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BEYOND THE ORDINARY
SIREN OF THE SEA
A freediver learns to
embrace the shadows
ALL FOR THE SHOT
THE HIGH STAKES OF
JIMMY CHIN
GAME TIME Thrones beauty
Natalie Dormer chases risk
WEAR ABLE TECH Intelligent clothing’s new frontier
RZAHow the Wu-Tang Clan’s don made it in Hollywood
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COMPROMISEWhen do you go for broke and when do you seek the middle ground? Especially if the middle ground is inhabited by some of the most complex and moody rappers to ever grace a stage together (which the Wu-Tang Clan rarely do anymore). To cope, the mastermind behind the pioneering rap group has developed an arsenal of tricks. And they’ve served RZA well as he’s transitioned to that great cesspool of egos, Hollywood. We talk to him about the fine line he walks and the lessons he’s learned (p. 26). Of course, compromise isn’t for everybody. Take photographer Jimmy Chin (p. 36), who stops at nothing to capture some of the most jaw-dropping images in the world.
THE TAO OF RZAHow do you go from ultimate control to ultimate compromise? RZA transitions.
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“A lot of people thought it was ridiculous that I wanted to be a singer.” FOXES, PAGE 52
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12 GOOD SHOTS! Photos of the month
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19 INSPIRATIONS Ones to watch
FEATURES
26 RZA’s EdgeThe Wu-Tang Clan’s frontman on leadership and letting go
36 The Big Picture Photographer Jimmy Chin raises the bar to staggering heights
50 Heroes of the monthActress Natalie Dormer; pop star Foxes; actor Ron Perlman; punk rocker Pete Wentz
56 Red Bull Sea to SkyMotocross riders head to Turkey
62 Deep Sea ConfidentialFreediving champ Estrella Navarro
72 Man the Decks!The Holy Ship! festival takes “booze cruise” to a whole new level
ACTION!
79 SEE IT. GET IT. DO IT. The best travel, gear, entertainment and more. Plus: Wings for Life World Run and how to survive a volcanic eruption.
93 SMART CLOTHING Wear the future 98 FLASHBACK Surfing Cleopatra’s Pool
HOLY SHIP! Four thousand rowdy ravers crammed on a cruise ship for three hot days in the Caribbean? What could go wrong?
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OH YEAHMeet the new Ferrari F12tdf, a gorgeous supercar fit for a Ferris Bueller joyride. Bow bow, chick, chicka chicka.
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TOP OF THE WORLD For professional photographer and climber Jimmy Chin, stunning shots like this are all in a day’s work.
36HEAVEN AND HELLDon’t be fooled by this man’s smile. Red Bull Sea to Sky tested the limits of the world’s motocross elite.
DEEP BREATHFreediving record breaker Estrella Navarro reveals how she can dive 226 feet without an oxygen tank.
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WHO’SON BOARD
IAN WITLENA luxury cruise ship, 4,000 ravers and a three-day, nonstop party: Nobody knows the madness of the EDM cruise known as Holy Ship! better than in-house photographer Witlen. Set sail with him on page 72.
JIMMY CHINThe award-winning photographer, filmmaker and mountaineer has climbed all 14 8,000ers without supplementary oxygen. He guides us through the best of his pictures from around the globe on page 36.
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Freediving champion Estrella Navarro swims like a mermaid. To capture how she flows underwater, photographer Miko Lim traveled to Mexico and went diving in the sea off Baja California to discover (and shoot) Navarro’s aquatic world. After renting a boat and getting hold of the necessary waterproof camera equipment, Lim witnessed not just Navarro’s talent (she can swim 226 feet below the ocean’s surface without oxygen) but also some amazing giants of the deep. Turn to page 62 to see Lim’s shots.
Photographer Lim with freediving star Estrella Navarro
Getting deep with a diving champ
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IN FOCUSBEHIND THE LENS
Accommodating to the end, cover subject RZA agreed to drive the ’67 Chevy Camaro over the Fourth Street Bridge in downtown L.A. for the last shot. “I had to sit in the back seat, and there were no seat belts,” says Littky. “At one point he stopped short and I flew into his lap.”
The L.A.-based photographer gets
cozy in the Camaro.
“He took direction well.” PAMELA LITTKY, PHOTOGRAPHER
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Video: RZA’s last questions
Provocative answers to somepressing queries in the video
from our photo shoot. redbulletin.com/rza
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PHOTO: CHRISTIAN PONDELLAPrecision driver Rhys Millen, in an Audi RS 7,
coordinates operations for the helicopter carrying members of the Red Bull Air Force—the top talent in
the world of aerobatics. From a jump position of 15,000 feet, the team will unleash their full arsenal of
skills in a choreographed race to the landing zone. See the video: redbull.com/chainreaction
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BLADE RUNNERQUEBEC, CANADAPHOTO: SEBASTIAN MARKOThe rules at Red Bull Crashed Ice, the Ice Cross Downhill World Championships, are brutally simple. Each race sees four participants hurtle down a steep ice track, featuring 90-degree turns and kickers, at up to 40 mph. The quickest two move on to the next round. In the 2015/2016 season opener in Quebec (pictured), American Cameron Naasz got away from the Canadian competition and went on to win the event, much to the disappointment of the home fans.Season highlights: redbullcrashedice.com
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WHEEL DEALVIRGIN, UTAHPHOTO: BARTEK WOLINSKIMountain bike freerider Szymon Godziek is a master of memorable performances. In 2014, the 24-year-old became the first man ever to pull off a tsunami backflip—dangling by the handlebars while executing a backflip—in competition. For his first appearance at Red Bull Rampage that same year, he wore only a basketball jersey. He went on to finish 11th. This is Godziek trying out the 2015 Rampage course. He missed the final this time, though, after crashing in qualifying from a height of 19.7 feet.Video highlights: redbullrampage.com
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T H E C A P TA I N O F A D V E N T U R E ALL-ROUND ACTION HERO WILL GADD IS A LIVING LEGEND IN THE TRUEST SENSE.
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U.S. EDITION
BEYOND THE ORDINARY
SIREN OF THE SEA
A freediver learns to
embrace the shadows
ALL FOR THE SHOT
THE HIGH STAKES OF
JIMMY CHIN
GAME TIME Thrones beauty
Natalie Dormer chases risk
WEAR ABLE TECH Intelligent clothing’s new frontier
RZAHow the Wu-Tang Clan’s don made it in Hollywood
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D EAD FU N NYRYAN REYNOLDS —ACTOR, FATHER, STAR OF DEADPOOL —IS LAUGHING. AT 39, A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR IS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT IN HIS RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
Willpower and discipline are synonymous, according to Ryan Reynolds, who has turned the mantra into a 25-year acting career and an estimated net worth of $45 million. Serious business—not that he takes it seriously. Reynolds isn’t your standard A-lister, brooding and intense; Hollywood’s unlikeliest funnyman is famed as much for his rude one-liners and sharp wit as for his onscreen presence and age-defying athleticism. This month he exhibits all of that as the brutal, wisecracking Marvel anti-hero Deadpool—a role for which any leading man would kill but only Reynolds was born. It’s been a while since we’ve seen him, it seems. All the better that he’s back. And in this role.
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MARK ZUCKERBERGAmerican. Age 31. Facebook’s
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UNIVERSITY GIRLFRIENDLikewise, Zuckerberg married his girlfriend from Harvard, Priscilla Chan, in 2012. She gave birth to daughter Maxima in November.
HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTAtypical of his sporting peers,
Robben is a one-woman man, and has been since he met his wife,
Bernadien Eillert, in school.
CRISTIANO RONALDO With more than 100 million likes for his personal
updates, he keeps fans on Zuckerberg’s side, instead of flocking to Twitter.
BECOMING THE CHAMP Robben gets a goal and an
assist in Bayern’s win in the 2013 Champions League final.
GIVING IT ALL AWAY Zuckerberg has pledged to give 99 percent of
his shares to good causes. Touching or competitive philanthropy?
BOTH AN AUDI A5 AND AN A8 Maybe he’s a an Audi mega-fan. Or perhaps it’s because Audi is one of the sponsors
of Bayern Munich, his team since 2009.
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI HATCHBACK C’mon, Dad. The kids at school won’t believe I’m the heir to the Facebook fortune if I roll up in that every morning.
T H E D U E LTHE DUTCH INTERNATIONAL
MIDFIELDER FACES THE BIGGEST PLAYER IN
SOCIAL MEDIA. GAME ON.
$80 millionCoveted by Europe’s top clubs and with a salary north of $5m,
Robben ranks among the sport’s highest-paid players.
47.9 millionFACEBOOK FOLLOWERS The social
network’s founder really has no excuse not to win this one.
$41.3 billionA recent upsurge in mobile advertising helped add an extra $13bn to his fortune—162 times Robben’s entire net worth.
2 millionFACEBOOK FANS He also has a load
of fake Instagram and Twitter accounts worth avoiding.
CLASSIC TAILORING Robben forgoes the overly branded soccer uniform, opting instead for slick
attire. Good on him, we say.
WEEKEND DAD Zuckerberg doesn’t let choice or fashion slow
him down, opting for a T-shirt/ hoodie combo almost every day.
THE POPE Robben has been truly blessed. Retired Pope Benedict is
a Bayern fan. By Catholic definition, we guess that means God is, too.
UNUSUALLY HONORABLE “I am not a player who will
just sit and pick up my check if I am not playing.”
A DAREDEVIL “In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only
strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”
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FKA Twigs—enigmatic performer, darling of the critics, VMA nominee—is fearless. But that’s what comes from cutting your teeth as a backup dancer in front of riotous crowds. Indeed, it’s those difficult situations that she credits as the source of her growth as an artist. Because that’s the type of performer she is: never shy of a challenge, always pushing boundaries. Some might think that makes her weird. But for Twigs, that’s exactly the point.
