New Year, New Tricks
January 11, 2020 3:26 AM Subscribe
Bike legend Danny MacAskill shows that there are other ways to make your mark in the gym - Danny MacAskill's Gymnasium and Behind the Scenes.
That was so much fun
posted by PussKillian at 5:31 AM on January 11, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by PussKillian at 5:31 AM on January 11, 2020 [3 favorites]
that Proclaimers track was a great choice
posted by stinkfoot at 5:36 AM on January 11, 2020 [6 favorites]
posted by stinkfoot at 5:36 AM on January 11, 2020 [6 favorites]
I like that he always includes the outtakes. you can see that he has mad skills at falling safely.
posted by biggreenplant at 5:50 AM on January 11, 2020 [9 favorites]
posted by biggreenplant at 5:50 AM on January 11, 2020 [9 favorites]
I love this guy. I do not understand the confidence involved in that whole falling/failing safely thing. I’d have a snapped wrist and a shattered elbow within 45 minutes. That parallel bar trick. And the “catch a flying bike” trick. 800 takes indeed.
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 9:25 AM on January 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 9:25 AM on January 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
Once in a while one of these trails guys shows up on a road or gravel bike and just destroys everything on strava. They're not only acrobats, they're incredible athletes too. Humbling.
posted by klanawa at 10:33 AM on January 11, 2020
posted by klanawa at 10:33 AM on January 11, 2020
Once in a while one of these trails guys shows up on a road or gravel bike and just destroys everything on strava. They're not only acrobats, they're incredible athletes too. Humbling.
I mean, did you see that guys vertical jump?!?!
posted by alex_skazat at 11:41 AM on January 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
I mean, did you see that guys vertical jump?!?!
posted by alex_skazat at 11:41 AM on January 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
Ack!!!! That was awesome and I love the outtakes.
posted by ChuraChura at 11:43 AM on January 11, 2020
posted by ChuraChura at 11:43 AM on January 11, 2020
I broke my spine twice just watching this.
posted by spoobnooble II: electric bugaboo at 7:36 AM on January 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by spoobnooble II: electric bugaboo at 7:36 AM on January 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
I can't remember if I've told this story here before, but...
...I once had to call Danny MacAskill and interview him for a newspaper story (he lives/lived in my city). But when I tried to get hold of him, his phone was repeatedly off. I had contact details for one of his buddies, so I called - to learn that Danny MacAskill, daredevil bike ace, was in hospital with a broken collar bone because he'd tripped over the kerb. While walking. We're all fallible!
(I think I did eventually interview him, enlivened by considerable amounts of pain-killing drugs, which was fun...!)
posted by penguin pie at 4:46 PM on January 13, 2020
...I once had to call Danny MacAskill and interview him for a newspaper story (he lives/lived in my city). But when I tried to get hold of him, his phone was repeatedly off. I had contact details for one of his buddies, so I called - to learn that Danny MacAskill, daredevil bike ace, was in hospital with a broken collar bone because he'd tripped over the kerb. While walking. We're all fallible!
(I think I did eventually interview him, enlivened by considerable amounts of pain-killing drugs, which was fun...!)
posted by penguin pie at 4:46 PM on January 13, 2020
I couldn't do this stuff without the bike, let alone with it.
posted by The corpse in the library at 1:06 PM on January 15, 2020
posted by The corpse in the library at 1:06 PM on January 15, 2020
« Older Talking American Political History | 'In 2030, we ended the climate emergency. Here’s... Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by jacquilynne at 4:13 AM on January 11, 2020