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Ad Talent // Newsletter September/October 2009 |
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Marc Spriestersbach, MD of Publicis, JHB at play.
"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the bank like an idiot!" - so I took to fishing from a boat! There are many different kinds of fishermen - from "pap gooiers" to honed fly fishermen; and then of course there are the adventurous fishermen. Those that chase dangerous prey - like the ferocious Tiger fish (Hydrocynus Vittatus) and boy do I chase them! Maybe twice a year if I'm lucky. It's a long way to the mighty Zambezi river, but luckily I am able to get there every now and again. Flying is the other passion! Once you have caught a Tiger fish on fly you will wonder what you ever did standing around a pond or next to a silly little stream! It truly is exhilarating. My first fish weighed in a 6kg and thereafter I have spent many years trying to improve on my now current record of 11,5kg (the world record is a 16,6kg monster) but getting to them is becoming harder and harder. Aside from the actual catch (and of course release - how else will they get to the 16kg mark!) there is the thrill of the preparation - the special visits to the tackle shops and the secret recipes. Ah! Have we been duped into shelling out hard earned cash again? Yes, but what fun - and of course don't forget the entourage of fellow fishermen and the many stories over ice cold amber nectars! That's what it's about - getting away from it all to take in the magic of the bush and test your skills on the rivers - and of course unwind and forget about ads & budgets & & When the best time to go? Whenever you can get away! 
Haydn Townsend, Executive Director of The Jupiter Drawing Room, JHB at Play Bikes, Bikers and Biking I have often marvelled at the depth and breadth of what motorcycling is. Besides the obvious marvels of modern day engineering that they clearly are, the design seems to be moving daily and every year a new model arrives on our doorstep. It's so hard not to be tempted into buying "the latest and greatest" all the time with every new bike ousting the previous model with "obvious" superiority. It's like every time someone breaks the 100m sprint record, we all think that no man will ever go faster than that. Enter Mr. Bolt. So is this part of motorcycling that keeps the passion regularly fed? There will always be the next big thing around the corner. I fell in love with bikes at the very mature age of around 9 years old when my dad bought me a bush basher - one of the benefits of living next to an undeveloped bush zone. That automatically led to a few off-road machines over the years till me 16th birthday where I progressed through to the 50cc era and owned the incredible Yamaha RZ 50. I didn't however stop there. I had it modified and put in a Wiseco piston kit and re-bored the bike to a 60cc (WOW). That ensured me a whopping 123km/h on a downhill with the wind behind me! From there I grew into bigger bikes and eventually got a Kawasaki GPZ750, a Suzuki GSX-R 750, then a Honda CBX 1000 (one of only 2, 6 cylinder bikes back then), then a Honda Blackbird 1100cc and then onto the modern bikes. The beautiful 2002 Yamaha R1, the manic 2005 Kawasaki ZX10 and onto my latest - the Honda 1000cc Fireblade. To the brand loyalist this may look a bit like "brand slutting", but I have always gone for what suited my needs best and not the tattoo on my butt. A bit ironic for the "brand builder" mandate I actively advocate. Having said that - the latest Hyosung bike somehow has never reached my evoked set. Only owned the big 4. I must admit that I would gladly add the Italian giant Ducati to that and make it the bike 5 (currently convincing myself the price is worth it). So from Rallies to tracks and all the permutations in between, biking has been a part of my life since I can remember and I hope to be a touring granddad on my massive 1800cc that is actually a car on 2 wheels.
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