Happy Birthday Anton.....
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.....hard to believe we have no love thread started yet.....but Anton Schwarzkopf would have been 78 today......
Known as Herr Achterbahn, "Mr. Rollercoaster", Anton is largely responsible for many of the developments we have seen in steel coasters, including the first successful (survivable?) vertical loop in modern times....let's here some praise for the man who taught us that upside-down is at least as good as rightside-up....
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My love for you is ticking clock, berserker... -Clerks
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Why do they report power outages on TV?
A "Love Thread" is not the place to do this, SOOperGir...
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Formally Known as Ozzyhead.
His rides are awsome! mindbender at galaxyland is one of my favorite rides ever.
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I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it!
Whizzer is the ONE ride that forced me to add SFGAm to "the trip", so glad we did.....the park really helped me fill in a lot of those "missing pieces" to my personal coaster repertoire.....
My first inversion was King Cobra at PKD (now on another continent thrilling riders), and sharing Anton's birthday is somewhat of a thrill all its own......
bill, still thinking Revolution would've been more appropriately honored by the return of lapbars than by an ACE plaque....
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Im the #1 Canobie Lake Park Fan!!!These are my top 3 coasters:
1. S:RoS @ SFNE 2. Yankee Cannonball 3. Cyclone
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Formally Known as Ozzyhead.
Whizzer. Scorpion. SDL. Laser. Revolution.
The sadly missed Tidal Wave. SFGAm isn't the same without it after more than 10 years.
Thanks for everything, Mr. Rollercoaster.
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35 parks and 158 coasters in 2002!
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Can we change the name of Top Gun to your mom so no one wants to ride your mom?
In 15 days (today is 7/15/02) it will be the one year anniversery of his death. I didn't know that it was so close to his birthday!
Unfortunately, the first time I had heard of Anton Schwartzkopf was reading a headline of an article in Amusement Today entitled, "Respected coaster designer Anton Schwartzkopf dies at 77." After I read the article, I felt very bad that this was the first time I had heard of him. The really weird part is I did a report on him in school - Got an A.
At the bottom, the teacher wrote, "Josh, how much do you love Amusement Parks?" Then she dared me that on the next paper that I wouldn't write anything related to roller coasters.
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I love roller coasters, and I need psychiatric help. Or a roller coaster.
For those who take this thread seriously, you'll be happy to know that Anton's birthday (one week ago) was celebrated with much rejoicing. PGA kicked the day off at 6:30am with a gathering of enthusiasts and historians, and offered a display of artifacts from Tidal Wave's history, birthday cake, a film documenting its advertisements and transformation to Greased Lightning, 2 models on display (including one from Great American Thrills), and a TV shoot! I also rode Revolution while at Walley World, and thought the OTSRs are brutal and the ride is overbraked to hell, it was a treat, and would certainly be in my top 10 if it weren't for those alterations. I'll have pics soon on my Webshots album (when I finish uploading!), but you can see a couple at the bottom of this page.
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Brad's California Adventure: 8 days, 18 parks, 55 coasters, 2 TV shoots & a winner, Matterhorn!
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Nothing... NOTHING... can prepare you for... the Fourth Dimension!
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Six Flags Worlds of Adventure Online
Team NL
NITRO ~ The most EXPLOSIVE coaster on the planet!
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