{"title":"Kings Island, 1975","description":"\u003cp\u003e25 October 1975, Kings Island amusement park outside Cincinnati. Five months after Wembley broke his pelvis and he told a stadium he was done, he lined up fourteen Greyhound buses — one more than London — and cleared every one of them. A hundred and thirty-three feet, clean landing, rode it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABC carried it live on \u003cem\u003eWide World of Sports\u003c\/em\u003e, and it remains the most-watched broadcast in that program's history. If you were a kid in America that autumn, you were in front of a television for it. Then you went outside and built a ramp out of a plank and two cinder blocks, and you know exactly how that ended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was the longest and cleanest jump of his career, and he never topped it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything below is officially licensed by K and K Promotions, which owns every Evel Knievel® trademark, photograph and frame of jump footage outright — the Kings Island broadcast included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMORE OF THE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/butte-montana\"\u003eButte, Montana\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/caesars-palace-1967\"\u003eCaesars Palace, 1967\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/snake-river-canyon\"\u003eSnake River Canyon, 1974\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wembley-1975\"\u003eWembley Stadium, 1975\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"evel-knievel-heart-christmas-ornament-kings-island","title":"Evel Knievel® Heart Christmas Ornament — Kings Island Red, White \u0026 Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE MEMORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25 October 1975, Kings Island: fourteen Greyhound buses, a hundred and thirty-three feet, cleared clean on the highest-rated \u003cem\u003eWide World of Sports\u003c\/em\u003e ever broadcast. Red, white and blue, the way he always wore it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome families hang the same few ornaments every year and every one of them is somebody's memory. This is one for the person who was eight years old that October.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE DESIGN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeart-shaped, printed on both sides in the Kings Island red, white and blue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE GOODS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid natural Hinoki wood, 0.37″ (9 mm) thick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-sided print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMagnetic back — also sticks to a fridge or a toolbox\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed paper ribbon and a threading hole included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eALSO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same ornament in \u003ca href=\"\/products\/evel-knievel-heart-christmas-ornament-wembley-blue\"\u003eWembley blue\u003c\/a\u003e, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/evel-knievel-kings-island-14-bus-jump-tee\"\u003eKings Island 14 bus jump tee\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE REAL THING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an officially licensed Evel Knievel® product. Every Evel Knievel trademark, photograph and frame of jump footage is owned outright by K and K Promotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHIPPING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade for you after you order, which adds a couple of days and means nothing sits in a warehouse or ends up in a landfill. Order by early December for Christmas delivery. 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A hundred and thirty-three feet, clean landing, rode it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABC carried it on \u003cem\u003eWide World of Sports\u003c\/em\u003e and it drew the highest rating the program ever recorded. If you were a kid in America that autumn, you watched it. Then you went outside and built a ramp out of a plank and two cinder blocks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE DESIGN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis image with the red, white and blue detailing, printed on black. 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Every Evel Knievel trademark, photograph and frame of jump footage is owned outright by K and K Promotions — the Kings Island broadcast included. When you buy here, you're buying from the people who hold the rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHIPPING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted for you after you order, which adds a couple of days and means nothing sits in a warehouse or ends up in a landfill. 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