The Red Bulletin May 2015 - NZ

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ACTION MOVIE Take to the slopes with the world’s greatest freeski film crew

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NZ‘s amazing adventure racer

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CAPTURING IBIZA

Divas, DJs, dancefloor ecstasy: Balearic nightlife through the lens of snapper Faris Villena

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WELCOME This issue is about excellence: people who have mastered their art, whether in snowy backcountry, a packed stadium or a remote ravine. Our cover story tracks the makers of the incredible freeski film Days Of My Youth on their journey to unconquered trails, from Alaska to Peru. We get inside the mind of Pep Guardiola to discover what makes the Bayern Munich manager one of the most successful men in football. Nathan Fa’avae, the Messi of adventure racing, conquers brutal tests of will, despite a heart condition.

“Everything is And there’s loads more, including Formula One more fine-tuned driver Daniil Kvyat showing off his skills in a and precise very different type of car, and Game Of Thrones in Formula One” star Emilia Clarke on swapping dragons for DANIIL KVYAT, PAGE 44 robots. We hope you enjoy the issue.

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MAY 2015

AT A GLANCE GALLERY 10 This month’s most amazing images

BULLEVARD 17 RUN HARD Fast-track inspiration in the lead-up to the Wings For Life World Run on May 3

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FEATURES 26 Days Of Our Youth

Freestyle skiing on film: the jumps, the tricks and the jaw-dropping views

TO EXCEED THE LIMITS

38 Pep Guardiola

Behind the scenes of the breathtaking new freeskiing movie Days Of Our Youth

Inside the mind of the world’s top football manager

44 Daniil Kvyat 50 Take Five

Four BMX riders, three weeks, two islands, one epic adventure

56 Heroes

Actress Emilia Clarke, her Game Of Thrones co-star Kit Harington and Kiwi “soft dance” pioneer Taste Nasa

79 LEARN THE ROPES

Abseiling not challenging enough?

Tackle the dizzying drops of a Utah canyon for the ultimate adrenalin thrill

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62 Ibiza in pictures FOOTBALL’S MOST WANTED

Still just 44, Bayern boss Pep Guardiola is arguably the greatest manager in the modern game. We find out why

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TAKE FIVE

BMX rider Mike “Hucker” Clark and his team shred their way across NZ on the Red Bull Tip To Tail road trip

The hedonism of La Isla Blanca, captured on camera

68 Nathan Fa’avae

The adventure-racing legend reveals what drives him on. And on

ACTION! 79 TRAVEL Rappelling in Utah 81 GEAR Next-level photography 82 WATCHES Classic looks, modern tech 83 WHEELS The Indian Scout is reborn 84 MUSIC Giorgio Moroder and PC Music 86 MOVIES Liam Neeson: action hero 87 HOW TO Wrestle an alligator 88 SAVE THE DATE Unmissable events 90 ACTIVE STYLE Essential kit 98 MAGIC MOMENT Cedric Dumont

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Coach trip: Perarnau, left, spent a year with Guardiola

Pep talk for a whole season Barcelona-born writer Marti Perarnau knows the manager of Bayern Munich better than any other journalist. He spent the best part of a year following Pep Guardiola and the resulting book, Pep Confidential, is a deep and fascinating insight into the man and the manager. “The most important lesson I learned,” says Perarnau of his time with the Catalonian, “is the importance of always giving 100 per cent, regardless of the importance of the task. To give yourself completely to your passion.” For more, see page 38.

IN FOCUS BEHIND THE LENS

The Whistler-based adventure sports photographer is an expert on the Canadian ski scene and an obvious choice to shoot stills for freestyle skiing movie, Days Of My Youth. They appear on page 26.

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AROUND THE WORLD

RÜDIGER STURM

The German writer spent time with Emilia Clarke, aka Daenerys Targaryen in Game Of Thrones and Sarah Connor in the new Terminator movie. How to tame dragons and Arnie: page 56.

The Red Bulletin is published in 11 countries. On the cover of the latest American edition is the annual summer travel guide on how to make your holidays work harder for you.

Watch for the lights: Daniil Kvyat’s new pit lane strategy

“ After the test drive, Daniil grinned for the first time” BERNHARD SPÖTTEL A fixture at German Touring Cars and Le Mans, the Bavarian photographer (above) is a motorsport fiend. For The Red Bulletin, he shot Infiniti Red Bull Racing’s Daniil Kvyat in the Renaultsport RS 01 in Rome. Strap in and head for page 44.

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GOING OVERBOARD China’s Dongfeng Race Team battled the elements on the fourth leg – from Sanya to Auckland – of the Volvo Ocean Race. Seven crews will steer hightech yachts 71,000km around the globe, finishing up in Gothenberg in late June. Even a relatively simple task like checking the leech line, as Kevin Escoffier has just done here, is fraught with risk.

Teammate Thomas Rouxel, the man pulling him back in, says, “With this challenge, a team that will stick together is a must.” volvooceanrace.com Photography: Sam Greenfield

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TUNNEL VISION What’s daunting for most is pretty straightforward for downhill racer Gee Atherton. “Racing is so simple,” says the Brit. “The fastest man always wins.” That’s not to say it’s easy; at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, riders are tested with huge jumps, root-riddled tracks and the occasional uphill tunnel – all tackled at blistering speeds. The series kicked off in Lourdes, France, on April 11 and will visit nine countries in total – including Fort William, Scotland, on June 7 – en route to the finish in Val di Sole, Italy, on August 23.

Catch all the World Cup action live at redbull.com/bike Photography: Sven Martin

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ICE BREAKER American Brian Grubb took his wakeskate (think wakeboard without the bindings), an electric winch and a wetsuit to an icy creek and created a whole new kind of winter sport: snow-wakeskating. His journey along the winding gap, known locally as the Dragon’s Tail, was worthwhile, despite the biting cold. “It’s easier to connect a fluid line in the winter than summer,” says Grubb. “You can transition from water to snow and back again.”

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Gearing up for the Wings For Life World Run on May 3

KILIAN JORNET

UPHILL GENIUS

MATT GEORGES

This astonishing athlete runs up and down mountains as if they were indoor athletics tracks Kilian Jornet’s motto is “onwards and upwards, as quickly as possible”. By the age of five, he had scaled Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees and the third highest in Spain.

At 27, the Catalonian has run up and down the Matterhorn in the Alps in less than three hours. Jornet has broken record after record with his Summits Of My Life project, tackling seven of the world’s most important mountains. He’s completed five, and this year’s target is the ascent-anddescent record for Russia’s Mount Elbrus. Which only leaves the big one: Everest.

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ROUTE CAUSE When Claire Wyckoff goes jogging, penises appear. True fact.

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AROUND THE WORLD All you need to know about the global running event of 2015: Wings For Life World Run. Page 20

WE ARE MAN MACHINES Why you, homo sapiens, are king of the running beasts.

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Pump up your playlist It is claimed that by tailoring your music to your run, you can increase your speed by 10%. Here’s a playlist to match your running rhythm

Leading behind: Izabel Goulart and her athletic gluteus maximus

WA L K I N G

SPEED OF SOUND Coldplay

SHAPING UP NICELY

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ONE MORE TIME Daft Punk

GETTING GOING

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BEAT IT Michael Jackson

Squats, sit-ups, dumb bells, running, Pilates. According to her social media presence, Izabel Goulart’s life is 100 per cent workout. Her Instagram feed tells us that on flights, while we’re eating peanuts and watching movies, she’s exercising. Yet there’s one thing in the model’s life that needn’t be honed to perfection: she finds a slight paunch attractive on a man. That sound? It’s Goulart’s 1.7 million followers breathing out in relief.

WALK Foo Fighters

A C C E L E R AT I N G

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G E T T I N G FAST E R

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ROCK AND ROLL Led Zeppelin

“ I speak to anyone who approaches me with good intentions. But I don’t go out with just anyone”

SPEED Billy Idol

KISS OF LIFE

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A sprint through history WHY NATURE GOT MANKIND ON THE MOVE, AND HOW THE URGE TO RUN HAS EVOLVED DOWN THE YEARS

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3.5 BILLION YEARS AGO SINGLE-CELLED MICROORGANISMS – or Protozoa – learn that by moving towards their food source, their appetite is sated more quickly

3-4 MILLION YEARS AGO 1829 BC* EARLY HOMINIDS move from all fours to two feet.

This helps them see further and improves their sense of balance

THE TAILTEANN GAMES give residents of preChristian Ireland a chance to test their speed, skills and strength

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The Victoria’s Secret model is a fitness fanatic who posts the results of her exercise routines online

776 BC THE GREEKS run for the King of the Gods in the first ancient Olympics.

Winners receive laurel wreaths

* Earliest date (one of many) suggested by historians.

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You’ve got to hand it to her: what happens when Claire Wyckoff goes for a run

Running commentary From Forrest Gump to Lord Of The Rings: important lessons from the most famous running scenes in cinema history

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FORREST GUMP If you’re tired, sleep. If you’re hungry, eat.

Otherwise, run.

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Using an app and a map, Claire Wyckoff turns the streets of San Francisco into a giant canvas. With added penis Do you draw because you run, or run because you draw?

I like making people laugh. And I like not being fat. So I run. It was an anti-fat, pro-laughter impulse.

What was the first shape you ran?

The first drawing I made was of a corgi, the best dog in the world.

My husband and I had been out running and I noticed that the satellite view of the route we took looked a bit like a dog, so I went back Claire Wyckoff: and improved it. also draws And what’s with Space Invaders all the penises?

They are just so incredibly funny!

And the people at Nike no doubt had other intentions when they developed the app [Nike+], so that makes the penises even funnier.

How long does it take you to produce a drawing?

Appearances can be deceptive.

I often have to go back on myself, meaning that a line that only looks around three miles long was actually a six-mile run.

What kind of pre-run preparation do you do?

I will normally sketch the shapes on a map first to see if they’ll turn out how I imagine. Then I’ll take the sketch out with me on my run and spend the whole time looking between the running app and the pattern I want to create.

Do you always create art when you go out for run?

No, not at all. The drawings take a lot more work than it might look.

Have you ever had to take a ridiculous shortcut to get the shape you wanted?

Well, one time, my run took me through a graveyard. It felt quite strange drawing a huge penis around all those graves.

THE LION KING You can’t always run away from problems. At some point you have to grow up.

THE GRADUATE The ability to sprint at will is useful when helping a bride jilt her groom.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS Always have a goal ahead of you. For example, saving the entire world.

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PHEIDIPPIDES, a messenger, runs 42km to Athens from the battle in Marathon, announces victory, then dies

THE TARAHUMARA, a people indigenous to Mexico, become known for their long-distance running ability. Some are said to run up to 150km a day

NOBLEMEN in England keep fit for duels by going on endurance runs. How that helps their aim is unclear

FIFTEEN RUNNERS take part in the first-ever Boston Marathon, now the world’s longest-running annual marathon

JESSE OWENS, the US athlete, wins four golds at the Berlin Olympics and makes Hitler and the Nazis look pretty stupid

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WINGS FOR LIFE WORLD RUN 2015

RUN AS FAR AS YOU CAN On May 3, thousands of runners across the world will all set off at the same time. They won’t only be competing against each other: they’ll be running for those who can’t run themselves. The Wings For Life World Run is the largest global charity event dedicated to spinal research. To take part, visit wingsforlifeworldrun.com. Enter ‘RBUK Bulletin’ in the club box to run with us Wings For Life World Run 2015 locations Other running events, from impressive to crazy T HE LO N GEST

Kalmar

SELF-TRANSCENDENCE RACE, New York City. A punishing 5,000km in less than 51 days, round and round the same block.

