Robbie Knievel To Attempt World Record

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Robbie Knievel To Attempt World Record

By KBJR News 1

Story Published: Aug 14, 2008 at 5:18 PM CST

Story Updated: Aug 14, 2008 at 5:33 PM CST

This Saturday, motorcycle Dare devil Robbie Knievel will attempt a world record jump near Hayward, Wisconsin.

Knievel-holds 20 world records and has successfully completed more than 250 professional jumps.

Saturday's jump is the highlight of the LCO Casino's Big Birthday Bash.

Robbie joins us to talk about his jump this weekend at the Casino.

Kaptain Robbie Knievel will be making his world record attempt Saturday at 6 pm on the LCO Casino Grounds near Hayward, Wisconsin.

Admission to the jump is free.

Stay with us George will be in next to tell us how the weather is shaping up for the weekend.

Monday, Aug 18 at 7:17 PM Kate wrote ...

I too drove 2 hours to watch the show. As the mother and wife of dirt bikers I could not even believe that he attempted the jump with everything so wet. So we got a little wet. We are all people,and we don't melt. Real true fans of the sport would and did stay to watch the amazing jump! My family and I had a blast! Thank you LCO for hosting this great event! These shows are what you make it for you and your kids! Don't let a little rain ruin your day!!

Monday, Aug 18 at 3:19 PM Jake wrote ...

Knievel jump was impressive but the whole thing was poorly managed. You could see rain coming an hour ahead of time and they didn't even attempt to get it in. If they'd have stuck to the schedule and jumped at 6:00, they'd have beat the rain by a few minutes. No one was there to see the skydivers and that took too much time. Lose the pyrotechnics too, it took away from the spectacle of seeing Knievel fly through the air. They pyrotechnics were OK once but way overdone and scared the kids.

Sunday, Aug 17 at 7:35 PM Sue wrote ...

Also traveled to see Robbie Knievel. Alot of disappointment for everyone including my kids. I want to add that LCO Staff and Robbie Knievel staff was very rude. More his staff than LCO. I couldn't believe what I heard out of some of the staffs mouths. They all should be ashmaded of themselves and really has set a bad example. Also there shouldn't off been alcohol allowed either. Other than that the rain sucked and next time someone somewhat famous comes around I will not take my family to it!

Saturday, Aug 16 at 10:06 PM Michelle wrote ...

Robbie Knievel was such a disappointment Aug 16. He arrived around 4:45 pm, and never came out of his trailer. No anticipated performance at 5:00 as was advertised. No jump at 6:00 due to rain. They could see the rain coming and he could have done this jump before the rain. We traveled 2 hrs with out children to see, only to be extremely disheartened. We got to see the skydivers. Good thing this was free, but we'll never again attempt to attend any show of his. Many broken-hearted children

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