Daniel "Danny" MacAskill is a Scottish
trials cyclist, from
Dunvegan on the
Isle of Skye. He works professionally as a street trials pro rider for Inspired Bicycles Ltd. He released
April 2009, a five-and-a-half-minute street trials video, filmed by his flatmate Dave Sowerby, on
YouTube on the 19 April 2009 to popular acclaim and widespread media attention. The video features stunts performed by MacAskill set to '
The Funeral' by
Band of Horses.