O N E O F A KI N DFKA TWIGS SUCCESS WITHOUT COMPROMISE? THE BRIT SINGER SHOWS IT’S POSSIBLE.
“I ENJOY CH A L L ENGES.. I WA N T PEOPL E TO SEE.
W H AT ’S INSIDE M Y. HE A D R AT HER T H A N.
JUST LOOK ING AT ME.”.
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“Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow internet to see who they really are.”WILL FERRELL
S AY W H AT ?IF LOVE IS BLIND, ALLOW THESE SNIPPETS OF WISDOM
TO BRING YOUR ROMANTIC VISION BACK TO 20-20— FOR VALENTINE’S DAY AND BEYOND.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNTS IMPROVING YOUR LIFE
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VIRTUAL INVESTMENTS
F R E U N D E V O NF R E U N D E N
twitter.com/fvonfA distinctly Berlin approach to visual storytelling with a
global outlook, FVONF offers photographic
insight into the personal lives of the creatives behind up-and-coming music,
film, art and everything else that
should be on your cultural radar.
B E R R I C SS K AT E PA R Kinstagram.com/
berricsCome for the wipeouts
and stay for the fish-eye-lens shots.
Berrics is an ideology as much as a physical skatepark, created by
pro skateboarders Steve Berra and Eric Koston. For a sport
captured so beautifully on film, this account
was the natural online evolution.
C O O L H U N T I N Gfacebook.com/
coolhuntingFind esoteric gifts, gadgets and prints
unlike anything at the mall. While browsing the account, you’re likely to succumb to
the irresistible clickbait; underground
musical remixes and NASA’s astronaut
application process to name but
a few highlights.
“To be brave is to love someone
unconditionally, without expecting
anything in return.”MADONNA
“I have an urge to communicate. I think I’m a change from what it would be like dating a normal guy who doesn’t talk too much.”
DRAKE
“You have to keep the fights clean and the sex dirty.”
KEVIN BACON
“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”JOHNNY DEPP
“I’ve never been Romeo who meets a girl and falls for
her immediately. It’s been a much slower process for
me each time I’ve gone into a relationship.”
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO
“Dating has become a sport and not about finding the person you love.”
RASHIDA JONES
“I don’t need the
Prince Charming
to have my own
happy ending.”
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T H E F L OAT I N G WO R KS PAC ESO, WHO LIKES THEIR OFFICE? WE THOUGHT NOT. ENTER COBOAT, A GREEN CO-WORKING CATAMARAN INVENTED BY A CREW OF SAILING FANS AND BUSINESS NOMADS.
1) THIS IS ESSENTIALLY AN
OFFICE ON WATER, THEN?“Not exactly. Co-working is a new and innovative culture
exploding around the world—the opportunity to work in
an environment with like-minded people, where you can
share ideas or create things. Into this creative mix we’ve
added one of our passions: sailing. So it’s co-working on
a boat. In essence, we want an adventure trip around the
oceans. But with high-speed satellite internet.”
2) WHY SHOULD THIS FLOAT MY BOAT?“Like so many great ideas, this one was born on a beach. I was using a co-working space in Thailand, during which time I met James [Abbott], the owner of that space. While discussing a love of sailing over a beer on the sand, the idea of combining all these great things set us in motion. Who wouldn’t want to bob on the waves while working?”
4) HAS IT ALL BEEN SMOOTH SAILING?“Like the maiden voyage of any business startup, this one has been rocky. People who invested in the project wanted results quicker than we’ve been able to deliver. Keeping everyone motivated is challenging but essential. We’ve celebrated every ounce of progress while reminding everyone of the end goal. We want to make use of this experience with any future profits. We’ll ‘think outside the boat’ to support the development of game-
changing solutions to the world’s problems.”
3) A CRAZY PIPE DREAM, RIGHT?
“Not to the bubbling social community and determined
founders. The ship is almost built, and co-working enthusiasts
from all over the world are ready to board. There’s still work
to be done, for sure, but the launch date draws ever closer.”
5) WHAT’S WAITING OVER
THE HORIZON?“We’re going nowhere. This isn’t a quick startup
that we plan to launch and then drop. It’s not for
profit—anything we make will be reinvested. It’s a
passion project. Aside from the obvious potential,
the ship offers so much more for the future in terms
of green transport. It’s going to be the largest
sailing yacht in the world with electric engines.”
Energy generated
by solar panels and harnessing
wind power
Marine satellite-based tech ensures a
seamless internet connection anywhere
Capacity for 20 passengers in
modern shared accommodation
Fossil-fuel engines switched for eco-friendly
electric propulsion
THE IDEAS MANKARSTEN KNORR, 48 After living and working in Sydney for 12 years, Knorr began a nomadic lifestyle, working in co-working spaces. It was only a matter of time before he combined this with his passion for the waves. coboat.org
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The Staten Island–born producer has
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obert Fitzgerald “RZA” Diggs does whatever it takes to finish an artistic endeavor. To that end, the 46-year-old producer, rapper, author, actor, screenwriter and director from Staten Island has at times been a dictator. He masterminded the Wu-Tang Clan, one of the most successful—and with nine members, one of the largest—rap groups in history, by convincing other alpha males to suppress their egos, trust his vision and fall in line behind him. The result was the group’s classic 1993 debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). He helped launch the solo careers of members GZA, Method Man, Raekwon and Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and when their individual success demanded a democratization of the group, and a tiered economic system based on popularity, RZA ceded some control to keep the peace and assure productivity. From 2007 to 2014, he kept the production of the group’s one-of-a-kind album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, under wraps by not telling the members what they were recording. (Last year Martin Shkreli, the infamous pharmaceutical CEO accused of federal securities fraud, bought the only copy at auction for a reported $2 million.)
In the late 1990s, RZA’s foray into film forced him to become a student of the craft. For his first role as a composer and actor, in Jim Jarmusch’s 1999 cult-classic crime drama Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, RZA had to learn to collaborate and submit to authority as he never had before. After spending a decade taking
roles on other people’s projects, RZA took the lead as the writer, director and star of the 2012 martial arts film The Man with the Iron Fists, alongside Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu.
While putting the final touches on his second directorial effort, Coco, starring rapper-singer Azealia Banks in her feature-film debut, RZA sat down to explain his creative process and why adaptation is necessary for artistic survival—and prosperity.
the red bulletin: You’ve got a beautiful home just outside of L.A. in a peaceful gated community. Do you need that kind of environment to be creative?rza: For me it’s healthy. It’s like going in the water. You could get in the water, you could swim, but you’ve got to get out and dry off. You’ve got to relax those muscles. All my homes are like that. If you go back east, I live in the woods, five acres, off the road. On Halloween, kids don’t come down the road, because it’s kind of scary. You’ve got to detach yourself in order to reattach. I don’t mind going out, getting wild, crazy, zoning in, whatever it is—the Wu-Tang tours, working hard on my latest movie. As long as I come home, detach, turn a little fire on, sit down, I’m ready for the next day. Time is consumed by your job. But to me, even if a man can give himself an hour a day, he’s benefiting.
If you’re unable to physically isolate yourself from the chaos of a movie set or tour, how do you escape mentally?Anything you could do on a macro level you could do on a micro level. I came to a realization, probably in the midst of being trapped in a jail cell. Even within that cell, that world, my island had to become myself. It had to become a micro island. I had to enjoy my personal self and leave everything else away from myself. I would advocate this: Your first Heaven is
“ I s a y J U S T C R E AT E a n d d o n ’ t b e a t t a c h e d t o i t . ”
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Lessons have come from industry veterans
like Ridley Scott and Quentin Tarantino.
your body, your second Heaven would maybe be your family—your wife and your children—and then that would extend out to the rest of the family you have, and then that could go to your home, to your community, to your county, to your country. The strive is to make this whole world a Heaven. That’s the aim, but it starts first with yourself. Here’s an example for you: First-class flight to Hong Kong, I got to the airport late and they’d given up my seat. The only seat remaining was a middle seat in between two people, and one person had a little weight on them. If I wanted to get there on time for this gig I had to take this seat. I had to sit there and just leave [my body]. Because for the first 20 minutes there was no way I could get comfortable. I couldn’t go to sleep; I was already tired. I was like, “Man, I’ve just got to zone in, go into my mind, make a movie in my mind.”
How have you brought that approach to the set?When I did Iron Fists, there was a lot of confusion going on. Eighty percent of my crew didn’t speak English, and I was bringing in some of the biggest players from Hollywood—Quentin Tarantino, Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, Daniel Wu, Eli Roth. You’ve got all these people on set and I’m the man that has to guide it. Some of the talent weren’t used to how they work [in China]. When I yelled cut, 10 [crew members] would come up on them and start doing all kinds of things. I recall Russell saying, “Get away from me!” I had to tell him, “No, bro. You’ve got to just close your eyes and relax. This is what they do. This is just part of the process. Like a massage almost. You’ve got to just let them lead it.” So that’s the sense of finding the creativity in chaos, organizing chaos. I like to say that Wu-Tang seemed chaotic, but there was a common thread to it. I can apply that to film. Of course it’s not as easy . . . it’s collaborative.
“ Yo u c o u l d b e t h e S T U D E N T o r t h e T E A C H E R a t a n y m o m e n t . ”
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Though he doesn’t drive much, RZA has a fondness for old cars,
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Aspects of the film industry were humbling, like having Tarantino critique his music.
In the Wu, you’re known as the Abbot—the teacher and leader. In film, you’ve had to be a student and defer to others. How do you balance those two roles?Popa Wu used to always say that a good listener is a good learner. Popa Wu was one of the older brothers. There was a text they gave us when we were young called “The Art of Listening.” It had seven precepts and concepts that you should practice and learn. One of them was to let another man’s wisdom prevail if your wisdom is not strong in that field. I read that when I was probably 16 years old, and I took that as fact. I still tell my son the same thing. There’s always someone among you who’s the best. At any given moment you could be the student, and at any given moment you could be the teacher. The wise man, if he’s wise, is going to detect the wisdom. You’ve got to take heed. I’ve been fortunate to have great people give me wisdom in the film world. In music I had to almost make up the path, but in film it’s been paved by a lot of great minds. I was fortunate to be on the set of Kill Bill. I watched how Quentin Tarantino works, I watched how the set works. When I did American Gangster, Ridley Scott displayed to me what I coined “multi-vision.” Multiple cameras running at the same time, but yet he’s conscious of what each camera’s doing—even more so than the people who were watching the monitors.
