The Red Bulletin June 2015 - NZ

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beyond the ordinary

ultimate watermen The world‘s best boarders do battle in New Zealand

reach for the stars

AC/DC Back to school with rock veteran Angus Young

Learn how to walk in space

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WELCOME Doing things differently comes naturally to those who grace The Red Bulletin’s pages, and this issue is no exception.

Tennis ace Andy Murray chats to us about his controversial decision to hire a female coach – and how it’s upping his game. Ukrainian urban climber Mustang Wanted – not his real name – risks his life to scale skyscrapers across Europe without safety equipment. And at NZ’s Ultimate Waterman competition, we meet Kai Lenny and Connor Baxter, the SUP rivals refusing to fit the mould. We also explore glaciers, find out how American actress Emma Stone turns vulnerability into an asset, and teach you how to walk in space. We hope you enjoy the issue.

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“It really opened my eyes when I started working with Amelie” ANDY MURRAY, PAGE 38

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

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BULLEVARD 19 BATTLE OF WATERLOO How to avoid

your own catastrophe 200 years after

Napoleon Bonaparte’s big defeat

THE HIGH LIFE

FEATURES

Mustang Wanted: urbanclimbing cult hero and scourge of the police

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No fear, no climbing gear: tall tales from the man who scales buildings

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38 Andy Murray

Answering his critics on the court with the help of Amelie Mauresmo

44 Ultimate Waterman

The world’s best wave riders hit NZ

52 AC/DC

Angus Young and co hit the road again

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Traversing the inside of a glacier

ICE EXPLORERS

64 This month’s heroes

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70 A Club Called Rhonda

Journeying down into the hearts of Europe’s biggest melting glaciers and documenting their deepest secrets

70 WHO’S THAT GIRL?

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STILL ROCKING HARD

AC/DC lead guitarist Angus Young talks history, school uniforms and 40 years of flashing his backside on stage

Avant-garde quintet Faith No More, actress Emma Stone, videographer Tom Gould and rocker Andrew WK America’s most rabble-rousing party

ACTION! 78 TRAVEL Freefalling in South Africa 79 GEAR Watches to lust over 80 CULTURE Cinema, TV and gaming 82 MUSIC Raekwon’s top five LPs 84 WHEELS Aston Martin’s new launch 85 HOW TO Walk in space 86 SAVE THE DATE Unmissable events 89 BUYERS GUIDE Things we want now 98 MAGIC MOMENT Sewer windsurfing

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DAUMANTAS LIEKIS

Anything for the shot: cave photographer Robbie Shone

Under the icy giants of the Alps British photographer Robbie Shone journeyed into one of the biggest glaciers in Europe to document what goes on inside as it melts. “It was a dangerous expedition and we could hear the walls cracking as we descended,” says the 35-year-old, who is an expert at shooting underground, especially while precariously dangling from a rope. “But the results we got have made it all worthwhile – they show a glacier that will soon be gone.” His amazing pictures of the vanishing wonder are on page 58.

The Lithuanian journalist travelled to Kiev to track down urban climber Mustang Wanted. Unsurprisingly, he found him on a rooftop. Read his superb story on page 26.

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AROUND THE WORLD

GARY MOSKOWITZ

The American writer interviewed Faith No More on their home turf in San Francisco to discuss the band’s first new album in 18 years. Find out what turned them from underdogs to alt-rock overlords on page 66.

The Red Bulletin is published in 11 countries. Gracing the cover of the latest French edition is Tahitian surfing star Michel Bourez.

IN FOCUS BEHIND THE LENS

“This is a place where you can try whatever” MERLIN BRONQUES

Musician, artist and photoblogger Merlin Bronques went partying in LA for The Red Bulletin. His pictures appear on page 70

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“You always meet a new freak you’ve never met before,” says photographer Merlin Bronques, who shot this month’s nightlife feature at A Club Called Rhonda in Los Angeles. “You can be gender ambiguous or play it straight,” says Bronques.

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DESERT STORM At the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, the fight to finish on the podium is, obviously, only part of the struggle. “You can get stuck at any time on any ascent in the desert sands,” explains driver Adam Malysz. “At the top of the dunes, there are 5m drops. If you don’t come down them diagonally, you’ll fall flat and it’s game over.” So what’s the best way to drive up a dune? “Go straight at it with your foot to the floor,” he says. abudhabidesertchallenge.com Photography: Marcin Kin

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M PU MAL AN G A , S O UTH AFR I C A

WALL HANGING Twenty-year-old Evan Margetts, one of South Africa’s up-and-coming climbers, takes on the Jack of All Trades route at Waterval Boven. The location is the country’s climbing mecca, world famous for its distinctive orange sandstone. Situated on the God No! wall, Jack of All Trades is graded a challenging 8a because it is a 30m single pitch route with tiny crimpers at the top demanding intense finger strength and endurance. facebook.com/evan.margetts Photography: Ruan Kotze

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K APRU N , AU STR IA

LIGHTS OUT This snap of ice-climber Rudolf Hausner deep in Austria’s Sigmund-Thun Gorge could get right under your skin – and not just because of its haunting nature. “For this shot, I only used special UV lights,” says Markus Berger, who took the photo. “They reflect different pigments compared to normal lights.” bergermarkus.com Photography: Markus Berger

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L API N HA DA S E R R A , B R A Z I L

HOME RUN If you’re the kind of runner who only breaks a sweat after 100km, check out the blog of Brazilian ultrarunner Fernanda Maciel, who posts while training from her own turf. Freshwater beaches? Waterfalls? It’s all in a typical route for Maciel, who is the first woman to run Spain’s 860km Camino de Santiago in 10 days. Pilgrims usually take five weeks to walk the same paths. fernandamaciel.es Photography: Marcelo Maragni

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RED BULL ZERO.

T H E B AT T L E O F WAT E R L O O BICENTENNIAL How to prevent your own catastrophe 200 years after Boney’s big defeat

NAPOLEON lost his final battle on June 18, 1815

JOHNNY DEPP

A COMEDY OF ERRORS The actor’s latest attempts at humour have scratched more than tickled

STUDIOCANAL, GETTY IMAGES(4)

Johnny Depp’s postPirates Of The Caribbean filmography includes a pretty unfunny turn as the Mad Hatter in Alice In Wonderland. But his patience-draining role in the eponymous Mortdecai marks a new low. This talented actor clearly needs some help with his choices.

Three roles that could help Johnny Depp back to Jack THE RED BULLETIN

The only thing more contrived than Mortdecai’s plot is Depp’s walrus moustache

SAMURAI Of The Pacific

SHERLOCK Of The Channel

SPARROW Of The Milky Way

In 15th-century Japan you steal the souls of your six brothers, as the evil Samurai Hitachi Hanzo.

DIRECTOR: Quentin Tarantino

An attractive widow asks you to solve the murder of her late aristocrat husband. There’ll be amorous escapades, plot twists and showdowns…

DIRECTOR: Spike Jonze

A re-jig of Pirates Of The Caribbean. But set in the future. In space.

With aliens. And, of course, Leonardo DiCaprio. Oh go on…

DIRECTOR: JJ Abrams

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Getting it wrong

MAKING A CRUCIAL MISTAKE One false move and fate can strike mercilessly. But at least we can learn from history. This is what not to do Binning millions

Sitting pretty

The mistake A man in Pennsylvania buys 25 lottery tickets. When the numbers are drawn, he misreads them. Consequently he throws all his tickets in the bin, losing $1.25m.

The mistake When offered the lead in Pretty Woman, Molly Ringwald declines. Julia Roberts says, ‘Thank you very much!’ The rest is history.

The moral Don’t be too picky.

Who’s Molly Ringwald again?

The moral Keep any potentially money-winning rubbish for a couple of weeks, just in case.

10-cent mistake The mistake In 1974, Cleveland Indians baseball fans have too many cheap beers and trash the stadium out of frustration at the score.

Messing with the best The mistake Wrestling’s great. The NFL’s great. So why not combine them to create Xtreme Football?

Because it will dismally fail as a sport.

The moral The cheaper the drinks, the better you have to play.

The moral Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing.

Continental error The mistake Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon discovers Australia in 1606, but declares it inhospitable. Then the English arrive and reap the rewards.

Obstinate oligarch The mistake Russian tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev doesn’t want to pay his wife $1bn of his $8.8bn fortune after a 30-year marriage. The divorce ends up costing more than $4.5bn.

The moral See the bigger picture.

Sad state of affairs

The moral Being generous can actually save you money.

The mistake A Tsar sells Alaska to the Americans for $7.2m in 1867, unaware of gold and oil underfoot.

Learning to share

The moral When selling, don’t scrimp on the survey.

The mistake Ronald Wayne returns his 10 per cent stake in Apple in 1976 for $800. It would now be worth $30bn.

The moral Cash isn’t always king.

Getting old The mistake The Sixth Sense does pretty well. So M Night Shyamalan shoots the same film – give or take – another six times.

The moral People like surprises.

BACK THE WRONG HORSE The mistake Accepting the Trojan horse.

Looks great on the outside, but full of warriors The moral Sometimes you should look a gift horse in the mouth.

Bust up The mistake Subprime mortgages sound great to bankers, who take on as many as possible. When the property bubble bursts, Lehman Brothers has more than $600bn of debt and goes bankrupt.

The moral of the story If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Before the battle

After the battle

Mon General,

Waterloo?

This is not my Waterloo.

My real

Waterloo

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today is a good day to write history.

DIETMAR KAINRATH

K A I N R AT H

was St Helena.

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Always the bridesmaid

THE BEST – OR THE REST There’s only one pop princess per girl group, so how do the others claw their way to the top?

1. JESSICA SUTTA Can anyone name a Pussycat Doll other than Nicole Scherzinger?

Jessica Sutta’s hoping her debut solo album, Feline Resurrection, will mean you can name her, too.

2. KELLY ROWLAND The one who’s not Beyoncé remains Destiny’s stepchild.

3. MEL B

MAMS TAYLOR, GETTY IMAGES(2)

Victoria Beckham judges the catwalk.

This former Spice Girl is on a talent show panel.

JESSICA SUTTA This cat has broken away from the pack to make a name for herself

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GADGET FLOPS

TO ERR IS TECHNICAL

Remember

FORGOTTEN HEROES History can be so unfair. These pioneers achieved great things, but time has almost buried them

Even the biggest companies get it wrong occasionally

APPLE NEWTON The iPad of 1993 had an annoying stylus, poor handwriting recognition and near useless processing power.

