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Old 07-23-2009, 03:22 AM
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Man in-line skates on roller coaster
A man wearing modified in-line skates traveled along the track of Mammuth, a wooden roller coaster at Erlebnispark Tripsdill in Germany.

Dirk Auer traveled over the entire roller coaster in a minute and reached 56 mph. His custom in-line skates ha... Click here to read more...
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Old 07-23-2009, 03:26 AM
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I wouldn't do it on El Toro.
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Old 07-23-2009, 06:54 AM
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Germans: If you are going to do something like this, at least look cool doing it. LOL
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Old 07-23-2009, 07:00 AM
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Let's see him do steel coasters like say, Millennium Force.
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Old 07-23-2009, 07:03 AM
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Dick would let him, just charge him $1,000,000 to help pay for their next coaster.
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Old 07-23-2009, 08:27 AM
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I want to see him do it on Steel Hawg - WITHOUT modified skates.
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Old 07-23-2009, 09:05 AM
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I wonder how Arrow transitions on a non tunnel non head chopper mine train circuit would work.
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Old 07-23-2009, 04:40 PM
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I wonder if any trim brakes came into play?
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Old 07-25-2009, 12:46 AM
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I read this on buzz and he has rode steel coasters before...
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Old 07-25-2009, 12:58 AM
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Then let's see this guy conquer the Son of Beast without any injuries!

After all, if he can survive the ride, then I'm sure I can.
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Old 07-26-2009, 12:46 AM
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^ That would be a little easier now that there is no loop...
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Old 07-26-2009, 11:14 AM
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I wonder if he made it all the way through. I'd suspect he'd not maintain the momentum.
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