Off-Topic :
Fairfax Underground
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
DFuyC
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:21PM
http://www.today.com/travel/worlds-tallest-waterslide-gets-set-soak-scare-thrill-seekers-2D11624213
I give it 3 months before it takes its first victim.
aking its name from the German word for insane, the ride is expected to live up to that description by rising 17 stories and sending riders on a 65-mph descent that includes a water-powered blast up and over a second, 50-foot hill.
Those willing to take the plunge will do so in four-person rafts because, as the park says on its website, “It’s more fun if someone is screaming in your ear.”
“Imagine a combination of a speed slide and a water coaster,” said park spokesman Layne Pitcher. “It’s going to be a thrilling experience unlike anything you can get anywhere else.”
To experience that thrill, the brave — or is that verrückt? — will have to climb a tower made of railroad tanker cars connected end to end. The 264-stair ascent should give them plenty of time to ponder the nature of the trip back down.
I give it 3 months before it takes its first victim.
aking its name from the German word for insane, the ride is expected to live up to that description by rising 17 stories and sending riders on a 65-mph descent that includes a water-powered blast up and over a second, 50-foot hill.
Those willing to take the plunge will do so in four-person rafts because, as the park says on its website, “It’s more fun if someone is screaming in your ear.”
“Imagine a combination of a speed slide and a water coaster,” said park spokesman Layne Pitcher. “It’s going to be a thrilling experience unlike anything you can get anywhere else.”
To experience that thrill, the brave — or is that verrückt? — will have to climb a tower made of railroad tanker cars connected end to end. The 264-stair ascent should give them plenty of time to ponder the nature of the trip back down.
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
Stabitha
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:23PM
You forgot the most important part of the story.......THIS PICTURE!!!!!
Attachments:
Attachments:
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
no way jose
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:32PM
FUCK THAT!! Death trap for sure. Do you get a parachute just in case?
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:33PM
DFuyC Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
>
> The 264-stair ascent should give them plenty of
> time to ponder the nature of the trip back down.
No elevator? What about disabled people that want to ride?
-------------------------------------------------------
>
> The 264-stair ascent should give them plenty of
> time to ponder the nature of the trip back down.
No elevator? What about disabled people that want to ride?
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
Rockhound
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:38PM
eesh Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> DFuyC Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
> > The 264-stair ascent should give them plenty of
> > time to ponder the nature of the trip back
> down.
>
>
>
>
> No elevator? What about disabled people that want
> to ride?
That's what the three other people are for.
-------------------------------------------------------
> DFuyC Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
> > The 264-stair ascent should give them plenty of
> > time to ponder the nature of the trip back
> down.
>
>
>
>
> No elevator? What about disabled people that want
> to ride?
That's what the three other people are for.
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
Rockhound
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:39PM
This ride looks awesome. It would be even more awesome if you could go down it in a whiskey barrel.
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
DFuyC
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:39PM
Think that green bar is a magnet system to maintain a constant safe velocity? metal bars in the inner tubes? One strong wind would take your ass right off the side.
I just cant see how a insurance company would insure a ride like this with no safety mechanism.
I just cant see how a insurance company would insure a ride like this with no safety mechanism.
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:43PM
Yes, what about the braking system? It looks like you would overshoot this.
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
Holy Shit
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:47PM
Has anyone ever died of a heart attack on a ride like this?
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
science
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:49PM
the water will hold you down, pussies.
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
sience is wrong bitch
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:53PM
science Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> the water will hold you down, pussies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F3GtBrN_ck
-------------------------------------------------------
> the water will hold you down, pussies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F3GtBrN_ck
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
Stabitha
()
Date: November 21, 2013 07:54PM
Holy Shit Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Has anyone ever died of a heart attack on a ride
> like this?
There's always this. Makes death an exilherating experience.
Attachments:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Has anyone ever died of a heart attack on a ride
> like this?
There's always this. Makes death an exilherating experience.
Attachments:
Re: woah shitz 17story water slide
Posted by:
civy
()
Date: November 21, 2013 08:10PM
eesh Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Yes, what about the braking system? It looks like
> you would overshoot this.
Thats what test morons are for. Its amazing what people will sign and do for a little amount of money. What you see s what you get, there are no safety features except gravity. Obviously computer simulations take most of the guess workout of a ride. But without naming names there is one coaster in Virgina I would NEVER get on or would you if you knew why. Its not old or new.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Yes, what about the braking system? It looks like
> you would overshoot this.
Thats what test morons are for. Its amazing what people will sign and do for a little amount of money. What you see s what you get, there are no safety features except gravity. Obviously computer simulations take most of the guess workout of a ride. But without naming names there is one coaster in Virgina I would NEVER get on or would you if you knew why. Its not old or new.