no it doesn’t… gravity acts with same acceleration on all masses. It is possible that he may have a lower terminal velocity than the designed roller coaster due to aerodynamic differences though.
I understand what you’re trying to say. The centrifugal forces acting on his body in the turns may be so great that he can’t hold that same line as the coaster. The good news is that his skates are attached to the rails. The bad news is also that his skates are attached to the rails. If he loses balance in a turn he is guaranteed 2 ankles which will be broken like twigs.
There are two poles attached to the front of the skates if you can see. Handles. It’s meant so he won’t fall forwards or backwards from the waist up. It would help him and he wouldn’t fall unless he let go.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLY STUPID. IF HE LOSES HIS BALANCE, HE”LL BREAK HIS LEGS BY GETTING TRAPPED BETWEEN THE SLATS IN BETWEEN THE RAILS. THIS IS A FAIL IN PROGRESS.
It looks like his boots are attached to the tracks. The real worry is letting go of those poles hes holding on to. Imagine all his momentum going forward while his torso falls between two slats…
Pretty much what I was thinking… hand slips off one of those poles, lose your balance, fall forward, and get cut in half between the slats of the track.
I think that would be more difficult than it looks.
From what I can tell, he’s wearing something very similar to ski boots, which do a pretty good job of holding your legs upright. It’d be similar to trying to tip directly forward while wearing a pair of downhill skis.
There was another one a couple of years back, who did it on German television as a bet. Where he would go down a Roller-coaster with Skates and a filled Pint (I think it was a pint) of beer and at the end he was only allowed to have lost so much
Well, a single person on ‘skates’ has much less momentum than a train with several cars and people…sot eh air resistance alone would be enough to significantly slow you down.
Hi Guys. The name of this Man is Dirk Auer and he did this sort of Stunts already several times in Tripsdrill (on Gsengte Sau, a steel coaster and on mammut, the wooden coaster you see here) and he really did this great. so don ‘t call him a loser…before you tried it by yourself
I want to do that, but I don’t think there’s a diaper large enough to help me feel secure, becaue I know I’d be s**tting myself around the first curve.
Hey guys, i´m from germany, and i were in the theme parc, where he broke the world record a few times. It´s Dirk Auer. You find him at youtube and google. Another record of him where that he made the same at another coaster, but with a mug full of beer
3 mistakes in 53 words, and it’s not ‘english’ anymore? I pity your educational system, it seems to fail at comprehensive reading and context deduction.
Which comma? By my reckoning, “in English” is a comma clause, so there should be commas after both “more” and “English,” as the sentence would still make sense without it: “Once more, please.”
wo seems sweet but would he have enough weight to make it all the way around? does what im saying even make sense?
no it doesn’t… gravity acts with same acceleration on all masses. It is possible that he may have a lower terminal velocity than the designed roller coaster due to aerodynamic differences though.
You’re forgetting mass vs. friction. He weighs less so the wheels may slow him down faster. (weight / number of wheels, coaster vs. man)
less momentum to overcome the friction losses.
haha.. what you’re saying doesn’t make sense dude..
made sense to me and the millions of people that passed physics.
I understand what you’re trying to say. The centrifugal forces acting on his body in the turns may be so great that he can’t hold that same line as the coaster. The good news is that his skates are attached to the rails. The bad news is also that his skates are attached to the rails. If he loses balance in a turn he is guaranteed 2 ankles which will be broken like twigs.
There are two poles attached to the front of the skates if you can see. Handles. It’s meant so he won’t fall forwards or backwards from the waist up. It would help him and he wouldn’t fall unless he let go.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLY STUPID. IF HE LOSES HIS BALANCE, HE”LL BREAK HIS LEGS BY GETTING TRAPPED BETWEEN THE SLATS IN BETWEEN THE RAILS. THIS IS A FAIL IN PROGRESS.
This is Failblog, stop posting so many wins.
It looks like his boots are attached to the tracks. The real worry is letting go of those poles hes holding on to. Imagine all his momentum going forward while his torso falls between two slats…
Pretty much what I was thinking… hand slips off one of those poles, lose your balance, fall forward, and get cut in half between the slats of the track.
I think that would be more difficult than it looks.
From what I can tell, he’s wearing something very similar to ski boots, which do a pretty good job of holding your legs upright. It’d be similar to trying to tip directly forward while wearing a pair of downhill skis.
“This is Failblog, stop posting so many wins.”
THANK YOU.
I witness enough ass-kissing in day-to-day life. I come on Failblog for my Schadenfreude fix.
Yeah this is pretty much a complete fail. Booo! Failblog!
I say WIN. this happened in 2006, the guy set up the skates so he could balance.
Please can’t someone add flames shooting out of his arse?
More details can be found here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHbk11e4YYQ
Looks like a win to me…
Definitely a win; stop being losers. Also you can see he has metal poles coming out of his skates to hold on to for balance.
i think those are brakes
Rollercoaster of Love!
The Ohio Players?
It screams “broken ankles and messed-up knees” to me, but if I ignore that it’s pretty sweet.
This looks awesomely terrifyingly wonderful.
If there is video of this it must be found!!!!
actualy there is one on youtube.. “rollerblades rollercoaster”
There was another one a couple of years back, who did it on German television as a bet. Where he would go down a Roller-coaster with Skates and a filled Pint (I think it was a pint) of beer and at the end he was only allowed to have lost so much
My question is, what’s with the ’70′s pron music?
It looked like he was going rather slow.
Yeah, it looks like he nearly came to a complete stop at the top of every hill. An actual roller coaster would be much more fun.
Well, a single person on ‘skates’ has much less momentum than a train with several cars and people…sot eh air resistance alone would be enough to significantly slow you down.
Hi Guys. The name of this Man is Dirk Auer and he did this sort of Stunts already several times in Tripsdrill (on Gsengte Sau, a steel coaster and on mammut, the wooden coaster you see here) and he really did this great. so don ‘t call him a loser…before you tried it by yourself
I’m sorry, but I’m not in the habit of imitating a Darwin Award waiting to happen.
That’s what I’m sayin’.
I want to do that, but I don’t think there’s a diaper large enough to help me feel secure, becaue I know I’d be s**tting myself around the first curve.
haha i cud totally do this i LOVE roller coasters and i love the idea of feeling like nothing is holding me on to something haha
This is the greatest terrible idea of all time. Where do I sign up?
Hey guys, i´m from germany, and i were in the theme parc, where he broke the world record a few times. It´s Dirk Auer. You find him at youtube and google. Another record of him where that he made the same at another coaster, but with a mug full of beer
Once more in english please.
3 mistakes in 53 words, and it’s not ‘english’ anymore? I pity your educational system, it seems to fail at comprehensive reading and context deduction.
NotSo does not appreciate sarcasm. 3 fails in 53 words requires a snarky comment especially from someone proudly proclaiming they are from Germany.
Arrogant person!
By the way, “english” should be written “English,” and don’t forget the comma!
Which comma? By my reckoning, “in English” is a comma clause, so there should be commas after both “more” and “English,” as the sentence would still make sense without it: “Once more, please.”
Not that I actually care, but I like commas.
I’m not sure.
But forgive me, I learned my English at school in Germany, not as a native speaker.
Your English is still better than that of a large proportion of native speakers, rno…
Oh my god.
I’ve been wondering for YEARS if anybody has done something like this. It exists!
Looks like a death trap… LOL
Oh hell
From what I see, his feet aren’t attached together. Imagine if one of his feet got stuck and the other just kept going. that would hurt.
Awww yeah!