25 Facts About Robbie Knievel

Robert Edward Knievel II was an American motorcycle jumping stunt performer.

Robbie Knievel had used the stage name Kaptain Robbie Knievel.

Robbie Knievel was born on May 7,1962, the son of stuntman Robert "Evel" Knievel and his first wife, Linda.

Robbie Knievel began jumping his bicycle when he was four years old and learned how to ride motorcycles by the age of seven.

Robbie Knievel performed his first show with his father at Madison Square Garden when he was eight.

Robbie Knievel attended Central Catholic High School in Butte, Montana between 1975 and 1976, but never graduated.

Robbie Knievel wanted to lengthen his jumps, but his father disapproved.

Additionally, Robbie Knievel stated that he would attempt to re-create his father's 1974 failed rocket jump over the Snake River Canyon near Twin Falls, Idaho.

Robbie Knievel used red-white-and-blue V-shaped jumpsuits, similar to his father's famous white leather jumpsuit.

Several of Robbie Knievel's jumps were televised live, including the Caesars Palace jump, the building-to-building jump in Las Vegas, a jump over a moving train, a jump in front of the volcano at The Mirage hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Grand Canyon jump.

In 1996, Robbie Knievel jumped over ten limousines on the Las Vegas Strip, achieving a 230-foot motorbike leap record.

In 2003, Robbie Knievel jumped 15 trucks at the Chinook Winds Casino.

In late March 2006, Robbie Knievel jumped 180 feet over the St Johns River from one barge to another in Jacksonville, Florida.

On March 18,2007, Robbie Knievel jumped an assortment of military vehicles at the North Carolina Auto Expo in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Robbie Knievel successfully jumped over 24 truck cabs at the Kings Island Amusement Park outside Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 24,2008.

Robbie Knievel successfully jumped on June 7,2008, at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.

Robbie Knievel cleared 21 Hummers on the front stretch of the speedway.

Robbie Knievel originally was going to jump 25 Hummers, but there was a strong sustained headwind that evening.

On October 31,2008, Robbie Knievel successfully performed two back-to-back jumps in Nashville, Tennessee, to promote a glow-in-the-dark paint.

Robbie Knievel ended 2008 with a New Year's Eve jump at the newly-renovated volcano at The Mirage in Las Vegas.

Robbie Knievel said the false promotion of a jump over the volcano was decided by the Mirage Hotel, which did not want to tear down some palm trees or have its valet parking affected.

Robbie Knievel made appearances on CHiPs and Hawaii Five-O and co-starred with Lee Majors in a pilot for a series to be called Hollywood Stunts.

Robbie Knievel was the subject of a 2017 documentary, Chasing Evel: The Robbie Knievel Story.

In 2006, Robbie Knievel opened a new business called Robbie Knievel's Custom Cycles based in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey.

Robbie Knievel died on January 13,2023 from pancreatic cancer in Reno, Nevada, at age 60.