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AUGUST 2013A B EYOND THE ORDI NARY MAGAZIN E
UPGRADENOW!
TRAIN LIKE AWORLD CHAMP
FIGHTB a t t l e f o r t h e o c e a n s
A m e r ca s C u p
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WELCOMEWaves were on them and under them this
month, with world-beaters in both places. The new
boats in this years Americas Cupare among the
most advanced vessels built for any sport, and
the crews that race them put their lives on the
line every time they take to the water. Beneaththe surface, but no less at risk, is Franco Banfi
and his driving passion: to photograph the most
dangerous sea creaturesin the world. Another
hidden world revealed by The Red Bulletinthis
month is the secret street artby Belgian graffiti
genius ROA. His images of animals could not be
more different to those of Banfi, yet they are
equally stunning. All that and much, much more,
including the stuff that makes soccer hotshot
Neymar so special. We hope you enjoy the issue.
READY FOR TAKE OFF
The catamarans that will slice throughSan Francisco Bay in next months
Americas Cupare creating a new typeof sailor for a new kind of sailing
66
August
In fencing you have totrick your rival to win.
Turned out I had a realthirst for it. Its fun
Sharppractice:OlgaKharlan
THE WORLD OF RED BULL
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FLAVIENDU
HAMEL/REDBULLCONTENTPOOL,DANWILTON/REDBULL
CONTENTPOOL,FRANCOBANFI,PHILIPPFORSTNER,JOYROOM
21 87ME & MY BODY
How European beach volleyball champClemens Doppler plays a numbers game
with the tool of his trade: his physique
THE JOY ROOM
With champagne showers, fountainsand house beats, this club is the hot spotfor thewise pleasure seekersof Mexico
76RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY
In New York Citywith the talentedstars of tomorrow as they breakfast with
Blondie and jam with James Murphy
BULLEVARD
10 photos of the month
17 newsSport and culture on the quick
21 me and my bodyClemens Doppler
24 Kit bag A bowmans equipment26 wheres your head at?Neymar
28 winning formulaThe science
behind indoor weather systems
30 lucKy numbersOne-hit wonders
FEATURES
32 Wet And WildUnderwater photographer Franco
Banfi on the dangers of a life aquatic
44 Girls NamesThe Belfast post-punk four-piece
get to grips with life on the road
46 Thrusting TalentWorld-class fencer Olga Kharlangets straight to the point
50 Uphill StruggleWho will come out on top at thePikes Peak International Hill Climb?
60 Painting The TownSecretive street artist ROA speaks
exclusively toThe Red Bulletin
66 Not Plain SailingFlying high with the new Americas
Cup catamarans in San Francisco
76 Lost In MusicThis years Red Bull Music Academy
attendees get into the groove in NYC
ACTION
86 get the gear A bikers back-up
87 party Clubbing in Mexico City
88 travel Dune bashing in Abu Dhabi
89 trainingInline skating
92 my cityA graffiti artists Dublin
94 playlist With Empire Of The Sun
95 save the date Events for your diary98 time warped Can it be true?
AT A GLANCE
32ANIMAL INSTINCT
A photographers subjects can be difficult,but the underwater creaturesin Franco
Banfis images can bite back fatally
HIGH DRAMA
Taking the high roadto victory with rally legendSbastienLoebat the PikesPeak International Hill Climb,aka The Race To The Clouds
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CONTRIBUTORSWHOS ON BOARDTHIS ISSUE
The comic book artist and
illustrator has had his work
published in theNew York Timesand the Wall Street Journal, but
hes not normally preoccupied
with football. Before he drew
Nymarfor The Red Bulletin,Inzana had never heard of the
Brazil and Barcelona hotshot.
I thought Neymar was the nameof Ernest Hemingways boat.
We Americans, he says, with
a grin, still see soccer as a fad,like the internet and penicillin.
RYANINZANA
A lifelong
passion formusic makes
the Dublin-based writer perfectly
placed to bring the best nw mscto the magazine. He also spends
time with artists with bigger
riders. I love great storytellers,
he says. Eugene Hutz of GogolBordello told me the epic tale of
his familys journey from Ukraine
to the US. Lee Scratch Perry hasyarns about the halcyon days of
reggae, involving everyone from
Bob Marley to Keith Richards.
Sadly, most are unprintable.
EAMONNSEOIGE
In 2008, the
Frenchman
crossed thePacific in a sailing boat, so when
he gets his camera out to take
pictures of boats, he knows ofwhat he snaps. To best capture
the ferocious beauty of the
Oracle teams Amrcas Cp
yacht, Grenier chartered ahelicopter and buzzed the boat
during its training runs in San
Francisco Bay. His photos haveappeared in newspapers and
magazines around the world,
includingParis Match, Yachting
WorldandLe Figaro.
GUILAIN
GRENIER
FRANCO
BANFI
I thought thatNeymar was thename of ErnestHemingways boat
RYAN INZANA
Growing up on
Lake Lugano,
little did Banfi
know that the lakes of his Swisshomeland would soon prove too
small for him. Since then he has
become one of the worlds leadingpractitioners of underwaterphotography. Crocodiles, whales,
stingrays: he approaches them allwithout fear. His most dangerous
assignment to date was shooting
a cheerful anaconda in Brazil:
it was only afterwards that Banfilearnt that the giant snakes will
swallow anythingthat comes near
them, with or without a camera.
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W I N T E R B E R G , G E R M A N Y
MIRROR IMAGESlopestyle is the discipline mountain biking
borrowed from snowboarding: big air and intricatetricks on an obstacle-riddled course. Its the one withthe most wow factor, so photographer Lorenz Holder
knew he had to do more than just point and clickto capture it correctly at the Red Bull Berg Line event.
The mirror was on a digger; Holder a tight deadline.My window of opportunity was small because
I wanted the sun in the shot. When Frenchman YannickGranieri leapt from ramp to ramp, the stars aligned.
Watch video of the event: www.redbull.comPhotography: Lorenz Holder
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G L A S G O W , S C O T L A N D
MIND GAMESFour years ago, Danny MacAskill was messing abouton his bike around the village of Dunvegan on the Isleof Skye. Four years and one day less ago, an internetvideo of his cycle tricks turned his life around. A seriesof further films established him as the best streettrials cyclist in the world. His latest project is a venuetailor-made for what he does best, inspired by whathe knows best: his own mind. Devised by MacAskill
to reflect his childhood passions, Imaginateis theobstacle course every kid dreams of, made real. Hisinner me reached out immediately: the first videogot two million hits on its first day of release.
See it come alive: www.redbull.com/imaginatePhotography: James North
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NAPLES, ITALY
PLEASURE FLIGHTThe airpseed indicator reaches 400kph. Aerobatics pilotMatthias Dolderer, in his Zivko Edge 540, makes spectatorsbelow in the Italian port city gasp in amazement. (Theyremainly there to watch the Americas Cup World Series; Dolderer,of the Flying Bulls display team, is providing extra thrills.)Knowing that the German flying ace would be passing over somechoice backdrops, including Mount Vesuvius, photographerOlaf Pignataro fixed a camera to tip of the Zivkos left wing.
Pilot project: www.matthiasdolderer.comPhotography: Olaf Pignataro/Red Bull Content Pool
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Five KnivesNot the usual Nashville sound:Anna Worstells mesmerising
vocals over dubstep beats.
BliTz KidsBritish emo rockers
letting distorted guitars looseon big-time melodies.
new BeaT FundLoud and edgy California hipsters
reminiscent of a 90s Beck.Recommended: Scare Me.
BeaRTooThThe motto of this in-your-face
metalcore ensemble from Ohio,USA, is: Let em have it!
PHOTOGRA
PHY:DANIELSIMON(2),TINAKORHONEN
Sport and culture on the quick
AzoresOrlando Duque heads for pastures new onthe Portugal leg of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.d Trm
Drive into the future witha modern master of concept cars
ROADAHEAD
While working for Bugatti, German designer
Daniel Simon began sketching out futuristic cars
and spaceships in his spare time. By 2007, hehad enough grand designs to publish a book,
Cosmic Motors, which earned him a traffic jam of
fans, including racing legend Jacky Ickx. Then
Hollywood came knocking. Simon, 37, hasnt
looked back since, designing the Light Cycle
for TRON: Legacy. His new large-format bookseries, The Timeless Racer, depicts fictional
cars from the years 1981 and 2027.
