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58
Lisa
Haydon
The supermodel and
breakout actress
cements her place
under the sun.

66
MASS APPEAL
The bodybuilding
underground is totally
pumped about a dangerous
new muscle drug.

70
THE LAST PATROL
Does one of America’s
most storied marine
commandos deserve the
medal of honour?

78
ROCKET ON WHEELS
Will the Bloodhound SSC
break the sound barrier?

84
ANASTASIA ASHLEY
The bodacious surfer babe
on big swells, tiny bikinis
and Internet celebrity.

90
ANGULAR
Cut an imposing figure
with a strong, sharply
structured silhouette.

104
SAMIR KOCHHAR
The IPL host talks about his
last 24 hours on Earth.

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STYLE RIGHT NOW Arena Agenda
Structural silhouettes
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beckon.
SPEED RACER THE YEAR’S HOTTEST
pg. 90
10 things you need to POOL PARTY
know about 2016’s Hosted by you!
Cadillac CTS-V. Check out these super
easy hacks.
14
KENDRICK LAMAR 44
The hip hop star ROUGH AND READY
is planning a “Lumbersexuals”
global takeover. are living large in
the new golden age
16 of manliness.
SPICE ROUTE
DIY liquor infusions 46
like never before. RATED: GAMES
The video games we’ve
18 been waiting for all
CHARLIZE THERON year are finally here!
Our favourite action
heroine is back!
Emporium
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with this easy recipe. The Suzuki GSX-S1000
is making quite
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interviews with the skateboard built for
cast of Game Of the long haul.
Thrones Season 5.
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TOOL TIME
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WRIST GAME
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The latest launches
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smell great.

32
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Expert skincare is now
at your fingertips—
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34
COLOUR, CUT
AND CAMO
The season’s leading
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can wear them too.

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A MAN’S WORLD

SPEED RACER
Here’s what you need to know about the 320-kmph 2016
Cadillac CTS-V, the newest entrant in the elite class of high
performance luxury.
by MEHER BAJWA

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 INSIDE

KEEPING UP WITH KENDRICK LAMAR

MAD MAX STAR CHARLIZE THERON
MAKE YOUR OWN LIQUOR INFUSIONS

June 2015 MAXIM 11

 the future

RAW POWER
A supercharged 6.2-litre
V8 engine delivers a mind-
boggling performance of
640 horsepower.

PUTTING ALL DOUBTS ABOUT A CADILLAC

revival to rest, the 2016 Cadillac CTS-V is
placing itself as an impressive bargain among
the gamut of less capable luxury performance
sedans, with its abundant power and style. A
supercharged 6.2-litre V8 engine, upgraded
with direct injection and a smaller, more
efficient supercharger, delivers a mind-
boggling performance of 640 horsepower and
630 pound-feet of torque. Equipped with
Cadillac’s paddle-shift eight-speed automatic
transmission featuring launch control and
Performance Algorithm Shifting, the
CTS-V will accelerate from 0—100 kmph in
3.7 seconds with a top speed of 320 kmph.
The elite V-Series was first launched a decade
ago, and Cadillac president Johan de Nysschen
testifies, “V-Series represents the very best of
the Cadillac brand. The new CTS-V is the most
compelling example of Cadillac’s product
substance and brand trajectory.” Several
updates make the CTS-V two cars in one: A
luxury sedan with sophisticated road manners
and a track-capable sports car right off the
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The CTS-V also offers a Performance Data
Recorder, an on-board video cam that can
record lap times on a track day with data
overlays, basically bestowing you with
bragging rights as you upload your stats
straight onto social media.

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 music

2015 IS THE ADVENTUROUS ALBUM

TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY was

YEAR OF
created with shades ranging
from elements of funk, jazz,

MR. LAMAR
poetic lyrics and inserted with
a thick live element. When
making this album, Lamar was
One of the most anticipated albums quite inspired by Miles Davis
and Parliament. “The music is
of the year also marks Kendrick
unique, every producer I
Lamar’s West Coast debut. encountered submitted
material for this album, but it
was probably just one of the
millions of materials whose
sound fits with what we do,”
said Mark Spears as Lamar’s
producer. Regarding the album
title that looks provocative,
SURPRISINGLY, KENDRICK Lamar just said, “It (the title of
LAMAR RELEASED HIS LATEST the album) will be something
ALBUM, TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY, that is taught in college
faster than previously planned. someday.” Lamar describes
In this new album, Lamar is this album in three words,
trying to see what would “Honest, fearful,
happen when he talks about and unapologetic.”
the spiritual and the political.
LIVING AN ORDINARY LIFE
TRANSITION PHASE When some people began to
While Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City spout lifestyle and ego like
lifted Lamar’s life story as a Kanye West or go emotional
gifted schoolboy who lived in like Drake, Lamar’s figures
harsh environments, To Pimp a show a completely different
Butterfly brings the level from his professional
atmosphere of his life more colleagues. Besides being thick
recently. It starts off with him with religion, he also rarely
winning three B.E.T. awards drank or smoked, living in a
and his feelings while quiet environment, tending to
remembering the past. Moving avoid dressing up or “bling-
from Compton, California, bling” jewellery. He has
gave Lamar many maintained his relationship
opportunities to experiment, with his girlfriend since he was
both in terms of lyrics and in school. “I do not want to
music production wrapped put someone in the spotlight
with elements of jazz, funk, and make them a celebrity
and the influence of the when they do not want to be a
West Coast. celebrity,” said Lamar.

P H O TO G R A P H : I S T

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 drinks

Gin can be an and tail off the

unpredictable fennel and slice it
playmate but its finely. Put all the
multifaceted, ingredients into a
complex flavours mason jar and fill it
make it an up with gin. Seal,
interesting catalyst shake and wait for

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Here’s what you you make a drink.
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500 ml of gin; ½ goes awry, just head
stalk of fresh fennel; over to the newly
peel of one lemon; a re-launched
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DIY liquor infusions are fast becoming a cracked pepper; 8-10 because their
black peppercorns. mixologist, Edwen
popular trend. Here’s how you can be your The mixologist’s Rose, mixes up a
own mixologist over the weekend. way: Chop the head cracker of a Gin
Pearl with fennel-
infused gin,
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 film

CHARLIZE
AFTER YEARS AND
YEARS AND YEARS OF
DEVELOPMENT,
GEORGE MILLER’S MAD
MAX: FURY ROAD

THERON
FINALLY HIT THE BIG
SCREEN IN MAY. WE
CHAT WITH ITS STAR,
THE ETERNALLY
IMPECCABLE CHARLIZE
THERON WHO PLAYS
BAD-ASS COMMANDER
IMPERATOR FURIOSA.

Q
by DREW TURNEY

the hill and murder them. It was something the great pleasure of really being completely,
very intriguing for me. There was this instant supremely complex. It was fantastic to see
connection, I felt this had to be a great story of these ladies in their sixties and seventies with
revenge or some very embedded pain. We sawn-off shotguns and braids in their hair in
never really dived too much into it in this film, the desert.
I think George is trying to save some of that
stuff to peel back later. In this film we’re just Did you do any special driving training?
trying to tie these very complex characters We never did speedy stuff. We’re only driving
into a three-day war. like 50 kmph in those rigs. It’s just really loud,
it’s like driving a big train. You feel every
Some of the action scenes look real and bump. You can’t drive fast in those. They’re
dangerous rather than being shot in front not built for it, they’re just like a war machine
Tell us about your character, Charlize. of green screens on a sound stage. made for a fight.
I play Furiosa. I spent a lot of time talking with It was almost too practical. Every day the
George (Miller, director) about where she whole situation was so unpredictable for me. What kind of movie projects attract you at
came from and how she ended up in this But every day you kind of showed up and you this stage of your career?
world because what’s great about this movie is really didn’t have a clear understanding of it. You’re just always looking for the real. Simple
that you kind of feel like you’re picking up in It felt like the whole movie was one big scene. as that. You read something and it either feels
the middle of a very unexplained world. We Every day I just showed up and I could be real or it doesn’t. The more you explore, the
know what this kind of world is but it’s not a falling out of the truck or could be stabbed or more you want to go deeper into certain
prequel or a sequel, it’s just kind of a homage. I could be in a fight scene, I don’t know what. things, less into others.
We don’t know where these characters are That was sometimes very overwhelming.
really coming from, even Max. There’s always a movie like Mad Max you
It seems female characters play a pretty want to watch when you’re a kid but
And your character has a shaved head. significant part in this film. you’re not allowed. What was yours?
I love the idea of a woman with a shaved head It really covers the gamut between a The movie at that time was Basic Instinct. No,
who looks like one of the war boys and 16-year-old girl and an 82-year-old woman and oh God, I’m not that young! It was Fatal
kidnaps these five beautiful, innocent girls, one becoming the other in this very complex, Attraction. The bunny really screwed me up.
and looks like she’s going to take them over hard world. Selfishly, I feel like us women had That, and the elevator sex.

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“IT WAS FANTASTIC
TO SEE THESE
LADIES IN THEIR
SIXTIES AND
SEVENTIES
WITH SAWN-OFF
SHOTGUNS
AND BRAIDS IN
THEIR HAIR
IN THE DESERT.”

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 food

LOBSTER TALES
Koong Mungkorn Phad Phong Karee is an exotic
Thai-style, wok-fried lobster in yellow power sauce,
and you’re cooking it this week.

THIS MILD, CURRIED DISH IS THE INGREDIENTS and stir-fry the garlic and onions.
usually served as a counterpoint 1 whole fried lobster (50% Add the fish stock, soy sauce and
to a more intense curry or garlic cooked); 1 tablespoon thinly fish sauce, and stir-fry the lobster
dish but we think it’s pretty sliced garlic; 2 tablespoons fish until nearly cooked, then add the
fantastic on its own. It can be stock, or you may use canned remaining ingredients.
prepared with crab claws, or with chicken stock; 1 teaspoon curry
a cup of crab meat, or a mixture powder; 1 tablespoon light soy SERVE IT WITH
of crab meat and shrimp. Since it sauce; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; This dish is served with the
is often eaten with chop sticks, 2 tablespoons of thinly sliced usual Thai table condiments, and
you might want to remove the shallots; 2 thinly sliced spring you may want to add a spoonful
meat from the claws—this makes it onions (scallions/green onions); of prik dong (red chillies in
easier for the spices to penetrate 1 tablespoon julienned green or vinegar) to it.
the meat, and it’s just easier to red bell pepper; a pinch of sugar. As always with this type of
eat. Here’s the recipe the kitchen tropical seafood dish, you can
greats at Courtyard by Marriott, THE PREP serve it hot, at room temperature,
Mumbai swear by. Heat some vegetable oil in a wok, or chilled. Happy eating!

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 tv

EXCLUSIVE:
BEHIND
THE SCENES
OF GAME OF KIT HARINGTON
Jon Snow
ALFIE ALLEN
Theon Greyjoy

THRONES What can we expect from Jon

this season?
Is there still hope for Theon?
Maybe, just maybe there is light at the
It’s exciting because you haven’t seen end of the tunnel. But there’s a lot of
While you’ve been spending Jon really encounter anyone from a shit to go through before that. You
different part of the story for a long know it’s a fucked-up life (laughs).
Monday nights glued to HBO Defined
time. I think you’ll see Jon fed up with
watching Season 5 of being told what to do. And at the same Do you like your character?
time he has to play politics which is I have to like him (laughs). I definitely
the most-talked-about fantasy TV
something he’s not used to. like my character and I empathise with
show of our generation, HBO him. I feel he is one of the most human
Tell us more about Samwell Tarly characters on GoT—he makes mistakes.
India flew this excited journalist to and Jon’s relationship as it is now.
London for a whirlwind experience, It’s a bro love. I also think Sam’s not Do you worry about the future of
completely unselfish. He’s wanting your character?
the highlight of which was an to protect Gilly and he needs Jon Yeah, I definitely worry. But not so
exclusive set of interviews with the to do that. There are definite agendas much any more because I know David
this season. (David Benioff, screenwriter) and Dan
cast of Game of Thrones. (Daniel Brett Weiss, screenwriter)
The scene is set at the beautiful How do you deal with the crazy cold? won’t really give anything away. In
You’re out in the elements for the Season 2, I kept asking them if I was
Corinthia Hotel: We’ve just settled whole time. It’s physically draining. So going to die or not and that’s when
ourselves around a table in a suite basically you just chat shit to each they gave me the fake script. I was
other, huddle up near the heater in the reading an updated draft of the script
overlooking the River Thames, corner of the tent and keep warm. The and my character died! Bran comes out
when Kit Harington walks in and clothes look beautiful but they don’t on Hodor’s back and stabs me in the
retain warmth. heart and goes, “This is my Winterfell,
the show begins. not yours.” Then these guys call me up
by MEHER BAJWA Do you read everyone else’s parts too and they were like, “How would you
or do you know nothing? feel about being a zombie?” I was like,
I have read everyone’s bits in the past. “Yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s cool.” Then
Every season I’ve read the whole thing. they said, “How would you feel about
This season I’ve read nothing but mine. being a naked zombie with no dialogue
So I know nothing (laughs). Because whatsoever.” And so at that point I
this is as far as I’ve got to in the books, realised they were kidding.
and this season is a lot based on book
five and I haven’t read it. I wanted to What would your last day on Earth
test myself and watch the show be like?
objectively and be really hooked It would consist of roast chicken, roast
without knowing what’s coming next. I potatoes, cauliflower cheese and
can’t wait for it to start now! watching SkyFox News!

