What makes airtime so great?


Teenage Ninja said:
Airtime is just the scary feeling that you are going to fall out. Racers with one click, Beast with one click. Those are great air time there. I get a tingle in my stomach still too.

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Sense when has The Beast had airtime? Last time I check ummm.....none. Wait double check, okay maybe little but I'd still say none compared to other coasters.

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It's his turn to feast, when you ride the Son of Beast.

Timbers one click and the seatbelt all the way loose. Just tuck it in behind. The ride ops generally don't check and yeah, OMG! You have to watch out because you will stand right up going up the hill on the turnaround. I have never seen so many 1 clicks on the lapbars before until Timberfest tonight!
Isn't one click awesome?!!? Did I see you there timberguy?

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Dude, riding a coaster is better than sex. Airtime is the best because of the overall feeling inside your body! WoW, gotta love it. And the best pull over is on Steel Dragon 2000. MF a close second.

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CoasterCrazyOne said:
Dude, riding a coaster is better than sex. Airtime is the best because of the overall feeling inside your body! WoW, gotta love it. And the best pull over is on Steel Dragon 2000. MF a close second.

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That would be an interesting poll ;)

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CoasterCrazyOne said: Dude, riding a coaster is better than sex.

Whoa! Are you sure about that? I guess I am not really sold on your thoughts about this since your personal info says that you just turned 14 last week. Not a slam, just found it interesting.

But it IS odd because I have heard others, irregardless of age, say the same thing.

Let's just say that I have never felt an emotional connection to a coaster... they are fun... but not THAT fun.

Shaggy

Airtime. Hmmm, maybe the fact that it is not possible to experience it anywhere else. Well, planes skydiving and in space, but that never happens for the average dude. It's just such an unordinary experience and you are so free when you're just floating in the air.

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Here's the question....... If all coaster building were to be stopped but one coaster that'd break every record. You had the choice of choosing one night with anyone in the world or one ride on this coaster, what would it be?

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cdrpointcrazy4 said:
Isn't one click awesome?!!? Did I see you there timberguy?

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-Patrick



Yeah, I had my 5 year old daughter with me. She was in pink. She insisted on airtime so I gave her a little slack on the belt.

Airtime is Orgasmic. The feeling of weightlessness, the dropping stomach feeling. A feeling of Freedom. It's a very nice feeling.

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CoasterCrazyOne...your 14 years old lol!

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Yeeeeeaaah, I would not put it in front of sex. At 14 I can't imagine you have any idea.
lol- like age matters :)

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Well we still have those cases with 10 year old male prostitues on the street ;)

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Yes I remember you now, wish I could have gotten some rides in with you!

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-Patrick

CoasterCrazyOne said:

lol- like age matters

It does. Trust me...

Shaggy

"What Makes Airtime So Great?"

In short: it isn't!
My personal feeling is that the importance of so-called airtime has been overestimated in the enthusiast community. It is very good to float out of your seat, but IMO it is the "uncontrolled" feeling that is paramount. You can have airtime, and still feel restrained (see NITRO). And you can have an out of control coaster with ZERO airtime (see Flight of Fear). Of course, the best coasters have some mixture of the two (see Kumba, Raven). But either one alone IMHO can only make a coaster good, not great.

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