Mental Athletic Issue N4/ Cover 1 Bandit

Mental Athletic issue #04 bridges modus operandi and visions, seamlessly connecting the most advanced strains of research with the bold, forward-thinking expressions of contemporary visual culture, where experimentation meets aesthetic instinct and intellect turns kinetic. It moves from the raw adrenaline of volcanic mountain runs in West Africa to the collective energy of a suburban calisthenics park in Paris’ Bercy—a 400-page journey that sails across open seas and ascends through the peaks of thought, tracing a continuous dialogue between discipline and freedom, rigor and imagination.

The issue’s grammar finds its rhythm in the cover stories, from BANDIT GRAND PRIX, seen through the lens of NYC-based visual artist Chris Glickmann, to a group portrait shot in Oakland starring the collective A.F.A.I.C., styled in KASK and photographed by Peter Sutherland, and a journey into the mysterious soils of the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope, captured by Riccardo Raspa. The issue also features the HOMERUN and Nike special sleeve cover, expanding the dialogue between motion, subculture, and visual identity.

Featured in Mental Athletic issue #4: Made New: The BANDIT Way by Chris Glickmann; Homerun: Hardcore Discipline; Pro Lens Project – Between Gods and Hunters; AKTA; A1A; Training for Hakone; I Am Jealous of Everything Whose Beauty Does Not Die; Tokyo Drift by Paul Herrmann; Why We Wear It – The Running Heritage by Ewen Spencer; Tenet of the Unbound: Nike Rebel Instinct; Chito Vera: Repetition Builds Mastery; Hiroshi Iguchi; Ego Death on Two Wheels by Peter Sutherland (supported by KASK); OKO Farms NYC (supported by Crocs); Lachlan Morton: Diary from Kenya; Cling to Move by Large Deviations.