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LIAM CUNNINGHAM JESSICA HENWICK ALEXANDER SIDDIG
Ser Davos Seaworth Nymeria Sand Doran Martell

Set the scene for Ser Davos as we join What do the Sand Snakes want? Who is Doran and how does he fit
him at the beginning of Season 5... To uphold our father’s (Oberyn into the bigger picture?
Season 4 has provided us with finances Martell) dying wish. He was very clear Doran is Oberyn Martell’s brother. I’ve
through the Bank of Braavos. We’ve that he wanted to annihilate the obviously received the news that my
used the money to get ourselves an Lannisters. But we have to maneuver brother’s dead and I’m devastated. He
army. Where we go from there is pretty the Martell political space. went to King’s Landing partly because I
logical, I think—an attempt on getting had a crisis of confidence over the fact
Stannis onto the throne now seems like How was your first day on the set? that I don’t walk and I didn’t want
a real possibility, and we start off My first day was like, “Here’s your other ruling elite to see that I was
Season 5 on that route. eight-foot bullwhip, this is the actor incapacitated. All in all, there’s quite a
upto his head in the sand. We’re going healthy appetite for revenge.
It’s an intense, serious show to to put a bucket on his head. Then
watch. Is it funny on-set sometimes? we’re going to take the bucket off and But revenge how?
It’s one of the quietest sets I’ve ever we’re going to put scorpions on him I am torn; I don’t know whether we are
worked on. But I do have fun with and you have to use the whip to hit the really capable of going to war on that
Carice (Van Houten). She’s great fun; bucket and hit him, but don’t touch scale. The Lannisters are probably the
We’ve known each other for years. We him and don’t kill the scorpions or the wealthiest family out, the ones there
did a movie together, and we were crew...okay, go!” who could marshal the most resources.
lovers in that, so things have changed! It would be the longest, most
What were the shoot locations for protracted war of any war.
Could we see that rekindled in Davos the kingdom of Dorne?
and Melisandre? We filmed in Belfast, Portstewart, Why is Doran incapacitated?
It’s not beyond the realm of possibility. Croatia and Spain—great locations. We He has gout. So he’s in enormous pain
If the Red Woman can turn around got to travel around and eat tapas and and that affects his gregariousness.
when Stannis wants to kill me, and the drink sangrias, we had a ball.
Red Woman saved my life, then it’s not What’s his strength?
beyond the realms of possibility that GoT has so many strong female The Lannisters would expect revenge
George (R. R. Martin) could go, ‘Let’s characters, where do you fit in? immediately. I can’t put words in the
get these two together. Have a little red Well, it’s the first time you see strong writers’ mouths because they haven’t
baby.’ That would be amusing. females working together, and it’s really told me but I suspect that he’s got a
rare to see. We (Sand Sisters) buck horns very good reason for delaying.
When a character is killed off, does sometimes but we don’t compete.
the cast do a special send-off ? What sort of place is Dorne?
Listen, there are deaths every year, so Who’s your favourite character? If you can imagine that old Coleridge
I’m not giving anything away. We do In Season 1 Littlefinger was my poem, Dorne is Xanadu. It’s the most
have drinks: It’s Ireland, I think it’s the favourite character and then he went luxurious, beautiful place you can
law! It’s horrible when people go, and and ruined everyone’s lives! My imagine, filled with people who are
it sort of feels wrong. A little bit has favourites now are Tyrion and Arya. I sensuous and honest. Women are
been stolen from you, because we’re like Varys as well, he’s cool. I’m equal to men and the rivers flow with
part of this weird thing. interested in seeing where he ends up. milk and honey.

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THE STYLISH MAN

WRIST GAME
Okay, you’ve finally procured the Daytona that you’ve needed
like you need air and water (so you’ve convinced your significant
other). As you wear it with pride, you see someone in Camps Bay
sporting the exact same watch…and it feels like your life’s lost its
purpose. Well, it’s time to “dress” your wrist, creating your own
identity with the new phenomenon that’s hit watch collectors.
Cue, WRIST GAMING!
by DIRK STEENEKAMP

Big Bang watch by Hublot

`10,37,000; lava stone and
silver bracelet by
Northskull London
`11,500; leather and lava
bead bracelet by
MadeByBerg `6,380; lava
bead bracelet by
MadeByBerg `3,700;
jeans by Topman `3,000;
jacket `6,400 and shirt
`2,600, by Zara

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Big Bang watch by Hublot
`22,00,000; dark-tan
leather, protector bracelet
by MadeByBerg `3,450;
black Swarovski crystal
skull Macramé bracelet by
Northskull London
`15,900; bracelet by
Beaded Royalty `1,600;
shirt `2,700 and jacket
`8,000 by Zara; bow-tie
by Ted Baker `3,200
 accessories

Yacht Master II watch by

Rolex `10,63,000;
black, nappa leather, silver
twin skull bracelet by
Northskull London
`16,000; hematite
horseshoe bracelet by
MadeByBerg `3,700;
bracelet by Speedometer
Official `16,000; sneakers
by Zara `2,660

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Daytona Everose
watch by Rolex
`21,35,000; brown
stingray bracelet
`12,000 and
Amazonite and bronze
Buddha bracelet
`3,700, by
MadeByBerg; jacket
by Markham `4,200
 accessories

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Luminor 1950 Flyback

watch by Panerai
`4,91,000; maple
wood, mint green
bracelet by Northskull
London `1,600;
jeans by Topman
`3,000; jersey by Ted
Baker `5,300; loafers
`4,600 and bag
`4,800, Zara

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 scent

SUMMER SCENT-ASTIC
The guys that make you smell great have been busy again. Here is the
latest they‘ve got to offer you.
1

1. David Beckham Instinct Gold 2

Edition, `2,000. This marks the 10th
anniversary of Becks making
fragrance. Go for gold, we say!
2. Acqua di Parma Colonia Leather
OUD, `12,000. This smells like
tanned leather mixed with wood,
spices and resins. In other words, like
something a really rich bloke would
smell like.
3. Tom Ford Private Blend London,
`14,850. So, Tom Ford opened a new
shop in Kensington, London, and
created this spicy, woody, erm,
animalistic scent to celebrate. It’s 3
hectic, hedonistic, bold and sexy, just
like the city itself.
4. Calvin Klein Reveal, `4,000.
Created with attraction and
seduction in mind, this mixes together
notes like raw salt, crystallised ginger,
brandy and Haitian vetiver. Sounds
pretty tasty... You might want to drink it
as well! 4
5. Artisan Acqua by John Varvatos, 5
`4,000. With its handwoven rattan
bottle, this has a one of a kind
presentation. The fragrance itself is no
different—fresh, modern and clean,
with citrus and green notes that
dissipate to a herbal and floral middle,
before settling into a woody base of
moss, patchouli and fir balsam.
6. L’Eau D’Issey Pour Homme
Oceanic Expedition, `4,400.
A twist on the original, this adds
stronger notes of bergamot, petitgrain,
ginger and aquatic notes, to further 6
embody the strength and freshness of
the ocean.
7. L’eau D’Issey Pour Homme
Sport Polar Expedition, `4,200. 7
If anything is going to get you off
the couch and exercise, this is it! 8
With grapefruit, energising cypress
and Alaskan cedarwood, it’s as
energetic as it is sexy.
8. HUGO Boss Bottled Collector’s
Edition Eau de Toilette 100ml,
`4,800. Like a promotion in a bottle,
this mixes confident fruit notes with
T E X T: S H O N A G H WA L K E R

warm spices and floral nuances.

9. Nuit D’Issey Pour Homme Austral
Expedition, `4,400. This version takes
the freshness of the original, adds
some lime, Russian Coriander, leather
and vetiver, and turns it into a pretty 9
darn sexy scent.

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 skin care

7 DEADLY
1. OVER CLEANSING blackheads, zits and acne. What to do? Simple—
Wait, clean skin is a good thing, right? Yes, but too make sure that a clean towel is the only thing that
clean can lead to dodgy skin, as it strips away the touches your face when you’re working out!

SINS oils your skin needs to stay looking and feeling

good. If you want a really great clean that makes 3. RUNNING YOUR HANDS THROUGH HAIR
your skin look awesome, try one of the new sonic Assuming you’ve got hair left on your noggin, this
cleansing gadgets. They whisk away even weeks- is a huge no-no. Understandably, it’s something
There are some things we do old grime, but at the same time boost blood flow you immediately do when your team is losing or
without thinking that are pretty to the skin, which helps your skin cells do their your boss is giving you grief, but here are three
healthy for us (like breathing, for thing properly (which ultimately means a great reasons you shouldn’t:
instance). Others, not so much. looking dial!). Get your mitts on A Clinique Sonic 1 It spreads oil through your hair and leaves it
System Purifying Brush, `7,300, and use it with a looking greasy and drab.
Here are some grooming blunders decent cleanser—not soap. Try B Clinique Take 2 It can weaken the hair strand and may cause
you probably don’t even know the Day Off Cleansing Balm, `2,700, it to break.
you’re making, and how to correct www.clinique.com. 3 It transfers bacteria and dirt from your hands to
them, with little effort. your hair and scalp, which means you’ll need to
2. USING A DIRTY TOWEL TO WIPE AWAY SWEAT shampoo more often.
This is one of the biggest skin sins you could If you can’t stop yourself, clean up oil slicks and
commit. While no one digs sweat in the eye during dirt with a quality dry shampoo, like C Fudge Dry
a workout, using a filthy towel spreads bacteria Shampoo, `1,000.
over the skin, which ultimately equals congestion,
4. RESTING YOUR CHIN ON YOUR HANDS
For the same reason you shouldn’t run your hands
through your hair, never, ever rest your face in
your hand. Unless you want oily, blemished and
dirty skin, that is. Ditto for holding your phone
between your chin and shoulder. Not only will
you get a crick in your neck, you’ll be depositing
all kinds of grime on your face. Make sure you
clean your phone every morning with a good anti-
bacterial wipe, too. Try D Curash Gentle Anti-
E
Bacterial Wipes, `250, www.curash.com.

5. COMBING/BRUSHING YOUR HAIR WRONG

B
Who knew there was a correct method? Well,
there is. If your hair is longer, always start at the
ends of your hair and work upwards gently and
D slowly, or you’ll risk splitting and breaking your
strands. And never brush wet hair even if it’s super
short—use a special detangling gadget like E The
Man Brush Scalp Massager, `200.
A

6. TAPPING FINGERNAILS ON DESK

Aside from this being completely annoying
for your colleagues, it places stress on your
fingernails, weakening them and putting them
at risk of splitting and breaking. Grab a stress
ball, instead.

7. WEARING FRAGRANCE ON YOUR FACE

You’ve always thought that your face and neck
were the places to splash your cologne on, right?
Wrong! This exposes your skin to photosensitivity,
which in layman’s terms means when UV light hits
T E X T: S H O N A G H WA L K E R

the skin, it can react with the alcohol in your scent

and cause a nasty, itchy rash. Keep fragrance
F C application to where the sun don’t shine (behind
the ears and your wrists). Get your hands on the
new F Reveal by Calvin Klein, from `4,000.

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 what’s trending

CUT, COLOUR
& CAMO
The three factors you need to consider while
deciding your summer wardrobe’s do’s and
don’ts, straight from some of the country’s
coolest menswear designers and dressers.
By P. S. BHAVANA

At shows in London and Milan, sharp hourglass

silhouettes, fluid shapes and forms drew attention. Looks
like we’re heading into an era of neutral gender-isation in
THE fashion. We saw waists cinched-in, belts wrapped
CUTS externally (Miuccia Prada belted a long tunic shirt), and
cummerbunds slipped on over blouses. If all this
softening makes little sense to you, here’s how you can embrace the new
trends without going over the gender line: Try narrow lowers, comfort fits,
and structural shapes as alternatives (juxtaposed with your classics and basic
silhouettes). Tip: For a wider shoulder, ask your tailor to pull in the waists for
your shirts and jackets—you’ll be in tune with the hourglass trend.

Dhruv Vaish silks and Bhagalpuri Above: Textured jackets by Dhruv Vaish
Below: Looks from Suket Dhir’s new campaign
“Shorts, especially cotton-silks. We are
Bermudas, are good also moving away from
for warmer months. skinny silhouettes to
The bomber jacket has more comfort ones.
picked up and is here Double-breasted suits
to stay.” are back, and so is the
Indian bandhgala.”
Kunal Anil Tanna
“Structural and Nivedita Saboo
masculine silhouettes “Structured military-
are in vogue. influenced ensembles
Experimentation (soldier-style) with
is passé.” deconstructed jackets,
detachable sleeves,
Siddharth Saigal, subtle metal
Wrap Studio embellishments,
“Scarves in natural emblems and brooches
fibres such as 100 and in lightweight
percent cotton breezy fabrics are in.
and feather-silk Then you have jackets STYLISTS SPEAK
are trending.” teamed with kurtas.”