1. The discoverer of worlds

SONY BETAMAX Better than VHS, but it lost the 1980s battle for global video dominance. Maybe they should have called it Alphamax.

Hugh Everett, physicist When Everett published his work on parallel worlds in 1956, his peers said he was mad. The rejection was too much and he turned his back on science. Now Everett’s theories are widely accepted.

MICROSOFT ZUNE The iPod wannabe wasn’t user-friendly due to complicated copyright rules.

But now it’s becoming a cult item.

If I overcome myself, does that make me a loser?

Russ Meyer, director He combined big breasts with satire.

Once derided as cheap smut, Meyer’s masterpieces now show at film archives around the world.

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3. The king of coffee

Eric Favre, inventor Creator of the coffee capsule in 1970, but Nestle went for instant coffee instead.

The capsule was a flop. Now it’s a hit worth billions.

4. The lowbudget logo

Carolyn Davidson, designer Nike paid the student $35 for the logo. A deal’s a deal, after all.

Later, she was given shares in recognition of her contribution.

5. The first photographer

NASA, AKG-IMAGES, GETTY IMAGES(3)

2. The porn pioneer

DIETMAR KAINRATH

CAN TALK

Hercules Florence, painter Florence invented photography in Brazil in 1833, but didn’t tell anyone. So others stole the glory, in distant Europe.

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Losers we love

THE FAULTY FORECASTS Know-it-alls that tried to predict the future – and got it wrong PREDICTION

PREDICTION

“Breasts will be uncovered within five years” The inventor of the monokini, Rudi Gernreich, thought a fashion revolution was coming in 1962.

“There will never be a bigger plane built” What a BOEING ENGINEER said after the maiden flight in 1933 of a twin-engined Boeing 247 – it could hold 10 people.

PREDICTION

“Guitar groups are on their way out” DICK ROWE, a talent-scout at Decca Records, said ‘no’ to The Beatles in 1962.

PREDICTION

“What would the advantage be of arriving somewhere a couple of hours earlier?”

IMAGO

In 1838, FREDERICK WILLIAM III of Prussia didn’t believe in the railway, or in speeding up the pace of life.

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Today’s tactics

YOUR OWN PERSONAL WATERLOO Would you fight for love or devote all to your career?

Find your way through the minefield of life. But choose carefully: every move you make could spell your downfall

You’re bubbling with ambition and take on three new projects at once.

You brag about your achievements.

Your boss and colleagues tire of you.

You’re modest and keep your skills to yourself.

Start here if

Nobody notices your true value.

GO BACK TO THE START.

MONEY is more important

You go head-to-head with an old friend for promotion.

GAME OVER! Don’t mix business with pleasure.

You come out on top, but you have to train up an ambitious new recruit.

You have an affair with her.

You refuse to teach her anything.

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Focus on your career and money – you can meet a girlfriend later.

You show her the ropes.

Your boss sacks you and promotes her.

The trainee turns out to be better than you.

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Desperation sets in and you pander to her every whim.

You realise that you’re not at all suited to each other.

She misses the buzz of your relationship’s early days. You worry she’ll be unfaithful.

You decide to re-enter the job market.

Your girlfriend is thrilled that you’re finally spending more time with her.

Your job is more important?

GO BACK TO THE START.

You panic and completely change the way you dress.

Start here if

LOVE

She doesn’t like the new you.

She says everything was better the way it was.

is more important GAME OVER! You give love a bad name.

Your beloved feels neglected and has a fling with your boss.

You find a new job at your girlfriend’s workplace, but you struggle to meet targets.

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She says you’re so dull these days.

Plus you’re not earning enough money.

You fall into despair when she moves out.

You make an effort but end up becoming her lapdog.

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U k r a i n i a n c l i m b e r M u s t a n g Wa n t e d l i v e s l i f e o n t h e e d g e , scaling skyscrapers, bridges and churches without the aid of safety equipment. His stunts around the world have made him both a star and a target for the authorities Words: Daumantas Liekis 

Photography: mustang-wanted.com

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F I N A L LY, A R A R E , U N D I S T U R B E D S PAC E F O R A P H O T OG R A P H

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The Red Bulletin: Aren’t you scared of the police? mustang Wanted: The greater the chance of being caught, the better, because it’s more of a challenge. My favourite thing to do is to clamber up scaffolding on the front of a building, in full view of everyone. And just for the record, I never break in anywhere.

I am very careful not to harm anyone.

There’s a word for the latest sports craze of climbing over the roofs of houses: roofing. You must be the most famous roofer in the world…

Hang on a minute, I’m not a roofer. What I do out there is more than roofing. Take what I did in St Petersburg a couple of years back at that building site with the huge crane. I went up there with a BASEjumper friend, wandered over the metal

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ight has fallen in Kiev, hometown of the man who calls himself Mustang Wanted.

The 28-year-old (real name Hryhoriy) stands with his hands stuffed deep into the pockets of his old jogging bottoms and a hood covering his face. Although his appearance doesn’t give it away, Mustang is a star. He has hundreds of thousands of followers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and his YouTube videos get millions of clicks. There aren’t many cities in the world he can walk around as undisturbed as he is now: Mustang has been arrested by the police in every country he’s visited, for climbing skyscrapers, bridges, towers or churches without any safety precautions. It tries authorities’ patience and he’s had run-ins with the police everywhere from Berlin to Bratislava. If he ever sets foot on Russian soil again, he’ll face seven years in prison.

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construction, did my tricks. Imagine a roofer doing any of that. Roofers don’t walk along metal rods just a couple of centimetres wide. It’s like slacklining, only harder. It’s very easy to counterbalance and control the movements a slackline makes. You can’t do that when you’re 200m in the air on the metal struts of a crane. The wind rattles the bar you’re standing on and it’s almost impossible to control the situation. When it got boring, we turned the crane on and started rotating it.

What’s the tallest building you’ve climbed to date?

The Princess Tower in Dubai. I was just hanging over the edge there, 414m up. But I didn’t do it for the sake of breaking a height record. It was about the experience. Experiences are worth more than records.

It’s one of the most breathtaking images anywhere on the internet: you hanging there by your fingertips at that dizzying height. Professional climbers would have a safety harness, a rope and, at the very least, a helmet…

I trust my hands more than I trust any kind of climbing equipment. And seeing as you’ve mentioned the internet, I don’t care how much attention I attract.

People can do what they want. If they want to subscribe to my channel or like my stuff on social networks, they’re absolutely welcome to. I don’t care.

The opinion of the public doesn’t make me any stronger or weaker. I’m just doing what I enjoy, which is climbing buildings and making cool videos.

But it’s not always just about climbing, is it? You also do chin-ups on the icy metal struts of a bridge 100m up in the air in sub-zero temperatures, and you skateboard just above sheer drops. Can you understand why that annoys the police?

I’ve had trouble with the police everywhere: Kiev, Moscow, Bratislava, Berlin, Dubai, Budapest… But I honestly can’t understand why. What I do harms

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“I don’t have to do anything to combat f e a r, b e c a u s e I ’ m n o t a f r a i d . I ’ m r e l a x e d a n d f o c u s e d – t h a t ’s a l l t h a t m a t t e r s ” no one. And I mean no one. So why should I end up in prison?

You actually end up in prison remarkably rarely. How do you manage to avoid the police?

I run away. It sounds obvious, but it works. Policemen don’t run as fast as me. The trickiest thing is if I’m climbing a bridge and the police are waiting up at the top in their car. If that happens, there’s no way for me to escape. So I have to outwit them. I have to run in the opposite direction from the one they’re facing. Then it’s them trapped, because they have to get to the other end of the bridge before they can turn around. And that gives me more than enough time.

Do the police in every country react to your stunts in the same way?

Europeans are polite and so are the police there. Like on that really tall bridge in Budapest. It was a hot, sunny day and an exhausting, difficult climb, then suddenly a wasp stung me on the arm.

I have no idea what it was doing all the way up there. I reached the top of the bridge, but my arm was giving me problems because of that bloody wasp.

Someone had seen me from below and called the police, but when they arrested me, they offered me medical assistance first. I thought that was nice.

Is it true that in Russia you have a prison sentence hanging over you?

Yes, seven years. And the Russian police are the harshest. Last year, I climbed this building in Moscow and painted a Soviet star, 176m up, in the colours of Ukraine. I didn’t get caught, but four of my BASE-jumper friends who just happened to be there at the same time were arrested and have been languishing in prison ever since. What I do mocks the sense of existing laws.

If I shot at people at random on the street, I’d get three years. But now I’m meant to go to prison for seven because I climbed 176m up a building and painted a star? What a sick world.

How do the Ukrainian police react to your stunts?

They like taking pictures of me. [Laughs.]

Have you had any unusual run-ins with the law?

That time I mentioned earlier, when I was coming down the Princess Tower in Dubai: I ran straight into the arms of two watchmen who were incredibly big and ugly. They said something or other in Arabic and I didn’t understand a word.

Then one of them grabbed me and, of course, I struggled to free myself. It could so easily have come to blows. But then I showed them videos and pictures of me clambering over other buildings and they liked that. So by the time the police arrived, the whole situation had long since calmed down. They asked me how I’d got onto the roof. They thought I must have broken open locks or something like that. But it was just that someone had left a window on the top floor open.

I showed them, then they let me go.

Is there any kind of philosophy behind what you do?

I’m interested in philosophy. I even studied it for a few years. But then I quit university because I wasn’t interested in titles and qualifications. You don’t need all that to be happy. I have my own philosophy of life. Don’t try to understand it. I’m convinced that if you enjoy doing something and don’t harm anyone doing it, it’s the right thing to do. No one will persuade you it’s a crime. But be clear about one thing: I don’t do this to be rich or famous, or to set new sporting records. I just do it because I enjoy it.

What do you do to combat fear when you’re hanging by your fingertips hundreds of metres in the air?

Nothing. I don’t have to do anything to combat fear, because I’m not afraid.

I’m relaxed and focused – that’s all that matters. You need relaxation and focus for control.

What do you do on a quiet evening in?

I drink tea. Only tea. I never drink alcohol or take other drugs. And I watch videos. [Points to a laptop displaying a YouTube video of skateboarder James Kelly.] Look at the speeds he’s riding at.

What he does is amazing. Watch him closely. You’ll see that when he’s on his board, he’s completely relaxed, too. mustang-wanted.com

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As one of the world’s first elite sportsmen to employ a female coach, Andy Murray has inspired praise, judgement and debate in equal measure

“I’VE OPENED

MY MIND” Not that the 27-year-old Scot has let that slow him down – he’s ready to answer his critics on the court WORDS: RUTH MORGAN PHOTOGRAPHY: CLIVE BRUNSKILL/GETTY IMAGES

Andy Murray has slammed critics of his decision to hire Amelie Mauresmo

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A ndy Murray has won Wimbledon, an Olympic gold medal and is one of the tennis top four alongside Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. During a decade-long senior career which has seen him go from unknown hopeful to global star, the 27-year-old has always done things a bit differently to his peers.

Most recently, in June 2014, the Scot hired Frenchwoman and former world number one Amelie Mauresmo as his coach, after parting ways with supercoach Ivan Lendl.

It’s a decision that’s made him one of the first top athletes in the world to be coached by a woman, and landed him at the centre of a more heated debate than you’d imagine possible in the 21st century. While many have praised his choice, it was also labelled a joke, with several male players happy to voice their doubts in the press – and even more behind closed doors. But as Murray has proved before, where he leads, others follow, meaning sporting norms could be about to change. As the home test of Wimbledon approaches, Murray talks to The Red Bulletin about locker room comments, setting trends and becoming a feminist.

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the red bulletin: With almost no women coaching men at an elite level in tennis, or indeed almost any other popular sport, did you realise how significant a move it was to appoint Amelie Mauresmo? andy murray: I knew it hadn’t happened before, but I wasn’t thinking of it being a groundbreaking move or having an influence that could cross over into other sports. Then, after seeing the response to it, and some of the things that have been said, I can see it is. I’ve actually become very passionate about getting more women in sport, giving women more opportunities. When I was younger, I wasn’t thinking about stuff like that.

But now I’ve seen it with my own eyes, it’s quite amazing how few female coaches there are across any sport.

What did you think of the furore it whipped up?

Since I’ve been on the tour, and I’m in my 10th year, none of the top male or female players have had women coaches.

It was two or three out of hundreds of players. So I knew it would be a big story at the beginning. But I thought it would die down quicker than it has. Before I started working with Amelie, I was losing – I started last year much worse than I finished it, so I was very surprised at the amount of criticism she received for each loss I had. I couldn’t believe the negativity towards her personally. That has never happened with any other coach I’ve worked with before. It was a shock.

What does Amelie Mauresmo give you that Ivan Lendl couldn’t?

I felt I was able to be open the very first time we chatted. I was returning from back surgery, which was difficult. When I stopped working with Ivan, I hadn’t spent much time with him. After the surgery I really needed help and guidance.

And she gave you that?

She listened well to how I was feeling.

How important is it for you as a player to get that from a coach?

It’s very important. They need to listen to how I’m seeing the game, how I feel on the court. At that point, I was low on confidence. I looked for someone very different to Ivan. Everyone looks at the success I had with Ivan, but that doesn’t mean my relationship with him was perfect. There were elements missing.

I needed someone who would really listen to what I was saying and incorporate that. That’s something Amelie’s better at than any coach I’ve ever had.

Does gender play a part in that?

I’m not sure why, but ever since I was young, I’ve found it easier to open up and

“I couldn’t believe

THE NEGATIVITY towards her. That has never happened with any other coach.

It was a shock”

“Sometimes when we’re competing,

TRYING TO BE MACHO, it can get a bit testosterone-fuelled.

I’ve ended up having some big arguments”

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talk about how I’m feeling with the women closest to me – my mum, my wife. So with her I’ve found that side of things easier. It was much easier for me to open up to Amelie when I wasn’t feeling confident.

And does that benefit your game in a way you haven’t found with a male coach?

Of course it depends on the person, but generally, when you get five or six men sitting at a table in a competitive environment, it’s not pleasant. I’ve found it difficult to open up sometimes as you feel judged or that it’s seen as a sign of weakness. Sometimes, when we’re

Murray is gearing up for the grasscourt swing of the ATP season

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“When you grow up a bit, you

competing and working out, trying to be macho, it can get a bit testosteronefuelled. I’ve ended up having some big arguments. I don’t feel like I’m competing with Amelie. When we’re talking, it’s more of a collaboration.

We discuss things and try to get to the root of a problem. Over the last few months, everything’s been handled more calmly.

You announced your partnership before the Queen’s Club Championship last year. Were there comments made in the locker rooms at the time?

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because I do hear what goes on in the locker room, the sort of things that won’t make it into the press. It was an eye-opening experience for me. Some comments did make it into the press before it was officially announced, that some people thought it was a joke I was playing along with.

To me, it’s amazing to hear that.

Some players, such as Marinko Matosevic, openly said they would never employ a female coach. Are other male players missing out?

Anyone can make whatever decisions they want, but I’m comfortable working with a female. I’m used to working with women, having been coached by my mum when I was growing up. Having worked with Amelie for months, I can really see the benefits in my game.

What makes you go against the grain?

When I was young, every coach around me was a man. Every single one. And when you’re young, you follow what you see around you. That’s the nature of being young. But when you grow up a bit, you think more for yourself.

I just looked at the positives Amelie could bring and I couldn’t see any negatives at all. Amelie was the best in the world at what she did, and whether you’re a man or a woman, or in any sport or job, that’s an incredibly difficult thing to do. You have to have amazing qualities to do that.

I’m benefiting from it.

Why don’t more men employ women as coaches?

I genuinely think it hasn’t occurred to a lot of male players that they could hire a woman coach. I know that Amelie is a good coach because I’ve worked with many. That’s proof enough for me.

So doing things differently to the pack doesn’t faze you?

I never thought about the decision in terms of image or brand. I knew it was different, but then I’ve always done things a bit differently to other players.

How so?

I don’t live my life by what people might say in the press or on Twitter.

I take confidence from decisions I’ve made in the past that have been a bit different, but have worked for me. When I employed Ivan Lendl, that decision was viewed as being a very unusual as not many great ex-players had coached before. It was a big step for me and added pressure.

THINK MORE FOR YOURSELF. I just looked at the positives that Amelie could bring” But then it turned into a huge trend…

Yeah, then a lot of players started doing it because it was successful for me.

Are you starting another trend?

It will start to change. It will take time.

All it takes, and it’s a shame that it’s the case, is one successful relationship like me and Amelie for people to start to buy into it. Martina Navratilova and Lindsay Davenport have both started coaching at elite level since Amelie and I began working together.

Do you regard yourself as a feminist?

[Long pause]. Good question. I don’t know. I’m pro everyone being equal and if that’s being a feminist then you could say so, yes. It really opened my eyes when I started working with Amelie. Inequality is something I started to see and become passionate about. It’s opened my mind.

At the end of last year, you parted ways, not with Mauresmo as many predicted, but with your long-term team members Dani Vallverdu and Jez Green. Why? Everyone, including the people closest to me, was doubting my decision [to appoint Mauresmo], and that was difficult. I told everyone that me losing to Roger [Federer] in London was nothing to do with Amelie. During that year I’d spent a total of two and a half weeks training with her. It clearly wasn’t her fault. Rather than doubt her, I started to wonder why no one was taking responsibility for their role in it.

So I decided to move on.

Does that bring more pressure to make sure this partnership works?

I feel like a lot of people thought it was destined to fail at the end of last year when I lost to Roger. Everyone was saying, ‘Oh Amelie’s confused him, he has no identity on the court, he doesn’t know what he’s doing.’ Two months later, I was playing like a completely different player. I’ve already shown it can work. andymurray.com

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KAI LENNY

YOUNG S u r f i n g h a d Ke l l y S l a t e r a n d A n d y I r o n s . B ox i n g h a d M u h a m m a d A l i a n d J o e F r a z i e r. B u t i n H a w a i i a n s Ka i L e n n y a n d C o n n o r B a x t e r, w h o h a v e surfed together since childhood, stand-up paddleboarding has found i t s o w n u n i q u e s o r t o f r i va l r y Words: Ben Stanley & Robert Tighe

Kai Lenny takes out his shortboard at Piha Beach and floats his longboard over a sunlit lip (above)

Connor Baxter digs deep during the SUP Endurance Race in Auckland Harbour and turns on a wave on the Coromandel Peninsula (below)

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“We screwed ourselves.

When we got to shore I didn’t think it was such a big deal, but guys watching it thought we were mortal enemies”

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The Otgao coast is the backdrop as Connor Baxter competes in the SUP paddleboard event

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“ We’r e b ot h f i e r ce co m p et i to r s and neither of us wanted t o g i v e w a y.

It got a bit heated because we wanted to beat each other so bad”

Kai Lenny tackles the choppy waters on Auckland’s Piha Bar

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Sport thrives on rivalries. Think of what Muhammad Ali and Joe F r a z i e r b r o u g h t t o t h e b ox i n g r i n g , a n d w h a t Ke l l y S l a t e r a n d Andy Irons did for surfing

Above: a chaotic start to the 15km SUP Endurance race

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Kai Lenny gives his waka a onceover before the start of the race

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ai Lenny and Connor Baxter arrive in New Zealand to an atmosphere electrified with fear and anticipation. Cyclone Pam is primed to hit the country. It has already laid waste to the Pacific island of Vanuatu and weather forecasters are predicting doom and gloom for New Zealand, too.

While coastal property owners fret and eye the skies with worry, Kiwi surfers are frothing at the prospect of some of the biggest swells seen for decades.

Luckily, the cyclone veers east before landfall, causing minimal damage, but it does deliver on the waves. Conditions are perfect for The Ultimate Waterman, the competition that has brought the world’s two best stand-up paddleboarders Lenny and Baxter from their Hawaiian home to the Coromandel Peninsula.

The unique concept, created by Surfing New Zealand CEO Greg Townsend, pits eight elite athletes against each other in six different surf disciplines: shortboard, longboard and big-wave surfing, waka ama, stand-up paddleboard endurance and stand-up paddleboard surfing. With crisis averted, all eyes are on swells big enough to equal the talent of the invited competitor pack. Lenny and Baxter are among them, ready for battle – with the elements, the best riders from the rest of the world and, of course, each other.

As athletes at the pinnacle of their sport, the pair are among the favourites to take the Ultimate Waterman title.

Baxter, 20, with his blond hair and lean 6ft frame, is your All-American boy, while Lenny, 22, has a more compact, muscular build. In terms of ability on the water, it’s hard to tell the pair apart. Their sport, commonly known as SUP, has exploded in popularity in recent years. It’s starting to find its feet on a competitive level, too, with Lenny and Baxter dominating. Lenny took out the first World Series in 2012 and 49

KING KEREOPA A smashed longboard ruined Kai Lenny’s chances of becoming the world’s first Ultimate Waterman. Instead the title went to local hero Daniel Kereopa

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backed up the victory in 2013. Baxter won his first world title last year and is the current world number one.

