Daniel MacAskill

Danny MacAskill is a professional street trials rider , born and raised in Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

Danny has become an Internet sensation after he started streaming his street trials videos on You Tube back in 2009.

Danny has since found himself featured in the New York Times and several other big publications, joined a Hollywood production as a stunt man, appeared in a TV-commercial for the new Volkswagen Golf Estate and was nominated for the Category "Action Sportsperson of the Year" at the Laureus World Sports Awards as well as for the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Award.

Bank of Scotland are proud to nominate Danny MacAskill to be a London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer as he is an incredibly talented and dedicated stunt cyclist who, in a short space of time, became an Internet sensation around the world, through the love of his sport