Suket Dhir Paresh Lamba “Red is a big summer colour for men, especially the “Vintage art-deco-like prints, bohemian styles, lots of
“In our designs, the soul “Techno blazers, deep burnt shade of marsala (voted colour of the volume, khaki hues with hints of blood red, and cobalt
of the garment is printed bow ties, season by Pantone). Intense and manly, enjoy (are in).”
Indian. We have and monochromes wearing it as polo shirts or accessories like ties and
western silhouettes in with textures and pocket squares.”
Indian and earthy patterns will make this NITASHA GAURAV, Mumbai JAYATI BOSE, Mumbai
fabrics like wool, linen, season’s classic (Styles Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, (Styles Vidya Balan, Huma Qureshi, Alia Bhatt, Sonam Kapoor
Benarasi brocades, Ari combos interesting.” Jacqueline Fernandez, Parineeti Chopra and Sonakshi Sinha) and others, and worked on movies like Shaadi Ke Side Effects)

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 Colour giant Pantone We’re talking wearable prints,
forecasted natural tones textures, accessories and
interspersed with deep THE surface ornamentation. Think
THE foundation colours for CAMO colour-blocked sneakers with
COLOURS unassuming sophistication. If DETAILS dark ensembles (a la Kenzo,
you can visualise colour Philip Lim, and Louis Vuitton) if
taxonomy (probably thanks to the women in your you don’t want to combine chunky hues. Opt for
lives), the list includes dusk, dazzling, placid and small, embroidered panels and dual-toned prints
classic blues, glacier grey, treetop, toasted almond, to stay true to the ’70s vibe. Other trending
magenta purple and purple haze, sandstone and concepts are three-tier layering as seen at Dries
herb. Next, army green dominated ensembles at Van Noten and Givenchy, pin clustering at Dior
Ermenegildo Zegna and Michael Kors, brick to and Hermès, and all-over prints at Louis Vuitton
blood reds at Dolce & Gabbana’s matador- and Etro. Indian designers brought back
inspired show, and black returned in an impactful Normcore in a big way.
way at Givenchy and Tom Form. Inference: Play
with classics, as usual, but also with not-so-manly
colours, although judiciously, and sometimes as Dhruv Vaish Nivedita Saboo
strong accents. “We’re looking at “Luxe, dramatic
prints, polka dots, minimalism is the look
colour blocking of the season. Wear
Dhruv Vaish Suket Dhir (it helps turn looks one statement piece
“A lot of bold colours “This time, we are from day to night), and keep the rest of it
like crimson red and playing with fresh and chest monograms, simple. Combine an
greens on the darker colours like pastels, plus brooches and embellished jacket with
side of the palate. And brights, and classics lapel pins to a tonal bottom or vice
one can expect shades like linen, natural and Above: Runway looks accessorise suits.” versa, add a bold,
by Kunal Anil Tanna
of purple and bright ivory stay.” quirky accessory or just
Below: Printed scarves
blues, too.” Kunal Anil Tanna go for a bright colour
by Wrap Studio
Nivedita Saboo “Boxy cuts and florals.” to stand out in a crowd!
Kunal Anil Tanna “Pastel tones of nude, Also try big and bold
“Classic deep hues blush, chalky blues and Siddharth Saigal colourful prints on
like burgundy, plum, dewy green to deeper, “Brushstroke and jackets and trousers.”
and grape wine are richer tones of blue, tropical prints, tie
an essential part of burgundy and red, and dye and shibori Paresh Lamba
the palette.” offset by leather and effects are trending “I’m working on new
metal embellishments.” as techniques.” cuts for trousers like
Siddharth Saigal stylised panelling,
“(Colours) will Paresh Lamba Suket Dhir innovative drapes,
range from bright “Neutrals, whites, “We are big on block playing with the
colours to muted tones patterns, shine, prints. It is in our DNA. direction of prints and
and pastels.” earthy colours will Then we work with ikat checks. Denim-on-
rule for men in the weaving techniques.” denim will also rule.”
Indian market.”

DESIGNERS ON BOARD

Siddhar th Saigal Dhruv Vaish Kunal Anil Tanna Suket Dhir Nivedita Saboo Paresh Lamba

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 classics

ANATOMY
OF A
BESPOKE
SUIT
Timothy Everest, the
legendary menswear
couturier and 1 “The shoulders should be soft but
customisation god, confident—in line with a British suit.”
was in New Delhi to
showcase a collection 2 “Buttons are usually made of
real horn, but for evening wear or
for The Woolmark ceremonial occasions mother-of-pearl
Company recently. or polished coroza will complement a
We took advantage more luxurious fabric.”
and got him to
deconstruct 3 “The fit of your suit should
the makings of a be complementary to you whilst
classic made-to- understanding current trends
simultaneously, where relevant.”
measure suit.
by MEHER BAJWA
4 “Remember, a bespoke suit will
always fit and look better than most
off-the-peg ones, so don’t over-style
your first one.”

5 “Fabric choice is important, not only

for the tone and colour to suit you, but
for the construction of a bespoke suit.
With a handmade suit we work the
fabric with the iron to achieve an
all-over pleasing shape to enhance the
cut. A quality of a Super 100’s or more
is preferred as used with Raymond’s.”

6 “The cut of a suit should

complement the wearer and, being from
a Savile Row background, I can tell you it
should never be too mean or tight.”

7 “The pockets used are a

combination of the correct jetted flap
with the occasional out ticket and
patch pockets.”

8 “The length of the jacket should not

be overly short but elegant for business
use. A shorter length is currently
popular with an overall nod to the
slimmer suits of the 1960s.”

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MAN WITH A PLAN

INSIDE

SUMMER’S
HOTTEST
POOL PARTY
2015’s MOST
ANTICIPATED
VIDEO GAMES
WHY YOU
NEED A BEARD

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 parties

2015’s
HOTTEST
POOL PARTY
( A N D YO U ’ R E H O ST I N G I T ! )

Peak summer months are meant for one thing,

and one thing only—cocktail-fuelled, bikini-clad
water soirées.
by MEHER BAJWA

W
With temperatures soaring to an all-time THE BASICS: FIND A POOL
high every summer (the Capital’s hitting If you don’t have a pool in the backyard, fear
45 degrees!), it’s always a good idea to not! These hotels have your lagoon party
prepare yourself with the best defence needs covered. But we’d still recommend
strategy there is—a couple of Old following our DIY party recommendations,
Fashioned(s), Bob Marley on the jam box, because they are guaranteed fail-proof.
and a cool pool to dive into every few You can host a memorable pool party at the
minutes. Social calendars are packed with following hotels:
weekend (and some weekday) saltwater 1. The Gateway Resort, Damdama
invites starting June, but we’ve figured it’s Lake, Gurgaon
just always better to throw your own 2. Taj West End, Bengaluru
bash—personal swimming pool included. 3. Taj Coromandel, Chennai
From Hawaiian luaus to vintage 4. Lalit Resort & Spa, Bekal, Kerala
sundowners, we’ve gathered intel on the 5. JW Marriott, Juhu, Mumbai
things that will have your guests anxious 6. Hyatt Regency, Mumbai
for their next invite. 7. The Claridges, New Delhi

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 LAGOON PARADISE ON LAND
(Clockwise from left) The infinity pool at the JW Marriott,
Mumbai; the pool of the Taj West End, Bengaluru; the pool
at the Hyatt Regency, Mumbai; a stunning view of the Lalit
Resort & Spa pool in Bekal, Kerala

However, if you do happen to have a pool or You could also venture into the territory of don’t just mill around the one food area. A
a farmhouse with a pool, or a friend of a decade themes like a retro Mad Men theme great idea is to have mood lighting using
friend of a friend who owns one and is at or a Chinese festival theme with Chinese small candles or lanterns around the area as
your disposal, read on and take copious lanterns and paper dragons. If you don’t feel your party goes on into the evening. Order a
notes for your very own shindig. the need to stick to a theme, don’t. A pool few vases of flowers if you want to add that
party is kind of a theme in itself. extra touch of sophistication. Remember to
PICK A THEME (OR DON’T) set up and test your sound system well in
Here’s where you get creative and make your DECORATE: BUT NOT FOR HALLOWEEN advance—no one wants to hang around at a
pool party unique to the others in the mix. Unless you’re going all out with your theme, dud party with no music.
You could either link your party to a specific you don’t need in-your-face decor. It’s
beach like a Miami South Beach party with essential to have the pool area neat and INVITES: SPREADING THE WORD
electro music and decor reminiscent of the clean, instead of cluttered with streamers Paper invites are too formal for a summer
Ultra Music Festival or a Rio de Janeiro and other such items. Instead of having one party and just sending a text comes across as
theme party with Brazilian music and food, food buffet table, get four-five mini food too lazy (trust us, we’ve read the studies).
or a Jamaican-style party with pina coladas, stations spread across the party zone—this The ideal way to go is to send out e-mail
fresh grilled pineapple and marimba music. ensures people walk around and mingle, and invitations and then make follow-up phone

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 parties
t.......

1 2 3
4 5

6 7 8

KEEP THE FOOD

AND DRINKS LIGHT!
A bartender is essential to the success of
calls for RSVPs. The invite should be fun and to your party area.
any party. You don’t need a full bar, just a
indicative of the mood and theme of your few cocktails and the regulars like beer and 3. Have a range of sunscreens of different
party. Catchy lines like “swimsuits only” or wine, of course. Make sure yours can whip strengths placed near the towels.
“poolside cocktails” are a great way to get up the following summer-appropriate drinks: 4. Sun umbrellas and lounge chairs are
people interested and informed about the 3. Berry Julep; 4. Earl-Y-Gin; 7. Pina Colada essential for pool-side lounging.
nature of your party. Do specify a dress code (as served at Smoke House Deli, New 5. Set up one of your bathrooms to serve as a
if you want one. You could always ask your Delhi—for full recipes visit maximindia.in). changing area and after-swim shower area.
friends to spread the word and send out the Set up a table of food so everyone has 6. Fill the bathroom with luxuriously scented
access to it and you won’t need to hire guys
invite to their respective groups, depending liquid soaps and shampoos.
in bowties to serve stuff (unless you want
on how many people you want attending 7. Create a collection of moisturisers, aloe
to). Keep the munchies light because you
your party. don’t want your guests feeling too stuffed to vera and other essentials and leave it in
actually take a dip in the pool. We like the the bathroom.
MAKE A LIST: DON’T FORGET THE DETAILS following—you could either place an order 8. As a little gift for your guests, leave straw
Start checking off the boxes to ensure you’ve for them or try making some on your own! hats or bright sarongs on each lounge chair.
got it all together before you flag off the 1. Balinese Chicken Satay at The Backyard; 9. Gather swim essentials like swimming caps
party of the summer! 2. Tenderloin Minute Steak at The Hungry and goggles and place them on the table with
1. Stack freshly laundered towels on a table Monkey; 5. Death Wings at Def. Col. Social; the towels.
next to the pool to give your party a luxury 6. Glazed Chicken Spiedini at Fio 10. And the reason why you’re doing all this
Cookhouse; 8. Tandoori Quail at
spa feeling. in the first place... don’t forget to have a heck
Gastronomica.
2. Use a couple of bright towels to add colour of a good time!

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 opinion

ROUGH AND Lumbersexuality serves as a welcome release

from the oppressive cubicle-dwelling lifestyle—
even if the bulk of time a lumbersexual spends

READY
in the great outdoors is devoted to drinking
craft beers on a bar patio.
Now the fantasy has crept into the
mainstream: See Julian Edelman’s beard
(opposite page), by far one of the most viral
With women swooning over the hairy he-man type takeaways from the Super Bowl—second,
perhaps, to the most swooned-over farmer
known as the “lumbersexual,” it’s time for average guys ever to lose a puppy. Meanwhile, reality series
to put down the waxing strip and seize the moment. that explore gritty environments—Deadliest
by GABRIELLA PAIELLA Catch, Black Gold, Ice Road Truckers, Alaskan
Bush People—have become highly rated TV
staples, due in no small part to their erotic
appeal to a certain female viewership.
Hollywood, too, has been falling at the
THE SEX WAS GOOD. “A little bit rough, in the bewhiskered indie rocker, Justin Vernon of Bon steel-toed work boots of the lumbersexual.
best way,” says Emily, a slender, 26-year-old Iver, who kicked off his solo career in an Take Matthew McConaughey, who has been
blonde who bedded a scruffy, muscular isolated cabin in the wilderness. sporting an unkempt beard that might read as
Alaskan named Matt while he was vacationing Actress Megan Mullally found her “hermit in the woods”…were it not for the
in New York not long ago. After too many lumbersexual mate-for-life in actor and stunning wife at his side. Chris Pratt may have
dates with wishy-washy Brooklynites, she boatbuilder Nick Offerman, of Parks and toned up for Guardians of the Galaxy, but it’s
found Matt’s assertiveness and hardy, Man vs. Recreation fame. Before she met Offerman, his affable scruffiness that grabbed millions of
Wild looks (less Christian Grey and more Mullally says, “I had dated these androgynous, women in the first place. Charlie Hunnam of
Brawny Paper Towel Guy) an irresistible semigayish rock ’n’ roll drummer types.” The Sons of Anarchy may boast a serious man bun,
turn-on. And that was before she found out first summer, Mullally visited Offerman in but he’s still the platonic ideal of a rustic bad
Matt actually worked for a logging company. Minnesota: “Nick had this idea to take a boy. And Game of Thrones is a veritable
“Clean-shaven is not my thing,” she explains. romantic ride onto the lake at midnight on cavalcade of raspy-voiced virility.
“Give me broad shoulders, give me a beard. I this pontoon. He left the headlight on as we So what does this mean for real guys—
want a man who can make things.” were sort of drifting, and when he went to everyday men who make their livings well
She’s in luck. The lumbersexual (like his start the motor, it was dead. So he rowed beyond the confines of Greenpoint or
quirkier cousin, the beardo) first appeared in us to shore with one paddle. It took four Silver Lake, who know their way around
hipster enclaves like Bushwick, Portland, and hours. And that was my first taste of the a crankshaft and can split a piece of
Austin several years back. Before long his superhero within.” timber, who hunt and fish and may never
calloused, manly fingerprints were all over the Michael Kimmel, Ph.D., a leading once have thought of a pipe wrench as a
popular imagination, and fashion-forward masculinity scholar, says that by choosing to fashion accessory?
dudes everywhere were donning `25,000 dress like woodsmen and seafarers, Your moment has arrived, gentlemen.
flannel shirts and raw, meticulously lumbersexuals are “evoking workplaces that You’re hot. It’s time to take full advantage.
prebattered denim in his image. were all-male (and) required a tremendous Because these other guys, the hipster
Now dating sites are hopping on the trend: amount of physical strength.” He calls the dudes with the checked wool A.P.C. shirts?
LumberMatch and Bristlr pair the burly and trend “the sartorial equivalent of Fight Club.” They’ve been biting your style and reaping
the hirsute with the women who love them. the romantic rewards for far too long.
Not familiar with the type? As writer Tom Women don’t actually want a pale facsimile
Puzak put it when he coined the term last fall, of a rigorous manly man: They want the
the lumbersexual seems “like a man of the genuine article.
woods…his backpack carries a MacBook Air NOT SINCE THE Julieanne, 29, a sexy Southerner, just calls
but looks like it should carry a lumberjack’s them “country dudes.” Based on her personal
axe.” In urban centres, he is likely a chef, a DAYS OF WESTWARD investigations, she finds the type is generally
tattoo artist, a metalsmith, or a tech guy who’s EXPANSION HAVE well endowed and skilled in bed. “They have
simply lost his razor. And he is giving the been almost uniformly super-psyched to get
metrosexual a run for his money. WOMEN SO EAGERLY me naked, in a vocal but not aggressive way,”
Not since the days of westward expansion she enthuses, “and very interested in making
have women so eagerly fetishised the thick
FETISHISED THE THICK sure I’m having a good time.” She fondly
musculature and red-blooded mind-set of the MUSCULATURE AND recalls “repeatedly banging an avid duck
rugged outdoorsman. Take the popular blog hunter in the back of a pickup truck in a rural
Your LL Bean Boyfriend, which displays photos RED-BLOODED MIND- Georgia forest.”
of strapping models in nubby, shawl-collared Turns out that hard work—the kind that
SET OF THE RUGGED
knitwear with the tagline “He will build you a doesn’t require a mouse pad—might actually
table and then have sex with you on it.” Or the OUTDOORSMAN. pay off after all.