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ad The Ultimate Waterman been held 10 years ago, it’s likely neither would be here to compete in stand-up paddleboarding.

The sport isn’t new. It has a legitimate pedigree thanks to footage of Hawaiian surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku surfing with a paddle in the late 1930s. But it still hasn’t been completely embraced by the wider surfing community. It’s more a case of its relentless growth proving impossible to ignore.

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“SUP offers as many options on water as a bicycle does on land,” says Lenny.

“But with a bike, you need a different model to go road racing, downhill mountain biking or BMXing. Whereas with stand-up, you can do it all with one board. It’s epic for all conditions, whether you have 50ft waves or dead-flat lake water. That’s why it’s blowing up.”

Lenny and Baxter discovered the versatile sport while growing up together on the island of Maui. Unlike most athletes who meet on the pro circuit, the pair have known each other their whole lives. Both were on the water as soon as they could walk and, when

Thirty-six-year-old veteran Daniel Kereopa beat off the challenges of seven other elite watermen from Hawaii, the US, Australia and the Pacific Islands to win the first Ultimate Waterman invitational competition, held in New Zealand in March.“Daniel is an incredible athlete,” said Lenny of Kereopa’s win. “The Ultimate Waterman is all about being in sync with the ocean and Daniel surfed really strongly in every event. His local knowledge helped and he took full advantage.”

The competition saw athletes compete in shortboard, longboard and big-wave surfing, waka ama, SUP endurance and SUP surfing, in New Zealand’s North and South Islands.

Lenny looked the man to beat with confident early showings, but disaster struck when his board fell off the back of a van on the way to the longboard round of competition in Raglan. With the board smashed into several pieces, Lenny had to borrow another and Kereopa took advantage.

Kereopa’s win in the longboard discipline meant the competition went down to the final day – a 15km SUP endurance race off Auckland, won by the world number one, Connor Baxter. To beat Kereopa on points, Lenny needed to win and see the Kiwi finish fifth or worse, but it was not to be, with the pair finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.

Kereopa’s win was a fitting climax to the first edition of The Ultimate Waterman, with Lenny in second and Baxter in third. Developed by Surfing New Zealand, the competition will run for another three years as an invitational, although there are plans to launch it as a World Series-style event.

“I think it has a lot of potential,” says Lenny.

“It’s great to see athletes from different sports competing in so many disciplines, plus we got a tour of New Zealand. It was a pretty special event.”

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The Ultimate Watermen (left to right): Daniel Kereopa, Kala Alexander, Mark Visser, Danny Ching, Georges Cronsteadt, Connor Baxter, Kai Lenny and Manoa Drollet.

Opposite: Daniel Kereopa

they weren’t at school, they often hung out at the same beaches trying to catch the same waves at Sugar Cove, Kanaha and Hookipa. These days, due to the travel demands of the SUP World Series, the pair spend more time with each other now than they do with their own families. And more often than not they’re battling it out at the head of the field.

Last October, the two friends found themselves at the centre of a controversy that captivated the SUP community.

Those in the know refer to it as ‘The Wave’. The two biggest stars on Planet SUP were neck-and-neck heading into the beach on the last wave at the Battle Of The Paddle, SUP’s premier event, at Salt Creek Beach, in Southern California.

Lenny was slightly behind Baxter, but moved under him on the wave forcing him wide. Baxter responded by cutting back across Lenny’s line. The nose of Baxter’s board dumped hard on top of Lenny’s, who lost his balance and fell off.

As he fell, he grabbed for Baxter’s board, taking his friend with him. Lenny was quickest to get back on his board and went on to win the race, but the beach was thick with chatter of spiteful tactics and mutual dislike. Some pointed the finger at Baxter, others blamed Lenny.

“Friendship is on the back-burner when you’re on the bleeding edge,” Will Taylor wrote for SUP Magazine.

“And from here on out in SUP, that’s the way it’ll be. We’re in a new era. Rivalries bring more viewers, more players, more money and more recognition. Stand-up has entered the big leagues.”

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what Kelly Slater and Andy Irons did for surfing. Contrasting styles, yes, but competitive spirits and natural talents that sparked off each other for the greater good of their sport. In Lenny and Baxter, many feel that SUP has found its own rivalry for the ages.

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ack in New Zealand, before the start of The Ultimate Waterman, it’s clear Lenny and Baxter aren’t feeling any pressure to fit into the ‘rival’ mould being thrust upon them. As they prepare for contest, talk turns to what happened at Salt Creek Beach last October.

“Because SUP is still a relatively young, animosity-free sport, people try to manufacture drama around certain incidents,” says Lenny. “You’re like, ‘I don’t remember it being that gnarly.’

You just have to be careful what you read because it’s someone else’s opinion.

People come up to me and are like, ‘You really hate Connor, don’t you?’ I’m like, ‘No, I don’t hate him at all.’ Without him racing, it wouldn’t be as much fun.”

“We screwed ourselves,” Baxter adds.

“When we got to shore I didn’t think it was such a big deal, but guys watching it thought we were mortal enemies.”

While the sport-loving public may be keen to add an extra layer of intrigue to a race with hyped visions of rivalry, the locker room reality rarely delivers. Slater and Irons may not have started out as best buds, but they had a huge mutual respect. Despite Ali’s pre-fight barbs, Frazier reportedly lent his old combatant money more than once when times got tough. “I always bring out the best in the men I fight,” Ali once said, “but Joe

“ Yo u c a n d o s t a n d up with just one b o a r d . I t ’s e p i c fo r a l l co n d i t i o n s , whether you have 50ft waves or deadf l a t l a ke w a t e r ” Frazier brings out the best in me.” And in SUP, a lack of drama on land doesn’t diminish the action on the water.

“The incident last October was really competitive racing,” says Lenny.

“That’s all it was. You can’t expect to punch someone in the face and not have them throw a punch back at you. You get pushed and you’re going to push back. We’re both fierce competitors and neither of us wanted to give way.

It got a little bit heated between us because we wanted to beat each other so bad. We basically neutralised each other.”

On the first day of The Ultimate Waterman, Lenny and Baxter size up the cyclone-stirred conditions together.

Throughout the morning, as the surfers wait for the best waves, Lenny and Baxter are joined at the hip, discussing swell and joking among themselves.

They’re first to zip up their wetsuits and take to the water with their boards.

Mortal enemies? Hardly. The future of SUP? Without a doubt. But childhood friends or not, once they’re out on the water it’s every man for himself. theultimatewaterman.com

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AC/DC ARE THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL AND LONG-LASTING HARD-ROCK BAND, HAVING RIDDEN THE HIGHWAY TO HELL FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. LEAD GUITARIST ANGUS YOUNG TALKS HISTORY, SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND FLASHING HIS BACKSIDE WORDS: MARCEL ANDERS

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Ready to rock: Angus Young poses in his trademark school uniform in London in 1976

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Still buzzing after 41 years DECEMBER 31, 1973 Rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young and brother Angus (lead guitar) perform their first live show as AC/DC (the acronym for alternating current/direct current) in Sydney, Australia.

School’s out: AC/DC bring the noise to England in May 1976

how would you sum up the enduring appeal of AC/DC? I think it’s very straightforward: AC/DC are AC/DC. You can rely on us. People know what to expect. And yet we still surprise them. Sometimes in a good way, sometimes bad.

You’re 60, but you sound just as fresh as you did at 20. How do you do it?

Do you know something? You always sound the way you feel. And I don’t feel anything like 60. When I play the guitar, I’m 18 again, like the first time we performed. I’m a child imprisoned in the body of an mature man.

And how are things in that prison?

[Laughs.] It doesn’t matter what your body looks like. We weren’t ever very good-looking anyway.

Your most recent album was titled Rock Or Bust. After selling more than 200 million albums, are rocking and busting still plan A and plan B? Sod the plans. You have to just do

“ When I play guitar, I’m 18 again. I’m a child imprisoned in the body of a mature man”

Angus (left) and Bon Scott grab a quick pre-gig snack

On the edge: Angus on stage in Sydney in 1974

the things you enjoy doing and not let anyone else tell you what to do. That’s what it’s about. It doesn’t matter whether you’re 18, 60 or 102.

But surely you’re oversimplifying things.

For example, the track Dogs Of War is a critical examination of the state of the world, or have I read too much into it?

We’re singing about Hannibal and his elephants in that song. Even for men of our age, that isn’t really breaking news. Hannibal was great, by the way.

He was a master of warfare.

You’re actually very interested in history, aren’t you? What is it that you find so fascinating?

There’s nothing more exciting than history. It really is incredibly fascinating how some countries and cultures became great and dominated the world, and then suddenly disappeared into thin air. All the mistakes they made and who was behind them. I don’t understand why more people don’t concern themselves with history.

You can learn so much from it.

So Hannibal is breaking news after all?

Touché! You know, people have this tendency to keep doing the same stupid things over and over again. They just don’t want to get cleverer, not for all the money in the world. Which is why this crappy world looks the way it does. Which is

OCTOBER 24, 1974 Twenty-eightyear-old Bon Scott replaces Dave Evans as vocalist and ushers in the band’s first successful era.

But the Young brothers are sceptical before the first rehearsal, thinking Scott, nine years their senior, is “too old to rock”.

FEBRUARY 17, 1975 Their debut album, High Voltage, is released in Australia and AC/DC appear on TV for the first time. Angus Young dazzles in a baby-blue school uniform.

AUGUST 3, 1979 The Highway To Hell album gives the band their international breakthrough and subsequently goes seven-times

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FEBRUARY 19, 1980 After a boozy night out in London, Scott dies on the back seat

of a Renault 5 from alcohol poisoning.

The Young brothers consider breaking up the band, but Scott’s parents convince them to carry on.

APRIL 3, 1980 Rock singer Brian Johnson, a one-time car mechanic and long-time friend of the band, becomes the new AC/DC frontman.

He wins over the others at his first audition with AC/DC’s own Whole Lotta Rosie and a rock version of Ike & Tina Turner’s Nutbush City Limits.

JULY 25, 1980 AC/DC release their career-defining album, Back In Black.

According to the New Musical Express, it is the second

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Rocking up: Angus rides his amp on the band’s first tour of the UK in 1976

biggest-selling album ever, its 49 million sales only beaten by Michael Jackson’s Thriller (110m).

The black cover is a tribute to Bon Scott.

SUMMER 1983 Following a confrontation with Malcolm Young, drummer Phil Rudd leaves the band, citing personal problems.

