Caribbean Beat — 25th Anniversary Edition — March/April 2017 (#144)

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INFLIGHT MAGAZINE MAY/JUNE 2011 JULY/AUGUST 2011 MARCH/APRIL 2011 108 • Trinidadian-Canadian chef Roger Mooking March/April 2011 Photo by Geoff George 109 • Tobago cocoa May/June 2011 Photo by Alex Smailes INFLIGHT MAGAZINE INFLIGHT MAGAZINE 110 • El Tucuche golden frog July/August 2011 Photo by Pierson Hill Caribbean Beat’s special “Green Issue” featured a rare frog species on its cover — the only time an amphibian has served as cover model. Fauna cover subjects have also included one non-human mammal and four birds — can you spot them all? 115 • Trinidadian Broadway star Heather Headley May/June 2012 Photo courtesy Heather Headley 116 • Grenadian Olympic champ Kirani James July/August 2012 Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images Heading into the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the eyes of the world were on Usain Bolt — understandably, considering how the Jamaican sprinter had overwhelmed the competition in Beijing four years earlier. But astute observers — like writer Kwame Laurence, who wrote the cover story on Caribbean Olympic prospects for our July/August 2012 issue — had their eyes on other contenders as well. Like Grenada’s Kirani James, then just nineteen years old, who a year before at the World Championships had become the youngest ever 400-metre gold medalist. “He has all the expectations of Grenada resting on his shoulders,” wrote Laurence. And on 6 August, 2012, those expectations were fulfilled: thanks to James, Grenada’s firstever Olympic medal was gold. Five of the eight lanes in the final were occupied by Caribbean athletes, plus all three spots on the medal podium — with Luguelín Santos of the Dominican Republic in second place and Lalonde Gordon of T&T in third. . . . All the expectations of Grenada resting on his shoulders 119 • Steffano Marcano, Carnival blue devil January/February 2013 Photo by Maria Nunes 121 • Jamaica’s No-Maddz May/June 2013 Photo by Marlon James James’s welcome back to Grenada — and his home village of Gouyave — was euphoric. And Grenadian readers of Caribbean Beat were delighted the magazine had the foresight to put him on the cover. How did we make the call? “I think it was a mixture of reasons,” remembers Judy Raymond, then editor. “We wanted to use a photo of someone promising but not too familiar, and from somewhere that didn’t already have a great Olympic track record. And we had a good pic of him.” The confidence of writer Kwame Laurence — one of the Caribbean’s most experienced sports journalists, specialising in track and field, and a longtime contributor to the magazine — about James’s promise also helped. Four years later, at the 2016 Rio Olympics, James was a favourite to repeat his win. Only one athlete — American Michael Johnson — had ever managed to defend an Olympic gold in the men’s 400 metres, in 1996 and 2000. But the 58 WWW.CARIBBEAN-BEAT.COM
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011 INFLIGHT MAGAZINE 111 • Trinidad-born singer Nicki Minaj September/October 2011 Photo by D Project Records/ Young Money Entertainment 112 • Christmas dinner with T&T celebrities November/December 2011 Photo by Andrea De Silva 113 • Machel Montano costumed by Carnival band K2K January/February 2012 Photo by Marlon Rouse 114 • Trinidadian designer Anya Ayoung-Chee March/April 2012 Photo by Wyatt Gallery achievement just barely escaped the Grenadian champion. James came second, to Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa — but still brought home Grenada’s second-ever Olympic medal, and singlehandedly gave his country the highest number of Olympic medals, per capita, at two successive Summer Games. 117 • Detail of Disciple I, by Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson September/October 2012 Image courtesy Ebony G. Patterson 118 • Diwali parade in Guyana November/December 2012 Photo by Michael Lam streeter lecka/getty 120 • Barbadian surfer Chelsea Tuach March/April 2013 Photo by Mark Harris Just seventeen when she appeared on the cover of the March/April 2013 Caribbean Beat, slicing through a wave, Chelsea Tuach already had four years’ experience as a national and regional surfing champion. Starting at the age of ten, Tuach is the youngest surfer to represent Barbados in the watersport, and the most successful in competition. Ranked fourth in the world in 2015, she’s twice won the World Surf League (WSL) North American Junior Pro Championships. Tuach has flown the Barbadian flag in Australia, Brazil, El Salvador, Fiji, Mexico, Spain, France, and Japan. “I set goals, seize opportunities, and with a lot of faith and support, I’ve managed to do it,” she says. She’s had moments of self-doubt and at times intimidation, going up against older competitors. But nothing has stopped her burning spirit of determination, especially backed with resounding support from her island. WWW.CARIBBEAN-AIRLINES.COM 59
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