[CarolinaPeach]

Kids, jumping everything they could find, with no helmets.

And loving it!

Peach

[dsrtsage]

My favorite was when he jumped the snake river

[real saxophonist]

On my deliveries onto the side streets I still see kids making ramps out of cinder blocks and plywood, jumping their bikes.

WAY better than video games.

[SamAdams76]

Evel Knievel was extremely popular when I was growing up in the 1970s. We used to ride around on Huffy bikes and we'd setup makeshift ramps to jump. Nothing too crazy but we got banged up quite a bit! No helmets either. You would be laughed at in those days if you showed up with a helmet on.

I try to tell my kids what it was like growing up in those days (they are grown now) and they still can't comprehend it.

Imagine a 12 year old kid today leaving his house early on Saturday morning and not returning until dinner with no way for the parents to know where he was or even get in contact with him.

That was a normal Saturday for me growing up and speaking for myself, I loved it. If I showed up in the middle of the day on a Saturday, my mom would likely shove a broom in my hand and put me to work!