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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hmmmmmm

Comment from this USA Today 'article' in 2014.
They keep calling the guy who designed this an 'inventor' and 'creator' but I can't find any credentials that say he should be designing something like this except that his family has money. Rafts were flying off all over the place?
No self respecting engineers would have built something like that. None. 
In the least this guy should have been smart enough to hire a team of actual engineers to advise him through every step of the process. 
That cannot have happened.
I mean - it says that the 'mesh' was to keep rafts from flying off the ride- but when real people are in it a flying human head hits the mesh netting.
It's just astoundingly stupid reasoning.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2014/06/26/verruckt-worlds-tallest-water-slide-exclusive-ride-video/11421473/

This is a comment from 'Reagan  Hackelman' at the end of the article.

Shame on USA TODAY for trying to pass this off as journalism. "Special to USAToday..." doesn't cut it. This needs to be clearly marked as an advertisement.

I truly hope no one gets hurt on this ride, but when they do, their lawyer is gonna love this quote.

"It's dangerous, but it's a safe dangerous now."[/quote]

Velcro straps also burns me up. 
So, you're going 65 mph plus and you're strapped in with Velcro.
Velcro? Not a seat belt with a click lock or a lap bar but Velcro.

I don't feel any need to visit Kansas anytime soon if this is the best they have to offer.[/quote]

Lol be honest. You were never going to visit Kansas.[/quote]

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