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: I'm wondering if they went up or found
: another way up to the ski jump ramp. It's
: really steep. This might be the same stadium
: Evel jumped in back in 1974. Also, Gary had
: some incredible Motorcycles. Was that Tux
: made out of leather?
: 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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