Stavanger Aarhus Darmstadt

T HE HA R D EST BARKLEY MARATHONS, Tennessee. Only 14 runners have ever finished this steep 160km race in the allotted 60-hour limit.

Niagara Falls Santa Clarita Sunrise

FOR T HE LAZ Y BEER FLOATING, Finland. Sit in a dinghy, surrounded by cans of your favourite brew, and float to victory on the river at Vantaa.

Breda

Poznan

Silverstone

Kolomna

Dublin

Bucharest

Ypres

Alanya

Rouen

Kakheti

Olten

Dubai

Porto

Gurgaon

Aranjuez

Bratislava

Munich

Ljubljana

St Polten

Zadar

Verona

T HE CLASSIC

DIETMAR KAINRATH

ATHENS MARATHON. Follow in the footsteps of the inventor of the marathon – but hopefully avoid his fate (see previous page).

Brasilia Cape Town Lima

ANTARCTIC ICE MARATHON. You’ll need: a degree of insanity, resistance to cold, extreme fitness and the €11,400 entry fee.

Santiago

FOR E VE RYONE

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T HE M O ST E X P E N S I VE

GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN, Addis Ababa. In 2014, 36,000 runners finished Africa’s biggest road race – 10km at 2,400m above sea level.

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ABEBE BIKILA wins Olympic marathon in Rome, running barefoot. Defends his title four years later, in shoes.

BILL BOWERMAN lays the foundation for outdoor running with his book, Jogging.

KATHRINE SWITZER becomes the first woman to run the Boston Mara­thon, ignoring doctors’ warnings that her uterus could fall out.

THE TRIMM-DICHBEWEGUNG, a health initiative in Germany, sets out over 1,500 running paths (most long since disused).

ROBERT GARSIDE is the first man to officially run around the world, taking almost six years to cover nearly 60,000km.

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On the wrong track

WFL WORLD RUN 2014

RECORDS Hard to beat: last year’s bests

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Participants set off at the same time at 35 locations around the world. The Catcher Car, which reels in runners from the rear, starts 30 minutes later. The last runner to be caught by the Catcher Car wins.

35 Top speed in kph of the Catcher Car breathing down the runners’ necks.

T H E M O ST B E AU TI F UL GREAT WALL MARATHON, China.

One disadvantage to running on the snaking landmark: there’s not much room to overtake.

PYONGYANG MARATHON, North Korea. Open to locals only this year. Leader Kim Jong-un must be a strong bet for a winner’s medal.

Distance run in km by last year’s champion, Lemawork Ketema.

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TAKE THE TRAIN Rosie Ruiz wins the 1980 Boston Ma­rathon. Problem was, she completed part of it by subway.

FIND A SHORTCUT Jason ScotlandWilliams allegedly leaped the barriers at the 2014 London Mara­thon.

Nations represented in 32 countries on six continents.

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T H E B I G GEST RUN FOR THE PASIG RIVER, Manila, the Philippines. Officially the world’s largest race, with over 100,000 crossing the start line.

Age in years of last year’s oldest runner, Michael Selinger.

35,397 Number of runners in Wings For Life World Run 2014, all raising money for spinal cord research.

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Not fair or sporting, of course, but some people will try any trick to steal a march in running races

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USAIN BOLT breaks the 100m record at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, with a time of 9.58 seconds.

THE WINGS FOR LIFE WORLD RUN is launched on May 4, with simultaneous races in 34 locations.

SPLIT IT WITH AN IDENTICAL TWIN No one’s tried it yet – or, at least, been caught. Could be foolproof.

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CAN TALK

The less I think, the quicker I can run

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KEEPING UP WITH THE HOMO SAPIENS

POWER TO THE PEOPLE Five remarkable features that make human beings mean running machines.

We’d even give the king of the dinosaurs a good contest

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AT THE REAR

ON THE INSIDE

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Two feet

Gluteal muscles

A kilo of TNT

Runner’s high

Nothing would work were it not for our behinds. The three muscles in this group – gluteus maximus, medius and minimus – are an evolu­tionary stroke of genius. They stabilise the centre of the body and allow us to stand up straight – and to run and run.

During a marathon, a runner produces and uses 75kg of adenosine triphos­phate, a kind of internal biodie­sel.

The energy expended is the equivalent to that contained in a kilo of TNT.

Humans get natural benefits from running.

If the body has to produce a peak performance beyond the pain barrier, it releases endogenous opioids, which are addictive.

Kangaroos jump, ostriches stride, and apes support themselves on their hands. But a Homo sapi­en is the only mammal that can walk ele­gantly on two feet the whole time. This function goes handin-hand with the development of a larger brain.

ON THE OUTSIDE

Sweat Any number of animals would beat us in a sprint. But in terms of stamina, we’re out there on our own. We have no fur, but three million sweat glands keep us cool over long distances. And which body part has the most sweat glands? The soles of the feet.

* Quick, as in ‘quick as Usain Bolt’ (top speed: 44.7kph). Or, at least, quicker than the people running behind you.

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HORSE The Man versus Horse Marathon in Wales pits jockeys against jocks.

Beast has triumphed 33 times in 35 races since 1980.

MAN

OSTRICH

In 2006, Dean Karnazes ran 50 marathons in 50 US states on 50 consecutive days, finishing in New York (three hours, 30 minutes).

Its protein-rich flesh makes good fuel for our muscles, but, at 50kph, the world’s largest bird is more likely to make us eat its dust.

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T.REX The toothy beggar had a top speed of about 40kph.

Those quick legs of ours* would have kept us out of his jaws for a while.

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Today’s essential music makers tell the stories behind their beat: Fireside Chats on rbmaradio.com

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No slip-ups

RUN HARD

Clip-on ice grips from Yaktrax keep your run free from mishaps.

Heart beats These Jabra Sport Pulse earbuds track your run, take your pulse and set the tempo.

Smart apps

Sweat shirt Perspiration spurs you on. When this ViewSPORT top gets wet, a logo appears.

PERFORMANCE-BOOSTING KIT

RUN WITH IT Second skin

Tech tools to get you going

Soft cell Designer Shamees Aden says her Ameoba trainers – sleek ‘shoes’ made from renewable protocells – will be on the market by 2050.

From heart-monitoring headphones to the running shoes of the future, these training accessories will keep you moving for years to come

The Hexoskin smart shirt keeps your body snug and records significant physiological data.

RUNTASTIC A fitness/GPS app that can turn a run into a narrative adventure.

Time check These silicon Pacebands remind you what your split times should be, helping you break your personal best.

ROCK MY RUN Playlists tailored specifically to your training ­programme.

Band for life The Runtastic Orbit records your run, calories burned, and monitors your sleep.

WALKJOGRUN You’re away from home, looking for a good route to run.

Here’s the solution.

KAINRATH

FAKE MY RUN Tells the world about the killer 10k you didn’t run. Sadly, it’s only a spoof.

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SAM BOND

The Wings For Life World Run winning formula

ZOMBIES, RUN! The undead are coming… but to win this game you must run for real.

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Monashee Mountains, British Columbia, Canada: Richard Permin performs a backflip grab. “I love jumping in among the fir trees. It helps you work out how high you are while you’re in the air.” Permin’s jump here is about 7 metres

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DAYS OF MY YOUTH IS NOT JUST ANOTHER BACKCOUNTRY SKI FLICK. IT’S ONE OF THE MOST INTENSELY CREATED ACTION SPORTS FILMS EVER. THIS IS HOW IT WAS MADE WORDS: AREK PIATEK

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“IT’S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE IF YOU LISTEN TO YOURSELF AND YOUR FEELINGS”

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ays Of My Youth is a unique film; for one, it had what is probably the longest production schedule of any freestyle skiing movie. “We spent two years shooting, which is an eternity,” says Scott Bradfield, the film’s producer. “The reason being, we were only happy when we had the perfect shot, which meant we only filmed when we had absolutely ideal light and snow conditions, even if that meant us waiting in one spot for weeks on end.”

By “us”, he means the world’s top freeriders – Richard Permin, Cody Townsend and Markus Eder – all on the hunt for perfect takes, lines and rock faces. It is a search that took them to far-flung and unspoiled places, such as the Tordrillo Mountains in Alaska and the glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca mountain chain in Peru. “We wanted authenticity.

We didn’t want scenes or interviews to be staged,” says Permin, widely regarded as the best freerider in Europe. “The riders had microphones on them all the time. So anyone watching the film hears the original audio of how we planned our line, and understands what a run takes out of us. That gets you closer to the sportsman and to the action.”

Film directors aren’t usually keen when their stars improvise, but this approach is at the centre of the movie. “Up in the mountains,” Permin says, “we freed ourselves of any constraints and allowed ourselves to become children again and enjoy skiing with the total passion a child has. We always decided independently what jump or trick to do.

It was amazing to see what you can achieve if you just listen to your feelings and are as carefree as you were when you were a little kid on the slopes.”

Top: a state-of-the-art Cineflex camera attached to the filming helicopter provided the spectacular aerial shots.

Bottom: Markus Eder plans his trajectory before heading down a glacier in the Tordrillo Mountains, Alaska

Three of the stars of Days Of My Youth (left to right): Richard Permin, Cody Townsend and Markus Eder

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Consummate deep-snow skiing: American freestyle skier Michelle Parker cruises through untouched powder in the Monashee Mountains.

“You forget the camera pretty quickly when you’re here. That’s how you end up with pictures that don’t come across as staged”

Seward, Alaska: Cody Townsend on a rock face never before skied.

“The film isn’t all about good tricks. Sometimes you just need to let nature take centre stage”

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Richard Permin demonstrates high-speed freeriding down a ridge in the Tordrillo Mountains.

“Sometimes there’s only one line, and that’s steep downhill. On such a narrow ridge, the slightest deviation would have resulted in a bad fall. The line I was taking was icy, there were cliffs on my left and right, and I was going at about 100kph… Of course I was nervous.

But when I saw the shots afterwards, I thought, ‘S--t, that was worth it’”

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Michelle Parker on an extremely steep “tree run”, a downhill through forest on powder. “It’s like surfing on clouds.

But there’s a downside to snow being whipped up by your speed: you can hardly see a thing and can barely breathe.

Some of us ride with a snorkel. No joke!”

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Richard Permin performs a 360 down a rock in Chatter Creek: “There was so much snow. It took a lot of speed to get this trick done”

Permin: “The story behind this picture? It was in Chatter Creek.

