http://epecuen.redbull.com/

fantastic

Grand.

Dats art dat iz

BM’d for a more appropriate time 😆

Incredible riding, but I found myself thinking that riding a bike seemed a bit trivial compared to the story/scenery and the commercialism jarred against the bloke at the beginning (especially the cringeworthy drinking a can of red bull bit).

Well done on posting a link to this, had missed another Danny Mac film being released.
As always, hypnotic to watch his riding skills and really nicely edited.

What an apocalyptic landscape – tragic.

Drinking from a red bull can – he’s sold his soul 🙂

Whilst his riding cannot be faulted, I thought it was a bit of a depressing backdrop. The drinking Red Bull bit made it feel like a really crass piece of product placement. I know Red Bull pay for it etc, but that shot was almost a turn-off moment.

Yes but his bike isn’t orange any more.

and he’d benefit from a dropper post surely…

Jaw dropping

They pay his wages – what do you guys do for your companies?

Great stuff, it’s too easy to take what he can do for granted, given that he makes it look so effortless.

Here’s a short film on Pablo, the only resident of Epecuen.

sigh…. what tyres for riding recently submerged cities?

There’s always one ‘blow out your cheeks, blink twice’ move and I was waiting to see what it was. Definitely the front flip over the sign with the front wheel tap – outrageous.

I liked it more than the toy one, that felt a little gimmicky.

Re: juxtaposition of landscape vs. redbull drinking, if 2 seconds of cringe allow for the rest of the video, then I think that’s fair.

Though I must say, I don’t know the history, but I’d feel uncomfortable if people had died there and he was riding through there homes. Does anyone know if it was evacuated fully?

Everyone got out, the waters rose pretty slowly to a level of 10m, due to a combination of freak weather, a dam failure followed by a dyke failure….

Nobody minds RedBull paying him and advertising on his helmet…

it’s the ‘drinking a can in a video’ that’s bad judgement.

I though the manual along the wall hopping up onto the pillars was the best bit.

the more i see of Mr MacAskill, the more umimpressed i am by him.

he’s certainly not a one trick pony, but i feel all his films are a little samey. his first Edinburgh film was properly WOW, but since then they are all much of a much-ness.

would like to see him riding natural trails with his trials flair, much like Akrigg.

i don’t think that Danny is that creative with his riding. whether that is his doing or the film makers, i don’t know (or particularly care).

and i find lots of these “hey this is an amazing location. lets ride our 3k bikes through this 3rd world village” rather gaudy and decadent.

prefer this:

[video]http://vimeo.com/74449652[/video]

more creative, more honest. just better.

I’d beg to differ. I wouldn’t want to get into a debate on whether Danny is “better” than Chris. That seems rather pointless and each to their own. But I think what Danny does is starting to go beyond just doing tricks on a bike and (as I rather clumsily put it earlier) starts to look like a work of art to me.

Yes there is a juxtaposition of corporate sponsorship, fancy bikes and slick cinematography with the desolation of the scene, but that’s kind of the point. The purpose of art is to make the observer think and I think what Danny does makes us go beyond “look at those cool tricks” and start to question things a bit more. I like that. After all, who’d even heard of Epecuen before watching that film?

Right, that’s enough from me. I’m back off to Radio 4, where I belong 🙂

I happened to watch The Worlds Weirdest Weather on C4 last night and they showed how Epecuen was flooded (from 18:06 for anyone interested)!

There wasn’t any Enduroing in it.
It needed more enduro…..on an enduro rig.

Aside from that obvious flaw, his riding is utterly amazing and as jaw dropping as ever.
Personally though, I still far prefer the rawness and energy of his street edit that shot him to most folks attention originally.

Good work Danny 🙂

Loved it. They should cut out the atmosphere shots and just do the Danny stuff though.

what tyres for riding recently submerged cities?

They looked to be Continentals, hope this helps 😀

I enjoyed that, his films are becoming more mature and that suits my sensibilities 😆

Cool film. Agree about his stuff getting more ‘arty’ but in terms of riding isn’t it just (devil’s advocate) Akrigg’s Through The Mill with a bigger budget?

Having said that, the front flip tyre tap looks VERY cool.

His attitude is right too (in terms of PR and media exposure). Watched the Google Hangouts interview earlier and he was taking about the manual hop sequence along the wall with pillars. 5 hours and all wasn’t happy as they had to use a shoot where he took a tiny second hop on the second pillar – didn’t like how it made it awkward to sync with the best of the backing track.

i don’t think that Danny is that creative with his riding.

Alpin, what are you on? there’s probably no one more creative! He’s pulled off a million things no one else would even try!

Alpin is measuring him against this guy’s video.

[video]http://vimeo.com/6503163[/video]

Do you think he could get up the first climb at cwm carn without dabbing 😉

Drac you have found the stw massive rolled into one. Brilliance. 😀

Just to put the Chris vs Danny argument to bed… they’re both brilliant.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik&feature=kp[/video]

For what it’s worth, I prefer Akriggs stuff, purely because it’s done on a bike like mine, where I ride.

Tyres Continental

@ Drac… i rest my case! 🙂

reckon those boys could learn a thing or two. 😉

perhaps my post came across wrong…. sure Danny is good, i just don’t much like his videos now. perhaps they are too corporate, glitsy and slick. maybe i don’t appreciate the locations he rides in.

i prefer down-to-earth, ride-where/what-i-ride type videos.

I enjoyed it and it looked stunning, but his riding didn’t wow me as much as previous stuff

If Imaginate was Danny’s pop single, Epecuen is his move to prog rock.

I think it’s all CGI.

Was alright. Would have rather had a new Akrigg one.

“five” is still the best riding short of all time.

I have to agree with what Alpin is getting at. DM set the bar so high in his first few vids, and they were amazing, that it now looks like he’s just doing the same circus tricks, but in different locations and it just kinda doesn’t wow me anymore. I’ve seen him do them before, a number of times.
I expect every trick in every video is individual and has it’s unique elements and problems to overcome, but it just looks like the same stuff to me.
However, after 5 or 6 years of Akrigg videos, I still always look forward to the next one.

I enjoyed the new Macaskill video and similarly enjoyed all the following videos in this thread. I’m a tad concerned that the word “juxtaposition” has appeared more than once… not sure i’m on the right forum these days!

In a similar vein to other posts, when i saw the first the Inspired Bicycles video back in 2009 it was a massive WOW for me. So fresh and fun. The 2 or 3 after that were equally good but then he seemed to depart slightly on the Imaginate project into something more arty. I did enjoy it although i think i preferred the full length documentary that showed Danny to be a very level headed, passionate bike rider.

This one has left me wondering more about the Argentinian City and Pablo’s Villa that recalling his riding exploits – as impressive as they were.

The product placement didnt bother me – at the end of the day they pay for the videos and if watching red bull being drunk for 2 seconds is necessary then so be it. I’d just like there to be an injection of a little more fun and freshness!

I too agree with alpin and was glad someone else thinks the same as me.

Comparing the stuff in his first video which went viral, theres little I can see thats different – its the same thing with a bigger budget and more commercialised. Fair play though – he’s got mad skills but its not my cup of tea.

I do prefer Chris Akriggs stuff mainly because its a lot more down to earth, a lot of his stuff is on my local(ish) trails, its ridden on a proper bike most of the time (although I enjoyed his recent CX one and they’re works of the devil) and they’ve got loads better soundtracks!

Amazing video, life is too short to cry about him drinking a Red Bull, the can wasn’t even facing forward ffs! The sponsorship is what allows alot of this videos we all love to watch happen, I really don’t see the issue.