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 Jacques
Marais -
Jacques Marais is a professional photographer and author who regularly contributes to a range of premium adventure-, travel- and outdoor magazines, both in SA and abroad. These include leading titles such as Men's Health, Sports Illustrated, Mountain Biker, Go Multi, Expressions, Discovery Magazine, Weg, Horizons, Time Out Guide, Gust, PIX and Maxim. Jacques is also a regular columnist for the CAPE TIMES, and his photographs and articles regularly appear in international newspapers and web sites.
Marais has also authored a number of books, including successful outdoor titles on Hiking, Adventure Racing and Mountain Biking. He is currently working on two new adventure books, and his short stories feature in the anthology "In Search of the Strange". As an accredited RED BULL photographer, he covers global extreme sport events, shooting disciplines as diverse as freestyle moto-cross, adventure racing, downhill mountain biking, snowboarding and paragliding. Jacques was also one of only 50 world-wide finalists in the acclaimed 2007 ILLUME International Extreme Sports Photography Competition.
Africa has featured big on Jacques' travel radar, with backpacking, mountain biking, rafting and kayaking trips taking him to countries as diverse as Morocco, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Uganda, Seychelles and Madagascar. International destinations include continental Europe and Scandinavia, Argentina, Bolivia, Borneo, Vietnam, Cambodia, Australia, Iceland, USA and East Greenland, while trips to Ukraine and China are in the pipeline.
Jacques shoots on Canon Pro Digital SLR cameras, and has built up an extensive library of photographic images which he supplies to advertising agencies, stock libraries and production houses. Jacques Marais Media also coordinates media- and promotions projects for premium adventure sport companies and related organisations, and current clients include Nike, Nissan, Land Rover, CapeStorm, First Ascent, Hi-Tec, Cape Union Mart, Red Bull and Duesouth. He is also an active partner in the www.ndorfin.co.za Adventure Portal as well as the www.mtbroutes.co.za MTB Trail Site.
For more information, check out www.jacquesmarais.co.za
 Ugene Nel -
After travelling and living in various countries for nearly 12 years, Ugene Nel returned to the South Peninsula in the Western Cape. After initially taking part in various Adventure races [AR], he started to organize shorter races for beginners. Soon, this led to organizing and facilitating team building activities for the Corporate market.
Ugene took part in numerous [200-500km] Adventure Races and competed in the AR World Champs, held in New Zealand in 2005. He still races and this provides him with ongoing ideas as well as keeping him fit.
Through his various adventures, escapades and sometime “narrow” escapades, Ugene learnt the value of “team work” and “decision making” - often whilst being sleep deprived and under [time] pressure.
The difference between a “couch potato” and an extreme athlete is simply a “decision”!
Visit Ugene's website on: www.quantumadventures.co.za
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