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PHOTOGRA
PHY:IMAGO(2),GETTYIMAGES(2),PICTUREDESK.COM(
2)
He writes hits like other
people write grocery lists
and he shops for others asmuch as for himself. Just this
year, Pharrell Williams, 40,
has been in the studio withbig-name collaborators
ranging from Destinys Child
to Daft Punk. He helped the
latter write the ubiquitoushit, Get Lucky. How does he
relax? Writing music for
childrens animated films:Williams latest soundtrack
is forDespicable Me 2.
: You work
across multiple genres, buttheres one thing your songs
have in common a certain
sense of cheekiness. :
Tragedy after travesty thereis so much going on. People are
becoming desensitised. I think
its a cultural shift among thecollective consciousness that
people are looking to smile.Is writing for kids films
different to writing albums?
Its kind of the same, except
you have to be harmonious
with the intentions of thewriter and the director. It
doesnt matter how good you
think the song is, it may take
them to a different place and it needs to be cohesive.What projects have you
got coming up?
Im producing albums for
Jay-Z, Kylie, Miley Cyrus and
Jennifer Hudson. They donthave to work with me, but they
have. Im pinching myself.
Im black and blue all over.
W..ams:
Pha
www.phawams.com
Wh good: Bsh monan bk sa GAhon n anng fo h Wod Champonshp
King of the hills?Last season, mountainbiker Gee Atherton often
found his way onto the
podium. This season,
hes usually on top of it.I changed my training and I now have
the best bike in the field, says the
28-year-old, Salisbury-born rider. Forthe imminent World Championship in
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, there
will be even more changes.
Theres going to be a lot of pedalling, sowere going to look at the weight, introduce
a hydraulically adjustable seat post and
maybe use bigger wheels, he says.Who can win? Greg Minnaar, Mick
Hannah, Aaron Gwin about five, six
people. If he had to choose: overallseries winner or world champ? The
overall winner says more from a sporting
perspective, but the World Championship
has more prestige. And that winnersstripy tricot [jersey] is damn comfy.Bgnnng on Ags 26: www.c.ch
Tokyo One Red Bull Street Styleentrant finds himself in limbo in Japan.Naoyk Shbaa
Potosi Stunt rider Aaron Colton takes a novelapproach to cornering on the open roads of Bolivia.Paco Cook
Hong Kong A drummer gets proceedingsunderway at the Red Bull Dragon Roar boat race.Andy Jons
Be luckyThe 2020
Olympics hostcity will soonbe revealed.
Heres hoping
for a bettermascot than
turiN 2006The Italians choseNeve and Gliz a
snowball and a blockof ice. They received
a frosty reception.
AtlANtA 1996It still remains a
mystery what Izzy,a blue creaturein tennis shoes,
exactly was.
BeiJiNG 2008The Fuwas were
symbolic of Feng Shuielements, but looked
like domesticatedPokemons.
We HAVeA WiNNer!
THE HIT MANPop producer and trendsetterPharrell Williams on collective consciousnessand his new passion: music for childrens films
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Race King 2.2 X-King 2.4
LaCONTIguy[Andreu Lacondeguy]
rides on Handmade in Germany
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Sounds of the cityBelfasts Belsonic festival isnt your usual field-turned-music venue, but a city-based series of big-name,outdoor gigs. Grand Custom House Square will playhost to up to 50,000 heady revellers for 12 days, asacts including Basement Jaxx, Ben Howard, Nine InchNails and Jake Bugg take their turns on stage. With notent to be pitched, this is an urban music celebrationfor those who prefer tarmac to mud, and a dailyhot shower to a 30-minute queue for the Portaloo.
www.belsonic.co.uk
Waking their markThe cream of British wakeboarders are gearingup for Loch Stock, a weekend of hard-foughtcompetition on Loch Lomond in Scotland. Riderswill battle for UK Wakeboard Tour points and all-important bragging rights, as seasoned campaignersand rookies alike use obstacles to show off theirtricks and aerial prowess. After the competition,there will be celebration and commiseration at
the evening after-party on the loch shore.www.facebook.com/LochStockScotland
Smokin on the water:Loch Lomond
Basement Jaxx live
FULL THROTTLE BERLINRadio host Sakhile Moleshe on current global club
trends from powerful synths to Portuguese recitativo
As an in-demand vocalist famous for working with South African danceduo Goldfish, Sakhile Moleshe travels the world, playing and making
music. Twice weekly on internet radio show Globalize Yourself Stereo,
Moleshe and partner Xee serve up fresh new electronic tunes from their
South African base. Tuesdays are dedicated to smoother tracks, whileon Saturdays the tempo rises, getting listeners in the party mood.
: Which music trends excite you most right now?
:Aggressive dance blended with Portuguese recitativo, where thesinger adopts the rhythms of ordinary speech. It comes from Angola, but
youre starting to hear it in European clubs and people flip out when it comes
on. Apart from that, Shangaan electro is exciting. The beat is incredibly
fast, double the tempo of rave music, and the dance steps are crazy!
Which world city parties hardest?Berlin. Recently I wanted to check out a club there called ://about blank.
I arrived at 11pm, but the place wasnt even open. When I came back at1.30, there were maybe 10 people on the dancefloor. At 5 in the morning,
when I was on my way home, the queue was snaking around the block.
Which song do you have on repeat right now?
773 Loveby Jeremih. For many years the most exciting house music
came from Berlin and London. Now America is striking back with a mix
of trap and house beats, powerful synths, a lot of bass and raw rap singing
all put to fast rhythms. This track by Jeremih is very much in that mode.
Vancouver Swapping pedals for paddlesat Red Bull Divide and Conquer in Canada.Bryan Ralph
Zeltweg One way to get a great view of theaction at the Airpower 13 air show in Austria.Red Bull Skydive Team
New York A Treequencer a sound tree in the recording studio for Red Bull CreationAaron Rogosin
Moleshe (right) andXee of internet radio
show GlobalizeYourself Stereo
WORDS:RUTHMORGAN.PHOTOGRAPHY:JAMESBOWLER
,REXFEATURES,GLOBALIZEYOURSELF
Globalize YourselfStereoairs every Tuesday and Saturday 6-7.30pm (GMT):
www.redbullmobile.com/globalizeyourselfstereo
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ME AND
MY BODY
CLEMENSDOPPLER
1 READY, UNSTEADY, GOIm 2m tall and weigh about
85kg, but I can weigh 3kg less
at the end of a season. Its
important to have strong trunk
muscles and the best wayto train them is on a Swiss
ball, by doing exercises on an
unsteady surface. I also
have physio twice a week.
2 HIGHLY EXPLOSIVETake-off power is vital on deep
sand. I train my leg muscles
with various types of squats.
When youre building up your
strength, its heavy weights and
not too many reps say four
sets of six reps of 130kg. Then,
when you want to increase your
strength quickly, the sameexercise with just 100kg,
but done explosively.
FEEL GOOD INK4All my tattoos remind me of
great moments in my life. I got
my first when I was 17: the design
was, of course, a volleyball player.
My volleyball-mad parents
wouldnt have let me get
anything else. The model was
a player from an American
volleyball magazine. Maybe Ill
soon be adding a third number
13 under the ace of spades on
my right arm, by the figures 03
and 07, the years I won the
European championships.
SCREWS LOOSE 5Ive suffered my worst injurieswhile playing. I ruptured my
left cruciate ligament a month
before the 2004 Olympics,
and did it again two years
later at the European
championships. The screws
that were put in my knee
the second time were taken
out when I had an operation
on my meniscus in 2011.
OFF THE SHOULDER 3The most injury-prone parts of
a volleyballers body are the
shoulders. Ligaments and joints
come under enormous pressure
from smashes and hard serves,
which is why I work intensively with
resistance bands to simulate the
ball-striking motion.
PHOTOGRA
PHY:PHILIPPFORSTNER
The two-time European beachvolleyball champion, 32, playsa numbers game with whatgoes into and onto hishighly honed physique
www.doppler-horst.com
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ILLUSTRATION:DIETMARKAINRATH
Bullevard
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THE LIONS HAVE BEEN FED
Congratulations to The British & Irish Lionson their successful Tour of Australia.
