Watching street biker Danny MacAskill completely own urban settings on just two wheels and a titanium pair of cojones must be what it was like to watch Babe Ruth take batting practice. That is, you’re witnessing an athlete who was born to do a certain thing and do it better than anyone else. For Babe Ruth, that was smashing baseballs to smithereens.
For Danny MacAskill, it’s using a bike to perform aerial tricks and palm-sweating stunts in areas that no one would think to do them.
In his latest offering, a 7-minute microdoc called “Way Back Home,” MacAskill ventures from his familiar home base of Edinburgh and travels to the Isle of Skye and his picturesque hometown of Dunvegan, home to historic Dunvegan Castle and the Clan MacLoed. (Highlander, anyone?)
As with any of MacAskill’s videos, set this one to fullscreen mode and keep reminding yourself that he made it through these moves sans paralysis.
It’s hard to believe how MacAskill continuously pulls off such dangerous maneuvers without serious injury, but it’s as if the bicycle wheels are an extension of his feet. In an online Q&A, MacAskill admitted that he is scared at times while doing his stunts, but that “stupidity and stubbornness” often carry the day.
Whatever works.
ride on
Johnny Boy
No comments:
Post a Comment