Thursday, September 1, 2016

Inspired?

How does the Danny McCaskill Inspired Bicycles presentation relate to your world? Can you relate his video to writing? Can his new exploits connect with your academic endeavors? Again, did he make you look twice? Did he inspire and motivate you? Other reactions? Please connect and comment using complete sentences. This blog post should be completed by Friday, September 2nd, 2016 at 2:30p.m.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...


I can relate this to writing because in the beginning Danny fell a couple times before he got it. This is like writing when you want something to be good, but it takes a couple times tweaking the bad in order to make it good. This really shows me that if I practice what I love a lot, than I can get better and then love it even more. This made me think more about his other videos as well that also inspire me. This really showed me that it's okay to be wrong because if you do it again and again, you well eventually get what you are trying to reach.

Anonymous said...

I don't feel inspired. I feel inadequate and lame. As a very proud person, I must say that said pride is really easily bruised, and I feel very disheartened after watching people do cool things, not very inspired. Music inspires me more. It's less of me aspiring to be like someone else and more of me aspiring to be whatever I want to be.

Anonymous said...

At the start of the video it showed him falling multiple times, but he kept getting back up every time until he got it right. From a different stand I can relate to this because there are many times in sports when I feel like I'm not preforming up to a certain standard that I want to, but this guy shows that because he has such a passion for what he does he keeps trying again and again. This can also connect with academics because there will be multiple times throughout your life when you don't feel like you are preforming well, but the key is to keep trying no matter how hard it is. I feel like this guy is so good at what he does because of his passion for it. He has to really enjoy doing this even if it may seem frustrating some times he always finds a way to overcome it.

Anonymous said...

The video relates to the world because at the start of the video he fell down but after some time he improved and was able to accomplish amazing things. This video can relate to writing becuase at the beginning of writing you may not be as good at it but you improve over time this also relates to academics becuase it is bound you will be bad at something and just have to try harder. Danny did make me look twice becuase what he was doing was incredible and must have taken years of practice. He inspired me to keep on trying and to do the things I love even if it takes time.

Anonymous said...

Something that drives me is to be better than others. I don't mean this in an "I'm better than you, you suck" kind of vibe, but just to be the best at something. I'm proud of the fact that I'm really good with math and numbers. I'm proud that I can run track better than others could. But something that drives me is to do even better than I already am. I don't want to be fourth best in the state, I want first, I want to be the best there is in whatever I'm trying to do. While McCaskill may be the best at riding a BMX bike, I can become the best at any number of things.

Anonymous said...

This relates to my world because it kinda shows that even if you don't succeed at first, keep trying, you'll eventually get it. This video could be related to writing because if you write with a "voice" or "passion" you can make something great. This video connects with my academics because I always try my hardest and if I don't do very well I try to correct my mistakes and make them better. He definitely made me look twice at some of the things that he did, I didn't even know that half of them were even possible. He inspired and motivated me to always get back up even when something has you down. This video was very cool to watch and it really did make me think.

Anonymous said...

"Inspired Bicycles" was a motivational video that helps people see that if they put in their time and effort, they can achieve their goals.Just like in writing, time and patience help you gain experience, wither it is in bicycle parkour or writing. This video inspired me that if you try hard enough, you can achieve your dreams. This video also shows that practice in your goals gets you closer to reaching them, like in academics; the more you practice with it, the better you get. Danny McCaskill showed me that you CAN reach your goals, and you CAN achieve your dreams.

Anonymous said...

Since watching this video I was able to make a connection to when I fell skiing last winter. I fractured my left elbow, bruised my tail bone, and sprained my ankle. It took me 6 months to recover and I was convinced that I didn't want to hit the slopes again.My parents introduced me to a place in Southglenn Mall called Snobahn where you can practice indoor skiing. It was good that I brushed up on my skiing there so that way this winter I can continue skiing. When the guy in the video fell the first couple of times he was determined to continue and I highly admire that.

Anonymous said...

The video "inspired Bicycles" can relate and motivate us in a lot of ways. The video starts with him falling off his bike doing a trick. He tries and keeps trying until he accomplished what he was trying to do. This is inspiring because even though he failed he kept trying and eventually reached his goal. That inspires us to keep trying in things like school and outside of school like sports. After he reached his goal he went on and did other things just as great or better as his first accomplishment. That inspires us so after we reach a goal we continue on what we were doing. Just because the man in the video finally reached his first goal he continued and did more. That's like in school after we get an A we don't give up the next time, we keep going and try to get our next goal.

Anonymous said...

