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STUNT cyclist Danny MacAskill, Hollywood actor Alan Cumming, hip hop stars Young Fathers and Kelpies creator Andy Scott have been recruited for Scotland’s first ever global tourism drive.
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"STUNT cyclist Danny MacAskill, Hollywood actor Alan Cumming, hip hop stars ..."
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Posted 9 years ago #
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Did you not get an invite chdot? ;-)
I went by at 9.30 and were groups of children getting photo taken with the hashtag #Scotspirit
He was allowed to cycle on the esplanade of course as long as he behaved himself!
Lots of selfies - he was getting mobbed by women!
I said hi and would he like to jump over some assorted odd bikes sometime.Stockbridge and Leith markets co-opted him for a shoot with their banner. So he's not about cycling you see - a brand in himself now. Nice guy though.
Danny MacAskill at VisitScotland 2016 launch by LaidBackBikes, on Flickr
Posted 9 years ago # -
DANNY MACASKILL AT THE FRINGE
Danny MacAskill's Drop and Roll Live, Underbelly's Circus Hub on The Meadows, 3–24 Aug, 3pm; 7, 12, 19 Aug, 7pm, £18.50–£26 (£16.50–£24).
“Staged in a 550-seater circus tent, MacAskill will perform with a talented team of riders including Duncan Shaw, his friend of almost 20 years. Shaw has his own popular YouTube channel, where he shares tutorials. 'Part of the reason trials is popular is because it's maybe more relatable,' explains Shaw, who's just back from Santa Cruz with the Drop and Roll team. 'We wear normal clothes, jeans and t-shirts, not Lycra or anything. Typical trials stuff is "hoppy", static moves; bouncing on a back wheel, for example. BMXers are more about grinding ledges, bouncing down steps, riding in skate parks. Danny pioneered a crossover between the two. Trials bikes are bigger, like mountain bikes, and don't have stunt pegs on the wheels. So they look more like normal bikes.'”..
MacAskill prefers heading out into the wilderness or finding new spots to ride in a city, but thinks skate parks are also really important. 'If you don't give kids somewhere to use their energy, they'll just use it elsewhere. When my bike got taken off me one summer when I was 13, I used to roll boulders off cliffs instead or light bonfires. I used to annoy the local policeman quite a lot. I was lucky to grow up somewhere rural though! Not every kid likes team sports. But if you hang out at a skatepark, you learn your own rules. You have to wait your turn, watch out for younger kids, respect the older kids. Kids learn to govern themselves that way.'
Posted 5 years ago #
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