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Bubba Blackwell, The American
Daredevil
At the age of eight, Bubba Blackwell, of Bon Secour, Alabama (the town
noted in the film Forest Gump), saw Evel Knievel on TV for the very first
time. From that moment on, BUBBA knew what he wanted to be when he grew
up—a daredevil. Eager to start, he devised a jump on his bicycle
for the neighborhood kids jumping a line of garbage cans while his Dad
looked on. When his Mom came home, his Dad said, "Don't
bother going in, we're fixin' to go to the hospital," BLACKWELL
recalls. He added, " I made that jump,
which I think kind of surprised Dad. I think he was planning I would miss
and never do it again."
BLACKWELL'S love of motorcycles dates back to the age
of five, when he started on a mini-bike. After growing up and a series
of bikes that got progressively bigger, BUBBA gave motorcycle road racing
a try. After only on short year BUBBA rose to the title of "AMA/CCS
Heavyweight Superbike National Champion". BUBBA actually won at the
Daytona Super Speedway twice. A couple of serious accidents on the racing
circuit caused BUBBA to reevaluate his future options. That's when he
decided to dust off his childhood dream and try his hand at doing stunt
shows. Click
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