful? morgan maassen: If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that it’s not about the photos you show, but those you don’t show.

We thought it was all about the photos you do show...

Everyday so much content is created and thrown in our faces.

If you’re going to offer something to the masses, make sure that it’s your best. I used to share funny photos of my dog on social media, now I limit myself to one quality picture a day.

How do you adapt that motto to your everyday life?

Simplicity is the key to life. Taking this methodology of less is more from the micro to macro level in life, makes everything more pristine. We live in a fast-paced world, and to step back and define what needs to be in our lives and what is excessive makes for a much easier path. Florian Obkircher Deadline for submissions to Red Bull Illume is March 31: redbullillume.com

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RUN WILD These parkour pros have made running an art form. And in the concrete jungle of New York City, they have the world’s most famous playground at their disposal Words: Alexander Macheck  Photography: Ben Franke

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Eighth Avenue

Pasha ‘The Boss’ Petkuns uses a steel joist at this subway station to gather enough momentum for a backflip

And‌ action!

The police turn on their sirens and drama is guaranteed

Williamsburg Bridge

Erik Mukhametshin does a backflip as a subway train passes beneath him. Illegal?

Whatever. It’s not like the cops are out to stop these parkour pros. Later, in Union Square, some officers even play along, turning on their siren as one of the guys leaps over a squad car

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In the city’s canyons

Top: The Boss rests for a moment.

Below: Erik Mukhametshin leaps between steel joists in the New York subway. One foot wrong and it’s goodbye front teeth

A man doing the Human Flag on the side of a bus doesn’t turn that many heads in the Big Apple

Times Square

Juan Rosario does the Human Flag on the side of a sightseeing bus.

“A lot of people just walked past as if there wasn’t something absolutely extraordinary happening,” says photographer Franke. Welcome to New York City…

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MAN VS OCEAN ADAM WALKER USED TO SPEND HIS DAYS SELLING TOASTERS – THEN A DESIRE TO SWIM THE WORLD’S MOST GRUELLING OPEN WATERS CHANGED EVERYTHING WORDS: ALEX HARRIS PHOTOGRAPHY: ANDREW WHITTON

Seven down: Walker is the second person in history to complete all the Oceans 7 channel swims on first attempt

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The former appliance salesman turned extreme sportsman refuses to recognise the word ‘cold’

“YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE NOT HAVING ACHIEVED SOMETHING SPECIAL”

“THE FIRST STEP IS TO GO OVER THAT LINE, TO TAKE THAT RISK. IF YOU CAN DO THAT, YOU CAN TAKE ON ANYTHING: INJURY, ADVERSITY, WHATEVER” It’s early on a Friday morning in January and Adam Walker is driving from the Midlands to Dover Marina in south-east England. The 200-mile route is a familiar one to him; he couldn’t count the hours he’s spent travelling it. Walker, 37, owes a lot to these waters. They rescued him from his mundane job and plunged him in at the deepest end of endurance sport. By the age of 18, Walker had been dabbling in the water as unremarkably as he had all the other sports that tend to play a part in the upbringing of British boys. But in the last eight years he has broken records as well as expectations, becoming the first Brit to swim seven of the world’s most treacherous open-water straits known collectively as the Oceans Seven. And all this while enduring a crucible of near breakdowns, injuries, marine-life attacks and hypothermia, largely underpinned by facing up to every great sportsman’s worst enemy: himself.

Before his achievements, before the training, before Dover, Walker was going through the motions in an unspectacular job living an unspectacular life.

The fact is, though his achievements are being written into the annals of extreme sport’s history, Walker’s story didn’t start with any semblance of convention. There was no PE teacher who spotted a potential Olympian and nudged him toward regionals and glory. No pushy parent urging him to nurture a sporting career. No, Walker was normal to an almost comical degree: a kettle and toaster salesman from Nottingham whose chances of being a world-class athlete had dwindled with his youth.

But then, in 2006, when he was 28 and far removed from top-level sport, he watched an inflight movie about a man who swims the English Channel and decided to turn his life around. “I wanted to do something memorable,” he says. “You don’t want to die not having achieved something special. This was the biggest physical and mental THE RED BULLETIN

challenge out there. Even more so for me because I wasn’t ever good at endurance. It was a case of, ‘do something you’re not good at’.”

His implausible decision had epic consequences.

“I started practising techniques in the pool, but I needed to test myself against cold water, I needed to acclimatise,” explains Walker. “So I started swimming in lakes.” But it was a stunted start. “During my first open-water swim I got hypothermia,” he says. “I was later told by paramedics that I was only a few minutes away from death.” While still holding down a fulltime job, swimming became his focus. “I would go and swim before and after work,” he says, “like Olympians do.” As his training went deeper, so did the costs. Walker’s then-relationship folded under the strain. But, almost unbelievably, he persevered and found his way to Dover. By 2008, he’d taken on the English Channel. In the seven years that followed, he swam all seven straits, making the home appliance salesman one of only six people in the world to conquer what is arguably the toughest endurance challenge on the planet. It’s real life that smacks of Hollywood cliché.

As irresistible as you’d imagine Walker’s humble start and subsequent odyssey to be to scriptwriters, there’s no film about him yet. Open-water swimming is still an almost unknown sport for most. Like its traditional pool-based counterpart, it relies upon sound technique; without that, you’re going nowhere. Unlike the pool, however, the ocean is chaos, an inherently unpredictable venue in which preparing for everything is about as achievable as trying to predict the roll of the dice. Sometimes, you roll double six: the current is on your side, the temperature is bearable – in terms relative to the sport, at least – and you are able to swim without much incident, perhaps just suffering the odd bout of uncontrollable vomiting or limb-numbing 67

OCEANS SEVEN THE SEVEN TOUGHEST CHANNEL SWIMS IN THE WORLD – WALKER IS THE FIFTH TO COMPLETE THE CHALLENGE ENGLISH CHANNEL 21 MILES 11HR 35MIN

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR 19 MILES 9HR 39MIN

KA’IWI CHANNEL 26 MILES 17HR 2MIN

CATALINA CHANNEL 21 MILES 12HR 15MIN

TSUGARU STRAIT 15 MILES 15HR 31MIN

coldness. Mostly, though, you roll snake eyes: for every mile you swim, the current is prone to drag you back two; perils abound; you’re stung to hell and back by a horror-show of a marine life; and cold is a word you have to shut out entirely, because to let it in could spell disaster.

