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Lea Ellen Dunham
Bubba Blackwell, the American Daredevil performed at the Hot Rod & Harleys show in Rahway, NJ in front of Liberty Harley-Davidson. At the young age of eight Bubba Blackwell, of Bon Secour, Alabama (the town noted in the film Forest Gump), saw Legend Evel Knieval on TV for the very first time. From that moment on, Bubba knew what he wanted to be when he grew up ... a “Daredevil”. In Bubba’s Biography, his father was quoted to say to Bubba’s mom, “Don’t bother going in, we’re fixin’ to go to the hospital”, as he watched his son eager to start his daredevil career. Bubba devised a jump on his bicycle for the neighborhood kids jumping a line of garbage cans.
Few are fortunate to actually grow up and be what they had dreamt of being as a child. Bubba Blackwell is the only official Harley-Davidson daredevil to bring back the nostalgia and human drama of the stunt jumping made popular by the great Evel Knieval. Bubba brought miles of smiles to both young and old with impressive wheelstands and wicked burnouts on multiple Harley-Davidson motorcycles while performing at the Hot Rods and Harleys Show. Rumor has it that there is talk of setting up a jump for next years show. Bubba Blackwell, a crowd pleaser? Yes! Bubba is a true showman fulfilling the childhood dream!
