[ThePundit]

For this forum's sake, let's consider motorcycle jumping a sport. I remember growing up as a kid, and looking forward to the stunts he was going to pull. I remember he jumped in some special rocket over what I remembered to be the Grand Canyon but I guess I was wrong:

Knievel's most famous stunt was probably an attempt to jump the quarter-mile wide Snake River Canyon in 1974 on his rocket-powered "Sky-Cycle." (He had hoped to jump the Grand Canyon, but couldn't get permission.) The attempt failed, but the publicity was priceless.

Over his career, Knievel was said to have broken practically every bone in his body -- some multiple times.

Evel Knievel, legendary daredevil, dies - CNN.com

No matter what else you say about the guy, he definitely didn't lead a boring life.

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To a much lesser degree the moto cross guys do the same. They spend a lot of time in the air also. I gotta believe that all the broken bones didn't help him in respect to living a long life. RIP