How difficult was it to accept someone having artistic authority over you?Some lessons are hard lessons. When I was the composer on Kill Bill, that was the first time in music that somebody told me what I [produced] wasn’t [good enough]. Quentin was like, “Nah, Bobby. I don’t think so.” I tried it again. Twice. “Nah, that’s not it.” I was discouraged. I didn’t know what the f*ck he wanted. But I came in the next
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T H E TA O O FT I N S E LT O W NRZA’s path from composer to director
1999 Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch hunts down RZA and asks him to compose the soundtrack for Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. In a small cameo, RZA says a single line to the film’s star, Forest Whitaker: “Ghost dog, power, equality.”
2003 Composes soundtrack for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and asks Tarantino to be his directing mentor. Spends a month with Tarantino on the Kill Bill set in Beijing and takes copious notes.
2003 Teams up with Jarmusch again for a bigger scene in Coffee and Cigarettes. Shares the screen with Bill Murray and fellow Wu-Tang member GZA while sipping herbal tea.
2004 Composes music for Blade: Trinity. Not yet ready to conduct an orchestra, he works with Ramin Djawadi, who goes on to compose for Batman Begins, Iron Man and Game of Thrones. The experience inspires RZA to learn to read music better and become a skilled conductor.
2007 Plays a police detective who helps take down drug kingpin Frank Lucas, portrayed by Denzel Washington, in Ridley Scott’s biographical crime flick American Gangster. RZA shows off his acting skills—and his Wu tattoo—in scenes with Russell Crowe.
2012 Joins the cast of Showtime’s Californication as the volatile, charismatic rapper turned actor Samurai Apocalypse for Season 6.
2012 With Tarantino’s blessing and Eli Roth’s screenwriting help, RZA writes, directs and stars in his first feature, the kung fu epic The Man with the Iron Fists, the start of a planned four-part series. Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu also star.
2014 Menaces as a dangerous drug kingpin opposite Paul Walker in Brick Mansions, a remake of the 2004, parkour-filled French hit District 13. It is the last film Walker completes before his tragic death and is released posthumously.
2016 His second directorial effort, a New York–set musical titled Coco starring hip-hop artist Azealia Banks as the title character, premieres in March.
2016 Starts filming his third directorial project, the action thriller Breakout, set in Bangladesh.
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day and I had a little foundation that I started at home and I was building on it. Quentin’s editing room was maybe two doors down, but you could still hear the music. He busted in: “That’s it! Keep going that direction!” That’s when I realized he’s the director and he knows what he wants, and I’m here to facilitate his vision. Hopefully our vision as artists is the same, but if not, I have to be willing to sacrifice my vision. At the end of the day, it’s going to say “Directed by Quentin Tarantino” on the credits. That was one of my first lessons in submitting to authority. You have to accept the fact that it’s all about what’s best for the film, and you have to give your all to improving that film.
How did your experiences with the Wu prepare you to direct? I’ve been blessed with working with Wu-Tang for so many years, with all the different personalities and in all the different ways I had to find solutions to get what we needed. So many big egos, not a bunch of followers. So no matter what situation I get in, I’m able to find my zone. And what that means is I’m not the star on the field every time. That’s something I’m able to accept in the film world and the music world. That preparation of the crew has been beneficial for me in knowing how to talk about and translate different ideas to people at a high level.
How did that come into play while directing Azealia Banks in Coco?She’s looked at as a badass right now, but she really submitted herself to this role. She has a vulnerability that she hides, and I thought that I could get it out in the film. I think I did. Being an artist, I know the things that make us excited. I used that philosophy—I’m not going to say it was trick knowledge, but that kind of psychology. I know that we do what we do because we appreciate the attention we get for doing it. You could make all the records you want, but there’s no bigger medium of appreciation than the movie. When I was working with Azealia, I said, “Everything you give me is money in
the bank.” That’s my slang to her. “Everything you give to me, it’s just putting more in this bank, and I’m going to make it worth something for you.” She trusted me. The talent has got to trust you.
Speaking of trust, on the secret album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, other members and affiliated artists didn’t know what they were working on. Why?A few people have voiced opinions as if they were deceived, and I could understand that. But on the business side, you were compensated for your time and for your work. Whatever we were going to do with it really was not your concern. I wish I didn’t have to do it that way but I had to, because, especially in the last 10 years, look how much information comes out [prematurely]. They destroyed 8 Diagrams before the fans even had a chance to hear it, so when you hear it, you’re already biased. So why would I take a risk like that? I’m not taking a risk like that.
You’re a talented chess player and have a Zen approach to winning and losing games. Are you equally Zen about your creative work? Creativity and art is actually not a game that’s played to win. In the beginning, I was playing to win. Protect your neck—it doesn’t get any clearer than that. But a point came when I realized I didn’t have to win when creating art. I had to create. And I had that revelation before I got to Hollywood. In creativity, I don’t think there are any bad decisions. You never know who the creation will inspire, or where it’s going to end up. Even a stupid movie that you may never watch—Attack of the Killer Tomatoes—has something in it for that viewer. Tarantino helped me discover that. Because of that I say just create and don’t be attached to it.
So, what is creative success for you then?To me creative success is completion. You’ve got to complete the task. Of course, if we have lucrative success, that means you could always do it again. Critical success means that your peers actually respected all that work that you put into that shit. When your critics say, “That was a great piece of art and it moved the community,” that’s big. I would choose something lucrative over praise, because it’s a business. But I’d choose completion over money.More knowledge on Twitter @RZA
“ C R E AT I V E S U C C E S S I S C O M P L E T I O N . Yo u ’ v e g o t t o c o m p l e t e t h e t a s k . ”
Managing the disparate egos of the Wu-Tang Clan
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F O R P H O T O G R A P H E R , P R O F E S S I O N A L C L I M B E R A N D F I L M M A K E R J I M M Y C H I N , M AG I C M O M E N T S A R E J U S T PA R T O F E V E RY DAY L I F E . H I S R E C I P E F O R N O N S T O P A DV E N T U R E : “ T H I N K O U T S I D E T H E B OX .” P H O T O G R A P H Y: J I M M Y C H I N W O R D S : A L E X A N D E R L I S E T Z
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A D AY O F F I N T H E H I M A L AYA S“I took this photograph
while on an expedition with fellow American
Stephen Koch, the first man to snowboard on
all Seven Summits. We were the only team on
Everest in the monsoon season and we wanted to descend the North Face on skis and snowboards. We spent one
of our days off on the Rongbuk Glacier and did some climbing
around its edges.”
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A N AT U R A L W O N D E R I N C H A D“This photo was taken when I was on the Ennedi Plateau in Chad with James Pearson and Mark Synnott, climbers from the U.K. and the U.S. respectively.After five days of driving our Jeep along unpaved roads, we came across this stone arch. It was one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen, and I’m happy that I managed to document its first ascent by James and Mark.”
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N O R T H E R N L I G H T S AT L A K E L O U I S E“My good friend Chris Jerard is a writer and photographer for Freeskier magazine.We’d been part of the same long shoot in Alberta and really just wanted to get into our tents and sleep. Then, suddenly, the sky above Lake Louise was gleaming with the Northern Lights. We just sat and took photo after photo until it got light.”
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F R E E C L I M B I N G I N YO S E M I T E“Freeclimbers Kevin Jorgeson (left) and Tommy Caldwell have practiced for years on the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.I had the opportunity to spend a couple of days with them on the wall and take photos. I took this shot early one morning as they were getting ready to practice.”
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A S K I T R I P O N E V E R E S T“I’d been dreaming for years of skiing down Everest. Unlike everyone else, we only made our ascent after the monsoon rains, so there would be more snow.Mentally, it was one of the toughest experiences in my life, because I’d already failed on Everest once before and had almost died in an avalanche. But I conquered my fears and, on October 18, 2006, there I was at the summit with American extreme-skiing pioneers Rob and Kit DesLauriers. Here, we see them about 65 feet from the peak, looking forward to the descent.”
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T O U G H N U T S I N O M A N“In 2012, I joined veteran American climbers Alex Honnold and Mark Synnott in circumnavigating the Musandam peninsula in Oman on a sailboat.We made many first ascents on the pristine islands there. This picture shows Alex on one of the superb rocks— he’d give us no peace until we climbed them.”
TA L E N T is a bit like intelligence: We all think we have it in abundance. It’s only when you meet someone like 42-year-old Jimmy Chin that you’re forced to reconsider. The Minnesota native is one of the world’s most gifted outdoor photographers and film directors. He’s also a professional climber, having made numerous first ascents and conquered all the Eight Thousanders—Earth’s 14 mountains that exceed 8,000 meters (26 thousand feet) in height—without supplementary oxygen. Chin is also a pretty good skier and was one of the first Americans to ski from the summit of Everest back down into the valley. And yet he remains quite modest. “What’s my greatest talent? Bringing talented people together,” he says. “That ability is just as important when making films as it is when climbing mountains, because a team is stronger than the sum of its parts.” So that’s the way he works, but what about his thought process? “Always
think outside the box,” he says. Chin looks for inspiration from other sports to become a better climber, and by keeping an eye on the work of artists and other photographers—whether on war-torn battlefields or high-fashion runways—he constantly strives to reinvent himself behind the lens. Is there anything this man can’t do? “I’m not as good a surfer as I’d like to be,” he says. Somehow it’s hard to imagine Chin being clumsy. There’s that modesty again. jimmychin.com
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S L O W I N G D O W N I N T H E B U G A B O O S
“This is when I was with American extreme
mountaineer Conrad Anker in Bugaboos
Provincial Park in British Columbia.
