RideMan's Video Stuff

About this original series

It's the world as seen through the lens of Dave Althoff's video camera. Mostly amusement ride related clips, but it could be anything that Dave finds interesting.

Category
Home & Family
# Episodes
28 episodes
Rating
TV-G

Episodes of RideMan's Video Stuff

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  The Quake at Kentucky Kingdom
  
  Perhaps the most unusual ride at Kentucky Kingdom (removed in 2005). Many people have seen this ride, which very seldom operated, and remarked that it looked like a pretty neat ride. Perhaps a look at this clip of the ride operating in 1994 will cure anyone of that misconception. (Quake logo photo supplied by Paul Drabek/Negative G)
  - Release date
    
    Mar 11, 2012
  - Runtime
    
    01:30
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  Putt 'n Pond, July 1994
  
  This two-minute video includes some of the rarest coaster footage you will ever see, so rare that you won't even find it on Theme Park Review. I visited Putt 'N Pond Action Park in Fostoria, Ohio to ride the Pipeline Express, a Bailey roller coaster. This particular ride had track made out of PVC plastic pipe. As far as I know, it is the only Bailey coaster that never had steel rails. Unfortunately the ride has been dismantled. But you can see the on-ride video that I shot back in 1994.
  - Release date
    
    Jan 19, 2012
  - Runtime
    
    02:30
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  Cedar Downs Racing Derby
  
  This high-speed carousel is one of three still in operation. This is a very basic shot of a single full cycle, recorded in the 2011 season and posted here in response to a discussion board conversation.
  - Release date
    
    Jul 20, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    02:49
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  Okay, shoot the works!
  
  You know the expression, 'to shoot the works'? Here's an example taken from a tiny little chunk of the Columbus, Ohio 'Red White & Boom' fireworks display on Friday, July 1, 2011. My viewing position was selected to maximize my viewing pleasure, not that of my camera, so I'm afraid you only get to see a little chunk of the sky...
  - Release date
    
    Jul 2, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    01:30
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  Fanboys: The Internet and the Cedar Point Fan
  
  A presentation given on April 2, 2011 by Walt Schmidt, Co-Publisher of pointbuzz.com , at the PointBuzz off-season event at Cedar Point.
  - Release date
    
    Apr 14, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    13:52
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  Wisp Resort Mountain Coaster
  
  Recorded March 29, 2008. Take a ride on the Wiegand-built Mountain Coaster at Wisp Resort in McHenry, Maryland. This video has actually been on-line (albeit smaller, and with a different codec) since 2008 on my web page where it accompanies a more conventional trip report. See it here: http://capital2.capital.edu/admin-staff/dalthoff/adventures/tr2008/wisp.html On board video taken with the permission of Wisp Resort staff. Always ride responsibly; respect rides...they have none for you.
  - Release date
    
    Mar 12, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    07:01
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  Seattle Wheel - 2000
  
  For the 1964 Worlds Fair, the Velare Brothers constructed a unique Ferris wheel. ;At the conclusion of the Fair, the wheel was taken to the Allan Herschell company, which re-engineered it into a portable production-model wheel.
  - Release date
    
    Jan 21, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    02:33
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  Coasters at LeSourdsville Lake
  
  Recorded in 2002. ;This presentation includes complete on-ride video from both the Screechin' Eagle (Miller/1928) and the Serpent (SDC Galaxi /1987). I'll eventually do a more complete look at the park if I can find the footage, but for now I wanted to get this out.
  - Release date
    
    Dec 18, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    05:20
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  Idlewild Park's Confusion Hill
  
  Idlewild Park, located on historic US-30 outside Ligonier, PA, is a neat park with a few one-of-a-kind attractions. ;Back in 2000, a loosely-organized group of roller coaster enthusiasts (mostly rec.roller-coaster newsgroup participants) got together at Idlewild for an Independence Day Weekend picnic.
  - Release date
    
    Dec 7, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    12:25
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  Conneaut Lake 2010
  
  Just days before the official end of the season on Labor Day Weekend, Conneaut Lake Park re-opened the Blue Streak roller coaster, which has sat idle since 2006. During the season, Leonard Adams Jr. (he's running the ride at the end) and his crew from Structural Technologies rebuilt the ride's horseshoe turnaround. For the holiday weekend, the coaster was running, and a healthy crowd gathered to ride, even at $3 per ride. Stick around; there's complete on-ride video at the end of the clip.
  - Release date
    
    Sep 11, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    05:07