*** Official Travis Pastrana at Caesars Evel Knievel Jumps *** (1 Viewer)

[JaxBill]

Tonight on History Channel

http://www.newsweek.com/travis-pastrana-las-vegas-jumps-history-channel-time-evel-knievel-live-1013234

 

[JaxBill]

From the link-

With one jump per hour, Pastrana will attempt to recreate the concepts and exceed the execution of Knievel’s most famous moments. As Knievel jumped over 50 cars, Pastrana will attempt to jump 52. Knievel jumped 14 Greyhound buses, and Pastrana will raise that amount by two as well.

The riskiest event of the night, however, may be Pastrana’s attempt to succeed in Knievel’s jump of the fountain at Caesars Palace. This jump, Knievel never accomplished in full: in his attempt to jump over the fountain on Dec. 31, 1967, Knievel was hospitalized after crashing his bike on the jump, resulting in multiple serious fractures.

 

[facook]

Yeah we've been pretty excited to watch this in the facook house, partly because our 13 year old son knows next to nothing about EK.

 

[Tom Servo]

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I had the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle as a kid. There were many backyard jumps made by mine. 

 

[Chemical X]

for me this is like auto racing, i will watch for the crash.

 

[zamboni]

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I had the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle as a kid. There were many backyard jumps made by mine. 

Favorite toy as a kid. My sister had the female counterpart Daredevil Debbie:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pinterest.com/amp/pin/332140541251392736/?source=images

 

[The General]

So is he a skid mark yet?

 

[gump]

This is fantastic!

Got to know Evel a bit later in life at a Country Club in Clearwater. He lived the CC life as I imagined he always lived his daredevil life...always gambling (huge sums of money he didn’t have at golf) to the edge, partying while doing it, and being everyone’s hero.

 

[HellToupee]

Who else built there own ramps from 2x4s or plywood and jumped their Schwin Barracudas off them? Merica, those were the days

 

[belljr]

Love pastrana

 

[Cjw_55106]

Announcer way over the top. 

 

[belljr]

Announcer way over the top. 

He sucks on ninja warrior too

 

[identikit]

The old highlights are great,

Their 'expert' panel is the opposite.

 

[belljr]

Pastrana using "regular bikes also" props

 

[JaxBill]

Announcer way over the top. 

Yeah Johnny Knoxville seems subdued by comparison 

 

[belljr]

If you guys have never checked out Nitro Circus you need too.

Pastrana jumped a motorcycle into a canyon and based jumped off of it

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Huevos grande 

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Made it by a mile

 

[Phil Elliott]

Meteorologist gives the thumbs up with her “handy, dandy thermal gun”.

 

[NotSmart]

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I had the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle as a kid. There were many backyard jumps made by mine. 

I had the stunt cycle and the stunt car as well... the cycle worked a lot better!

 

[NotSmart]

Who else built there own ramps from 2x4s or plywood and jumped their Schwin Barracudas off them? Merica, those were the days

I didn't have a Schwinn Barracuda  

Lots of bike ramp jumping though!  

 

[facook]

J Knox SOOOOOOOOOO high tonight.  Love that they had "Goldburg" as an expert commentator.  How similar is it to fulfill a script in front of lots or people, vs. fulfilling something almost as fixed tonight by Travis?

SPOILER: The bikes are soooooo souped up vs. Evil's.  Plus this pro-biker has 50 years of physics/stunt knowledge advantage over the drunk 60's daredevil.

 

[belljr]

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I had the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle as a kid. There were many backyard jumps made by mine. 

I had this and the van set!!

 

[identikit]

This guy isn't the reincarnation of Evel.

Ham and egger.

 

[belljr]

This guy isn't the reincarnation of Evel.

Ham and egger.

You go straight to hell!!!

Travis is the man

 

[facook]

I mean honestly the most disappointing thing is that no one came up with tonight's program before History/Pastrana.  I am an idiot for not realizing how far we've come in stunt jumping since 48 years ago.

