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Fishtailing, i must be good. i lift my visor up and put the bike in neutral and bow my head and say a quick little prayer. >> he puts the bike back in gear and that's all he remembers. the jump and its horrifying results are caught on camera. >> i don't remember getting closer to the ramp. i don't remember 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. >...

Just trying to make it to the bottom of the hill and survive or make it to the bottom of the hill without falling, once you do that, you ought to make it to the bottom of the hill faster than the first time. i guess you need to want the thrill. >> and like the rest of the risk takers you'll meet in this show, it is all about pushing limits. i want to warn you, anything you see here don't try at home. >> it is just like any challenge, like mountain climbing or a video game, just trying to get to the finish, just trying to make the next one the best one and do it as fast or as good as you can. >...

Kind feels like, you know, dagun, this is the coolest job in the world. i'm like fonz, you know? >> all joking aside, what bubba does takes talent, skill, planning and a lot of guts. >> when i do a big jump, anything can happen. >> on july 4th, 2001, the worst happens. >> the last thing i remember is putting the bike in gear and letting the clutch out. >> bubba attempts to jump 22 cars at the del mar fair where he performed a crowd-pleasing show in 1999. >> we had a record crowd back then. i jumped over 14 school buses. a really cool jump. it went great. it was flawless. i said, we got to do t...

Falls, don't let this be the end of you here. he was able to get up after that, calm himself down a bit, avoid a couple more snakes, which ended up being lazy boa constrictors digesting a meal, somewhat harmless boa constrictor, but still a three, four-foot snake is enough to scare any one of us. and, yeah, he ended up from walking out behind the falls and telling us quite a tale. it was an experience that i'll remember for the rest of my life. being a part of a world record-breaking decent was something that is still with me and still makes me smile and makes me take pause from time to time. ...

Opportunity. it was so out of the box for somebody to jump the great wall on a skateboard. for me there were so many things that motivated me to don't wa do it. the biggest challenge was can i get permission to do it? >> davey manages to get permission and starts building the ramp he needs to make the jump. >> we had to import a lot of materials they didn't typically have that we make skateboards ramps out of. not only that but, you know having to bring my u.s. you know, my construction crew down there to help work with the chinese to make sure that this thing was sound and dimensions were tra...