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Bearded and proud:
AFC Champion
Julian Edelman

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 games

PLAY
TIME
Summer calls for the release of the
year’s most-awaited games. Here’s
our review of the toppers.
by CHRIS STEAD

JUST ANNOUNCED

WOLFENSTEIN: THE OLD BLOOD (PS4, XBO, PC)

After its hugely successful return in The New Order last
year, Wolfenstein is back again with this standalone
expansion. Don’t expect much evolution in the gameplay,
which will remain a cover-based, first-person shooter
rooted in old-school dynamics, but showcased with
wonderful modern visuals.

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 DARK SOULS 2: SCHOLAR OF THE FIRST SIN

MORTAL KOMBAT X
Long Story Short: melee-based action-RPG, the game excels at
Dark Souls 2 is a bit of a love/hate experience, but if you bringing strategy to an experience which has
can stomach its slow-measured combat, brutal difficulty commonly opted for button-bashing combos. Turn
and intense level design, your love will run very, very off your brain for a second and you’ll get skewered!
deep. Already a huge hit on old-generation consoles, the Next-gen gamers score an enhanced version of the
game is now available on next-gen formats in its ultimate base game with new content, characters, beats and
form. It’s not the most glorious HD remake out there in gameplay refinements, but also the three sizeable
terms of visuals but make no mistake, it remains an DLC expansions. A heck of a lot of game!
incredibly rich and detailed world, filled with iconic
enemies and jaw-dropping vistas. A third-person, Format: PS4, XBO, PC

Long Story Short:

Kicking guts, gore and arse all over your
computer screen for over two decades, the
Mortal Kombat series needs little
introduction. The latest release in the long
PILLARS OF ETERNITY
lineage almost feels like a best of, while still
transitioning the lore into a new phase.
Indeed, 10 new characters (including
guests Jason Voorhees and The Predator)
join the roster of 30-odd fighters, and the
story mode transitions the lore 25 years
into the future. The intense X-Ray vision
attacks, which got the last game banned in
Australia, return, as do fatalities, brutalities
and the new quitalities (for those who jump
out of an online battle). Adding plenty of
extra depth is an online faction mode
(where you fight as a team with others Long Story Short: backstories to every bit of loot you discover and plenty
online) and three different fighting styles for Old-school RPGs in the style of Baldur’s Gate or of time spent contemplating which attributes to level-up,
each character, which you can transition Icewind Dale don’t come along too often in the modern what to sell off and meeting a huge variety of foes in the
through in a fight. The gameplay is tight, world of cinematic blockbusters, but Pillars of Eternity is field of battle. If you were a fan of the genre in the late
raw and as fun as it has always been, and the perfect throwback. It opts for an isometric view, with nineties and early two thousands, then developer
modernised combat with elements like players managing a party of up to six characters Obsidian (whose legacy includes genre heavyweights
interactive stages keep it all fresh! exploring a vast fantasy-set world. Combat unfolds in like Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights and Planescape:
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With a September 2 release date Mad Max the game Everything Star Wars is hot again, and with a new film
will feature new screens and a stack of new info. due later this year, it’s no wonder the reboot of the
Crafting will play a large role, as you build new weapons franchise’s legendary multiplayer FPS Star Wars:
and the tools you will need to upgrade your vehicle. The Battlefront series will also appear before Christmas.
massive wasteland will be quite the place to explore, as This is a just-released piece of concept art, but we need
you switch between stealth, melee, on-foot and little evidence to be convinced this game will kick
vehicular combat. serious arse. It’s being made by DICE, the developer
behind the amazing Battlefield series, after all.

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W H AT M E N WA N T

INSIDE

THE RISE OF
ELECTRIC
SKATEBOARDS
BOSS STYLE
LUXE OFFICE
SUPPLIES
THE FUTURE OF
HUMAN TECH

HELL CAT
A naked version of Suzuki’s renowned sports bikes, the next-gen
GSX-S1000 wants to make an impression.
by MEHER BAJWA

THE GSX-S1000 IS THE FIRST IN LINE FROM SUZUKI’S BRAND NEW GSX-S FAMILY of stripped-down
street sports bikes. A product of the GSX-R750 family tree, and closely related to the GSX-RR, the
company’s new MotoGP race horse, 2016’s GSX-S1000 is a great example of the evolution of
performance-packed hard parts evolving from one generation to the next. The bike is powered by a
999cc inline, four-cyclinder power plant, making it ideal for street riding. There’s also Brembo
monobloc callipers from the current GSX-R1000 and three-mode traction control. The anti-lock
braking system (ABS) version of the GSX-S1000 will cost you around `9,40,000, and the GSX-
S1000FA version with a more aggressively-styled fairing will set you back by `9,90,000.

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TOOL I

TIME
The key to life is simple:
Work faster, play more. Any
gadget that doesn’t advance
this noble quest has no
business in your briefcase.
Here, a few that do.
by ERIK SOFGE

I
MIGHT MAKES WRITE double-sided screwdriver (flat brilliant ideas to the cloud. It even
E-mail may begin the deal, but and Phillips). Kitchen sink sold records audio. `13,000; store.
pens still sign on the dotted line. separately. From `1,900; livescribe.com
These three writing tools make the monteverdepens.com
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(From left) The Monteverde billion-dollar brainstorm. (Hate Ferrari design firm Pininfarina
One Touch Tool Pen gets work when that happens.) In addition to never needs a fill-up: instead of
done. In addition to its smooth, scribbling like a standard ballpoint, standard ink, the Forever
reliable ballpoint, it houses nine the Livescribe 3 Pro Edition Pininfarina Cambiano uses a
different instruments, including a pairs with an iPhone or iPad via metal-alloy tip that galvanises any
touchscreen stylus and Bluetooth and flings your paper it touches. `7,500; yafa.com

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POWERED BY
 productivity

II
ALWAYS BE JUICING out of range. The Tag lasts six months on a
We’ve all been there: Squatting by a stray single battery and saves hours of wandering
Starbucks outlet to suckle a few more drops of the airport like a lunatic. `1,100; microsoft.com
charge. No more. Slim as a smartphone, the
easily stowable 300-gm Anker 2nd V
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tablets once or most phones more than twice. It takes a lot for an app to score prime
`5,700; ianker.com home-screen placement. But Expensify
(from `300 a month), which organises trip
III expenditures by capturing receipts and miles
BE YOUR OWN HOTSPOT travelled, makes the cut. So do Timeful (free),
The promise of stable, go-anywhere wireless a calendar app that syncs with your schedule
Internet access typically requires a monthly and suggests ways to up efficiency, and
data contract. The Karma Go is free of such Turboscan (`190), which captures images II
Faustian deals. You buy it outright and pay in as pdfs.
advance for data that never expires (`890
per GB), `9,500; yourkarma.com VI
STREAM YOUR DECK
IV Plug the Airtame into any TV’s or projector’s
NEVER LOSE ANYTHING HDMI port to beam whatever is currently on
What good is having a mess of gear if you’re the screen of your phone, tablet, or computer.
always misplacing it? The Nokia Treasure Setting up a PowerPoint—or showing
Tag Mini is here to help. Synced with your everyone that incredible gallery on
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Never dig through a nest of cords again. This Excel to Skype without a hint of lag.
Brunton Power Knife’s Swiss Army approach From `25,000; play.google.com
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micro-USB connectors on one side and a X
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and refuelling. `1,600; brunton.com With no moving parts and up to a terabyte of
memory, the ultracompact Samsung SSD T1
VIII is the ideal way to take your work on the road—or
GET KEYED UP steal the secrets of an unfriendly foreign
Near-full-size keys and a built-in stand make the principality, should the opportunity present itself.
Zagg Pocket ideal for getting to work on a big From `11,500; samsung.com
phone or a small tablet; the Bluetooth board’s
foldable design makes it easy to stash when the XI
job is done. `4,500; zagg.com USE A HACK-PROOF WALLET
Know this: Armies of thieves would like nothing
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TURBOCHARGE YOUR TABLET life. Thwart their best efforts with the Wocket
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 the future of tech

WEARABLE, UNBEARABLE
Resist the onslaught of “wearable tech,” from smartwatches and fitness trackers to the
recently shattered Google Glass.
by ADAM K. RAYMOND

Thanks to science, computer chips are now the push of a button. Think of all the “that’s smartwatch right, it has released six versions
so tiny and versatile, they can function what she said”s that have been lost to history! in roughly a year. Then there’s Apple, which
virtually anywhere. So like an unruly The good news? Such devices are already says its watch—which isn’t fully functional
toddler with a brand-new pack of stickers, going the way of the electric egg scrambler. unless you’re also carrying an iPhone—
tech innovators have decided to slap them Gartner Inc., which tracks the “hype cycle” “represents a new chapter in the relationship
all over their bodies—and ours. The resulting of new tech, notes expectations are falling as people have with technology.” Maybe…if the
“wearables” are the hottest thing in Silicon the category heads toward the “trough of chapter is called “Trying to keep track of two
Valley since overearnest mission statements disillusionment.” (The phrase, which sounds devices when one was more than adequate.”
and zippered hoodies. like the name of an emo band, refers to the Boasting clocks, calendars, cameras, and
They’re also useless gimmicks that often moment when interest fades and everyone apps, smartwatches are a hell of a lot like
sound like discarded ideas from a Spy Hard moves on.) smartphones, except most don’t make calls.
brainstorming session. There are GPS- Not even the big boys are winning with That leaves companies scrambling to justify
connected shoes that actually relay directions wearables. Nearly two years after Google Glass their existence, often by touting them as a
by vibrating your feet, leg sensors that sync launched, it was pulled from the market after solution to problems that don’t exist. Here’s
up to a drumming app when you slap your being widely derided as a goofy luxury item some Sony ad copy for its SmartWatch: “At
knee, and even a wristband that constantly synonymous with Silicon Valley pretension. work, you can be discreetly notified of
records audio and saves 60-second clips with Samsung is having so much trouble getting its incoming e-mail, calendar events, and other
important information.” Because who wants
to suffer the shame of being caught reading
e-mail at work?
As lame as they are, smartwatches aren’t
what makes the wearable revolution
deplorable; it’s the fringe gadgets. Take Mimo,
a onesie that tracks your sleeping baby’s
breathing and body position—perfect for the
new parent who needs more stress. Or No
More Woof, a headset that claims to translate
canine thoughts into human language. Now
when your dog barks, you’ll know he’s really
saying: “I just pooped in your shoes because
you’re too busy analysing the data from your
smart underwear to walk me.”
It’s not enough to do dumb things; these
products also look dumb. From Google Glass
to fitness trackers, wearables are at worst
hideous, and at best, not completely hideous.
But the real reason to resist the onslaught
is not aesthetics or functionality but privacy.
These devices generate information that can
be easily exploited. Last year such data was
used as courtroom evidence for the first time,
ushering in an era where our gizmo-monitored
movements can be used against us.
So let’s add pernicious to redundant and
expensive. While we’re at it, let’s also add soon
to be obsolete. Because however much tech
firms want you to think wearables are the
future, they’re already on their way to being
outmoded…by implantables. After all, who
needs a smartwatch when you can have a
state-of-the-art sensor surgically embedded
right in your occipital lobe?

