From : The SUN , February, 1981.
While tram drivers clanged their bells and people scurried across the Bourke St. Mall yesterday, 17-year-old
Gavin McEvoy
tried to jump six cars on a bike.
Not a motorbike, but a
motocross bicycle.
Unfortunately for
Gavin, his
attept at a world record was thwarted by the crowds
and a lack of cars. .
“It Is Black Friday for sure” Gavin said
after his third
and last jump over three
car bonnets and a space
where another
car
should have been. "People
kept moving in
front of me when i jumped”.
One unlucky man,
who happened to cross
the Mall
just as Gavin landed after his second
jump, went for a tumble on the
tram tracks.
But despite Gavin’s
failure to break the world record of five
cars — “I’ve been
out to beat this
American guy three
times”
He had the crowd so entranced they
forgot the
mall was
for trams, not
people.
Shoppers crammed as close to the jump as possible, young
girls rushed Gavin for autographs and women screamed as he
made his run-off.
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Above: Gavin. still
happy after the jump.
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Below: Gavin McEvoy midway through his pedal-powered four-car
jump.