Cody and I waited a whole month for snow to fall. What you see are two very, very happy people… a few seconds before one of the most delightful rides of their lives”

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“First and foremost, let’s demystify Pep,” says Perarnau. “Everyone says that he has reinvented football. He hasn’t.

His greatest talent might actually be something else: observing and listening closely. He can soak up his colleagues’ working methods like a sponge. He knows a good idea when he sees one, and he’ll steal it and make it part of a new whole.

“I’ve often spoken about this with Pep and his friend, Ferran Adria, who is considered the best chef in the world and was the brains behind Spanish restaurant, elBulli. Adria makes a precise distinction: ‘Pep isn’t a creator, he’s an innovator.’

“In the early days of his managerial career, Pep chiefly devoted himself to two things: travelling and reading. He proceeded to what he called ‘initiation trips.’ On those trips, he would become engrossed in the work of other, very different managers. He would listen to them attentively for hours on end and

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distil what he needed to learn from each of them. He still remembers the lessons he learnt, all these years later. Time and again, his comments refer to the things he garnered from men such as Johan Cruyff, Cesar Luis Menotti, Juan Manuel Lillo, Marcelo Bielsa and Arrigo Sacchi.

“He read a lot, and still does. He’s an expert on the history and development of football. This expertise is what makes him able to seize on other coaches’ ideas and implement them at the right moment. Let me give you an example: they already had the false nine in Argentina and Hungary back in the ’50s.

In 2009, Guardiola pulled the formation out of his hat on the eve of that season’s decisive Primera Division match between Real Madrid and his own FC Barcelona.

Lionel Messi did the honours, and his team beat their great rivals in their own stadium by six goals to two.”

Prize winner for economics, or the manager of a women’s football team.

Unconcerned as to the position his interlocutor occupies, Guardiola asks questions again and again with the curiosity of a child. He doesn’t ask out of a sense of politeness, but out of personal interest. He is a filter for other people’s thoughts and ideas, and a genius at transferring them to his own discipline.

“Here’s an example: through talking to Pep, I established that the way he analyses his opponents is very similar to chess world champion, Magnus Carlsen.

He found the idea fascinating. Ever since then, he’s read anything about chess he can get his hands on, to make use of other parallels between it and football.

“But Pep isn’t only a listener; he talks, too. When he’s with people he’s close to, he talks non-stop, chiefly proposing new ideas as a topic of conversation.

His favourite sentence on that sort of occasion is, ‘And what would we do if…?’”

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CURIOSITY “Pep reads everything he thinks might be of interest. It doesn’t matter if it’s about football, or other sports, or about how a piece of music came about. When he lived in Italy, Pep travelled hundreds of kilometres so that he could meet Argentinian volleyball coach Julio Velasco personally, simply because he had seen him in a TV interview and wanted to learn from him.

“If he’s eating with important people, he’ll ask a lot more questions than he answers, regardless of whether he’s meeting a chess grandmaster, a Nobel

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HAVE CONVICTION IN WHAT

YOU’RE DOING

“‘IT’S IRRELEVANT WHETHER MY WAY IS THE BEST WAY,’ PEP ONCE TOLD ME. ‘BUT IT IS MINE’” “I must confess I had my doubts when Pep became manager of Bayern Munich.

For months – and I watched his coaching sessions very closely – it was clear how hard even he found it to get a new team to adapt to his style of play. And that it was spectacularly difficult for players who were used to a completely different style of football to learn Pep’s ‘new language’, as he put it.

“But he had no doubts. ‘We’ll get there,’ he said every time I aired my own concerns. ‘Things have to get worse before they can get better.’ Because any rude incursion into the style of play of a successful team – and Bayern were the best team in the world when Pep took over – means initially taking a step backwards. There’s nothing illogical about that: you lose trust, you lose security, you lose dynamics. You need time and persistence to restore all that, bigger and better. Losses are the price you pay for progress.

“But beware: conviction doesn’t mean self-righteousness. You have to be obsessed with your own ideas, but at the same time you have to remain aware and self-critical. ‘You can criticise me as much as you like. You’ll never be as critical of me as I am of myself,’ Pep once said to me when we talked about a bad game his team had played. ‘The way I play is the way I play. But there are plenty of other ways that can also bring success. It’s irrelevant whether my way is the best way. But it is mine.’

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with Pep to understand that good communication takes passion.

“Guardiola suffers during a game.

He goes through hell. He visibly ages.

He swears at referees. And all that energy comes across to his players. They know that he is ready to fight with them and for them, to support them and to bring out performances in them that they didn’t know they were capable of.

“Guardiola’s management technique is like oil being poured onto a flame, the result being an ever-greater fire.”

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TO LOVE “When Bayern Munich secured the Bundesliga title in March 2014, Ribery went up to his manager during the celebrations and said to him, ‘I love you! You’re in my heart.’

“In the first match of the 2014/15 season, Bayern had plenty of problems: important players were out through injury, and the players from the German national team, who had only just got back to Munich after their successful World Cup campaign, had hardly trained. It was a tough game, but Pep demanded the highest level of commitment from his players. Bayern won, and after the game Pep and Philipp Lahm hugged in a show of boundless joy. “Philipp, I love you!

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EVERYTHING “Pep never stops asking questions – directed not only at others but at himself.

His questions can get on people’s nerves.

And sometimes he changes his mind overnight. Not because he doesn’t know what to do, but because he likes to get an overview of every aspect and eventuality that might occur during a game.

“We learn from Pep that success comes about much more from doubts than it does from certainties.”

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“The core aim with any team is to turn the individual into the communal. And to that end, communication is the most important tool. It’s a hard tool to master, because if it’s misused, it can bring bad results from even the best of ideas.

“It gets all the more difficult if you have to convey your ideas and convictions in a language that isn’t your mother tongue. There are six languages being spoken at Bayern training sessions: the stock language is German, which Pep has learnt, then there’s English; he also talks to players in either Catalan, Spanish, French or Italian. The conversations are visibly full of passion, and when oral communication isn’t enough, Pep resorts to gestures. He hugs his players, pats them on the back, kisses them, urges them on – and they respond in a similar fashion. You only need to see how Franck Ribery or Jerome Boateng celebrate scoring goals

Thank you for your great performance,” he said to his captain.

“For Pep, this level of emotion is nothing to do with management culture or quality of leadership. It really is about love for his players, and he is by their sides through thick and thin.

“When the young Danish midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg confided that his father had cancer, he and Pep cried together. The coach did everything he could to support the player and his father, who died a few months later. Hojbjerg once told me, ‘Pep is like a second father to me.’

“Later, Hojbjerg revolted. He wanted to be played more often and demanded a regular place in the team, but Pep didn’t grant him one. Hojbjerg was behaving like a rebellious 19-year-old son. He asked to be loaned to FC Augsburg. Pep behaved like a father who only wanted the best for his child; he let him go, but made him promise to come back.”

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SATISFIED “At three o’clock one morning, Pep was sitting in a corner with his little daughter lying half asleep in his arms. Bayern had just recorded a big win over Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup Final. But Guardiola wasn’t satisfied. ‘We didn’t play as well as we could have,’ he said.

“Pep normally allows himself five minutes to celebrate a victory. That’s five minutes, no more. After that, it’s all about a cool analysis of the game with the colleagues he’s closest to, and then he’ll prepare for the next match.

“Guardiola is never satisfied. Doesn’t he like winning? Of course he does; he loves winning. But one demand he makes of himself is to find the perfect play.

He knows it’ll never happen, but he’ll keep trying. The result is important, of course, but he’s more interested in how it came about. After all, sometimes a result can be deceptive. For Pep, it’s more important to analyse the dynamics of the game, because only then will it be possible to ensure future success.”

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APPROPRIATELY “Before training, Pep slips into a tracksuit that his assistants have laid out for him; if it’s cold weather, he pulls something over his head. Day-to-day, he’s not all that bothered about his get-up. But that changes when it comes to the magic of game day. Then he pays attention to his appearance and dresses appropriately.

It isn’t about vanity; it’s about respect.

“In Pep’s view, the game itself is the high point of the profession and one should dress for it as one would dress for a celebration. The way he dresses makes clear to his players just how highly he values the game. Today is game day, the day of ceremony.

Today, we have to show off everything that we’ve worked hard for.”

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VULNERABLE “Pep hates losing, even though he knows that he has to be able to live with defeats.

He’s not a hard man, and he doesn’t mind admitting it or showing it. If he’s worried about something, he scratches his head. If he’s satisfied with a training session, he shouts out loud, applauds, and kisses people. If he’s dissatisfied, he goes off and sits in a corner. He gives his emotions free rein. He’s convinced that you have to react in a sanguine manner when you lose, and remain level-headed when you win.

“But he’s not some superhero, just a normal guy who doesn’t mind crying in front of his players when he is overcome with emotion, or guffawing like a big kid when Thomas Muller cracks one of his jokes.”

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WHEN YOUR OFFICE IS A RACETRACK, OVERTIME IS WELCOME: RISING STAR OF FORMULA ONE DANIIL KVYAT TESTS A RACE CAR WITH A ROOF WORDS: WERNER JESSNER PHOTOGRAPHY: BERNHARD SPﾃ傍TEL

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You can get a sense of how tight it is inside. But what isn’t so apparent is just how hot a sports car like this can get, even if it’s cool outside

e’re at the Piero Taruffi racing circuit in Vallelunga, Italy, about 30km north of Rome. Formula One is on its offseason break, so for a few months the race-weekend rhythm has been interrupted. For the drivers, this provides a precious opportunity to recharge their batteries and work on important stuff that got overlooked during the season. And to have some fun.

On his desk at home in Rome, Daniil Kvyat still has the invitation from Renault Sport. It was sent during his Toro Rosso days, suggesting he comes in during the final stage of adjustments to their new sports car and puts it through its paces.

It’s hard to believe that for whizz-kid Kvyat, covered racing cars are virgin territory.

The Russian driver, now 20, went straight from karting to various formula-racing series and made his Formula One debut last year at the age of 19. What’s more, he got on the scoreboard in his first race – ninth in the Australian Grand Prix – the youngest driver in history to do so.

The spectacular and as-yet-not-fullytested 500hp piece of kit awaiting him in the pit lane at Vallelunga is the Renaultsport RS 01, a car designed solely for the track. The first race of Renault’s World Series takes place in late May, with a starting line-up that promises to be full to capacity. Appropriately enough, the RS 01 was unveiled in Kvyat’s homeland at the Moscow International Automobile Salon, though he assures us that this was just a coincidence.

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Getting into the cockpit of any racing car – let alone one with a roof – is a challenge for the new Red Bull driver, who has to bend his body and duck his head. “And yet I was extremely small as a child,” says Kvyat, who now stands at 5ft 11in (1.8m) – taller than your average Formula One star. “I was always one of the smallest when I was karting.

It was only later on that I grew.”

The engineers, delighted to have contact with a living, breathing Formula One driver, kneel at the gull-wing door.

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It’s squat, loud and, most noticeably, incredibly wide. The Renaultsport RS 01 has all the sports-car ingredients that true petrolheads love

to brake with his left or right foot. But for an F1 driver like Kvyat, braking with the left foot is a point of honour.