I photographed him freeclimbing Pigeon Spire solo on a day off. Yes, this
is what a day off looks like for Conrad.”
J I M M Y C H I N is a former Red Bull Illume finalist. Check out his thoughts on mobile cameras and the world’s greatest photography contest dedicated to action and adventure sports on redbullillume.com. Submissions for the 2016 contest close March 31.
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Game of Thrones, Season 6 premieres April 24.
terror, I’ve never been so scared as when I jumped out of a plane a couple of years ago. What made you do that?A broken heart. I was grieving for a lost love and feeling jaded. I had to confront my inner demons, so I did a parachute jump. I tried to shock myself into waking up and feeling what life was all about again. One of the twin sisters I play in The Forest does something very similar.How did it feel? You fly to a height of more than 10,000 feet, stare down
and see everything getting smaller: the houses, the trees, the patchwork fields. As the tension increases, so does your self-doubt. What am I doing here? Why am I putting myself through this? Then comes the sheer visceral terror when you jump out of the plane. You’re in the moment, the wind is hitting you and you’re spinning. Then comes the calmness of the parachute opening and you have that moment of catharsis and
Whether she’s shining as scheming queen Margaery Tyrell in Game of Thrones,
acting the rebel in The Hunger Games or winning awards for her manipulative Anne Boleyn in TV hit The Tudors, Natalie Dormer has proved herself a memorable addition to any cast. So, after more than a decade on screens big and small, it’s surprising that the recent horror flick The Forest marked her first lead role. The prospect was daunting, but that, it turns out, was precisely its appeal. Here, the British actress opens up about facing her fears, taking on physical challenges and believing that it’s the worst experiences in life that can help you the most. the red bulletin: In The Forest, you’re tormented by ghosts and demons. What’s the most terrifying situation you’ve faced in real life?natalie dormer: It could be this film—my first leading role after 11 years in acting. But when it comes to sheer
exhilaration. I learned a great deal about myself that day.Does that mean you would do it again?No, I don’t think so. But I like a challenge—it’s an important part of my personality. If I’m afraid of something, that’s an extra reason to do it, whether it’s jumping out of a plane, running a marathon or five weeks shooting a horror film where I’m in practically every scene. I always look for something I’m scared of—it’s the only way to grow. It’s healthy to leave your comfort zone every now and again. What tips do you have for budding marathon runners? It’s hard enough hearing your alarm go off at 5 in the
morning and getting up to go jogging for two hours before work. But marathon running is about preparation, discipline and sacrifice. Motivation is a very important factor, too. I did my run for a good cause, a children’s charity. There were people who had pinned their hopes on me and I didn’t want to let them down. What time did you run?I did it in 3 hours, 50 minutes, which is pretty good for a first marathon. I’m hoping to do
the same again in April, if my schedule allows. If I do, it will be for ChildLine, which offers free advice to young people in need.But you can’t run a marathon or do a parachute jump every time you’re in need of a new challenge . . .Work is still the biggest challenge. If you pick the right role, you’re forced to grow. You have to raise the bar a bit higher every time. That’s still true of Game of Thrones, even though I’ve been playing the part for five years. The show’s creators uproot your character every season, throwing you into a brand-new scenario. Life also offers you challenges you can’t
plan for. For example, I was bullied in school. And after you’ve been through those lows, it makes you more grateful when things are going well. It may be a cliché, but in my experience, it’s true that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Even when you get broken, ultimately you’ll be stronger when you get back on your feet.Rüdiger Sturm
NATALIE DORMER The Game of Thrones star, who won her first lead role in horror film The Forest, knows how to turn fear to her advantage.
“WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER”
“I ALWAYS LOOK FOR SOMETHING I’M SCARED OF—IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO GROW. IT’S HEALTHY TO LEAVE YOUR COMFORT ZONE.”
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Foxes’ new album, All I Need, is out now on Sony; iamfoxes.com twitter.com/perlmutations
The red bulletin: What’s the secret of an enduring acting career?ron perlman: The most testing part isn’t the time
you spend working, it’s the time you spend not working. We would have expected you to say the opposite.The real peace in my life has always come when I’ve been given a creative puzzle to solve. No matter what else is going on at the time, whether I am having personal difficulties or money problems, as long as I have something creative to do, I’m OK. It’s an addiction.Why do you think that makes you happy?It engages me. It defines me. It gives me a purpose and makes me feel like I’m contributing, which I think is a very male quality. If you don’t feel that you’re contributing, you start to feel useless. So how do you cope with the testing times when you’re not working?I kept having these frustrating phases, gaps between work that would often last for years at a time. Then, when I was 50, it suddenly all blew up. That was 15 years ago and since then everything’s gone well. I was at the point of selling my house, then the phone rang and it was Jean-Jacques Annaud on the other end, saying, “Hey, let’s make Enemy at the Gates!” Does your profession force you to think about
your looks more than the average man? I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my face. I spend a lot of time running away from what I think about my face. The only good thing you can say about my face is that it gets me mistaken for Tom Waits a lot. He’s such a hero of mine, it’s worth being this awkward-looking just to hear that once in a while. You’ve written a memoir titled Easy Street (The Hard Way). It’s pretty candid . . .I actually feel as though everybody, when they get to their mid-60s, should write a memoir, whether you’re famous or not. It’s a very therapeutic thing to do. That book will basically force you to think about your life. You’ll realize what you’ve made of yourself, where you started, where you are now, and whether you’ll be leaving the world in a better state than you found it in. It also ensures you know what you believe in: “Yeah, this is what I feel. This is what I stand for. This is who I am.” And you should do everything in your power to have the f*cking balls to stand by it; otherwise you become like everybody else. If you just follow the tide, you have no right to complain. By articulating all these things, I got a clarity about where I want to go in whatever time the good lord gives me from here on out.Holger Potye
“YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO”RON PERLMAN Hollywood’s nicest bad guy is only happy when he’s acting. But he thinks we should all become authors.
the red bulletin: Is it true that you have a telephone call to thank for your music career?foxes: In a way, yes. I grew up in a small town, and a lot of people thought it was ridiculous that I wanted to be a singer. The day before I started my training to be a beauty therapist, my sister called to make an intervention. “Don’t be stupid,” she said to me. “Your thing is music! Come and stay with me in London and give it a shot.” So I did.Now you’re a Grammy-winning pop star. But weren’t you afraid to leave home at 18, risking everything for a dream?I was. But that was silly. If you can’t see a positive in the future of what you’re doing, don’t be afraid to quit and move on. Pursue your dreams, even if that means risking failure.Isn’t that easy to say in your current position? No. Stability only brings a certain type of happiness. You have to follow your passion or you’ll regret it forever. Florian Obkircher
“DON’T BE AFRAID TO QUIT”FOXES The pop star would be a beauty therapist today if a phone call hadn’t changed her life. Follow your dreams, she says, whatever the risk.
Foxes, 26: The salon’s loss is pop music’s gain.
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wizard flick Fantastic Beasts and Where to
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According to People magazine: “No bassist has upstaged a frontman as well as Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy.”
Fall Out Boy will be touring the U.S. in March alongside Awolnation and Pvris; find dates at falloutboy.com
serious stuff myself, so when someone tells me that our songs have helped them through a breakup or that our music saved their life, that kind of human interaction is the real payoff of my job.How do you react when someone tells you they owe you their life?It’s humbling. But what’s essential in a situation like this is to help people realize that it’s not us, it’s them that saved their own life. Our songs, hopefully, are like the last little dip that puts the pep in your step. It’s like, don’t
forget you’re the milkshake. We’re just the cherry on top.What do you mean?In every single moment you need to make choices for yourself or against yourself. That could be anything, like, am I going to sleep an extra 10 minutes or am I going to get up? With our songs we try to encourage people to make decisions for themselves, decisions that help them. But eventually they make those choices themselves, not us.
The red bulletin: Most people know Pete Wentz as a self-confident rock star who has sold 7 million records with his band Fall Out Boy. But in
contrast to your peers, you don’t sing about your extravagant lifestyle. Instead, you give outcasts a voice.pete wentz: That’s important to me, because I felt a bit like an outsider myself in high school. I played on the soccer team, but I also listened to punk rock and had weird, colored hair. I hadn’t figured out who I was and I was nervous about not fitting in. How did you overcome that?Green Day’s album Dookie was very important to me. It made me feel like maybe it’s OK to be weird. And the minute you accept yourself and say, “I’m an outsider to these people, but I feel comfortable with myself,” life becomes instantly easier.Today you pass on this positive message to kids. What’s the best compliment you ever got from a fan?I’m not a therapist—I’m probably not even the best person to be giving out advice. But I’ve been through some
What’s this choice philosophy all about?It’s based on this Native American parable that’s touched upon in the recent movie Tomorrowland. There are two wolves fighting inside of everybody. One wolf stands for despair, joylessness and selfishness, the other one stands for positive traits. In the story, someone asks which wolf wins. The answer is, the one that you feed. You have to make an effort to feed the good side, that’s what the “making choices for yourself” means. Your capacity to grow and to be a happy person is only going to get bigger by feeding compassion and empathy back into the world.
