Danny
MacAskill
United Kingdom
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Trial Biking
Date of birth | 23 December 1985 |
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Place of birth | Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland |
Age | 39 |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Career start | 2009 |
Disciplines | Trialbiking |
Danny MacAskill was born and raised in the town of Dunvegan, on the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. Everything changed for him on April 19, 2009, when he uploaded a street trials video to YouTube. The five-and-a-half-minute video was filmed and directed by his flatmate, Dave Sowerby, and featured Danny performing a series of bike stunts that went on to stun the world. Before long the video had garnered hundreds of thousands of views and it was clear that the then-23-year-old's life would never be the same.
Since then the video has amassed more than 35 million views and Danny has been riding a wave of popularity for his stunts. He was featured in the New York Times, has performed stuntman duties in Hollywood movies, appeared in TV commercials and received a nomination for Action Sportsperson of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards.