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And i just remember my friends had their hands in the air and they were hooting and hollering. i just was like -- i was overwhelmed. >> i was able to see heather come out of the bottom of the slope. and when i saw she was ahead of the avalanche, i knew she was safe. >> nice job, nice job. >> i was really happy to be walking away that day alive. a snowmobiler plunges off a giant cliff and comes up bloody. >> it mowed my butt down. >> tim hoff loves to burn off steam on his snowmobile. >> its ad...

Patrol. its pretty much getting up before the sun comes up and getting the fresh tracks and getting out there. >> tim and i are always pushing the limits. oh, yeah, i see a cliff. thats ten feet. we can do that. then the next one its 20 feet. and he does a 30 and then i have to do a 40. it steps up from there. >> even the brothers like the hoff brothers can reach their limit. >> march 2010, tim, rob and a camera crew are in the mountains of british columbia, canada, on a quest to film their bigg...

>> the crew barely has time to shoot off before tim shoots off the cliff and into the air. >> gave it a big juice off the nose. once i was in the air, it felt like i was there for a long time. >> in risky jumps like this, theres a thin line between greatness and disaster. >> its one of those cliffs that if you were to mess up on getting to the drop, it could be life ending. its a big cliff. a couple hundred feet. so its a do or die. >> for a few seconds tim straddles that line. >> i was really s...

And he does a 30 and then i have to do a 40. it steps up from there. >> even the brothers like the hoff brothers can reach their limit. >> march 2010, tim, rob and a camera crew are in the mountains of british columbia, canada, on a quest to film their biggest jumps yet. >> we wanted to get a lot of air footage, powder footage. in that area you can get more big fast pictures and shots because its so big, so long, so much terrain. >> everybody was pumped up and ready to drop a cliff or do a big j...

>> i was really happy to be walking away that day alive. a snowmobiler plunges off a giant cliff and comes up bloody. >> it mowed my butt down. >> tim hoff loves to burn off steam on his snowmobile. >> its adrenaline, challenging, its excitement, the adventure, its beautiful. >> for him the best part by far is jumping. >> you get more height off to go bigger and farther. >> tim snowmobiles with his brother, rob. together they seek out bigger cliffs to jump from. >> we try and get up early in t...

In front of the sled. >> and that sled is still running. >> it just mowed my butt down and gave me the biggest hematoma youve ever seen in your life. its a giant bruise. >> for rob and the crew its a scary sight. >> it was like losing my brother right in front of my eyes. i wasnt sure what happened. i pretty much freaked out, hopped on my sled. went over to make sure he was all right. >> tim is bruised and battered. >> ive never seen anyone go bigger in my entire [ muted ] life. >> i felt like i...

Greatness and disaster. >> its one of those cliffs that if you were to mess up on getting to the drop, it could be life ending. its a big cliff. a couple hundred feet. so its a do or die. >> for a few seconds tim straddles that line. >> i was really stoked going off of it, and i was really excited. >> it was like slow motion watching him fall out of the sky. it was unbelievable. then watching him land, you know, i saw him land. i thought he was going to pull it off for sure. >> but tim doesnt pu...

>> i was really happy to be walking away that day alive. a snowmobiler plunges off a giant cliff and comes up bloody. >> it mowed my butt down. >> tim hoff loves to burn off steam on his snowmobile. >> its adrenaline, challenging, its excitement, the adventure, its beautiful. >> for him the best part by far is jumping. >> you get more height off to go bigger and farther. >> tim snowmobiles with his brother, rob. together they seek out bigger cliffs to jump from. >> we try and get up early in t...

>> we wanted to get a lot of air footage, powder footage. in that area you can get more big fast pictures and shots because its so big, so long, so much terrain. >> everybody was pumped up and ready to drop a cliff or do a big jump or something. everybody was ready to unleash a little energy. >> scouting for a great jump, tim looks up and sees the perfect cliff. >> i kind of just clicked into go mode. and was like, well, im going to do it. the cameras just had to scramble, actually, to get into ...

Handlebars down and the sled bucked back, bucked back forward, then tim got fully ejected feet over head, landed in front of the sled. >> and that sled is still running. >> it just mowed my butt down and gave me the biggest hematoma youve ever seen in your life. its a giant bruise. >> for rob and the crew its a scary sight. >> it was like losing my brother right in front of my eyes. i wasnt sure what happened. i pretty much freaked out, hopped on my sled. went over to make sure he was all right....