Evel Knievel dies at 69

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    Iconic daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69

    CLEARWATER, Fla. - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.


    I loved this guy. He broke over 40 bones in his career. This guy was the inspiration some of us had to form a motocross club when I was younger. Maybe my need for speed and adrenaline began much earlier than UT? 🙂

    Ironically, my accident involved a hugh jump also and I suffered for months with only 4 busted bones. I never understood what kept him going back for more.

    Evel, you will be missed.
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    Lexx,

    Every time I learn something new about you, it amazes me. High jumping motocycles? Man, that takes balls.....

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    Such sad news when i heard this, i was a big fan of his stunts!
    ~RIP~
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    Sad day indeed. The world is short one completely insane bastard.
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    Atomm wrote:Lexx,

    Every time I learn something new about you, it amazes me. High jumping motocycles? Man, that takes balls.....

    Why? Didn't any of you have dangerous ways when you were younger? Like weekend drag or dune buggy racing, or shalom kayak racing 🙂 Its not like I was crazy enough to jump outta planes...

    Heh, that reminds me of a friend I had in Seattle that bet me $100 I wouldn't live to see thirty 😉
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    Did he ever pay up?

    I did a few really dumb things in my Jeep to impress my friends and the ladies, but it's not like I meant to jump that 10 foot ramp......


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    Yeah it's somewhat a miracle that I made it this far... there was the sledding incident into the boudler face first. The sledding incident down the road into the car. A good handful of rollerblading 'incidents'. The big wheel incident. Several rolls of my buddies jeep. The 720 in the car at 90+/- MPH, 13 years of football, more concussions than I can remember... etc

    ooo and that only brings me to 19
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    Bubbaspanky wrote:Yeah it's somewhat a miracle that I made it this far... there was the sledding incident into the boudler face first. The sledding incident down the road into the car. A good handful of rollerblading 'incidents'. The big wheel incident. Several rolls of my buddies jeep. The 720 in the car at 90+/- MPH, 13 years of football, more concussions than I can remember... etc

    ooo and that only brings me to 19



    Now we know why Bubba is the way he is... :P
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    you mean super cool???
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    But of course! LOL
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    man that sucks, i must live under a rock or something this is the first i have heard of it. dam old age!!!