The Hollywood stuntman doesn't want to follow in his idol's footsteps so much as rocket above them -- over a gaping canyon, no less. Evel Knievel's iconic launch, Take II. Eddie Braun, fueled by ...

Forty years ago, Evel Knievel strapped himself into a rocket and tried to fly over Idaho’s immense Snake River Canyon. He didn’t make it. But the stunt launched his lunacy into legend and ...

Stuntman Eddie Braun did what his boyhood idol, Evel Knievel, could not do, clearing the Snake River Canyon in Idaho on Friday. Braun, a 54-year-old stuntman from Southern California, utilized a ...

In 1974, Knievel attempted the Snake River Canyon Jump, which is a quarter-mile-wide jump in Idaho. When during his jump, Knievel was unsuccessful, but ended up landing safely. For Braun, it was a ...

Somewhere Evel Knievel is smiling. More than 40 years after Knievel tried to jump Idaho's Snake River Canyon, someone has finally done it. Hollywood stuntman Eddie Braun climbed into a steam ...

Now, to commemorate the attempt to Jump the Snake River Canyon, Knievel's family and friends invite folks to join a motorcycle parade, and see the Sky Cycle X-2 in person. More for You Apple ...

Over Labor Day weekend, Twin Falls, Idaho, held a 50th anniversary celebration of the September day in 1974 when Evel Knievel tried to jump the Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered rocket. Twin Falls ...

The moon rises behind Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon jump site on Sept. 18, 2013, in Twin Falls. DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS FILE PHOTO ...

This Sunday, September 8, marks the 50th anniversary of the famous televised event. Tracy Cassel, Evel Knievel memorabilia collector and friend, recalls the moment. “My brother told me that he ...

Hype surrounded Evel Knievel’s attempt over Snake River Canyon near Twin Falls. Knievel wanted family, friends and fans in attendance also the Butte High Band and Purple Bz drill team.