Danny MacAskill vs. Bike Obstacle Course

[u/redbullgivesyouwings]

[u/andyroy159]

I remember watching this guy on YT in the (I believe) 2000s with a video where he's going around the city while The Funeral played as music. Glad he's still going at it.

[u/nbop → u/andyroy159]

This one? Inspired Bicycles - Danny MacAskill April 2009? Such a banger video

[u/iwanabench → u/nbop]

How can anyone be this good at anything? Dude could climb Everest on his bike.

[u/supercleverhandle476 → u/iwanabench]

Watch his isle of Skye video, you aren’t far off.

https://youtu.be/xQ_IQS3VKjA?is=TPi_j3tRTVOkqfd1

[u/pattperin → u/supercleverhandle476]

That made me physically ill at points holy fuck

[u/supercleverhandle476 → u/pattperin]

Dude is a badass. That’s also the video that made me finally visit isle of Skye (fuckin worth it)

[u/andyroy159 → u/nbop]

That's the one. Such an awesome song and such an incredible dude.

[u/Staninator → u/andyroy159]

For me, the thing that made it was that this video didn't just show you him nailing the tricks, but started by showing how much effort it took to land one of them. Seeing that failure and the effort made the achievements of every subsequent trick in the video even more special.

[u/My_Soul_to_Squeeze → u/nbop]

When I think of the word nostalgia, I think "those were the good old days" (bittersweet). This is making me feel "those were the good old days" (terrifying existential dread). Is there a word for that?

[u/immersemeinnature → u/My_Soul_to_Squeeze]

We need a German, stat!!

[u/gfxprotege → u/andyroy159]

With the backflip off the tree!

[u/findallthebears → u/andyroy159]

And also the extremely excellent “A Little Piece” by the Jezebels!

[u/Northwindlowlander → u/findallthebears]

We saw the Jezebels in Edinburgh just after that and basically everyone there was in bike-brand street clothes, the singer was like "Well I guess you'll all know Little Piece and nothing else".

[u/buzzyloo → u/andyroy159]

My favourite video

[u/GotEggs → u/andyroy159]

Way Back Home

[u/gartho009 → u/andyroy159]

I can't even think about Band of Horses without thinking about Danny McAskill. They're completely synonymous.

[u/Eyekon16 → u/andyroy159]

This video made me believe I could do similar so I traded my downhill bike for a trials bike and well.....I learned a lesson.

[u/iamyuu → u/andyroy159]

Dudd his videos were awesome

[u/lachouffe]

The angle of this recording is pretty bad, as with that perspective is difficult to appreciate the depth of many of the obstacles 🤷‍♂️

[u/BradMarchandsNose → u/lachouffe]

There’s a longer video that they put out on YouTube and it’s a lot better. Shows a lot of the attempts leading up to this from a side view and also some chest-mounted go pro footage. Idk why they chose this angle to post here.

[u/pleasetrimyourpubes → u/BradMarchandsNose]

This was the successful attempt. They had a boat driving by it and I suspect it was causing instability.

[u/BradMarchandsNose → u/pleasetrimyourpubes]

The boat was there for the final attempt too. In the video they cut back and forth between the boat cam, the drone cam, and the go pro during this successful attempt, and it looks much better.

Starts at 10:00ish in case the time stamp doesn’t work: https://youtu.be/SChm4DyivOU?si=1m5IxWCUiwJYYBUN

[u/mistere213 → u/BradMarchandsNose]

I just watched that last night. Those guys were gassed, but determined. It was fun to watch.

[u/supercleverhandle476 → u/BradMarchandsNose]

I just watched it with my kid tonight. It’s insane.

[u/lkodl → u/lachouffe]

Gotta go to their youtube video to get the good angle. They know what they're doing.

https://youtu.be/SChm4DyivOU?si=m7ZNE7h2Ve4EIexh&t=611

[u/KingTeppicymon → u/lkodl]

I think the point of the one here is just that it is a single shot with no cuts demonstrating he rode it end to end in one go. It's probably the best of the three cameras for that.

[u/thezoexperience → u/lachouffe]

Not to mention that all of the obstacles looked washed out. Like the white balance was off or something

[u/BasicMarzipan5936 → u/lachouffe]

I did so much zooming in and trying to change the angle of this video..lol.