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A bowmans kit might not seemto have changed much, butadvances in archery have keptdeadeyes open to new technology
KIT EVOLUTION
TARGETRANGE
ON A LIMBThe limbs are block-glued maple,planed by hand, reinforcedwith glass laminate. Recurvebows, with limb tips curlingaway from the archer, allowfaster shots than straight tips.
68 STATEIn 1968, this projectile wasstate-of-the-art, becauseit was made of aluminium.Advantage: its light.Disadvantage: it breakseasily and one bad shotcould bend it out of shape.
RISER SHINEA bows handle is known
as the riser. Wooden riserslive on in junior and hobby
sports; 50 years ago,hand-turned in maple,
walnut or rosewood,pros swore by them.
This wooden bow, from
a venerable Austrian
maker, now defunct, was
the trusty companion
of many a top archer in
the 1960s. The riser
weighs in at 1.8kg, andthe Zopf X7 was very
stable, but wood had its
downsides: it would
vibrate for some time
after an arrow was shot,
and was susceptible
to the elements.
Less reliable in hot
weather, the cold made
it brittle, sometimes to
breaking point.
The X7 was developedwith input from seven-time world championFrantisek Hadas (above)
www.archery.org
1967ZOPF X7
RECURVE BOW
WORDS:AR
EKPIATEK
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SEE & STEADYTop parts: the
mountable visoris adjusted for
the distance tothe target. Beneath:
three stabilisersmaintain balance
before and afterloosing the arrow.
PHOTOGRA
PHY:KURTKEINRATH(2),WWW.BOGENSPORT-MARKTRED
WITZ.DE,ACTIONIMAGES/PAULCHILDS
IN PIECESDetachable limbs debutedin 1963, becoming standardsoon after. Pro archers todayhave bows designed totheir body shapes usingcomputer software.
HARD COREModern risers are precision
mechanisms, optimally balancedto retain their original position
after shooting and made frommachine-milled aluminium.
STRAIGHTEN ARROWAn aluminium core wrapped incarbon fibre makes this arrowmore robust and wind-resistantthan an aluminium-onlypredecessor of the same weight.
This weatherproof bowseamlessly transfers the
force generated by the
archer to the arrow. Itssynthetic limbs absorb
vibrations better than
wood and the relativelyheavy riser (1.3kg) keeps
recoil low and the target
rate high. At London2012, South Koreas
Im Dong-Hyun (below)
notched a world-record699 points (out of
a possible 720) in the
mens team contest,using his trusty
Win&Win recurve bow.
In Olympic archery,a 12.2cm target centrering is targeted froma distance of 70m
www.win-archery.com
2012W&W INNO AL1
RECURVE BOW
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WHERES YOUR HEAD AT?
NEYMARTo-do list: lead Brazil to home World Cup glory; form Champions League-winning partnership
with Leo Messi at Barcelona. Fcil. Heres the stuff Brazils wonder boy is made of
Country LifeIf Brazil are to win
a sixth World Cup ashosts next year, theyll
need Neymar at hisbest. I dont thinktheres pressure on
me, he says, bendingthe truth like a top-
corner free kick.
Hey Neymar!Neymar da Silva
Santos Junior wasborn on February 5,
1992 in Mogi dasCruzes, Brazil. As
required by law for allBrazilian footballers,he played soccer inthe streets as a boy.
Youd think theydhave pitches all overthe country by now
FantasyStrike Force
I have a contract withSantos until 2014, he toldTimemagazine in February.
I intend to honour it.Three months later, he didthe dishonourable thing
and signed for Barcelona
for a transfer fee of 57m.
In the XI at 11In 2003, Neymar daSilva Santos Senior
moved his family southto Santos, on the coast.Later that year, his boysigned for Santos FC.
The thing I miss mostis playing football on
the beach with myfriends, said Neymar Jr.
KicksAnd Flicks
As the national anthemplayed before his
225th and final gamefor Santos, in April,
Neymar cried. It was
emotional. The filmof my life since I wasa kid came to mind.
Tweet Heart@Njr92 is climbing
Twitters top 100. At lastcount, he had passed
seven million followersand nudged the Dalai
Lama out of 87th place.Cristiano Ronaldo is
soccers top tweeter, with19 million followers.
Groundhog NeyNeymar has been nominated
for FIFAs prestigiousPusks Award every yearsince it began in 2009.
Actually, no he hasnt: in2009, it was Nilmaron the
list. Hes a top player,
said fellow Brazilian Nil, ofNey. The latter won in 2011and came third last year.
GroomedFor Success
Known in hairdressingcircles as the fauxhawk,
Neymars mane has drawnplenty of admirers from
mens mags and that ofPel, who says it, and
aftershave, matter moreto Neymar than football.
www.neymaroficial.com WORDS:PA
ULWILSON.ILLUSTRATION:RYANINZANA
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PERFECT
STORMHeres the forecast: indoor weathersystems and how theyre made
IN THE SKY
A photograph at his grandparents home inspired Amsterdam
artist Berndnaut Smilde to create an interior cloud, now
a source of wonder at Londons Ronchini Gallery. But how
on Earth or just above it does this installation work?Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets which
float in the air, explains Professor Thomas Schrefl of
Austrias St Plten University of Applied Sciences. Forthese droplets to form, water vapour in the air what
we refer to as humidity must condense around small
dust particles. The droplets appear when a relativehumidity of 100 per cent is reached or, in other words,
when the air cannot absorb any more vapour.
The total pressure of the air,p, is the sum of the partial
pressure of the dry air,pd and the partial pressure of thevapour,pv. Once the partial pressure of the vapour exceeds
a certain threshold, we reach the point of oversaturation.
This is the turning point when it comes tocloud-making. But temperature also has a role to play.
Relative humidity is defined as the relationship of
the partial pressure of the vapour to the saturated
pressure of the vapour:f=pd/ps 100. The latter isdependent on the temperature, T, as the solid line,
ps(T), in the illustration shows.
When a humid parcel of air meets cold ground, theair cools, the partial pressure of the vapour exceeds the
saturated vapour pressure, and clouds begin to form.
This part of the process is represented by the horizontaldotted line in our diagram. The point of intersection
with theps(T) curve is what we call the dew point.
IN THE GALLERY
So how does Berndnaut Smilde get a cloud into
a museum space? With trickery, says Schrefl.
Oversaturation occurs when additional water vapour isintroduced to already saturated air. What Smilde does
is intensively humidify the air in the gallery with a water
spray. Then he introduces vapour from a fog machineinto the space and the reaction occurs. Simple.
To ensure it floats in the correct space, it cannot
rise or fall too quickly. The vertical acceleration of
the cloud particles, aC, is dependent on the difference
in density between them and the surrounding air. If
the density of the cloud particle, C, is the same as the
density of the surrounding air A, the accelerationis nil and the cloud floats.
As before, temperature is vital too. Dew point and
density are dependent on this variable. This means
that for a cloud to form, the temperature must beunder 20C. Et voil a cloud-filled room.
More on the cloud artist: www.berndnaut.nl
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Guaranteed to have a good atmosphere:cloud installation Nimbus Minerva by Dutch artist
Berndnaut Smilde, Ronchini Gallery, London
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LUCKY NUMBERS
ONEHIT WONDERSEvery musician hopes to have a hit, but for many, thats where
the dream ends. Here are small tales of big flashes in the pan
By Harper Lee or Capote?
Harvey
Balls Smiley
Hey,Macarena
WORDS:FLORIANOBKIRCHER.PHOTOGRAPHY:DDPIMAGES,REXFEATURES,FRANKW.OCKENFELS,SHUTTERSTOCK,XAVIERMARTIN
No no.1:Jimi Hendrix,Norah Jones,
Iggy Pop
By the book:Edelweiss
PachelbelsCanon in D
What do Jimi Hendrix, Iggy Pop,Beck and Norah Jones have incommon? Theyre all one-hitwonders. None of them hashad more than one Top 40 hitin the US charts. Beck is themost successful of the iniquitousbunch, having made it to number10 in 1994. The song? Loser.
1Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty
had seven Top 10 hits in the UKcharts as The KLF. In 1988, theyimparted their wisdom over 160
pages of a book, The Manual: HowTo Have A Number One The Easy
Way. Viennese jokers Edelweissfollowed the advice and enjoyeda number one in four countries
with their 1989 yodellinghit Bring Me Edelweiss.
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Harper Lee won the Pulitzer Prizein 1961 with her first novel, To Kill
A Mockingbird. The novel has soldover 30 million copies, and was
made into a film, starring GregoryPeck, which won three Oscars.The author has never written a
follow-up, which has only fuelledrumours that large parts of thenovel came from the pen of her
good friend Truman Capote.
30,000,000
Spanish flamenco duo Los del Rioformed in 1962, and waited 34years for their first, and only, hitrecord. But this one really madeit big: Macarenais the mostsuccessful song ever by a one-hitwonder. The remix topped the UScharts for 14 weeks in 1996, sold11 million copies worldwide andunleashed a global dance trend.
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Historys first one-hit wonder wasJohann Pachelbel and his Canonand Gigue in D, which became aworldwide smash 264 years afterthe German composers deaththanks to a 1970 recording by thePaillard Orchestra. It has sincegone on to become a staple at
weddings. Green Day, U2 andAlicia Keys have all borrowedthe catchy chord sequence.
264In 1963, commercial artist Harvey
Ball was asked to design a lifeinsurance logo. Ten minutes later,so he says, the yellow, round and
grinning smiley was born. By 1971,50 million smiley badges had beensold. The logo may have made Ball
world-famous, but it didnt make
him rich. He never applied for atrademark or copyright of the logo
and earned US$45 for his work.
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ANIMAL
INSTINCTPhotographing live models can be a vicious
business, but Fra nco Banfis subjects
actually bite back. The Swiss snapper
on the dangers of a li fe aquaticWords: Arek Piatek Photography: Franco Banfi
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Close upEye to eye with a blue
shark in the mid-Atlantic,off the Azores Islands
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uddenly, the leopard seal is aware of the diver.
Dropping the wounded penguin it has been chasing,
it turns its full attention to the man with the camera.Terrifyingly, the 300kg predator moves at lightning
speed to come eye-to-eye with the photographer.
If it wanted to, it could kill him with a single bite
of its powerful jaw.For Franco Banfi, life and death situations like
this are just part of his everyday work. Its made the
55-year-old from Lugano in Switzerland one of theworlds most in-demand underwater photographers.
Over a career spanning 30 years, Banfi has seen
every dangerous thing the oceans have to offer and
photographed them in close quarters: crocodiles,sharks, giant squids, stingrays, the list goes on. His
motivation is simple. I prefer species that are difficult
to photograph. I risk my life for them, he says.Banfi discovered underwater photography in the
early 1980s. Some friends convinced me to dive in
Lake Lugano, he explains. The world underneath
that surface instantly fascinated me.Underwater photography a means of capturing
that world became Banfis passion. He taught
himself the technical aspects, as well as reading
up on as many species of marine life as he could.To get noticed as a photographer you have
to do what no one else has done before, he says.
Which is exactly what he set out to do, swiftly
establishing his own modus operandi.I dont dash off for the lucky shot; I try to gain the
trust of the animals first, he says. When dangerous
or shy ocean-dwellers tolerate your presence, yourimages take on an entirely new dimension.
Aged 25, Banfi sold his first photo to an Italian diving
magazine. At 34, he won the underwater photography
world championships in Cuba. Since then, his photoshave become a staple of respected wildlife magazines
likeNational Geographic,BBC Wildlifeand Stern.
The art of getting close to an animal, says Banfi,is a mixture of science and experience. Every
species reacts differently, but there is one rule for
survival that almost always applies: show theanimal respect, but never fear.
It was this rule which saved Banfis life during
the encounter with the leopard seal: I stayed
where I was and held the camera out to him. Heswam away. There are always exceptions, however.
When an anaconda gets aggressive, its better to
disappear, he says. Theyre primitive and oncethey start attacking they dont stop.www.banfi.ch
Wet and wild: FrancoBanfi takes a portraitof an 8m-long anaconda
Franco Banfi has30 years experience
as an underwaterphotographer
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Dancing with a manta rayThese giant specimens off the Mexican
island of Socorro accepted me after a fewdays. I laid my hands on them and let
them pull me through the water. Theirskin is as rough as sandpaper. When I letgo, they came back and we set off again.
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Bite-sized imageCaimans [alligator-like reptiles] grow
up to 2m long. To cool off during the day
they open their mouths in the water andremain in this menacing-looking position.
In Brazil I stalked one of them while
swimming. Always from the front, though,
because caimans like biting to the side.
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Eye of the tiger sharkIts one of the most fearsome animalsin the ocean: unpredictable, and with
a bite powerful enough to crack tortoise
shells. We lured this specimen off thecoast of Africa with fish blood. It came
dangerously close: you can see the
shadow of my camera on its snout.
Ice diving with belugasThis photo won a bunch of awards.
It was shot in the White Sea, off the
coast of northern Russia. Beluga
whales are generally scared of people,but this curious, playful guy was an
exception. He got so close that I hadto keep pushing him away withthe camera, just so I could focus.
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Chasing the impossibleNo one has managed to photograph the birth of
stingrays in the wild. A marine biologist and
I accompanied this pregnant female for a weekin the Atlantic, while taking care to avoid the
deadly sting. Unfortunately it got away from us.
What remains are photos of the animal on its
incredibly long search for a spawning ground.
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The well-fed anacondaThis photograph was taken in the
Brazilian wetlands area of Pantanal.
Anacondas wait for their prey onthe bank they even eat crocodiles.
This specimen had already eaten and
barely took any notice of us. But then
it got annoyed and opened its mouthfully in the direction of the camera.
That was our signal to retreat.
Teeth marks in the cameraA saltwater crocodile in a typical
lookout position near the shore off
Papua New Guinea. I approachedfrom the side, getting closer and
closer and then pressed the shutter.
Suddenly its head jerked in my
direction and it bit into the camera.The marks are still there to this day.
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Picking up signalsWhales know when youre nervous,
and it relaxes them when you radiate
calm. This photograph is the result
of harmony between man and
animal. With this sperm whaleI knew beforehand that it was
going to submerge. I went downfirst and took the photo while it
glided past and looked at me.
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Camera-shy monsterGiant squids can grab diverswith their tentacles and drag them
down into the depths. This colossus
accompanied us down to 80m, but
was cautious. When the cameraflashed it jerked away and
slowly snuck up again later.
Feeding the predatorsFor shark shots you always need
bait that you hold out, so they
can smell it, but not reach it. Inour case it was pieces of fish in
cage-like boxes. You start snapping
as soon as the predators approach.
This photo shows me off the coastof the Bahamas at 15m depth,
surrounded by 25 lemon sharks.
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label Captured Tracks and adding bassist
Miskimmin to the fold. In April 2011,
Girls Names released their morbidlythemed debut album,Dead To Me.
There was no plan; it was loose
and organic, says Cully. With [2013album] The New Life, we took a big step
forward. It was more ambitious; better
melodies. We produced it ourselves,
experimenting with sounds, new ideasand the result is like a dif ferent band.
It deals in some serious themes. For me,
I remember the excitement playing
America for the first time, says Cathal
Cully, Girls Names founder and creativecore. One night we were finishing
a European tour in Amsterdam and
the next were playing to a packed
crowd of New Yorkers in Willamsburg.Even now its kind of surreal.
But then you get quite a few
pinch-yourself moments when youdo what we do. On tour, a few years
back, I was standing outside a hotel
with our old drummer, Neil, and hestarted freaking out when he saw
Lee Ronaldo from Sonic Youth
walk by. He nearly wet himself
with excitement. Then again,he had a similar reaction when
he saw Jason Donovan.
Originally from the idyllicCounty Armagh village of
Camlough, Cully moved to Belfast
a decade ago to study at university.
Musics magnetic force wouldsoon alter his path through life.
Ive worked loads of jobs;
gardening, bar work, labourer, jobsthat give me flexibility to focus on
the band, says Cully. I worked in a
clothes shop not so long back and somekids walked in, spotted a turntable andasked Whats that? Music technologys
constantly evolving. The format changes,
but music lives on. Most bands arentmaking shedloads of cash, but a little
struggle can make for better art.