When it comes to changing gear during a grand prix, he uses hand paddles behind the steering wheel – the right paddle to shift up, and the left to go down. The Renaultsport RS 01 has a similar set-up and an automatic clutch, which prevents the engine from stalling in case the car spins. Things like ABS or traction control sensitivity can be adjusted from the steering wheel.

The Renaultsport RS 01 has been designed in such a way that ambitious drivers should to be able to cope just as well as the most seasoned professionals.

But how will Kvyat acclimatise to driving

a different kind of race car? After all, his only ‘normal’ cars to date have been a small VW and a Renault Clio.

You can tell by the fact the car is packed full of sensors recording Kvyat’s every movement that technicians are hoping for more than a few polite words and a crash-free lap. In addition to telling him to have some fun and rev the engine, they’ve asked him to solve a problem in his first run-out: the carbon brakes at the front have become slightly too hot during previous test drives. The temperature they’re aiming for is 900°C, yet the sensors have detected peaks of 1,000°C on the development driver’s runs. This may not affect the brakes’ performance, but it does shorten their shelf life, and 47

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reduced wear and tear has been a specific development goal to keep costs down.

Therefore, the tech team are experimenting with a variety of air ducts at the front of the car to better aerate the brakes and expel any hot air more quickly. It could work, but it might not.

“Five laps, Daniil, and please don’t go too easy,” he’s told. “We want to see if the new air ducts make a difference.”

Kvyat nods his head and flicks a switch to turn on the engine. Its exhaust consists of twin pipes as fat as a pair of legs, and sounds as refined as you’d expect.

Then he’s off. It’s a good thing he knows the circuit. Kvyat’s in-lap is impressive enough, but then he reels off three laps with times comparable to the experienced test driver, who could drive this track with his eyes shut, before easing off slightly on the last lap to let the car cool down. From novice to old hand in five laps – it gives you a sense of the unearthly talent for motion that Formula One drivers possess.

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feedback, and I set traction control to the minimum after the in-lap. I had to be wary of snap oversteer on the fourth lap.

The rear tyres had probably overheated a little. The roof didn’t bother me for a second. What does the data say?”

That’s pretty good feedback from someone who’s just driven his first-ever laps in a covered sports car. Others might have left it at “Wow” or “Awesome”, but Kvyat, adrenalin rush notwithstanding, provides a painstaking breakdown of what went on in the car, plus analysis and confirmation of the data in equal measure. No period of acclimatisation,

“THIS CAR HAS MASSIVE POWER AND CONTACT PRESSURE”

When the doors open, revealing a glistening pair of eyes peeping out of the young driver’s helmet, his first words are unprintable. Suffice it to say, they include the F-word twice and “brilliant”.

“The car is really powerful and has massive contact pressure thanks to the aerodynamic underbody and the rear wing,” reports Kvyat. “On slow corners I felt slight understeer, and on medium corners there was a bit of a tendency for the back of the car to get away from me. There never used to be that bump on the quick right-hand turn, so I had to adjust my trajectory slightly. The brakes are good – you can really plough into them. I lowered the ABS from four to three on the second lap to get more THE RED BULLETIN

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THE TECHNICAL SIDE The Renaultsport RS 01 runs on the brilliant 3.8-litre, twinturbo engine from the Skyline GT-R, made by affiliate Nissan. The power unit is good for hundreds of thousands of kilometres, and the solid base structure works well to keep maintenance costs down. The sevenspeed sequential gearbox is tried and

tested. The outer shell may look like carbon, but it is actually made of fibre-reinforced plastic, which is cheaper – deflectors and bonnets are seen as expendable due to the often rudimentary driving in one-make racing. No expense has been spared when it comes to safety: the driver sits in a carbon survival cell, and the additional steel cage even meets the requirements of the top-class Le Mans Prototypes, which can do more than 215mph.

no finding his way around the controls, just straightforward professionalism from the first instant. It must be the mould that Formula One drivers are cast from.

The technicians are pleased as they tell him what to do for his next set of laps, which he signs off on with equal mastery.

“Basically, the car isn’t hard to drive,” Kvyat sums up at the end of a long but enjoyable day. “I’d probably need another half day of testing to squeeze out those very last tenths. But even less experienced drivers will have a lot of fun in it.”

Isn’t a car with a roof and only 500hp frightfully dull for someone used to Formula One, though? Kvyat disagrees vehemently. “Everything is, of course, more fine-tuned and precise in Formula One. We have more power, the gear changes are quicker and the centrifugal forces are greater. Having said that, today’s data showed a maximum of 2.3G. That’s a perfectly respectable figure.”

And to prove just how seriously he meant what he said, Kvyat returned a few days after our test – incognito, with a couple of friends – to have some more fun with the Renaultsport RS 01, without all that test equipment around.

“You’ve still got to practise a bit in the off-season, after all,” he says with a smile. infiniti-redbullracing.com. The RS 01 makes its race debut at Spa Francorchamps, Belgium, on May 30-31. worldseriesbyrenault.com

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HIGH WIRE Kris Fox boosts out of the deep end at the Greymouth bowl.

Greymouth was one of the many surprises on the Red Bull Tip To Tail road trip. “This bowl was the last thing I expected to find in a town like Greymouth,” says Mike ‘Hucker’ Clark, one of four riders who set out from Cape Reinga on a three-week mission to ride the best spots in the country. “A lot of tiny little towns had these amazing parks,” says the 27-year-old American.

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HIGH COUNTRY “I’ve been to New Zealand four times now and it blows my mind every time,” says Clark. “I was hoping to drive the length of the country, just to say I did it, but I was sick for three days and couldn’t get out of bed.” The crew covered over 3,000km in three weeks and took turns playing DJ. “My theme song was Under The Sea from The Little Mermaid.

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“This was a little park in Dunedin that was really unique,” says Clark. “There was a cool little bowl with a snake run, but the bowl Corey [Bohan] is riding here is tall, almost vertical, with no flat bottom. It’s all transition, like a U-shape. It’s pretty difficult to ride, but Corey is such a smooth rider he made this tyre slide look easy.”

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HIGH FLIER “I grew up in Huntington Beach [a seaside city in California],” says Clark, “but I love getting out in the sticks, so I felt right at home on the Moon Creek Trails in Motueka.”

Here, Clark is performing a 360 turndown on private trails built by local rider Casey Scott in his parents’ backyard. “Only three or four people have ridden them and they’re in great condition. Casey and his mates were so welcoming, and excited to ride with us. There was such a good energy that day.”

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HIGHLIGHTS (Left to right) Clark, Fox, Jaden Leeming and Bohan celebrate the end of the trip in Bluff. “I couldn’t think of a better group of guys to go on a road trip with,” says Clark. “Jaden’s a quiet shredder who did stuff the rest of us would never think of doing. Kris was the Energizer bunny, always the first on his bike and the last to leave. And no one rides like Corey. It made for an epic trip.”

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HEROES

“I’M GOING TO BE VICTORIOUS” EMILIA CLARKE She tames dragons as Game

Of Thrones’ eye-catching queen, and now the lusty Londoner is taking on the Terminator

Words: Rüdiger Sturm day life I don’t get the chance to tame dragons or fight robots. I think that the hardest and most badass thing you can do as a woman is just accept who you are and be happy with it.

So, you’ve never tamed dragons. Have you tamed any other animals?

Cockroaches. Many moons ago, I lived in a house that had cockroaches, and funnily enough I befriended one of them. I named him Bob.

t he r ed bulle t in: You’re now in the fifth season of Game Of Thrones. Do you think you’ll win in the end? emili a c l ar ke: Of course!

I’m always saying to my co-stars, “Relax. I’m the one who’ll end up on the throne.”

As well as taming dragons as Daenerys, you’re playing Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys. Do you consider yourself a badass?

I’m a very long way from the characters I play. In day-to-

What became of him?

He’s no longer with us.

Daenerys went from naive girl to accomplished ruler in the same way you’ve gone from roach-tamer to star.

I like the parallel. Before Game Of Thrones, I was working in catering. That’s when I was living with Bob. Have you retained your catering skills? Could you whip up some lunch now?

I could serve up some really good champagne and canapés.

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matter. I get really scared in those kind of situations.

When you’ve got so much equipment around the set that could easily get destroyed by an idiot actor on a horse, it’s worrying. And, of course, in my first scene I was riding a horse, which made it even more intimidating. There was a huge amount of fear leading up to it, but it was the same as having nerves in the wings of a theatre before you go on stage. As soon as you set foot on set and then you’re on camera, it’s all about the character and everything else dissolves

“I ONCE LIVED IN A HOUSE THAT HAD COCKROACHES, AND FUNNILY ENOUGH I BEFRIENDED ONE OF THEM. I NAMED HIM BOB” I’d finished drama school the year before and I auditioned for the part. I didn’t have much experience, but I had plenty of enthusiasm. And they took me. It was a bit of a whirlwind, really, like an amazing fairy tale.

Was your first time on set a daunting experience?

Learning the language of the Dothraki was difficult, for starters. And while I’m a huge fan of horse riding, doing it on camera is a totally different

into the background. You do what you’re there to do.

Have you learnt what it takes to be a heroine?

You have to be determined and unselfish in the pursuit of your goals. You can’t get wrapped up in your vanity.

If you ruled for real, what would be your first decision for the common good?

Hmmm. I’d probably halve the price of beer.

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aenerys Targaryen, Emilia Clarke’s much-loved character in Game Of Thrones, was sold into marriage but then rose through the ranks to command a colossal army and become empress-to-be.

Even in the turbulent universe of one of the world’s biggest, most talked-about TV drama series, this is a striking career trajectory. Now, the 28-yearold is on her own fast track to the top as she prepares to take on the role of Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys.

What was the driving force behind your choice of career?

I’m convinced that if you want something long enough and you focus on it and don’t give up, it’ll happen. Ever since the age of tiny, I’ve wanted to be an actress. I appeared in the musical Showboat when I was three, and it was like I’d been hypnotised. Not long after that, I saw Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady and became completely obsessed with her. I watched that film every day for two years.

How did an unknown like yourself land a part in Game Of Thrones?

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“I STOOD UP FOR A GIRL, BUT IT DIDN’T END WELL” KIT HARINGTON The British thespian summoned out-of-character courage to become the latest breakout star from Game Of Thrones Words: Rüdiger Sturm

t he r ed bulle t in: Do you think Jon Snow is a hero? kit h ar ingt on : He’s as close to heroic as it gets in Game Of Thrones. He has got less of an ego now than anyone, and he’s just trying to do his job and defend people who are less able to defend themselves. He’s a good person, but in this world good people don’t make it, as we’ve seen many times.

Have you done anything remotely heroic yourself?

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it’s not a natural position to be in. You lose some parts of your privacy. It can be daunting at times.

How do you think Jon Snow would cope in the media maelstrom?

We are quite similar. There’s a lot of Jon in me. We’re both introverted people.

Is acting the right kind of job for an introvert?

When you do publicity, you appear as yourself and have to lose some introvertedness.

