He’s the daredevil from Dunvegan whose death-defying pro mountain biking has seen him scale summits and cities the world over. But when it comes to his perfect weekend, for Skye street trials rider Danny MacAskill, there’s absolutely no place like home. “I have to be honest, my weekends are just like every other day.
Well, with the exception of extra bacon on my breakfast. “It all starts with a plan to meet my friends, to go for a ride together.” ‘I’m spoiled for choice in the Highlands,’ says Danny.
Now based in Inverness, it’s hard to imagine that a man with 2.1 million Instagram followers and more than 100 million views on just one of his YouTube videos, could still tackle the Highlands and Islands relatively anonymously. “There’s so many great places and trails all over Scotland, we are spoiled for choice,” the 38-year-old explains.
“I won’t say exactly where I go,” he jokes, “but I do like to visit Aviemore, among other places, when I’m filming.” Uncomfortable with the notion of being seen as a “YouTuber” first, and a mountain biker second, Danny’s weekend – like his week – will always include hours on a bike, and rarely a lie-in. “Typically, and it depends if there’s been a shindig the night before, I get up between 8.
30am and nine.,” he says. ‘Still pinching myself, doing this every day’ Despite cycling, scouting locations, filming and travelling, the Red Bull rider is “good to himself” when it comes to the mo.