Danny MacAskill

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Danny MacAskill

| image = Danny MacAskill.jpg

| caption = MacAskill in 2009

| fullname = Daniel MacAskill

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|12|23}}

| birth_place = Skye, Scotland

| height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| discipline = Trials

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Street Trials

| currentteam = Santa Cruz Bicycles

}}

Daniel MacAskill (born 23 December 1985){{Cite web |last=Nick |first=Heil |date=December 2012 |title=Danny MacAskill Can't Ride a Bike |url=https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/biking/danny-macaskill-cant-ride-bike/ |access-date=4 March 2023 |website=Outside}}{{Cite web |last=Brett |first=Paul |date=23 December 2022 |title=As Danny MacAskill celebrates his 37th birthday, check out Inspired Bicycles, the video that changed everything for the MTB and trials riding legend |url=https://www.bikeperfect.com/news/as-danny-macaskill-celebrates-his-37th-birthday-check-out-inspired-bicycles-the-video-that-changed-everything-for-the-mtb-and-trials-riding-legend |access-date=4 March 2023 |website=Bike Perfect}} is a Scottish trials cyclist, from Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. He works professionally as a street trials and mountain bike rider for Santa Cruz Bicycles.{{cite web |title=Danny MacAskill |url=http://www.inspiredbicycles.com/danny_macaskill_r3.php |publisher=Inspired Bicycles |access-date=21 June 2013 |archive-date=3 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703175340/http://www.inspiredbicycles.com/danny_macaskill_r3.php |url-status=dead }} His YouTube channel has more than half a million subscribers and the San Francisco Chronicle called him "one of the most exciting street-riding mountain bikers on Earth."{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Gregory |date=2022-12-04 |title=These famous San Francisco streets are shown in new film with death-defying bike stunts |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/San-Francisco-bike-stunts-17625709.php |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}}

Life and career

In April 2009, he released a five-minute street trials video to YouTube, filmed by his flatmate Dave Sowerby. This video gained widespread media attention, featuring stunts performed by MacAskill set to "The Funeral" by Band of Horses.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8010262.stm |title=Stunt video reaches new heights |date=21 April 2009 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=21 June 2013}}

As of April 2009, MacAskill had been practising several hours per day for more than 12 years. He gave up his job as a mechanic so he could ride full-time and now lives in Glasgow. In June 2009, MacAskill appeared in the music video for Doves' single "Winter Hill".{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6301764.ece |title=Danny MacAskill turns his back on fame |last=MacDonald|first=Stuart |date=17 May 2009 |work=The Times |access-date=12 June 2009 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In September 2009, MacAskill was the focus of TV advert filmed by The Leith Agency on behalf of Scottish jobs website s1jobs.com.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9mhcim3dQ|title=Danny MacAskill - s1jobs.com (Extended version)|access-date=5 March 2023|via=YouTube}}

On 16 November 2010, MacAskill released a new video Way Back Home produced by Red Bull Media House. The video showcases locations around Scotland including Edinburgh Castle, North Berwick, wartime bunkers on the island of Inchgarvie beneath the Forth Bridge and the Cruachan Dam in the Scottish Highlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.crunchsports.com/category/Other-Crunch-News/New-Danny-MacAskill-Video-released-201011180027/ |title=Danny MacAskill's Way Back Home Video|website=Crunchsports.com |access-date=21 June 2013}} In May 2011, Leica Camera released a Go Play promotional video featuring him doing tricks in the city of Cape Town. On 9 August 2011, Cut Media released a video named Industrial Revolutions directed by Stu Thomson. The video, set to "The Wolves" by Ben Howard, features MacAskill doing tricks in an abandoned Scottish iron works. It was created for Mike Christie's Channel 4 documentary Concrete Circus.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShbC5yVqOdI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/ShbC5yVqOdI |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Danny Macaskill - Industrial Revolutions Video |website=YouTube |access-date=21 June 2013}}{{cbignore}}

In 2011, MacAskill, along with Inspired Bicycles, released his signature trials frame, the "Inspired Skye".{{cite web |url=http://www.inspiredbicycles.com/inspired_skye_team_bike_p46.php |title=Inspired Skye |publisher=Inspired Bicycles |access-date=21 June 2013 |archive-date=24 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624174432/http://www.inspiredbicycles.com/inspired_skye_team_bike_p46.php |url-status=dead }}

In 2012, MacAskill performed the stunts for the movie Premium Rush.{{cite web |title=Danny Macaskill Stunt Doubles for Premium Rush |url=http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Article/Danny-MacAskill-and-Premium-Rush-Featured-in-Red-Bulletin-Magazine-021243239796135 |publisher=Red Bull |access-date=21 June 2013}} MacAskill is currently managed by the German agency Rasoulution.{{cite web |url= http://www.rasoulution.com/ |title=Danny Macaskill - Profile |publisher=Rasoulution |access-date=21 June 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dannymacaskill.co.uk/legal-notice/ |title=Danny Macaskill - Legal Notice |publisher=dannymacaskill.co.uk |access-date=21 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530144331/http://www.dannymacaskill.co.uk/legal-notice/ |archive-date=30 May 2013 }}

In early May 2013, MacAskill was invited to Taichung, Taiwan by a sponsorship partner, Lezyne, to film a riding video titled Danny MacAskill in Taiwan - powered by Lezyne.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeqo1i6TvW4|title=Danny MacAskill in Taiwan | Powered by Lezyne|access-date=5 March 2023|via=YouTube}} In summer 2013, MacAskill published a trial biking project on YouTube called Imaginate{{cite web|title=MacAskill's Imaginate |website= YouTube |url= https://www.youtube.com/show/macaskillsimaginate/about |access-date=9 July 2013}} which had been shot over 18 months produced by Mike Christie for Red Bull Media House and directed by Stu Thomson. In fewer than three weeks, the video had received over four million views.{{cite web |title=Danny MacAskill's Imaginate |website = YouTube|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv3xVOs7_No |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/Sv3xVOs7_No |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|access-date=9 July 2013 |date=19 June 2013}}{{cbignore}} In May 2014, MacAskill released another video through Red Bull Media House called Epecuen, which was shot on location in Epecuén, Argentina.{{cite web |title=Danny MacAskill Epecuen |website = YouTube|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiF5HHkHvX0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/PiF5HHkHvX0 |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|access-date=5 September 2014}}{{cbignore}} The town has been submerged underwater since 1985 for most of the time, and the video opens with its only resident speaking about it. As of April 2016, the video has accumulated over 10 million views.

In October 2014, MacAskill and long-term collaborator Stu Thomson of Cut Media released a film titled The Ridge.{{cite web|title=Danny Macaskill: The Ridge|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_IQS3VKjA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/xQ_IQS3VKjA |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|website=YouTube|publisher=Cut Media|access-date=25 December 2014|date=2 October 2014}}{{cbignore}} It was filmed on his home island, the Isle of Skye, along the steep and rocky Cuillin Ridge.{{cite news |last1=Merrill |first1=Jamie |title=Video: Thrill-seeker Danny MacAskill takes death-defying ride along the 992-metre drop of The Cuillin Ridge |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/video-stunt-bmx-rider-danny-macaskill-takes-deathdefying-ride-along-the-992metre-drop-of-the-cuillin-ridge-9770564.html |access-date=4 October 2014 |work=The Independent |date=2 October 2014}} In the first five days, the video on YouTube garnered over 10 million views. The film was accompanied by a BBC Scotland programme Riding the Ridge that documented Danny and the Cut Media crew as they created the viral film. Cascadia, also produced by Cut Media, appeared in November 2015.

The video "Danny Macaskill's Gymnasium" was released on 7 January 2020, featuring "I'm on My Way" by The Proclaimers.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/danny-macaskill-hits-gym-latest-mind-blowing-video-446053|title= Danny MacAskill hits the gym in latest mind-blowing video |date=7 January 2020|work=Cycling Weekly}}

In January 2021, Macaskill released the video Danny MacAskill - The Slabs, featuring him riding down a 500-meter section of the remote Dubh Slabs which rise out from Loch Coruisk on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. The video was filmed in September 2020 when Scotland's COVID-19 restrictions were temporarily eased and was released with the song "No Cars Go" by Arcade Fire. The video gained over a million views within two days of being released.

MacAskill competed in X-Games MTB Real series where his video went viral for his unique tricks.