But I got into acting when I was a kid. My mother was a playwright and took me and

started insulting the girl I was with, so I told him to get up, and he was easily a foot taller than I was. It didn’t end well for me. Heroism is stupidity.

You were born in London.

Was Jon Snow’s Northern accent a stretch for you?

I actually auditioned in a Received Pronunciation accent, then Sean Bean came in and they asked if he could do the same. He just said, ‘No.’ So they said, ‘Right, all of you are doing Northern.’ It was one of those wonderful un-thought-out things. It opened everything up, and we have a range of accents now. This season we go into a whole new part of the world, which has a Hispanic vibe.

“I HATE NEEDLES, I’M BAD AT GETTING ON PLANES AND I CAN’T STAND SPIDERS – I HAVE TO GET SOMEONE TO MOVE THEM” my brother to the theatre a lot. Then I ended up doing it at school and college. When it came to choosing a university, I decided I wanted to go for it head-on. At drama school, I knew this is what I wanted to do as a profession. There’s nothing I’d rather do than get paid for swinging a sword.

What scares you?

I hate needles. I’ve always wanted to give blood, but I just can’t do it. Also, I’m bad at getting on planes,

scary situations, I stay calm.

I’m a bit like my dad. He’s very good in emergencies. When we were kids, we went out sailing and got caught in a freak storm. My brother and I were terrified, and Dad must have been too, but he stayed cool. He doesn’t ever raise his voice. I like to think if I was put in a situation where I had to be heroic, I would be.

Have you ever tested that?

I once stood up for a girl’s honour in McDonald’s. A guy

Do people like Jon Snow?

People come up to me and ask why he’s so miserable. But in the chronology of the story he’s had a bad two years. He’s lost his uncle, both his brothers and sisters, his stepmother, his father, his local commander, and the love of his life. He’s had to kill, he’s in the freezing f--king cold, surrounded by men. Is that not enough?

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he unlikely hero to emerge from HBO’s Game Of Thrones is brooding outcast, Jon Snow.

Kit Harington, 28, brings his own unique mix to the mysterious character.

And with starring roles in Hollywood blockbusters under his belt, heroism is something the London-born actor is getting used to.

and I can’t stand spiders.

What do you do when you have to get on a flight?

I have a few glasses of wine to calm the nerves. But it’s getting worse as I get older.

What about your fear of spiders – do you kill them?

No, I hate killing anything.

I can’t bear it. They’re probably more scared of me than I am of them. I have to get someone to move them.

What would you do if you and an equally scared woman were in a room with a spider?

I find most women have far more backbone than I have.

So do you ever act in a courageous way?

Not with these little things.

But when it comes to really

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“I WANT TO BE A ONE-HIT WONDER” TASTE NASA The songwriter/producer has taken

has ‘soft dance music’ to LA, where he now rubs shoulders with a legion of Kiwi star exports

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e Awamutu is a name etched into the minds of New Zealanders thanks to the town’s two most famous sons, Neil and Tim Finn.

Their musical legacies with Split Enz and Crowded House make the small area in Waikato a place of pilgrimage for fans all over the world.

Just a 10-minute drive away is Pirongia, a township of just 1,335 people. Minus one. While Pirongia may not be on the musical map like its neighbour, the departure of 21-year-old Leroy Clampitt for the bright lights of Los Angeles could soon see its name ring out like Te Awamutu’s.

As Taste Nasa, Clampitt makes sun-kissed disco-pop that’s as refreshing as a Californian sea breeze, so when former Kids Of 88 frontman Sam McCarthy invited him to play bass with his new LA-based band, Strange Babes, the move made perfect sense. Since then, Clampitt has toured with the band, and befriended Kiwi expats like The Naked and Famous, Kimbra, and Lorde producer Joel Little.

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The Red Bulle tin: You debuted Taste Nasa at Red Bull Sound Select. Did that platform provide the kick in the pants you needed?

L eroy Cl ampitt: Before [Red Bull Sound Select curator] Connor Nestor invited me, I’d written three EPs’ worth of music and shelved it all. I was at his place and I played him my track, Night Guy. I had a lot of tracks and a month to prepare, but I realised none of the music made sense with this new song he liked. So it was definitely a big kick in the bum to put out new music.

Any brushes with fame in La La Land yet?

I was playing a gig with Strange Babes and I saw one of my teen idols in the crowd, [Vampire Weekend’s] Ezra Koenig, which was pretty cool.

Whenever there’s a public holiday, we go around to Joel’s place, and I’ve met heaps of people around there: Ladyhawke, Nik Brinkman from Junica, Brooke Fraser…

Was trading smalltown life for LA a gutsy move?

Yeah, I reckon. Pirongia’s got a small supermarket, a bakery, two cafes and a bar, and that’s it. I just thought that if I was going to move somewhere, it might as well be the biggest hub I could find. It’s moved

Is it important to you that your music is pop?

I’ve always loved pop music.

I’m a real sucker for one-hit wonders. It’s hilarious that a musician’s whole career can come down to one hit, but that song can be so special it changes their life – and other people’s, too. I’d love to have my own one-hit wonder.

As a muso, why would you want to be a one-hit wonder?

I love the whole nature of them, the funny stories behind the songs. How is it that you could write one classic and never follow it up? It’d be a dream, too, because all I want is a nice studio. I’d set it up in this great area near LA called Arrowhead. And if I got sick

“SDM IS MUSIC THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO DANCE, BUT ONLY LIGHTLY. IT’S WHAT YOU PUT ON WHEN THE CLUB HAS SHUT” Not long after that, you jumped from Pirongia to Los Angeles, where you set up shop in Echo Park. That neighbourhood has a strong Kiwi flavour, doesn’t it?

Yeah, we’re taking over.

There’s Sam McCarthy, The Naked and Famous, Kimbra, Joel Little, Brad Carter from Steriogram, plus some New Zealand actors. It’s one of the cheaper, more artist-friendly areas, so there’s a tight-knit community of Kiwi creatives.

quickly for me in LA. I’ve had Taste Nasa tracks picked up by radio and I got a nice write-up from Buzzbands.la.

You identify your sound as ‘soft dance music’. EDM rules the rave, so what’s the purpose of SDM? It’s music that makes you want to dance, but only really lightly. It’s what you put on when the club has shut; it’s transition music, what you listen to before going to bed.

And it’s definitely pop.

of making SDM, I’d become a builder or something.

Why is LA the best place to write that breakthrough hit?

I see LA as the spiritual home of Taste Nasa. The songs on my new EP all refer to this cool breeze that you crave when there’s a heatwave, but it never comes. If these tracks could create a cool breeze of SDM for someone on a hot day, that would be awesome. tastenasa.com

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“This is a DJ’s view of his adoring crowd. These revellers were at David Guetta’s F*** Me I’m Famous! party at Pacha.”

Capturing Al fresco ecstasy “The Destino Pacha Ibiza Resort is known for its lavish live shows. Here, 500 people party by the outdoor stage, beneath the night sky.”

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Ibiza Erratic, ecstatic, sexy and spontaneous: the nightlife of Ibiza is preserved for posterity by photographer Faris Villena. Here, he chooses his favourite shots WORDS: ANDREAS ROTTENSCHLAGER PHOTOGRAPHY: FARIS VILLENA

Heart attack “It’s 3am at Pacha’s Flower Power night.

Ibiza celebrates its hippy roots here every Tuesday.”

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All that glitters…

“These dancers [right and below right] were at DJ Guy Gerber’s Wisdom Of The Glove party at Pacha.”

Precious rocks “ Ivan Rodriguez [left] and Graham Thunder are resident DJs at Ibiza Rocks House at Pikes Hotel. The venue, close to San Antonio, is a 15th-century finca [farm estate]. The Rolling Stones have held private parties here.”

Touch bass “Paul ‘El Hornet’ Harding from British/Australian drum ’n’ bass collective, Pendulum, is an island regular. This photo was taken at the Dirty Dutch party at Pacha.”

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Floral tribute “As well as the DJs, entertainers [right], dancers and artists form an important part of the island’s nightlife. The dancer in the picture [above] is Laetitia Laeet at Flower Power. I’ve been taking photos of her for a year now.”

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Hell’s angel “Bikers in a club? That’s nothing new at Pacha.

Kotrina [left], a dancer, is being chauffeured in on a Harley.”

Picture perfect “Three partygoers strike a pose in the photo booth at Rock Nights at Ibiza Rocks House. This is one of the best after-show parties on the island. Contact the venue via social media and you might get your name on the guest list.”

Party piece “This dancer was modelling a dress

by Nu’Art, an Italian design and entertainment company, at an open-air event at Destino. Fashion plays a very important part in Ibiza’s nightlife, and Destino gives young designers a platform.”

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“Things only really get going at 7am” Say cheese “This was Steve Aoki’s DJ set at Pacha. He’s a full-blooded showman.

He came up to me and said, ‘I’m gonna make the room go crazy now. You get a photo.’ I think it turned out pretty well.”

Dancing queens “A typical night at Under­ground, which is a mecca for electronic music. You always meet beautiful women here.”

t he r ed bulle t in: You’ve made your career documenting Ibiza’s biggest clubs and most exclusive parties. What’s so different about the nightlife on the island? f ar is v ille na: The incredible line-up of DJs. After Berlin, Ibiza is the most important place in the world when it comes to new dance music trends. But, unlike in Berlin, here you can go to the beach for a swim after the club.

How long do Ibiza nights last, then?

Until the following afternoon, usually.

The best parties get going at 7am.

Seriously?

Seriously. Most package tourists are tucked up in bed at their hotels by then.

So what’s left are the locals and people who are really interested in music.

What’s your tip for connoisseurs?

Go to Underground in San Rafael.

There’s free entry, the drinks are cheap, and you get acts like The Martinez Brothers and DJ Sneak dropping in to perform spontaneous sets.

Many of your pictures show people dancing with a complete lack of inhibition. How do you capture that?

My aim is to capture the energy of the night. For that, you have to be part of the party yourself. So I just dance along until people forget my camera.

Bunker beats “Locals party through the winter at the Veto Social Club. On the decks are Erre de Ruido [left] and Joshel.”

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ACTION MAN NATHAN FA’AVAE IS UNSTOPPABLE. HE’S CHASED A THIEF MID-RACE AND BOUNCED BACK AFTER DOUBLE HEART SURGERY TO BECOME THREE-TIMES WINNER OF THE ADVENTURE RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WORDS: ROBERT TIGHE PHOTOGRAPHY: ALEX SOCCI

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The eyes have it: Nathan Fa’avae (left) is all focus as he and Sophie Hart power their way through a 52km kayak stage during the GODZone Adventure Race

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After a 47km trek through the Garvie Mountains, Chris Forne – navigator for Fa’avae’s group, Team Seagate – crosses the swing bridge at Piano Flat in Waikaia Forest

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“I’m very careful about the people I race with. Most of them have huge thresholds of suffering and discomfort, as well as incredible levels of perseverance and commitment.”

