. >> he may only be 21, but mikhail kingsbury has already scored major athletic fetes as a member of team training for the olympics. just outside of montreal, is kingsbury's training ground and it's there he got the big idea to break a world record. the source of his inspiration, a 35-year-old photograph of a 19-person back flip on skis. >> i saw the picture here in the bar. i was thinking about it for a couple of years. i was sitting here with the owner of the mountain and i asked if it would be able to do it again and not beat the record by not a little bit but much more. and he said, if you find the people i will build you a jump and we'll do it. i know a lot of people that are good skiers. >> april 14th, 2013, at the top of the mountain kingsbury preps for a potentially record-breaking day with a whopping 30 skiers ready to attempt the jump. family and friends watch in anticipation, capturing it all on camera. >> i went like this. and i was moving, moving. i was like, oh, we're going to be limit 25. the jump is not large enough. so i was kind of nervous at first. >> for their fir