Rollerskating a Rollercoaster: no room for error

Adrenaline junkie skates down 860 metre roller coaster in just 60 seconds!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about a world record holder, and German süperstar Dirk Auer is about as cool a record holder as they come. He gripped it, and then he ripped it:

Dirk Auer decided to go where no sane man or woman had gone before and skated down an 860 metre track in just over a minute.

Wearing specially designed in-line skates, the German made the attempt on the Mammoth roller coaster at the Trips Drill theme park in Stuttgart.

The 36-year-old admitted he had placed his life at risk by performing the daredevil stunt.

‘This was a very dangerous stunt because there were so many factors to consider,’ he said.

‘If the skates were to catch a stray nail then I could have fallen and I would almost certainly have died.’

‘After this some of the sides were so high that at times I was at 90 degrees and so it was very important to have as much traction as possible. Luckily everything went according to plan – it was a lot of fun.’

Mr Auer, from Gross-Gerau near Frankfurt, is considered to be the most extreme in-line skater in the world.

He already holds the world record for reaching speeds of 190mph as he was dragged along behind a Porsche GT2.