Photo: Steve Hodgson / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
MacAskill is, to me, proof that an internet career can be built on pure craft rather than noise. A trials rider from Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, he turned an unglamorous discipline into something genuinely cinematic, and the half-million-plus YouTube following feels earned rather than chased. The Santa Cruz partnership and that San Francisco Chronicle line about him being one of the most exciting street riders alive both track with what I see on screen. What gets me is the playfulness; he treats walls, rooftops and rural stone as a personal playground, and that childlike joy reads as more daring than any stunt reel could.
Overview
Daniel MacAskill (born 23 December 1985) is a Scottish trials cyclist, from Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. He works professionally as a street trials and mountain bike rider for Santa Cruz Bicycles. His YouTube channel has more than half a million subscribers and the San Francisco Chronicle called him "one of the most exciting street-riding mountain bikers on Earth."
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Danny MacAskill
- Name (Japanese)
- ダニー・マッカスキル
- Reading
- だにー・まっかすきる
- Born
- December 23, 1985 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Ox
- Origin
- Dunvegan, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- sport cyclist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Sport cyclist — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.