"Or maybe he's just plain crazy."Pastrana is not really fearless, or at least not when it comes to his loved ones. When the Leno visits the Nitro Circus in San Diego - a touring performance of high-flying action sports that promises, each night, a stunt that has never been done before - Leno asks Pastrana how he can put himself in so much danger knowing that in "any typical show, it could be over." Pastrana responds, "At the end of the day, you wake up with that passion, the world just drops out.""You can go as high as you want, as far as you want," he continues, "and when you reach the limit, you find a way to build the ramp bigger and go even higher.""He is fearless," marvels Leno. Pastrana doesn't let mistakes, or the fear of failing, stop him or stifle his passion.
As he tells Jay Leno on Thursday's episode of CNBC's " Jay Leno's Garage ," "The hardest time, I was 14-years-old, shattered my pelvis, broke my back, and my mom was like, 'Are you sure that this is what you want to do for a living?' Even in all that pain, I was like, 'I can't wait to get back on a motorcycle.'" He shares an important characteristic of successful entrepreneurs. For Pastrana, the thrill is worth the risk, and focusing on the fun helps you overcome the fear. Overall, he has had 32 surgeries to put his body back together.Yet he keeps coming back for more. He has dislocated his spine, fractured both ankles, both legs, both arms and torn ligaments in his knees.
Not all of his death-defying stunts run smoothly.
In 2011, he jumped out of a plane with no parachute. Travis Pastrana is one of the few household names from the world of motor sports because the 17-time X Games medalist is good on motorcycles, rally cars and race cars and also because he is a daredevil.
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