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The day this was supposed to happen i'm at the bottom of the ramp saying, no way this can be over. >> danny goes back to the hotel determined that the next day he'll make the jump. >> i would never have thrown the towel in on it but i didn't know if i was physically going to be able to accomplish it. eventually i was there and 'ready to do whatever it took to get over the wall but i didn't know if my ankle would give out or not. i was like ready to go but is this thing going to last? i don't know. >> the next day, danny and his broken ankle make us to the top of the ramp, determined to go thre...

Actually got there and saw this thing getting constructed i feel like i already accomplished my goal. to have a western come to china, an american kid from california, and jumping the great wall. and in a country like china. i just never thought in a million years that would happen. >> but big projects sometimes mean big problems. >> some of the things did come out a little wrong like the design of the ramp was not perfect. and there was a couple of flaws in it which i found out the hard way. >> the day before the big jump, danny checks out the setup. >> i went up there and looked at it and ev...

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...

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...