But the City of Twin Falls says it doesn’t have to follow suit. He’s already forked over nearly a million dollars to the State of Idaho to secure an exclusive lease to public land on the north canyon rim. Two other teams propose souped-up motorcycles with rocket boosters and parachute wings to land with. A couple teams plan to use one-person rocket planes that resemble a modernized version of Evel Knievel’s Skycycle. We’ve all been doing this a very long time. Definitely this has been my dream.”īrad Kuhlman: “We’re all in our 40’s, 50’s and 60’s.
Hud Englehart: “The brand we are most interested in promoting is the one that is called Twin Falls.”īig Ed Beckley: I’ve been all over the United States doing this stuff.
At a special meeting of the Twin Falls City Council Thursday, five presented their plans in hopes of winning an official blessing. Seven different entities have now emerged with proposals to jump the three quarter-mile wide canyon. Next year is the fortieth anniversary of Knievel’s failed jump. I think the anniversary galvanized a lot of their ability.” Greg Lanting: “They just never came back with enough of a plan like all these groups did to make it happen. That is until this past year, when the state of Idaho and now the city and counties showed interest. Over the years, other daredevils - including Knievel's son - asked for permission to try the jump again. Greg Lanting: “We just didn’t have enough officers and security and things in place to protect like restaurants and grocery stores and things in that line.” He's going to crash.")Įvel Knievel emerged from a crash into the canyon bottom with only minor injuries.īut the rowdy crowds, motorcycle gangs and unpaid bills left a lasting, sour taste in Twin Falls, says current mayor Greg Lanting. Sound swells back: (appalled announcer ".the main chute is out. But the stunt instantly went awry when a parachute prematurely released. Knievel launched astride his “Skycycle,” a steam powered rocket. 8, 1974.Īrchival footage from YouTube: (“Three, two, one.” rocket fires) and settled on the Snake River Canyon by Twin Falls. So Knievel searched for the next best thing. But the National Park Service would have none of it. Evel Knievel had proposed his most dramatic stunt yet. Our story begins with an epic failure in the 1970's. That has the potential for another wreck in the making. But first, one of the modern stuntmen has to secure the rights to both a launch and a landing spot on opposite sides of the canyon near Twin Falls, Idaho. They want to attempt Evel Knievel's jump over the Snake River Canyon. A passel of daredevils aim to succeed where the king of stunt performers once famously failed.
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