Ok let's think just for a minute, the name of the DVD "Jackass presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute To Evel Knievel" conjures up all sorts of chaos and carnage, or maybe that's the Jackass
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Ok let's think just for a minute, the name of the DVD "Jackass presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute To Evel Knievel" conjures up all sorts of chaos and carnage, or maybe that's the Jackass involvement. Well it's not the entire Jackass crew, really it's just Johnny Knoxville, the king of the crazies. It's less of the sort of Jackass antics that we have come to expect and a lot more of a dedication to a legend. That said Knoxville does add to the entertainment. Mat Hoffman is a great presenter, but I don't think the DVD would be quite the same without Knoxville's "f*&k it, I'll try anything" attitude.
Jackass presents: Mat Hoffman's tribute to Evel KnievelOk so here's the deal, Mat Hoffman was a friend of Evel Knievel's so to pay tribute to his friend and the legend that inspired a generation of extreme sports enthusiasts Mat pull together a motley crew of absolute lunatics, we've already mentioned Knoxville. But how does this star studded cast sound? Travis Pastrana, Trigger Gumm, Scott Palmer, Allan Cooke, David "Psycho" Halford, Jeff Schneider, even hollywoods own Spike Jonez makes an appearance and it's hard to forget Midget Mike who steals the show. Well that is until Knoxville pushed things a little too far, more about that later.
Jeff Schneider attempts to pull off a backflip into a foam pit on a Harley not unlike the bike that Evel used to use. In the same session we see Spike Jonez trying a backflip on a fast 50 into the same foam pit. Knoxville was bighting at the bit to get in amongst the action and didn't let the fact that he can't ride a motorbike get in the way. After a couple of piss funny failed attempts at keeping the fast 50 vertical he finally hits the ramp, the fact that he even got that far outweighs how far he managed to pull the flip around.
Allan Cooke and David "Psycho" Halford represent the BMXers, they get towed in to a huge kicker ramp originally to attempt record distance jumping. After throwing in the towel on that idea, they set reco
