An urban cyclist from Scotland who uploaded his stunts on to the internet has achieved worldwide fame after receiving more than 12 million hits.
Danny MacAskill has turned urban cycling into an art and a living.
His devotion to the bike used to get him into trouble as a youngster in the Isle of Skye, Northwest of Scotland.
But when his flatmate in Edinburgh, Scotland produced a video of his stunts, he ended up with sponsors, an agent and television work.
He quit his job working in a bike shop and now gets paid to perform stunts on his bike, including balancing his bike on iron fence and other tricks.
"There's definitely times when I was younger that the policeman in the village was a bit... he didn't approve of what I was doing and I had my bike taken off me for a whole summer holiday once when I was maybe 13 or 14," MacAskill said.
In 2009, he starred in a new commercial by carmaker Volkswagen.
He also goes into schools to talk to students about his performances.
"It's funny that I am now going to schools and do demos for the kids and try to get them into riding like I do so it's cool," he said.
It's not the first time the internet makes stars of unlikely people.
Just last month, a producer from Uruguay uploaded his film short film only to be offered a $US30 million contract to make a Hollywood film.
Fede Alvarez's film Panic Attack! showed giant robots invading Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay and cost US$300 to make.
So far it has had more than 1.5 million views on YouTube.
Director Sam Raimi - whose credits feature Spiderman and the Evil Dead films is sponsoring the enterprise.
AP