Persistent practice helped hone his vertical skill set, and world records followed. Even more importantly, though, Danny became known for pushing the boundaries of what was possible on a skateboard — bomb-dropping from a helicopter onto a ramp, and building his own “MegaRamp,” on which he completed a 65-foot horizontal jump. A serious surfing accident temporarily waylaid him briefly in the mid-1990s, but Danny battled back, winning various gold medals at different X Games and setting the stage for a huge jump on a specially constructed ramp over a portion of the Great Wall of China.
As directed in friendly fashion by Jacob Rosenberg, “Waiting for Lightning” tracks a formula familiar to many such biographies — lionizing interviews with peers and colleagues, and loads of home video footage (including an amusing glimpse of a “Wrong Way” traffic sign spray-painted over with Danny’s name).
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