“Nicholas Daines is a world-class athlete and stunt performer and is the best in his specialised field. His unique gymnastic abilities have earned him an international reputation and created extraordinary stunt sequences for worldwide advertising campaigns and major motion pictures”
Vic Armstrong – World-renowned Oscar Winning Stunt Coordinator
“Nicholas Daines is an incredibly successful individual both in his capacity as an international gymnast and as a top stuntman with impeccable credentials and experience. It was precisely because of his unique combination of skills that we selected Nicolas to work on a number of our award winning television commercials, most notably ‘Walkers Crisps’ and ‘Sainsbury’s’. He has doubled an array of celebrities including world soccer ace Michael Owen and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. As the projects were so heavily stunt-based, Nicholas played a critical role in making the commercials such a success.
Francine Linsey – Head of Television at Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO (AMV BBDO)
“Mr. Daines is one of the finest talents this industry has seen in years. Simply put, Nicholas is the best at what he does and his model looks allow him to transcend artistic barriers resulting in dynamic and commercially successful productions world-wide. His scope for work and casting opportunities in the States are huge”
April Webster - Emmy winning Casting Director of the hit TV series ‘Lost’
“With so much at stake as the World’s largest fragrance company and reconised leader in global beauty with annual sales of $2.9 billion, it was essential to find the right model to launch our new range of adidas Men’s fragrances around the world.
Nicholas Daines was cast in Cape Town, South Africa through his unsurpassed international reputation for aerial acrobatic skills and chosen to be the face of a worldwide adidas television and print media campaign. With annual sales in the hundreds of millions, adidas is not only Coty Beauty’s largest license brand, but also one of its fastest growing. Adidas is the second largest sports brand in the world. In 2004, the United States and Europe saw the launch of the advanced-performance skin fitness and fragrance line “developed with athletes” at the top of thier field. The fact that we selected Nicholas with his unique combination of skills to front the campaign from 2004-2006 speaks for itself. The brand spirit of adidas is based on optimal performance, athleticism and energy. Nicholas Daines represents all these qualities with his exceptional abilities”
Jurgen Scharfenstein – Vice President International Marketing on adidas brand at Coty
“I collaborated with Mr. Daines on a commercial for Martini which became an incredible worldwide success. The phenomenal success of the project was substantially attributable to the astonishing stunt performance of Nicholas Daines”
Adrian Moat – Multiple Award Winning Director RSA Films
“Mr. Daines is a giant in the commercial and film industry and his amazing work in all his projects has earned him unparalleled recognition and an incredible international reputation”
Gerard De Thame – Gold Lion and Emmy award winning commercials and film director
“One of my specialities is that of physical artistry, which has produced some of my most celebrated work to date. I work with the finest talent the industry has to offer, but despite this, I do not believe that I have ever worked with an aerial artist, gymnast and model of the calibre of Nicholas Daines. He is an athlete at the very top of his field worldwide and has acquired an international reputation with his extraordinary achievements. I have collaborated with Nicholas on many prestigious assignments over the years using his incredible skills. His amazing physical ability has been responsible for the artistic and commercial success of numerous high profile European advertising campaigns including Lloyds TSB and Olympus”
Ray Massey – World-renowned independent freelance photographer
Nicholas is a respected competitor with an extraordinary talent. His unique gymnastic style singled him out as one of the most explosive and interesting Double Mini Trampoline performers. He has established himself as a member of the Senior Men’s Team and represented great Britain and World Championship level”
John Beer – International Performance Coach and Director of British Gymnastics
“Nicholas Daines probably has the greatest level of spatial awareness of any gymnast that we have coached. He is an incredible athlete and is one of the most influential aerial performers due to his unique skill repertoire. Indeed his international reputation for acrobatic stunts, which are his speciality, caused the successful Olympic Games 2012 bid, to seek out his services for the campaign. We have witnessed firsthand, his ability to inspire, motivate and thrill audiences around the world”
Colin Wright and Bernie Wright – Master Coaches of Great Britain
