R.I.P. Evel Knievel

[wren]

after surviving 40 plus broken bones throughout his life of many adventures, he finally succumbed to several illnesses. IMO, he's one of the pioneers (if not the pioneer) of extreme sports.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/...s/obit_knievel

[CVT]

after surviving 40 plus broken bones throughout his life of many adventures, he finally succumbed to several illnesses. IMO, he's one of the pioneers (if not the pioneer) of extreme sports.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/...s/obit_knievel

Thank you for all the drama and the excitement!

RIP.

4606:rock:

[Jun aka Pekto]

I saw him perform in Reno long ago. I also remember in grade school when he tried to jump over the Snake River canyon in Idaho with his rocket. He failed. Years later, I visited the place. There was no way he would've made it. But, it was a gutsy attempt, regardless.

RIP....

[kupaloids]

R.I.P. Legend

[chua_riwap]

RIP

Di yung son nya, nagawa rin ng daredevil stunts?

[isketi]

:rip:

OT: I forgot the name of a relatively famous American stuntman who after years of doing his own daredevil stunts, died in a motorcycle accident not related to his stunt acts.

[Mguy]

I always watched him at those ABC wide world of sport specials. He was amazing during the 70s.

These new jumpers, Pastrana, Deegan etc, should thank the pioneer.

[squatt3r]

R.I.P. Evel Knievel

[mhelskie]

hayyy, galing neto! Pioneer tlaga, R.I.P.

[chain]

walang sinabi ang mga stunts ng X-games sa sheer bravado ni Evel Knievel.

though they may get higher air, faster bikes and better preparations, evel knievel practically rode on a bike that was a little more powerful than a scooter and jumped off ramps of such simple construct they were just virtually plywood placed on an incline.

for sure, this man got balls.

[XTO]

idol ko siya way back the bmx times in the 80's when it comes to rampa.

RIP to evel knievel

By his own accounts, Knievel lived to the full, blowing a £20m fortune, bedding 2,000 women - including eight in one day - and soaking his chest with whisky and setting it on fire for a joke in a bar.

He was friends with Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Lee Marvin, who said he was “the cool tough guy we all love playing on the screen, the genuine article”.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2983763.ece

[badsekktor]

i believe he holds the record for most fractured bones in his entire life according to guiness.
I've seen a show on tv where knievel rides a custom chopper.

[b1rken5tock]

saan kaya ang punta ng kaluluwa ni evil knievel? sa langit o sa impierno?

[Flagg]

saan kaya ang punta ng kaluluwa ni evil knievel? sa langit o sa impierno?

Sa impierno sana kasi gusto ko siya makilala.

[Taurus]

http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/...icle_id=106130

BUTTE, Montana--Hollywood icons and former sports stars joined around 5,000 mourners in an emotional farewell as motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel was laid to rest here Monday.
Actor Matthew McConaughey and former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier paid tribute at a memorial service ahead of a private funeral for Knievel, who died aged 69 on November 30 from pulmonary fibrosis.
Frazier said he and Knievel met in 1968 and quickly found common ground. "His job and my job were pretty tough jobs," said Frazier at the Butte Civic Center service.
Knievel's daredevil career was at its height in the 1960s and 1970s. During that time, he captured national attention jumping buses and Mack trucks, and attempted to jump a "rocket cycle" over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho.
McConaughey meanwhile called Knievel a straight-talking man who was most at home while soaring through the air on his motorcycle.
"Being on the earth is sometimes a lot harder than being in the air," McConaughey said. "Coming back down could be living hell sometimes. But he's forever in flight now and he doesn't have to come back down."
Knievel's open casket was surrounded with American flags and poinsettias. To the left of the Civic center stage, a white pickup truck with star-spangled decals resembling Knievel's jumpsuit stood watch over the service.
Knievel maintained a lifelong connection to his hometown of Butte, a former copper mining boomtown in the Rocky Mountains dominated by a mile-and-a-half wide pit that is one of America's largest toxic waste sites.
The city of 32,000, which locals refer to as "Butte, America," has for the past six years hosted a summer festival called "Evel Knievel Days."
"You don't know what this is about unless you've lived in Butte," said Butte resident Mary Lou Hanson, 69.
"It's like one big family, and we've lost a family member."
Butte native Lee Waananen said one of his favorite boyhood memories was when he and his grandfather happened upon Knievel at a local cafe.
"I thought it was neat that he was a regular Butte boy," Waananen said.
Preceding the service, several hundred spectators braved sub-freezing temperatures Sunday night to greet Knievel's casket as it arrived.
Knievel's casket was carried in under a night sky illuminated by red, white and blue fireworks.
Son Robbie Knievel, who followed his father's daredevil footsteps, declared at the service: "I am not the greatest daredevil in the world. I am the son of the greatest daredevil in the world."
Following the memorial, a private burial ceremony was held. Knievel is survived by his wife Krystal, his four children from a previous marriage, and several grandchildren

[pajerokid]

RIP knievel.