cavanami Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_knievel Another US legend gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 "....1974, attempt to clear the Snake River Canyon in Idaho in a rocket-powered "Skycycle." The money came from ticket sales, paid sponsors and ABC's "Wide World of Sports." I remember spending hours as a kid glued to the TV waiting for the jump. What a fizzer. Always thought of the guy as just another loud mouth wanker after that....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 I just read yesterday how he'd settled out of court with Kayne West over a law suit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 I remember spending hours as a kid glued to the TV waiting for the jump... Yup, me too! That was way kewl shit to a 12 year old back then. Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Not very old .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 SD Did you have the toy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 As a matter of fact, I do believe I did... Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Jack Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Mr Evel Knievel: Immortal almost, and immortalised in song: "Evel Knievel shot up from dead grass, I loved him better each time he crashed...: (The Handsome Family, 'Tin Foil') We all loved the daft bastard. You couldn't not. jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damen Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 I had an evil knevil toy but I'm not sure it was the same as the one pictured. I distinctly remember an orange ramp with a crank on it. You would attach Evil to the ramp, crank the shit out of the handle and press a release button resulting in what else....another crash He was the man in the 70's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Munch, Kanye had a video where he played a EK like character. His son does the same thing he's doing I think but I also heard he was estranged from his son. Bad memories from his son's childhood. I recall a few of us in my friend's neighborhood trying to jump a few transhcans over a skateboard ramp with our bicycles and would have broken our necks if a neighbor didn't run us off. ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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