Robbie Knievel Grand Canyon Jump Full TV Special 20/5/99

[@vickiecharlemagne9914]

This brings back childhood memories

[@ralphcantrell3214]

Robbie's canyon jump was the most dangerous and legit stunt in the history of motorcycle showmanship. RIP Captain Knievel. I can't wait to shake your hand when I get there.

[@sivvybee]

Robbie was every bit as Cool as Evil. Rest in Peace.

[@orvil9223]

Nobody is as cool as Evel.

[@Louis-qi1gz]

Looking at his eyes while thinking about the jump was just like Evel Knievel eyes

[@borntoclimb7116]

Agree

[@billydeaton3560]

Rip Robbie for you and your Dad were heroes to many little and big boys around the world !! Never to ever be forgotten ! Rest easy in Paradise Brother !!

[@gsxrJOE92]

What was he age when he passed?

[@johnoksys7713]

@@gsxrJOE92 60 Years Old Pancreatic Cancer

[@oliverlewis4433]

@@gsxrJOE92 60

[@BaileysDad369]

Balls of steel. Freakin amazing!!! What a hero! RIP Robbie!

[@chr970]

“I’m a little dinged up”, he says with a chuckle. Robbie had incredible bike skills and yes steel bearings from birth👍

[@michaelmyers3892]

Robbie fulfilled what his dad was unable to finish what a honor I watched his dad do it when I was a kid back in the 70s and then I watch this that was awesome rest in peace Robbie yeah you and your dad could ride across the skies together

[@CombineHumanMonkey]

Robbie you are a legend. RIP

[@jayberwanger]

Robbie thanks for the memories. You are missed!!

[@jeffreyhanshawsr4884]

Robbie has always been a HERO to Me and Many From my Generation.. You Have To Love The Guy... What A Set Of Big Balls...And A GREAT AMERICAN To Boot....God Bless You Robbie Knievel...

[@forsakenlife4873]

An absolute Legend and an awesome family man to boot. Rest in peace Robbie.

[@freetrailer4poor]

I just love how cool he is with everyone.

[@FCain-mf4tf]

Oh my! I remember seeing this live on TV. I was in either 5th or 6th grade. I was 11 years old and I am 35 now. Time goes by faster than you realize people.

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

Huge respect to him. This is just as audacious and daring as anything his legendary father ever did. Just amazing!

[@Anthony_Spilotro]

RIP My friend.

[@repairfreak]

My God, this guy must have balls of steel! R.I.P. Robbie, we all love you and your many years of entertainment ❤️

[@rexfoster9629]

Much Respect to Robbie Knievel!! May have been a clean landing had the landing runway been prepared better.

[@darrinrentruc6614]

He landed way to close to the end but I would agree with your comment.

[@ellebelle6410]

@@darrinrentruc6614 *too

[@darrinrentruc6614]

@@ellebelle6410 Karen

[@schlottsseafood8781]

Rest easy, prayers of comfort to his friends and family. Love and respect

[@gpasprimus6505]

He inherited the most dangerous occupation and succeeded beyond imagination

[@randwall7626]

There is an obvious berm of dirt going across the dirt path right after the ramp ends and this is what I believe made his bike begin to go out of control, your comment nailed it as far as I am concerned. They should have created a better transition from the ramp to the dirt or have extended it a ways further, at least that’s what I thought as I watched it. Great fearless jump by Robbie as always, I also loved watching his father jump and it has been fun to watch his son follow his footsteps so very well.

[@thecustomshopinc.6883]

@@randwall7626 I saw that too. It seems he overshot the landing pad a bit too. If he landed sooner he would have hit the berm at less speed. Rad as hell either way tho.

[@patalexander3702]

Riveting moments of taking off , flying, landing and being thrown to the ground so violently! He’s a man of steel and has been where no other riders have been!

[@budekins542]

Best bike stunt of all time.

[@DavidLucas-oj6ju]

I had that recorded on VHS

[@kevwoods6827]

Lol I jumped this on a push bike lol

[@kevwoods6827]

@@DavidLucas-oj6ju lol what a dik

[@keithedwards7882]

