shawndoggy Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 only to have your mind blown? <object width="400" height="307"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4207784&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4207784&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="307"></embed></object><br /><a href=" ">Inspired. Danny MacAskill</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/tdave'>http://vimeo.com/tdave">dave</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Dayum... You ride trials Shaundoggy? Urban? Both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjl Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Jesus. I don't follow that sport but I remember being amazed by... Ryan Leech I think like a decade ago. The guy in this video is smooth and effortless on a whole different level. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawndoggy Posted April 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Dayum...You ride trials Shaundoggy? Urban? Both? LOL, no I wish... I'm an xc mtb'r... I think I'm killin' it when I get 12" off the ground! Used to do a little bmx as a kid though and no matter how hard I worked, there was always a kid who was better. But with the web we can now see the crazy stuff the best guys in the world are doing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_ravens Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Wow. Where's the emoticon for awe? That's beautiful. Didn't think I would ever say that about a kid on a bike..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCrimson Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Anyone else think it's funny a trials rider has a last name with askill in it? Thanks Doggy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I shoot a decent game of pool, a decent game of golf, snowboard decently, skateboard (ed) decently, but the instant I see what real talent does I want to puke. i was talking with someone the other night about the level that all action sports have reached. Snowboarding, surfing, skateboarding, freestyle bmx/cross...all of it. sick. just sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powdahbonz Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 That guy is good-lotsa nice features to ride-impressive backflip off the tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 awesome vid, thanks. I shoot a decent game of pool, a decent game of golf, snowboard decently, skateboard (ed) decently, but the instant I see what real talent does I want to puke. I hear you and I too sometimes feel unskilled and unaccomplished when I see stuff like that. But then I remind myself that these top level people do their thing probably 4 to 12 hours a day or more, every day. I have always had too many interests and obligations to do that. You know what else is depressing, is that by a certain age of like 18 or so, you can't decide you want to go out and become a master at something like that, because you simply can no longer develop the required muscle memory to hang with the people who've been doing it since they were 5. "No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Holy cats! That made my knees ache just watching it:eek: Realy cool, thanks shawndoggy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I wasn't even in the stadium when the starting gun went off. I was 30 before getting good on snowboard. about the time I thimk I'm hot $hit craving switch on skis, I'll go to the park & watch the "damn kids" pulling big crossed switch 7s across the gap; humbling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 and i thought doing a tree flip on my feet was hard. he does it on a bike:freak3: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 "No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun." interesting Floyd reference. I hate that line as it applies to my life in general. I've played pool since I was 20, but will never be any better than an advanced intermediate. Same for golf, snow...anything. oh well, I have fun most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 having fun is all I care about at this point in my life....I rode with some guys in Japan who had skills similar to that though not the balance on a spiked fence kind of skills but still awe inspiring, we did manuals stairs, wallrides, gaps, drops and stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan Guy Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 I wonder how many scrapes, broken bones, and cans of bust ass it takes to be that good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxguitarist Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 This showed up on another forum I was browsing too. Ridiculously impressive. I too ride xc mountain, and can bunnyhop better than most of my riding buddies, but this is just completely a different level. I don't even understand how it is possible to clear the ground by THAT far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjvircks Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 can you imagine how much more entertaining a movie chase sequence would be if this guy was leading? car and foot chases are getting so predictable and even boring. this guy is almost 'jedi'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Prokopiw Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Amazing!I used to think I'd never see anyone do better that the likes of Hans'No way' Rey and others from his era,but the next generation always push it more.WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 the mixture of Freestyle BMX, Trials and DH/Freeride MTB is what has pushed the boundaries so far....besides the fact that it's just plain fun to ride an urban environment like that....I rode this in Tokyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawndoggy Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 the mixture of Freestyle BMX, Trials and DH/Freeride MTB is what has pushed the boundaries so far....besides the fact that it's just plain fun to ride an urban environment like that....I rode this in Tokyo Hey Gecko, your brakes are on backwards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Hey Gecko, your brakes are on backwards! yup I ride a motorcycle....put them on the other way and I'm a dead man I had to change the brakes on my wife's bicycle too BTW not many people notice that even in person they hop on the bike and end up over the bars even after I say something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 I wonder how many scrapes, broken bones, and cans of bust ass it takes to be that good... no DOUBT, huh. Talk about paying your dues! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queequeg Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Wow. That's like ... parkour on a bike. Amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekempmeister Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I've shown this video to more people at random than any other, ever. Thanks so much, it's beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawndoggy Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I've shown this video to more people at random than any other, ever. Thanks so much, it's beautiful. LOL, you aren't the only one Dave... the youtube version has something like 1.4 MILLION hits in four days. And I was getting stoked because I'd had over 1000 views on one of my carving vids... :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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