Danny MacAskill stars in VW car advert
Danny MacAskill, pictured at BikeRadar Live, is starring in an ad for the new VW Golf Estate (Sam Eaton/BikeRadar)
UK street riding sensation Danny MacAskill is enjoying a meteoric rise to fame. This time last year he was unheard of outside of trials circles, but after a hit video on YouTube he went on to star at BikeRadar Live, in a music video and in an advert for a jobs site, and now he's fronting a campaign for Volkswagen.
In the ad for the new VW Golf Estate, Danny Mac pulls some of his trademark jaw-dropping moves while cruising through the streets of Lisbon in Portugal.
Although a series of buttock-clenching drops and backflips fail to faze him, the minute-long clip ends with him being chased out of the car by a humble wasp. Check out the clip below:
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symo
Posted Wed 28 Oct, 12:56 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Whats the music track?
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jamm21
Posted Wed 28 Oct, 1:49 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
It is by The Joy Formidable
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AidanR
Posted Wed 28 Oct, 1:57 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
I'm gonna be honest... I don't get it.
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Jimfrandisco
Posted Wed 28 Oct, 2:28 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Lazy advertising agencies just typing 'cool' and 'youth' into google then making an advert out of whatever they can find irrespective of the demographics...oddly enough don't see many of the trials riding round my way driving estate cars.
pretty amazing riding though!
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nferrar
Posted Wed 28 Oct, 2:35 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Who cares, I'd rather watch this than any other car advert :p
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RichMTB
Posted Wed 28 Oct, 5:40 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Pretty sure thats not Danny MacAskill in the car, he'd never be afraid of a wasp!
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AndySpeed
Posted Wed 28 Oct, 8:58 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Don't get the bit at the end but the ad is awesome, great to see some street skills in an ad!
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stanfree
Posted Wed 28 Oct, 9:04 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Good wee video , Its definately Danny Mac in the Video. But why leave the wasp in the car.
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legin
Posted Wed 28 Oct, 10:56 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
and theres me pleased that i can bunny hop 6 inches
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Bigmiksears
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 12:26 am UTC Flag as inappropriate
im sure Danny mac could only manage 6 inches once :P
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Monsieur La Papadici
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 7:59 am UTC Flag as inappropriate
My Mrs could only manage 6" once, after lots of practice she can manage a whole 10" and loves it. I'm going to make her do it backwards next.
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jim.the.saint
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 10:06 am UTC Flag as inappropriate
How can people not understand that advert, are you stupid or something?
It's a sporty estate - therefore the car can carry a load of stuff about, seat a lot of passengers, just general family stuff, etc. As it's 'sporty' it will also go like stink and be quicker than the average family hatchback/saloon car.
Danny MacAskill - Trials legend. Can do things on a bike that almost everybody else would find petrifying, yet apparently is scared of wasps.
Therefore, the car is multi faceted, it is both practical and fun to drive and Danny is super brave on a bike but scared of wasps. Hence the tag line "to suit both sides of your personality".
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ellieb
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 10:12 am UTC Flag as inappropriate
Ohhhh! NOW I get it ;-)
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Monsieur La Papadici
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 10:48 am UTC Flag as inappropriate
Anyone know what GIRO helmet Danny's wearing in the picture?
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Martidog
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 4:34 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Monsieur La Papadici its a Fox Flux. Haha Im loving the pinbike/youtube comments here & the heafty analitical deconstruction of the ad campaign superb. (whispers) Here listen..........Dannys mega happy & in the ££ it looks magic so calm doon it's called a bit of fun nobody is tryin to patronise you just enjoy & relax.
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Stu T
Posted Sun 8 Nov, 6:02 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
scariest thing is he was going to drive in Lisbon bloody nutter
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