Next month: facook's insurance agency presents: some dude rocket sled's over the Snake River Canyon!!!!!!

 

[belljr]

Don't get all the hate

This guy jumped out of a plane with no chute for God's sake!!!!

 

[identikit]

There's iconic...

Then there's a guy named Travis.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

This guy isn't the reincarnation of Evel.

Ham and egger.

Yeah, ok...  

 

[identikit]

Let's put it this way...

 50 years from now, there won't be a 'Travis Live' extravaganza with someone beating his 'records.'

 

[belljr]

You know he's paying homage to Evel right?

How he's his hero.

I'm also sure you're fishing at this point

 

[JaxBill]

Don't get all the hate

This guy jumped out of a plane with no chute for God's sake!!!!

I'm  a Travis fan and some of his other stunts are nuts. But as has been pointed out, these are physics problems which can be figured out and looked like he had plenty of room for error factored in. Not sure if Evel even used a pen and cocktail napkin to figure it out.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Evel Knievel never pulled a back flip off a mega ramp on a Big Wheel. 

https://youtu.be/Vfg-c6RrP7A

 

[identikit]

You know he's paying homage to Evel right?

How he's his hero.

I'm also sure you're fishing at this point

Not really fishing.

Evel was/is iconic.

One of the supposting cast almost said 'Elvis' instead of Evel.

I know Travis is skilled at what he does, and paying homage is cool.

But to say he's breaking any sort of records is laughable.

 

[mr roboto]

Production value is pretty sub par. Johnny looks ####### gone. 

 

[belljr]

I'm  a Travis fan and some of his other stunts are nuts. But as has been pointed out, these are physics problems which can be figured out and looked like he had plenty of room for error factored in. Not sure if Evel even used a pen and cocktail napkin to figure it out.

I didn't see anyone not acknowledging that Evel was crazier/tougher/founding fathers of this stuff.   Sure it's "easier" now, doesn't mean it's easy and safe

 

[identikit]

Evel Knievel never pulled a back flip off a mega ramp on a Big Wheel. 

https://youtu.be/Vfg-c6RrP7A

Not an original Big Wheel.

 

[JaxBill]

Evel Knievel never pulled a back flip off a mega ramp on a Big Wheel. 

https://youtu.be/Vfg-c6RrP7A

This is really cool. Especially the trailing photographer on the skateboard.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Not an original Big Wheel.

He also never back flipped a bike from one building's roof to another. A few feet shorter and you wouldn't be discussing this special at all. 

https://youtu.be/-mymv1Vjlns

 

[belljr]

He also never back flipped a bike from one building's roof to another. A few feet shorter and you wouldn't be discussing this special at all. 

https://youtu.be/-mymv1Vjlns

This was my favorite one

 

[NotSmart]

Not an original Big Wheel.

 

[NotSmart]

He also never back flipped a bike from one building's roof to another. A few feet shorter and you wouldn't be discussing this special at all. 

https://youtu.be/-mymv1Vjlns

Wow.  Just wow.

Balls as big as Church Bells.

 

[JaxBill]

I wish ESPN would bring back the New Years Eve No Limits show.  NYE TV is so horrible now. Those stunt shows were cool.

 

[belljr]

I've always had a thing for jolene van vugt....

She's badass

 

[belljr]

Seriously though this production feels like a college student in film school

 

[identikit]

Seriously though this production feels like a college student in film school

UFC guy says he knows nothing about riding motorcycles, but goes on to describe the physical issues with landing one.

 

[JaxBill]

Nice Red Bull product placement 

 

[Phil Elliott]

He’s going about this rather casual.

 

[belljr]

UFC guy says he knows nothing about riding motorcycles, but goes on to describe the physical issues with landing one.

Like we needed the expert weather lady

 

[identikit]

Like we needed the expert weather lady

Least she knows about weather stuff.