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What Does It Take – Danny Macaskill

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Matthias Dandois teamed up with Red Bull on a new Podcast series called “What Does It Take“. To Kick things off, Matthias sat down with Danny Macaskill to get his story from how he got his Pro career started way back in 2009 on up through what he has going on today. Obviously Danny is a MTB / Trials guy, but we know a ton of BMX guys who are into what he’s doing. Hit play and give this a listen since it’s a good one. Obviously with the two different accents it’s a little tricky at times, but otherwise it’s a real good listen. Check it!

“For the first episode of the What Does It Take podcast, I went to London to meet Danny Macaskill. We sat down to talk about Danny growing up in Scotland, being a bike mechanic, having success from one day to another, trying tricks hundreds of time, having multiple injuries, spending days to film a trick, working on the craziest projects, dealing with fear.

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I also spent the day riding and having lots of fun with Danny in London.

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Edited By: Pierre Blondel and Maniac Studios
Produced by: ASI Media Events

Thanks to RedBull Studio London

Special Thanks: Fujifilm France” – Matthias Dandois

Simple Session 20 – Live Replay: BMX Finals

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Yesterday the finals of Simple Session 20 went off in Tallinn, Estonia with some of the best BMX riders in the world competing for that top spot! If you weren’t able to enjoy the contest in person and missed the live stream, you’re in luck because Red Bull just uploaded the full live replay from BMX finals for you to enjoy! If you don’t have 3 hours to work with, you can check out all of the highlights from BMX finals here — SIMPLE SESSION 20 BMX Park & Street Finals Highlights

“The 20th edition of Simple Session returns to Tallinn, Estonia, where the world’s best BMX riders will battle it out on the challenging one-off contest course in BMX Street and BMX Park finals.

BMX Street Rider List:
Broc RAIFORD
Boyd HILDER
Felix PRANGENBERG
Courage ADAMS
Joe JARVIS
Alex DONNACHIE
Max CHUPRINA
Reed STARK
Alex KENNEDY
Anthony PERRIN
Mark BURNETT
Justin SPRIET

BMX Park Rider List:
Brian FOX
Daniel DHERS
Ryan NYQUIST
Tom VAN DEN BOGAARD
Levi WEIDMANN
Rim NAKAMURA
Brandon LOUPOS
Ash FINLAY
Kieran REILLY
Irek RIZAEV
Kostya ANDREEV
Boyd HILDER” – Red Bull

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Lara Lessmann On Red Bull

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Lara Lessmann is now doing it for Red Bull!

It always seems that we see a bit of sponsor news pop up at Simple Session, which makes plenty of sense with it being early in the year and there being no shortage of cameras around to take in the event. It looks like Lara Lessmann will be bringing her wings with her to the course this weekend because she’s now doing it for Red Bull. We’re pretty sure Lara is the first female freestyle BMX rider to represent Red Bull, which is awesome to see. Lara has been tearing it up for the past few years and we’re sure we’ll see plenty of great riding from her this weekend and into the future! Check out her post on Instagram above where she dropped the news.

Red Bull – Courage Adams: Encouraged

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This is intense. Red Bull took Courage Adams back to Nigeria where he was born. During the trip, he spent his time riding, meeting the locals, experiencing everything around him and more. Courage calls Madrid, Spain home these days, but going back to see how different the BMX scene is in Nigeria was definitely an eye opening experience. This documentary style video gives us a look at what was going on from start to finish with this trip, along with some riding and perspective. It looks like it was an amazing trip to us. Hit play and check this out! It’s safe to say the scene in Nigeria is growing!

“At age 12 Courage Adams started riding BMX, but by age 16 he’d turned pro, taken the BMX world by storm and made the most of his parents’ bold move. Now, he returns to his roots in Nigeria, discovering new connections amongst a community of like-minded bike lovers.

BMX street is one of the most frequently evolving sports in the world. Fashions come and go as pro riders flit between the contest scene and their latest video release. In Nigeria, things are a bit different.

As it is around the globe, riding bikes can be about breaking down walls and allowing an ever-growing group of riders to connect and feed off each other’s inspirations and influences.

Follow Courage, Starboy, KK Money and S-King as we return to the streets of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, to illustrate just what a difference riding bikes has made to their lives and what their hopes are for the history of the sport in their town.

BMX on the streets of Lagos seems to be a blend of both old- and new-school influences and looks set to head off in its own unique direction as the riders and scene evolves. We can’t wait to see just what the future brings for BMX in Nigeria.” – Red Bull

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Danny MacAskill – Gymnasium

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We’re always stoked on checking out a new Danny MacAskill video. Despite it not being BMX, there’s a lot of BMX influence in the riding. Red Bull dropped this new video featuring Danny absolutely crushing it in a gymnasium. The tricks he’s doing on the setups are absolutely amazing. There’s also a lot of laughs and easter egg type things in this as well. Check this one out! Although this is awesome, the Going Crazy In A Gymnasium series that Brian Gregor and Rusty Prady did a few years back is still our favorite videos from a gymnasium, haha. Watch Danny MacAskill’s Gymnasium!

“New Year, New Tricks. Scottish Trials Bike legend Danny MacAskill shows us in his new film ‘Gymnasium’ that there are other ways to make your mark in the gym. Not a regular gym-goer by his own admission, YouTube sensation Danny stars in his new film and attempts to show the world that staying in shape doesn’t have to be daunting.

In his latest return to our screens, Danny seeks refuge from the ‘New Year, New Me’ craze by creating his personalised fitness playground in a long forgotten hall at his local sports complex. Even though performing a perfect bar routine while still on two wheels isn’t for everyone, Danny has found that it’s a case of no chain, no gain as he’s able to do what he loves and stay in shape at the same time.” – Red Bull

BTS Photoshoot with Matthias Dandois

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When a brand like Red Bull wants to do a photoshoot with a guy like Matthias Dandois, you know the photos are going to turn out rad. Here’s a behind the scenes look at a photoshoot Matthias recently did in New York that mixed riding and lifestyle shots. If you are into photography or just want to see what actually goes into a photoshoot for a project like this, this is definitely worth a look!

“In this video, I take you behind the scenes of my latest Red Bull Athlete shoot featuring World Champion BMX rider, Matthias Dandois. I’ll go through exactly what I’m doing for each shot as far as the technical aspects such as lighting, composition and camera settings as well as some other bts skills like working, positioning and communicating with the athlete. HUGE thank you to Red Bull for making this possible and always giving me wing:) I hope you enjoy it!” – VisualRev

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Red Bull Uncontained Highlights

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Here’s one we were waiting on! Red Bull just dropped this recap video giving us a look at some of the highlights from the Uncontained contest last weekend! The ramps were massive, there were plenty of amazing riders on hand and a PACKED crowd to hype everyone up. Check out what went down, then get a look at the full live replay here if you want to see everything that went down!

“The world’s best BMX Park riders take on the most challenging custom park ever built. Descending on Nijmegen, Nederlands was a selection of 16 world class riders, chosen by team captains Drew Bezanson and Daniel Wedemeijer. They have invited 7 riders to be part of their team to battle against each other based on Execution, Variety, Use of Course, Style and Guts.

TEAMS:
Drew Bezanson (C)
Irek Rizaev
Jason Watts
Morgan Wade
Pat Casey
Kieran Reilly
Tom vd Bogaard
Alex Coleborn

Daniel Wedemeijer (C)
Jake Leiva
Paul Thoelen
Tom Justice
Declan Brooks
Marin Rantes
Ben Wallace
Anthony Jeanjean” – Red Bull