At Home With Evel Knievel
This is daredevil Evel Knievel photographed in front of his house in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, circa 197?, by Bill Wolf.
He lived across the street from Lani, my oldest friend (our parents were friends and we "met" as infants). Now Lani lives in Oakland. She came across this while moving and sent it to me this week.
One of Lani's earliest and oddest memories: a blood-soaked pimp, having been beaten up by an unsatisfied Knievel, pounded on the door of Lani's house late one night and asked her parents to use their phone to call a taxi.
Fort Lauderdale is a bizarre place. Home sweet home.
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KBlood (83 months ago | reply)
I stood next to the Knievel in Toronto in 1975. I was 16 and thought he was pretty gosh darn sexy. Must have been the greased back hair...
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keithyoshi (61 months ago | reply)
Amazing. I thought he only wore the cape when doing stunts. Looks like he's about to go for a gentle cycle in full regailia.Love it
meganballi_99 (58 months ago | reply)
Great photo. WSJ.com used it to illustrate a post for the Health Blog. We credited you and linked back to your page. You can see it here: blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/08/21/the-part-time -daredevil-w...
markramsey.com (55 months ago | reply)
Gonna miss him, blogged this:
markramsey.com/?p=465
Pix4YourMouf (55 months ago | reply)
R.I.P. Evel... He was a stud.
Pix4YourMouf added this photo to his favorites. (55 months ago)
disrupsean (55 months ago | reply)
Yes he was. The world needs more Evel. RIP
servantofchaos added this photo to their favorites. (55 months ago)
rcvernors (53 months ago | reply)
He sure was cool when I was a kid. I had a toy Evel on a motorcycle and it came with a ramp. We made him jump everything.
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Age of Aquarius (60's,70's), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
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luckyleatherneck (52 months ago | reply)
I had that motorcycle to,it would jump everything.
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brent.r.chapman (46 months ago | reply)
That bike was raffled off in Bend Oregon at Sunnyside bike shop last year.
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The Pollyanna Society (37 months ago | reply)
This is just surreal and wonderful!
crabsandbeer (Kevin Moore) (37 months ago | reply)
Great shot...and story.
hatless (34 months ago | reply)
What part of Fort Lauderdale was this? My uninformed guess would be Coral Ridge.
disrupsean (33 months ago | reply)
Can't remember for sure. I think it was not that far north... Numi Isles or thereabouts.
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