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Which i found out about the hard way. >> the day before the big jump, danny checks out the setup. i went up there and looked at it. everything looked pretty good to go. snoom it may look good to go, but when he makes a test run, danny realizes something was wrong. >> i knew right away i was going to come up short. i catapulted off the end of the ramp and broke my ankle i. was like, this is not happening, this is surreal, this didn't just happen. my ankle's fine. i could not accept that i broke my ankle. it was the most devastating moment ever, the day before this was to happen. i was lying at ...

Jump, but ever the perfectionist, he critiques his performance from his hospital bed. >> i'm thinking, it's so obvious i don't have enough speed. it got me to thinking, did something happen, did i black out? what went wrong? as i started watching the video and analyzing it quite a bit more, you can see me mid-air working the bike, i'm trying to move it around, so obviously i was totally there, but the only thing i can fathom is just the simple fact that as i'm going to the ramp the bike is spinning. there's just enough speed being robbed because of the traction issue that i simply didn't make ...

Motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. >> bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember and he's the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. >> you know, when you are going through your routine in the dressing room, you are putting on the gear, putting the leathers on, the boots on, you are zipping them up, part of me kind feels like, you know, dad gum, this is the coolest job in the world. i'm like fonz, you know? >> he'd like you to think he's just a good old boy from alabama. all joking aside, what bubba does takes talent, skil...

And still makes me smile and makes me take pause from time to time. >> that said, ben and pedro are not resting on their laurels. >> there are plans in works to continue our search for bigger more beautiful falls. the game is on. the game is on. coming up, a skateboarding legend attempts a jump over a famous site, but a fall threatens everything. >> it was the most devastating moment ever, the day before going, no way this is over. >> when "caught on camera, the danger zone" continues. ♪ medicine that can't wait legal briefs there by eight, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ ♪ freight for you...

Power road going and everything was working really good, but i'm making all these passes back and forth. i'm doing wheelies and it is going really good. what i did was made all these passes and chewed up the watered down roll packed surface. it is now like running in sand. i'm in fourth gear, i'm going to the ramp, the engine is -- you know, it sounds good, i'm in a high rpm, the bike is not 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 hor...