Rudd moves away to New Zealand where, he later commented, “I raced cars, flew helicopters, became a farmer and planted some crops”.

why there’s so much war. Because time after bloody time, nobody bothers to try to understand the past.

Apart from you. And Ozzy Osbourne, who shares your passion for history…

That’s easy to explain: it’s because we’re both from the post-war generation. That left its mark. When you grow up in a time like that, it’s completely normal to want to know why the world is the way it is.

After that, history won’t leave you alone for the rest of your life. It disgusts you and fascinates you at the same time.

It’s said that you’re a talented painter, too. Is that true?

Painting? Oh, I can paint your house for you if you want. I’d manage that.

We were thinking more along the lines of painting landscapes...

Yes, that’s true, but I’d never claim to be good at it. I started painting back when I was at school and I still keep it up as a hobby, but no more than that.

I don’t have any great plans for it, if that’s what you mean.

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Scary dairy: Joker Angus poses with a bottle of milk in 1976. Nowadays, the 60-year-old really is teetotal

JUNE 28, 1985 The band’s 10th album, Fly On The Wall, is a disappointment to fans and critics alike.

Classic Rock magazine brands the album

Since last summer, the band have had to carry on without the presence of your brother Malcolm, who’s suffering from dementia. Has there been any improvement in his health?

As things stand right now, it doesn’t look like it. Malcolm is really not well.

If anything, his condition is getting worse. It’s a tragedy. Bloody illness.

Do you ever ask yourself how long you can keep doing this, or even how long you want to?

The two things aren’t connected. Malcolm is very positive in the way he handles the illness, and that helps us handle it, too.

It’s all very clear as far as we see it: we’ll do what we do as long as we want to, as long as we have the passion and energy

the worst in the band’s history, adding that, “If anyone were to lose their AC/DC virginity to this album, they’d really be losing out.”

SEPTEMBER 10, 1990 The single Thunderstruck is released and goes platinum. The song is also adopted as a motivational anthem

for sports teams worldwide, including baseball’s Chicago White Sox, the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and Italian football team Juventus.

SEPTEMBER 26, 1995 Legendary producer Rick Rubin (Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, Slayer) takes charge of AC/DC’s 13th album Ballbreaker

and Phil Rudd returns as drummer. The single Big Gun features on the soundtrack of the latest Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, Last Action Hero.

Ice caps: Brian Johnson (left) and Angus on the Black Ice tour in 2009

MARCH 10, 2003 The band are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler leads the plaudits, saying, “Does it scare your parents to hell and piss off the neighbours?

They lit a fire in the belly of every kid that grew up born to break the rules.”

JULY 30, 2003 AC/DC and the Rolling Stones play a benefit gig in Toronto to almost 500,000 people in honour of the victims of the SARS pandemic.

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“ My arse is a vital part of the show, like the duck walk or the fake fits” and are still halfway fit. Why should we give up voluntarily?

Hey, I love what I do!

But didn’t you once say in an interview, ‘I hate my music and I’m only still playing for the money’?

[Laughs.] Just take my word for it. I can’t imagine anything better than going on stage or grabbing my guitar and writing a song.

That was the case in 1973 and it’s still the case in 2015.

You’re constantly roaming the stage during shows. Have you ever worked out how many kilometres you cover?

No, I have no idea. I just know that I’ve worn out a good few pairs of shoes.

What should we expect from your upcoming world tour?

The best that AC/DC have to offer.

Including sticking out your bare backside at the audience?

I’m probably not going to get away with giving that up, am I? My arse is a vital part of the show, like the duck walk or the fake fits. It’s part and parcel of the act, and people would be pretty disappointed if I suddenly stopped. Even if my backside isn’t as pert as it used to be, as long as the sight THE RED BULLETIN

OCTOBER 17, 2008 The band’s 15th album, Black Ice, debuts at number one in 29 countries, and 300,000 tickets for their European tour sell out in just 77 minutes.

JANUARY 31, 2010 Thirty-seven years after forming, AC/DC win their first-ever Grammy, for War Machine.

But the band are touring New Zealand, so they miss the awards ceremony.

DECEMBER 2013 For AC/DC’s 40th anniversary, fans start a Facebook campaign to get Highway To Hell to the top of the UK charts (it reaches number four).

The band announce a new album, Rock Or Bust.

Fit as a fiddle: Angus in Budapest, Hungary in 2014

FEBRUARY 8, 2015 AC/DC open the 57th Grammy Awards in LA, getting the ceremony rocking.

Foo Fighters founder Dave Grohl sums it up, saying, “I’m really, really, really happy that AC/DC is here.”

of it doesn’t cause outright revulsion, I’ll carry on doing it.

How on Earth did you come up with the idea of flashing it?

I can’t remember where and when I did it the first time, but it was to bring an overly lethargic crowd out of their shell.

And it worked. At the first couple of concerts, people were pretty annoyed and threw at us whatever they could get their hands on. But then my arse got popular pretty quickly. Allegedly, there are even people who have come to our shows just for my arse. To admire it, that is.

The school uniform has become your trademark onstage outfit. How many do you own?

I must have collected a couple of hundred over the years.

So, somewhere in the world, there’s a dressing room the size of a gym, full of school uniforms...

No, no, there isn’t. They don’t last at all.

After one or two shows, they’re so damaged that they’re no use to anyone.

Are they bought off-the-peg or made-to-measure?

Most are made-to-measure, especially the more recent ones. But the very first one I wore on stage was my official school uniform, which my high school wasn’t particularly happy about. Especially as I kept saying everywhere, “Look at me.

I’m the result of a state education. Now if that doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with our system...”

People hardly remember now, but there was a time before the school uniform when you experimented with a number of different outfits: Spider-Man, Zorro, a gorilla…

Yeah, you name it! Don’t remind me.

Man, that monkey costume was bad.

I could hardly breathe.

How did that come about?

We had a manager back then who was always trying to give us some image or other. But then Malcolm put his foot down and said, “We don’t need this nonsense. We’ll stick to the school uniform.” And that was that.

Finally, what is it about the Gibson SG guitar that has keep you loyal for the past 40 years?

It’s because there are two little horns on the body. When I was young and I first went into a guitar shop, there were all these wonderful Les Pauls and whatever else they’re called. But then I spotted the SG with the two devil’s horns and it was like I’d been struck by lightning. I knew it was the one. I didn’t choose the SG, it chose me. And it’s never let me go since. acdc.com

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A STORY IN FIVE PICTURES: INSIDE THE HEART OF A GLACIER WORDS: ANDREAS ROTTENSCHL AGER PHOTOGR APHY: ROBBIE SHONE

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THE FISSURE British cave photographer Robbie Shone, 35, travels on expeditions to Europe’s largest glaciers to document their inner life. It’s a race against time. “A lot of glaciers will disappear within our lifetimes,” Shone explains.

“My photographs will show what a treasure we’re losing.” Pictured: cave explorer Fulvio Iorio on the Aletsch Glacier east of Geneva.

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HEMMED IN “The Gorner Glacier near Zermatt stretches out over 54km². This is British cave explorer Josh Bratchley worming his way through a traverse that we reached via a shaft. The walls crackled around us as we climbed through the ice.

Glaciers are constantly moving. They can shift anything up to 15m per year.”

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DEEP FREEZE “You always have to climb new routes because the glacier shafts change shape within months. Italian explorer Daniela Barbieri is climbing out of a pipe in the Gorner Glacier. To take the photo, I fixed an ice screw into the wall, hung my climbing harness on it and snapped into the abyss.�

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“Expedition members Josh Bratchley (left) and Gareth Davies check their equipment shortly after climbing out of the Gorner Glacier. It was -10ºC that day. The wet ropes began freezing solid straight away. Josh and Gareth had to shake ice crystals off their 100m-long climbing ropes. They didn’t even have to time to look at the outline of the Matterhorn to their left on the horizon.”

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CAMPING OUT “A gasoline generator lights the lamps when night falls on the Gorner Glacier.

I crept into my sleeping bag right after I took this photo. Glacier expeditions usually begin before sunrise. You have to finish your descent before getting caught out by the meltwater.”

See more from Robbie Shone’s glacier assignments at shonephotography.com

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“VULNERABILITY MAKES ME BETTER” EMMA STONE From Spider-Man to Birdman, the

American actress has proved herself a star. She puts her success down to a talent for panicking

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the red bulletin: Paul McCartney designed the tattoo on your left wrist.

What does it mean? emma stone: It’s two bird footprints because my mother’s favourite love song is Blackbird by The Beatles, and because of the great line in the song, ‘Take these broken wings and learn to fly.’

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Can you relate to that?

At the beginning of my career, I auditioned for a part in the TV series Heroes. Before I went in, I heard them saying to the girl ahead of me, ‘You’ve got the part. You’re the best fit.’ It was Hayden Panettiere.

A big part of me died inside right there. I thought, ‘F--k, I’m just going to get rejected my whole life, and just keep hearing no, no, no.’ Then I got my part in Superbad two weeks after that. That changed my life forever. It taught me to make the best

Yeah, acting is a kind of coping mechanism. I have a lot of emotions and a thin skin, which really is a tough combination, but my job helps me put it to good use. Some parts can unleash panic if the challenges are too great. But the more vulnerable you are, the greater the fear, which usually culminates in better results. As an actor, you’re in a weird situation; half of you wants to be shielded from your natural sensitivity and the other half knows that it’s precisely the thing you need to do your job well.

You’ve played Spider-Man’s girlfriend. Could you do with a superhero to help

“I HAVE A LOT OF EMOTIONS AND A THIN SKIN, WHICH IS A TOUGH COMBINATION, BUT MY JOB HELPS ME PUT IT TO GOOD USE” out of difficult situations.

Can you give an example?

I’ve suffered from panic attacks ever since I was eight.

I saw a psychotherapist for two years, which helped me get a clear picture of myself and deal with it. I still tend to be hard on myself and I get anxious a lot, but I also have coping mechanisms.

How do they work?

OK, 98 per cent of the time,

How do you stay normal amid the Hollywood madness?

Luckily I have people I love and trust, and relationships in my life are an absolute priority, not my work. Which doesn’t mean I want to develop a thick skin.

You see that when it happens to actors. You can’t relate to them on screen anymore. It’s like watching a hippo act.

Is emotional vulnerability a benefit in your line of work?

you cope with real life?

It depends what kind of hero.

Anybody who’s willing to laugh when you’ve fallen down is a hero to me, rather than people who are like, ‘Are you OK?’ That makes it so much worse.

I like people who take things lightly. They’re my heroes.