Sipping a few sneaky lunchtime
beverages at the Pavillion on Belfast sOrmeau Road; Cully, Philip Quinn,
Claire Miskimmin and Gib Cassidy are
Girls Names latest incarnation. In2009, songwriter Cully accepted a slot
supporting Californian surf-rock band
Wavves and asked novice drummer NeilBrogan to lend a hand. Within months,
they were cutting an EP for American
glamour: carrying our own gear up venue
stairs in Turin. Its great, though; seeing
new places, meeting cool people.Cassidy didnt have long to learn the
songs. I got the call before Christmas
and was blown away when I heard thealbum. I practised to it at home, did two
rehearsals and was off to the Eurosonic
festival in Holland before I knew it. To be
honest, I totally winged it, he laughs.This August, Girls Names return to
the festival trail, their formidable live
reputation growing steadily.The next major Irish show is
Castlepolooza in August and then
Green Man in Wales, says Cassidy.
Weve certainly moved on asa band from the days of the first
album, says Miskimmin. I feel
a lot more comfortable with myplaying now, but half-hour sets
can be a bit crap. Our favourite
first song is 10 minutes long, and
we like to finish with one thatlasts maybe 12. That doesnt
leave much time in the middle.
Recapturing the hauntingatmospherics of The New Life
on stage brings its own challenges.
Weve rearranged the songs minussynths and added guitar sections, says
Quinn. We really lose ourselves in
the music at times, ramp up the sound.
Cathal often detunes his guitar at theend of songs, getting these interesting
tones. Its a lot different to the record.
For now, gigging takes precedence, butplans for the next chapter are emerging.
There are a few ideas knocking
around, says Quinn. Weve spoken
about moving abroad, to somewherelike Utrecht in Holland, even just for
a short time. A change of scene mightnt
be a bad call. After al l, everywhereis just a long van drive away.
www.facebook.com/GirlsNames
Belfasts post-punk standard bearers were once a surf pop two-piece.Now theyre 100 per cent bigger and twice as loud
Words: Eamonn Soeige Photography: Johnny Savage
it was a cathart ic process. Whatevershappened in life comes out in the music.
Since the records release earlier this
year, Girls Names have toured Americaand Europe, wowing audiences with
aural assaults of foreboding art rock.
I love touring, says drummer Cassidy,
the bands newest addition, who joinedlast December after Neil Brogan decided
on a time-out. The quick-witted, sharp-
dressed and impressively quiffedDubliner splits his time between band
commitments and business interests in
his hometown. We dont have a big fancy
van with reclining chairs. Were more 10-hour, back-breaking drives and then time
to magic up the energy to play. Oh the
On tour: Girls Names give their latest LP a live airing
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The line-up (from left)Philip Quinn guitarand synthsCathal Cully vocalsand guitarClaire Miskimmin bassGib Cassidy drums
DiscographyGirls Names (EP, 2010)Dead To Me (Album, 2011)The New Life(Album, 2013)
Stick Mans StoreAside from keeping time,Cassidy is also proprietorof that increasingly rarebreed, a record shop:Elastic Witch, on DublinsMiddle Abbey Street.
Strike A PoseNikolai Fraiture, TheStrokes bassist, isa Girls Names fan.His soundtrack toa 2012 New York fashionshow included theirtrack Lawrence.
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TALENTWorld-class fencer Olga Kharlan gets straight to the pointin the
run-up to this months World Championships in Budapest
Words: Ruth Morgan Photography: Sergei Chyrkov
hen she was a little girl,
Olga Kharlan dreamed
of being a shop assistantor a dancer. Fortunately for Ukrainian
sport, both career paths were sliced to
tatters the moment she picked up a sword.
That epiphany was 12 years ago. Now22, Kharlan and her sabre have won
two Olympic medals the first a gold at
Beijing 2008, when she was just 17 yearsold and numerous world and European
titles. This month, the girl from Mykolaiv,
near Odessa, is dreaming of yet more glory
at the World Championships in Budapest,and counting on dried fish, self-help and
Marilyn Manson to get her there.
: How did you
get into fencing?
:I clearly remember
the day I first heard about it. I was anenergetic child and used to go dancing a
lot. But when I was 10, my mum said, Im
sorry, but we cant afford to pay for yourdance lessons any more. My godfather
was working as a fencing trainer at the
time so he suggested I go to his club instead.
When did you first realise thatfencing was becoming a passion?
To begin with it was just a bit of fun, but
I discovered my true passion for the sportwhen I started getting results. I had a real
thirst for winning. I love that fencing is an
unusual sport, too you have to trickyour rival if you want to win. Thats fun.
There are three types of sword in
fencing: pe, foil and sabre. Whydid you go for the sabre?
The pe and foil jab, while the sabre
strikes. Its the only weapon where you
can score points with the blades edge.Its a very agile weapon, and as a result
the discipline is incredibly fast-paced.
We fence with greater energy whereas,with the pe and foil, theres a lot
of standing around and waiting.
What do you say to those who claimfencing is not a hugely physical sport?
All sports are physically strenuous, and
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sabre fencing is no exception. You needvast amounts of strength and stamina. We
move around with our legs half bent, so
theres constant pressure on the knees andback which are often injured as a result.
Plus were constantly bruised from hits.
How mentally taxing is fencing?Psychological fitness is just as importantas the physical side. Everything can
change in a second. So we dont just
train in the fencing hall, we train inthe psychologists study, too. He gives
me strategies to focus my thoughts.
Do you miss dancing, your first love,
despite all of your fencing success?Maybe I would have become a great dancer.
I loved samba and cha-cha, but Ill never
know. I sometimes watch ballroomdancing competitions because its so
beautiful, but thats where my interest
ends; my heart belongs to fencing.How did it feel winning bronze atLondon 2012 after gold in 2008?
Before London, I thought that if I didnt
win a gold like I did in Beijing, Id bevery depressed. But I realised that once
youre on that Olympic podium, youre
a winner. Id have liked to be a littlehigher up, but Ive got still time to get
there. Well see what happens in 2016.
How strenuous is your training regime?
Im in the gym for about eight hours aday, six days a week. I do general physical
training and then fencing training, where
we spend a lot of time practising movesand polishing our technique.
Can you eat what you like if youre
exercising that much?
I dont often go on diets. I really lovesavoury food, especially dried fish. Thats
the thing I cant resist. Oddly, I dont
like chocolate, but sometimes and thishappens very rarely I can eat a whole
bar of milk chocolate in one sitting.
After that, I just want dried fish again.Do you ever want to turn off your alarm,
forget the gym and hang out with yourfriends like a regular 22-year-old?
I dont have much free time to myself,and thats the hardest part of my
profession. When I do get time off, I like
to hang out with friends from outsidethe sport. When we meet, we dont talk
about training or competition. We just
go to the cinema, catch up and have fun.
Is talking shop a problem with yourboyfriend, since hes a fencer too?
Yes, Im going out with another sabre-
fencer called Dima, and we often speakabout our bouts and give each other
advice. My coaches would prefer I wassingle, but Dima being around has nevergot in the way. If anything, its helped.
What sort of music gets you in the
mood to do battle?
I love listening to music in my car;when Im at home; when Im training.
Sometimes I cant prepare for a match
unless Im listening to something. I haveall sorts on my iPod, from Metallica
to Justin Bieber. When my boyfriend
listens to my iPod, hes always surprised
by the choice of songs. Hes like,Youve got Marilyn Manson on here?!
Youve had a lot of attention for your
looks as well as your fencing prowess.Are you happy being labelled a pin-up?
Im very flattered that people appreciate
my looks, but feel quite embarrassedwhen they give me compliments. I really
enjoyed being photographed for a
Ukrainian mens magazine but it did
have some negative consequences. Myparents were fine about it, but my trainers
didnt understand why we [Olga and her
two teammates] did it. Afterwards I said
I wouldnt pose for another magazinelike that, but who knows? I might
You still live in the Ukranian town
where you grew up: Mykolaiv, nearOdessa. Are you a local celebrity?
Not really, because fencing still isnt
very popular there. If I get recognised,
its only because of my car because I havemy name and the Olympic rings on the
number plates. [The car was a gift from the
Ukrainian Fencing Federation for winninggold.] Its great when Im recognised as
it means people know what fencing is.
