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Here is new ad with the uber talented Danny MacAskill (the guys who did the doves video).
I only found out about it when my brother in law texted me, as his band did the music. (Aereogramme, song is called Barriers, from "My heart has a wish that you would not go")
Its pretty cool!
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Superb.
He's something else isn't he?
I really like how you always see him in a helmet too- a lot of trials riders/dirt jumpers/bmxers don't and it's good that Macaskill, being as well known as he is, always has one on.
What the blinking flip was that flair-thing off the tree all about! Wow.
very good, and nice tune too 🙂
Good stuff, liked the tree thing to
Amazing riding.
I wonder how he'd cope with the gnarlfest that is Llandegla though?
😉
ha he's not bad on two wheels is he. Nicely shot as well
That man is amazing, happy to see him now making a living from it as well. 8)
Danny MegaSkill
It brings a tear of joy to my eye.
My mate directed/filmed that video - I was going to post it but he said that version isn't his properly edited version and the s1jobs people just put it up anyway. I expect he's just being a prima donna though!
Said Danny was a nice lad - they had some stunt with jumping off a bridge onto the roof of a van lined up, but he decided it was a bit sketchy.
Sounds like he is making a pretty decent living out of his skills now - good on him.
Great stuff again.
I (seriously) wonder what he'd be like on the likes of Jacobs Ladder- could he clean it?
I think his trail riding skills are pretty decent. Went riding trials with him in aviemore in the snow and he bought his SX trail out and suitably ragged it everywhere with ease.
some stunt with jumping off a bridge onto the roof of a van lined up, but he decided it was a bit sketchy.
A moving van?? A BIT sketchy??
Went riding trials with him in aviemore in the snow
Could not be more jealous.
British Cycling rocks. MacAskill hitting the big time, Peaty winning the World Champs and of course let's not forget our rather talented Olympic team. Makes me proud to be a cyclist 😀
It wasn't a moving van!
Cracking video with some truly spectacular riding. I don't see how it's an advert for a recruitment agency though. Surely the message is "look how much fun riding a bike can be...and you want to get a real job??".
I bet Danny certainly does love his job.
Great vid, anyone know what the tune was ?
Music is ‘Barriers’ by Aereogramme from their album ‘My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go’ on Glasgow’s Chemikal Underground Records.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/2009/09/more-danny-macaskill-video-radness/
good vid, but horrible song
pfttttttt - he must be brave. I wouldn't leave that bike locked up there! 😉
Bet hope are happy to have their green team hubs all over the tinterweb at the moment.
Bet hope are happy to have their green team hubs all over the tinterweb at the moment.
Er, that's sort of why they're the colour they are!
errr, thats why I said so...
I turned off "sarcasm" between the the locking the bike comment and the Hope comment. 🙂
A shot I took of him in Glasgow last month, on a not-so-spectacular 10ft scaff.
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Sorry missed the switch over, I'll look harder next time 😉
Very cool... Some of the shots are a bit odd, cars obscuring the tricks etc mind.
(oh, and WHY THE VIOLIN! How to ruin a great song... What were they thinking. Live it had muscles, on the album it has screeching)
How big is that drop at 3:50?! Mental! Pretty cool that your brother is in Aereogramme beefy, be into them for quite a while!
He's only ****ing awesome, thats all!
1.05........... 😯 have watched it four times to see just what actually happens that chap is amazing!!!!
really like the tune really love the vid and the fact its shot a bit differently, i think its a wicked bit of advertising for that agency as anyone cyclist or not could relate to how skillful that is and that to get to that level you love what you do.
That bit with the tree is amazing!
Good to see him making a living from his skills, he is too good to be stuck in the back of a bike shop in Edinburgh.
Some of the shots are a bit odd, cars obscuring the tricks etc mind.
Bear in mind not all of these shots will make it into the actual ad - this is all the stuff that was sent to s1jobs, not the final edit.
Bear in mind not all of these shots will make it into the actual ad - this is all the stuff that was sent to s1jobs, not the final edit.
I think most ads are about 30 seconds, this one is currently four and a half minutes, so there is alot to 'not make it'. So far, as a Danny Macaskill ad, it's very good, as a s1jobs ad, it's completely lost.
Like I said, he wasn't really very happy about them putting it up on youtube - said it was just a collection of all the shots.
Like I said, he wasn't really very happy about them putting it up on youtube
Like you said he wasn't very happy, Where?
sootyandjim, he would cope with it no problem at all! he can ride dh/trails very well.heres him at airs rock,laggan. a few years ago now
http://martin-james.fotopic.net/p16216337.html