What do you do if you feel the negative wolf is taking over?I have two kids, and if I hang out with them it’s pretty much like taking happy pills. When you hear a 1-year-old laugh, it’s pretty much the funniest thing on the planet. It changes my mood.Your career is a prime example of turning from outcast into rock star. What’s the secret of your success? There’s something to be said for perseverance. My dad
used to say, “Put elbow grease into it.” You just have to push through tough times—that’s the hardest part. I’ve always found Michael Jordan’s story inspiring. He was famously cut from the basketball team as a high school sophomore. Imagine if he hadn’t tried again the next year, we wouldn’t have Michael Jordan! That’s pretty crazy.Did Fall Out Boy experience setbacks at the beginning?Totally. Our band toured the country in a small van. Usually not a lot of people showed up to our shows, so they got canceled. Back then, no one told us we were special. We were just this punk rock band from the Midwest. But we
believed in ourselves and kept doing what we love.How did you stay optimistic?Setting ambitious goals might have helped. I just always wanted to be the biggest band on the planet. We’re nowhere close; it’s still a long way up, but that’s something that has always kept us going.Florian Obkircher
FALL OUT BOY The Chicago-based punk rock band’s mastermind, Pete Wentz, explains how to value your flaws and turn outsiderdom into success.
“IT’S OK TO BE WEIRD”
“WHEN SOMEONE TELLS ME OUR MUSIC SAVED THEIR LIFE, THAT KIND OF HUMAN INTERACTION IS THE REAL PAYOFF OF MY JOB.”
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HAIL OF STONESRed Bull Sea to Sky is a Hard Enduro event in the Turkish resort of Kemer, where the world’s motocross elite go head to head for three days straight, across beaches, through forests and finally up a mountain. Avoiding flying pebbles is the least of their worries.
SUN, SEA AND SUFFERING: AT RED BULL SEA TO SK Y, THE ELITE OF THE HARD ENDURO
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SANDSTORMThe Beach Race at Kemer on day one determines the starting order for the two main stages: the Forest and Mountain Races. After a mass start, there’s a high-speed section leading into a motocross course complete with turns, hills and trial-style obstacles. Here, Britain’s Jonny Walker, who dominated the 2015 Hard Enduro series, takes first place.
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“ANALYZE THE 16 FEET AHEAD OF
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WINNER GR AHAM JARVIS: “EVERYONE EXPECTED
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A CHAMPION’S TACTICSAbove: Enduro veteran Graham Jarvis after crossing the finish line. The 40-year-old missed his pit stop during the Mountain Race, got past rivals Jonny Walker and South Africa’s Wade Young and went on to win his fourth Red Bull Sea to Sky title. No less exhausted at the end were Jonathan Richardson (below) and Paul Bolton (bottom).
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OFF-ROAD R ACERSShowdown on day three. Race favorite Jonny
Walker thrashes his KTM 300 EXC through the Kesme Bogazi gorge in Kemer. The crowning stage of the
Mountain Race leads from the beach downtown up to the 7,762-foot volcano Lycian Olympos. Despite
having suffered a heavy fall when he overshot a cliff, the 24-year-old keeps the race exciting all the
way to the end. “The adrenaline,” he’ll say later, “kills the pain.”
The power of confidence
M e x i c a n f r e e d i v i n g c h a m p i o n E s t r e l l a N a v a r r o k n o w s t h e e s s e n t i a l r o l e t h a t s e l f- b e l i e f p l a y s i n t h e q u e s t f o r
s u c c e s s . I t ’s w h a t e n a b l e d h e r t o d i v e 2 2 6 f e e t u n d e r w a t e r w i t h o u t a n o x y g e n t a n k , s m a s h i n g r e c o r d s i n t h e p r o c e s s .
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Navarro swims with a whale shark in the
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Navarro’s passion for diving (opposite) goes hand in hand with her career as a marine biologist and fashion model.
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Navarro puts on her wetsuit in La Paz harbor. Below: Diving with the sea lion colony at Isla Espíritu Santo.
People sometimes say that a baby’s first experiences define the rest of its life. Take Estrella Navarro. Her swimming-coach father Carlos Navarro got her into the water before she could walk, setting her on the path that would result in Mexican freediving records and a championship crown. Like a real-life Aquaman (if Aquaman was a Latin beauty with come-hither eyes), the marine biologist from La Paz can hold her breath for several minutes while regularly diving to depths of more than 164 feet, thanks to breathing techniques developed over years of practice. But it’s self-confidence that Navarro identifies as the primary attribute underpinning her rare skill set. Without it, Navarro would never have found herself so deep under the water. And it’s become a bit of a guiding light for her: Have complete faith in your potential and success will naturally follow.
S t e p b y s t e pNavarro’s water confidence began as early as it gets. When she was only a few months old, she was introduced to the swimming pool. “I started freediving when I was a baby,” she says. “My dad took me into the water when I was really little, and I learned to swim before I could walk. Babies start swimming naturally, so that was how it all began.” Before she could talk, Navarro could already hold her breath like a pro, thanks to her father, who encouraged a little friendly competition with her older brother. “Even then, she could hold her breath for over three minutes,” he says proudly.
Fast-forward a couple of decades of swimming experience later and Navarro encountered another man who would become crucial in her career as a future freediving champion. “Five years ago, when I was 25, I met Aharon Solomons, one of the best freediving coaches in the world,” she says. Solomons held the key to the next level for Navarro. “I was just minding my own business when Aharon saw me in the water,” she remembers. He told her that, with her swimming style and ear-clearing abilities —a diver must be able to equalize the pressure that builds inside his or her ears while underwater—she could
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become the national champion in no time. “I thought it was weird that he had suddenly approached me and said that,” she says. “But I responded by asking, ‘When do we start?’ ‘Tomorrow,’ he replied.”
In this case, Navarro’s confidence in her ability to freedive came from her absolute faith in her coach. She had attended a course run by Solomons while at university and accepted that if he showed such confidence in her potential, she could, too. She just needed to follow his lead. “I already knew of Aharon’s reputation,” she says. “And I had always
wanted to compete. When he told me that I could become a national champion, I totally believed him. I was thrilled.”
The results soon spoke for themselves. “Just as he predicted, only three months later I broke the national record,” she says. Navarro followed up by becoming the first Mexican woman to win a medal at the world championships of freediving—the AIDA Individual Depth World Championships—taking bronze in the Constant Weight, No Fins (CNF) category, competing against 150 other freedivers.
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Exploring the waters of Isla Espíritu Santo, a small island off the coast of Mexico.
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“On that occasion I descended 164 feet and back up while swimming breaststroke,” she says. To date, Navarro has broken the national freediving record 21 times and won two international medals. She credits Solomons’ confidence in her, which proved infectious and allowed her to push her limits. But it wasn’t easy.
A l e a p d e e p i n t o t h e d a r k n e s sFirst, Navarro had to learn how her body worked, inside and out. “Before I was taught freediving relaxation techniques, I could hold my breath for three minutes and 20 seconds,” she says. “Aharon showed me how to breathe so that I consumed oxygen more efficiently. That’s the key. Breathing is the intersection between the body, mind and emotions. By using it to relax, I was able to optimize my oxygen consumption. Then I managed to hold my breath for four minutes.” Now Navarro had the potential to win. It was time to put her newfound belief to the test.
Navarro soon learned progression goes hand in hand with risk. To improve, she had to take a literal leap into the unknown. “I was very scared,” she says. “In freediving you really have to develop your mental
“ W h e n a p e r s o n s h o w s b e l i e f i n y o u a n d t h e y s a y t h a t y o u c a n d o i t , d o o r s o p e n f o r y o u . ”
strength. You go deeper and deeper underwater and it gets darker and darker, until you find yourself in the shadows.” But gradually, Navarro turned the murky depths into her playground. “Most of the time, I feel fear at the surface,” she says, “but when I relax and submerge my face, the fear disappears. Now I’m more comfortable in the water than out of it.”
For the uninitiated, feeling at home at depths of 196 feet without breathing apparatus seems improbable at best. But it makes perfect sense to Navarro. “It’s physical and psychological,” she says. “There’s more freedom of movement down there. When you’re in contact with the water, your mammalian diving reflexes are triggered. All the muscles in your body immediately relax; even my back gives way, and since there’s no gravity, I can move in any direction. I’m totally weightless. It’s like flying.”
To reach a level of freedom in the water that most of us will never be able to understand, the freediver trains five days every week, in the sea, in swimming pools and on land as well. She also meditates every day. “In competitive freediving,” she says, “you have to calm your mind in order to have as few thoughts as possible, so you use less oxygen.” Faith that she could achieve her freediving goals meant Navarro developed real physical and mental control in the water. She became a master of the shadows that once scared her.
F r e e y o u r m i n d f r o m f e a r“Being told as a child that you can do things, that you can achieve something, allowed me to reprogram my mind to get there,” she says. “It’s really important for coaches to communicate that to their students. You might have the same technique as the other competitors, but if you don’t believe you can win, forget it. That’s what makes the difference.” For Navarro, it took the faith of both her father and Solomons to wake her up to what she was capable of. “They helped me to believe in what I was going to achieve. Confidence is everything. When coaching others, it’s the first thing I work on: preparing the mind. When a person believes in you, when they say you can do it, new doors open for you.” And when the mind believes, the body will follow.estrellanavarro.com
Preparing to dive at Balandra Beach, La Paz.
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E a c h w i n t e r , t h e c r u i s e s h i p M S C D i v i n a i s t r a n s f o r m e d i n t o a t h r e e - d a y f l o a t i n g r a v e , w h e r e 4 , 0 0 0 p a r t y p e o p l e g a t h e r i n s w i m w e a r a n d a n i m a l c o s t u m e s , a n d s t a r D J s c o m p e t e i n p o t a t o - s a c k r a c e s w i t h t h e i r f a n s . I a n W i t l e n , i n - h o u s e p h o t o g r a p h e r f o r t h e H o l y S h i p ! f e s t i v a l , e x p l a i n s w h y t h e h i g h s e a s t r u m p t h e m e g a c l u b e v e r y t i m e .
Fatboy Slim opened the February 2015 festival with a crowd-pleasing set including the hit “Praise You” as the ship sailed out from Miami.