Do you think youll ever leave your
hometown?Ive lived in Mykolaiv all my life and I love
it there. All of my relatives live there and
I share a house with my parents and mydog. My mum always has something
delicious waiting for me when I get back
from competing I love her borscht. I planto live my whole long and happy life there.
Do you still get nervous before a bout?
I always get nervous! Confidence is
a weird thing. You can have it one minuteand then two seconds later its gone.
I have to distract myself from negative
thoughts. My inner voice helps me.I often talk to myself but not out loud.
How are you feeling about the
upcoming World Championships?
My goal is to win individual gold atboth the World Championships and
the next Olympics. Ill have to work very
hard to achieve that, but when I have,Ill be the happiest person in the world.www.redbull.com
If I get recognised
its only because of my
car because I have
my name and the
Olympic rings on the
number plates
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with no end in sight, each of them steeperand narrower than anything the three
road-trippers were familiar with in their
native Kansas. Mary grips the ceilinghandle nervously, but Eric has everything
under control. There are hardly any guide
rails on the side of the mountain roadand Eric has to resist the urge to peerover the edge. Tyre marks scar the
narrow curves so narrow that Eric has
to come to a halt to see around each bend.Soon, the family becomes aware of
a number of tyre marks leading straight
out, over the edge of the abyss. Marygasps for breath in the passenger seat.
In the back, Mary-Jo grins in apparent
delight. Altitude euphoria, mutters
Eric as he navigates the next serpentineturn. What have they got me into?
An icy wind is blowing when they
reach the summit of Pikes Peak; the12.4-mile ascent has taken them 45
minutes. The three Kansans turn their
gaze east, to the Great Plains from where
they have come hundreds of miles laidout before them like a vast, crumpled map.
In the souvenir shop they buy an
ashtray, a sweatshirt and a few fridgemagnets. Then its time to start their
descent. Some 1,440m below, skilful
mechanics are putting the finishing
touches to a small fleet of high-performance cars and motorbikes. The
following day, these vehicles will tackle
20 of the most legendary kilometres inAmerican road racing, when they take
Sky rocket: PeugeotSport built an 875hp208 all-wheel driveprototype for theworlds best rally driver,Sbastien Loeb, topilot up Pikes Peak
very year in late June, Eric, his wife,
Mary, and her mother, Mary-Jo, leavetheir home in Kansas and cross the state
line for an American road trip. This year,
Mary-Jo wanted to see Colorado, first thesmall city of Pueblo, then Colorado Springs
and then on to the highpoint an assault
on Americas Mountain: Pikes Peak.It was on this mountain 120 years
ago, on July 22, 1893, that the lyrics
to the immortal anthemAmerica The
Beautifulcame to songwriter KatharineLee Bates, and I probably wont be
around for the 130th anniversary,
says the elderly Mary-Jo in the backseatof the Volvo, her white ringlets bobbing
in the rear-view mirror.
The road winds around the famous
mountain, a beloved American holidaydestination. One curve follows another
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part in the 91st running of the Pikes PeakInternational Hill Climb. The Unsers,
the Andrettis, the Millens, all of them
have proved their mettle here in theinfamous mountain race to the summit.
In the late 1980s, the Europeans left
their mark on this race for the first time,pulverising the course record with asuccession of rally cars. With four-wheel-
drive and upwards of 500hp, they tore
through the 11-minute barrier on thegravel road to the summit.
The famous road was laid with asphalt
in 2012. At this point an ambitious localcould manage it in 11 minutes, but that
was too slow to break any records. By
the end of 2012, the 9 Minute Club
comprising those daring drivers whodmade the summit in less than 10 minutes
was five-strong. New Zealander Rhys
Millen held the record with a time of9:46.164, with French driver Romain
Dumas 0.017 seconds behind in second.
Making up the five was Japans Nobuhiro
Tajima and the two motorbike riders,Carlin Dunne of the USA and his
compatriot, Greg Tracy.
Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak, but by how
much. In training, his car 875hp strong,
875kg light burned a few seconds perkilometre from the competition, includingthe two current record-holders Millen
and Dumas. America loves winners and
there are huge expectations of Loeb.The 39-year-old is feeling the pressure.
A break between two training runs,
and the nine-time rally world championhas retreated to his trailer. His blue eyes
blaze, thrown into even sharper relief by
stubble now turned pepper-and-salt. He
sprawls on a bench, relaxed. Although ofslender build, his powerful upper arms
are testament to the work he has already
done, taming both mountain and car.First I had to establish trust in the
Peugeot, he says. I had to find out how
nervous the car was and what I could do
with it. During a test in France we sortedout the major problems transmission
too long; suspension too hard; steering
too direct and on the first run in Americathe car did everything I wanted it to. I
dont know what the old rally cars felt like
on Pikes Peak, but this ones insanely fast.
Nevertheless, can he really go at100 per cent speed here on these
miserly roads clinging desperately tothe flanks of the infamous mountain?Loeb hesitates: Lets say 99 per cent.
Theres another major drawback:
unlike the World Rally Championship
(WRC) there is no co-driver to dictatethe curves to him during the journey.
How well does he know the route?
Even before I came here, I hadmemorised the sequence of curves,
says Loeb. I studied on-board videos
at home, then I came here with my co-driver, Daniel Elena. We drove the route
and put together a pacenotes book, just
as I would in a normal rally special stage.In the WRC we only get to inspect
the course twice: the first time you put
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Everyones a winner:
from souped-up single-
seaters to sidecars, all
kinds of vehicles compete
at Pikes Peak
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he latter pair didnt
use petrol or dieselon their way up to the
summit in 2013, instead
they trusted their
fortunes to electricenergy. Indeed, this
was in many ways
a race made for theelectric engine:
conventional petrol-burning motors
have to cope with performance lossat high altitudes. Despite large
turbochargers and advanced electronics,
there simply isnt enough oxygen to
burn. Anyone who makes it to theseheights having surrendered a quarter
of the horsepower they had in the valley
has really done their homework.Electric cars dont have this problem,
of course, but their batteries even
in a relatively short race like this are
heavier than fuel engine units. And evenif big name car manufacturers like
Mitsubishi are now putting their name
to some of the electro-projects, thisstill remains pioneering work: little
more than glorified tinkering.
Of course, there wont be a whisper ofthis when it comes to the overall victory.
Not when the challenger is celebrated
French rally driver Sbastien Loeb. The
main topic of conversation here on themountain is not whether Loeb can crack
the record in his specially developed
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together the notes and the second timeyoure checking them. Here, the third
run onwards was all new for me. I was
able to tell Daniel 100m before the nextcurve what was coming, and he checked
it. I would say 120 left and he would
correct me, like 120 left plus. We droveit together nine times, and the last threetimes I didnt make a single mistake.
Perfection is whats required here
and Loeb wouldnt have it any other way.I approached Pikes Peak like I do all of
my projects: professionally, with a good
team and to the very highest standards.I know there is no room for even the
smallest error. But I have no interest
in just coming here and driving with
the pack. I want the record.There are parts of the course where
the road drops 500m into nothingness,
with no guide rail. At many of these curves,such as the forebodingly named Devils
Playground at 4,000m, the cars in the fastest
class reach speeds of well over 200kph.
With a car as powerful as the Peugeot,if you steer just a fraction wide, youre
history, says Loeb. You have to be precise.
It was actually easier before on gravel;you can work much more with the car.
Meanwhile, clouds roll in and the
weather service forecasts a 30 per cent
chance of rain.
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penultimate curve; at the finish line sheclings to him, sobbing. In the heat of the
battle, Bruno Marlins passenger, his son
Jrmy, leans so far out that the youngFrenchman scrapes his helmet visor on
the asphalt. American Wade Boyd wins
ahead of Japans Masahito Watanabe.Rivals on the track, they all embraceonce they get to the summit. Theyre
not racing against each other, but
against the mountain and the clock.That goes double for Sbastien Loeb,
the first starter among the cars. If all goes
to plan, he will win, that much is certain.Whats interesting is the time he does it in.
Long before you see him, you hear him.