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The skies over Lake Wakatipu look ominous as Team Seagate negotiate the 28km kayak leg to Kingston

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“THERE’S AN UNWRITTEN RULE: YOU CAN ONLY QUIT IF THE RACE DOCTOR TELLS YOU THE SHOW IS OVER”

Pure class: Team Seagate have won two of the last three Adventure Racing World Championships.

They went into GODZone as the hottest of favourites and justified that tag with a comfortable victory

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Chris Forne studies the race map while Sophie Hart leans into the elements

“GODZone was a pretty tough few days,” says Fa’avae. “The course was very challenging, which, combined with some bad weather, turned it into a bit of an epic”

Stuart Lynch

The 37-yearold computer programmer joined Team Seagate last year and has won the world championship with three different teams. “There are times when you question why you do this at all,” he says. “Finishing is such a relief.”

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ROUTE Teams were given their maps at 4.30am on the morning of the race and had a couple of hours to plot their way around the 557km course before heading out into the wilderness.

TREKKING MOUNTAIN BIKING CANOEING KAYAKING ORIENTEERING

START FANTAIL FALLS DAVIS FLAT

MACPHERSON CREEK

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“I’VE DONE ALL THE HARD WORK, AND IT ACTUALLY GETS EASIER AS YOU GET OLDER”

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Competitors in adventure racing are completely self-sufficient and carry their own food and gear. Here, Nathan Fa’avae does running repairs on his bike

LAKE HAWEA

LA KE WA NA KA

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Chris Forne and Stuart Lynch lead Team Seagate on the 137km mountain bike stage over the Criffel Range

Chris Forne

The 38-year-old from Christchurch is widely regarded as the best navigator in the sport.

Opposition teams often wait to see which route he takes, because they know it’ll usually be the quickest.

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e is like the Messi or Ronaldo of our sport,” says Brian Keogh of Irish adventure racing team DAR Dingle. “I can’t believe we’re competing in the same race as him.”

It’s the day before the start of the GODZone Adventure Race in Wanaka, and Keogh is waxing lyrical about Nathan Fa’avae. The 43-year-old from Nelson is a legend in the adventure racing community, but unlike in football, where the superior skills and artistry of a Lionel Messi or a Cristiano Ronaldo can be appreciated by anyone watching a two-minute clip of highlights, what makes Fa’avae great is impossible to capture on a YouTube compilation.

For one thing, adventure racing is not a spectator-friendly sport. A typical adventure race sees teams of four (three men plus one woman) traverse hundreds of kilometres. The race is divided into different stages and the disciplines usually include mountain biking, hiking, kayaking and rope courses. Navigation skills are key, as is the ability to survive and thrive on as little sleep as possible.

Fa’avae is arguably the most successful adventure racer of his generation because of what’s in his head, his heart and his legs. He has an ability to tolerate pain and push on when others give up. Fa’avae insists there’s no magic formula, no training regime that guarantees success in this sport.

He just seems to be able to get the most out of himself and his teammates, and do it consistently.

Fa’avae has great stories, and he tells them with a matter-of-factness that gives an insight into his character.

He’s cool, composed and understated, even when he’s talking about the time he knocked on the door of a stranger’s house in a Kyrgyzstan village to beg for food and shelter during a race in 2003. While the team were inside eating dinner, one of their bikes was stolen. Fortunately, they caught the thief by following tracks in the dust, retrieved the bike and went on to finish the race. Or there’s the time Fa’avae forgot to pack his hiking shoes for a stage of the Adventure Racing World Championship in Spain in 2010, so he climbed the trail in his mountain-biking shoes and walked back down in his socks.

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“What goes on out there during a race is not normal,” says Fa’avae. “It’s a very humbling sport.

There’s no privacy and nowhere to hide.

You can bluff your way through some team sports, but that doesn’t work in adventure racing”

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Team Seagate (left to right: Chris Forne, Nathan Fa’avae, Sophie Hart and Stuart Lynch) celebrate at the finish line in Wanaka.

“Collectively, we’ve done over 100 expedition races and there isn’t a team in the history of the sport with that depth of experience,” says Fa’avae.

“We know how to train, what to expect in a race and what it takes to win”

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“To other people it might seem like a big deal, but I grew up in bare feet, so it wasn’t a problem for me,” says Fa’avae.

“I didn’t slow down the team too much.” t he r ed bul l et in: How and why did you get into adventure racing? nat han f a’ava e: I represented New Zealand in mountain biking in my teens and early 20s before moving into multisport. My first adventure race was the Southern Traverse in 1999 [Fa’avae’s team won the race] and the sport just clicked with me. I worked in outdoor

education, so I could use the skills I’d learned in navigation, white water rafting and rock climbing. I also enjoyed the team aspect; I did individual sports for 10 years, but there’s something special about being on the start line with three teammates and one clear objective: to get to the finish line as quickly as possible.

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a communication breakdown. Before the race, I’ll check-in with everyone and make sure they’re clear about our strategy and what I expect from them. If a team becomes dysfunctional, it’s usually because someone feels undervalued.

How would you describe your leadership style?

I’m not an authoritarian leader; I like to delegate responsibility. Any decisions during a race are usually group decisions.

Occasionally I’ll put my foot down and make a decision of my own, but I don’t need to do that too often.

Have you ever regretted a decision?

We had to pull out of the World Championship in Costa Rica in 2013 after three of the team got a fungal foot infection. I noticed it first when I got off my bike at the end of a stage. I could hardly walk, but we had a kayaking stage to come, so I thought I’d be all right.

Then Trevor [Voyce] and Sophie [Hart] noticed their feet were in a bad way, too.

Trevor looked like he wasn’t going to be able to walk, and we figured we’d have to carry him across the finish line. We were second at the time, but we’d been racing for five days at this stage. There was a boat coming to pick up one of the officials that night and we had the option of getting in the boat or waiting for a helicopter the next morning. We got in the boat. In hindsight, we should have waited until the morning. No one was going to die that night.

Is adventure racing a ruthless sport?

There’s an unwritten rule for the teams I race in: you can only quit if the race doctor stands in front of you and tells you the show is over. There are times in adventure racing when what you’re doing is the last thing you want to be doing, when you’re in the last place you want to be, and when you swear to yourself it’s the last race you’ll ever do. If pulling out is an option, you’ll entertain the idea; if it’s not, you focus on how you’re going to cope. I raced in Africa a few years ago and one of the team was suffering from a dust irritation in his lungs. He came up to me quite casually and said, “This dust is really getting to me. At the end of this stage, I’m going to stop. I’m done.” I was speechless.

You’ve been forced to quit a race due to a heart condition, right?

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but I had friends working on mountain safety during the run and they could tell I wasn’t myself. They called for the chopper. It was hard times racing back then. I was racing well under my capacity.

But still winning?

That’s the crazy thing. I had heart surgery in 2005 and 2014, but won the World Championship both years.

You retired from professional racing after winning the World Championship in 2005. Why? I’d had surgery six months earlier and my heart was finally working well. I didn’t want to compromise it any more than I needed to. My wife Jodie and I had two young kids and she was pregnant with our third, so I decided to get a real job and live a more normal life.

So why did you decide to return to the big stage in 2009?

I did a race in New Caledonia and realised I still really enjoyed racing.

My kids were older, I had established my events company, and the 2011 World Championship was being held in Tasmania, so I targeted that event.

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Sophie Hart

“Nathan always takes everybody’s opinion on board.

We call him Camp Mum, because he organises everything for us. We just have to turn up and race.“

But things didn’t quite go according to plan in Tasmania?

On one of the stages, I forgot our SPOT Tracker [a GPS device that tells event HQ the location of each team]. We led for the whole race, but we were penalised four hours and had to sit in transition 35km from the finish line and watch as the French team took the lead. They weren’t that gracious in their victory, given the circumstances. To beat them in France the following year was very satisfying.

You’ve just turned 43. Do you ever feel your age?

As I get older, I feel a little less confident on exposed sections. I’ve got three kids now, so I’m less likely to take unnecessary risks. Ten years ago, on the same terrain, I’d skip along quite happily. I joke about my age, but apart from that it isn’t really an issue. The longer you’ve been in the sport, the less training you need to do.

I’ve done all the hard work and put in the miles, and it actually becomes easier as you get older.

How many more years do you have left at the elite level?

I’m pretty sure this will be my last season of international racing. When I say I’m retiring, that doesn’t mean I won’t ever race again; it just won’t play as big a part in my life. I’ve been to ten World Championships, won a lot of races, been part of some amazing teams, organised events and helped raise the awareness of the sport, so I’m happy with what I’ve achieved. There is still a world of things out there that I want to do. I’ll always be an adventurer at heart. godzoneadventure.com

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Adrenalin thrills in the desert

Seen one desert, seen them all?

Not even close. In Utah, USA, thrill seekers explore adrenalinheavy opportunities in otherworldly landscapes for months without their pulses slowing.

But, if your heart can handle it, the best way to experience the highs of the desert is to walk off one of its many vertiginous cliffs backwards, into the void below.

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ACTION Rappelling – sliding down a fixed rope using a braking device to control your descent – could have been invented for Utah’s colossal sandstone fins, improbably balanced boulders and soaring spires.

The 73,000-acre Arches National Park contains endless challenges and dizzying drops, plus thousands of stone arches that give the park its name.

“Take a course of instruction before you dangle your body off of any high feature on the planet’s surface,” says Todd Goss, who is the brains behind Paragon Adventures, a company that organises guided outdoor activities in Utah. And anyone wanting to tackle them armed only with a rope requires a clear head and nerves of steel.

“Walking backwards off a cliff goes against most people’s concept of self-preservation,” says Goss. “So, unsurprisingly, there’s a big adrenalin response. The biggest issue for people starting out is trying to manage that.”

Instructors can help prepare firsttimers for the feeling of taking their lives into their own hands. “My heart was racing as I went over the edge,” says Katie Sanders, 24, a legal secretary from Santa Monica, USA. “You can’t shake the knowledge that the only thing stopping you plummeting more that 100 metres to the canyon floor is the piece of rope.

But then the adrenalin surge subsided into this amazing feeling of freedom and control over my actions. I could then really be part of the descent and appreciate the incredible surroundings.”

Anyone that musters the will to hang off natural structures often hundreds

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More to explore Dive After a five-day course, you’ll be BASE-jumping off the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Receive training from one of the pioneers of the sport and launch yourself from a jump point 150 metres above the Snake River. utahextremesports.com

Drift After a tough day of rappelling in Utah, take to the skies over Arizona in a hot air balloon for another view. Experience the area’s magical monoliths, mesas, and awe-inspiring spires from 1,500m as you fly over the sprawl of sandstone. monumentvalley ballooncompany.com

Advice from the inside

“Before you go rappelling, make sure you learn how the system operates and how to stay alive if something goes awry,” says Todd Goss.

Salt Lake City Do you dare to make the drop?

Visit: paragon adventure.com

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of metres tall is repaid with unbeatable views. Hanging from a rock face with nothing more than fresh air between your feet and the sun-scorched ground below offers a completely new way to appreciate landscapes that in photos often defy belief.

