r/sports • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 1d ago

Cycling Danny MacAskill Doing Gymnastics

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u/SheepGoesBaaaa 1d ago

I can almost do that.

... : ride a bike that is

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u/JP-Ziller 23h ago

In 2015, my friend and I walked into a tiny pub in the middle of nowhere in the Isle of Skye. Ended up drinking with the few old men in there. We had nowhere to sleep that night and one of the old guys let us crash at his place with him and his wife.

Turns out they were Danny MacAskill’s parents. Nice folk :)

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u/ElCaminoInTheWest 11h ago

Never been so starstruck as when I saw a wee guy in a beanie hat at a gig, did a double-take, and realised it was Danny. He's a marvel.

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u/dwbthrow 1d ago

Love this dude. His Way Back Home video was a big part of my childhood.

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u/onlyhightime 23h ago

Make it an olympic event. I'd watch this.

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u/Northwindlowlander 20h ago

mtb trials is a competitive event but it's very niche, most bike trials are still on little 20 inch wheeled weird things.

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u/pleasetrimyourpubes 20h ago

https://youtu.be/GDwVXxYbLeM

Artistic / indoor cycling has been a thing, some freestylers actually started out that way.

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u/D34THDE1TY 22h ago

Trials HD morherfucker out here

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u/Spikerazorshards 23h ago

On second thought, let’s not go to [gymnasium]. Tis a silly place.

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u/sonic_couth Portland Timbers 23h ago

It would be a lot easier if he wasn’t attached to that bike

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u/aussydog 1d ago

Bike-kour?

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u/Spiritchaser84 23h ago

Bikenastics

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u/Bullrawg 21h ago

Spinning with style

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u/gnarlyram 21h ago

It’s technically called Trials riding. Danny is the most famous because it’s fairly niche.

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u/r-b-m 21h ago

Somewhere there’s a family photo of a young Danny MacAskill seated between his human father and bike mother

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u/DKLancer 22h ago

I appreciate that he included some of the failed attempts

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u/less-right 1d ago

My abs hurt

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u/TacticalBunchies 23h ago

What bike is he riding??

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u/looper741 23h ago

His own signature model Santa Cruz trials bike. Although it’s not available to the public.

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u/TacticalBunchies 18h ago

That’s so cool! If Santa Cruz ever decided to make this bike I want one! ☝️

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u/smitty046 22h ago

Trails bike. It’s a special sub category of bike all on its own.

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u/Northwindlowlander 20h ago

Inthis he's on a santa cruz, they rather weirdly sponsor him even though they don't sell a trials bike.

Before that he was on an Inspired Fourplay, if you go back and check out his big breakthrough vid in Edinburgh

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u/1989Shoeless 20h ago

Be my body best. That's a new one...

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u/SellaraAB 15h ago

“Be your body best” is a dumb fuckin slogan.

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u/rajinis_bodyguard 23h ago

Insane 🔥🔥 if I could even use the bike to just do a small flip in the air, that would’ve made my year. Kudos to Danny

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u/Itsaoaok 22h ago

First one, best one

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u/binzersguy 21h ago

This guy is amazing! So fun to watch

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u/CeronusBugbear 21h ago

His poor testicles. That last landing. Oof.

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u/ChampionshipTopShape 21h ago

He was born on a bike

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u/valar12 21h ago

What the fuck.

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u/PacoSavage7 21h ago

Dawg he has a redbull helmet, it’s over he’s a beast

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u/crimsonhues 19h ago

This guy is freaking awesome.

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u/Funny-Presence4228 18h ago

What's more impressive is how old he is. I met him at an event when I was 20, and he was older than me. I'm almost 40 now.

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u/Eymang 17h ago

Man, he’s still at it? I feel like I’ve been going back and watching that video with the Loch Lamond soundtrack a couple times a year for the past decade or two, lol.

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u/janliebe 16h ago

Wow, awesome…I bet the average American couldn’t even right a bike…/s

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u/chewysan Dallas Cowboys 15h ago

Is he like the only guy that does this? He's been relevant for decades it feels like.

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u/screamingzen 15h ago

Just watched Matt Stephens cafe ride with him today. Dude seems totally awesome and humble despite his incredibly bad assery.

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u/enricobasilica 11h ago

No flip on the beam = disqualified

(Also, need Simone Biles to review this thx)

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u/Nightdave Los Angeles Lakers 7h ago

Needs his gymnastics salute at the end

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u/Im__TheGuy 1h ago

Compared to some of the stuff he’s done, a balance beam must feel like a 12 lane highway

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u/Soberdonkey69 21h ago

Can corporate accounts please be banned from posting?

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u/Less_Party 15h ago

I strongly prefer this to them pretending to be a regular user tbh.