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Bud Ekins, 77; stuntman did famous motorcycle jump in 'The Great Escape'. October 10, 2007|Dennis McLellan | Times Staff Writer. Bud Ekins, a pioneering champion off-road motorcyclist and a veteran stuntman who doubled for Steve McQueen on the famous motorcycle jump in The Great Escape, has died.
The cameras were not ready for the first jump, so Mr Enslow revved up his bike to perform the jump again-beating his own record in the process. Mr Enslow flew to a new record distance of 183.7 feet (56 meters) on his Harley-Davidson XR1200 shortly after a 175 foot (53.34 meters) jump. Bubba Blackwell set the previous record with a 157 foot (47.85 meters) jump in Las Vegas in 1999. This is awesome! I'm stoked!.