Stuntman Eddie Braun stunt has nailed the infamous Snake River Canyon stunt Evel Knievel failed in 1974.
While Knievel was famous for jumping Harley-Davidsons and Triumphs over schoolbuses, the Snake River Canyon was perhaps his best-known attempt at a stunt, and it never actually came off as planned. You can read more about it here, but the gist of it is, Knievel’s rocket-powered Skycycle X-2 never made it across the canyon, as the emergency parachute was deployed right after the launch. Knievel survived, but he left a lot of fans unhappy.
Now, Braun has succeeded where Knievel failed. He made it across Snake River Canyon (427 metres wide) in his own rocket-powered contraption (dubbed the “Evel Spirit,” and patterned after Knievel’s original craft) last Friday, landing with the aid of two separate parachutes. Allegedly, he funded the $1.5 million stunt himself, when nobody would sponsor the stunt.
