New Danny Macaskill The Ridge

New Danny Macaskill The Ridge

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Freakuk

3,153 posts

152 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Stu Thompson has done a good article/blog on the cut media site about this film it's interesting reading.

okgo

38,077 posts

199 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Personally don't think this is a patch on the first one. Scenery wise and qaulity wise it's amazing but in terms of jaw dropping riding, bar the fence, it doesn't do it for me. In fact I found the most mental bit was when he walked up that turret, walked.

The problem is that it's hard to keep doing stuff that leaves people in awe on a trials bike once they have seen it I've or twice. He is going to keep doing these like Ken Block but they won't get any better than the first one for me as that was the first time I had seen a lot of that stuff. Riding down rocks is fine but there are others out there doing it and doing it with less regard for safety. Nothing new in that to me, stick to trials Danny.

Allyc85

7,225 posts

187 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Just incredible! That flip into and over the fence is just ridiculous!

Grandfondo

12,241 posts

207 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Anyone that has walked the ridge will understand what Danny has achieved with this video! bowclapbowclap

sjj84

2,390 posts

220 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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An amazing talent, not my favourite video though, much preferred imaginate and industrial revolutions. Although that front flip over the fence was immense.

Tazza

159 posts

238 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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Utterly terrifying and utterly inspiring.

Hard-Drive

4,090 posts

230 months

Saturday 4th October 2014
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As a sailor, I was thinking "you are going to drag that boat up the beach a bit or tie it off on a suitable rock aren't you Danny?" And at the end, quelle surprise, his boat is nowhere to be seen, no doubt having drifted off on a rising tide.

Pfffft. Amateur.

timbo48

688 posts

183 months

Saturday 4th October 2014
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Hi HD, different beach.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

255 months

Saturday 4th October 2014
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I thought it was a lake?

red997

1,304 posts

210 months

Sunday 5th October 2014
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Good. God
watching this with the hangover from hell is not something I'd recommend;
I've been riding MTB's for 20 years and this guy has just scared me sh*tless - how ... ?

rollondeath

317 posts

120 months

Sunday 5th October 2014
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There's a documentary about the making of the video on BBC Scotland Friday 19:30. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04kntlk

Edited by rollondeath on Sunday 5th October 15:14

yellowjack

17,080 posts

167 months

Sunday 5th October 2014
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Hard-Drive said:
As a sailor, I was thinking "you are going to drag that boat up the beach a bit or tie it off on a suitable rock aren't you Danny?" And at the end, quelle surprise, his boat is nowhere to be seen, no doubt having drifted off on a rising tide.

Pfffft. Amateur.
Not just me then!

All I could think when he lifted the bike out of the boat was "painter line, Danny! Tie off the painter line!"

But yes, on watching the video through a second time, it becomes obvious that it's not the same beach wink


Campo

10,870 posts

198 months

Sunday 5th October 2014
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He's so good he probably just pedaled his bike back across the water

LordHaveMurci

12,045 posts

170 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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Campo said:
He's so good he probably just pedaled his bike back across the water
laugh

gwm

2,390 posts

145 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Saw it on the bbc1 zhow. Kind of wished they'd shown the completed video first so it didn't ruin the awe of the tricks.