COOK STRAIT 14 MILES 8HR 39MIN

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Last year, the English Channel ingested hundreds of Adam Walker wannabes and then spat them out in varying states of disarray. This year will be no different. “I’m already taking bookings for 2019,” says our small boat’s skipper, who’s called Eddie – we’re accompanying Walker on a training swim and Eddie’s is a necessary expert eye today. The swimmer’s safety is paramount. The water is particularly cold, even by England’s standards, with a wind blowing that makes everything feel more bitter still. Sun and clear skies belie the fact that present conditions are inappropriate even for a dip in the ocean. “My girlfriend wanted to come,” Walker says, smiling. “She was like, ‘Do any of them know you could die out there today?’” If he has considered that potential outcome himself he doesn’t show it, as we board the boat and unload our kit. “Would you believe I get seasick?” he says.

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“YOU NEED TO WANT THE ACHIEVEMENT ENOUGH TO SUFFER THE PAIN”

“How weird is that? An open-water swimmer, an extreme athlete, who suffers from seasickness on boats and in the water.” He laughs loudly over the engine’s thrum as we set out from the marina.

The prospect of swimming in seas like this for extended periods, taking on unforeseen problems, is enough to keep most of us on dry land without the added complication of seasickness. But to Walker, that’s a little detail, another psychological brake that needs to be removed as soon as he gets into the water. Watching him at work, it’s clear that’s Walker all over: a man armed with an arsenal of internal monologues to overcome physical hurdles – chants, mantras, a bit of self-delusion, even. “I train myself not to be negative,” he says, by way of explanation.

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says. It’s an uncomfortable truth that the sea is unforgiving in terms of temperature. But, Walker believes, it’s your brain that allows you to overcome such hardships, during swimming or elsewhere.

“You need to want it, want the achievement enough to suffer the pain,” he explains. “Plus you need to rewire your brain: when I was starting out, I didn’t say the word ‘cold’ for seven years.” He’s not joking.

“Take your bath as a relative scale,” he continues, pulling on his swimming cap now, adjusting his goggles, cool as you like. “Imagine filling it up to the top with cold water and how unpleasant it would be to get into. That’s around 17-19°C.” He releases the rubber cap with an audible thwack. “This water is around 7°C,” he says, gesturing towards the sea around us. “Going into hypothermia is a real risk.

Plus it chills your guts, so you’re likely to spend much of your swim vomiting.”

That fitness alone cannot prepare you for physical tests is a notion Walker returns to frequently. More important, he says, is pushing through the pain barrier. He posits this as a metaphor for all of life’s challenges. “It’s not even about the swimming,” says Walker. “In fact, it’s not about the swimming at all.

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Out in the English Channel, Walker practises his moves for his next briny adventure

“THE BIGGEST THING WHEN YOU START OUT IS ACCLIMATISING TO THE COLD”

such platitudinous advice were Walker’s beginnings not so humble and his achievements not so great.

He’s a reminder that wanting something can be the precursor to achieving it, if you’re willing to suffer a little hardship along the way.

Hardships such as an unrelenting headwind that bites despite multiple layers of clothing. Everyone on the boat’s deck is shivering as Walker steps over to the ladder wearing swimming shorts, a swimming cap, goggles… and nothing else. “It’s getting hot in here!” he half-shouts, half-sings, the final brain trick deployed. His whooping and chants get quieter as his feet work through the ladder rungs and he descends.

A few sharp breaths and with an almost inaudible splash, Walker disappears into the foam in the boat’s wake. Everyone’s nerves go to shreds.

It’s painful to watch, but Walker has been through worse. “I vomited more than 20 times in the English Channel,” he says. But of course he completed the swim. That all sounds positively tepid compared to the Hawaii stretch of the Oceans Seven, during which Walker was stung by a Portuguese Man o’ War, also known as the floating terror, a jellyfish-like creature that carries venom nearly as powerful as that of a cobra. “It was the worst pain of my life,” he says. With both neck and spine numb, Walker’s belief that strength of mind can overcome anything got its biggest test – and he completed the swim only a few hours later than planned. He’s been stalked by sharks

“I’M AN OPEN-WATER SWIMMER WHO SUFFERS FROM SEASICKNESS. HOW WEIRD IS THAT?” and succumbed to hypothermia... “You’d have to be mad to do this job, right?” he yells from the water as he carves a line next to the boat, showcasing the famous front crawl-style stroke unique to him.

Mad indeed. But Walker did it anyway. He had to. Especially considering the injury that could have ended his career.

When Walker ruptured his bicep tendon during the English Channel swim, his surgeon advised him to give up swimming completely. Unfazed, Walker instead pushed on, inventing a stroke that allowed him to work around a shoulder injury so damaging it could have ended the career of any Olympian. Unlike a traditional stroke, the Ocean Walker, as he calls it, shifts the focal point of entry into the water. With each stroke, he focuses on the elbow as the lead to the rest of the upper body. By contrast, traditional teaching would have you lead with the hand. By shifting this focus to the elbow, Walker is able to minimise stress on the shoulder as the arm rotates with each stroke, completing its rotation at the hips.

And it’s those hips, by the way, which are doing most of the work. “In all sports, from running to shot-put, and even when walking, the body prefers to use the hips and core,” he says. “They’re powerful endurance muscles. So why not in swimming?” He has a point.

And many have agreed with him. Walker now travels the globe teaching his technique. Not only has he inspired other swimmers, but stars in other sports. In 2015, he was approached by tennis number one Novak Djokovic, who after training with Walker, is using the Ocean Walker stroke to strengthen the joints that are the most important, rather than risking injury to them. If nothing else, that’s testament to a mindset that’s been a real game changer. A can-do attitude in the truest sense, which has proven to be a powerful real-life tool.

As Walker climbs out of the water, the unspoken concern among the crew is deafening. He breaks the silence: “I’m... shaking like a sh...sh-tting dog,” he splutters. Everyone laughs.

It’s neither grit nor self-delusion alone, but a hard alloy of both that allows a man as normal as Adam Walker the strength to rub shoulders with, and then brush past, the greatest athletes on the planet. “The first step is to go over that line, to take that risk,” he says, cupping his hands round a mug of tea to warm them up. “If you can make that happen, then you can then take on anything – injury, adversity, whatever. Everybody is capable of doing something like an Oceans Seven. The only question is, do you want it enough? Nothing great is easy. But my mantra is, if it’s simple in your mind, it’s simple in reality.”

Man vs Ocean, Adam Walker’s autobiography, is out now adamwalkeroceans7.co.uk

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Art Basel brings the elite of the art world to E11even Miami to sample the city’s outrageous nightlife

Florida’s most glamorous clubbers let their hair down at E11even Miami

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Acrobats perform above the heads of the clientele

5.00pm

Ken DeGori walks into his office and wipes the sleep from his eyes. It’s hard to find time to rest when you’re throwing a party that just keeps on going. Since it first opened its doors in February 2014, America’s E11even Miami has never closed.

It’s a 24-hour job, and the frenetic DeGori is the first of five partners to arrive. This week has been especially gruelling. It’s Saturday, and Art Basel – an international gathering of artists, celebrities, art dealers and the absurdly wealthy – is in town. It is one of the biggest weeks in Miami’s calendar year, bringing a sophisticated clientele, special guest DJs, and outrageous performances – all of which must go without a hitch. “I don’t think there’s ever been anything like E11even Miami,” says DeGori. He should know – DeGori and his partners have more than 100 years of nightlife experience between them. “You’ve got top chef Carla Pellegrino’s restaurant Touché, live bands, cabaret, a production

company, Cirque du Soleil-type shows…

There’s so much going on, we can satisfy anybody.”

10.00pm

DeGori has the rooftop lounge and restaurant cordoned off for a party in honour of basketball ace Dwyane Wade’s manager, with all the Miami Heat players in attendance. Local hero Trick Daddy and Shake Ya Ass star Mystikal are set to perform their dirty Southern party rap.

11.30pm

Managing partners Gino LoPinto and Daniel Solomon arrive at E11even Miami, having just shown their faces at a number of corporate sponsorship events and

“W n e w ce’ ve c r e a more oncept ted a o f a n t h a t ’s t h a t ui g h t c l u b tople ses th s e b o d ys f e m a l e as ar t”

Art Basel parties. Schmoozing is par for the course when you run one of the top 10 highest-grossing venues in the US. In 2015, the club took almost $34 million in sales revenue. Along with fifth partner Derick Henry, Ken DeGori, LoPinto and Solomon have helped flesh out owner Dennis DeGori’s vision of a new breed of venue, a sinful paradise that oozes extravagance but pulls it off with class. “It’s offensive when we hear ‘strip club,’” says LoPinto. “We’ve created a new concept that’s more of a nightclub that uses the topless female body as art. Our business is 50 per cent female.”

1.45am

Go-go dancers and aerial acrobatic performers gather in the back dressing room.

The group don wigs and stretch before heading to E11even Miami’s illuminated main arena. They’re debuting new choreography for Art Basel weekend. Contortionist Irina Kazakova’s thin, angular

body is covered in tight, black latex. An hour from now, she’ll be hanging from the blue ceiling, floating mere feet above customers’ heads. “It’s a pleasure to perform for Art Basel,” she says. “There’s a lot of creative people, and you can feel the energy of the crowd.”

2.30am

Reallife couple Hampus and Milena twirl and twist in the air, limbs moving sensually, oblivious to the cheers and dropped jaws of the patrons beneath them. “When a glove comes off, or a stocking, he does it for me,” says Milena. “I’m not stripping. He’s stripping it off me, so it’s interesting, romantic and sexy at the same time.”

Photos are normally prohibited thanks to the club’s strict policy on paparazzi

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2.40am

Show producer Dan Rowland – a tall, middle-aged man with a youthful face – sweats as he runs the aerial rigs hidden behind the back bar, monitoring all the components of Hampus and Milena’s intricate performance.

This is one of a handful of moments in which he and his team really get to steal the spotlight.

Rowland was drafted in at E11even Miami’s inception, hand-picked for his 15 years of experience working on Cirque du Soleil shows Ka and Iris in Las Vegas and Los Angeles respectively. He brought a few of his old Cirque performers with him, Hampus included, to deliver a mind-blowing experience. “I love 76

seeing people enjoying what we’ve put together,” says Rowland.

“Seeing people dancing in the bird cage and flying around in the air… it just blows first-timers away.”

5.15am

As the city’s other clubs and bars shut their doors, the energy at E11even Miami reaches critical mass. Parades of champagne bottles adorned with live sparklers snake through the writhing hordes as banknotes are thrown into the air and rain down all around. Drake’s Hotline Bling blares from a top-grade FunktionOne Resolution 6 sound system, with visiting DJ Savi at the decks.

Girlfriends give their men private dances, inspired by the semi-naked entertainers on podiums. Gyrating go-go dancers in high socks and mini crop tops flank the DJ booth, while three topless women hang horizontally from a giant pole on a raised platform in the middle of the dancefloor. Revellers sip

cocktails and stare from the second-tier balcony, lost in sensory overload.

