The moniker ‘internet sensation’ gets chucked around a lot these days but Danny MacAskill’s video back in April 2009 has probably done more to bring mountain biking to the attention of the YouTube masses than anyone else. If a non riding work colleague asked you if you’d seen “that biking video” then you could be pretty sure which biking video they were on about.
After turning down high profile interviews in America, the Inspired Bicycles rider has starred in promo videos for VW and Doves, but it’s been a bit quiet on the riding video front. Turns out he’s been quiet because, along with Red Bull, he’s been working on a little something special. That something has been Way Back Home, with Danny taking a trip journey from Edinburgh to Skye, resulting in a spectacular seven minutes of trials-meets-BMX-meets-mountain biking madness. Get your eyes around this…
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Awesome
Brilliant.
He’s got some big balls to pull some of those moves.
Could watch that boy ride all day … lovely chap to boot.
Wow. Really pushing the boundaries. And beautifully shot, too.
Beautiful video, amazing riding. Cheers
bike handling pr0n. pure and simple.
fan-tas-tic
I particularly like the ramp up to the phone box, the railings outside the cop shop, leaping the five bar gate, the somersault off Edinburgh Castle, the leap backwards onto the butress and so on. Quite amazing. I can’t even do a decent wheelie.
Awesome bike skills and a joy to watch
would be nice if there was sufficient bandwidth to watch it
Am i right in thinking that between Danny Mac and Chris Akrigg we lead the world in mountain bike/freerunning?
he’s a genious
anyone knows the 2 songs ?
front flip off the battlements at the start, i wasn’t expecting that!
Like it, didn’t make me go “wow!” like the first one but v.good. I like some of the little stuff like that skid on the big pipe and the natural(ish) halfpipe he drops down/rides up.
Bike handling pr0n indeed.
Made me cry.
DONK – I lreally liked that little skid too, many good moments but loved the sheer attack he bunnyhopped that gate with and also the house wall ride:)
Front flip off the castle wall at the beginning…FFS, even my wife who despairs of my mountain bike video viewing was impressed by that.
Wonder what he could do on a big bouncy bike at the Red Bull Rampage?
Impressive as always….I loved the peat ramp for the phone box…brought back memories of Skye…
The most inspiring seven and a bit minutes of footage i’ve seen all year.
The boys’ gone and done it again.
Take THAT bmx!!