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A brave jumper, a legendary motorcycle and a record-breaking attempt all collide in a horrific crash that leaves a crowd stunned and the fate of the rider uncertain. when you meet bubba blackwell you re immediately bowled over by his southern charm. hey, i m bubba blackwell. harley davidson motorcycle world record jumper. i make a living riding a 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, dadgum, this is the coolest job in the world. ....
Independence day, 2001. the man who broke many a record set by evel knievel is in del mar, california, stoking a crowd of 35,000 before the main event, a 22-car jump. i wanted to put on the most spectacular motorcycle jump you d ever seen. bubba hits the gas for his final approach. when i saw the video footage for the first time, to me, it was so clear, i wasn t going fast enough. the impact sends bubba spiraling 70 feet like a rag doll. unconscious, he s rushed to the hospital where he spends several days on life support. i shattered my pelvis, like a spider web. broke one vertebrae in my neck, crushed my right shoulder, broke six vertebrae in my back, ....
Ruptured spleen, punctured both of my lungs, broke every one of my ribs. but the worse thing is the impact to my head. i had bleeding on the brain. that s not something you normally come out of. hard to believe, but bubba makes a complete recovery. he is back on the bike and continues to wow crowds from coast to coast. definitely a bad day at the office. coming up they spread like a virus. is this real life? yes and no. and to find out it s fake, mind blown. we go viral when extreme caught on camera: the 100th episode continues. ooh, i thinki saw dessert! but you just had a big lunch! wasnthat big steve. hey! come back here, steven stay strong! what s that? you want me to eat you? honey, he didn t say that! he did, very quietly. you can t hear from back there! ....
brian plunges nearly 30 feet, misses the mattresses and breaks his nose and wrist. still on fire, he runs to a garbage can he has filled with water. he had a bucket of water. fire extinguisher? because of his injured hand, brian can t lift the bucket of water. i learned in school, stop, drop and roll. not run around on fire until you melt. eventually, brian drops to the ground. police officer casually walks over and pours water over him. oh, he s alive. not really sure brian was thinking real clearly on what his goals were with this thing. geez, brian, there s barber college. consider it. this video stars someone you ve been hearing from, who knows a thing or two about pain. daredevil bubba blackwell. in this clip, bubba goes long. and comes up short. ....
Well, somewhat. before i used to always think, hey, that didn t work out, man, they are going to get quite a show and i laugh it off because i m a good time charlie and i like to have fun, but now i m a daddy. i have a 3-year-old little girl so now my excitement for what i do has kind of changed gears a little bit because i want to make sure that i m going to be safe. but for now, bubba is still loving the ride and he insists he is living his boyhood dream. the terrible thing is i m starting to get a little bit old and it is kind of like, all right, hot shot, you have done it all now, what are you going to do next? coming up, a cowboy finds out that when you mess with a bull, you really might get the horns. you are playing with fire sort of thing and you get burned. and it is said astronauts can see it from space, but can a skateboarder jump over of it? it was so out of the box for ....