6.30am

Ken DeGori circles the club’s perimeter, and although the sun is rising, the queue outside is as long as ever. Except it’s not so much an orderly line as approximately 70 wouldbe clubbers huddled around the ropes like one amorphous being.

Everyone knows there’s a crazy party inside – a magical Neverland where time stays still and dawn is as dark and wild as 1am. DeGori clocks out for the night.

9.00am

The party rages on, though the crowd finally starts

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to dwindle. The restaurant upstairs serves breakfast sandwiches and ‘South Of The Border’ egg and chorizo burritos to hungry party zombies in full daylight, their hair messy and eyes wide. For the first time in a week, Miami sees a break in the rain and revellers can enjoy a sun-filled morning.

11.00am

After 12 hours of shaking hands, LoPinto and Solomon call it a day. In another 12 hours, it will be time to prepare for Art Basel’s closing party, Hard 2 Leave. The send-off has become a Miami tradition, meaning there’s no slacking on this day of rest. Not that these guys would have it any other way. “I wake up in the morning, pinch myself and just thank God for my life,” says LoPinto. “That’s where it is for me.

I’m at the pinnacle of my career, which tells you how I compare this with everything else.”

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HEATING UP HELL

Out and about on the toughest racing circuit in the world This is the place Niki Lauda lost an ear, where thousands of racers have crushed metal. The Nürburgring Nordschleife racing circuit deep in Germany’s Eifel forests is nicknamed “Green Hell”, an epithet it fully deserves. How do you not only get out of here unscathed, but have fun and become a better driver? Welcome to sports driver training with Scuderia S7.

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Prepare yourself while still at home Computer Assetto Corsa is currently the most realistic simulation for both cars and track layout. The Nordschleife has been laser-scanned in 3D and comes with all the professionals’ little tips. assettocorsa.net

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Wedded to the ’Ring: once they’ve had a taste of the thrills provided by the Nürburgring Nordschleife, many drivers come back again and again

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compression, which makes your eyes pop out and your brain want to rebel at the very thought of keeping your foot to the floor – will pass off smoothly and safely.

As instructor Friedhelm Mihm explains, “The less you steer, the more smoothly you’ll go about your business, which means that you’ll be more relaxed, secure and quicker round the track. You have to think ahead and connect points with the greatest curve possible. That obviously applies here at the Nordschleife, but it also applies when you’re driving in regular traffic.”

His theory is proved right on the second day, when it’s time for a couple of drivers in very powerful, very quick cars to string together the individual sections and apply what they’ve learnt in free practice. On some of the legendary sections, with names such as Brünnchen, Hohe Acht or Wippermann, they come up well short against the formidable Opel Corsa OPC, a small car which generates just 207hp, for having paid less attention on the previous day than the valiant Opel drivers.

As is so often the case, all that brawn is no use if the mind is weak.

And Martin Stucky was right. Several participants booked their next trip to the ’Ring as soon as this one was over.

Maps, circuit blueprints and photos… All the experience that comes with 10,000 laps plus a DVD with video footage. The IdeallinieKonzept by Martin Stucky and Lothar Faßnacht is the ’Ring bible. ideallinie-konzept.de

DVD The 24-hour race unites pros and amateurs in every car you can imagine. The annual DVD of the event combines drama and sport and is a good warm-up for driving the course yourself.

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Martin Stucky has devoted himself to the Nordschleife. In his lifetime, the Swiss instructor has managed an incredible 25,000 laps of the 20.8km course with its 73 corners, written a book on the perfect lines to take and taught thousands of novices the basics of this legendary rollercoaster of a course – which has a 300m difference in altitude between its highest and lowest points.

“Do you really want this?” he asks his pupils on the first day. “The Nordschleife is a drug. Anyone who goes out there with us now will never get it out of their system.”

Of course they all want it, otherwise they wouldn’t have paid €2,690 for a two-day intensive training course, which doesn’t include the car. “It’s cheaper than bodywork damage, anyway,” says one of the participants, quite rightly, before getting into his 740hp Ferrari F12 as he willingly becomes a learner driver again.

The Scuderia S7 experts divide Hell into six sections to make it more manageable.

Each section is about 3km long and small groups go through them over and over again behind the instructor, following radio instructions, until they’ve got the line right.

It’s hard, precise brainwork. If you don’t think far enough ahead or you’re a little bit careless, you’re going to have problems a couple of corners in front of you. But if you do it right and follow the pros’ instructions, then even those nasty sections – for example the turn-in point in the Fuchsröhre

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TRAVEL Chema Martínez, last year’s winner in Madrid, is looking forward to Valencia

IN THE RUNNING Three more moving destinations

Valencia, Spain Valencia About 300km from both Barcelona and Madrid. Find out more at visitvalencia.com

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Future meets past with stunning architecture

Run in historic surroundings with good weather (almost) guaranteed. Just a few kilometres in, you’ll get to the Atlantic coast. Excellent food, amazing atmosphere, reasonable prices.

You don’t have to stay home to enter the Wings for Life World Run. Valencia is just one of 34 great destinations

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Après-run: treat yourself on the waterfront

Nearby are the Turia Gardens, where you can train over 5km of picturesque running track for the race. Before 1957 it was part of the mighty river Turia, until it broke its banks bringing death and destruction to the city.

Turning tragedy into tranquillity, the city council transformed the riverbed into a park, complete with a 70m reclining Gulliver.

Today, Valencia is the biggest port on the Mediterranean western coast. A Herculean recovery that many retired competitors can contemplate as they recuperate with local seafood specialty Fideuà – its noodles yellow from saffron or black from cuttlefish ink.

When this race in 34 global cities is finished, those still pushing on into the night in Valencia may want to head to Café del Duende in the old town. The energetic Flamenco show there could get even the most exhausted runner back on his feet.

