And finally, Look at the crowds. This was the beginning when many lost interest in jumping. It was starting to show here but it really started back in 1978 or so. Evel and Robbie had trouble drawing an audience. I remember around 1982 or so in California when about 100 people showed up at a Robbie Evel Knievel event. It was the jump many of you have seen when Robbie jumps some trucks and you see horses react to his motorcycle. It had it's time . Gary drew a good crowd for the Caesars Palace jump but it it was Las Vegas after all and Caesars Palace.
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: Here is a link to the video. It's on youtube.
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: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBBNsFJWOEo
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: As I was looking through ESPN.com, I found a
: video of what looks to be a CBS Sports
: Spectacular motorcycle jumpoff. It only
: shows 2 jumps and they are of Gary Wells and
: Carol (sp?) Soucek. Both are great looking
: jumps! After the second jump the video is
: of something else. To get to it, go to
: ESPN.com and click on page 2. Click on any
: of the videos and at the top you can do a
: search. Type in motorcycle jumping and the
: title will be CNE 1980. Remember there are
: only 2 jumps.
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: After watching this video, I have a question
: for all you jumpers. If any of you jumpers
: have started off on a big downhill
: runway/startup, have any of you ever fallen
: down or off the startup? Looks like in the
: video, and I think it's Soucek, every time
: he does a drive by, his leg is always off
: the bike and it looks like he's steadying
: himself. Just curious if this or worse has
: happened before to anyone. Sorry for the
: long post.
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: PS- There are many other jump videos.
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