Briebart News says, "Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs."
I know any given X-Games will have faster bikes and sicker stunts and higher air, but this dude would jump insane shit with a ramp built from plywood and guesswork on a bike about as powerful as a modern toaster. That's why his jumps rarely worked and he failed so often, so magnificently. Todays equivalent would be like if you taped some bottle rockets to your shoes and then jumped off your roof.
Rest in Peace
RIP, Evel. You were truly one of a kind.
Fucking Legend.
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Cheers to you, sir!
Kanye West killed him
Well that sucks :-(
This guy was fucking Superman in the flesh. And I don't mean that he was fucking Superman, I mean that he was fucking Superman. Anyway, big fan.
I made my parents buy everything that had Evel Knievel on it. You sir were every 10-15 yr old male hero!
RIP
I had the lunch box. Yessiree.
And I thought that a brown Australian Wonder Woman made for a tragic day. Good night Sweet Prince…
Ordinarily I'd say Rest in Peace. In his case Rest in Pieces seems more fitting.
Goodnight Stuntyman.
Well, looks like now someone has to kill SuperDave Osborn. Pity shame.
Brend0n - was your unfair comparison at the end of the post-mortem post…
…a sample of your recognition of courage…? or a sign of your lackness of it?
I reckon you sense I'm an admirer of Knievel, R.I.P.
One word;
BAAAAALLLLLLLLSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
next up…. Carey Hart
That sick fuck used to jump 900lb Harley Davidson Shitbrick with 50 horsepower and three inches of suspension travel front and rear 150ft over tanks full of sharks. They should keep his ball on display at the Smithsonian under medical wonders.
He was the epitome of 'No Fear'. Daredevil = 'Evel Knievel', in the same way soda = 'Coke', facial tissue = 'Kleenex', etc. They are interchangeable in most people's mind.
Quick - can you name the second most popular daredevil of the 1970s-1980s? Or the second most popular brand of facial tissue? Nope, me neither….
The best was that EK toys were indestructible. They had to be because I remember jumping them off the garage and trying to land them in a concrete pipe. They survived a miss where my GI Joe failed. RIP crazy man.
I want to know why the hell all these idiots name their snot-nosed punk kids things like "Apple" and "Meridian" when they could be naming them "Evel".
Damn he didnt get a chance to rape Kanye 'Piece of Shit' West in court.