Can’t make it to any of the 34 cities where the Wings for Life World Run will be held on May 8, 2016? Be part of this global event with a Wings for Life Selfie Run instead. Just download the free app for iOS or Android and the virtual Catcher Car will be after you. wingsforlifeworldrun.com

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Setting off from the foot of the most powerful waterfall in North America, the spray may not get you, but as it’s the wet season, you may still need your waterproofs.

MILAN Italy

Italian flair and never-ending charm. Run down the Navigli canals, past the Church of Saint Babila and the San Siro Stadium, then have an espresso al fresco.

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Every runner knows it – that moment when giving up seems preferable to carrying on.

When the Catcher Car closes in on you in Valencia this May, you may want to consider your surroundings before letting it overtake.

This Spanish city of ancient majesty and technological wonder has been built and destroyed and rebuilt through the sheer determination to keep pushing on.

Nowhere is this more apparent than at the City of Arts and Science, a complex of museums so architecturally advanced it was used for the exteriors of last year’s movie Tomorrowland. At the centre sits L’Hemisfèric, a cinema and planetarium that opens its giant translucent eyelid to stare across the surrounding waters to the race’s start point.

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Geo Pocket Transit Compass Your smartphone has nothing on this intricate compass. Inside the aluminium housing, a rareearth magnet rests on a sapphire jewel bearing for quick, accurate readings. brunton.com The vertical turntable creates the illusion of a floating record and showcases any artwork on the vinyl as it spins

Hot Box As the name suggests, this attractive cube is the urban answer to a fire pit. Sit around it with friends and warm your hands in winter, then add meat for a sizzling summer BBQ. bertandmaykitchens.com

Floating Record Turntable To see that analogue audio is alive and kicking, look no further than the US company that made vinyl vertical. This space-saving turntable is quick to load and has speakers in its base (available in maple or walnut veneer). gramovox.com

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They may not count your steps for you, but whether in the city or up a mountain, these handmade Italian suede and leather mid-tops won’t disappoint. diemmefootwear.com

Even DIY-phobes will fall for the aesthetic charms of this 24-piece tool collection crafted from finely sanded and oiled Swiss wood. wohngeist.ch

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Longines HydroConquest

Beneath the cover is the L688 automatic calibre made by ETA. It has a 4-hertz frequency and a 54-hour power reserve, and the classic chronograph flywheel is a true gem.

No one really needs a mechanical chronograph on their wrist these days – anything it can do, a smartphone can do just as efficiently. That said, a smartphone is just a smartphone. The chronograph is something altogether different. Its appeal is part form, part function, with a pusher on either side of the crown: one to start and stop the stopwatch, the other to return it to zero.

Then there’s the dial, which is divided into several parts, with an independent sweep second hand and counters for minutes and hours. It’s something to behold, an intricate piece of classic engineering. Sports chronographs needn’t cost the earth, either. Longines has a reasonably priced offering in the handsome HydroConquest, which has a rubber strap, unidirectional rotating bezel and 41mm steel case, and is water resistant to depths of up to 300m.

It will certainly outlive your iPhone. longines.com

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The DS-1 features a classic ETA 7750 calibre, with a tachymeter scale winding its way around the dial to help measure speed. The three stopwatch hands are red, which makes them stand out against the black watch face. certina.com

The German firm revives a chronograph originally marketed to aviators in 1939. Its red reset button is a tribute to the wife of one flyer, who painted on a dot of nail varnish so that her beloved wouldn’t press it by accident. hanhart.com

An official chronometer certificate confirms that the modified ETA A07.211 automatic calibre inside this attractive watch is accurate to within minus four or plus six seconds a day. Also, its steel case is water resistant up to 50m. wempe.com

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Dune Bug: new bodywork adds street-cred

Ducati and Italia Independent have released a set of Scrambler-themed sunglasses. Black with a rubberised surface and mirrored coppercoloured lenses, they mimic shades of the bike’s frame. The Scrambler logo sits above the left temple. scramblerducati.com

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Volkswagen resurrects the sunny ’60s It’s rare to see a concept car that’s obvious stand-candy and also a genuine production forerunner. Volkswagen’s Beetle Dune was just such a beast when it first appeared at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2014 – and now the real version is hitting the road. Note road, not beach.

It was, perhaps, an inevitable progression: the original Beetle spawned the Baja Bug kit cars of the 1960s, so of course the modern Beetle, which exists as an exercise in retro chic, was going to go down that route. The Beetle Dune tips the hat to California’s golden age without any intention of getting its feet dirty. Like

the rest of its order, the Beetle Dune is front-wheel drive only – so not really the thing for deep sand.

What you do get is something that’s going to look great in its natural habitat, tooling around a cityscape or parked up outside Starbucks. Available as hatchback or cabriolet, Dune sits 10mm higher than a standard Beetle and has a slightly wider track, but the stand-out elements are in the bodywork: a new grille, side strips, graphics, and a large spoiler. Inside there are sport seats, leather upholstery and the option of a Fender sound system.

It definitely looks the part. vw.com

Mopar bookends Mopar and the Stefani & Co Metalworks are producing custom bookends. Crafted from powder-coated steel with the logo in waxed natural steel, they’re not cheap, but they might just be the thing to prop up those vintage manuals. wearmopar.com

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A family car that comes with super powers Audi’s RS line-up has long been a favourite of those who want a supercar and a family runabout, but only have a single garage in which to put them. The latest ‘Performance’ models of the RS6 Avant and RS7 reduce the amount of mental compromise that requires, retaining five seats and plenty of space for buggies and luggage, but pumping up the power output to even more OTT levels.

The Performance models are uprated by 45hp, dragging around 600hp out of a 4.0-litre V8 bi-turbo petrol engine.

