Flashy stunt rider awed crowds | The San Diego Union-Tribune: Evel was a big human superhero to lots of us youngsters of the 1960s and 70s. Watching his stunts on Wide World of Sports on Saturday afternoons or the special Sunday WWoS was definitely part of growing up then. I'm sure I had a EK metal lunch box and an action figure or two.
Here's the classic Evel at Ceasar's horrendous crash in 1968. Check out all the people and the way his body just goes limp...ugh...
And here he is jumping the Snake River...what a wild man! It also includes a shot of a couple other crashes and some words by Evel...and then the video ends before they get him out of the rocket in the water...what happened!
And Evel and Wembly (who knows when)...another horrible crash...
So where are the successful Evel Knieval YouTube Videos?
Here's one! Portland, 1974...
Finally, here's a tribute video that has a lot of him jumps put together...
Evel...RIP
Posted by outlawv at December 1, 2007 08:53 AM