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 LISA
HAYDON
IT’S CLEAR THAT THIS LEGGY, BRONZED GODDESS EMBODIES
WHAT OUR DREAMS ARE MADE OF. TALKING TO MAXIM
M ABOUT
HER BREAKOUT SUCCESS, LIVING A GYPSY’S LIFE, HER FIRST LOVES
AND THE FUTURE, LISA HAYDON QUAINTLY DESCRIBES HERSELF
AS “EVERYTHING AND NOTHING.”
by MEHER BAJWA

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LISA HAYDON IS EASILY ONE OF MY think that’s the point of a balanced life.
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because she doesn’t really act like a ‘star’: to be honest. I enjoy what I do, I think it gives
She’s warm and spontaneous, doesn’t me a lot of liberty. But yeah, you’re very likely
censor her thoughts, and mostly, she’s just to find me doing absolutely anything in the
a really cool girl to hang out with. So it near future.”
doesn’t come as a surprise when she tells me Would that “absolutely anything” include
a large part of her bohemian attitude towards being a skydiving professional or a shark
life comes from being brought up by an swimming instructor? “I swim with sharks! I
equally cool mother. do not jump out of planes. I have vertigo.
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alternative, free-spirited kind of way. I think about it.”
that has definitely rubbed off on me. Now that Moving past things that make her
I’m in my 20s I realise how many of my nauseous, Lisa takes a couple of minutes to
parents’ traits I see in myself. I’m really happy recall the answer to my next question: Her
about that because it’s given me a sense of first boy crush.
adventure, and I’m so incredibly curious “Oh, my God! I have to think so far back. I
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I L I K E T O R I D E H O R S E S . . .G O S K I I N G . . . ”

And that curiosity is what led Lisa to travel swear. If I showed you pictures of myself, you
through dozens of countries around the world would not believe it was me. I was very dorky.
as a successful newbie model in her late teens. I had frizzy hair and buck teeth. People used
It’s also the reason why she can’t give up the to call me ‘fishy lips’ or ‘big eyes.’ Then I had
gypsy life. “Right now it’s very hard for me to braces for five years. So I would never even
imagine being in one place for the rest of my consider doing anything about my crushes.
life. Because I never have been. I think that My first boyfriend, though, I had when I was
also sculpts your character in the sense that 15. I had just got my braces taken off and I
you get to experience a different lifestyle in met him. And he liked me. And he was from
every culture in every country—they’re all so California, was blonde, had these blue-green
different. I definitely wouldn’t be happy living eyes and he was a surfer. He was so cute and
in one place now. I think it’s made me very all the girls liked him. I was astounded that he
adaptable, very social and I think I had a crush on me!”
understand people very well.” Lisa’s in a reminiscent mood and it
Given her current success in the suddenly feels like we’re sitting in the
entertainment industry, you’d be surprised to DeLorean DMC-12 (from Back To The Future).
know she hasn’t got a five-year career or life Fast-forwarding to the present before we wrap
plan that involves movies or modelling. “It’s up, Lisa lets on that it’s not easy to impress
very likely that you’ll find me doing something her: “I like someone who takes control of the
very different to what I do now. Even now, situation, is confident and charming. There’s
while I’m acting and modelling I still do very not much you can do to impress me. You
different things. I like to ride horses, and, you either have it or you don’t—I can’t lay it out
know, go skiing and do all that kinda stuff. I for you.”

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MASS
APPEAL
NO NEEDLES. NO ACNE. JUST PURE MUSCLE. CAN
A NEW CLASS OF UNAPPROVED, UNREGULATED
DRUGS BE BETTER THAN STEROIDS? MEET THE
GUYS RISKING THEIR HEALTH TO FIND OUT.
by JAKE ROSSEN
 T
THE MK-677 HAD ARRIVED ON DANIEL’S*
DOORSTEP IN A PLAIN BROWN BOX AND WAS AS DARK AS
URINE. DANIEL STOOD IN HIS BATHROOM, DRAWING THE
SERUM INTO AN ORAL SYRINGE, INVESTIGATING ITS
COLOUR AND CONSISTENCY. ONCE IT CHECKED OUT, HE
LET THE LIQUID FALL ONTO HIS TONGUE. IT BLUDGEONED
HIS TASTE BUDS WITH AN ACRID, SINUS-SCORCHING FLAVOUR. THE NEXT
DAY, HE WENT TO THE GYM. DANIEL IS A 39-YEAR-OLD SURGEON. IN
COLLEGE, HE WAS AN ATHLETE—LEAN, MUSCLED. BUT FOUR YEARS OF
MED SCHOOL LEFT HIM 22.5 KILOS HEAVIER, AND HE HAD LITTLE TIME TO
SWEAT IT OFF. LIFTING BROUGHT HIM SOME SOLACE, BUT THE GAINS
CAME SLOWLY. FRUSTRATED, DANIEL SOUGHT AN EDGE. STEROIDS WERE
OUT OF THE QUESTION: “I COULD LOSE MY LICENCE,” HE SAYS. BUT THEN,

while combing the Web for an alternative, he largely untested and powerful substance in
discovered MK-677, a chemical originally order to obtain what they consider an ideal
intended for Alzheimer’s patients. masculine physique, they’re experimenting
In an ill-considered health gamble that would with selective androgen receptor modulators,
rightly horrify most medical professionals, he or SARMs. Originally designed to strengthen
did a little “research” on anonymous online cancer patients and to combat the withering of
forums and started taking MK-677 along with old age, these chemicals in low doses seem to
another chemical. Five weeks into his trial run, enhance growth receptors without affecting
he deadlifted 151 kilos three times; a month ago testosterone levels. On bodybuilding forums
S O M E N A M E S H AV E B E E N C H A N G E D.

he could barely bring that weight off the and black-market sites, the drugs are being
ground. It didn’t end there. He began strapping positioned as a cutting-edge alternative to
25 kilos to his waist for dips (up from 11) and steroids: No strict regimen of injections; no
banging out three sets of 10. He tacked on man boobs, anger issues, or acne. Best of all,
seven kilos to his overhead press, too. the muscle appears to stick around after the
“My wife was like, ‘Hey, your arms look dosing stops.
bigger,’” he says. But you won’t find them on the shelves at
Daniel is part of a community of hormonal GNC; SARMs are chemicals developed for
hobbyists looking to get cut—and cut corners critical medical interventions. None of the
doing it. Risking their long-term health on a compounds has ever made it out of clinical
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NONE OF THE
COMPOUNDS
HAS EVER
trials or been studied in the amounts taken by designed to counteract growth deficiencies;
MADE IT OUT men like Daniel. Their long-term effects are GlaxoSmithKline’s GW-501516 resulted in
unknown. One study was aborted after test extreme endurance, with test rodents running
OF CLINICAL mice began bleeding from the rectum. But due 92 percent longer than average.
to a loophole in federal law, SARMs can be Dalton knew what would follow.
TRIALS OR purchased from secondhand pharmacological Bodybuilders are always first in line for any
websites—that is, if buyers affirm that the drugs drug with the potential to accelerate muscle
BEEN STUDIED are being bought for “research purposes” for growth, and it wasn’t long before profit-hungry
use on “laboratory animals.” labs supplying U.S. dealers began copying
IN THE AMOUNTS One evening while driving home from formulas out of journals. Drugs unsanctioned
work, Daniel noticed his vision had gone by the FDA are illegal to sell for human
TAKEN BY MEN green—as though food colouring had been consumption, so most SARMs come in
dropped onto his pupils. His eyes were hazy, foul-tasting liquid form under the label of
LIKE DANIEL. unable to focus under bright lights. Despite the “research chemicals.” Several dozen websites
obvious dangers to patients he operated on, peddle them. They accept all major credit
Daniel didn’t seem to worry. “It’s one of the cards; a few even traffic in bitcoin.
effects recorded in trials,” he reasons. “At least According to Rick Collins, an attorney
THE DAMAGE DONE
I know I’m getting the real deal.” specialising in steroid-related cases, both seller
and buyer often know there’s no animal
No one knows what
LIKE SO MANY PHARMACEUTICAL research. “The only one in the dark is the
the long-term effects of
SARMs will be. So far, breakthroughs, SARMs were created agency that’s supposed to be supervising the
here’s what self-dosers accidentally. In 1997 doctors James Dalton and situation—the FDA,” he says. The Food and
have discovered. Duane Miller were searching for ways to block Drug Administration didn’t respond to
testosterone from aggravating receptors in the requests for comment.
prostate. Along the way they inadvertently Most sites don’t list dosing instructions, so
TINTED VISION created compounds that activated certain a thriving community of self-experimenters
Many experimenting with the muscle pathways while leaving others alone. has emerged on online forums to swap tips
SARM S-4 have experienced a
greenish hue in their eyesight.
Known as the mother of all steroids, and horror stories. One user who started
This is the result of the molecule testosterone increases protein synthesis. Take taking SARMs at 17 claimed they wrecked his
binding to the ocular receptor it in excess and you’ll fill out your shirt until hormones. Others fretted about organ toxicity
and leads to a semi-permanent
you can’t button the collar. Same with oral and liver damage.
loss of night vision.
anabolics, which are liver toxic and frequently Ed, a 101-kilo data analyst and part-time
used with testosterone to build mass. But both bodybuilder, isn’t worried. “I’m absolutely a
LOW are non-selective and carpet bomb the body, guinea pig,” he says.
TESTOSTERONE triggering receptors that prompt not only
cellular growth but also hair loss, skin
For Ty, who has less than 10 percent body
fat, testimonies on the forums “tend to
High doses of SARMs seem to
affect testosterone, and problems, and excess estrogen. When convince me I won’t be killing myself,” he says.
patients have had castrated mice were given an early SARM, He guesses he’s used Ostarine nine times. Each
their hormone levels and
immune system wrecked. however, muscle enlargement was far more multiweek cycle resulted in 2.7 kilos of mass
significant than any other mild effect. and additional definition.
Dalton and Miller licensed their compound Ed added 3.6 kilos during one cycle. Sure,
RAISED ENZYMES to pharmaceutical company GTx, Inc. and anabolics could tack on roughly 4.5 to seven in
Users have indicated greatly
increased levels of both liver began developing the drugs as a treatment for the same period, but the schedule can be
and kidney enzymes—often an muscle loss. GTx moved ahead with MK-2866, exhausting: twice-weekly or daily injections,
early cancer indicator.
dubbing it Ostarine. Ligand Pharmaceuticals pills to avoid breast-tissue growth, and
invested in another formulation, LGD-4033. increased likelihood of a cardiovascular event.
Merck’s MK-677, a SARM-like chemical, was What’s more, with anabolics, “wet” gains—

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those that result in water retention—are often
urinated away after cycles stop. SARM gains “I’M ABSOLUTELY A GUINEA PIG,” SAYS ED,
are said to be “dry,” with the muscle staying
intact. But to Dalton, there are still too many A 101-KG DATA ANALYST AND SARMS USER.
unanswered questions.
“Quite honestly,” he says, “it scares me
to death.”

AS THEIR NAME SUGGESTS, SARMS ARE QUITE

selective about what receptors they stimulate.
But that’s only proved to be true in therapeutic
doses. Bodybuilders’ early hopes that large admits Abraham Morgentaler, M.D., a Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act. It gives
amounts of SARMs wouldn’t turn off natural hormonal-therapy specialist. “But these are the DEA authority to target sellers of designer
testosterone production were unfounded, and medications that change hormones, and drugs, the anabolics-in-disguise that have long
many have had to add other drugs to kick-start they’ve never been studied adequately in flown under its radar. Websites immediately
low-functioning testicles. Some have also humans. It’s hard to know the risks.” offered significant markdowns.
reported bleeding gums and muscle spasms. For muscle chasers, risk is rarely an issue: But SARMs are getting a pass—for now.
Ed tried 50 milligrammes of Ostarine Anabolic use surged in the 1970s, helping “The way the statute is written, we have to be
because he “wanted to see what would create the Gold’s Gym physiques. Testosterone able to demonstrate a substance is chemically
happen.” It was no more effective than the 25 was the base; anabolics were added to and pharmaceutically similar to testosterone,”
recommended by forum advisers, but his liver enhance effects. In the 1980s, lifters even says DEA spokesman Joseph Moses. “That
enzymes shot up. One study found that at high began spiking and crashing their blood sugar makes them incapable of being controlled
amounts, GW-501516 induced tumours in mice. with insulin to augment gains. under the term anabolic steroid.” Perversely,
Both it and S-4 are no longer being developed “Guys were going into comas and flirting then, the ban may make SARMs even
but are still in use among gym rats. with death,” says Randy Roach, author of the more popular.
It can be difficult to tell when adverse history Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors. “Insulin was Athletic regulators are taking action,
effects are due to the drug itself or tainted hugely dangerous, but they didn’t care.” Then however. Both the World Anti-Doping Agency
batches. Black-market labs aren’t known for came the growth hormone, and the cartoonish (WADA) and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
sterility. After scanning a secondhand proportions it created. (USADA) have banned SARMs from sporting
Ostarine bottle, Dalton noticed a missing Today, lean is the new large. Companies events. Meanwhile, Ostarine is still being
ingredient. “The compound wouldn’t build line shelves with supplements that follow the developed in hope of getting FDA approval;
muscle,” he says. “It could be safe or trend. Some are spiked with anabolics to newer SARMs are being nursed by
dangerous. Nobody knows.” ensure results. The occasional scare emerges— GlaxoSmithKline. If any come to market, they
The lack of research has led many users to one was pulled after causing liver failure—but will be classified as prescription drugs. For the
become amateur biochemists. Ed routinely most users aren’t put off. The problem is that underground, it’s better that SARMs remain in
pores over endocrinology journals; guys like lifters are often more informed than those developmental limbo, where the selling of
Ty, who’s taken Ostarine for up to 16 weeks in scolding them, having discovered high- “research chemicals” can continue.
a cycle and also saw his vision yellow on S-4, protein, low-carb diets and other hacks before That legal fudge is opening up new
get blood work done before and after dosing to they were recommended. possibilities. Ty has been injecting a new
make sure they haven’t loosened a cellular The pursuit of muscle often trumps compound called ACE-083 into his calves
bolt. “If I feel it becomes too much, I’ll stop,” common sense. “In 10 years, I don’t know and biceps. After three days, he claims, he
he says. what this stuff will do,” says Ty. “But so far, it measured three quarters of an inch of
On one forum, a user suggested eating hasn’t hurt me.” muscle growth.
more fibre to offset “the squirts”; another “Fuck, if 1 milligramme did this,” he asks,
theorised the polyps risk would be reduced MASCULINITY TAGGED WITH A UPS TRACKING “what will 50 do?”
with an anti-inflammatory pill. number is becoming harder to come by. This Good question. Maybe let the lab rats help
Some amateur reports are sophisticated, past winter, Congress quietly enacted the answer it.

