Smiffys Evel Knievel Costume, White with All in One Jumpsuit & Attached Cape, Officially Licensed Evel Knievel Fancy Dress, Adult Dress Up Costumes

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This jumpsuit, with its white color and long sleeves, can serve as the foundation of your Evel Knievel costume.

Despite a decline in his daredevil career, Knievel made a marketing comeback in the 1990s and continued to be involved in various ventures. In interviews, he said the reason for the switch was because he saw how Liberace had become not just a performer, but the epitome of what a showman should be, and Knievel sought to create his variation of that showmanship in his jumps. Breaking hundreds of daredevil records and setting a new standard for extreme motorcycle riding that hasn't been matched since. After adopting the nickname "Evel Knievel," he participated in rodeos, ski jumping events, and served in the U. While flying back to Butte from a performance tour, he looked out the window of his airplane and saw the Snake River Canyon.Knievel's most famous stunt was an attempt to jump the fountains at Caesars Palace, which resulted in severe injuries. Robert Craig Knievel (October 17, 1938–November 30, 2007), known professionally as Evel Knievel ( / ˈ iː v ə l k ə ˈ n iː v ə l/), was an American stunt performer and entertainer. Shortly before his death, Evel Knievel was featured in a BBC Two Christmas special presented by Richard Hammond. The film premiered in June 1977, three months before Knievel and his associates attacked promoter Shelly Saltman with an aluminum baseball bat on September 21, 1977.

He even spent six months in jail at the height of his career in 1977 for attacking with a baseball bat the author of a book about him to which he took exception. Knievel realized that to make a more substantial amount of money he would need to hire more performers, stunt coordinators, and other personnel so that he could concentrate on the jumps.Since the 1974 launch, seven daredevils have expressed interest in recreating the jump, including Knievel's two sons, Robbie and Kelly. It took numerous surgeries and permanent metal plates in his arm for Saltman to regain the use of his arm. He was the greatest stuntman of his age, who broke almost every bone in his body and was instantly recognisable for his Stars and Stripes leather jumpsuit. The wedding was held on November 19, 1999, on a special platform built on the fountains at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip (site of Evel's jump New Year's Eve 1967). Among the various artifacts from Knievel's life, the exhibit included his "Shark Jump" Harley-Davidson XR-750, the Skycycle X-2, a blue jumpsuit from late in his career without any sponsor patches, and his trademark red-white-and-blue jumpsuit complete with his helmet and walking stick.