In the "Home of Trails" video, Danny MacAskill and Claudio Caluori traverse the Graubünden region. They turn the trails and spots in the five destinations of Arosa Lenzerheide, Davos Klosters, Engadin St. Moritz, Flims and Scuol Samnaun Val Müstair into their playground. It took months of planning and a lot of work "on set" during the ten-day shoot to achieve the final result of five minutes full of rapid descents and daring tricks. The only thing that didn't require any preparation were the cheeky comments from local downhill World Cup POV star Claudio Caluori.

84 meters above the abyss, 14 stitches and 6 plates - the filming of "Home of Trails" was a challenge for people and equipment, but also great fun. In the making-of clip, you can now get an impression of how the well-coordinated team from Cut Media, Danny MacAskill and Claudio Caluori worked together in the mountains of Graubünden. Here are some fun facts about the shoot, commented on by the makers and protagonists.

84 meters

After the location check, Danny decided to ride a line 84 meters high on the railing wall on the Landwasserbrücke bridge in the Zügenschlucht gorge near Wiesen. The whole team was wide-eyed during the shoot: "I hit my head an hour before the stunt, so I was already feeling dizzy. That's why I was very preoccupied with myself, just trying to ride reasonably straight (laughs). But I noticed how nervous the whole film crew was. Only Danny was completely cool, as if he was riding for a walk," says Caluori. Cut Media director, Stu Thomson, adds: "The bridge immediately caught our eye during the location check. With the gorge and the train tracks, it provided the perfect backdrop. When it comes to riding, the decision is Danny's alone. I'm much more nervous about lines like this than he is. He thinks that he's been riding such narrow walls his whole life and that the drop doesn't really matter. Nevertheless, I want to have such shots in the box on the first attempt if possible so that I can get him down again quickly."

25 attempts

Danny describes the front flip to flat from the canopy of the house in Val Müstair as one of the most difficult tricks he has ever done on a mountain bike. Nevertheless, 25 attempts were enough for the Scotsman to land cleanly on the hard road. "During the location check, the wooden canopy caught my eye as it was a perfect ramp. At first I thought about doing a wallride. Then came the idea of the front flip. I had never done this trick on a mountain bike before. I first practiced with mats to see if the rotation worked. After a few attempts, we removed them and positioned the cameras. As if the pressure wasn't great enough, I was also followed by bike legend Claudio Caluori. I looked at the approach a few times to assess my speed correctly. Then I just went for it. And afterwards, I was totally stoked that me and my bike survived the landing."

14 stitches

While the film crew waited for better weather on the Weissfluhjoch in Davos, the two protagonists set off to take photos. Caluori had an unfortunate fall and suffered a scratch on his face, which he had to have stitched up with 14 stitches. "We waited all morning for a window of sunlight. But it didn't really appear. Further away, however, there was a small patch that got a few rays of sun. I made my way there, rode too slowly, blocked my front wheel between two large rocks and went over the handlebars. At the hospital, they wrapped my head up like a mummy's. I tried to explain that they could do without the bandage. As a former professional athlete, you learn that sometimes you have to grit your teeth and pull through," Caluori explains.

40 hours

In ten days of filming, Cut Media collected 40 hours of video material to edit the five-minute clip. Thomson explains: "Cutting the material down to ten minutes is not difficult. But then you have to make some brutal decisions. I take the view that only the scenes that serve the driving style, the character and the story should be included in the video. So sometimes favorite sequences fall victim to the editing process. That's tough and for this process I appreciate that we have a good team of creatives and filmmakers who also critically scrutinize decisions."

3022 meters above sea level

Danny MacAskill and Claudio Caluori spent the night at this altitude so that they could shoot the opening scene at sunrise on Piz Nair. "We stayed in many beautiful hotels during the shoot, but the highlight was the night on Piz Nair. We slept in the lift station, which towers over St. Moritz, surrounded only by glaciers and mountains. It was pretty surreal. The feeling of standing next to the ibex the next morning, enjoying the view and scoping out the trails we would ride that day was incredible. In moments like that, I think to myself: 'I have an absolute dream job'," says MacAskill enthusiastically.

6 flat tires

Claudio Caluori had six flat tires during the shoot on the "Green Valley Trail" in Flims alone. This record shows how much he pushed himself to the limit. "My mechanic probably thought that I would be riding uphill all day and fitted me with tires that were as light as possible. But they just weren't made for the hard action with Danny. I was surprised how Danny made it rattle. So I had to let it rumble too. After we changed the tires, everything was great."

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