“When you’ve got the amazing beauty of the red desert, slot canyons, sweeping vistas, and massive cliffs,” says Goss, “the technique of rappelling gives you a whole new perspective. And a great thrill, too.”

Explore secluded canyons, hidden arches, prehistoric dinosaur tracks and breathtaking views of the Colorado River from the inside of a Hummer. The rugged Arizona landscape tests the all-terrain vehicle to the limit. highpointhummer.com

KLEIN/RED BULL CONTENT POOL, CORBIS, KEITH JEFFERS

Drive Utah, USA

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GEAR

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SNAP HAPPY

Four-propeller drones can be hard to control, but inbuilt GPS helps stabilise the Phantom.

The attached camera’s three-axis gimbal mechanism fends off the elements to get a straight shot.

Shoot and share your photos anywhere with the latest camera technology in the coolest designs

Hasselblad Stellar II

CARTER DOW, JONATHAN BEER

Luxury styling meets modern tech as historic camera company Hasselblad gives the Sony RX100 a makeover. hasselblad-stellar.com

GoPro HERO4 Silver

A new edition of the pro-quality video camera with tonnes of rugged features, plus a touchscreen and greater control over settings. gopro.com

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Phantom 2 Vision+

This drone-cam records HD video and 14MP stills from the air and can be preprogrammed or manually controlled and viewed from a mobile or tablet. dji.com

Polaroid Socialmatic

Social media combines with old-school instant printing. Connect to your favourite apps and share via Wi-Fi, or print a 2in x 3in photo. polaroid.com

Nikon Coolpix AW120

Waterproof, shockproof, shoots 16MP stills and can keep going in temperatures of -10ºC. Plus it’s equipped with GPS and a compass. europe-nikon.com

VSCO Film

If you use a digital camera but want the look of film, this software is full of realistic effects that save hours of fiddling with less finessed filters. vsco.co

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THE NEW CLASSIC Mechanical meets modern

Montblanc TimeWalker Urban Speed e-Strap Adopting new technology no longer means giving up on style.

Montblanc has become one of the first watch makers to embrace wearable technology while maintaining the classic look of their timepieces.

The e-Strap, which can be attached to any wristwatch wide enough, communicates with most Android and iOS smartphones via Bluetooth Low Energy. Its touchscreen allows you to monitor emails, texts, calls and social media updates, and can help locate your phone within a 30-metre range. Sports enthusiasts can log activities, measure steps taken and calories burned, and receive vibrating alerts.

The e-Strap also works as a remote control to help you take the perfect selfie, or play tunes from your phone’s music library. Available to buy from June as a complete chronograph including timepiece, or as a standalone e-Strap to attach to your existing watch. montblanc.com

The electronic module is tucked away discreetly on the underside of the e-Strap, with a touchscreen that is slightly indented to prevent damage. Just turn it gently to access its functions and read off information

SIGN OF THE TIMES

Current chronographs that combine cutting-edge technology and style Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech Carbon-fibre layers bound with PEEK high-end polymer make the case, attachments and bezel of this diver’s watch strong yet ultra-light. It’s also self-winding and water-resistant up to 30 bars. panerai.com

Alpina Alpiner 4 Chrono Flyback Manufacture This brand-new timepiece is at the cutting edge of

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innovation: an automatic chronograph that you can wear like a sports wristwatch. Particularly smart is the single-touch flyback function to restart the stopwatch. alpina-watches.com

Hublot Big Bang Jeans Vintage

Its denim exterior may look casual, but inside this steel chronograph is all business. The case houses a durable Swiss ETA 7753 movement, accurate to an eighth of a second for 12 hours. hublot.com

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MOTOR MERCH Because it’s not just a ride, it’s an experience

BMW i Remote This award-winning app for the Samsung Gear S and other mobile devices delivers status updates remotely, warning of open doors or windows and even letting you pre-heat the car on cold mornings. bmw.com

THE ROVER’S RETURN

Welcome back the Scout

BARRY HATHAWAY, GRAEME FORDHAM

You could say the Indian Scout has effortless beauty, but that would be unfair to its design team: something this attractive doesn’t happen without a lot of hard work. The Indian brand has been through the ringer since the original Indian Motorcycle Co went bankrupt in 1953. Numerous nostalgia-fuelled false restarts have kept the name alive, but only recently, with serious money behind it, has it been properly dusted off. In the last two years we’ve seen the return of the Chief, the Chieftain touring model, and now the Indian Scout gets the resurrection treatment. This light cruiser comes in at the bottom end of the range in terms of price and weight. At 253kg with a full tank, it has some heft, but it’s about 130kg lighter than its biggest brother to appeal to a more diverse demographic.

Though built for the open road, the Scout is more than capable of manoeuvring around town. Which, of course, is where it will turn heads. The advertising may feature empty desert highways, but something this pretty needs to be seen. indianmotorcycle.com

The Indian Motorcycle Company was founded in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1901, by former bicycle riders George M Hendee and Carl Oscar Hedstrom

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PRIME MOVER

New 911, new thrills Indian jacket Indian’s range of biker jackets hide their modernity well, with CE protectors and zippered liners concealed under the brass tags and embroidered logos. You don’t even need the bike to look good in one. indianmotorcycle.com If you like the wind in your hair but your thrills behind the wheel, the newly unveiled Porsche 911 Targa 4 GTS might be more your style. Porsche cover all the 911 bases, with 21 variations available on the market. However, this is the first time that the company has combined the folding-roofed, glass-wrapped Targa with the GTS badge. The Targa 4 GTS carries the distinctive GTS flared bodywork, features a bit more power than the Targa 4S (430hp vs 400hp) and, in common with the other GTS models, bridges the gap between the ‘comfortable’ and ‘performance’ niches of the 911 range, adding more of the latter without sacrificing the former. porsche.com

Jaguar Heritage ’57 range This range celebrating the glorious D-Type includes a holdall crafted by renowned leather makers Pittards, featuring an embossed Heritage lozenge and the winning No 3 motif. jaguarheritage.com

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CULTURE BARBIE BEATS

THE PLAYLIST GIORGIO MORODER

PC Music is the new genre being dropped into hipster chat.

Here’s all you need to know

In 1977, Giorgio Moroder revolutionised club music with the global hit, I Feel Love. He went on to work with the likes of David Bowie and Blondie, and wrote Academy Award-winning music for the movies Flashdance and Midnight Express before retiring in the early ’90s. A collaboration on Daft Punk’s 2013 album Random Access Memory returned him the limelight, and now Moroder is back with new material. 74 Is The New 24 features Kylie Minogue and Charli XCX, and proves he’s still the disco king. Here are five songs that got him hooked and inspire him today. giorgiomoroder.com

Paul Anka

Wendy Carlos

Diana

Switched-On Bach

“I heard this song on the radio when I was 15 and I couldn’t get it out of my head. The problem was that I missed the artist’s name, so it took me ages to find the single at the local record shop – these things were much harder back then, without the internet. Diana was the song that got me into making music professionally. I did a cover version of it and that became my first moderate hit.”

“This record was the reason I started playing the synthesizer in the early ’70s. It was the concept and the sounds that appealed to me. Carlos played Johann Sebastian Bach’s Baroque sonatas with only her Moog synthesizer. Despite its experimental approach, it became the first classical album in history to sell half a million copies. It’s still a great album, even today.”

Iggy Azalea feat Charli XCX

Rihanna feat Calvin Harris

Fancy

We Found Love

“I’m not a big hip-hop fan usually. I like Kanye West’s productions, but a lot of the time I simply don’t understand the lyrics, especially gangster rap.

Having said that, Iggy Azalea’s approach to it is something I really appreciate: this is a great song with great lyrics. The same goes for Charli XCX, who sings the chorus. I liked her voice so much, I collaborated with her on my new album.”

“I find current EDM music very interesting. The sounds these young producers create are amazing and beautiful, though sometimes I miss melodies and structures. That’s why I love Calvin Harris; he’s able to perfect both, which this tune proves. Excellent arrangement, great sound. Unfortunately I haven’t met him in person yet, but I’d love to work with him in the future.”

Clarity “This is a great song that deserved the Grammy it won last year for Best Dance Recording. Zedd’s gift for arrangement and melodies is magnificent, and Foxes also has a great career ahead of her.

She’s one of the most talented and charismatic young singers around at the moment, a true disco queen of tomorrow.

Maybe she will be the new Donna Summer.”

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Like Aqua’s Eurodance hit Barbie Girl, but faster.

Sounds weird? Yep. But don’t turn it off just yet: it takes a few listens to find the sophistication behind those catchy plastic pop beats.

Who’s behind it?

A small group of young, male British producers who prefer to stay anonymous, hiding behind fake personas and names such as Hannah Diamond, SOPHIE and QT (pictured top).

AMP IT UP iRig 2

With this pocket-sized interface, musicians can play and record guitar riffs on their smartphone, no additional amplifier needed. Use it with the AmpliTube app and you can rock out with dozens of virtual effects pedals and classic amp tones. ikmultimedia.com

Why it works After years of serious underground club music trends like deep house, producers fancy something more colourful. The mainstream follows: SOPHIE worked on Madonna’s new album, Rebel Heart.

SONY MUSIC

Zedd feat Foxes

What does it sound like?

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CULTURE GENERATION X

Mortal Kombat X: new fight, same fun

Of course it has new characters and a new story (although the story in a beat-em-up never strays too far from providing many, many opportunities for fighting). Of course it’ll look better than the last one. But the point of Mortal Kombat X (you say ‘ex’, not ‘10’) is not to break gaming’s boundaries but to nudge them, while also reminding everyone who has played any of the 20-odd games in the Mortal Kombat series (which debuted in 1992) how much fun it is to play.

One neat idea: venerable favourite characters like Raiden, Kano and Sub-Zero are now aged grandmasters.

Out for Windows, PS4 and Xbox One in mid-April. mortalkombat.com

EMPIRE’S BACK

Classic Star Wars stories revisited

Why Liam Neeson is big at the box office right now To still cut it as action heroes on the movie screen, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, both 68, have had to plant their tongue in their cheek with the Expendables series. But age isn’t the issue; the biggest action star in the world today is 62, yet shows no signs of wear. Since the 2009 US release of Taken, Liam Neeson has starred in Unknown, The Grey, Taken 2, Non-Stop, A Walk Among The Tombstones and Taken 3 – all commercially and critically successful films in which flexes his muscles and acting chops. (He’s also strong in ensemble action flicks like The A-Team, Clash Of The Titans and Wrath Of The Titans.) One reason for his success could be that he doesn’t

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seem that old or come with the baggage of Sly and Arnie, whose fresher-faced back catalogue is still much-loved.

It might also be a result of Neeson throwing himself into his work after his wife’s death in 2009. Or it could be a fluke: he said he thought Taken would go straight to DVD. Whatever the reason, Neeson is the winner. His salary for Taken is said to have been around $1m, and he reportedly earned 20 times that for Taken 3, which is out on home entertainment platforms this month.

His latest kick-ass-capade, Run All Night, is in cinemas now. Enjoy Neeson in a gun-toting role while you can: he’s given himself two more years before retiring from the ‘geriaction’ subgenre.