Every change of gear is an explosion
amplified by the Rocky Mountain cliffs: astaccato of explosions coming nearer and
nearer. Between Devils Playground and
the summit, the road keeps disappearingand the eyes strain to focus. The
silhouette of the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes
Peak should be appearing down there, but
its already ahead, at a crag further on.The ear has tricked the eye. Later the
telemetry will show a peak speed of more
than 240kph, the wild beast with thehuge spoiler zooms, roaring, from one
corner to the next, disappears, reappears,
tears past at easily 170kph on a double
60-degree curve, at the end of whichyawns a 300m abyss. At the exit, the
inside front wheel is exactly on the white
line marking the edge of the asphalt. It isan exact, clinical procedure: one of those
moments which very few men on this
planet can pull off in a car.
The clock at the finish line shows anunbelievable 8:13.878, one-and-a-half
minutes under the existing record.
Membership of the 9 Minute Club isa bit less special today. In second place
is last years victor Rhys Millen, with
a respectable 9:02, which might be aneternity better than his old record, but
is still in a completely different league.
At 4,300m above sea level, Loebseems happy and relieved: I felt goodin the car and I decided on all-out
attack, he says. Pikes Peak was my
season highlight, and this record meansa lot to me. He will drive his last WRC
event in his native France this autumn,
and in 2014 hell enter the touring car
world championship (WTCC) in aCitron, which will manage a mere third
of the performance of the Pikes Peak
Peugeot. The nine-time rally worldchampion has enjoyed his mad week
in this unbelievably powerful, radical
car, built just for him.In the meantime, the mountain has
reminded everyone why they call this
event the Race to the Clouds. It drawstogether a mighty contingent in white
and grey and gives it a vigorous shake:
rain, hail, snow, fog, wind it takes
the whole afternoon to get the last24 cars up the hill. Theres no hope
of a record or even a respectable time
now, and how could there be: nowits the turn of the soapbox cars, the
home-built, rebuilt, the jerry-built,
the family teams; the products of
long winter nights tinkering. Thespectators greet every last one of
them with great respect and genuine
enthusiasm, and rightly so.Sbastien Loeb is still up there on
the summit, in the middle of a sleet
shower and pea-soup fog. Everyonedrives down together, whether hobby
warrior or record holder. Everyone
is equal before the mountain.
In the Best Western Hotel inManitou Springs, where Eric, Mary
and Mary-Jo are recovering from their
previous days exertions, theres a dozycalm. Mary-Jo snores lightly on the
veranda, Mary browses the latest
edition of theNational Enquirer. With
earphones in his iPad, Eric is watchingthe race online. Bit of a hotshot, this
Loeb. Next year, Eric decides, hell
send the two girls up to the summiton the cog railway. Hell master the
route to the top alone and wont slow
for any curve. How hard can it be?www.redbull.com
Take a seat in Sbastien Loebs cockpitand join his breathtaking record drive inThe Red Bulletintablet edition.Download it now for free
On top of the world: Sbastien Loebcelebrates at 4,300m above sea level
he following day,as early as 3am,
a good two-and-
a-half hours beforesunrise, a 1km-long
colonnade is working
its way up themountain, past the
herd of campervans,
which were already in
place the day before. Admittedly, the banon open fires makes hearty weekend fun
difficult. Colorado is suffering from
severe forest fires and hoping for rain.Up at the summit, its bitterly cold.
Along the road, yesterdays meltwater
from late-season snow is still frozen.First up are the motorbikes, the riders
exposing themselves to the dangers
of the mountain without roll cages or
any of the protection afforded to theirfour-wheeled rivals. Supermotos and
vintage racing bikes follow, all
conquering the mountain to a greatshow of reverence from the fans.
A few dauntless individuals serve
to remind us that sidecars still exist, with
hearts bigger than anything humanoid.Johnny Wood almost dislodges his
passenger, Giorgina Gottlieb, in the
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Hes a faceless superstar: a wall-painting
nomad, artist and rebel. The Red Bulletin spoke
exclusively to ROA in what is his
longest interview to date
WILD SIDE
THE
OF TOWNHes a faceless superstar: a wall-painting
nomad, artist and rebel. The Red Bulletin spoke
exclusively to ROA in what is his
longest interview to date
WILD SIDE
THE
OF TOWN
Words: Jasmin Wolfram and Andreas RottenschlagerPhotography: Philipp Greindl
Words: Jasmin Wolfram and Andreas RottenschlagerPhotography: Philipp Greindl
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Long spray days:
First my shoulders
ache, then my back
and then the index
finger thats from
pressing the button
of the spray can
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ADDITIONA
LPHOTOGRAPHY:ELSAOKAZAKI
: You spray huge
motifs onto public walls, often
under extreme time pressure. Which
parts of your body start to hurt first?:I recently worked on a motif
in the commercial port in Linz, Austria,
for nine days; sometimes 12-hourshifts with no break. First my shoulders
hurt, then my back, and then the index
finger on my right hand, which is the
one I use to press the spray-can nozzle.Of course, a motif on that scale is
a mental challenge, too.
ew York; London; Berlin.
If you hunt around theworlds great cities, youll
find ROAs animal murals on
walls in courtyards, sprawled
across the side of factories.Inspired in part by the sketches of Charles Darwin, the secretive Belgian street artist
paints in simple blacks, whites and reds and has, of late, become hot property. Now,
rather than running from the law, he is being offered gallery space by big-name artdealers. Some of his works are the size of several tennis courts, while smaller pieces
hang in prestigious venues such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
Last year, the Stolen Space gallery in London gave him a solo exhibition.
Although his art is publicly displayed worldwide, ROA is a very private man.There are no photos of his face in the public domain. His pseudonym, he says,
doesnt mean anything. His reasons
for privacy are simple: Works aremore important than people.
When The Red Bulletinmeets
him, hip-hop is blaring from laptopspeakers on the second-floor balcony of
the Galerie Hilger NEXT in Vienna.
Empty spray cans are strewn across the
floor. The sun will be going down anyminute and hes running out of light.
ROA has to have his latest
installation an enormous kingfisherwith outstretched wings finished by
the following evening. But, as night
falls, he finds time to sit down withThe Red Bulletinfor a rare interview.
Not pictured: ROA inthe Galerie Hilger
NEXT in Vienna: I am awall-painting nomad
How do you go about transferring anA4 sketch onto a multi-storey building?
I make my sketch directly on the wall.
A wall is like any other work surface, justa little bigger. I find it boring to reproduce
something youve already painted, so my
sketches are mainly doodles. I want to
create something new and fresh each time.Many of your works could be painted
over. Does that bother you?
Of course I want my works to surviveas long as possible. But when I leave
a place, thats my job done. The wall
doesnt belong to me and the world
doesnt belong to us. Its a public placeand anyone with a spray can or a tin
of paint can change that at any time.
Is street art modern art?Its contemporary, not modern. It
doesnt matter if street art is defined
as intellectual or underground, or howseriously it is taken. The main thing is
that it happens. The term street art was
created by people who had nothing to
do with it, similar to a lot of general terms,it merely connects street and art. But
street artists have existed much longer.
Its not limited to painting: mime, jugglingand music can all be street art, too, so
it is a bad term that describes nothing.
With fines and prison sentences, not
everyone accepts this as an art form.
It would be better if people worried lessabout their privacy or property and saw
these artworks as a gift, not something
which adversely affects their environment.
When you were young, you spray-painted the walls of derelict houses.
Now you have artworks hanging
in galleries. How do you reconcilethose two extremes?
An artist is an artist. It doesnt matter
Artists shouldonly createthings thatinspire them
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In June of this year ROAcompleted two huge
murals in Linz for theAustrian citys Bubble
Days art festival. Hespent nine days workingon this sketch of a goat
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where or how he works or the contextin which he performs. The main thing
is feeling that desire to create something.
Its not about how great people thinkyou are, or how well you hold your
place in the market. Its nice to have
bread, cheese and chocolate spreadon the kitchen table every morning.How do you define the term artist?
An artist can do what he wants. If
someone comes in and defecates on thefloor of this gallery and calls it art, its
art. Whether the public likes it or not is
another matter. A true artist should onlycreate things that inspire him, not stuff
thats easy to sell. I did all sorts of jobs
in the past, just to be able to afford spray
paint. Now its the other way around: Imake my money with paint to buy paint.
Your art is all about taming wild
animals. Why?I dont actively tame them. Some
people think my animals are sweet,
others find them aggressive. When
I paint the animals, they appear static,but theyre not necessarily dead.
