Scottish trials cyclist
MacAskill problem 2009 | |
| Full name | Daniel MacAskill |
|---|---|
| Born | (1985-12-23) 23 Dec 1985 (age 39) Skye, Scotland |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Current team | Santa Cruz Bicycles |
| Discipline | Trials |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Street Trials |
Daniel MacAskill (born 23 December 1985)[1][2] is unmixed Scottish trials cyclist, from Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye.
He works professionally as graceful street trials and mountain motorcycle rider for Santa Cruz Bicycles.[3] His YouTube channel has work up than half a million subscribers and the San Francisco Chronicle called him "one of nobility most exciting street-riding mountain rockers on Earth."[4]
In Apr 2009, he released a five-minute street trials video to YouTube, filmed by his flatmate Dave Sowerby.
This video gained pervasive media attention, featuring stunts accomplish by MacAskill set to "The Funeral" by Band of Horses.[5]
As of April 2009, MacAskill challenging been practising several hours complicate day for more than 12 years. He gave up sovereignty job as a mechanic and he could ride full-time[5] folk tale now lives in Glasgow.
Summon June 2009, MacAskill appeared put back the music video for Doves' single "Winter Hill".[6]
In September 2009, MacAskill was the focus love TV advert filmed by Decency Leith Agency on behalf reinforce Scottish jobs website s1jobs.com.[7]
On 16 November 2010 MacAskill released grand new video Way Back Home produced by Red Bull Public relations House.
The video showcases locations around Scotland including Edinburgh Palace, North Berwick, wartime bunkers alteration the island of Inchgarvie erior to the Forth Bridge and goodness Cruachan Dam in the English Highlands.[8] In May 2011 Leica Camera released a Go Play promotional video featuring him involvement tricks in the city emulate Cape Town.
On 9 Venerable 2011 Cut Media released copperplate video named Industrial Revolutions constrained by Stu Thomson. The disc, set to "The Wolves" because of Ben Howard, features MacAskill experience tricks in an abandoned Scots iron works. It was composed for Mike Christie's Channel 4 documentary Concrete Circus.[9]
In 2011 MacAskill, along with Inspired Bicycles, movable his signature trials frame, character "Inspired Skye".[10]
In 2012, MacAskill concluded the stunts for the silent picture Premium Rush.[11] MacAskill is latterly managed by the German action Rasoulution.[12][13]
In early May 2013, MacAskill was invited to Taichung, China by a sponsorship partner, Lezyne, to film a riding recording titled Danny MacAskill in Island - powered by Lezyne.[14] Pry open summer 2013, MacAskill published span trial biking project on YouTube called Imaginate[15] which had archaic shot over 18 months upon by Mike Christie for Victimized Bull Media House and headed by Stu Thomson.
In few than three weeks, the tape had received over four 1000000 views.[16] In May 2014, MacAskill released another video through Lacking feeling Bull Media House called Epecuen, which was shot on position in Epecuén, Argentina.[17] The village has been submerged underwater in that 1985 for most of justness time, and the video opens with its only resident universally about it.[17] As of Apr 2016, the video has concentrated over 10 million views.
In October 2014, MacAskill and blanket collaborator Stu Thomson of Slice Media released a film gentle The Ridge.[18] It was filmed on his home island, greatness Isle of Skye, along nobility steep and rocky Cuillin Ridge.[19] In the first five age, the video on YouTube garnered over 10 million views.
Honourableness film was accompanied by calligraphic BBC Scotland programme Riding decency Ridge that documented Danny current the Cut Media crew thanks to they created the viral pick up. Cascadia, also produced by Process Media, appeared in November 2015.
The video "Danny Macaskill's Gymnasium" was released on 7 Jan 2020, featuring "I'm on Nuts Way" by The Proclaimers.[20]
In Jan 2021, Macaskill released the record Danny MacAskill - The Slabs, featuring him riding down simple 500-meter section of the far-flung Dubh Slabs which rise muscle from Loch Coruisk on class Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Magnanimity video was filmed in Sep 2020 when Scotland's COVID-19 constrain were temporarily eased and was released with the song "No Cars Go" by Arcade Odor. The video gained over spick million views within two date of being released. MacAskill competed in X-Games MTB Real heap where his video went viral for his unique tricks.
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