[3] His YouTube channel has more than half a million subscribers and the San Francisco Chronicle called him "one of the most exciting street-riding mountain bikers on Earth.

This video gained widespread media attention, featuring stunts performed by MacAskill set to "The Funeral" by Band of Horses.

[6] In September 2009, MacAskill was the focus of TV advert filmed by The Leith Agency on behalf of Scottish jobs website s1jobs.com.

The video showcases locations around Scotland including Edinburgh Castle, North Berwick, wartime bunkers on the island of Inchgarvie beneath the Forth Bridge and the Cruachan Dam in the Scottish Highlands.

[14] In summer 2013, MacAskill published a trial biking project on YouTube called Imaginate[15] which had been shot over 18 months produced by Mike Christie for Red Bull Media House and directed by Stu Thomson.

[16] In May 2014, MacAskill released another video through Red Bull Media House called Epecuen, which was shot on location in Epecuén, Argentina.