Multimedia News Release - America's First HALFPIPE Coaster Now Open at Six Flags Elitch Gardens
May 27 2004 - 6:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Multimedia News Release - America's First HALFPIPE Coaster Now Open
at Six Flags Elitch Gardens Thrill seekers and snowboarders now
have something to do in the summer. DENVER, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --
You don't have to be an extreme boarder these days to thrash and
spin your way up and down a halfpipe. Nor do you need any snow. To
view the Multimedia News Release, go to:
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/sixflags/12224 Six Flags Elitch
Gardens opens yet another thrill ride at Colorado's Coaster Capital
-- HALFPIPE. A ten-story-tall structure, the Halfpipe is the first
of its kind in America and is an exaggerated and exponentially
exciting take on hitting the slopes with a snowboard. "The Halfpipe
is perfect for Six Flags Elitch Gardens and Colorado," said Tara
Tongco, park spokesperson. "It's a tribute to the winter adventures
the mountains offer and an outrageous thrill that everyone can
enjoy -- whether or not you've been on a snowboard." Riders can
spin countless 360s at heights of up to 10 stories high on a
gigantic 39-foot-long board. Sixteen thrill-seeking riders sit
safely in two circular cars that spin independently as the board
carves its way up and down the tallest Halfpipe around. Each ride
is unique, because weight distribution and gravity determine how
the cars spin. The Halfpipe is the second new, ground-breaking
coaster at the park in the past few years. "Having yet another
first at Six Flags Elitch Gardens is a thrilling honor," Tongco
said. "In 2002, we had the first-ever Flying Coaster. Now, we have
the first Halfpipe thrill ride in America." The Halfpipe is located
at the south end of the park, near the Boomerang coaster. Six Flags
Elitch Gardens is now open daily. The park is located in downtown
Denver off I-25 at Exit 212A. For more information on dates,
prices, and hours of operation, visit sixflags.com or call
303.595.4386. HALFPIPE FUN FACTS Halfpipe ride height 100 feet
Halfpipe track length 230 feet Halfpipe board size 39 feet long, 10
feet wide Number of boarders who can ride at a 16, two cars of
eight time Number of 360-degree turns on the You'll be going too
Halfpipe fast to count. Number of people that helped build 50
people the Halfpipe Number of foundations that support Six, each 33
feet the Halfpipe (called "caissons" or deep into the "piers")
ground Number of electrical transformers Two needed to operate
Halfpipe How the Halfpipe works, officially Linear induction motors
Number of motors Eight How the Halfpipe works, in a nutshell
Magnetic fields Halfpipe material Steel Date Halfpipe opens to the
public May 27, 2004 Six Flags, Inc. is the world's largest regional
theme park company. Through its subsidiaries, it owns and operates
a total of 31 parks in North America and Europe. Six Flags parks
serve 34 of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States.
Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly held corporation with corporate
offices in New York City and Oklahoma City. The Company's stock
trades on the NYSE under the symbol: PKS.
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/sixflags/12224DATASOURCE: Six Flags
Elitch Gardens CONTACT: Tara Tongco, Public Relations Manager of
Six Flags Elitch Gardens, +1-303-572-4522, ftp://ftp.com Web site:
http://www.sixflags.com/
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