Tonight's The Night!

[mrlessk]

Check out the promo......here (http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=2004267)

Robbie Knievel to Give TNT Viewers a Front-Row Seat in Live Motorcycle Jump From New York's USS Intrepid* Celebrating Premiere of TNT Original Movie EVEL KNIEVEL

From New York, Robbie Knievel Jumps the USS Intrepid*, will air live on TNT Saturday, July 31, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT)

Knievel will attempt the world's first jump over an array of military aircraft on the deck of the USS Intrepid*, a former aircraft carrier docked in New York Harbor.

mrlessk :)

[Darth Sushi]

Well, he made it. He had to slide but he made it.

[CAM1]

Originally posted by Darth Sushi@1 August 2004 - 07:55
Well, he made it. He had to slide but he made it.
that was what he was supposed to do ;)
no way he would of made it if he didnt slide.

[mrlessk]

Originally posted by CAM1+1 August 2004 - 09:47--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (CAM1 &#064; 1 August 2004 - 09:47)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-Darth Sushi@1 August 2004 - 07:55
Well, he made it. He had to slide but he made it.
that was what he was supposed to do ;)
no way he would of made it if he didnt slide.[/b][/quote]
This is true, otherwise he would have slid off the Intrepid into the murky waters
of the New York Harbor....could have ruined his day.


I think the jump came close to disaster however.
If you see the jump again, watch the landing. Very similar to his dad&#39;s landing when he jumped over the Fountains at Caesar&#39;s Palace Las Vegas in 1968 shattering his pelvis, fracturing his hip, and smashing his right femur.
At the point of impact on the Intrepid, "Kaptain" Robbie&#39;s bike began a fish-tail which he was fortunate enough to pull out of right away.
Other than that it was almost entertaining.

I wonder if he followed in his father&#39;s footsteps by taking a shot of
Wild Turkey before every jump to settle his nerves? :lol:

He started hyping his next jump which apparently would be an attempt over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho which dad failed to do using the famous, albeit dysfunctional, X-2 Skycycle in 1974.

Stay tuned.

mrlessk :)