Danny MacAskill - The Slabs

Konrad_the_Barbarian

Konrad_the_Barbarian

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Just been on BBC Breakfast.

It's outrageous what he can do on a MTB. Absolutely brilliant. The You Tube clip is in the article. Enjoy.

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On the edge: Danny MacAskill on why The Slabs is his “wildest”-ever project

The legendary trials rider returns to the Isle of Skye for his latest video, turning a remote mountaineering climb into a white-knuckle descent that pushes him and his bike to their limits.
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You've just sent me down the best rabbit hole ever. I remember watching industrial revolutions for the first time (and discovering ben Howard too!) and was mesmerised, so I've just had a very enjoyable hour or so watching that new one and rewatching loads of others. We're using some of his journeys as a base route for our Scotland trip hopefully later this year, once we can get the motor home bought
 
We used to go to Hamsterley forrest every weekend, a good few years back, not quite that level but it was pretty rough. We had a few broken bones amongst the group over the years so it was getting up there.

I went walking up Hamsterley a few months back and saw quite a few mountain bikers. Watching them doing the routes we used to do, I said to my mate that there is no way I'd have the bottle, let alone the skill, to do that now. It's amazing how reckless you are when you're young and how risk averse you get with age :( ......... or is it how wise you get ?
 
Some brilliant Danny MacAskill videos on you tube. Worth a watch if you enjoyed his skills this morning.

I particularly like him riding full pelt in to a wire fence, hitting his front brake and throwing himself over the handlebars, front flipping the fence at the same time. (I think that might be Danny MacAskill's Big Day Out (or similar name)).

Another one is a backflip/corkscrew by riding up the root/base of a large tree.
 
Konrad_the_Barbarian said:
We used to go to Hamsterley forrest every weekend, a good few years back, not quite that level but it was pretty rough. We had a few broken bones amongst the group over the years so it was getting up there.

I went walking up Hamsterley a few months back and saw quite a few mountain bikers. Watching them doing the routes we used to do, I said to my mate that there is no way I'd have the bottle, let alone the skill, to do that now. It's amazing how reckless you are when you're young and how risk averse you get with age :( ......... or is it how wise you get ?
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I'm the same Konrad, started off on a rigid Kona Cinder Cone and was amazed what I could go down when I put my first set of Rockshox on. Went onto a Zaskar and eventually a 6" full sus Coyote frame. Couldn't imagine doing some of the stuff I used to do now though.
 
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