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THE LAST
PATROL
JIM CAPERS FOUGHT IN SOME OF THE MOST SAVAGE BATTLES IN VIETNAM.
MANY BELIEVE HE’S THE ULTIMATE U.S. MARINE. BUT DOES HE DESERVE THE
HIGHEST AWARD FOR VALOUR THE UNITED STATES HAS TO OFFER?
By ETHAN ROCKE
 Team members of F Company,
2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment, US
Army, wade through a waist-deep
stream, roofed over by dense
jungle, about 400 metres south of
the de-militarised zone, Vietnam

illustrated by OW E N F R E E M A N
IN LATE JANUARY 1967, A TEAM OF ELITE MARINES BELONG- Capers was, by all accounts, an
extraordinary Marine. His tactical innovations
ING TO THE THIRD FORCE RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY earned him a place in the U.S. Special
DROPPED ONE BY ONE FROM A CH-46 HELICOPTER INTO THE Operations Command’s Commando Hall of
Honor. So thoroughly did he represent the
COLD AND RAIN-SOAKED JUNGLE NEAR THE BORDER OF ideals and mythology of the Corps that his
picture graced a near-ubiquitous and highly
LAOS IN CENTRAL VIETNAM. THEY WERE SOME 20 MILES
successful recruiting poster focused on
BEHIND ENEMY LINES. AMONG THEM WERE CAPTAIN KEN attracting minority officers in the early ’70s:
ASK A MARINE, it said under an image of Capers
JORDAN, A RANGY TEXAN WITH SANDY BLONDE HAIR, AND in dress uniform, the ornate Mameluke sword,
HIS ASSISTANT PATROL LEADER, SECOND LIEUTENANT JAMES unique to Marine officers, at his side.
Of the 3,493 Medals of Honor awarded since
CAPERS JR., THE ONLY BLACK COMMANDO ON THE TEAM. it was established early in the Civil War, nearly
EIGHT OTHER MARINES, AN INTERPRETER, AND A VIET CONG all have been in recognition of exceptional
performance over a period of a short duration—
DEFECTOR ROUNDED OUT THE GROUP. events that occurred over the course of days,
minutes, or even seconds.
In Capers’ case, however, the POW rescue
Their mission was risky, handed down from commandos were safely in the chopper, mission was just one chapter in a lengthy
the CIA: The defector claimed that four darting from tree to rock to tree again, chronicle of heroic actions during his eight-
American POWs were being held in a Viet Cong squeezing off a few rounds at each point to give month tour in Vietnam—an exemplary record
prison camp, and the Marines were charged the illusion that there were multiple soldiers of dangerous missions that ultimately earned
with getting them out. still on the ground. him the reputation as the so-called “spiritual
As the noise of the chopper grew faint, the The hoist finally descended once more. founder of Marine Corps special operations,”
commandos silently proceeded through the After struggling to secure himself to the in the words of Major General Paul E. Lefebvre.
jungle. After three days, they located the camp. harness, Capers was lifted into the air. As he Indeed, the “summary of action” submitted
It was abandoned. Some of the team quickly dangled, a single round slashed his face—a to the Marine Corps Award Branch on Capers’
formed a security perimeter, while others grazing wound, but it burned like hell. behalf ran 5,700 words. Its length was
began documenting what they found. Jordan Years later, Yerman credited Capers for unprecedented, as was its scope. To some,
stood with his back to a tree, surveying the getting the team out alive: “Chaos ensued, and Capers’ exploits—his numerous acts of heroism
eerie scene. Suddenly, a noise from the woods, Lt. Capers took charge and organised a rapid and the lethality he brought to bear against the
followed by a blast from one of the Marines’ egress toward a landing zone. He was the most enemy—demanded no less.
M16s, ruptured three days of perfect tactical professional Marine I ever knew.” But do they meet the Medal of Honor
silence, and a Viet Cong soldier collapsed into Yerman’s testimony is contained in a series criterion of “personal bravery or self-sacrifice
the bush. of interviews compiled for Jim Capers’ 2007 so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the
Spotting another VC soldier aiming a gun recommendation for the Medal of Honor, individual above his or her comrades”? The
directly at him from 15 metres away, Jordan the United States’ highest military award. Marine Corps says no. But at 77, Capers isn’t
swung his M16 up and squeezed the trigger, It is granted only to a service member who through fighting.
dropping his would-be killer with a single shot. has “distinguished himself conspicuously by
Within seconds, the team was racing through gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life ORN TO A SOUTH CAROLINA
the jungle, a Viet Cong response force amassing
in its wake.
above and beyond the call of duty.”
B SHARECROPPER IN 1937, CAPERS IS a
child of the Jim Crow South. In 1943,
As the commandos moved swiftly through after a local sheriff issued a warrant for his
the bush, Capers dropped back to booby-trap arrest, Capers’ father fled to Baltimore, and the
the path behind them with grenades. The family soon followed. “My father was a violent
enemy was everywhere, but for hours, the man,” Capers recalls. “He got into an
team evaded them. Sergeant Ron Yerman, the altercation. I’m not sure if the crime was serious
radio operator, called for an extraction, and enough for a lynching, but he felt that to
they made their way up a steep, rutted slope to “WE’RE GETTING survive, we had to leave South Carolina.” In
higher ground. The topography was less than Baltimore, the Caperses were poor, but his
ideal, forcing the CH-46 to hover above the OUT OF HERE— mom ran a tight household, and they got by.
thick jungle canopy while it lowered a harness
to hoist the men one at a time. Bullets began
ALL OF US,” Jim Capers was a smart, restless 18-year-old
kid when he enlisted in the Marines with a high
whipping in from all directions. Above, the CAPERS YELLED school pal in 1956. “A lot of people had helped
helicopter’s 50-calibre machine guns roared to me and my family get by,” he says, “and the
life, hammering the wilderness around them. TO HIS MEN. Marine Corps seemed like a good way to give
By Yerman’s account, Captain Jordan something back.” On the hot September day
was one of the first Marines up into the bird.
“WE’RE NOT he left for boot camp, his father drove him to
When Capers led patrols, he always insisted GOING TO DIE the train station. The elder Capers had served
on being the last man on the ground. On this time on a chain gang, and he understood the
occasion, he again waited until the rest of the ON THIS TRAIL.” struggle of being a black man in a country rife

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 (Clockwise, from top)
Third Force Marines pose
prior to the POW rescue mission;
Captain Ken Jordan (right) at
the commissioning of Capers in
Vietnam; Capers as the
face of a Marine recruiting
campaign in the early ’70s.

with institutional racism. “You’re a man now,” was standing in front of the formation with entire Vietnam War, only 62 enlisted men were
his father told him. “You know what you’ve confidence and charisma,” one of his men battlefield commissioned. “A lot of the Negro
gotten into. You’ve chosen it.” wrote. “I am Sergeant Capers,” he told them, Marines came over and saluted me and shook
From day one, Capers was determined “and we will be the best platoon of Marines in my hand,” Capers recalls. “And these were
to distinguish himself among his white the world.” guys who I felt had paved the way for me, guys
peers. “The Marine Corps did not welcome By early 1966, Capers had achieved the who had been through the segregation years
individuals like me,” he says simply. “But rank of staff sergeant. In August of that year, and World War II and Korea. Suddenly I was a
the hierarchy thought, if he’s got the skills, at the First and Fifth platoons were deployed to lieutenant, and they were saying ‘sir’ to me. It
least give him the chance to try. That’s central Vietnam. After a decade in the Marines, felt odd because these were men who I looked
all I wanted.” Capers was about to put his years of training up to.”
Capers set his sights on becoming an to the test, arriving in-country just as the most
elite commando, volunteering for duty with brutal and crucial phase of the war was getting N LATE 1966, KHE SANH COMBAT
the First Force Reconnaissance Company.
Force Recon was the only Special Ops unit
under way. “I wasn’t afraid because I had a job
to do, and my job was to lead and to look out
I BASE WAS THE BLOOD-SOAKED tip of
the spear of north-central Vietnam.
in the Corps in those days, dedicated to the for my guys,” he recalls. Even by the standards of a brutal conflict, it
dangerous task of long-range reconnaissance— Force Recon’s primary mission was to was hell, a squalid hilltop outpost
observing and documenting activity deep in gather critical intelligence, usually with little overlooking a valley through which
enemy territory—as well as unconventional support and few resources. They were ghosts— Communist forces moved supplies to
warfare tactics similar to those of the Navy commandos who, by definition, only emerge to battlefields farther south. Third Force began
SEALS and the Green Berets. The bar was set fight their way out of a fix. arriving at the outpost in December,
high: Team members needed to possess an By November 1966, the relentless pace of replacing a detachment of exhausted Green
extremely diverse—and deadly—skill set. operations had taken a staggering toll on Third Berets. “The bunkers they left behind were
Capers rose to the challenge, completing every Force Recon. Meanwhile, Capers’ team—which so rat-infested, the rats would chew on your
tactical school or course the military could had adopted the nickname Broadminded—had ears and nose at night,” wrote Walter
throw at him. evolved into a highly lethal and agile one under Doroski, Broadminded’s point man, in 2008.
In 1965, he transferred to Third Force his leadership. His reputation for cold-eyed “[Corporal Michael] Scanlon was the first to
Recon Company, bringing with him a rep as a efficiency was growing fast. get amoebic dysentery. I dug a hole in the
noncommissioned officer entirely devoted to On a rainy day in late November, Capers side of the trench to protect him from
the Corps and its values. Capers was placed reported to his battalion commander’s tent in incoming rounds, slid him in, and fed him
in charge of an all-white 20-man platoon. Phu Bai. Lieutenant Colonel Gary Wilder told when he could eat.”
With his hard stare and formidable build, Capers to raise his right hand and take the oath When Jordan was transferred out of Khe
his authority was never in question. “[He] to become a commissioned officer. During the Sanh in February, the task of coordinating

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the entire detachment’s patrols fell to Capers. “THERE WAS NO
Assaults on the outpost were constant,
punctuated by explosions and cries of BACKSLAPPING,”
“Corpsman!” echoing across the valley.
The preservation of Khe Sanh depended on
CAPERS RECALLS.
Capers’ “raggedy-ass recon teams.” “FOR US, DEATH
Efforts to convey that reality up the
chain of command had been fruitless. The AND KILLING HAD
American brass, under General William C.
Westmoreland, remained undeterred in its
BECOME BUSINESS
stance that activity around Khe Sanh was AS USUAL.”
insignificant. Ten months after Capers’ tenure,
the infamous Battle of Khe Sanh—immediately
followed by the Tet Offensive—would prove
that the size and scope of North Vietnamese
Army operations in the area had been
tragically miscalculated. But for now, it was all Phu Bai, a welcome change from Khe Sanh’s
about staying the course. daily artillery and rocket attacks.
Unless they were “shot out of the jungle,” But the missions kept coming. Capers told
the teams of Third Force Recon typically his battalion commander that unless he got
spent three to six days on patrol at a time, more men, the survivors of Third Force should
with little rest in between. In early February, not run any more patrols. Nonetheless, in late
Team Broadminded set out into the jungle, March, Capers was given orders to locate a
accompanied by a German Shepherd named suspected North Vietnamese regimental base
King. They were hunting an NVA platoon in camp in the sparsely populated coastal district
the area. Early in the patrol, King alerted, of Phu Loc. He didn’t like the mission, but in
signalling the enemy was close. Capers figured Vietnam, undesirable missions had become all
they were outmanned at least 3 to 1, so he too routine.
motioned for his men to hold their fire until Capers gathered Broadminded’s core
they could maneuver into a better position. members, Sergeant Yerman, Sergeant Richard
Within minutes, the dog alerted again, and Crepeau, and Billy Ray “Doc” Smith, the
Capers noticed three NVA soldiers just a few team’s medical corpsman, and laid out the
feet away. He opened up on full automatic, situation. “He asked us if we would volunteer
dropping all three in a single stroke. Capers’ to go on our last combat patrol into an almost
M16 jammed, but Team Broadminded had impossible situation,” recalls Crepeau. “He
already initiated its well-rehearsed contact told us, ‘I’ve been ordered to go, but you don’t
drill, unleashing a barrage of grenades and have to.’
bullets as the enemy platoon scrambled. “When your mentor, your boss, your
Capers, struggling to unjam his rifle, saw surrogate father asks you to do something,
two more NVA soldiers emerge, full tilt in a and you’re a Marine, what do you do? You say,
desperate counterattack. He drew his 9 mm ‘Yes, sir.’”
and gunned them down. Then he ordered Broadminded’s mission was to stealthily
his men to finish off what remained of the cover the flank of a much larger infantry force.
enemy platoon. When the battle was over, at They were charged with spotting the enemy
least 20 NVA soldiers lay dead, their corpses and thwarting an attack—and anything else
obscured beneath a haze of gunpowder and necessary to keep the mission going. Over the
smoke. From the surrounding vegetation, the four days the patrol lasted, the team averaged
screams of the wounded rang out. two firefights a day. The terrain was flat, with
On the chopper back to Khe Sanh, the team elephant and beach grass, hedgerows and
was subdued. “There was no backslapping,” streams, all of it peppered with seemingly
Capers recalls. “For us, death and killing had endless tunnels and holes from which enemy
become business as usual.” They’d be back in fighters would periodically emerge and then
the jungle in just a few days. melt away.
The young infantry force commander who
Y MARCH 1967, THE SURVIVING directed the operation radioed Capers’ team,

B THIRD FORCE MARINES WERE

severely battle fatigued. They had
ordering them to walk down large, open trails,
which contradicted their doctrine of stealth.
killed or wounded hundreds of enemy By the fourth day, Broadminded had found
soldiers, but their growing legend within the four booby-trapped trails—likely ambush sites,
Corps came at a cost. Three quarters of the a dangerous situation Capers reported to the
original 40 Marines were killed or wounded. commander. On the last day of the patrol,
Capers and his men were transferred back to however, he was ordered to take his team back

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Scenes from the Vietnam War.
Clockwise from top left:
Troops from the Airborne
Brigade carrying a wounded
soldier onto a helicopter near
Vung Tau in Vietnam; Marines
climbing a hill in preparation
for attack against the North
Vietnamese; the US Airborne
Brigade continues on a jungle
‘Search and Destroy’ patrol in
the Phuc Tuy Province; a
forward reconnaissance patrol
of the Infantry Division leap
from a helicopter near Cu Chi
during the Vietnam War.