WOW just incredible ! my lifetime hero is his dad , I grew up in the Evel days, I used to ride dirt bikes from sun up to sundown all summer,, back in the days of Wide World Of Sports when Evel had a jump scedualed all the Neighborhood kids would be glued to the tv to watch,, there would be all the festivities and anticipation leading up to the jump that you could actually feel the electricity in the air,, almost like you were really there, your heart would be pounding and you'd be holding your breath evertime he would do his test runs , and then he would just soar like an eagle and finally after it seemed like forever he'd touch down like a fighter plane and you could finally take a breath (sorry I got sidetracked on memory lane for a sec.) Just incredible memories , ok on to Robbie what an absolutely incredible showmen , this jump had me feeling like a kid again , I was glued to the t.v. again, both the takeoff and landing ramps looked incredible , I'm absolutely puzzled by the landing area beyond the landing ramp, it looked like there was no effort at all put into it, there's massive bumps,equipment etc.etc. Robbie makes one of the greatest jumps in history and gets wrecked by the ground having pretty much no prep (Does anybody else see what I'm seeing?) It looks like that whole area had a million things that could of went wrong, that easily could of led to his death or serious injury.. Thanks so much for letting me kinda relive some of those same feelings I had as a kid, this was truly a death defying jump, I'm so glad he came out victorious, I always felt Robbie never got the credit he should of due to his Dads legendary shoes to fill, but he should never feel bad about that because nobody on the planet could ever beat the bar that Evel set , I mean he's the guy that invented the bar, and I probably owe not having brain damage to Evel because at every jump he'd say to always wear your helmet, some kids wouldn't wear theres because they said it wasn't cool , but I said if Evel said it then they were the ones that weren't cool.... I'll end this by saying thank you to both father(rip) and son for the heart pounding memories!!! P.S. Oh yeah Knievels 1 Grand Canyon 0 (Mic drop)

[@oxyfee6486]

I couldn’t have said it any better myself, it was a more innocent time, a time where everyone was glued to the few channels that were available. Everyone at school was talking about television shows, I was glued to the tv just to see the new toys that were coming out. Evel captured our hearts that’s for sure, I still have my stunt cycle, as well as my smash up derby cars, and my Steve Austin, thanks for the trip down memory lane, be blessed my friend.👍

[@darrinrentruc6614]

Agree with your comment, His dad was the king showman,stuntman and them shoes are impossible to fill but robbie does a good job, Why the fck would he say yes to that stupid landing setup? Yes he did land way to far on the ramp but I do not think he would have stopped anyway.

[@ront3333]

An absolute American hero. God bless you Robbie.

[@scottkeith2722]

God speed Captain Robbie Kinevel! One of the best stunt riders of all time! God bless 🙌

[@vfigueroa1]

Giant balls of steel! RIP Brother.

[@toddshort5997]

Rip robby and God bless gourmet family and friends...just like your a dad a true American super hero...a one of a kind family...thank you for the greatest childhood I could have wanted to your dad and then robby as as adult...I can never thank you and your family enough

[@britneyspears1932]

R.I.P ROBBIE !!!!!! YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED MY FRIEND 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@gsxrJOE92]

R.I.P

[@dennishewitt9509]

Ramp to ramp on pavement, wide open! Robbie, you had the biggest balls of them all! RIP buddy!

[@gsxrJOE92]

Another legend lost 😢

[@josephmac2386]

I met Robbie Knievel and his dad evil in 1978 Hollywood sportatorium. They were really nice people. Evil did jump over a bunch of Coca-Cola trucks. He gave my nephew's autographs and let them sit on his motorcycle. That was a long time ago.

[@gregv79]

This was insanely awesome.

[@Andrax999]

i saw this one live my friend from school told me about it good times i miss those days

[@michaelmitchell5909]

I still don't understand why they didn't give him a mile of smooth runway after the landing

[@chadroeder]

They knew what would happen.

[@martywood8543]

I think it was because they weren't allowed to alter the landscape because it's a national park.

[@jllafoy8605]

Cause they wanted him to crash into the landing for a more wild outcome lol

[@rosslefave5877]

The first reason I think of is money

[@blackrhino3442]

The Indians wouldn’t let him. I was his friend and I was there. I was in yellow jacket. We were friends.

[@dougkos2574]

RIP Robbie 🙏🙏🙏🙏 I was 13 years old when my dad took me to watch Evil jump the London busses at wembly, such an honour to have been there.🙏🙏

[@rickeyzinn7542]

Evil Knievl admitted that he got the idea of a cape from Elvis Presley. I thought that was very cool of him. Rest in peace Evil and Robbie.

[@lysergic_visions3203]

R.I.P. 🕯🪦🕊🏍 A True Patriot & My Childhood Hero.. Fly High Robbie!!

[@timothyhilton3408]

Jump the grand canyon, good chance you will do a serious impersonation of a tumbleweed God Bless you Father and son Kneivel's.. Thanks for all the memories and all that awe......

[@vincentcordova8387]

He has given me the motivational jump back on my bike after four months of not riding/jumping at all.

[@joereidoutdoorsman.3136]

R.i.p. to the legend.

[@jeremyweber8874]

RIP Robbie. Thank you for these great memories

[@skyhigh335]

R.I.P. ❤

[@codprocamp4690]

They could of made the landing a little better and got rid of the cactus for gods sakes

[@paulsupronojr.4976]

sake . . .

