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Bubba Blackwell
Born	James Blackwell October 4, 1967(1967-10-04) Bon Secour, Alabama, USA
Occupation	Stunt performer
Spouse(s)	Jamie
Children	daughter, Regan (dob 5/31/05)
Website http://www.bubbablackwell.com

Bubba Blackwell is a stunt performer and motorcycle jumping world record holder and was sponsored and promoted Buell Motorcycle Company (Buell was partnered with Harley-Davidson Motorcycles before becoming defunct in October, 2009). Bubba is best known for breaking Evel Knievel's jump record for both cars and buses using a Harley-Davidson XR-750 track race motorcycle^[1].

Contents 1 Records 2 Accidents 3 Cycle Shows 3.1 Motorcycles 3.2 Stunts 3.3 Jumps 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Records

Bubba Blackwell began his career on April 26, 1998, when he jumped 20 cars in Everett, MA, breaking the 19 car record held by Evel Knievel. The following year, on July 4, 1999, Bubba jumped 14 buses at Del Mar Fair in California, tying the record held by Evel Knievel, who leapt 14 buses at Kings Island in 1975 (although Knievel's rear tire touched the 14th bus, his landing was successful). Five months later, Bubba would break Knievel's bus-jumpming record by jumping 15 buses^[2].

Bubba broke Evel Knievel's last remaining jump record on on a Harley-Davidson XR-750 by jumping 52 stacked cars on October 4, 2008 (Knievel created the record in 1973 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ^[3]). The jump took place at the Deep South Speedway located between Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama. The jump also marked Bubba's 41st birthday.

[edit] Accidents

On July 4, 2001, Bubba attempted to beat his own record, attempting to jump 22 cars at Del Mar Fair. He came up short and crashed. The crash is featured on episode 13 of A & E's Shockwave^[4] and on the Discovery Channel's Destroyed In Seconds.

[edit] Cycle Shows

[edit] Motorcycles

Before Buell went out of business in 2009, Bubba was regularly touring the United States performing his "Buell Motorcycle Company Trick Show". He did stunts on various motorcycles, including:

• A Buell Blast
• A Buell Lightning
• A Harley-Davidson VRSC
• A Harley-Davidson Super Glide
• A Harley-Davidson FLHTCU
• A Harley-Davidson XR-750

[edit] Stunts

One of the highlights of the stunt show was Bubba lifting the front wheel (or doing a motorcycle wheelie) on a Harley-Davidson FLHTCU, which has a weight of 840 lbs.^[5]. Bubba also performs burn-outs, including going through all 5-speeds of his custom Harley-Davidson Super Glide. The burn-outs often end with the rear tire of the motorcycle blowing.

During 2009, Bubba toured with Team Bubba, which included two other stunt riders other than himself: Andrew Griffy and Taylor "Tanus" Alvidrez. The two new riders to Bubba's team also featured stunts on Buell motorcycles, while Bubba performed on both the Buell and the Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

According to Bubba's website, he will continue performing for the "Harley-Davidson community".

[edit] Jumps

Bubba returned to jumping his Harley-Davidson XR-750 at Ukes Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Dealer in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 30, 2003 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Harley-Davidson. Bubba is still periodically jumping the XR-750.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site