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Climb01742
08-16-2011, 10:08 AM
the nice folks at competitive cyclist found this new one:

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Danny-Macaskill-Industrial-Revolutions-2011.html

the last 5 letters of his last name pretty much says what the boy has. enjoy.
don'TreadOnMe
08-16-2011, 10:29 AM
Orange bikes rule.
And Danny is from Outer Space.
Kupe
08-16-2011, 10:36 AM
Kid needs to change his name to Danny Mac-mad-skill!
Idris Icabod
08-16-2011, 10:44 AM
Wow, the video itself is beautiful, practically every scene is like a still picture you could print and sell as urban artwork.

Agreed, this guy is amazingly talented. The part where he rode along the cable that he could berely walk along had me shaking my head, actually even jumping from rail to rail amazed me and this was about the simplest thing that he did!
henry14
08-16-2011, 10:53 AM
Oh my! 2:34
wooly
08-16-2011, 11:01 AM
I'm not usually into the X Game type of thing but that was incredible. And the production of the video was top notch - very cool. Thanks for sharing CLimb
MattTuck
08-16-2011, 11:10 AM
He is supremely talented on a bike. Anyone read Malcolm Gladwell's book 'outliers'? Have a feeling that he started very young.

He has a lot more faith in those rusted beams than I would. I'm hoping they do pretty good stress testing/hanging on them before he starts doing his thing.
Keith A
08-16-2011, 02:46 PM
That guy is just amazing! He does stuff on a bicycle that doesn't seem possible. I halfway expected to see him just ride up the side of the multistory brick building.

Awesome video in many ways...thanks for posting this!
Bud_E
08-16-2011, 03:34 PM
The guy's a genius.
lonoeightysix
08-16-2011, 04:29 PM
Would love to see a bloopers/greatest misses reel come out of his stuff one day. slacklining with a bike, incredible...
killacks
08-16-2011, 07:52 PM
I've seen a couple of this guy's videos recently. They are incredible!

Sometimes I try to think about the technicalities of how he pulled a particular maneuver off, other times I'm just taken by the visual artistry of it all.
moose8
08-16-2011, 08:32 PM
What is also awesome about this guy is that what he does brings enjoyment to everyone from my 6 year old nephew to my 10 year old nephew to me - we are all in equal awe.
uno-speedo
08-16-2011, 10:11 PM
He makes it look so easy.

As everyone has noted, amazing skill. Note 1:50 where he jumps up and plants his front wheel to gain balance. Nuts.

Nice song too.
retrogrouchy
08-17-2011, 10:16 AM
He makes it look so easy.

As everyone has noted, amazing skill. Note 1:50 where he jumps up and plants his front wheel to gain balance. Nuts.

Nice song too.

How much of his stuff is Photoshopped?
Idris Icabod
08-17-2011, 11:01 AM
How much of his stuff is Photoshopped?

Can photoshop change a movie? My wife has it on her laptop and uses it for photography but I'll ask her to work her magic to see if she can put me in a video like this.
William
08-17-2011, 11:04 AM
Cool vid. I find it funny that he can't walk the cable... but he can ride it on his bike. Also the jumps from rail to rail.... :cool:




William
Keith A
08-17-2011, 11:12 AM
As far as I know you can't Photoshop a movie unless you did this frame by frame. Obviously you have the whole CG stuff used in movies, but I think this is the real deal.
FlashUNC
08-17-2011, 11:43 AM
Just incredible skill. The guy's got stones, that's for sure.
fiamme red
08-17-2011, 11:52 AM
I'm curious why he doesn't compete in UCI trials events?

http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NzUxMA&MenuId=MTI2MDQ&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout%2Easp% 3FMenuId%3DMTI2MDQ%26LangId%3D1
sailorboy
08-17-2011, 12:13 PM
I think I'm more blown away by the talent in the musical artist in the background--Ben Howard. Remember that name, he's gonna be famous.
pdmtong
08-17-2011, 02:02 PM
How much of his stuff is Photoshopped?

I've seen various trials demos in person. it is unbelievable how much control and power they have. what he is doing is not only possible, but doable by a handful of folks on this planet. this spring I saw ryan leech line up next to a 3 foot high jump bar and from a track stand laterally jump it to his left. mad skills.
rinconryder
08-17-2011, 03:06 PM
I would imagine that Red Bull pays him a handsome sum each year and he doesn't need to enter competitions, although I don't have any knowledge that he doesn't. There is a whole class of athletes out there that just free ride, make videos and do quite well from sponsorship alone. The exposure from ads and videos is far greater than that provided by any trials competitions he may enter.
Keith A
08-27-2011, 09:18 PM
Here's another great one from Danny MacAskill that my daughter showed me tonight. This is from last year, but I hadn't seen this before...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw
froze
08-27-2011, 11:06 PM
The first time I saw a video of this guy I thought wow he has some major skills and thought there was really no way to get better...oops, this video shows he's improved big time. I'm not sure how many errors he made doing this video then they just edited them out, but regardless whether they have or not he's still great.