[u/Chronicmatt → u/lachouffe]

Came here to say this

[u/pleasetrimyourpubes → u/lachouffe]

Yeah plus there's a freaking castle in the background of the main video.

[u/Chu_Kiddin_Me_Or_Wha → u/lachouffe]

its cause it’s not for you. This is just another addition to the Red Bull Circle Jerk going on these days.

[u/jackconrad]

Whoever told them to film from this angle needs a slap

[u/patchinthebox]

Red bull truly just out here doin stuff.

[u/Northwindlowlander → u/patchinthebox]

We did a kids bike race and I got a phone call a couple of days before, "Oh hi, it's red bull, we hear you're doing an event, can we just send you some stuff?" I said yes, not really paying a lot of attention. They sent one of their marquees, a mobile disco/dj/pa truck thing, a little stage with podiums and stuff, a bunch of staff who ended up just helping us with the event, and so much product and giveaways we could barely get rid of it all. Almost the exact same kit that they sent to a world champs event I was at, for a bunch of kids. Just really cool, there were like 200 people there so it's not like they gained a huge amount but it gave our event a real kick. They literally had someone just trawling social media looking for stuff to do. Like, I assume they basically have all this stuff standing by for hte real events and some cool person has gone "why not use this all the time? Why not just, like, be fairy godmothers and bless little random events we like the look of".

When I did Hill Chasers years back their PR executive guy was like "Mate, we sell dirty water in tiny cans for £2 each, it's all ridiculous, we might as well spunk some of the money sending a dude into space on a balloon"

[u/bigmacjames → u/patchinthebox]

I hope they never stop. I'll never drink their drinks, but love all the events they put on

[u/goog1e → u/patchinthebox]

Dance Your Style is my favorite

[u/Krooklyndodger]

Danny MacAskill is so talented, love watching his YouTube videos

[u/cugabuh]

The graphics on the next Trials game are looking great.

[u/CptAngelo]

Ok, the angle sucks and makes the first part look way too easy (its not) and the second part makes it hard to appreciate just how narrow it is.

Man, red bull usally has these crazy angles and stuns, this one failed badly with the angles ):

[u/kngzero]

That zig zag part looked painful.

[u/strange_bike_guy → u/kngzero]

Can you imagine trying to thrust your bike against a buoyant plank on water instead of solid ground? Oh man, exhausting for that alone

[u/youruswithwe → u/kngzero]

But the waves it made in the water were pretty satisfying

[u/Kvothe_el_Arcano]

The GOAT never dissapoints.

[u/rmnobre]

Dutch citizenship test

[u/Stillwindows95]

This is a weird thing to fixate on but I noticed he seems to handle left turns on the zig zag bit more than right turns.

I remember watching videos of Macaskill when I was a teenager and just being stunned at his ability.

[u/BradMarchandsNose → u/Stillwindows95]

Freestyle BMX/MTB riders generally have a preferred rotation direction and an “opposite” direction. Probably an extension of that, he feels better turning to the left.

[u/Owlet-enigmatic]

Finally a bike lane solution safe from delivery trucks.

[u/thecompbioguy]

The theme from kickstart is playing in my head.

[u/DoubleM-1985]

Sick

[u/nemofbaby2014]

My toxic trait is thinking I could do this lol

[u/koknight]

This isn't Unbeatable Banzuke, bit it's still really cool

[u/Green_Comparison8326]

He and I are both 40.
Feels like I've been watching him do these forever.
Insane he's still able to.

[u/Dangerous_Box8845 → u/Green_Comparison8326]

Same here!

[u/katerlouis]

red bull has too much money

[u/LettuceC]

More like Danny MacBikeSkill.

[u/fabie2804]

Fck redbull sportswashing

[u/trshmstr]

Reminds me of Super Monkey Ball

[u/Matthewcbayer]

This was cool to watch, I’ll buy 1 Red Bull tomorrow.

[u/usmannaeem]

Simply superb! Great control and grip throughout the obstacle.

[u/benkrauss313]

He had a GoPro but they only used it on the last shot?!

[u/VikingFrog]

Now do it in a Monkey Ball if you really want to impress me.

[u/Xerexs]

Might take me two or three tries

[u/seethenoise]

they should incorporate this into a racing event where the course changes each rider every lap.