[@davegrills5722]

I was there and recorded myself with James Thompson

[@davegrills5722]

Awesome totally awesome alright Robbie Knievel

[@christianheidt5733]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@artieborko4988]

Seriously.......my god they did their boy Rob dirty on this. That was so pathetic I really thought for a second it was on purpose, like Robbie eating it would be dramatic or something because they knew there was all of 0% chance he wouldn’t clear the canyon. The goddamn landing platform was so short he almost landed into the dirt straight away- what, did they run outta wood and just wing it??? “Well, Carl, I know we ran outta wood but the landing looks a lil bumpy........ehhh, just put some bails of hay there at the end and it’ll be fine, great job, Carl. You ready for the strip club? let’s roll” Amateur hour 🤦🏻‍♂️ 🤮

[@tombragalone7250]

They sure don’t make them like that anymore, RIP Robbie Knievel!!!

[@DAnny423h23]

Let’s give this guy 10 feet of landing ramp, then cactus and hay, lol

[@12janicerd]

The best of the best!! RIP Robbie

[@1MNUTZ]

I remember watching this live legendary

[@artieborko4988]

“Hi, I’m Robbie Knievel, and this is the Grand Canyon Jump where I fly over the Abyss of Death and land on bails of hay and cactus”

[@faithfulone2509]

so cool.... so brave....awesome.... god bless u robbie

[@joycedollar1198]

The last of a great era. R i p Robbie. Hope Heaven has some amazing huge canyons you and you pops can jump.

[@fifteenbyfive]

A monstrous jump. Evel toyed with the idea and wanted to do it, never got it arranged and finalized. Robbie is incredible! Worth watching all the way through. That Fox Nooz guy with his hand on his hips tho...lol Not sure I like how he grabbed the microphone at the very end. Looks like Robbie had something more to say but they cut it off.

[@kevwoods6827]

Lol he jumped 200 ft the Grand Canyon is way more get a grip moron

[@fifteenbyfive]

@@kevwoods6827 Why you mad bro? I didn't say anything about any of that. Complaint dept isn't on this floor either, ya gotta take the freight elevator down 17 floors.

[@norms3913]

Evel tried to get the permits to jump but got denied

[@joystickricksherrell774]

American Hero! Thanks for the Memories Captain...RIP 🙏

[@robertquinn1945]

Rip peace Robbie you truly are a legend just like your father ❤❤❤❤❤❤.

[@borntoclimb7116]

Impressive to see this. Lol nowadays we would have 4k Footage because everyone record everything.

[@LuhkohtuhFTW]

I remember watching this live. I was only 5 at the time

[@nikaluss5946]

I was 11, my whole family watched it live. It was awesome

[@LuhkohtuhFTW]

@@nikaluss5946 indeed it was!

[@isolamii]

Rip Rob!!! Gangster salute!! 🙏🏾💪🏿

[@AllenBurbank-z1c]

Hell of a jump

[@OttoByOgraffey]

I was binge watching Robbie, and Evel, this week. I don't know why. I woke up this morning, learning of his death. I'm just shocked. So sad. I don't know why I was watching Robbie this week. It's really bizarre. RIP, Robbie.

[@rogerfournier3284]

RIP ROBBIE KNIEVEL THE GRAND CANYON KEEPS THE SKY STREAK IN MEMORY OF YOU!

[@timrussell1559]

Robbie was definitely a very unique and interesting guy. Back in 1996 he came to my city to do a jump at a large civic center here. The night before the event he ends up driving around in a bad neighborhood with a complete stranger. He got ditched by the guy and Robbie ended up banging on the door of a random house. The lady who answered the knock was terrified of this strange man who was staggering around her doorstep and reaked of alcohol(she said)...The cops showed up and Robbie told them he was just trying to find a place to buy a bottle of pert shampoo and a toothbrush, with around 2000 dollars cash in his pocket. The police highly suspected he was running around with this stranger at 2.00 a.m to try and find drugs but they did not persue any serious charges due to lack of evidence. The jump was cancelled, the sponsor of the event said they lost tens of thousands of dollars, and Robbie left the area embarrased and with a lot of bad press. There was never a dull moment for Robbie or his dad. May they both rest in peace!

[@darreldanger7464]

OKC?

[@bargainhunter2404]

God, I miss the 1990s. Everything was better in the 1990s and tv was big part of my life back then. Now days it sucks!

[@karlgemborys5880]

He is legend

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Rob and his father were heroes in my small town house. I couldn't believe humans could do the things they did on motorcrossers

[@gregv79]

.....and the wind, holy crap.

[@adamwhitcomb2387]

The auto tracking in the beginning makes this even better RIP to robbie and VHS

[@commanderbell1965]

Rest in peace Robbie

[@s4dreamland671]

I never like how they called it " death jump" ....but I always felt like the show wanted him to fail..sick as that is ..even doing the mock up dummy on the motorcycle fails and falls into the Abyss..Robbie put up with alot from them pushing to jump when conditions were terrible..In the end it was worth the wait..Kudos to the Captain!

