Bubba Blackwell
Stunt Show
Cajun Harley-Davidson
by Mike Phillips
Rode 495 miles round trip yesterday from my house,
down to Scott, La. Rode from Bossier City and back
with good friend, Curtis Clark. Met with facebook
friend, Wendell Chenault, face to face for first time at
Cajun Harley Davidson dealership, where they were
having a Bubba Blackwell show. Bubba holds all the
world records for jumping and has broke all of Evil
Knievil's records. I will say he puts on a heck of a
show and gets the crowd fired up, popping wheelies
and smoking tires. On one bike he performed burn-
outs on each end and in the middle of the roadway,
then stopped and promised the crowd he would
smoke the new rear tire until it popped. He did and it
did. Seemed kinda wasteful to me, but makes a good
show. Got to visit a few minutes with Susan Hicks and
Don Brock, who rode down to meet with a friend of
theirs from Denham Springs. Then they headed to
the beach in Mississippi. I was impressed with how
large Cajun HD was, their huge inventory of new
bikes and merchandise, and their extremely friendly
staff. Bikers came from all over to see Bubba's show
and check out the new 2017 HD bikes. Luckily, an
award winning Cajun restaurant was right next door,
so we went over and stuffed ourselves on fish, shrimp,
oysters, frog legs, and alligator, then waddled back
to the dealership. Bubba had a 2 part show, first part
at 1:00 pm, second part at 3:30 pm. We watched the
first part, then while Curtis and Wendell stayed at
the dealership, I rode over to Lafayette and checked
out the downtown area. Magnificent architecture in
the huge Catholic church, awesome size and age of
the oak tree on the church grounds, beautiful build-
ing murals, interesting statuary, and tree lined main
street winding through downtown makes for another
Louisiana city well worth visiting. Rode back in time
for Bubba's second show, which was a jump over 12
trucks. Twelve brand spanking new Dodge trucks.
He was successful, but unfortunately, I wasn't. That
is, in capturing the actual jump on my camera. On
playback, all that is seen is his ride up the ramp, then
camera goes blank. Oh well, guess you'll have to catch
his next performance and see for yourself. As always,
another great ride, with really good people.
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Additional Photos by Thomas Young