First, I'm not trying to start a fight or make waves but in Evel's heyday, how long did his show last? This is a legit question as I was never lucky enough to see him perform. Would one of his jumps be the whole show or would he perform during another type of show like a monster truck show or maybe a car race like Nascar or etc. If the whole show was just him, how long could that last? You can only do so many wheelies, talk to the audience, perform the jump and if successful talk to the audience again. Maybe after a successful jump you can have an autograph session. I don't know what you mean by thrill show Ken. Would you have other daredevils perform other kinds of stunts? Or are you maybe talking about a stunt show like Joey Chitwood had and perform a jump in that show? Once again, I'm not trying to start a fight, all legit questions.
Second, about Ryan, I know a lot of you have ragged on him and the other distance jumpers for jumping ramp to huge dirt ramp. Ryan has done several, 3 that I know of, ramp to ramp jumps. I know he did a ramp to ramp that was at least 280' at Knievel Days a few years back. He also jumped ramp to ramp over 4 helicopters which had to be over 200', even though he did throw an FMX trick in. He also jumped over 300' ramp to ramp. Doesn't he deserve some credit for those ramp to ramp jumps? Aren't his distance jumps thrilling to watch? You can't fault him and other distance jumpers for making long and outrageous jumps look easy.
Isn't throwing a trick or 2 or 3 in the middle of a 90 - over 100' jump considered thrilling to watch? If that's the case, wouldn't an FMX event be considered a thrill show? The show is a bunch of daredevils/stuntmen who perform amazing stunts for a big audience. Wouldn't that be considered a thrill show? When they do the Crusty Demons Night of Records? or something to that effect in Australia, they usually have 1 - 3 performers jumping for distance, even though they use a big dirt landing ramp. Aren't they thrilling the audience? In some FMX shows they use metal landing ramps instead of dirt. My point is what do these distance jumpers and FMXers have to do to put on a show that's considered a thrill show? I have a lot of respect for you Ken and the other old school jumpers. I also have a lot of respect for all jumpers, distance and FMXers. Sorry for my long post/rant.
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