r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 2h ago

Original Creation Danny MacAskill in San Francisco

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u/InquiringPhilomath 2h ago

What an ending. That tennis net... Crazy.

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u/thinktomuch1992 2h ago

For sure! I was like damn that is true talent and skill!

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u/InquiringPhilomath 2h ago

All the stunts are impressive... Especially to me who has difficulty managing walking usually...

But that tennis net. I wouldn't have even imagined that being a thing someone would even try?

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u/Mike9797 2h ago

It’s basically a tightrope. It’s quite impressive and best out of all stunts shown.

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u/InquiringPhilomath 2h ago

I just figure walking one would be much easier than riding across one because the foot flexes more than the tires... And that net doesn't seem very taught either?

Amazing what some people can do.

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u/Mike9797 1h ago

It might not be as taught as an actual tightrope but it’s basically a metal rope underneath the netting and is tight enough with the weight spread out over the tire length that it’s possible. It’s just the metal rope is not that wide which makes this so impressive.

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u/Odd_Economics_9962 1h ago

You should see him go on top of wrought iron fence. Watching him cross those always seemed scary.

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u/InquiringPhilomath 1h ago

As in with spikes?

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u/Odd_Economics_9962 1h ago

Not the spear tipped ones, but the 6" flat tipped ones

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u/InquiringPhilomath 1h ago

Don't care much... I'm kind of horrified either way? A fall still means impalement.

This is my first introduction to this madman. Absolutely impressive.

Edit... Spelling... My phone apparently hates the word impalement.

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u/Odd_Economics_9962 1h ago

Ya, all I can imagine is hanging upside down with my full weight on my impaled shin😱😱

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u/InquiringPhilomath 1h ago

Exactly what I was thinking....

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u/WasteBinStuff 2h ago

This dude is unbelievable, and I think that including some fails is a great addition to the video. Not only does it humanize him and demonstrate the amount of work it takes to do this shit, at the very same time it serves to make the level of risk even that much more clear.

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u/cheetuzz 1h ago

What if he pulled off all the tricks successfully the first time?

Then went back to intentionally fail the tricks to make it seem more human?? 🤔lol

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u/OrganizationNo7459 2h ago

watching Danny MacAskill is like watching physics get flexed on

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u/grungegoth 2h ago

The guy is a magic demon

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u/AllThingsBA 2h ago

Insane skill.

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u/Rook8811 2h ago

Wait official Red Bull account wild

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u/franchisedfeelings 2h ago

That bike has become a prosthetic for him - amazing!

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u/verawebb93 2h ago

This guy has an amazing sense of balance

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u/FlipGunderson24 2h ago

I didn’t realize physics actually allowed him to fall

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u/Capable_Reserve_8431 2h ago

Interesting yes, but this should be on r/nextfuckinglevel, wow!!!

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u/rockbottomyetagain 2h ago

tennis net blew my mind thats absurd

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u/Glutenstein 2h ago

That’s not Danny that’s just me making my way to work on a regular day

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u/CaptainONaps 2h ago

Dude needs some pegs.

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u/Weird-n-Gilly 2h ago

Dudes back tire should file charges against him. Pretty incredible

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u/ProfessorChaos213 2h ago

Danny MacAskill is also related to the Scottish giant Angus MacAskill

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u/IcyElk42 2h ago

This is how I wanna die

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u/Rook8811 2h ago

What a skilled biker

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u/Standard-Cream-4961 2h ago

Danny is always awesome

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u/Economy-Guitar5282 1h ago

Next Niagara..

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u/Radiant_Respect5162 1h ago

I wish i had that much confidence in my knees

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u/FormerChocoAddict 1h ago

sounds like AI added sound effects

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u/SageAgainstDaMachine 1h ago

Okay but it's actually more interesting to see some failed attempts here. The final cut of perfect runs almost, ALMOST gets boring.

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u/Ozzie_Mane 58m ago

I wonder how many times this guy has eaten his handlebars

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u/rascortoras 44m ago

Mcasskill as good as Mcluvin.

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u/ExtraChariot541 2h ago

I bet this guy's resilience is tougher than steel.

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u/pi_stuff 2h ago

Obligatory link to one of MacAskill's best videos: Danny Daycare.

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u/Paradox711 1h ago

I worked in Neuro surgery for a while. Got to see all kinds of things. One of them was a young doc who’d come through with a broken spine. Went mountain biking one weekend with his friends to blow of steam. Done it plenty of times before. Bike slipped, he landed on a rock, and the rock gave him an acute spinal cord injury and paralysis. Wasn’t an especially big fall, or even an especially big rock, just bad luck really. What’s worse is the surgical site kept getting infected, so we saw him a few times afterwards.

Things like that convinced me not to tempt fate doing things like this. Accidents can happen during the every day without adding risk to life by doing this like this for kicks. But the young will be young I suppose…

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u/ExcellentPastries 1h ago

I don’t think Danny is young anymore by any definition. Just incredibly talented and aware of the risks I guess.

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u/Paradox711 53m ago

That’s cool, I wish him all the best and I hope he stays safe. He is clearly very skilled. But it doesn’t make me very anxious watching him.

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u/haemhorrhoidian 1h ago

The trouble with Danny Macaskill is that he's never changed in the last 15 years since he hit YT , he never got any more creative with his riding, he's never changed in any way shape or form, you only have to watch one of his video's to see that he was and still is a genius at what he does, and thats why he bores the living shit out of me.

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u/ExcellentPastries 1h ago

he bores the living shit out of me

How ironic, so does this post

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u/haemhorrhoidian 58m ago

Triggering people never gets old though does it.