They cover 0-100kph in 3.7 seconds, go on to top speeds of 300kph and have an overboost function that can increase torque by 50Nm up to an impressive 750Nm. Those are supercar stats – though not many supercars can fit in quite so much heavy shopping. audi.com

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Amalgam models McLaren recently completed its 375th and final P1, but the supercar will live on in scale-model form.

For the serious model buyer, Amalgam offer a 1:8 model, precise to 0.1mm. And, of course, it has optional extras. finemodelcars.com

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STRENGTH IN NUMBERS CHRISTIAN WADE

The Wasps rugby wing combines pace, power and agility to exploit any opening on the pitch.

Here’s how he does it

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10.8 THE SPEED WADE RAN THE 100M WHEN HE WAS 16.

“A lot of my speed is down to genetics,” he says. “But you still have to work to keep it. It’s about getting as much force through the floor as you can with minimal foot contact time.”

He works with 4x100 gold medallist Darren Campbell on speed drills, including the B-skip – to do it, jog forward, bringing your knees up high, then kick out your feet before landing as softly as possible.

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THE HEIGHT IN CENTIMETRES OF WADE’S VERTICAL JUMP. To build first-step explosiveness, he stands holding a pair of dumbbells, sinks into a halfsquat, then drops the weights and leaps skyward – using his muscles’ stretch reflex for extra air time.

3 95kg HOW MANY DAYS BEFORE A GAME WADE DOES HIS LAST WORKOUT. “We do footwork drills, power work and skipand-jumps,” he says.

“Nothing that’ll wear us down. You want to feel ready, not fatigued.”

If you’re running a marathon or Tough Mudder, do the same – your last training session should be so easy that you come out feeling more energised than you went in.

THE WEIGHT WADE USES IN THE HIGH-PULL, variations of Olympic weightlifting moves he uses to build explosive strength.

“I have problems with my wrists, so this exercise suits me,” he explains.

To do it, start with a bar on the floor, holding it with your hands just outside your knees. Lift it explosively, using the momentum from your leg drive to pull it to chest height before letting it drop. Do five sets of three.

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FITNESS TRACKER The hottest things in health

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You’ve heard of spinning, now comes the running equivalent.

The Mile High Run Club’s signature group workout uses treadmills and free weights to build strength and endurance. milehighrunclub.com

THE FUEL Insects

They’re high in protein, easy to breed, emit less methane than cows and half a dozen companies are currently smashing them into bar form.

Exo’s cricket-flourand-blueberry are the best right now. exoprotein.com

VITAL STATISTICS Discipline RUGBY UNION Age 24 Height 1.73m Weight 86kg Achievements PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR, 2012/13; FOUR CAPS (English/British national teams)

THE APP Twilight

Screen glare disrupts production of the sleep hormone melatonin. If you must tweet before bed, use Twilight to downshift your phone’s blue light output to improve shuteye. play.google.com

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FILM Captain America: Civil War Phase Three of Marvel’s ‘cinematic universe’ kicks off with Cap (Chris Evans) battling fellow Avenger Iron Man (Robert Downey) in a war sparked by new superhero laws.

In cinemas from April 29. marvel.com

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HBO’s fantasy drama Game Of Thrones returns in April. But will the much-anticipated sixth season live up to expectations? We say yay It’s going to hit the ground running Season five was criticised for being a slow burner, though this is unfair given the number of cliffhangers served up by the finale: Cersei’s (Lena Headey) ‘walk of shame’, Daenerys’ (Emilia Clarke) brush with a horde of Dothraki warriors, and Jon Snow’s (Kit Harington) bloody exit, to name a few. Luckily, it sounds as if the new series won’t leave us hanging for long… “There’s very little expository stuff [this time],” says director Jeremy Podeswa.

“It starts with a bang and you’re right into the excitement.”

Expect lots of new characters… and some familiar faces The already bulging cast list is set to grow even bigger. Alongside veteran actors including Richard E Grant and Ian McShane, season six will welcome the likes of Essie Davis (from acclaimed Aussie horror movie The Babadook) and Pilou Asbæk (star of Danish TV drama Borgen). Among those returning to GoT are the psychically gifted Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) and scheming lord Walder Frey (Harry Potter’s David Bradley), who’s long overdue some payback for his part in the now infamous ‘Red Wedding’.

This time around, all bets are off While some of the show’s characters and subplots have deviated from the source material – George R R Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire novels – GoT has largely stuck to the core story. But the new season marks the first time the TV series will overtake Martin’s words (he is yet to publish the final two instalments). “That makes me equally nervous and excited,” says Podeswa. “But there have been so many diversions from the original story that I think the audience is ready to go completely off-book.” No more will fans of the show live in fear of literary spoilers… Game Of Thrones will air on Sky Atlantic in April. sky.com/tv/show/game-of-thrones

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DEAD OR ALIVE? The GoT characters whose fates are uncertain Jon Snow (Kit Harington) Knifed (repeatedly) by fellow members of the Night’s Watch in the season five finale, but HBO have teased his return – perhaps resurrected by ‘red priestess’ Melisandre (Carice Van Houten).

Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner, pictured below) Last seen escaping her sadistic husband Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) by jumping from a castle wall. It may have been a long way down, but they can’t kill off another Stark… can they?

Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane (Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson) The outlook didn’t look good for Cersei’s giant champion after he was poisoned in battle in season four, but his masked appearance at the end of last series suggested otherwise.

Is he alive, or even… undead?

GAME Total War: Warhammer The latest game in the best-selling Total War series transports the turnbased strategy action from historical battlefields to the fantastical universe of Warhammer, with orcs, vampires and dwarves fighting for supremacy.

Available on Windows and Mac from April 28. totalwar.com

FILM The Jungle Book Directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man), Disney’s new take on Kipling’s classic tale uses spectacular CG to place the talking animals in a real-world setting.

The stellar voice cast includes Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba and Bill Murray.