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Her turn in last year’s bigscreen hit, Birdman, earned her a first Oscar nomination, and she made her Broadway debut in November 2014, putting in a critically acclaimed performance in the lead role or musical classic, Cabaret.

With the ascent of Stone’s star showing no signs of slowing, she talks to The Red Bulletin about fame, death and the problem with hippos.

everything is fine. When it’s not, if you can stop and say: ‘I’m panicking right now. I’m sitting on a couch holding a coffee. I have shelter. When I want food, I can eat. Am I OK? Yeah, I’m OK. Nobody is dying.’

Is death a big topic for you?

When I was younger, I had a soft spot for anything spooky.

I would go to visit cemeteries.

I’m still interested in that stuff, but not in a negative way. Once you understand that your time is limited, you live with a lot more awareness.

Why should I worry about everything else? The actual reality is death. And I think there’s something strangely comforting about that.

Emma Stone: almost best actress in a supporting role 2015

All dressed up: Mike Patton (centre) and Faith No More are back in business

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“I WAS LIKE, ‘OH F--K THIS IS GOOD’” FAITH NO MORE Seventeen years after their

breakup, the avant-garde rockers are back with a new album that shows once again how being different can be self-affirming

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or 35 years, Faith No More have been known as the true chameleons of rock music, fusing metal with such disparate elements as funk, bossa nova and soul. Though their six studio albums have sold over 10 million copies and earned them three Grammy Awards, in April 1998 the group surprisingly disbanded in order for the five members to pursue solo careers. Singer Mike Patton, whose voice ranges from low-octave crooning and fast-paced vocal acrobatics, up to highoctave screams, made a name for himself as avantgarde music’s enfant terrible.

In 2009 the band regrouped and began touring again.

And there’s more to come: Mike Patton and bassist Billy Gould talk to The Red Bulletin about their new album, Sol Invictus, and explain how a bunch of self-described outsiders made a career out of ignoring boundaries. the red bulletin: Faith No More essentially created their own category of music. How did you do that?

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billy gould: We just thought, ‘Why do you want to do what everyone else is doing?’ I would be horrible in a straight metal band. mike patton: It was hard when there was a scene going on because we fell totally flat.

We didn’t have a community.

We weren’t punk enough, weren’t metal enough. The Metallica guys said we were OK, but we were always fish out of water. We all came from different places, but we ended up together, and couldn’t commit to norms.

It’s just who we are.

musicians. I don’t read music the way orchestra musicians do. I listen instead. There’s no right or wrong way of doing it. You can find a way to make good music if you are able to communicate.

You both did multiple side projects before getting Faith No More back together in 2009.

In what ways did those experiences benefit the band as it’s looking now? mp: I don’t think we’d be back together at this point if I hadn’t had the opportunity to do other projects. It all makes sense now. I was sceptical about reunion stuff, but we did some reunion shows and it felt great. It was

eyes. I was like, ‘Hell, I really love these guys. I could do this again.’ It matters, when you share a relationship with people. I shared nearly half my life with these guys. bg: We recorded most of the new album in a small rehearsal room. It shouldn’t have worked, but it did. We mastered it, and five days later we were on a plane to go and do shows. It’s a strange feeling to open yourself up to the world again. mp: I didn’t talk to anyone for a while. I was like, ‘F--k your phone calls. I’m not listening to anything but our music right now.’

RB: What would you go back and tell your younger

“I ONCE SAID, ‘IF I’M 40 AND STILL DOING THIS, PLEASE KILL ME.’ LIKE IT’S UNDIGNIFIED TO DO THIS ONCE YOU’VE HIT 30” Was being different tough in the beginning? bg: We couldn’t get anyone in San Francisco to write about us until we toured abroad.

Then they started to care, and we were like, ‘F--k you.’ mp: Yeah, when we were doing well we had no problem taking s--t. bg: We found a way to make music we liked. I’m a bass player, but I can’t do a lot of things other guys can do. mp: We’re all self-taught

refreshing. And when I heard the new music Bill wrote, I was like, ‘Oh f--k this is good.’ bg: If we hadn’t done those side projects, who would we be now? We’d be unhappy.

We’d have started making s--tty records. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

How did the band decide it was time to make music together again? mp: We reconnected at [keyboardist Roddy Bottum’s] wedding. It really opened my

selves, knowing what you know now? mp: ‘Shut your mouth, little Mike! It’s not going to be what you think’. I once said, ‘If I’m 40 and still doing this, someone please kill me.’

Like, it’s undignified to do this once you’ve hit 30.

The industry defines you and then holds you to it and tells you what to do. But it’s better to just shrug it off. fnm.com

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One-shot deal: Auckland-born Tom Gould is Action Bronson’s in-house videographer

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“IT’S NOT ABOUT BEING A FAN”

“EVERY DAY CAN BE FRIDAY!”

TOM GOULD The photographer and filmmaker

ANDREW WK The American rocker loves to party

went from snapping graffiti in Auckland to globetrotting with rap star Action Bronson

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hen Tom Gould first directed his camera at Auckland’s vibrant graffiti art scene, he had no idea where his photographic eye would take him. First it was New York City, then into the service of charismatic rapper and food enthusiast Action Bronson. It’s a oncein-a-lifetime gig that has seen Gould travel through Australasia, Europe and across the US, documenting the rapper’s every move.

The whirlwind ride doesn’t look like it’s going to slow down anytime soon. On some rare downtime, Gould spoke to The Red Bulletin about his passion for tracking life through a lens. the red bulletin: What was it that first inspired you to pick up a camera? tom gould: It was my old next-door neighbour, who was a photographer.

The biggest thing he taught me was nothing lasts forever, and the only way you can preserve anything is through documentation. That always stuck with me as a powerful thing. If you want something to last, the most amazing tool we have is the camera.

You first visited New York when you were 21 years old, fresh from studying.

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who was into graffiti and hip-hop, and New York is the home for all of that. It was always my plan to get here.

When did you first connect with Action Bronson?

It was when I first came here in 2009. I had friends in Action’s graffiti crew, Smart Crew, and we’d hang out at his father’s restaurant in Queens. He was just starting to make music and I ended up doing visuals for him.

When I came back to New York at the start of last year with a Green Card, his career was going crazy. He was like, ‘Yo, I want you to be my photographer and come on the road with me.’ The first stop was Hawaii and then it was back to New Zealand.

I left Auckland for about a week, and then I was back home. My mum said, ‘What the hell are you doing back?’

Is your easy-going Kiwi demeanour part of what allows you to capture material behind the scenes?

Yeah. It’s about knowing how to move and not get in the way – you’re there to document, not to be a fan.

The main thing is to be likeminded, patient and able to adapt to any situation.

Now you have a Green Card, what’s your plan?

I’m always looking for the next project. I plan to drop more music videos; release a short documentary. I want to get into narrative-driven short films. It’s all about staying busy, man, and taking every opportunity that comes your way. tomgouldshoots.com

hard. In his upcoming book, The Party Bible, he reveals the essentials of a good night out

the red bulletin: What can we learn from The Party Bible? andrew wk: I dedicate my life to party because it’s the one moment of the week when you feel alive and can leave all the stress behind. So why don’t we apply this feeling of a Friday night to other days of the week? Every day can be Friday!

Why do you think partying has such a bad reputation?

In certain areas of our society it’s considered noble to be emotionally detached from excitement. But I think that’s cowardice. If you experience the pure joy of a party, it might be risky, but it’s rewarding. That’s what scares people who want to have things regimented and controlled.

Is it possible to age gracefully in party mode?

You don’t stop partying because you get old. You get old because you stop partying. Look at Black Sabbath, I toured with them last year and their energy is amazing. It’s like them being on stage keeps them functioning. andrewwk.com

Mega mingler Andrew WK

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Rhonda One night in Los Angeles at A Club Called Rhonda, the city’s rabblerousing monthly party where everyone’s welcome and anything goes WORDS: ANN DONAHUE PHOTOGRAPHY: MERLIN BRONQUES

Who’s that girl?

You’d be right for asking after Rhonda at a Rhonda International event. According to one of the collective’s founders, Gregory Alexander, Rhonda is an “ideal instead of a person. We’ve created this mythical being to suit the feel we’re trying to convey with the club”

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Rhondevous Exhilarating house and disco pump out at LA’s favourite dance party, held once a month at Los Globos on Sunset Blvd.

One-off events have taken place in New York, Miami, Toronto and London

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“This is where you can try whatever” Merlin Bronques, an LA-based nightlife photographer

Cut loose You’ll find a fabulous scene of “polysexual hard partying”, as one promo puts it, where people are encouraged to wear their stripes with pride whether they are gay, straight, bi or trans

“You always meet a new freak you’ve never met before” Merlin Bronques

Crowd pleasers Big-name bookings at Rhonda events include James Murphy, Seven Davis Jr, Honey Dijon, Jackmaster, Hot Chip and Peanut Butter Wolf

Be seen The attention-seeking antics at A Club Called Rhonda are incomparable to other clubs. The scene is raw, inclusive and anything but the roped-off and restrictive pageant for which this part of California is famous

“We couldn’t find one place where we could get together and enjoy the music we like” the red bulletin: Who is Rhonda, exactly?

A lot of partygoers would like to meet her. gregory alexander, co-founder, rhonda international: Most of the time when people ask us in the actual club, we refer to her as this person who actually exists. But in interviews we’ve broken the veil that Rhonda is a fictional character we’ve created, this ideal instead of a person. We’ve created this mythical being to suit the feel we’re trying to convey with the club. loren granic, co-founder, rhonda international: We wanted Rhonda to be very high concept, more than bringing a soundsystem and a DJ and calling it a night. We wanted it to have the creative legs to take it a lot of different places. Me and Gregory have been friends for a very long time; we come from different backgrounds.

He is gay and I am straight. There were places for his friends and my friends, and we didn’t see the point of that. We couldn’t find one place where we could all get together and enjoy the music we like.

Rhonda started out as an anthropomorphic party girl who brought very different people together to have a lot of fun. Would you agree with that? lg: This all happened after the MySpace days. It wasn’t when Twitter was super huge, but the concept of an organisation issuing communiques from the voice of a person made a lot of sense.

What were your first events like? lg: One of the things we knew from the beginning was that we wanted unconventional venues. The first was Guatelinda in east Hollywood, a building with mock Chinese architecture that was basically a Guatemalan mafia bar. We went in there and talked to the dudes who were running it, and they were like, ‘We don’t know who you dudes are.’ But they listened to what we had to say.