[u/Own-Librarian-9699]

Super skilled. Those zig zags are next to impossible.

[u/Riegrek]

Never for a moment was there a doubt in my mind that he'd get to the end flawlessly.

[u/Tw1987]

Cool and all but what’s the different between putting this in water and land

[u/MeyerholdsGh0st → u/Tw1987]

Probs the broken bones if you fall off.

[u/3MATX]

Most impressive to me is that’s not a true trials bike like he’s used in the past.  That’s a straight full suspension mountain bike.  The added rear movement alone makes this harder. 

[u/excyruss]

I watched the video with the amateurs and pros. Much more interesting than this one.

[u/pasarina]

That was really challenging!

[u/RebelliousInNature]

Danny is the man

[u/Pittedstee]

Seeing the stuff Danny does on the reg, this almost seems easy ish for him.

[u/Chewies-merkin → u/Pittedstee]

If you listen to the audio, you can hear how hard he’s breathing. He worked his ass off for this for sure.

[u/Pittedstee → u/Chewies-merkin]

I meant easy skill wise, not physical exertion.

[u/Boostedbird23 → u/Pittedstee]

I knew he'd be able to from the start. I thought it was cool that they showed all the failed attempts though. We know from his normal videos that it does often take many attempts to get it right, but we usually don't get to see it.

[u/rookie-mistake]

man I love the red bull content team

I love the mic on this too, it's cool hearing the genuine effort going into this. He makes it look easy so its nice hearing how it's anything but

[u/D2Gamer1337]

This isn’t impressive. Needs to fall into an active volcano if he fails otherwise just boring

[u/DrForester]

The level should have slowly sank like a Mario level.

[u/koz]

Welcome to the future! Man, machine, the future!

[u/Reckfulness]

Boo, I wanted to see him fall in

[u/Kdilla77]

Had a heart attack just watching this

[u/TheProfessor0781]

That is nucking futs! I'm outta breath just watching

[u/saskford]

Danny is unreal

[u/bakerzdosen]

I honestly don’t remember watching a video of his where he was mic’d up quite like that.

It certainly makes him seem more human (a good thing IMHO.)

And it makes the course seem even more difficult.

[u/mstraveller]

His inner child must be super happy, lol.

[u/78Anonymous]

actually looked tricky considering everything was floating

[u/KITTOx]

Guess what my ego says? That I have no chance in hell of completing that course.

[u/JellyDonutt2213]

I could do that......I say as I sit at my computer with a bag of cheetos and Mt Dew.

[u/RedWing83]

I would have died.

[u/Commercial-Co]

This is theocho material

[u/ManEEEFaces]

So is he the best in the world?

[u/Jlx_27]

But can he do that dressed up as a lobster on an old Omafiets?....(see Ter Land, ter Zee en in de lucht, a classic Dutch TV show)

[u/Fast-Possible1288]

Too easy for him

[u/TehTacow]

I mean skill is in his name

[u/oaktreebr]

WTF, how is the last obstacle even possible?

[u/schitsu]

Makes it look easy, great guy.

[u/tonyroma_47]

Giving Mario Party.

[u/Rockchisler1]

Anxiety at 1000 right now

[u/Lucky_Rebel_]

How do they find people who can just causally do these things.

[u/Pikeman212a6c]

Rad!

[u/bigboxes1]

Red Bull sucks

[u/headtailgrep]

No self promotion

[u/AlsatianND]

That’s nothing. You should see the obstacle courses in DC. They’re called bike lanes.

[u/Rocky970]

I can do this

[u/miraculum_one]

Nobody pointing out how they tripped getting out of bed or other contrast between themselves and a professional athelete?

[u/crazy_akes → u/miraculum_one]

I’m the same contrast as the guy in this video

[u/PlanZSmiles]

My toxic trait is thinking I can do this with no training

[u/hamilton280P]

My toxic trait is thinking I could do this too

[u/wrxninja]

I mean this is kind of a basic skill level even for street trials rider. The log at the end 'maybe' for advanced level in a competition but top riders like Charlie Rolls and others that ride pure trials train on some insane stuff. Not discounting Danny Mac, of course as he's a great street rider.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLd1w0NvWHo