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the way they’d come. dressing their wounds.
The team all understood the nature of Soon he got to Capers. “Doc, I’m OK!”
the mission. Under General Westmoreland’s Capers barked. “I’m only hit a little. Take care
strategy of attrition, body counts had been of Nic. I think he caught most of it.”
deemed the primary metric of success. And Doc gave Capers a shot of morphine and
you can’t stack bodies if you can’t find an then sprinted over to Nicolaou. Yerman was
enemy to attack and kill. The cold reality working on getting the team extracted, calling
was that Broadminded was being used as for help from the grunts. Capers told Crepeau
bait—flushing out enemy forces so the regular to call in mortars on their position. He knew
infantry could swoop in for the kind of glorious the mortar men would intentionally offset the
protracted battle the generals craved. rounds by a few hundred feet and Crepeau
“I could have refused those orders,” says could then call in adjustments until the mortars
Capers. “But I knew if I didn’t walk down those were falling on the enemy. Still, it was a
trails and locate that base camp, the regular dangerous gamble.
grunts would, and a lot more people might get Soon mortars started tearing through the
killed. I couldn’t live with that.” canopy. “That’s it. More!” Capers was shouting. Retired Major James Capers Jr.
The team maneuvered slowly and carefully, “Move ’em closer!” The Commando Hall of Honor
identifying and withdrawing from three The enemy fire died down, and Capers Medal hangs from his neck
ambush sites. As the Marines were about to called off the mortars. There was an awful
withdraw from a fourth, King alerted. smell—acrid smoke and burned flesh and blood
A Claymore mine is an 8.5x3–inch convex and shit. But reinforcements were arriving.
slab of inch-deep plastic, packed full of C4 “We’re getting out of here—all of us,” Capers
explosives and hundreds of steel balls. It yelled to his men. “We’re not going to die on
usually sits a few inches above the ground and this trail.” Gary, in tow. Capers had met his future wife on
functions like a giant shotgun shell. Vietnamese The grunts arrived and helped the team a warm spring day in Baltimore when he was
fighters had daisy-chained several mines toward the extraction site, down a rain-swept just 15, and they’d married a few years after he
together. Crepeau recalls the moment they path. Capers used his rifle as a cane, blood enlisted. Their son was born blind, but now
detonated like a scene from a film: The five sloshing in his jungle boots as he walked. The seemed to be looking at Capers when he put
men in front of him were flung to the ground in group took turns carrying King’s body. his hand on his father’s bed. In Vietnam,
slow motion. As he watched the shock wave of Dusk was descending as they approached Capers had dreamed of this reunion, but now
violence, a steel ball punched through his leg. the extraction point. One H-34 helicopter the bitter sting of shame was all he could feel.
From the jungle darkness, a platoon of NVA landed while another circled overhead, The doctors told Capers he might never
soldiers unleashed hell from two directions. providing cover from the remaining enemy walk again. He had several surgeries, including
Within seconds, nearly every member of the forces. The crew chief helped everyone onto a major skin graft to close the gaping hole
team was badly wounded. The blast knocked the bird. King’s body lay on the ground. above his right ankle. Soon he was in a body
Capers against a tree and punctured his body Capers, hazy from morphine and cast, then a wheelchair, then crutches. For
in 14 places. His right leg was broken, and as blood loss, drew his gun. The dog was coming months, Capers rarely got up from his hospital
he lay severely concussed, he looked over and with them, he told the chief, or Capers was bed. Consumed with remorse and rage, he
saw King, limp and lifeless on the bloody jungle staying behind. struggled to reconcile what had happened to
floor. The dog had been between Capers and The crew chief jumped out and heaved him. One day, Dottie picked him up for a drive.
the blast. King’s body onto the chopper. Seconds later, She brought him to a parking lot and told him
Lance Corporal Harry Nicolaou, a mountain the bird lifted about six feet, then fell back to get out of the car. He struggled from the
of a man who carried the heavy M60 machine to Earth. “It’s no good,” Capers said, trying passenger seat. Then Dottie snatched his cane
gun with ease, sprayed fire toward the enemy, to get off the aircraft so it could take off. The and walked away. No more self-pity.
despite having his right leg nearly blown off at crew chief yanked him back in. On the second “You can walk,” she said, “and you’re going
the knee. “Goddamn it, you motherfuckers!” attempt, the helicopter climbed about eight to walk to me.” And when she said it, Capers
he screamed. feet before falling hard again. believed her. He thought about the man he was
Yerman crawled over to Capers. “We’re all The pilots tried one more time to take off, before, and he made his agonising first steps
down, sir!” he yelled. “But we can still fight!” this time the helicopter rose slowly before into Dottie’s arms. A few months later, Capers
Private First Class Henry Stanton carried lurching forward and climbing toward an ash- passed his medical review board, allowing him
the team’s only M79 grenade launcher. He was coloured sky. to stay in the Marines. Capers was awarded two
bleeding through his mouth and nose when Bronze Stars with Valor in Vietnam. Some of
he said to Capers, “I don’t think we’re going to APERS REMEMBERS THE INSIDE OF his men felt it was inadequate recognition for
make it this time.”
“We’re going to make it, son,” Capers said,
C THE FIELD HOSPITAL AS “a butcher
shop.” Blood was everywhere. The
his battlefield exploits, but if Capers agreed, he
kept it to himself. “I had never even thought
trying to catch his breath. “Just hold on.” doctors had to amputate Nicolaou’s leg below about it really, because after Phu Loc, I felt like
Enemy grenades were exploding from the knee. Capers looked around and was I had failed,” he says.
every direction. Capers ordered Yerman to overcome by shame. Broadminded had never
redistribute the team’s ammo, and his injured been ambushed before. ECADES LATER, IN EARLY 2007,
men to form a tight security perimeter. Doc
Smith, bleeding from his neck and face,
At Bethesda Naval Medical Center, Dottie
Capers made her way to her husband’s room
D CAPERS ATTENDED A NATIONAL
Naval Officers Association dinner at
sprinted from man to man, treating and on the 14th floor with their seven-year-old son, Camp Lejeune. About half the officers gathered

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in dress uniforms were minorities. Lieutenant ripped open old wounds. “We charge the commanders endorsing these
General Ronald S. Coleman delivered a speech Official notes from a phone interview awards with maintaining our historical ethos,”
and announced that Capers was being between Dixon’s superior and Jordan suggest he tells Maxim. “Our standards are where they
recommended for the Medal of Honor. The that Jordan’s reservations stemmed from a need to be. We don’t cheapen awards.” Others,
announcement was met with a wave of applause. belief that Capers’ Vietnam service had already like Gaskin, believe institutional racism was a
Marines lined up to shake Capers’ hand. “They been lauded enough. “Jim Capers, as good as factor and that Capers’ honour is long overdue.
had already anointed me,” Capers says. “To he was, was just one of 40 great men,” he said. “Our system isn’t geared to look back and
them, I was already the first black Marine Corps Ultimately, Jordan offered a late, and tepid, compare what impact racial prejudice would’ve
officer to receive the Medal of Honor.” endorsement in 2008—which included a few had on the process,” he says.
The idea to nominate Jim Capers for the notes pointing out errors in Dixon’s summary. Doug Sterner, an archivist for the Military
Medal of Honor originated in the mind of Jordan insists that he just wanted to get the Times, has seen similar disputes before.
Brigadier General James L. Williams. He credits facts straight. “I’d give Jim 16 Medal of Honors “It’s a very subjective award that depends
his decision to join the military in 1976 to if he had the documentation for it,” he says. very much on how well we tell the story,” he
Capers’ ASK A MARINE poster. By 2007, he was “Jim will tell you how close we were. To lose his explains. Still, he insists that race relations in
powerful enough to vindicate his personal friendship because of this was and still is very the military were already starting to improve.
hero, as well as the other members of Third deteriorating for me.” “Vietnam was our first truly integrated war.
Force Recon ’66–67—now known as the “lost The Medal of Honor is the only military Black Americans received 20 Medals of Honor—
detachment” because its official records had medal that must be approved by the president compared with only two black Americans in
been lost for years. Major General Walter on behalf of Congress. First, however, the Korea and none in World War I and World War
Gaskin, another black Marine Corps officer and nomination must go through numerous layers II, until the late upgrades.”
Williams’ boss, threw his full support behind of military bureaucracy. The man overseeing Dixon ultimately convinced Capers to
Williams’ efforts. “Given the impact Capers this process was Retired Colonel Lee Freund, continue pushing for recognition. By then,
had on the battlefield,” says Williams, “it was head of the Marine Corps Awards Branch. Capers was alone. His son, Gary, had died in
important for his nomination to reflect the Freund and his staff reviewed the Capers 2003 from a misdiagnosed ruptured appendix
highest valour award.” package and kicked it back, citing a laundry (Capers was awarded a settlement). Dottie
The generals found their gunslinger in list of administrative and procedural errors. passed away from cancer in 2009. He needed
Corporal James Monroe Dixon III, 25, who Freund’s advice was that Dixon’s ambitious, a mission, and Dixon provided one. The men
was assigned to the Second Marine Division’s cumulative approach to meeting the award spent months together, living in the same
personnel and administration section in 2007. criteria was not going to fly. The generals apartment in California, drafting petitions
A Georgian, Dixon had been wounded during regrouped and recast the argument. This time and working on Capers’ memoir. Meanwhile,
his third infantry tour in Iraq. He was highly the summary of action focused only on Phu Dixon’s own post-traumatic stress wasn’t
intelligent, with a thick drawl and unruly hair Loc, Team Broadminded’s doomed last patrol subsiding. In many ways, they were two battle-
that earned him the nickname “Rooster.” in Vietnam. scarred Marines on the last patrol of their lives.
Amazed by the accounts he heard from A year and a half later, in 2010, Jim Capers In February 2012, Dixon went to visit
Capers’ men, Dixon’s enthusiasm for the Medal received a letter from the Secretary of the his family in Georgia. Neighbours called the
of Honor case reached the point of obsession. Navy. He had been awarded the Silver Star, sheriff ’s department around 3:50 am on
The submission grew well beyond what is two levels below the Medal of Honor. No February 19 to say someone had fired shots on
typical of such documents, covering not just explanation was given. their property. Roughly five hours later, Dixon
one event but Capers’ entire tour in Vietnam. Freund stands firmly behind the Marine phoned Capers. “They have me surrounded!”
Dixon was convinced he had discovered a Corps’ painstakingly detailed award system. he cried. “You’re going to get the Medal of
precedent for this. But he was also inspired by Honor, sir…I love you.” Shortly thereafter, he
the compelling witness statements he gathered stepped outside, and the Georgia State Patrol
from the men Capers had led in battle, a vivid SWAT team ordered him to put down his gun.
portrait of a selfless, heroic leader. “None of us After failing to comply, he was shot and killed.
had his level of courage,” Ron Yerman wrote. Dixon was 30. Capers spoke at Dixon’s funeral.
“None of us were as ready as he was to give his With a shaky voice, he explained to the crowd
life for his men at any moment.”
“NONE OF US how Dixon “got it”—how he understood the
Team Broadminded’s point man, Walter HAD HIS LEVEL importance of fighting for what is right. Capers’
Doroski, agreed. “[I’ve] worked overseas Silver Star was placed in the casket.
in over 30 undeveloped countries on three OF COURAGE,” When Capers returned to California, he
continents for 25 years,” he wrote. “I never found himself alone once again—an old, arthritic
found an equal to Lieutenant Capers’ RON YERMAN warrior with shrapnel in his bones and a head
leadership, devotion to his mission and men, or
courage in battle.”
WROTE. “NONE full of hard memories. “I’d lost everything
important to me,” Capers says. “I guess I bought
As Dixon built his case, only one voice OF US WERE AS into the idea that the award was bigger than
was missing: that of Ken Jordan, Capers’ me because I needed to.” He now feels that the
old commanding officer. Jordan was the READY AS HE recognition is secondary to giving due to his
only member of Third Force to initially
reject Dixon’s request to support the effort.
WAS TO GIVE HIS “lost detachment.” For his supporters, that’s
reason enough to battle on. “I’m not going to
According to Dixon, Jordan said, “Not only LIFE FOR MEN IN get over it,” says General Williams, now retired.
no, but hell, no!” The gesture was interpreted “There’s a failure to recognise a piece of history
by Capers’ supporters as an affront, one that HIS TEAM.” here. The fight isn’t over.”

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ROCKET O
THE BLOODHOUND SSC IS UNLIKE ANY CAR BUILT IN AUTOMOBILE HISTORY. IT’S ACTUALLY A
TRAVEL AT MORE THAN 1,000 MILES PER HOUR. THAT’S 1.3 TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND WHEN
by VIVEK MUKHERJI

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N WHEELS
ROCKET AND FIGHTER JET HYBRID WITH FOUR WHEELS AND A STEERING WHEEL, DESIGNED TO
IT ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH A NEW LAND SPEED RECORD.

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 The Bloodhound SSC
will emit a 25-foot
incandescent flame
studded with tiny heat
diamonds just before it
reaches top speed.

