Video of “Super Joe” a big jump stunt rider from the seventies
February 11th, 2008 | View blog reactions
Here’s an excellent video from the seventies when it was popular to jump over insane amounts of cars, trucks and what not. This is the stuff legends are made of.
Sadly though “Super Joe” Einhorn payed the price after just a few years of success, where a serious crash left him brain damaged. Noticing the helmet he’s wearing, which I’m sure was the highest safety standards at the time, gives you the shivers.
“In San Jose, California 1971, ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” covered Super Joe jumping his Triumph 650 over 20 cars. This brought instant recognition & fame and the ‘Super Joe’ legend was born.
His career ended tragically however in 1976 following a jump in Chicago which left him brain damaged. “
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I remember this jump it was awesome.
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Man, i remember that guy as i was graduating from HS that year and wanted to do similar stunts…after that though, i just resigned myself to riding off road….leave the spills to the pro’s and those that can handle being hurt….ha…ha..
Wonder what he does now for a living?
When I’m 90 and if I can get someone to kick my bike over for me, I’m gonna jump my pan-chopper over the Grand Canyon. Jesper is gonna be my crew chief.
Ha ha ha, sure Pan Man, but you got to wear one of those glittering suites with 2ft long tassels and have fire shooting out of your helmet.
Kneivel and super joe should have worked together.That would have been a good show.
I’ve had my KTM off the ground a couple of times. When I was a kid I used to do what I thought were some pretty insane jumps on my BMX bicycle. I’ve also ridden similar equipment to what these guys had. Jumping a 60’s motorcycle is pretty insane.
I wish that I’d had access to a dirt bike when I was a kid so I could have learned how to do it when things didn’t hurt so bad and hubris made us do foolish things.
Thumbs up to all the riders who take it to the next level.
I found this 8mm movie of Super Joe Einhorn crashing big time into the wall at Santa Fe Speedway in 1975 or 1976. http://www.sidewindersprockets.com/superjoe.html
Joe signed a poster of Evel Kneivel, Howard Coselle and himself for my kids around the time of his last jump. He continued his rehab at my brother-in-law’s gym in San Pablo, CA, after his disasterous final jump. I assisted in his rehab at Rod’s health club. He was slow in his speech, but firm in his new found belief in God.