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Is not fish tailing i must be good. i lift my visor up and put the bike in neutral and bow made head and say a quick little prayer. >> he puts the bike back in gear and that's all he remembers. the jump and it horrifying result are caught on camera. >> i don't remember getting closer to the ramp or shifting the motorcycle. i don't remember getting closer and closer and positioning myself for the jump. i don't remember any of that stuff. and i certainly don't remember the helicopter ride that, you know, sent me to scripps memorial hospital which is where i woke up a day or two later. >> bubba b...

Happened to fly over it at the same time and i was like, wow, that would be pretty intriguing to jump the great wall. >> the great wall of china, which goes back to the 5th century bc stretch morse than 4,000 miles and stands about 25 feet high and 30 feet wide. >> it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. it was so out of the box for somebody to go jump the great wall on a skateboard. there's so many things that motivate med to want to do it. biggest challenge could i get permission to do it. >> danny manages to get permission and then starts building the ramp he will need to make the jump. >> w...

>> the ride starts and viking keeps trying to shake his rider and us doesn't take him long. >> it seems like as soon as i could get the left leg down my right one came unsettled and i think about the third jump, the first spin that he did into the left, i just couldn't get the coverage down quick enough and he got me off on the wrong side. >> 2.8 seconds after the gate opens michael is thrown to the ground, breaking a rib but things quickly go from bad to worse. >> i saw him coming, rolled over. got up to try to get some air and ended up getting more air than i bargained for. >> not content wi...

Amount of potential for creativity. >> and so is the potential for injury. >> it's not as glamorous as it looks. i do get hurt a lot. that's a big part of what i do. but on my left knee alone, ankle, elbow, shoulder. i have like an unstable vertebrae now and i have residual damage from a serious neck injury. paralysis in my arms. >> along with injuries, danny wracked up multiple records and firsts in skateboarding. >> the world record jumps i've achieved have been records i've set have been not so much been about the record itself versus the opportunity to push skateboarding to a certain point...

Helmet. very lightweight and space age technology material. you're not supposed to break those things. that motorcycle helmet was broke none three different places. but it saved my life. >> saves his life, but barely. >> i had a major head injury. bleeding on the brain. i crushed my right shoulder. broke the collarbone in my shoulder blade in the back. i broke all of my ribs. i punctured both lungs, ruptured spleen. i shatter made pelvis and i broke six vertebrae in my back and one in my neck. other than that, i was all right. >> but have but has no memory of the jump. but ever the perfectioni...