The Inspired Bicycles video relates to my life because It shows that no matter how many times you fall trying to accomplish a goal or a passion, you should always get up and persevere through to complete the goal. I play volleyball, and sometimes when I make a mistake, or a team makes a mistake, like a wrong pass or a hit that went out of bounds, we find what was wrong with the move or the play and try our hardest to fix it so we can win. I can relate this video who writing because It inspired me to write something great, it is an upbeat, passionate video that makes me want to do or write something amazing. His new exploits connect greatly with academic endeavors because it shows that when you make a mistake on homework, or a quiz or a test, you can always be sure to review and fix your mistakes so you can further succeed in your academics. He did make me look twice with the video when he did some pretty scary jumps onto places where bikes usually don't go. He inspired me to do something that awes people and makes them think, "wow, I could never do that, what an amazing talent!" and inspire other people.

Anonymous said...

This relates to my world because i have some thing unique that makes me stand out.His video can relate to writing because you start out with scratch, or in his case a fence,and you use that to do any thing like all the tricks he did.He motivated me to keep trying at what i'm good at.

Anonymous said...

After watching this video, I was inspired to follow my passion even known you may not succeed the first couple times in you stay hopeful and keep trying you still can get to your goal in the end. Even known the rider fell off the bike, he kept trying like school work if you don’t get something complete you still can keep trying and do your best and still get a grade, seems difficult but it is possible. I know I am young and don’t have a passion yet, but I can still find it in time where I can understand what I really want to do with my life and how my goals can be achieved.

Anonymous said...

The Danny McCaskill Inspired Bicycles presentation relates to the world because he never gave up. In the beginning he fell a lot, but every time he got up and he eventually achieved his goal. This video inspires me to keep working at my goal because if I try hard enough, I can reach my goal. This can relate to academics because if you give up, you will never get better. I think it is important to keep trying because you will never know what you can accomplish until you try. There will always be people that will be better at something than you, but there will also be things that you are better at.

Anonymous said...

It relates to me because in the future if I ever have a bad meet or race in swimming and cross country I will get back the Wednesday train even harder for the next meet. This can relate to my writing because if I ever get stuck and get writer's block I can go rest for a few minutes and come back and try again. It connects to me because now I am inspired to use more tactics in writing like how I plan out my writing and how I use my word choice. When he was doing his tricks some of them just amazed me. He just made it look so simple while it looked like he was defying gravity. He inspired me that whenever I fail to try again and again until I can make my work perfect.

Anonymous said...

Danny McCaskills Inspired Bicycles, relates to my world of rock climbing, in the sense of facing your fears and trying things again and again. I think that can also be said about writing, if you are writing a project or whatever, you probably do not want to do it again, like in the beginning of the video when he falls off the rail. Or if you do not want to keep redoing a math test because you don't think you can do it. The part that made me look twice was the scene were he spanned a gap between two buildings, and the jumped off the side of one. He inspired me to go climbing and get on my project and climb it, in one try, with no falls. I also thought the video was amazing. It was all killer and no filler

Anonymous said...

The Danny McCaskill Inspired Bicycles video, he does a lot of dangerous and thrilling tricks with his bikes. He does things on his bike that normal people definitely can not do. This presentation relates to my world because Danny McCaskill is very unique, he does something that not a lot of people are able to do. Nowadays everyone does the usual things, not a lot of people have a unique hobby that they love to do. I can relate to his video in writing because I need to be more in depth and unique in what I write, not just bare minimum. His crazy stunts can connect with my academic endeavors because he probably had to work very hard to be able to do all of his tricks. I should always try to push myself in school and always do my best. Danny McCaskill inspired me to keep trying and work hard because what you want does not come easy.

Anonymous said...

After many tries the cyclist Danny MacAskill attempts to and succeeds at jumping onto an electricity box and then riding on a fence to the nearest one. I know as a fact that this video is trying to tell us that as long as we put anything to our mind that we can accomplish it and there will be ups and downs to that but that is how you rise and accomplish things that we put our mind to.

Anonymous said...

The Inspired Bicycles presentation was very amazing to look at, but I feel I can only relate to that I know how to ride a bicycle. The video is like writing because no matter how much you fail, you need to get up and keep practicing, and maybe one day your work will be something people stare at in awe. It is like any other hobby or interest, even my academics, in the same way. I’m not sure if I “looked twice”, but I definitely couldn’t stop looking at the screen. I was inspired and amazed how anyone could do that, but that is not my passion so i was not motivated to do anything like that. Also, my heart was racing because videos like this give me stress, but they are absolutely incredible.

Anonymous said...

Danny MacAskill doesn't] really inspire me because i know i could never do that on a bike. However he could inspire alot of people to do this crazy BMX biking.I do think what he did was cool but i would never be able to do something like that, But i might just stick to drawing.

Anonymous said...

This relates to my world by showing me that if you practice at a skill than you can become great at it. I don’t know much about his writing but I do know that his main idea is for you to never give up, which is a inspiring message and can be used and enforced in almost every thing you do.