The visceral urge for speed has captivated and Bloodhound SSC. To be honest, the word ‘car’
fascinated humankind since time immemorial. is a bit of a misnomer in this case.
From hunting down fleet-footed quarry for The Bloodhound SSC is a singularly
food to supersonic cruise missiles that wreak unique, hybrid form of a rocket, fighter jet
havoc in battlefields, men and women, engine from the Eurofighter Typhoon and a
innovators and inventors have pushed the Cosworth 2.4-litre V8 Formula One engine
envelope to defy the natural laws of physics in with four wheels and a steering housed in a
their quest for speed. In the process, new high-tech cockpit. The
records have been set and broken. It’s the science under the
1,35,000 BHP

same spirit of enterprise and enquiry or, carbon-fibre titanium skin

25,000bhp more than the QE2

simply, the need for speed that has been of the Bloodhound SSC is
driving those who dwell in the esoteric and indeed rocket science. In
rarefied firmament of Land Speed Record case you are wondering
The Bloodhound SSC has

(LSR) for more than a century. what on earth SSC means,

The latest holy grail in the world of Land it’s exactly what it says—Su-
Speed Record is breaching the 1,000 mph per Sonic Car, designed to
(1,660 kmph) barrier. Yes, that’s faster than go 1.3 times faster than the
any supersonic fighter aircraft can fly at 15 speed of sound. On land,
metres above the ground. Leading this charge of course. And the piece of
is a British team calling itself the Bloodhound land where this record will
Project. And, the weapon of choice for this be attempted, in Septem-
ambitious mission is a ‘car’ called the ber or October 2016,

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 Andy Green set the
existing Land Speed
Record in 1997 in
the Thrust SSC.

AT 1,660 KMPH, THE AIR AROUND THE CAR WILL BE LIKE DENSE
‘SYRUP’ AND THE SLEEK SHAPE OF THE BLOODHOUND SSC
WILL HELP IT TO ‘SWIM’ THROUGH THIS INVISIBLE LIQUID
WITHOUT BECOMING UNSTABLE.

depending on the weather conditions, is the the 1,000 mph barrier first. As the Bloodhound SSC starts to accelerate
arid expanse of the Hakskeenpan desert in In the Bloodhound SSC, function dictates under power from the jet engine for 20
South Africa. form. At 1,660 kmph, the air around the car seconds up to almost 370 kmph, the pump
There is more than one contender in this will be like dense ‘syrup’ and the sleek shape mated to the F1 engine will start delivering
wild chase such as the American Land Speed of the Bloodhound SSC will help it to ‘swim’ small amounts of High Test Peroxide (HTP),
Research Vehicle called the Sonic Wind, through this invisible liquid without becoming which in milder form is hair bleach, into a
helmed by flashy Californian Waldo Stakes, unstable or airborne. Though the complex chamber in front of the rocket containing a
and the Aussie Invader 5R with the fastest power delivery system is every bit exotic, it silver catalyst. The HTP will react with the
still obeys the laws of silver to produce steam, oxygen and a whole

180 DECIBELS
internal combustion lot of heat. This steam will be superheated to
engines that drive the more 600° Centigrade before coming in contact
sedate commuter cars. with the solid fuel of the rocket, which is
The hybrid rocket could be louder than a 747at take-off! The Bloodhound SSC nothing more than synthetic rubber. After
has three engines, but only another five seconds, as the Bloodhound SSC
Australian on Earth, Rosco McGlashan, in two—the rocket and the jet engines—will reaches 560 kmph, Green will engage a trigger
command. But the British project headed by provide power to the wheels, while the third mounted on his 3D printed steering wheel
the giants of the Land Speed Record world, unit, the Formula One engine, will be used to that will pump the whole of the 1,000 kg of
Richard Noble, and ‘driver’ Wing Commander drive an oxidiser pump. liquid HTP into the rocket cluster, pushing up
Andy Green of the Royal Air Force, who holds Now comes the exotic bit. At the start of the steam temperature to 3,000° Centigrade—
the existing record of 763 mph (1,227.93 the run, the F1 engine will be fired up, which about 1,500° more than the Earth’s molten
kmph) in the cockpit of the Thrust SSC, also in turn will work the high-precision pump core. This will ignite the rubber fuel in the
led by Nobel, is tipped by the punters to break derived from the Blue Steel cruise missile. rocket, generating enormous amounts of

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 0-1,000
thrust, shockwaves and a 25-foot incandescent
flame studded with tiny diamonds!
The peak combined thrust of the jet engine
and the rocket will produce a staggering
1,35,000 bhp—equivalent to more than eight
55 SECONDS
times the total power of 22 Formula One cars And 500-1,000 in 17 seconds!
on the starting grid—that will turn each of the
95kg precision-forged aluminium wheels at using a combination of parachute-aided air
10,000 rpm, generating 50,000 radial g-forces brakes and conventional friction brakes,
at the rim, and propelling the Bloodhound about 12 miles (19.20 km) from the starting
SCC to its designed top speed of 1,680 kmph. point, in just 120 seconds. For the record to
Green, in his cockpit, will experience 2.5 be validated by the FIA, Green will have to
g-force as the car continues to accelerate for make two passes through the measured mile
another 20 seconds before crossing the in one hour.
Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (Top) Andy Green, the world’s fastest man, with As the Bloodhound SSC starts test runs in
(FIA)-mandated Narain Karthikeyan, the fastest Indian in the world. the UK over these summer months, it will
measured mile at more (Below) Green’s team prepping for the test drive. mark the home stretch for a project that
than 1,000 mph (1,600 started almost 13 years ago and will culminate
would weigh more than two men.
The force at the rim of the wheel

kmph) in a mere 3.6 next year. As Green says, “getting to 1,000

at 10,200 rpm. A sugar cube

seconds. When the mph safely is not just about technology, it’s
Bloodhound SSC reaches about engineering expertise.” The greater
1,225 kmph, an purpose of the Bloodhound Project is
50,000g

enormous sonic boom “promoting engineering and inspiring the

will ripple through next generation with the excitement of science
Hakskeenpan after which and technology.” These are not empty words.
Green and his car will According to the FIA, the safety cell of the car
out-run the 140 decibel will be the safest and most advanced in the
roar of the engines and history of motor racing. It has a direct
the rocket. The car will application in the civilian world that will
finally come to a halt make cars safer in the future.

JEANTAUD
39 mph using GOBRON BRILLIE
electric power! The first car over 100 mph.

YEAR
1898 STANLEY ROCKET
121 mph! This steam-powered
record stood for over 100 years!
BLUE BIRD
1910 Malcolm Campbell breaks
1000 BHP SUNBEAM the 300 mph barrier.
Henry Segrave breaks the
1920 200 mph barrier. BLUE BIRD CN7
Donald Campbell follows his
1930 father’s record breaking with
a run of 403 mph.
SPIRIT OF AMERICA
1940 Craig Breedlove again! This time with
SPIRIT OF AMERICA Sonic 1—the first car past 600 mph.
1950 THE LAND Craig Breedlove. The first
car to break both 400 mph BLUE FLAME
1960 SPEED and 500 mph! Reached 622 mph using
rocket power!

1970 RECORD
1980 OVER THRUST 2
Richard Noble brings the record

THE YEARS
back to Britain.
THRUST SSC
1990 763 mph. The first car to
break the sound barrier!
2000
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 MPH

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TWERKING
GIRL
ANASTASIA ASHLEY
HAD BEEN CARVING
UP THE WAVES ON
THE PRO SURFING
CIRCUIT FOR YEARS
BEFORE A CLIP OF HER
PRECOMPETITION
ROUTINE WENT
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FOR SURE: WHETHER
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by JULIAN STERN

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 “ANYBODY WHO IS ANY KIND OF PUBLIC FIGURE
HAS BEEN ASKED OUT OVER TWITTER.
BUT ON FACEBOOK, I’VE MET NORMAL GUYS.
THAT WAS MORE ME CREEPING ON THEM. GOING,
‘OHH, THAT GUY’S CUTE.’”

So you just got back from the fantastic What’s dating like for a pro surfer?
Miami Fashion Week? I meet people all the time, and they’re like,
Yup. It’s a bikini week, basically. “How do you not have a boyfriend? You have
so many guys constantly hitting on you.” But
Tell us everything. that’s online. In real life, I don’t get hit on at
[It was] probably the most Instagram models all. I meet a lot of guys, but they don’t like
I’ve ever seen in person. To be honest, it was the idea of dating someone who has so many
a good place for a guy that week because it’s people commenting weird stuff. I had a guy
all the hottest bikini models in one little area, straight up tell me, “I can’t handle that.”
and no guys. There’s so many events in South
Beach during that week, you just walk down You do have a very strong social media
the street and you’ll see five hot chicks. presence, with more than 100,000 Twitter
followers, and over half a million on
While we look up flights to Miami, could Instagram. Does social media ever actually
you tell us anything you picked up about help you meet people?

M A K E U P : F R A N C E S C A TO LOT/ C LO U T I E R R E M I X ; M A N I C U R E : T R A C E Y S U T T E R / C LO U T I E R R E M I X
the future of bikinis? Anybody who is any kind of public figure

S T Y L I S T: J A K AT T H E M A G N E T A G E N C Y; H A I R : TO N Y C H AV E Z AT T R A C E Y M AT T I N G LY.C O M ;
I mean, I feel like bikinis are just getting has been asked out over Twitter. It’s where
smaller and smaller. It seems like the world in famous-y people meet other famous-y people.
“PEOPLE ASK WHEN I SLEEP, AND I’M LIKE, general is just becoming really more accepting Because you see if someone verified hits you
‘Yeah, I stopped sleeping a year or two ago.’ ” of that, whereas before—even five years up. But on Facebook, I’ve met normal guys.
It’s 11:15 am, and pro surfer/model/candid- ago—I’d get my bikinis from Brazil and people That was more me creeping on them. Going,
twerk-viral-video-star Anastasia Ashley, 27, would be like, “Oh my God! That’s insane!” “Ohh, that guy’s cute.”
has just awoken from one of her apparently
rare bouts of slumber. We’re chatting over Does that affect the actual surfing at all? You’ve asked out random fans who liked
coffee in the Kanye-chic lobby of the SLS The bathing suit? your Facebook page?
Beverly Hills—a Lucite stag’s head towers over I like smaller bathing suits, so they usually Yeah, I’m not gonna lie. It’s hard to meet
us, jumbo lamps with silver AK-47s for bases are tighter, but when I surf real waves, I’m in people! At least he already likes me. [laughs]
flank our all-mahogany-everything breakfast a wetsuit because I like everything strapped
nook. She has stopped in Los Angeles on her in. I don’t need to be having wardrobe I think you’ll be getting a lot of Facebook
way home to Orange County from Miami, malfunctions while surfing. likes and Twitter DMs from our readers.
where she spent five days at Miami Fashion And speaking of the Internet… your twerk
Week, the lesser-known, bikini-er version After 20 years of surfing, what still gets video went viral last year. Has it brought
of its New York cousin. And here, on her you excited? any notable changes in your life?
first opportunity to sleep late in two weeks, I like surfing bigger waves, so I’m always It put me in front of a lot of eyes. However,
a day after spending eight hours posing waiting for a big swell. Big swells—like, I’ve been working on my job for 20 years.
and frolicking in desert heat (see right), 20- and 30-foot waves—only happen five or A lot of people will probably sit there and
she’s pulled herself back out of bed for this six days a season. I was nominated for the be like, “Oh, because of one video, this and
interview. And she’s a trouper about it. “On Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards in 2013 for a that happened.” I mean, I had so many other
a day-to-day basis, I can get away with four wave I caught on New Year’s Eve. That was a things in motion that happened to be around
hours of sleep. I just trained my body to go.” pretty big accomplishment for me. that time. But, yeah, it’s a funny thing.

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 What book do you regret not finishing? 
Ten Steps To Living A Good Life In Heaven. 

Who would you spend your last day on

Earth with?
My family. 

If you could be anyone else, who

would you be? 
My dog, Buddy. He has all the love in the
world to give to others. 

Who would you spy on from the

great beyond? 
I’d have a field day snooping on people’s lives,
and having a laugh with my other heavenly
buddies. Politicians, gangsters, sports stars
and actors mostly. 

Was there anyone on Earth you wanted to

punch in the face?
Lots of people. I’d be the vigilante of the
heavens, who’d swoop down and smack every
idiot who is mean to his family, litters, or lacks
civic sense—I think I’d be slapping quite a few
people on a daily basis. 

What’s the wildest thing you ever did

while you were alive? 
Jumped out of an airplane at 20,000 feet. 

SAMIR
So that means you’re going to heaven What is your biggest regret?
or hell? If I were to pop it today then—to not be there

KOCHHAR
I don’t know how it works out for aliens. to see my son grow up. 

What song will be playing at your funeral?  Any apologies before you’re gone?
I’d really want people to celebrate my life. I’d To my loved ones, because I’m not going to be
want a party with good food, great music, there for them anymore.
The actor and Indian Premier
dance and cheers. Everyone narrating stories
League host on Set Max tells us about my life. Maybe later, at some point if the What’s the one thing you’d like to take
why he’s probably not going mood gets sombre, then they can play “Chalte with you into the great beyond?
to either heaven or hell on his chalte mere yeh geet yaad rakhna, kabhi alvida A device that’ll help me come back from
day of reckoning. na kehna.” time to time. 

What’s your last meal? Which part of the IPL would you take
How would you like to get to the I’d want butter chicken, lachha paratha, burra to heaven? 
great beyond? kebab and a whole blueberry cheesecake Navjot Singh Sidhu. In case heaven isn’t fun,
Peacefully in my sleep, when I’m at the peak towards the end. I’d need someone to keep it entertaining and
of my health and fitness, after an evening crack me up all the time.
spent with all my family, friends and loved While on Earth, what did you blow the
ones. Far, far away from a hospital bed or any most money on?  And which part would you take to hell? 
chronic ailment.  That has to be travel—vacationing across the From whatever I’ve heard about hell, it
globe and buying gifts for everyone. doesn’t sound like a fun spot. I’d take my lady
What is your deathbed confession?  co-anchors and Chris Gayle. The ladies to
I’m actually an alien from another planet, Name one thing you’re glad you’ll never mesmerise the bad folk of hell with their
and my real name is ludvig-hanz-scheneiken- have to do again once you’re deceased.  beauty, and Man Mountain Chris to protect
harn-emborga! Be stuck in a traffic jam.  me if that doesn’t work.

104 MAXIM June 2015