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The brochure for the MSC Divina describes it as a family-oriented cruise ship with water parks and spa rooms. Each week, this 1,000-foot-long, 18-deck-tall colossus sails from Miami to the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean. All its itineraries are designed with peace and relaxation in mind—except for two weekends each winter, when the Holy Ship! festival welcomes 4,000 ravers, each of them armed with their own set
of rules, aboard the luxury vessel for three days of decadence. The pool deck is transformed into a dance floor, and partygoers strut between club, cabin and whirlpool in their swimwear as more than 100 DJs, including Robin Schulz, Disclosure and Skrillex, keep them entertained. You can take breaks from the nonstop dance party in the onboard casino or try to get rid of that hangover in the well-equipped spa. The ultimate destination of this floating electronic festival is an idyllic private island in the Bahamas where a beach party is held, with guest stars like Pharrell Williams. “Holy Ship! is like a floating summer camp for grown-ups,” says American photographer Ian Witlen, who has attended six of the seven cruises organized since 2012. “You really notice that when you’re standing between a mermaid and a guy in a shark costume at the breakfast buffet and realize you’re dancing again. Or that you haven’t ever stopped.”
After arriving in the Bahamas, the ravers are taken by ferry to
the beach party.
You can either dance or splash around in one of 12 whirlpools (below) as the duo Galantis plays. Holy Ship! makes both possible.
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1 . YO U M E E T T H E STA R S D O I N G T H E S A C K R AC E“At a normal festival, you might be lucky to scavenge an autograph from a DJ like Skrillex when they come to the railing after finishing their show. Then they’ll disappear backstage or fly off to their next performance. At Holy Ship! things are different. Because the only way to get back to dry land is by helicopter, most DJs stay onboard for the whole festival and are accommodated in berths cheek-by-
During Skrillex’s set, one of the DJ’s friends proposed to his girlfriend.
“ Y o u ’ l l e n d u p s t a n d i n g b e t w e e n a m e r m a i d a n d
a g u y i n a s h a r k c o s t u m e a t t h e b r e a k f a s t b u f f e t . ”
“ B I K I N I S A N D S W I M W E A R A R O U N D T H E C L O C K ”In the early years of Holy Ship!, Ian Witlen came aboard as a photojournalist for music magazines including Rolling Stone and Spin, but now he’s the official party photographer. The 32-year-old explains why you should forget your cell phone but be sure to pack a penguin costume and a bathrobe for this music festival.
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jowl with the partygoers. You might bump into them when the other DJs are performing, or at the pizza buffet, or, if we’re talking about Fatboy Slim, at the sack race. After his 2015 gig, the DJ played summer-camp games for hours with fans on deck.”
2 . YO U C A N F O R G E T YO U R S M A R T P H O N E“You don’t have any reception when you’re at sea. And even when the ship lands in the Bahamas, you’re better off leaving your phone in airplane mode. You’re charged $20 for every megabyte used. There’s been free Wi-Fi on the ship since last year, which is handy, but the majority of the crowd are happy to make the most of the digital abstinence. One of the things you notice is that, for once, when there are DJs playing, almost no one is holding their phone in the air to film it.”
buffet, where there’s always an impromptu party going on thanks to somebody’s Bluetooth speakers. Or you can sniff out one of the cabin parties—residents will get together with 20 of their friends to create mini-clubs.”
4 . T H E R E ’S H E A LT H Y L I V I N G I F YO U WA N T I T“Four years ago, DJ Gina Turner had the bright idea of turning her passion for yoga into an activity, inviting the crowd to join her. Now, 200 people go for the early shift over the afterparty. The MSC Divina also has a large spa area, in addition to basketball, volleyball and tennis facilities. Believe me, after a big night out, there’s nothing better than chilling out with a hot-stone massage.”
5 . S U P E R STA R S P U T I N T H E W O R K“In 2014, Pharrell Williams was the special guest star of the festival. He jetted onto the island by helicopter and played a set at the beach party. But what was even more special was the set he performed on the ship afterward. He appeared in one of the clubs, hooked up his smartphone to
An empty swimming pool
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while English producer Sub
Focus plays.
“ I f y o u ’ r e s t i l l g o i n g s t r o n g a t 6 a . m . , y o u c a n c a r r y o n d a n c i n g i n t h e b u f f e t o r i n t h e c a b i n s . ”
3 . T H E PA R T Y N E V E R STO P S“The great thing about partying out at sea is that no one complains about the noise. And since no one on the ship wants to go to bed, there’s no closing time. There’s music playing for around 20 hours a day on the ship’s five stages. If you haven’t had enough by 6 a.m., you can carry on dancing at the 24-hour
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the decks and played songs from his album Girl, which had not yet been released, including uncut versions of hits such as ‘Happy.’ DJs like Skrillex often do likewise, performing impromptu onboard sets in addition to their official performances.”
6 . YO U D O N ’ T H AV E TO E AT FA ST F O O D“You can get pizza and hot dogs around the clock, but if you fancy a change from the regular festival grub, there’s a fancy restaurant in the hold where you can order three-course meals from the à la carte menu and drink red wine out of proper glasses. You can’t eat in your swimwear there, which makes it the perfect place to temporarily leave the crazy party scene behind. Except, that is, when they’re holding one of their costume dinners with themes such as Noah’s Ark, when sharks and penguins overrun the place. Then it feels like you’re at an Alice in Wonderland tea party.”
7. YO U C A N L E AV E YO U R T E N T AT H O M E“The most annoying thing about music festivals is trying to find your way back to your tent every night. Of course, you have to stumble your way back to your berth on the ship, too, but at least you don’t have to do it in the dark. You take an elevator back to your quarters, not a jam-packed shuttle bus. You soon notice while onboard how ill-equipped the tent is as a place to recharge your batteries. The 1,700 berths may be small, but at least they come with a bed and shower. And for those with particular accommodation needs, there’s the Sophia Loren luxury suite, which was designed with the help of the film diva herself.”
8. E V E RY B O DY T R AV E L S L I G H T“People attending Holy Ship! sport a uniform of bikinis and swimwear 75 percent of the time. In other words, ravers cool off after dancing by diving into the water and then come back to the club in their swimwear. For any festivals on dry land, you’re best advised to put on a jumper in the evening. If you get cold on the ship, you just go to the clubs below deck, where it’s as hot as a sauna.”The next Holy Ship! festival takes place in January 2017. For more details, go to holyship.com
Pharrell Williams (the hat proves this was in 2014) played unreleased tracks.
Tommy Trash (left) hosts some of the
craziest parties onboard. Here,
the Australian DJ is chewing on a
foam hand.
Bikinis and sunglasses:
Mandatory even at night.
“ T h e g r e a t t h i n g a b o u t p a r t y i n g o u t a t s e a i s t h a t n o o n e c o m p l a i n s a b o u t t h e n o i s e . ”
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sound waves. bang-olufsen.com
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The BeoLab 90 (shown minus its sleek outer skin) has
a 360° design and a variety of settings to ensure the
music sounds mind-blowing wherever you’re standing.
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This watch might look like a retro timepiece, but in truth that label is way off the mark. You could call it the aspiring Rolex spin-off’s “reinterpretation” of the diving watch. With design flourishes like the dome-shaped black dial —a throwback to Tudor’s classic 1954 diving watch, the Submariner —the latest Heritage variant evokes much stronger memories of the past than the also-available red and blue models. Spec-wise, though, it’s very much a nod to the present. The robust 41mm-diameter steel case can, as you’d expect, withstand water pressure up to 660 feet, while the interior ticks away at 4 hertz thanks to the ETA 2824 mechanism—a self-winding, double-sided rotor. Then there’s the black rotatable bezel with luminescent markers (which, for safety reasons, is unidirectional, reducing the chance of potentially dangerous timing errors while under the sea). But despite all the modern tweaks, the dials and hands have, as always, been designed with optimal readability in mind, whether in or out of the water. tudorwatch.com
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Another distinguishing factor of the new Tudor Heritage Black Bay is the strap—or rather, straps. Black fabric comes as standard, and buyers also receive their choice of either the steel bracelet or elegant aged-leather strap.
DEPTH CHARGE
Our pick of the best retro-reviving diving watches
Tudor Heritage Black Bay
BACK IN TIME
Oris Divers Sixty-FiveThis revival of an iconic diver’s watch salutes the ’60s with its blue-black dial. It’s powered by the robust Sellita SW200 automatic caliber, and the steel case with sapphire crystal and unidirectional bezel is water-resistant up to 330 feet. oris.ch
Seiko Prospex Diver’s 6309Forty years on from the debut of Seiko’s 6309 range come new models with a 44.3mm stainless steel housing (waterproof
up to 660 feet) and an in-house automatic caliber with a 41-hour power reserve. The LumiBrite paint on the rotating bezel and time hands increases visibility. seikowatches.com
Longines Heritage Diver 1967Also inspired by the ’60s is this stainless steel model, though the red rotating bezel has grown to 42mm. The steel case protects an exclusive automatic caliber with a 54-hour power reserve and is water-resistant up to 1,000 feet. longines.com
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Land Rover and Barbour coats
The classic British outerwear company
Barbour brings its usual mix of style and
ruggedness to Land Rover’s latest clothing collection of men’s and
women’s jackets. landrover.com
PERFECTLY FORMEDFiat’s compact car has racing spiritSeeking high performance that’s also easy to park? Fiat’s racing division, Abarth, has introduced its latest 500 model, the 595 Yamaha Factory Racing edition. The 595 produces 160 hp from its 1.4l T-Jet straight-four engine and gets the full treatment with lowered suspension and Koni shocks. Plus, there’s Abarth’s quality detailing: full leather interior, flat-bottomed steering wheel and aluminum pedals, all nicely tucked away behind privacy glass. More conspicuous is the car’s rumbling, Record Monza exhaust. Trust us, everyone will hear you coming. fiatusa.com
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The Ferrari F12tdf gives you track-level
performance on the road.
Spartan and sporty: The cockpit of
the F12tdf.
