Singletrack Decide Not To Cover the Danny MacAskill Playboy Video

Following the Oh dear Danny Macaskill – please don’t do the Playboy Mansion thing
thread I saw this:

Looks like STW are getting a bit of a pounding for it though judging by the comments on road.cc and the Evans facebook page which picked it up:

http://road.cc/content/news/125708-danny-macaskill-under-fire-over-playboy-mansion-video

Good on them I say!

I like Danny. But it’s hard enough getting women into cycling (and getting them accepted by the male egos there) without this kind of dated “mags lad” video.

Read the breathless drooling in mainstream rags like the Record or the Mirror: “ride of his life”, “eye candy”, “saucy stunners”, “scantily-clad models”, “buxom beauties”, “every male’s fantasy” etc etc …

… pathetic out-of-date misogyny and I’m glad Singletrack have taken the higher horse on this one.

Well done.

STW, now sponsored by the Daily Mail

STW, now sponsored by the Daily Mail

???

You have clearly never browsed the Daily Mail Sidebar of Shame.
This is exactly the kind of story they lap up.

Here’s just the first few stories in today’s:

Hardly a shining beacon of Feminist Action is it?

+1

So Mark is taking a bit of a pounding, eh?

Hopefully he has a decent rearguard action.

Hardly, this is EXACTLY the sort of thing the Daily Mail would put links to from their website. And click throughs from STW to the Daily Mail are blocked.

Beaten to it.

Selfrighteous Twunt World?

I’m far more annoyed that people feel the need to politicise every damn thing than a pop manufacturer making a video of a kid doing bike stunts in front of girls in bikinis.

Meanwhile from the Redbull Gazette

‘We Don’t Give A Toss’

For yoofs innit, not the demographic on the radio 4 of off road cycling (here). Shame, cos it is tacky and harumph inducing but then I’m only saying that cos I’m old and square.

I’m with Mark on this one. Even the thought of playboy makes me think of sniggering 14 year olds and Jimmy Saville.

tbh i would take the view that it’s an absolutely cr@p video as good enough reason not to view it.

I can’t believe the thread about it went on for so long as there wasn’t exactly much playboy bunny content and certainly nothing much to be outraged over. Just a disappointing attempt to make a bike video and not up to Danny’s or Redbull’s usual standards.

But, they were given the chance to ride and film there – why not? As long as they didn’t jump over girls involved in soft (or hard) porn I don’t see a problem. Just next time make the riding worth the effort. (obviously I can’t do anything like Danny can do but know he can do better and enjoy watching these types of videos when done properly).

You have clearly never browsed the Daily Mail Sidebar of Shame.

Nah, you need the HuffPo Sideboob page[/url]
(May not be entirely SFW, folks)

I’m with Mark on this one. Even the thought of playboy makes me think of sniggering 14 year olds and Jimmy Saville.

You seem like a decent sort, Adam. But u wot m8?

If Playboy makes you think of, world renown paedophile/necrophiliac, Mr Saville, then I would love to see the mental gymnastics that got you to that conclusion.

Fair enough for not wanting to cover it; it’s their choice but shouting it from the rooftops is desperate and a bit pathetic. It smacks of the saddo schoolkid trying to woo the pretty girl.

I heard he only went for the articles

I’m far more annoyed that people feel the need to politicise every damn thing..

Then you get older and realise that every damn thing IS political!

The media our society produces shapes how our society develops.
If we don’t criticise it then how can we change it?

Presumably Danny is keeping quiet and not making any comments?

and the real result – everyone is still talking about it.

Why on earth does the monster saville need to mentioned in this thread? Seriously try and at least keep it on topic 🙄

As for the actual topic I’m with STW on this one.

shouting it from the rooftops is desperate and a bit pathetic.

They tweeted about it. One tweet in thousands in the TwitterStorm surrounding the video. That’s not exactly shouting about it – it’s just taking a position.

Everybody, look at us, look at us! We are not showing this video but here have some free publicity anyway.

Load of shite.

Good on you STW! Some of the posts on road.cc are pure dickhead bingo.

And don’t see how posting about it/not featuring it is making a mountain out of a molehill?

Great decision by Singletrack. Another reason to buy their mag rather than MBUK or similar, where you’re still likely to find the odd female in the ads, draped over some obscure bike components or cheesy clothing.

This: “But it’s hard enough getting women into cycling (and getting them accepted by the male egos there) without this kind of dated “mags lad” video.”

Plus the riding in the film was shite.

That’s not exactly shouting about it – it’s just taking a position.

To me it’s the taking a position thing that comes up in here loads on the “What will you be doing to avoid the _______” threads of trying to point out that you just purchased a fine acre of moral high ground to build an ivory tower and a glass house.

If you don’t want to support something and give it publicity then just don’t talk about it.

Presumably Danny is keeping quiet and not making any comments?

too busy slacklining

Fair enough for not wanting to cover it; it’s their choice but shouting it from the rooftops is desperate and a bit pathetic.

is 1 tweet shouting from the rooftops? I’ve only heard about it from this thread, they didn’t put owt up on the front-page (I had to check, don’t hit front page very often 😳 )

How should they have handled it then rene59, a discrete hand-written note to every member explaining their decision?

Or just completely ignore it and condone it with their silence?

Remember kids. There is good controversial, and bad controversial.

Well this has got legs.

Do they feel the need to explain every other video they don’t cover?

I’m delighted the Danny M video is not being covered. Well done STW

I’m delighted the Danny M video is not being covered. Well done STW

*chuckles*

If it was 98 they could show this one 🙂

I’ve seen the vain vagrant vid mentioned a few times, what’s the ‘link’ between it and the Danny Mac video? (at work so can’t watch any vids 😥 )

I quite enjoy reading Playboy.
I’m 39.
Let’s do a survey now.
Who reads the Sun?
Or the Daily Star?
Be honest now.
I can guarantee what you read in see and read in Playboy will be far more beneficial than the garbage forced into people on a daily basis..

I only read the Morning Star and vintage copies of Razzle that I keep in a hedge

what’s the ‘link’ between it and the Danny Mac video?

The Danny Mac Red Bull/Playboy ad is controversial as it has women in swimwear wandering round and objections to the objectification of women.

The Vain Variant vid is a bit weird and using term controversial will ensure more hits to it.

what’s the ‘link’

Tokenism?

I watched the video over the weekend.

If you want a video showcasing the amazing skills of Danny, all his previous ones are much better in my opinion. The stunts and camera work fall short of what he has produced before.

If you want a video of girls in bikini’s, the internet is full of them.

It seemed to me to be purely a stunt to generate this type of chat and controversy.

Condone it by silence….. 😆

Condone it by silence….. 😆

Why funny? You think that doesn’t happen?

If no one speaks out about something then it is taken as accepted, which only gives more power to the people holding that viewpoint.