[@TheRacingGenius88]

"Death Jump" was just a marketing campaign from Fox for Kaptain Robbie.

[@empiresrikesfat]

Kaplen sent me here, RIP

[@lukustreloar7243]

Well done Robbie, what a jump👍👍👍👍

[@caspar0777]

landing was perfect, but the runway much to short. RiP Robbie, you're a legend!

[@ScoopNemeth]

Motorcycle daredevil badasses, like father, like son!

[@bigred3096]

RIP brother! ❤️🌹❤️

[@BAJARACER43X]

Jumps, crashes hard, breaks whatever many bones, gets up and does an interview

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Rip legend 🙏

[@nikaluss5946]

I watched this live. It was awesome

[@davegrills5722]

I was in there too with my buddy Jim Thompson

[@heybob680]

Who preped the landing area?,Fred Flinstone& BARNY RUBLE,LOL

[@jayes12]

Thank you Robbie for NOT kneeling for the national anthem. Other sports men and women TAKE NOTICE of a stuntman who is very grateful for the greatness of his country and what it has given to him.

[@jeffreyhanshawsr4884]

Amen Brother..

[@camronbay1]

Damn right MERICA.

[@notreally2406]

This was WAYYYYYYY before that became a thing

[@CharlieMac773]

What a way to bring new retarded crap onto a old video shut the hell up

[@bjrollick5262]

Jesus Christ they gave him no hope of not crashing. That was the shortest shutdown I’ve ever seen.

[@DrRawBalls_TheDummy]

I remember this and watching this and in the 90s fox was a bad ass channel bc late at night I remember on weekends I would watch in living color and water down repeats of tales from the crypt and of course it was the home of the Simpsons which was a great show back then and idk maybe it still is & goosebumps lol but also the main thing about fox in the mid 90s up to the late 90s I remember those fox specials 😂 like this and the mask magician and other crazy stuff and also remember crazy or dangerous things caught on tape before KZbin was a thing and I remember ufos & big foot specials 😂 oh yeah can’t forget X-Files if we talking about the 90s

[@generalkayoss7347]

"oh the wind, the wind, the wind wind wind" Then you see the flags blowing the exact same way he's jumping, at his back, helping him... lol

[@jacobhendrickson8935]

I didn’t even know he died. Wow RIP Robbie

[@Rayc87]

R.i.p Robby

[@MrRonronnj]

After watching this video on the night on the last day of 2022. I always wondered why they didn't smooth the ground after the landing ramp. If you watched there was a kicker that launched him off the seat.. If he didn't fall he would of went right through the hay bails. This jump was not planned correctly.

[@skyedog24]

Rest in peace Robbie Knievel rest in peace Ken block.

[@officialmysteriousrider130]

Rip Robbie Knievel

[@roach39739]

I remember watching this live in channel 9

[@AntiPattern328]

Still, no idea why he didn't have the runout he needed in the middle of the FREAKING DESERT!!! Why were there hay bales and trucks blocking the outrun???

[@davegrills5722]

That's how they wreck if need be it's softer than the dirt he's used them many times

[@Themilkmanskid.]

Appears the deep dirt runway was a 50/50 compromise between crashing into something at least somewhat soft and handling control. The bails at the end are funny as hell old school technology😄. What a ride! Maybe the tech should have been ramped up a bit......no pun.

[@karaDee2363]

He had balls of steel just like his dad❤

[@junglismonk4256]

That simulation was traumatising!

[@braazik]

amazing

[@michaelfinley4440]

Robbie was THE best

[@richardburchett]

Fly high, Knievel

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

12:18 cuteness overload!

[@MikePetett]

I remember watching this. Anyone know where that bike is now?

[@conedx]

why the heck did they make the landing ramp so short...

[@empiresrikesfat]

Indian ground they make the rules

[@korsu1234]

Nice to have some haibales at the end😂😂😂

[@davemetzler5462]

Rest In Peace, Kaptain

[@amyntut]

With the evil simulation, like they were trying to jinx him 😆🤣.

[@austinsandefer649]

God bless the Knievel 's...

[@jsuhnmahrkiz514]

RIP

[@cameroncook3863]

Incredible ! But Gezz couldn't ya make the dirt part of the landing a little smooth and flatter ??

[@DominicCast007]

and LONGER as well !

[@cameroncook3863]

@@DominicCast007 Blows my mind ! What they didnt have the budget to rent a backhoe?? AND WHAT THEY RAN OUT OF DESERT!!!

[@DominicCast007]

@@cameroncook3863 yes true!! ...I read here that it's because the Indian reservation didn't allow it. Who knows how true that was.

[@rickallen6378]

How do you figure this is jumping the Grand Canyon?