FLIP THE BIKE FANTASTIC
Modest and quietly spoken, in the unlikely event you hadn’t seen his videos you would have no idea Danny MacAskill is an internet sensation. Yet since his breakthrough short film in 2009 – making him one of the very first viral stars – the street trials rider and Red Bull athlete has amassed over 450 million views on YouTube alone.
“It’s like being in The Truman Show sometimes –I wonder if it’s all one big joke, but I’ll go with it for now”
Little wonder, then, that he gave up his job as a mechanic to pursue a life on the road, travelling the world and performing increasingly daring tricks to impress his ever-growing online audience.
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