Danny MacAskill’s Drop and Roll Opens Livigno’s Bike Season

Livigno (ITA), May 5th 2015 – After an exciting weekend at the Riva BIKE Festival the 2015 mountain bike season is under way and leading the charge is the Italian bike destination, Livigno. To mark the start of the season, Livigno invited Danny MacAskill’s Drop and Roll Tour to put on amazing live shows at the bike festival. In between the shows, fans could meet the riders in person at the Livigno booth and learn more about the region’s biking opportunities. Needless to say, everyone enjoyed "la bella vita" last weekend.
 
Every year, once the snow melts away and trees start to blossom – thousands of bike fans are eager to discover what new bike, shock, apparel and bike trail is available. The place to be to learn all of this is the BIKE Festival in Riva. To celebrate the best of biking, Italy’s “little Tibet”, Livigno, invited the YouTube sensation, Danny MacAskill and his Drop and Roll Team to the festival. Together, Danny and teammate Duncan Shaw were the hit of the week!
 
Performing on the water front on Friday, the team received an echoing applause from the hundreds of fans who came out to see their incredible skills. For the evening performance, no other than the legend, Hans ‘No Way’ Rey joined the show as a co-commentator. On Saturday, at the main stage, visitors also screamed in amazement as Duncan dropped from the 10 foot tower and Danny demonstrated some of his famous tricks from videos like Imaginate and Inspired Bicycles. Coordinated by tracks from the videos, the atmosphere was electric. Shortly after the shows, fans could meet Danny and Duncan in person at the Livigno signing sessions.
 
The message behind the shows was simple: The season is here and Livigno is waiting for the enthusiastic bikers to come and check out their stunning trails on the Carosello 3000 mountain and Mottolino Bikepark. Livigno is looking forward to welcoming bikers and cyclists to its region this summer. To find out more about what Livigno can offer please visit: www.livigno.eu or https://www.facebook.com/LivignoFeelTheAlps .

Behind the scenes of Danny MacAskill's Drop and Roll Tour

Munich, April 8th 2015 – Danny MacAskill’s Drop and Roll team collected a year’s worth of footage to create a behind the scenes documentary showing what it takes to put a world-class show on the road: https://youtu.be/5nGm-c21X-I
Also, keep reading to find out how you can run next to Danny MacAskill and the Drop and Roll Team at the Wings For Life World Run.
 
Danny MacAskill’s Drop and Roll team includes Tour Manager, Duncan Shaw and one of the most technical riders on the scene, Ali Clarkson, as well as Austria’s rising star, Fabio Wibmer. But the wizard behind the tour is professional tinkerer, Dave Mackison. The new video, "A Year in the Making" shows how the Drop and Roll Team comes together to create one of the most energetic and interactive live sports shows there is. For them, the hardships of building a custom made rig and traveling across Europe with a 3.5 tone trailer is nothing less than fun and adventure. Their new documentary gives you a glimpse at the challenges they overcame along the way.
 
“2014 was a lot of work getting Drop and Roll setup. This year will be awesome hitting the road again for more shows and filming trips.” – Dave Mackison
 
The 2015 season blasted off with an awesome two-day appearance at the F.re.e Munich trade show in February. Now, back in bonnie Scotland, the team are preparing for one of the biggest shows of the year. The entire bike scene will kick off their season at the Riva Bike Festival, so naturally the Drop and Roll team will be there, presented by Livigno, to show their skills. Do you want to see how Danny does his “ball–flip” from the “Imaginate” film? Or maybe watch him ride along the famous spikey fence from the original 2009 “Inspired Bicycles” video. Come along on May 1st and 2nd for two amazing days of live performances by Danny MacAskill and his team.
 
“Drop and Roll’s first year was incredible and far surpassed our expectations. This year is looking to be even better with awesome team video projects in the pipeline and new show stops like the Fort William World Cup in June. This crowd is probably going to be one of the raddest we have ever had. See you there....” – Danny MacAskill
 
In 2015, the Drop and Roll Tour will be travelling across Europe to perform at trade shows, festivals, town events, and other happenings. The team have spent the winter months dreaming up and creating new features and tricks to add in the shows. A Drop and Roll show is an interactive feast as commentator Henry Jackson gets the spectators involved in the show and dishes out loads of free gifts from the tour partners. Apart from the upcoming show at Riva del Garda, confirmed highlights include: The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup stop at Fort William (June 7-8, UK) and the largest bike trade show in the world, Eurobike (August 28-29, GER). You can follow the event news here: www.facebook.com/dropandrollteam
 
"After having so much fun on the road with the team last year, I have spent all winter thinking up even more exciting show features and tricks. Now I am just stoked to be back on tour.” – Duncan Shaw
 
Also – Danny MacAskill and his team will be in Munich on May 3rd for the Wings for Life World Run. This incredible event is guaranteed fun for everyone, so why not join the race and support a good cause. Anyone can join the Drop and Roll team and run alongside Danny in Munich. If you can’t make it out to Munich – then you can still sign up and run at a different location! Your results will be listed in the team. For the top three runners there will be awesome goodies packages up for grabs from the Drop and Roll partners, Continental tyres, GoPro, Five Ten, Lezyne, Magura and Muc-Off.

Useful links:
 
Register for the Wings for Life World Run here: www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com
 
Join the Drop and Roll Team here: https://teams.wingsforlifeworldrun.com/gb/en/27d65a1cc3ea4d639ef3597cacf73fb1/join/12a7d92e576ab88abe82a1ba6e2d02b6
 
For event bookings and information please contact: dropandroll@rasoulution.com
 
Make sure you follow the team on tour via:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dropandrollteam
Twitter: www.twitter.com/dropandrolltour
Instagram: @Dropandrollteam