In cinemas from April 15. disney.co.uk

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With their 1995 debut, Adrenaline, California’s Deftones laid the foundation for the nu-metal genre and bands such as Linkin Park. But instead of resting on their laurels, the five-piece began to experiment with electronic sounds, resulting in their platinum-selling masterpiece White Pony five years later. The band’s desire to explore new territory has been key to their success. On the eve of the release of Deftones’ eighth album, Gore, we asked bassist Sergio Vega to list five tracks that have inspired him; it was no surprise when, instead of rock classics, he chose tunes that he loves to play in his DJ sets. deftones.com

Panda Bear

The Juan MacLean

Crosswords

Running Back To You

“Early in the evening, I like to play songs that are a bit out there but still get people’s heads bobbing.

Crosswords is a good example of this. With their electronic rhythms and weird delay effects, Panda Bear’s songs are a modern, airy take on psychedelic music. When you’re a DJ, playing his music is a guaranteed win. It earns you coolness points from people who know of him, while others come up and ask what it is.”

“I love playing this track in my sets. Thanks to Nancy Whang’s cool vocals, everybody on the dancefloor seems to click with it instantly, no matter what kind of music they’re into. It’s not a club banger, it’s a downbeat electropop song incorporating disco and funk elements, which makes it the perfect tool when switching between genres, from weirder stuff to hip-hop. It’s kind of the glue in my DJ sets.”

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Blasé

Look At My Dab

“Hip-hop is a major part of my sets at the moment, because I love where the genre is going.

Some people complain about the current lack of lyricism, but for me it’s about the experimental sound of a lot of hip-hop tracks right now. Take Blasé: for most of the song, there’s not even any bass, which is fantastic. It shows that you don’t always have to be banging away, as the music can lose its impact.”

“This is a great track to get people hyped as you approach peak time. Migos are the kings of the triplet flow, which is so prominent in hip-hop today. In this song, they talk about ‘dab’, which is basically a new word for ‘swag’. Thanks to viral success of the video, Look At My Dab is now a movement with a dance. That’s great for DJs, because when you play it out, the whole dancefloor does the moves.”

Yo Gotti Down In The DM “What’s interesting about this rap song is that the only people who request it are women – and they ask for it a lot! In the lyrics, Gotti basically calls for girls to message him certain shots of themselves via Snapchat. It’s very risqué and he’s not very poetic with his words, which I think is why it works. So if you want to please the ladies in the club, be sure to include this one on your playlist.”

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“When this tour concludes, it will truly be the end,” proclaimed arguably the greatest metal band of all time when announcing their current world tour. Sadly, in light of guitarist Tony Iommi’s health problems, it doesn’t appear to be a press stunt. blacksabbath.com

Haven’t they just announced their Coachella reunion, you might ask? Yes, they have, but considering the continuing tensions between Axl Rose and Slash, it’s quite unlikely the band’s first iconic line-up show since 1993 will develop into a full-blown reunion. gunsnroses.com

THE GADGET Nervana

This pocket-sized device excites the brain by sending electronic pulses down the ear canal as you listen to your music. When connected to your music player with a standard headphone cable, Nervana’s signal stimulates the Vagus nerve in order to trigger neurotransmitters that increase feelings of happiness and relaxation. experiencenervana.com

If the rumours are true and A Head Full Of Dreams is indeed Coldplay’s final album, this summer UK fans will get their last chance to see the soft rockers in concert. The band’s decision to take song requests during the tour is another hint that the end is nigh. coldplay.com

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March Critical Mass Ride

This tour around the capital is held on every last Friday of the month, as it has been since 1994 – despite having no official organisers.

Turn up under Waterloo Bridge on London’s South Bank by 6pm. network23.org/ criticalmasslondon/ Catch Ellie on the Delerium world tour before she heads Stateside

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She has multi-platinum-selling albums, legions of fans, is part of Taylor Swift’s ‘squad’ and has even made dating a member of McFly cool... Ellie Goulding is a woman of many talents, which means a busy schedule. The 29-year-old Hereford lass, fresh from a European tour, is showcasing her substantial skills for home crowds before heading to the US and Canada. elliegoulding.com

March 27 Splash down

April 7-9 Rev up and rally

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Belfast, Northern Ireland

Since 1829, teams from Oxford and Cambridge universities have battled it out in the annual boat race. But you needn’t leave dry land to join the event. Now known as The Cancer Research UK Boat Races (a women’s race was added 70 years ago), fans pack the riverbank to watch the action. theboatraces.org

Last year almost 80,000 people travelled to the Circuit of Ireland Rally, and 30 million watched from their living rooms as the action unfolded at the only British or Irish leg of the European Rally Championship. This year the hallowed asphalt is also part of the British Rally Championship for the first time since 1991, when the race was won by legend Colin McRae. circuitofireland.net

April 9 Step it up Maryhill Locks, Glasgow Imagine a 420m sprint swim. Uphill. With steep climbs and obstacles. In Scottish temperatures. Yet 150 open water swimmers will make this test a reality at Red Bull Neptune Steps, as they fight to be the first to make it from the bottom to the top of Glasgow’s locks. redbull.co.uk/neptunesteps

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April Lionheart Sportive You certainly won’t get an easy ride if you sign up for this popular 100mile or 100km event, but at least the views of the Longleat Estate in Wiltshire, where the ride is held, make for a pretty incredible setting to exhaust yourself in. cyclosport.org

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May Cambridge 100 A thigh-warming climb of 1,140ft over 100 miles of Cambridgeshire countryside makes this a perfect, if tough, way to get you back in the saddle for 2016.

Just make sure you can lie down the next day. bike-events.com

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HANDLE THE APOCALYPSE We’ve all thought about an endgame survival plan after watching an episode of The Walking Dead. But are you really ready? “An average family has a three-day supply of food,” says former US Army intelligence officer, novelist and survival blogger Jim Rawles. “I have a three-year supply.” Rawles lives on a self-sufficient ranch in an undisclosed location.