What about now, seven years later? ga: We’re known for hotel takeovers. We’ll have our first event at the Mondrian [on Sunset Blvd, in LA] on May 24, with a party at the pool of the Herringbone restaurant. We’ll be selling rooms with passes. rhondainternational.com

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FEEL THE POWER Get ready for the drop in Soweto

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There are few places in the world where you can experience a 100kph, heart-in-mouth freefall without a bungee rope and live to tell the tale. One of them is a decommissioned power station in South Africa.

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The Orlando Towers vertical adventure centre in Soweto, Johannesburg, has a SCAD (suspended catch air device) freefall facility, a popular leap – or drop – of faith available to thrillseekers in only a few places in the world. The activity has been taken to a whole new level at Orlando Towers by manager Nico Myburg. Firstly, and perhaps least surprisingly, it’s the only SCAD system set up in a disused cooling tower; and secondly, it’s the highest in the world, with a drop of 70m.

“As the SCAD freefall here is inside a cooling tower, it’s a unique ‘tunnel’ experience,” says Myburg. “It’s truly a world first.” The experience comes complete with all the fear and adrenalin you’d expect. After ascending to the top of one of the two 100m-high chimneys via a dangling cage winched up through its centre, you hang suspended over the drop. The only thing between you and the rush of your life is the controlled freefall harness, essentially a belt clipped to a quick-release hook.

Far below, the suspended catch air device – a safety-net contraption made of air-filled tubes and a sophisticated brake-suspension system – is ready to break your fall. The countdown from five begins. When it gets to zero, the instructor releases your harness.

“There really is nothing between you and the net below,” says Nick Avery, a 21-year-old student from Philadelphia, USA, who took the plunge while on a visit to South Africa. “You really don’t know when you’re going to hit, because you’re falling backwards. It’s just an insane experience and one of the craziest rides on the planet. If you want to feel like you’re falling into complete oblivion, or want to know what your death scream sounds like, this is what you do.”

Thanks to the SCAD, the landing is a very soft one. You feel very little at all, just a slowing of the descent. It adds significantly to the intensity of the jump. The entire apparatus is then lowered to the ground, allowing you to exit safely, heart and fists pumping.

SOWETO More to explore Sample At shebeen-style eatery Chaf Pozi, near Soweto’s Orlando Towers, traditional South African barbecue fare is served with a fiery chakalaka sauce and sides such as samp (crushed corn kernels) and pap (ground maize). chafpozi.co.za

Soar After a round of pre-flight checks, some classroom instruction and expert advice, climb into a helicopter cockpit and take to the skies over Joburg. After half an hour, it’ll be your hands taking over the controls. sa-venues.com

“ YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE FALLING INTO COMPLETE OBLIVION” Soweto, South Africa Johannesburg Do you dare to make the drop? Visit: orlandotowers.co.za

Scare Dare to swim with Nile crocodiles up to 4m long in their home waters.

A sturdy cage protects you from their bite, which has a pressure four times greater than that of a great white shark. cango.co.za

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“Experienced jumpers can learn aerial tricks like somersaults and back flips,” says Nico Myburg, of Orlando Towers. “It’s not advertised and it’s up to the jumpmaster to decide if you can, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.”

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The yellow second hand of the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M features the Bond family coat-of-arms at its tip. Also, the gun-barrel design of the watch’s self-winding rotor symbolises the most important tool of the secret agent’s trade.

SECRET WEAPON Wear it like 007 In the words of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, “A gentleman’s choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Savile Row suit.”

It’s no surprise, then, that 007 has sported only the most striking chronometers in the 23 Bond films to date. From 1962 to 1974 he wore mostly Rolex, as Fleming intended; then, from 1977, Seiko featured in five consecutive films. However, it’s Omega that’s synonymous with modern Bond. Their timepieces debuted with Pierce Brosnan in 1995’s GoldenEye and have kept accurate time in situations both amorous and precarious ever since. To mark the release this November of Bond 24, Spectre, 15,007 limited-edition steel Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150Ms have been made. Daniel Craig, now on his fourth mission, likes his Bond more physically able than gadget-reliant, but this 41.5mm timepiece ensures its wearer still has tricks up his sleeve. It’s water resistant to a depth of 150m and can combat magnetic fields far greater than any other wristwatch (15,007-milligauss, neatly enough – 250 times the average). omegawatches.com

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Watches inspired by music and motorsport Hamilton Ventura Elvis 80 In 1961, Elvis Presley wore a Hamilton Ventura in the movie Blue Hawaii.

To commemorate what would have been the singer’s 80th birthday, Hamilton has released an eye-catching special edition with an automatic movement and a power reserve of 80 hours. hamiltonwatch.com

Oris Audi Sport Limited Edition II This watch, in a limited edition of 2,000, has

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a light titanium case with an Audi R18 e-tron Quattro pictured on its underside, and features a 10-minute countdown function. oris.ch

Porsche Design Chronotimer Series 1 World-famous designer FA Porsche created the first black chronograph in 1972 and the firstever titanium wristwatch in 1980. This new waterproof 42mm model is a stylish synthesis of both. porsche-design.com

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Chris Pratt in Jurassic World

The Dark Knight returns (again) in the most amazing Arkham game yet Batman: Arkham Knight is the fourth in the Batman: Arkham series and one of 2015’s most eagerly awaited games.

This time around, Gotham’s lawabiding citizens have been evacuated and the remaining criminals, led by the Scarecrow, are intent on destroying the city and its winged protector.

Gotham itself is one of the stars of this game: five times larger than it was in Arkham City, it’s truly astonishing to behold and well worth the hours of exploration it promises. But the best new feature? That has to be driving the Batmobile. Out worldwide on June 2 for the PS4, Xbox One, Windows and Linux. batmanarkhamknight.com

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Can the reigning king of the Chrises maintain his hot streak with Jurassic World?

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KEEP ON WALKING Missing your favourite zombie TV show? Get your undead fix in the original format With Season Five ending in spectacular fashion and Season Six likely to appear in October, fans of The Walking Dead can fill the gap by turning to the source material for the hit TV show. At the end of May, the 141st edition of The Walking Dead comic book will be published; previous issues are available in collected editions. Robert Kirkman, the title’s co-creator and one of the show’s writers and executive producers, has written every issue since the first in October 2003 – no mean feat in modern-day comics. The plot of the comics is similar to the show, but not the same; spotting the differences is just one of the pleasures of reading. thewalkingdead.com

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Before last summer, there were only two ways you would have been able to pick out Chris Pratt from an actors’ identity parade: first, if you were a friend or a member of Pratt’s family; and second, if you knew him as Andy Dwyer in the much-praised US sitcom Parks And Recreation.

Even in 2014, when the 35-year-old actor made his big breakthrough as the lead in two huge hit movies, he was only visible in one of them. In The Lego Movie, Pratt provided the voice of the animated character Emmet Brickowski, but he appeared in the flesh, among CGI raccoons and talking trees, in Guardians Of The Galaxy.

His rise to international movie star, confirmed by the lead human role in the forthcoming Jurassic World, has been swift. Unfortunately for Pratt, he’s found himself lumped in with fellow big-movie actors Chris Evans, Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth. All four Chrises, it has been claimed, are clones created in a Hollywood lab as interchangeable pegs for any lantern-jawed action-man hole that needs to be filled. This criticism is unfair to Pratt, who doesn’t have an iconic role such as Captain Kirk (Pine), Captain America (Evans) or Thor (Hemsworth) overshadowing his charisma.

Unlike his fellow Chrises, he’s not getting his balls busted for apparent failure in smaller or less successful movies, because he has yet to star in any.

In January, when Pratt was mentioned as a possible successor to Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, there was no explosion of outrage on the internet. There’s a lot of love for him right now. If Jurassic World hits the spot, with GOTG2 due in 2017 and a remake of The Magnificent Seven perhaps before it, could the love affair continue? Jurassic World is released worldwide from June 10. jurassicworld.com

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THE PLAYLIST RAEKWON Corey Woods was 23 when he rose to hip-hop stardom almost overnight. As Raekwon, he, and his eight comrades-in-arms in notorious New York crew the Wu-Tang Clan, merged Shaolin mythology and street rap to create the stunning 1993 debut Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Two years later, Raekwon’s mafia-rap solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., also became a classic of the genre. Today, the 45-year-old father-of-two finds inspiration in art and fashion, hence the title of his new album, Fly International Luxurious Art. The veteran rapper talks The Red Bulletin through the five albums that have had the most impact on his career.

Marvin Gaye

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“Marvin had a lot on his mind when he recorded this in 1971, and with this album he was challenging his thoughts. I can relate to that. I’m always looking at the future and asking myself, ‘What am I going to do next?’

So listening to this album gives me inspiration. I’ve loved soul music ever since I was a kid, but this record is special to me.

It’s like a vitamin: I feel like I need it as often as possible.”

“I feel this album kind of raised me, because Rakim was talking about things we were going through when we grew up. He spoke to us; he wrote anthems of the street. The record came out when I was 17 and Rakim was a few years older, but the guy was ahead of his time. He was Muhammad Ali at a young age, lyrically. This album will always sound good. It’s one of the blueprints of hip-hop.”

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“This album made me respect women more. As young men, we respected women, of course, but we never took the time to listen to them; I would lose a chick in a minute if I felt like she was getting on my nerves. So when Mary came up with this album, it gave me a new perspective of what women go through. It made me realise women are the backbone of everything, so we got to treat them like queens.”

“Stevie’s genius is making music that stands the test of time.

I discovered this through my parents, and even as a kid I was fascinated by his music and lyrics. His imagination is so vivid; for somebody who can’t see the world, he knows everything about it. A while back, I met him at an awards show. I was so scared of talking to him, but he was so humble. Best thing was, he knew about the Wu-Tang!”

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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) “If this is about albums that had an impact on my career, I have to mention this one. It opened the doors for all nine of us MCs, and I think it became a greater album because of the distance it went. We still perform it live, and when we play Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F--k Wit the energy goes through the house. It will always penetrate clubs, because it’s the energy that my boys bring to the table.”

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What’s Going On

Songs In The Key Of Life

Pharrell Williams is planning a series of kids’ books, starting with one based on his hit song, Happy.

Of course, he’s not the first musician to write for children…

Keith Richards Would you give your child a book by a man who has lived the most rock ’n’ roll lifestyle imaginable? You should, because 2014’s Gus & Me is Richards’ touching tribute to his granddad, who inspired him to play guitar.

Courtney Love Rock music’s enfant terrible was never going to write about a fairytale princess. The heroine of Love’s 2004 manga graphic-novel series is an alien girl named Princess Ai, who finds herself fighting demons and rocking music clubs in Japan.

