Watch Robbie Knieval set a world record last Saturday by jumping over 24 lined-up delivery trucks. The second video of the jump is from a little further away, which I think gives you a better sense of just how much distance Knieval covered flying through the air on his motorcycle.
[ May 24, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Sometimes I regret I wasn’t alive yet during Evel Knieval’s heyday. But opportunities to witness mind-blowing foolishness are still there! To wit:
On October 25, 1975, Evel Knievel jumped over 14 Greyhound buses on his motorcycle at Kings Island, setting a viewing record for ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” with a 22.3 rating and [...]
NEWPORT, KY, September 20, 2007 - 17-year-old Erik Kloeker of the world-renowned Pickled Brothers Circus Sideshow has broken the Upside-Down Juggling World Record while suspended upside-down 35 feet up, atop the Ohio River. The record attempt took place on September 20th, 2007 in Newport, KY.The new Upside-Down Juggling world [...]
The world’s largest kazoo band and chicken dance has often been in Cincinnati, OH, at the annual OktoberFest-Zinzinnati!
Past leaders of the Chicken Dance include:
Crown Prince of Bavaria
Weird Al Yankovic
Davy Jones
Verne Troyer
Vince Neil
More info at Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati.