When it comes to supercar stakes, Ferrari’s style sometimes comes second to its passion for profit. But when the carmaker puts style first, it can craft a real jaw-dropper. Case in point: the Ferrari F12tdf.
The “tdf” stands for “Tour de France,” in honor of the historic endurance race that Ferrari dominated in the 1950s and ’60s. The Maranello factory plans to build a limited run of 799 vehicles and pack each one with a staggering amount of new and sexy tech.
The 6.3l V12 engine accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds and boasts an astonishing 769 hp. An abundant use of carbon fiber substantially reduces the overall weight, and an aggressive bodywork profile increases downforce by 87 percent. Last but not least, a new active rear-axle system, dubbed “Virtual Short Wheelbase,” reduces oversteering, ensuring that owners reach their destination with all four corners of their beloved sports car intact. ferrari.com
A RARE BEAUTYFerrari wows with its new supercar
Maserati accessories
Fashion house Ermenegildo Zenga has
teamed up with Maserati on a line of luxury
accessories celebrating the release of the Ghilbi and the limited-edition
Quattroporte. zegna.com
MOTOR MERCH
Buy it, wear it, drink it on
the rocks
Rolls-Royce cocktail hamper
There’s top-notch car merchandise and then
there’s this extravagant, hand-crafted cocktail hamper. Only 15 will be made, so if you
have to ask the price, think again.
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COMING ATTRACTIONS
The best new entertainment
to binge on
GAME Uncharted 4: A Thief’s EndKnown for its cinematic graphics and engaging story lines, this PlayStation-
exclusive action series gets a next-generation sequel. A Thief’s End sees treasure hunter Nathan Drake come
out of retirement for his most personal mission yet. Available April 26 on PS4.
unchartedthegame.com
TV Daredevil
The Netflix hit returns on March 18 for more ass-kicking, bone-crunching
Marvel goodness. Jon Bernthal joins the cast as this season’s antagonist,
The Punisher, while old flame and trained assassin Elektra (Elodie Yung)
spices up the scene for Daredevil (Charlie Cox). netflix.com
GAME Hitman
A reboot of sorts, this sixth game in the assassin series returns to basics, focusing on separate missions rather
than an overarching plot and details of Agent 47’s murky past. Expect more inventive ways to dispatch targets,
too. Available March 11 on PS4, Xbox One and Windows. hitman.com
Batman wonders if the all-night
grocer sells Kryptonite . . .
Wonder Woman:
This Amazon delivers.
FILM
CLASH OF THE TITANSTwo comic-book giants go to war in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. We guide you through one of the year’s most ambitious blockbusters
C U LT U R E
Wait, Batman and Superman are fighting?Metropolis is still recovering from the collateral damage caused by Superman’s (Henry Cavill) heroic exploits in 2013’s Man of Steel, and Batman (Ben Affleck) isn’t happy with the alien superhero. “He’s angry, and he fears what Superman may do . . . if he does decide to turn against us,” Cavill explains. It doesn’t help that Supe’s old enemy, Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg), is fanning the flames.Batman has changed his appearance, too . . .Yes, he has a grizzled look and a gray-and-black costume influenced by Frank Miller’s classic comic The Dark Knight Returns. “I wanted a war-weary Batman bearing the scars of a seasoned crime-fighter,” says director Zack Snyder. Who are the other new characters?Batman v Superman marks the big-screen debut of Wonder Woman, played by Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious), along with Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and, reportedly, The Flash (Ezra Miller). This is the start of the Justice League—DC Comics’ answer to Marvel’s The Avengers. So it’s the start of a new cinematic franchise?Hence the “Dawn of Justice” in the title. All the new heroes will get their own spin-off, leading to a Justice League extravaganza. “It’s one giant story,” Snyder explains, “and the other movies will support the coming-together of the Justice League.”Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is in theaters on March 25. batmanvsuperman dawnofjustice.com
HEROES UNITEDThe new characters in Batman v Superman
Wonder Woman Also known as Diana Prince, this Amazon warrior princess is as strong as Superman, with indestructible bracelets and a weaponized tiara.
The Flash Rumored to be making a debut. Barry Allen to his mom, The Flash gained the power of super speed after an encounter with some
mystery chemicals.
Aquaman This Atlantis-born
superhero (aka Arthur Curry)
can breathe underwater and control sea life using telepathy.
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THE PLAYLIST JÓHANN JÓHANNSSONIn 2002, Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson released his debut album, Englabörn, which sounded like a chamber orchestra jamming with a robot. Since then, the epic quality of his work has attracted film directors. His score to 2014’s The Theory of Everything won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination. This month brings another Oscar nod as the 46-year-old’s sinister soundtrack for crime thriller Sicario competes in the original score category. Here, he talks about the five film scores that changed his life. johannjohannsson.com
“David Cronenberg’s scary films were a big part of my youth, I watched them so obsessively on VHS in the ’80s that the tape wore out. It was impossible to buy the Scanners score in Iceland, so I had to record from TV to cassette to listen to it. Shore’s music stands out for
its interesting and visionary combination of orchestral and electronic elements, which is something I aim for, too.”
Howard ShoreScanners
“Morricone’s soundtracks for spaghetti westerns like A Fistful of Dollars are amazing, but I prefer his more obscure scores from the ’70s, when he worked with an Italian improvisational avant-garde group. They did a few albums together and some of their music ended up in this
horror crime film. It’s fascinating stuff. He was the first film composer who used his recording studio as an instrument.”
“This is the score that got me interested in cinematic music, not least because the film itself is so strong. Director Alfred Hitchcock’s way of arranging the interplay between Hermann’s score and the images on screen is unsurpassed. The music is almost like a character in this
film. Check out the scene where James Stewart is following Kim Novak—it’s almost choreographed like a dance.”
“This minimalistic score for Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic, recorded by an Italian prog-rock band, is unique. It’s based on this repeated six-note phrase that builds and builds and has this unsettling effect. But it’s alluring and hypnotic at the same time; it really casts a spell over you.
I admire filmmakers who take chances with the score and don’t go for the more conventional or safe choice.”
Bernard HerrmannVertigo
GoblinSuspiria
Ennio MorriconeGli Occhi Freddi Della Paura (Cold Eyes of Fear)
Miles DavisAscenseur Pour L’Échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows)
“What’s mind-blowing about this score is that it was improvised. Davis took his band into the studio, projected the film onto a screen and they played along while watching it for the first time. It was all finished in one day. Nobody has done that since, except for Neil Young [Dead
Man] apparently. I think that’s a great way of working. It’s my dream to do an improvised film score at some point.”
THE GADGETTitan Reality PulseThis egg-shaped pad is claimed to be the first virtual-reality music controller. A high-speed 3D sensor instantly recognizes gestures, movements and even shapes, on and above the 12-by-12-inch surface. This makes Pulse capable of digitally replicating hundreds of instruments, ranging from guitars and harps to drums and keyboards.titanreality.com
SUPER DISC-OUNT
Put away your CDs and MP3s—the vinyl revival is in full effect. Thinking of getting involved? Take a look at our top three
budget turntables
for pragmatists
ION Duo DeckGet this if you want to buy vinyl yet still play music on your phone. You can
convert records and cassette tapes to digital
files via USB while you listen.
ionaudio.com
for audiophiles
Audio Technica AT-LP60
The king of affordable turntables features a built-in switchable preamp, so you can simply hook it up to your computer and
its speakers.audio-technica.com
for nostalgics
Crosley CruiserThis ’60s-style turntable-
in-a-suitcase, with its built-in speakers, not only looks great on your shelf,
it’s a practical travel companion, too. Available
in a variety of colors.crosleyradio.com
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set in New England premiered at Sundance last year, it was deemed
one of the best horror films in recent years. It’s a perfect blend of witchcraft, religious hysteria and Satanic goats for your next
nightmare. thewitch-movie.com
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The Walking Dead
Nothing says “I love you” like the zombie apocalypse. Spend
Valentine’s Day with Rick and the gang as
they try to dig their way out of another heap of crawling corpses. Who do you think will “die”
this time around? amc.com/the-walking-dead
14 February
Who likes to rock the party? You like to rock the party.
SAVE THE DATE
TV, movie and tech
releases you won’t want
to miss.
Feb. 14 NBA All-Star GameToronto
For its 65th year, basketball’s beloved exhibition game will be held outside the United States for the first time. Serious fans must pack their long johns and head to Canada if they want to breathe the same air as LeBron James. The rest of us can tune in on TNT. nba.com/allstar
March 18-20 Ultra Music Festival Miami
Hundreds of thousands descend upon downtown Miami for scores of adrenaline-fueled sets by the biggest DJs in the world. Plus, the party scene surrounding the fest is even hotter. Case in point: Last year, rapper Lil Wayne shut down the Red Bull Guest House with a poolside performance at the Sagamore Hotel. This year, maybe it’s you. ultramusicfestival.com
March 11-20 SXSWAustin, TX
With more than 500 music shows, loads of film screenings and enough interactive panels to make your head spin, it’s clear this once scrappy fest is now an entertainment behemoth. Streamline your schedule by downloading SXSW’s app, and when you feel overwhelmed, head to Rainey Street for a beer at Craft Pride or a masterful cocktail at Half Step. sxsw.com
Oculus RiftThe future of gaming is now: Shipments of the
first consumer model of the highly anticipated virtual-reality headset
finally arrive on doorsteps. Don’t forget
to take your Dramamine before
embarking on an epic, five-hour gaming sesh.
oculus.com
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watching and Kanye spotting in the world. Take cues on how to upgrade your wardrobe
from the likes of Calvin Klein Collection, John Varvatos, Michael Kors, Billy Reid and more. mbfashionweek.
com
Orange is the new black?
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FINLAND
He’ll go far: Wardian winning by night in Melbourne.
The American won his first Wings for Life World Run in 2014 in Florida in blazing sunshine. He won his second in Melbourne in the depths of night, running almost eight miles more in the process. In the
beginning, he was scared of going for night-time training runs: “Would I find my way? Would I be able to see enough? Would I be visible enough? Who would help me if something happened? Animals are often more daring at night than they ought to be.”
