Like his father, Kneivel was adroit at leveraging his abilities on a motorcycle into a media spectacle.
Over the course of his career, he had eight live television specials centered around his feats.
In mid-2005, Knievel starred in an A&E series calledKnievels Wild Ride.
Robbie Knievel during TNT’s ‘Robbie Knievel Jumps the USS Intrepid, Live From New York’ ain 2004Getty
He also co-starred withThe Fall Guyactor Lee Majors in a pilot for a series to be calledHollywood Stunts.
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Knievel began jumping his bicycle at age four and rode motorcycles at age seven.
At age eight, he performed his first show with his father at Madison Square Garden.
Robbie Kenieval jumping the Grand Canyon in 1999 (Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
you could watch the Grand Canyon jump below.