“I’m known as someone equipped to survive the apocalypse,” he says.

“So if that day comes, I don’t want 1,000 people arriving, looking for a leader.” We’ll make do with his essential tips, then. survivalblog.com

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Tool up

“Learn a martial art like Krav Maga, and how to use the best weapons available. In the States, I have a lifetime supply of gun ammunition. But if guns aren’t easy to come by, then aim for an air rifle, a simple recurve bow, a survival knife (I’d go for a tanto, a Japanese samurai blade) or even flares.”

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Be prepared

“Always have a neutral-coloured backpack filled with outdoor clothes of a similar colour ready to go.

Don’t stand out. It should be light enough to carry all day, day after day. Also pack sleeping gear appropriate to the climate, and survival basics – from a fire starter and an LED flashlight, to fishing and first aid kits. A water filter is crucial.”

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Get out of Dodge

“When full-scale disaster strikes, the city is the last place to be.

Because of the volume of a year’s worth of food, it’s important to pre-plan. Stay with country cousins, or rent storage space.

If you’re lucky enough to have a holiday cottage, hide your supplies so it doesn’t get cleaned out. When social collapse is imminent, having a well-stocked rural retreat is the only sensible option.”

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Stay in touch

“Equipment isn’t nearly as important as a trustworthy friend. But choose friends wisely – pick doers, not talkers. Get a ham radio licence to communicate over long distances. You can buy a walkie-talkie-sized, multi-band transceiver cheaply, and the ham radio repeater network should stay up, as many of the devices are now solar-powered.”

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Get into a pickle

“Storing food without power can be tough. In hot climates you can dry as much food as you like with no electricity.

But elsewhere you’ll need other low-energy techniques to prevent decay. Pickle food, make sauerkraut or use lye to cure fish, called lutefisk, like the Norwegians. But be warned; it’s an acquired taste.”

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AUDI R8 COUPÉ 600HP. 330KPH. THAT’S JUST ABOUT ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW What’s great about it: Too much to list here. Our favourite: a virtual cockpit that does away with the regular fittings.

Who drives it: Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini-chasers. audi.com

TREND 1: FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE AS STANDARD FOR CARS IN ALL CATEGORIES MITSUBISHI L200 HEAVY-DUTY WORKHORSE WITH LEGENDARY OFF-ROAD QUALITIES What’s great about it: The smallest turning circle in its class, making it ideal for off-roading.

FORD FOCUS RS 345HP. 4WD. MENACING APPEARANCE. ANY QUESTIONS? What’s great about it: Supersport performance in a compact frame.

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Who drives it: Fans of rallying from all walks of life. corporate.ford.com

Who drives it: Anyone who wants to pull a trailer. mitsubishi-motors.com

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MERCEDES C-CLASS COUPÉ NOW LOOKS LIKE A SCALED-DOWN VERSION OF THE S-CLASS, THANKS TO A SWOOPY NEW SHAPE What’s great about it: The most stylish way to drive a small, classic Mercedes.

Who drives it: Sports stars who don’t need too much space. mercedes-benz.com

JEEP RENEGADE A COMPACT SUV WITH THE CLASSIC JEEP LOOK, BUT MORE COMFORTABLE THAN BEFORE

VAUXHALL/OPEL ASTR A LIGHTER, BETTER-LOOKING AND MORE INNOVATIVE THAN ITS PREDECESSOR

What’s great about it: Classic on the outside, fresh on the inside.

A car you just can’t get enough of.

What’s great about it: The first compact car with massage seats and LED Matrix lights.

Who drives it: People who occasionally get their feet dirty.

Who drives it: Anyone who used to find the Astra too staid.

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VW TIGUAN DIESEL ENGINE. 4WD OR FRONTWHEEL DRIVE. BETWEEN 114 AND 217HP. OPTIONAL SEVEN-SPEED, TWIN-CLUTCH GEARBOX What’s great about it: Plenty of treats for the driver. With Park Assist, the car practically parks itself.

SUBARU IMPREZA 148HP. FOUR OR FIVE-DOOR OPTION. THE 4WD PROVIDES PERFECT GRIP What’s great about it: The unique charm and sound of the Impreza’s flat-four engine.

Who drives it: People who enjoy swimming against the tide.

MAZDA CX-3 A COMPACT CROSSOVER SUV PACKING 118HP

Who drives it: People who must have the best of both worlds: half estate, half SUV. volkswagen.com

What’s great about it: Punchy, modern design.

Who drives it: Anyone who can do without the bolshy impression SUVs usually make. mazda.com

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RENAULT MÉGANE THE FOURTH GENERATION OF THIS BEST-SELLING CAR. FROM – FOR NOW – 90 TO 205HP

KIA SOUL HIGHLY VERSATILE. UNMISTAKEABLE DESIGN. 130 OR 134HP What’s great about it: You sit up high and enjoy great visibility, but it’s not an SUV. Who drives it: Not only young people, but the young at heart, too. With this car, you’re really making a statement. kia.com

TOYOTA AURIS HYBRID FROM 98HP. ALMOST 76 MILES TO THE GALLON. What’s great about it: Auris on the outside, hybrid inside. Less fussy than a Prius, but with all the same talents.

What’s great about it: The huge R-LINK touch screen that operates the Mégane is a game-changer.

Who drives it: People who don’t want to drive a Golf, Astra or Focus. group.renault.com

Who drives it: Good people. toyota.com

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“Even as a kid, I loved to play outside” During the shoot of freeride classic video Kranked 5 in Utah, Canadian mountain bike rider Darren Berrecloth plunged down a 5m cliff edge. “It’s one of the best air shots of my career,” says photographer Sterling Lorence. “Darren only did this jump once.” instagram.com/dberrecloth

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