But his concerns soon dissipated. Preparation and the right equipment, he learned, are half the battle. Then the advantages of running at night are huge. “All your senses are really sharp. Your activity level is through the roof. If I’m out running at night, I feel like a superhero with
magic powers. Then you get that tingling sensation you get from doing something exciting, almost like you got when you were a kid. Everyone thinks you’re in bed, but you’re outside running about. That gives those training runs a little extra kick.”
Wardian’s nocturnal sorties are extensive. “Sometimes I’ll be out for five or six hours. The city feels different at night.” He has one vital tip for anyone who wants to venture out of their daylight comfort zone. “If you’re planning to do long nighttime runs,” he says, “learn to eat at all times of day and night.”
Wardian will be competing at the 2016 Wings for Life World Run in Japan, which, conveniently, starts at 8 p.m.
AC T I O N E V E N TS
Can’t make it to any of the 34 cities where the Wings for Life World Run will be held on May 8,
2016? Be part of this global event with a Wings for Life World Run Selfie Run! Just download the app for iOS or Android and the virtual Catcher Car will set off behind you. wingsforlifeworldrun.com
BRIGHT STUFF
Handy items for a run in
the dark
Garmin Forerunner
620A good GPS watch will
help you judge distances correctly at night.
Importantly, this one is highly readable.
Puma Running Night
Cat T-ShirtMake sure you’re visible
without looking like a clown. Thanks to
360-degree reflective elements you will be.
LED Lenser Neo
Super-lightweight, convenient, inexpensive
and bright enough to cope wherever you are.
Puma FAAS 600 S V2
Suitable for every running style and with high visibility thanks
to reflective Night Cat mesh.
THE MAGIC OF THE NIGHTMichael Wardian is one of the world’s best marathon runners. But it’s only after night falls that he feels like a superhero on a secret mission. How does he do it?
Night runner Michael Wardian, 41
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SURVIVE A VOLCANIC ERUPTIONLava, ash, debris, poisonous gases, airborne shards . . . when a volcano blows, you don’t want to be close by. But what if you are? Award-winning geologist Dougal Jerram knows the dangers of being in the path of an erupting volcano, having studied volcanic margins all over the world. He’s also an expert in surviving them. Avoiding the initial debris is only part of the battle, he says, as waves of hot gas and rocks may follow. “That was what killed most of the population of Pompeii,” says Jerram. And that’s before rivers of mud and boulders begin to flow. This is what to do if a volcano erupts near you. dougalearth.com
1Take coverFind shelter from the shower of ash, rocks and volcanic bombs,
but beware: Ash accumulates quickly on roofs, making them collapse. Locate a safe route away from the volcano as soon as possible. When the eruption column collapses, you may be hit by pyroclastic density currents—hot gas and rock traveling at up to 400 mph.
2Go undergroundIf a pyroclastic density current is barreling its way toward
you, there’s little chance of survival unless you find a sturdy bunker below ground. When Mount Pelée erupted on Martinique in 1902, more than 30,000 people were killed, but a convict in a subterranean cell survived. After the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980, gophers emerged from their dens to discover all the trees had disappeared.
3Mask upExplosive eruptions fill the air with volcanic shards that can
be deadly if inhaled. Lava flows carry invisible poisonous gases like sulphur dioxide. In both cases, a good face mask can be a lifesaver. If you don’t have a mask, dampen any fine-cotton clothing you can get your hands on and hold it over your mouth and nose.
4Get highPost-eruption, there is still the threat of lahars: volcanic
debris dislodged by melting snow or torrential rain and sent hurtling downhill. In 1895, more than 23,000 people were killed by these deadly mudflows after Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted. Lahars follow riverbeds and access points down the volcano, so seek higher ground.
5Stay alertEruptions can, in part, be predicted. Volcanologists
produce hazard maps based on eruptive records, and modern technology including GPS mapping and drones that measure heat and gases can alert us to any approaching danger. Warning system networks have been placed in volcanic areas—towns close to Katla in Iceland, for example—to watch for signs of potential flooding or tsunamis. Such measures are invaluable, as even a few extra minutes of reaction time could save your life.
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SCOTTeVEST PUFFER JACKETIn the years before all of our tech gets woven into our clothing, the 19 pockets in this warm jacket will make it easier to carry all your gadgets around with you. scottevest.com
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SENNHEISER RS 185 WIRELESS HEADPHONESAn audiophile’s dream, these headphones offer hi-fi sound minus a wire tethering you to a spot. Enjoy max-volume music at home anytime, anywhere. sennheiser.com
SAMSUNG GEAR VRAn affordable VR headset ($99) that takes Galaxy smartphone users into a new world. oculus.com
NIXIE WEARABLE DRONEThis prototype for the first wearable drone can fly off to film or take photos of your exploits, then return obediently to your wrist. Available soon. flynixie.com
SENSORIA SMART SOCKSAround 65 percent of runners get injured each year, and these sensor-equipped socks are here to help reduce the risk. Via an app, they offer real-time analysis and coaching to help you improve your running style. sensoriafitness.com
LECHAL RIO LEATHER SHOESA tech pod snaps onto the side of these stylish shoes, enabling them to track your activity and even give you directions using vibration. lechal.com
ATHEER AIR SMARTGLASSESThese interactive 3D smartglasses, designed for professionals, mean anyone from doctors to plumbers can study, manipulate and annotate 3D images with a nod of the head or a flick of the wrist. atheerair.com
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VOLLEBAK CONDITION BLACK JACKETBe all but indestructible in this seriously rugged snow-sports jacket. One of many great features is the innovative material ceraspace—second in toughness only to diamonds—in 19 well-placed protective panels. vollebak.com
HEDDOCKO SMART SUITWorkout gear that’s not only breathable and tough but clever, too. Track data on the app and get live feedback to improve form. You can even chuck it in the washing machine. heddoko.com
CUBE BASELAYERTech contained in this base layer material regulates your temperature, keeping you warm when it‘s cold and cool when you’re hot. Sadly it can’t make you go any faster. cube.eu
CHRONOSBilled as the “world’s thinnest wearable,” this little disc (3mm thick, 33mm in diameter) brings your analog watchband up to date. Link to your smartphone to silence phone calls or skip tracks with a wave of the hand, and track fitness, too. wearchronos.com
ION SNAPCAMYou’ll never miss that perfect moment when you snap this tiny device into place and shoot stills or video with just the tap of a finger. Though small, this robust gadget can take 5,000 high-resolution images or film for two and a half hours on only one charge. ioncamera.com
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COLUMBIA WINTER CATALYST GLOVESClever thermal reflective insulation means these waterproof gloves keep your hands warm and dry in all conditions. columbia.com
HELLY HANSEN OFFSHORE RACE JACKETDesigned for sailors in extreme conditions, the Helly Tech fabric of this super-lightweight jacket stops all water getting in, while letting moisture vapor out for true comfort. hellyhansen.com
ADIDAS TECHFIT POWERWEB TANKThis tight-fitting tank top aids posture and supports muscles to improve power output and energy efficiency when training. adidas.com
PAVLOK BEHAVIOR CHANGERThe makers of this electric-shock-delivering bracelet claim it can break any of your bad habits in just five (painful) days. pavlok.com
WEARABLE TECH
HUAWEI WATCHThis Android- and iOS-compatible smartwatch combines classic looks and modern tech, offering a choice of over 100 digital faces, comprehensive fitness tracking and plenty more. huawei.com
MICROSOFT HOLOLENSBlending the digital world with the real world, this headset creates realistic holograms that can interact with your environment. One of the most exciting applications for this versatile tech is using a wearable hologram weapon to blast the evil robot that‘s sitting on your sofa. microsoft.com
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TAYMORY WARHAWK TRISUITIn the field of competitive sports, the wrong gear can make the difference between a win and a fail. This elite trisuit gives triathletes a boost with a lightweight material that also protects and dries ultrafast for maximum comfort. taymory.com
PROJECT JACQUARDOK, so you can’t go out and buy it now, but this Google project is worth mentioning, as its fabrics will soon revolutionize the fashion industry. Having observed that the structure of textiles isn’t a million miles from the structure of touch screens, the folks working on the project have managed to weave conductive threads into a brand-new sort of yarn that makes fabrics interactive. They’re effectively adding computers to our clothes. Being able to swipe the leg of your jeans to turn the lights down or change the song your smartphone’s playing is just the tip of the iceberg. google.com
UNIQLO HEATTECH T-SHIRTDesigned to sit discreetly under your shirt on cold days, this T-shirt made with anti-microbial fabric eliminates odors while preserving your own body heat to keep you warmer. uniqlo.com
MOOV NOW FITNESS COACH Can’t afford a personal trainer? Moov offers coaching, analysis and workouts in real time, and you can also measure yourself against your friends online. moov.cc
LUMENUS BACKPACKDesigned to improve cyclist road safety, Lumenus jackets and bags light up at night. Program in your route via the app and the backpack will indicate turns and put on brake lights in all the right places. lumenus.com
OMSIGNALA fitness system that promises to deliver in all conditions. The OM Smart Box is equipped with five sensors and attaches to a smart T-shirt made from conductive thread to ensure detailed readings no matter how much you sweat or move. Then the app does the in-depth analysis. omsignal.com
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PAMUKKALE, TURKEY October 24, 2015For more than 2,000 years, people have been flocking to the hot springs of Pamukkale seeking a cure for their ailments. But Brian Grubb is the first one to ride his wake skateboard in the world-famous Cleopatra’s Pool. “It’s huge fun,” he says. “As long as you avoid the pillars.”
MAKES YOU FLY
“Surfing inCleopatra’sbathtub? Check!”Thirty-five-year-old American wake skateboarder Brian Grubb can check one thing off his bucket list.
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