People give them their own meaning
thats whats beautiful about art.Your motifs all come from the animal
kingdom. What is it that you dont
like about people?
Animals reveal a great deal about thetimes we live in, the things that affect us
and the way we live our lives as humans.
do you get to spend at your
home in Belgium?
Its got to the point where my realhome doesnt feel like home any more.
Im like a wall-painting nomad.
Some of your pencil drawings arereminiscent of the old masters of
Belgium and Holland. As somebody
raised in the Low Countries, do you
see yourself as part of that tradition?Were all influenced by the conditions
we grow up in; the things we see as
children. The impressions they makeinspire us, even if we dont realise it
at the time. From that point of view,
its possible that the European schoolinfluenced my painting style, yes.
Your work fills walls 20m high. How
do you get the proportions right?
I dont use projectors or grids. Theywouldnt be any use, because when
Im starting out, I dont know how the
artwork is going to proceed. I find thatout while I am painting. I have photos
of the animals I want to paint and I look
at their skeletons so I can understand
their anatomy and proportions.In 2011, you painted in Gambia. What
did the people there make of your work?
The people are open to creativity,they are not afraid of change.
Is this the biggest difference to Europe?
Why do Western graffiti artists paintalmost exclusively in rundown or
backstreets locations? Because these
are the places where nobody is bothered
by what we do. But theyre also theplaces that have the most potential for
transformation. Now there are owners
of properties speculating that street artcould actually help house prices to rise.
What gets you more excited?
The freedom of a legal location
or the thrill of an illegal wall?It doesnt matter if something is
legal or illegal. The only thing
that matters in the end is that youcreate something interesting.ROAs latest exhibition: www.inoperable.at
How did the work of Charles
Darwin inspire your motifs?
Darwin researched different animalspecies all over the world and was
constantly on the move. In that sense,
were very similar. Im extremelyinterested in biology and the vast variety
within the animal kingdom. But
ultimately, Im an artist, not a biologist.
You keep the details of your privatelife closely guarded. How much time
Vital signs: ROAs work hasgiven the port in Linz a facelift.
Below: his intricate sketch ofa mountain goats skull
Street artcould raise
house prices
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Deadly and demanding, the huge catamarans
that will slice through San Francisco Bay in
the Americas Cup next month have created
a new type of sailor for a new kind of sailingW o r d s : A n d r e a s T z o r t z i s
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he wind in San Francisco Bay barrels
through the Golden Gate Bridge likea gang of brawling longshoremen spilling
through the doors of a bar. It whips the
placid waters of the morning intofrosted whitecaps by early afternoon,
buffets the regal hills of Angel Island and
whistles through the ghostly windows
of Alcatraz, blowing the baseball capsoff the heads of Midwestern tourists.
On the water, boats heel and the
edges of their canvas sails flap sharplyin the strong gusts. But on the 72ft
catamaran with a 260m2sail speeding
past them, there is little sound.
The boat the Americas Cup committeehopes will give sailing a shot in the arm
begins heeling as the first fingers of wind
hit the wing. The 11 members of the crewtuck themselves into an area dug out of
one of the two hulls. Paired up around
four grinding handles attached to high-tech winches, they hold perfectly still.
Its a game of inches as skipper Jimmy
Spithill looks up at the sail and wing
and then out in the direction he plansto head. The grinders, who operate the
sails, move in synchronised motions for
a few revolutions, trimming the sailand wing in and out. The only sound
is the mechanical crank of the wing as
the boats hulls begin to rise out of the
water. First the windward hull, then theleeward, as it rises up on a 250kg slice of
carbon-fibre daggerboard, a manoeuvre
called foiling that enables the boats tohit speeds in excess of 39 knots (72kph).
Other boats pound through conditions
like this, but the AC72 cuts througheverything. Its remarkably stable on top
of the water as the speed ticks up and up.
Spithill gives the word and the crew
spring into action. A tight choreographybegins as they bound across the width
of the boat, skidding down on the netting
and bracing themselves against theother hull as water whips through.
The boat begins a slow tack and more
bound across, including Spithill, who
joins them on the other side. He steadiesthe wheel and heads upwind toward
Fort Mason. Behind him, three chase
boats bearing the Oracle logo swerve inand out of the AC72s wake at top speed
like a motorcade, straining to keep up.
Spithill is the skipper of Oracle Team
USA, current holders of the AmericasCup. The red-haired Australian became
the youngest skipper to win the trophy
when he steered Larry Ellisons trimaranto victory in the 2010 competition. Next
month he and a top-flight international
crew of 11 will take on the winner of
a three-team selection series betweenboats from Sweden, New Zealand and
Italy in the 34th contest for a trophy
awarded since 1851.I dont think anyone, even pro sailors
a few years ago, could ever predict or
think this is where we would end up
today, says Spithill, 34. From whereweve come from to where we are is
a vertical quantum leap. Its not a slow
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I dont think anyone,
even pro sailors a few
years ago, could ever
predict or think this is
where we would end up
today. From where weve
come to where we are is
a vertical quantum leap
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Were working so
hard were on the
edge, and when you get
to the end of it, youlook around and think
if you could bottle
that up, youd do well
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breaking apart. It took more than sevenhours to recover the boat from the water.
The dangers are set against a backdrop
of the sports far-reaching potential.These boats are unmatched in their
demands on sailors and their design
innovation, and theyre set to generatethe sort of buzz and TV audiences theAmericas Cup, and the sport of sailing,
desperately need to justify the hundreds
of millions spent in investment each year.To no one is this more apparent than
Spithill, who swears he remembers the
jubilation that greeted Australia IIsvictory in 1983, the first time a non-
American boat had won the competition
since the first race in 1851. He was three
years old. Seven years later, he won hisfirst race on a wooden dinghy that he, his
sister and his dad found on a scrap heap.
Hes now behind the wheel of a boatcosting an estimated US$10 million.
His crew hail from eight countries. The
fitness levels required of the team are
Olympian in this category. And the rushhe gets from sailing is unparalleled.
THE FEELINGIt was intimidating the first time
I stepped on, says Spithill of theAC72. We spent countless hours going
through the design with the engineers,
the predictions, the CAD drawings.
But when you step on that and it startsmoving, its like youre going from a
pony to a thoroughbred. As soon as that
boat hits the water, it is alive and it justwants to go. All it takes is as little as
5 knots [10kph] of wind. Its really
demanding because it takes so muchenergy and concentration. One little
slip and this boat will bite you.
You hear the foils start to hum when
you go over 40 knots [74kph], and thewind is like being in a hurricane. The
guys are working so hard and youre on
the edge, and when you get to the endof it, you look around and just... Yeah,
if you could bottle that up, youd do well.
THE RESPECTYou never ever underestimate the boat.
You give it a lot of respect and dont ever
relax. Youre 100 per cent focused. With
other boats, a lot of the time, its like, Hey
guys were gonna take a break and sitdown and relax. It doesnt happen. Thats
when an accident can happen. Its not like
you take the wing down and have lunch.
A lot of the time you dont have thetime to say, Hey heres whats coming up.
Or, Get ready for this. You need to make
progression. Weve just gone Bang! Its
like weve broken a brick wall down.
The AC72s increased power also ledto tragedy, however. In May of this year
the Swedish Artemis Racing catamaran
broke apart during a downwind Americas
Cup training session. British Olympicgold medal winner Andrew Simpson
died in the incident after becoming
trapped under the water. His death led
to a number of proposed changes in racerules, including a maximum wind speed
reduction to 23 knots (43kph), down
from 33 knots (61kph).Crewmembers must
also wear life vests with oxygen canisters
tucked on the outside, which can give
one minute of air if they go under.In October of last year, Spithill and his
crew were fortunate to survive their own
brush with disaster. On the eighth dayof training on the boats, Spithills AC72
nosedived in rough conditions as he
navigated through its most dangerous
manoeuvre the sharp turn from upwindto downwind sending the 11-man crew
into the cold water of the bay before
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each and every decision in a calm way
while youre red-lining the boat. Andthe guys on board have to make
decisions when theyre completely
exhausted. Its split-second and you
need incredibly smart guys. You canhave the fittest guy in the world on the
boat, but if he doesnt have a strategic
mind or