Jump over Snake River Canyon

Onkel Neal · 09-16-16, 09:25 PM

Well, Evel, someone finally did it.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/16...er-canyon.html

Sailor Steve · 09-16-16, 10:04 PM

Not impressed. Evel won his fame jumping motorcycles over stuff. This was just a passenger in a rocket. I see no reason not to just fly over it in a plane.

nikimcbee · 09-16-16, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Not impressed. Evel won his fame jumping motorcycles over stuff. This was just a passenger in a rocket. I see no reason not to just fly over it in a plane.

Ditto. It's Idaho, there's nothing else to do there. I've driven over it, so there!

Schroeder · 09-17-16, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Not impressed. Evel won his fame jumping motorcycles over stuff. This was just a passenger in a rocket. I see no reason not to just fly over it in a plane.

Likewise. What was the point of that? Shooting a rocket over the canyon that lands with a parachute? Mankind has done that for almost a century now. No comparison to Evel whatsoever.

HunterICX · 09-17-16, 03:41 AM

FYI Evel tried the same thing with a steam powered rocket, the Skycycle X-2 but his attempt failed.

So saying it doesn't compare is a bit...weird especially considering that the Rocket used in this stunt is a replica of the Evel's Skycycle X-2.

Schroeder · 09-17-16, 04:01 AM

I stand corrected then. I thought he had tried that in a car.

Guess I remembered wrong then.

Reece · 09-17-16, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Not impressed. Evel won his fame jumping motorcycles over stuff. This was just a passenger in a rocket. I see no reason not to just fly over it in a plane.

Also agree, I admired Evel's stunts!!

No comparison.

Eichhörnchen · 09-17-16, 05:25 AM

No big deal...

Jimbuna · 09-17-16, 06:28 AM

There'll only ever be one Evel

Onkel Neal · 09-17-16, 08:20 AM

I thought it was cool. They built a Skycycle like Evel's and a guy rode it over the canyon, it's not quite as safe as an airplane. That thing went 0-400 in about 4 seconds, that must have been a kick.

Looked pretty cool but all the videos I've seen lose the cycle in the sun, they should have made the launch early in the morning, maybe.

Sailor Steve · 09-17-16, 08:27 AM

Just so there's no confusion over my post, I said the same thing back when Evel himself did it. Not impressed.

Armistead · 09-17-16, 09:59 AM

growing up evel's jumps on tv were always such a big deal, the fact he did his stuff on the equipment then will always make him the baddest around....never got the snake river deal either.

Torplexed · 09-17-16, 10:29 AM

Years ago, MAD magazine did a series on the far scarier stunts they wished they could see Evel Knievel do.

Commander Wallace · 09-17-16, 10:47 AM

I knew someone who was always jumping things on a motorcycle. He wrecked frequently and I always called him " Awful Knawful "

Onkel Neal · 09-17-16, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Years ago, MAD magazine did a series on the far scarier stunts they wished they could see Evel Knievel do.

Haha, I remember that .

09-16-16, 09:25 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Jump over Snake River Canyon Well, Evel, someone finally did it. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/16...er-canyon.html __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

09-16-16, 10:04 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Not impressed. Evel won his fame jumping motorcycles over stuff. This was just a passenger in a rocket. I see no reason not to just fly over it in a plane. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-17-16, 03:41 AM	#5
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	FYI Evel tried the same thing with a steam powered rocket, the Skycycle X-2 but his attempt failed. So saying it doesn't compare is a bit...weird especially considering that the Rocket used in this stunt is a replica of the Evel's Skycycle X-2. __________________

09-17-16, 04:01 AM	#6
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I stand corrected then. I thought he had tried that in a car. Guess I remembered wrong then. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,373 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	No big deal... __________________

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There'll only ever be one Evel __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-17-16, 08:20 AM	#10
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	I thought it was cool. They built a Skycycle like Evel's and a guy rode it over the canyon, it's not quite as safe as an airplane. That thing went 0-400 in about 4 seconds, that must have been a kick. Looked pretty cool but all the videos I've seen lose the cycle in the sun, they should have made the launch early in the morning, maybe. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

09-17-16, 08:27 AM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Just so there's no confusion over my post, I said the same thing back when Evel himself did it. Not impressed. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-17-16, 09:59 AM	#12
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	growing up evel's jumps on tv were always such a big deal, the fact he did his stuff on the equipment then will always make him the baddest around....never got the snake river deal either. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

09-17-16, 10:29 AM	#13
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Years ago, MAD magazine did a series on the far scarier stunts they wished they could see Evel Knievel do. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

09-17-16, 10:47 AM	#14
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	I knew someone who was always jumping things on a motorcycle. He wrecked frequently and I always called him " Awful Knawful "