Filmography

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Date ! Title ! Location ! Notes
April 2009 \| Inspired Bicycles - Danny MacAskill April 2009 \| Edinburgh \| Music: 'The Funeral,' Band of Horses
June 2009 \| Winter Hill \| \| music video for the single by Doves
September 2009 \| s1jobs \|Glasgow \|Soundtrack: "Barriers" by Aereogramme
November 2010 \| Way Back Home \| Scotland \|
August 2011 \| Industrial Revolutions \| Scotland \|
August 2011 \| POC Bike Excursion \| Sweden \| with Daniel Dhers and Martin Söderström
October 2012 \| Danny MacAskill Takes To The Track With Sir Chris Hoy \| Glasgow \|
June 2013 \| Imaginate \| Old Glasgow Transport Museum \|
August 2013 \| Danny MacAskill in Taiwan \| Taichung, Taiwan \|
December 2013 \|Road Bike Party 2 \| \|A collaboration with the Global Cycling Network also featuring Martyn Ashton and Chris Akrigg.{{Cite web\|author=Global Cycling Network\|date=December 10, 2013\|title=Road Bike Party 2 - Martyn Ashton\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/HhabgvIIXik \|archive-date=2021-12-20 \|url-status=live\|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
May 2014 \| Epecuen \| Epecuén, Argentina \|
July 2014 \| Danny MacAskill at the Playboy Mansion \| Playboy Mansion, Los Angeles, United States \|
October 2014 \| The Ridge \| Cuillin ridge, Skye \|
November 2014 \| Cortana \| The river Thames, London \| Promo stunt for microsofts Cortana
November 2015 \| This is Drop and Roll \| \|
December 2015 \| Cascadia \| Gran Canaria \|
May 2016 \| Aviemore Spring \| Aviemore \|
October 2016 \| Wee Day Out \| Scotland \| Riding a mountain bike.{{cite web \|url=http://www.redbull.com/uk/en/bike/stories/1331821751376/danny-macaskill-wee-day-out \|title=Watch Danny MacAskill's Wee Day Out \|publisher=Red Bull \|author=Rachel Verity \|date=2016-10-10 \|access-date=2016-10-16}} Soundtrack: "National Express" by The Divine Comedy.
April 2018 \|Danny MacAskill & Claudio Caluori: Home of Trails{{Citation\|last=Graubünden\|title=Danny MacAskill & Claudio Caluori: Home of Trails\|date=2018-04-09\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr-wLhP_HpM \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/dr-wLhP_HpM \|archive-date=2021-12-20 \|url-status=live\|access-date=2018-09-01}}{{cbignore}} \|Switzerland \|
May 2019 \| Danny Daycare \|Scotland \| Soundtrack: "Hitchin' a Ride" by Vanity Fare
January 2020 \| Danny MacAskill's Gymnasium \|Glasgow \|Soundtrack: "I'm On My Way" by The Proclaimers
January 2021 \| The Slabs \|Skye \|Soundtrack: "No Cars Go" by Arcade Fire
November 2022 \|Danny MacAskill: Postcard from San Francisco{{Cite web \|url=https://www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/danny-macaskill-postcard-from-san-francisco \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=20 December 2022 \|archive-date=20 December 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220014539/https://www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/danny-macaskill-postcard-from-san-francisco \|url-status=dead }} \|San Francisco \|

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Date

! Title

! Location

! Notes

April 2009

| Inspired Bicycles - Danny MacAskill April 2009

| Edinburgh

| Music: 'The Funeral,' Band of Horses

June 2009

| Winter Hill

| music video for the single by Doves

September 2009

| s1jobs

|Glasgow

|Soundtrack: "Barriers" by Aereogramme

November 2010

| Way Back Home

| Scotland

August 2011

| Industrial Revolutions

| Scotland

August 2011

| POC Bike Excursion

| Sweden

| with Daniel Dhers and Martin Söderström

October 2012

| Danny MacAskill Takes To The Track With Sir Chris Hoy

| Glasgow

June 2013

| Imaginate

| Old Glasgow Transport Museum

August 2013

| Danny MacAskill in Taiwan

| Taichung, Taiwan

December 2013

|Road Bike Party 2

|A collaboration with the Global Cycling Network also featuring Martyn Ashton and Chris Akrigg.{{Cite web|author=Global Cycling Network|date=December 10, 2013|title=Road Bike Party 2 - Martyn Ashton|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/HhabgvIIXik |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

May 2014

| Epecuen

| Epecuén, Argentina

July 2014

| Danny MacAskill at the Playboy Mansion

| Playboy Mansion, Los Angeles, United States

October 2014

| The Ridge

| Cuillin ridge, Skye

November 2014

| Cortana

| The river Thames, London

| Promo stunt for microsofts Cortana

November 2015

| This is Drop and Roll

December 2015

| Cascadia

| Gran Canaria

May 2016

| Aviemore Spring

| Aviemore

October 2016

| Wee Day Out

| Scotland

| Riding a mountain bike.{{cite web |url=http://www.redbull.com/uk/en/bike/stories/1331821751376/danny-macaskill-wee-day-out |title=Watch Danny MacAskill's Wee Day Out |publisher=Red Bull |author=Rachel Verity |date=2016-10-10 |access-date=2016-10-16}} Soundtrack: "National Express" by The Divine Comedy.

April 2018

|Danny MacAskill & Claudio Caluori: Home of Trails{{Citation|last=Graubünden|title=Danny MacAskill & Claudio Caluori: Home of Trails|date=2018-04-09|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr-wLhP_HpM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/dr-wLhP_HpM |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-09-01}}{{cbignore}}

|Switzerland

May 2019

| Danny Daycare

|Scotland

| Soundtrack: "Hitchin' a Ride" by Vanity Fare

January 2020

| Danny MacAskill's Gymnasium

|Glasgow

|Soundtrack: "I'm On My Way" by The Proclaimers

January 2021

| The Slabs

|Skye

|Soundtrack: "No Cars Go" by Arcade Fire

November 2022

|Danny MacAskill: Postcard from San Francisco{{Cite web |url=https://www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/danny-macaskill-postcard-from-san-francisco |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 December 2022 |archive-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220014539/https://www.redbull.com/int-en/shows/danny-macaskill-postcard-from-san-francisco |url-status=dead }}

|San Francisco

References

External links

{{Official website}}
[http://imaginate.redbull.com/ Imaginate] (7-minute film)
[https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/athlete/danny-macaskill Athlete profile of Danny MacAkill] on Redbull.com
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191932/http://www.s1jobs.com/dannymacaskill/makingof.shtml The making of s1jobs's TV advert featuring Danny MacAskill]

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