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1 giorno fa · The week marks the 50th anniversary of “King of the Stuntmen” Evel Knievel’s not quite successful attempt to jump Idaho’s Snake River Canyon in his steam-powered rocket X2 Skycycle. From humble beginnings in a rough Montana mining town, Knievel took a talent for bluster and bravado and an unhealthy attraction to risk and made himself ...
7 set 2024 · Sep 07 2024 / Share. Over Labor Day weekend, Twin Falls, Idaho, held a 50th anniversary celebration of the September day in 1974 when Evel Knievel tried to jump the Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered rocket. Twin Falls is a city of about 50,000 people in southern Idaho, but in 1974 it was less than half that size, and it was bracing for ...
6 set 2024 · September 6, 2024. The Triumph Rocket 3 and Bonneville T120 ridden during a parade celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Evel Knievel’s Rocket Jump featured custom paint inspired by Knievel’s ...
6 set 2024 · Evel Knievel stood for this publicity photograph just days before the Snake River Canyon jump. MONTANA STANDARD ARCHIVES. The failed jump made news across the country. “Canyon 1, Evel 0” was...
4 set 2024 · Evel Knievel hired an aeronautical engineer to build a rocket-powered motorcycle, that was about 13 feet long, for the stunt.
26 ago 2024 · It’s been 50 years since the original Evel made his attempt at jumping 1,600 feet across the Snake River Canyon, a stunt that captured the imagination of millions.
20 ago 2024 · In 1974, Evel Knievel attempted one of his most daring stunts: jumping the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. Knievel launched himself across the canyon in a steam-powered rocket dubbed the Skycycle.