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SWING INTO ACTION

April sees the release of Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire Vol. 1, a 440-page reprint of stories from the Marvel comic series. The book picks up the saga post-Episode III, and its highpoint is the emergence of a certain black-clad Sith Lord with father-son issues. marvel.com

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Respect and fear

Gus Batista has been wrestling alligators for more than 17 years. “It’s been thousands of encounters,” says the 44-yearold, who is also known by the nickname ‘Onebear’, given to him after he was mauled and almost killed by a black bear.

He works for the Seminole Tribe of Florida as a wildlife officer on the tribe’s lands, dealing with bears, gators and snakes, and also as an alligator wrestler in shows, in which, he says, “the alligator is the star.

We performers are just there to make people understand the animals, to give a voice to them.” If those gators could speak, they’d probably say, “Do we have to wrestle Gus again?

That guy is too good.”

“I wrestle nuisance alligators taken out of the wild and put in a controlled environment because of laws and the threat they pose,” says Batista. “They’ve paid the ultimate sacrifice, of being enclosed, and I never forget that.”

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Clear your mind

“It’s necessary to declutter. Some people use breathing techniques; I just sit there and observe the animals, like watching fish in a fish tank. It kind of relaxes me.”

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Think one step ahead

“You have to secondguess the animal and know its response before it responds. They are a lot faster than you are, and if you lack that intuition, you’re going to get caught.”

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Don’t get bitten

“The reality of this occupation is not if you get bitten, but when. I’ve been bitten 12 times; I only have half my right thumb. If you are bitten, stay one with the animal. If he shakes, stay in contact with him. That way, the bite won’t intensify.”

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Get a grip

“If it’s a smaller gator, I’ll use my right hand. But with the really big ones, I can’t get a full grip because my halfthumb won’t go around the snout, so I have to lead with my left arm instead. Then, once I’ve got a good grip, I follow through with the right.”

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Racers at Manfeild can compete solo or as part of a team with up to four members

May 10 Two-wheel drive Feilding

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many laps of the main 3km section of the circuit as they can within the six-hour time limit. Tandem and mountain bikers are welcome to enter the event, and riders can compete solo or in teams, with separate challenges for groups representing bike clubs, schools, universities, the services and workplaces. bikemanawatu.co.nz

May 1-31 Local heroes

April 26 Demi goddess

Across New Zealand

Vector Arena, Auckland

Let your freak flag fly, music lovers. NZ Music Month is our annual 31-day celebration of homegrown talent. Now in its 15th year, the event covers local music of every genre, with hundreds of gigs across the country.

Check out the line-up, get your hands on an iconic bullseye T-shirt, and support the Kiwi music cause. nzmusicmonth.co.nz

Members of Demi Lovato’s fan base are known as Lovatics, and you can bet the Kiwi branch will be out in force when the singer/ actress plays her first NZ show at the Vector Arena.

Expect all her hits including Give Your Heart A Break, Skyscraper and Let It Go, plus tracks from her recent album, Demi. ticketmaster.co.nz

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Built by the Manawatu Car Club in the 1970s, the Manfeild Autocourse in Feilding is a world-class 4.5km motor circuit set in 88 hectares of parkland, with a focus on grand prix meetings and superbike racing. The annual Manfeild 6 Hour Cycle Challenge, however, sees high-powered engines replaced by pedal power. Competitors will aim to complete as

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VENUE OF THE MONTH

DON’T MISS

Strange’s Lane

More dates for your diary

219 High Street, Christchurch Central

Out of the devastation of the 2011 Christchurch quakes came the precinct known as Strange’s Lane.

Since opening in August 2014 with three venues – cocktail bar Strange & Co, creole restaurant Orleans, and burger joint Lower 9th Diner – this buzzing hub has added two more bars, Vespa and Nucleus. It’s a testament to the optimism in the city right now. facebook. com/strangeandco

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April Trouble gum LA “bubblegum punks” The Dickies have been in the game since 1977, when they were the West Coast’s answer to New York’s Ramones. Still going strong, the band will be serving up their breakneck live show at venues in all the main centres. thedickies.com

May 2 On the ropes

May 30 – June 20 Beautiful game

Auckland

Across New Zealand

Much-loved Kiwi pro wrestling tag team The Bushwhackers may have retired some time ago, but the Hughes Academy of Professional Wrestling is busy training up their successors. See its roster of wrestlers flex their muscles in front of a crowd at the Kelston Community Centre. hughesacademy.co.nz

This month, New Zealand welcomes the world’s brightest young footballing talents at the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015.

Dunedin, Whangarei and New Plymouth are among the cities hosting games for what will be the biggest celebration of football this country has ever seen. fifa.com/u20worldcup

May 3 Crazy about racing Wellington Comprising a 13k kayak course, a 30k mountain bike ride and a 13k trail run, the aptly named Crazyman event provides a scenic tour of the hills, beaches and rivers of Wellington’s Hutt City.

Past champions include Coast To Coast legends Steve Gurney and Jill Westenra, and legendary husband-and-wife team Richard and Elina Ussher, so this year’s victors will need to be made of stern stuff. crazyman.co.nz

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May 5 Follow The Script Vector Arena, Auckland

Dublin trio The Script have made their name with stadium-sized pop-rock anthems including The Man Who Can’t Be Moved, Hall Of Fame and Superheroes, so it’s only fitting that they’ll play Auckland’s 12,000-capacity Vector Arena when they return to New Zealand in May. Danny O’Donoghue and co are going off-script with their choice of support; rather than picking another band, the Irishmen have invited Tinie Tempah along for the ride. The UK rapper and producer – best known for his hits Pass Out, Written In The Stars and Invincible – brings a different, more urban sound to the mix. frontiertouring.com/thescript

April Race to the finish Split into three-, sixand 12-hour running and mountain-biking events, Whangamata Adventure Race turns beaches and forests into adventure terrain.

And to make things trickier, the course is kept secret until race day. whangamata events.co.nz

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April Death metal kings Two big guns of death metal, New York’s Suffocation and Poland’s Decapitated, bring their brutal sounds to Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington on their Despise The World tour.

Cheer up, lads, it can’t be that bad… metropolistouring.com

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ACTIVESTYLE

Whatever your cycling persuasion, choosing the right gear is an uphill struggle.

With more brands than ever jostling for position in the peloton, remove your style stabilizers and upgrade your ride with our guide to this season’s bike kit WORDS AND STYLING: Olie Arnold PHOTOGRAPHY: David Abrahams PRODUCTION: Otter Jezamin Hatchett

INCASE RANGE MESSENGER LARGE (goincase.co.uk); X-BIONIC THE TRICK® BIKING SHIRT MAN (x-bionic.com); KASK MOJITO HELMET (velobrands.co.uk); G-SHOCK GD-X6900HT-8ER WATCH (g-shock.co.uk); OAKLEY GLASSES (oakley.com); SHIMANO SHOES (cyclesurgery.com)

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C IT Y STEA LTH You rely heavily on your trusty steed and wouldn’t travel any other way. Channel your inner courier and pick the products that will give you the edge and help you last the distance when attacking the tarmac.

Urban cycling demands a ride that’s quick and hardy, and the Tricross Elite Disc bike has both qualities in spades. Armadillo tyres allow the rider to transition from street to dirt seamlessly, and the world-class Shimano gearing will help you lead the pack from the off.

ASICS GEL LYTE V TRAINERS (kickz.co.uk); SPECIALIZED TRICROSS BIKE (cyclesurgery.com); SHIMANO PEDALS (cyclesurgery.com); THULE PACK N PEDAL COMMUTER BACKPACK (thule.com); RAPHA PRO TEAM DATA PRINT JERSEY (rapha.cc); QUICKSILVER JEANS (quiksilver.co.uk); KRYPTONITE NY LOCK (cyclesurgery.com)

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MOUNTAIN MAV E R I CK As the dawn chorus breaks, you’re already two-hoursdeep into a trail and looking for the next steep bank to hurl yourself down. You need gear that will keep you protected and beat the elements, but still turn heads in the bar when you get to the bottom of the mountain.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLIZZARD BIKE (bikes.com); SALEWA APEX 22 BP RUCKSACK (salewa.co.uk); HELLY HANSEN JOTON JACKET (hellyhansen.com); THE NORTH FACE THERMOBALL HOODED JACKET (thenorthface.co.uk); BERGHAUS SOL NECK GAITER (berghaus.com); SALEWA WILDFIRE PRO SHOES (salewa. co.uk); NORTHLAND AIRFORCE BIKE POLO SHIRT (northlandpro.com); CONTOUR ROAM 3 CAMERA (contourshop.com); SCOTT STEGO HELMET (scott-sports.com); POLAR V800 WATCH (polar.com); ALPINESTARS A-8 PROTECTION VEST (alpinestars.com)

There’s not much the Canadians don’t know about mountains and how to conquer them. With top-end suspension and tyres that wouldn‘t look out of place on a monster truck, the Blizzard will take you places bikes are not supposed to go – and give you the ride of your life.

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DOWNTOW N DA P P E R Getting from A to B for your 9-to-5 and not arriving sweaty for that important meeting are what matters most here. Ensure your gear is cut from a different cloth and your hardware shows you mean business.

Strida are kings of innovation, proving that folding bikes can be functional and stylish at the same time. This bike weighs only 13kg and is ready to ride in less than 10 seconds.

The grease-free chain means you’ll always look sharp when you arrive at the office.

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STREET TOU GH Your ride is the ultimate accessory.

The chances of you ever breaking a sweat are extremely remote and your custom-built bicycle is unlikely to see a rainy day. So picking the best brands and wearing them well together is paramount. Dress to be seen.

Detroit may be famous for its car industry, but local brand Shinola proves you don‘t need an engine to pack vehicular muscle. Thanks to the Runwell‘s high-end, 11-speed internal hub, you can climb hills without a second thought and cover more miles with a lot less maintenance.

SHINOLA RUNWELL BIKE (SHINOLA.COM); HARRIS TWEED BAIRN MINI MESSENGER (trakke.co.uk); VANS SK8-HI REISSUE TRAINERS (vans.com); NAPAPIJRI ORANGE RAINFOREST JACKET (napapijri.com); DAKINE OAKRIDGE FLANNEL SHIRT (dakine.com); S.OLIVER PRINTED T-SHIRT (soliver.eu); EIGHTYNINE BY BOX FRESH HYVOT SWEATER (boxfresh.com); NEW BALANCE C-SERIES COLLECTION YELLOW TRAINERS (tokyobike.co.uk); FOSSIL WATCH (houseoffraser.co.uk); LEVI’S INDIGO DENIM ECO 511 COMMUTER JEANS (levi.co.uk); O’NEILL ADVENTURE BOMBER JACKET (oneill.com)

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This is a restricted area, a strict no-fly zone. But Cedric Dumont set his heart on becoming the first person to perform a wingsuit-aided flight over the pyramids of Giza. Achieving his dream involved sweet-talking Egypt’s Defence Minister and battling sandstorms. But it was worth the effort. “It was the most incredible view you can imagine.” cedricdumont.com

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