Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 76, November 2015 | Page 53

His craziest tattoo wasn’t necessarily what
was tattooed, or on which part of whose
body it was tattooed. But it’s where it
happened.
“Ja,” he laughs, “we went up Kilimanjaro
as well. We’ve got a rhino anti-poaching
project that we run as well. So I went up
Kilimanjaro, which was hard, especially the
last day, and I did a tattoo at the top of
Kilimanjaro.”
Sean tattoos the mark of the rhino in the
strangest of places, the top of Kilimanjaro.
Photograph supplied.

I find myself whistling the Juluka song as
the words: “Oh OK, the world’s highest
tattoo” form in my mouth.
He laughs.
“Ja, that’s it. And then I sold that tattoo
machine to the guys from Pawn Stars
South Africa, like the TV show. And I even
tattooed the mark of the rhino on one of
the dudes from Pawn Stars South Africa,”
he smiled.

mountain bike just before I had the
accident and it was beautiful out there. It
is such a nice way to get out there and do
something active as well. So ja, jumping
on the road is cool and stuff, but when
I can I’m definitely going to do some
trail riding. It’s just so nice out there,” he
explained.
“But then why ride the Momentum 947
Cycle Challenge as your first cycling
event?” I asked.
“I’ve never ridden it and I don’t know how
tough it’s going to be but I think the 947 is
something achievable for a lot of people.
I think you can become easily involved
even if you don’t have a whole stack of
cycling experience and stuff like that.
Unlike the Comrades, people don’t have
to spend 19 months training for it but I think
with this kind of thing I can get a lot more
people involved from the charity side of
things,” he explained.
And, of course, he will be riding in his
clown suit.
“I did the Comrades in the clown suit. The
suit was hot, but it was hot anyway that
day. Without proper training, I was in a

haze. I wanted to stop after 30 kilometres,
so I don’t even know how I finished it, to
be honest, I was so broken.
“I’ve had this thing since I was 20 years
old. I built it when I had a hangover and
it’s been skydiving, it’s been deep sea
spear fishing, it’s done the Comrades, it’s
done the Two Oceans, it even went to the
top of Kilimanjaro, although I didn’t wear
it. So now it’s going to do the 947,” he
explained.
The thought of a guy in a multi coloured
clown suit raised yet another smile.
“Ja, I only started to do stand-up comedy
in January this year,” he said, seemingly
reading my mind. “There is a big comedy
scene in South Africa at the moment.
Especially seeing what Trevor Noah has
done.”
Sean did his first corporate gig last month
and often appears on stage and various
venues around Gauteng. So, you don’t
see this dude in a clown suit riding the
Momentum 947 Cycle Challenge, check
him out at a theatre near you. And don’t
forget to drop off your old bicycles at your
closest Skin Trade Tattoo shop.

The whole rhino thing intrigued me. “What
is the mark of the rhino?” I asked.
“The mark of the rhino is a little tattoo,” he
says as he shows me a picture, “this is the
design which we tattoo on people and
it comes with a litt