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Artiphon Instrument 1 At first glance, this MIDI controller might look like the neck of a guitar, but if you connect it to your iPhone it turns into a versatile multiinstrument. From strumming the pressuresensitive fingerboard like a guitar, to playing it like a violin, to using the frets as piano keys and programming a drum beat, this compact all-rounder is likely to trigger a revolution in digital music production. Forward-thinking musicians are already using it. artiphon.com

Madonna With six kids’ books to her name, Madonna is the most experienced children’s author in music. Her first, 2003’s The English Roses, has sold over half a million copies worldwide and been published in 40 languages.

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WHEELS MOTOR MERCH Upgrading your driving experience

Ford AppLink Goal Live Scores Ford SYNC with AppLink is the US car maker’s entry into the voice control market.

This app keeps you upto-date with the latest scores from European football fixtures. ford.com

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This Vulcan heralds the future When is a concept car not a concept car? When it’s the Aston Martin Vulcan. The British marque’s latest supercar is a 7-litre, V12 track-only monster. With more than 800hp, this frontengined, rear-wheel-drive, carbon-fibre creation is more powerful than an F1 car. And while it won’t quite have the latter’s power-to-weight ratio, Aston Martin says it will outstrip one of its GTE cars from the World Endurance Championship.

That, quite frankly, is a lot of power, and being able to afford the hefty price tag doesn’t necessarily confer the talent to use it wisely. Which is why anyone buying one of the 24 Vulcans currently in production will get the opportunity to participate in an intensive driver training programme.

The Vulcan was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show and made much of the fact it was styled in-house and features “a design language hinting at the next generation of Aston Martin sportscars”. Phrases like this are often heard at motor shows, where car makers want to float a balloon to test whether people like or loathe their vision. With the Vulcan, Aston Martin has a double-whammy: a styling concept for show and something they can sell. astonmartin.com

Style and substance: the recently launched Aston Martin Vulcan

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The new McLaren Longtail craves competition

Yamaha Racing collection by TW Steel

Also making its debut at Geneva was the long-awaited McLaren 675LT. Trading on the Longtail monicker last associated with the GTR derivative of the McLaren F1 road car, the 675LT is the latest variant of the 650S. The new McLaren has shed around 100kg, and its 3.8-litre V8 engine has been heavily revised to deliver more power. The body has been tweaked to generate greater downforce, as well as improvements made to the 650S’s active airbrake. McLaren is quoting figures of 0-100kph in 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 330kph (that’s 205mph for those who prefer their performance old-school). The figures suggest a model destined for racing, and the 675LT’s lack of creature comforts – no airconditioning, etc – seems to support this. McLaren, however, is keen to point out that the 1,230kg supercar is entirely road-legal. mclaren.com

This collaboration has produced timepieces targeted at that intersection on the Venn diagram where MotoGP fans meet lovers of big watches. twsteel.com

Bowers & Wilkins P5 Maserati Edition Finished in Maserati blue leather, these topnotch special-edition cans from the superior car maker and premium audio firm have the hallmark of quality. bowers-wilkins.com

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WALK IN SPACE Between 540 and 550 people have been into space (the exact number depends on which ruling body is counting). Of those astronauts, just over 200 have left their craft for a spacewalk, and only three have done so more times than the nine EVAs (extra vehicular activity) notched up by Rick Mastracchio. The 55-year-old American has spent over 53 hours walking in space. “It’s not like in Gravity, where they jump and hop,” he says. “Actually, I watched that movie when I was on orbit last year [on the International Space Station]. I was getting ready to spacewalk and I thought it would get me in the mood. It’s very entertaining, just not realistic.” No, this is how you walk in space…

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Reach for the stars

MARK THOMAS

“You’re in the vacuum of space, inside a bulky pressure suit.

It’s very hard to move your hands and there’s not a lot of flexibility. So it’s good to be tall and have long arms: the more reach you have, the easier it is to do the work while you’re in the suit.”

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“Your shoulders and forearms have to be very strong, because you’re out there crawling hand-overhand for seven, eight hours sometimes, on the surface of the Space Station.

Spacewalking is not really the right term for it; it should be called spacecrawling.”

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Get handy with tools

“You need to know how to use tools as a lot of spacewalking involves assembly.

You’re making electrical connections, bolting things together and to the Station. If you can take a car apart, that’s a good skill set to have.”

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Solve future problems

“You need to be able to think ahead 10 minutes to your next task and where your partner will be.

Of course, the ground crew are there to help you out, but on nearly every spacewalk, something doesn’t work out the way you expected it to: a bolt will be sticky, or some connector won’t connect.”

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“Usually, you’re so busy working that you don’t have the time to think about all the things that can go wrong. But sometimes you have to convince yourself that if you let go, you’re not going to fall off. The laws of physics say you won’t, but your imagination can run away with you.”

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EVENTS DON’T MISS

On the ball: loose forward Sam Cane (left) is a key man for the Chiefs

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May Family man

Myele Manzanza toured with Detroit techno legend Theo Parrish in January. Now he teams up with his father, percussive powerhouse Sam Manzanza. They’ll play Wellington boutique brew spot Hashigo Zake, as ‘Sam & Myele Manzanza’s Afrobeats’. hashigozake.co.nz

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May Big birthday

June 13 Chiefs vs Canes New Plymouth

This year marks a milestone in Vodafone Warriors’ history – it’s 20 years since their first match, a face-off with the Broncos. Now they take on Newcastle at their old stomping ground. Be there to support the boys’ anniversary joust with the Knights. warriors.kiwi

We’re now into round 18 of the 2015 Super XV Rugby season, which means that when two of the country’s proudest Super Rugby sides – the Chiefs and the Hurricanes – butt heads at New Plymouth’s Yarrow Stadium, all eyes will be on this epic grudge match. The smart money’s on triple-threat sporting phenomenon Sonny Bill Williams making the Chiefs starting line-up for the clash. He was ruled out of their match with the Sharks in March, following a head-knock in a Stormers match, but the All Blacks midfielder is now back on his A-game. superxv.com

June 18 Endless summer

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June King of shred

5SOS make a flying visit

As a past guest of guitar supergroup G3 with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen is one of the guitar world’s undisputed speed demons. The Swedish shredder brings his breakneck guitar theatrics to The Powerstation. powerstation.net.nz

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May 24 Ticket to ride

Blenheim Criss-crossed by courses with appropriately intimidating names like The Epic and The Challenger, you can be sure the Bikefit Marlborough Mountain Bike Challenge is no joke. Kicking off at the Lakeview Farm south of Blenheim, the 42km ride takes in mediumto-steep hill country, with a series of creek crossings thrown in for good measure. Take on the challenge as a solo rider or enter as a two-person team. bikefit.co.nz

Auckland Australian pop-rock superstars 5 Seconds Of Summer have a Kiwi connection: Calum Hood, the band’s Maori guitar player. The local chapter of the Hood family will most probably be out in force when the Sydneysiders play Auckland’s Vector Arena in June. It’ll be 5SOS NZ fans’ only chance to catch the band live before Calum and Co fly to Canada for the start of the North American leg of their tour. ticketmaster.co.nz

May 31 Race to the finish

June 3-7 Wellington Jazz Festival Wellington

Christchurch

Christchurch got its first taste of marathon fever in 1974, when the city hosted the Commonwealth Games. The Christchurch Airport Marathon keeps the spirit of that run alive, with a marathon, halfmarathon and a kids option all on offer. The race base for this year’s run is Cathedral Square, now reopened after being damaged by the 2011 earthquake. The new course is a figure of eight and passes some of the city’s finest sights. christchurchmarathon.co.nz

Presented by the New Zealand Festival, the Wellington Jazz Festival will bring over 100 gigs to the capital. With a United Nations tasting plate of jazz, this year’s headliner is American vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater; from France there’s the Celine Bonacina Trio, who specialise in jazz with a world music beat; while from Norway pianist Tord Gustavsen and his Quartet bring a laid-back Sunday set. jazzfestival.co.nz

May 20-21 Rockpocalypse now Wellington and Auckland Soul-infused Californian garage rockers The BellRays are doubling their power for their upcoming New Zealand tour, joining with Arizona rock’n’roll outfit Supersuckers in a double-header they’re billing as ‘Rockpocalypse’. See these two soul’n’roll juggernauts tough it out at Wellington venue Bodega, and Auckland’s Kings Arms. undertheradar.co.nz

June 14 Wind power Wellington

From May Beat battle Nationwide

Wellington’s Project West Wind is a sight to behold. The wind farm consists of 62 turbines across the rugged Makara farmlands, generating up to 143 megawatts of power. This dramatic setting will be the backdrop to the fourth event in the XTERRA Trail Run/Walk 2015 calendar, with four off-road trail running and walking courses weaving through Project West Wind’s turbines and pine-needle tracks. xterrawellington.co.nz

Forget shows like The X Factor NZ and New Zealand Idol as a source of talent-spotting. The annual Battle of the Bands is still the place to scout for grassroots rock talent, with its 22-year history including well-known groups like OpShop, Blindspott and Tadpole. The 2015 competition features over 50 live shows till the National Final on July 24 and 25. battleofthebands.co.nz

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MOBILE HOME KATHMANDU LANSAN. This hiking tent for two weighs in at just 1.72kg. kathmandu.co.nz

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HE AIN’T HEAVY TREK SUPERFLY FS 9.9 SL XX1. Mountain bikes don’t come any lighter than this.

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THE QUADROFOIL. Boats can be quiet, too. This new electric number produces no noise, no emissions and lifts you above the waves. It has a top speed of 40kph and a range of about 100km. And, most reassuringly, it’s unsinkable. quadrofoil.com

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SONY SMARTWATCH 3. With built-in GPS, 4GB of storage and a music player, this clever wrist companion will have you ditching your mobile. sonymobile.com

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LOUD SPEAKER FUGOO TOUGH XL. This shockresistant, waterproof speaker can produce up to 100 decibels, so wherever you go, the party can follow.

Available from July. fugoo.com

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AVEGANT GLYPH. With a flick of the headband, these noise-cancelling headphones transform into a super-sharp, 1280 x 720-pixel private cinema screen that sits on your nose like a pair of glasses. avegant.com

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To create his series of unexpected images called True Wind, windsurfer Max Matissek goes in search of places considered unsurfable. Then, with the help of a crew, winch, ramp and the necessary airflow, he proves everybody wrong. The 27-year-old then transfers the photographs – this is one of the first – to canvas and turns them into abstract paintings. maxmatissek.com

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