Jump, but ever the perfectionist, he critiques his performance from his hospital bed. i m thinking, it s so obvious i don t have enough speed. it got me to thinking, did something happen, did i black out? what went wrong? as i started watching the video and analyzing it quite a bit more, you can see me mid-air working the bike, i m trying to move it around, so obviously i was totally there, but the only thing i can fathom is just the simple fact that as i m going to the ramp the bike is spinning. there s just enough speed being robbed because of the traction issue that i simply didn t make the landing ramp. i wasn t even close. the accident may have broken his body but certainly not his spirit or his trademark self-deprecating sense of humor. now that i am fortunate enough to have all the world records, i ll do this a little smarter. that s one of the things you usually get a pass on because your name is bubba from alabama,
Motorcycle because the mensa club kicked me out in alabama. bubba has been riding bikes for as long as he can remember and he s the first to admit jumping motorcycles for a living is a pretty cool gig. you know, when you are going through your routine in the dressing room, you are putting on the gear, putting the leathers on, the boots on, you are zipping them up, part of me kind feels like, you know, dad gum, this is the coolest job in the world. i m like fonz, you know? he d like you to think he s just a good old boy from alabama. all joking aside, what bubba does takes talent, skill, planning and a lot of guts. when i do a big jump, anything can happen. on july 4th, 2001, the worst happens. the last thing i remember is putting the bike in gear and letting the clutch out. bubba attempts to jump 22 cars at the del mar fair where he did it in 1999. i jumped over 14 school buses. a really cool jump. it went great. it was flawless.
I said, we got to do this again. i m thinking, oh, yeah, i got the perfect plan. so my idea was to jump over 22 cars on a harley-davidson motorcycle off of a 7-foot high ramp. ever the showman, bubba intends to give the audience their money s worth. so the day started off pretty good. i got to tell you, they paid old bubba to be there, so i made sure i did my job. so what i did is hired a laser light show company and we rocked it. all the cars were white, we wanted them to look really uniform and we spent most of our concentration on making sure we put on a fantastic show for everybody. and if i had that to do over again, i think i would spend more time on making sure i got a to the other ramp. in front of 35,000 spectators and a backdrop befitting a rock star, bubba appears. i get out there and i m doing the show. we got the lasers going and the
But we are having so much fun now you learn from your mistakes. i ve always enjoyed about doing what i do is just the excitement of it and for the longest time that was everything i focused on was just how exciting can i make it for everybody. bubba is still jumping motorcycles, but he s also a father now, something he says has slowed him down. well, somewhat. before i used to always think, hey, that didn t work out, man, they are going to get quite a show and i laugh it off because i m a good time charlie and i like to have fun, but now i m a daddy. i have a 3-year-old little girl so now my excitement for what i do has kind of changed gears a little bit because i want to make sure that i m going to be safe. but for now, bubba is still loving the ride and he insists he is living his boyhood dream. the terrible thing is i m starting to get a little bit old and it is kind of like, all right, hot shot, you have done
Was 175 feet. take a look at it again, in slow mo. he was forced to jump a second time because a lot of news cameras hadn t shown up yet for the first one. bubba blackwell set the previous record with a 177-foot jump, evil kneivel set the record in 75 and held it for 24 hours before blackwell s jump. jane: a jury has reached the verdict in the trial of a former football player accused of shooting and killing his high school coach. reporter: 24-year-old mark becker s defense said he was not guilty by reason of insanity, he told the police he thought the coach was the devil who would turn students into devils, today the jury finding him guilty in murder of the first degree, the jury now, you re looking live inside an alison, iowa courtroom, the jury has already been dismissed, the judge now is addressing mark becker