Anybody catch Robbie Knievel’s jump on Saturday? Did a quick Google this morning, but so far have come up zilch on the outcome. He was set to pilot his 80 horsepower rocket cycle over five vintage jet planes on the flight deck of U.S.S. Intrepid, a retired aircraft carrier moored in New York harbor.
According to his website in the past year he’s leaped over: 15 Pepsi trucks in Lincoln City, Oregon, 10,180 dish plates in Irwindale, CA and 23 police cars at a dealership in East Hanover, NJ. Other triumphs: jumping the span between two buildings in Vegas and a head-on launch over a speeding locomotive. But a fair share of near-debacles checker his record too including the Grand Canyon stunt of 1999 where he miraculous walked away from a crash with minor injuries.
I’ve followed his exploits off an on over the years, mostly through blind luck of stumbling across them on TV. He strikes me as a more grounded (no pun intended) facsimile of his father, Evel. The same daredevil death wish but minus most of the ego and flair for self-promotion & aggrandizement. Evel may have had the edge in terms of personality & machismo, but Robbie’s already broken all of his pop’s records except one (Evel’s broken more bones). And while we’re on the subject of Evel, the man definitely belongs in the top echelon of 70s pop culture icons. Other cycle jumpers who followed in his immediate wake (I’m thinking The Human Fly here, recipient of a cool, if exceedingly goofy comic book spin-off) couldn’t hold a candle to his level of temeritude.
Anyway, back to Robbie’s latest gamble against The Reaper. In his own words: “I’m definitely gonna crash, I can promise everyone that.” I guess the question is how hard. Assuming the jump went without a hitch & he survived relatively unscathed he’s planning to jump 150 feet worth of slot machines at a casino in Washington State later this month.
I hope he made it.
Posted by derek on August 2, 2004 3:11 PMI saw the jump. He did it no problem. He easily cleared the planes and then ditched his bike just before he slammed into a pile of hay.
Posted by: crawjo at August 3, 2004 12:10 AMThanks, Crawjo. Good to learn the jump was a success. Still no real mention of the outcome online, just alotta pre-jump hype (though there are a couple of nice photos over at Yahoo). I guess Knievel has to fracture his skull in 15 places in order for his stunts to be ‘newsworthy’ after the fact.
Posted by: derek at August 3, 2004 7:31 AMMotorcycle jumping is so "Starsky & Hutch".
Posted by: jesus marion joseph at August 3, 2004 2:15 PMI think Robbie should jump a Christo installation next... the event would be guaranteed to make one big happy Purple State out of this great divided nation of ours.
Posted by: Joe Milazzo at August 3, 2004 2:48 PM"motorcycle jumping is so "Starsky & Hutch."
Actually, I think it's more CHiPs than S&H, bwtfdik? Erik Estrada was a bad mamma jamma back in the day.
Posted by: derek at August 3, 2004 3:44 PMAh hah, finally some Knievel love:
http://www.slate.com/id/2104692/
I know a little something about Robbie Knievel...
http://homepage.mac.com/mrraoul/KaptainKnievel/PhotoAlbum22.html
Posted by: rj at December 25, 2004 11:28 PMamerica is alive again thank you robbie
Posted by: joseph machado at April 13, 2005 6:21 PMdoes anyone know anything about robbie knievels love life. Who was he married too, etc????
thanks sammy
First of all I love Evel, jimmy hendrix of daredevils, robbie is not even a button on evels shirt, they talk about rob breaking his dads records, o.k. can a cr250 sail way farther than a 750 harley w/no suspension and way heavier. Seth enslow punks robbie easy! Robbie, I respect your father more than anyone, please don't act like you haven't ridden his coat tails or that technology hasn't fooled t.v. onlookers...go jump your motocross dirtbike as for me EVEL on the lead ballon harley is the thrill ride. enjoy your money and thank your dad...and honda
Posted by: Andy at October 17, 2005 11:38 PMI was reading everything that everybody had to say and I think that none of you should say to fuckin' much b..c you have no room to say anything. for all of you out there that have shity stuff to say about Kaptain Robbie Knievel can go fuck yourself's!!! and yes I love the man Evel Knievel, and he did ride a 750 and yes his son is riding a 250 but unless you can do the fuckin jumps that he does (that is KRK) then shut the fuck up b..c I know foe a fact that you motherfuckers couldn't do it if you wanted to!!! so until that happens go fly a kite, I know thats something everybody can do unless your a tard!!!
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