Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Jaw-dropping...

Enjoy this video. Lord knows I did.


(H/T to Guns & Coffee)
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23 comments:

Anonymous said...

That guy's got the agility of a seal's nose.

jf

11:56 AM, September 11, 2013
cj said...

I'm so glad they posted the outtakes at the end...makes me feel a lot better that he's human...

12:18 PM, September 11, 2013
Chris said...

Mad skillz, he has!

12:40 PM, September 11, 2013
Sklutch said...

As much as I love his skillz, my cynical side is awaiting the rise of ER visits by young boys who haven't put in the time to develop similar skillz.

On the plus side, the obituaries should be fascinating reading.

12:42 PM, September 11, 2013
Anonymous said...

I'm speechless, and smiling.

Corey

12:47 PM, September 11, 2013
NotClauswitz said...

It takes a lot of leg-muscle to do any of that on a pedal bike, at least a trials-bike has some suspension to help absorb the landing.

1:48 PM, September 11, 2013
Paul Schwa said...

Way cool!!!

2:20 PM, September 11, 2013
Anonymous said...

Some time ago I lamented that my days of MX on heavy European Maico's and Husqvarna's required Real Skill and were mocked by young'uns flying like birds and doing double backs, landing from on high on little cat feet...and I smugly attributed it all to the hp/lb and suspension magic of today's bikes...

And now this little bastid puts the lie to all of that with on a tiny rigid BMX...damn.

-chaz-

3:43 PM, September 11, 2013
Randy said...

That is simply amazing. To even think about riding downhill, backwards, on the FRONT WHEEL? How did he come up with those stunts?

4:13 PM, September 11, 2013
Unknown said...

Wow

Just..... WOW.

5:11 PM, September 11, 2013
Fred said...

Anon, if it helps, it's actually a park bike with 26" rims and squishy high volume tires. That said, my park bike has front suspention at least.

5:14 PM, September 11, 2013
Windy Wilson said...

Merely clicking "Like" or saying "+1 to neato" is faint praise for this short.

Is this the guy who did all the unicycle stunts for the film at Banff Film Festival about 5 years ago?
Great movie about how what the mind can imagine humans can do.

What's the difference between a park bike and a BMX?

Tam, thanks for finding and sharing this, it was the best 7 minutes I've spent at work for several months.

6:34 PM, September 11, 2013
Anonymous said...

What's the big deal? Anybody can do that stuff.

7:02 PM, September 11, 2013
Fred said...

Park bikes are pretty much BMX geometry with 24-26" rims, sometimes with or without suspension forks and disc brakes. Typically designed for skate parks and urban free-ride/trials riding like Danny does in the video.

Ups the respect when you realize its not a "little" BMX, but a grownup size 30 or so pound bike.

7:40 PM, September 11, 2013
RabidAlien said...

Mad skillz indeedy! Watched it, picked my jaw up and called in the 4.5 year old, who thoroughly approved of the video.

8:28 PM, September 11, 2013
Paul said...

Good video. Oh, to have a tenth of that talent.

8:52 PM, September 11, 2013
billy.harvey said...

Now that was full of awesome.

9:05 PM, September 11, 2013
jimbob86 said...

On the one hand, it was cool to watch .... OTH..... if he had put that much effort into something useful, he might have cured cancer or something.

At least he has probably given several EMT's and ER's some good practice on treating straddle injuries ....better him than me!

9:27 PM, September 11, 2013
Jennifer said...

Absolutely brilliant!

11:41 PM, September 11, 2013
Jeffro said...

Thank you for that, Tam. Very entertaining.

12:44 AM, September 12, 2013
Woodman said...

"if he had put that much effort into something useful, he might have cured cancer or something."

More likely he would have been kicked out of his chemistry class for juggling flaming test tubes while balancing his chair on one leg.

8:25 AM, September 12, 2013
Don said...

Thanks, Tam, I used that in class this morning. I've got a student with a lot of issues who doesn't want to do any work and is good at getting adults to read to him and write for him. We journal with a photo projected on the wall as a prompt, but his journals are usually one sentence, such as "Life is a bitch" or "Life is another day." He loves bikes, though. I found the video on the Red Bull site so it would come through our web filter, and it got me about half a page from him. That ride on the front wheel is an "endo," and that's what my student wants to learn.

If you go to the Red Bull site, there's an entire series about this video. The other five are behind-the-scenes, showing stages of a year-long leadup to filming this one. When they started, Macaskill was injured and not sure he'd be able to recover in time to get it done (and that was before they even had a script; they just knew he wanted to do something big.) I haven't had time to watch the rest of the series, but I think I will. I'm recovering from surgery right now, staying out of the gym, and maybe I can learn something. Patience, if nothing else.
http://imaginate.redbull.com

3:14 PM, September 12, 2013
NotClauswitz said...

Why do they call it a park bike? Short for "par cour" or something?

3:36 PM, September 12, 2013

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