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New product
FlowRider Mobile
The 29th
annual World
Now available from Wave Loch, the
Waterpark
FlowRider Mobile, or “MoFlow”, is a
portable version of the company’s FlowRider
Association
surfing attraction. It can be enjoyed
Symposium & Trade Show takes place
anywhere that is accessible by road, whether
at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort &
that be a special event or perhaps as a
Convention Center, Walt Disney World, guest attraction at an existing waterpark.
Florida, from October 20 to 24. For Occupying a 5.5 x 12.8-metre footprint,
the full programme, list of speakers,
this “wave in a box” delivers 75,000 litres of
social events, registration details etc,
water, flowing at 20mph and has already
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been a hit this summer at several events in
MoFlow offered realistic ocean thrills in an
Canada, where it was toured by Rick Davis
oil town 700 miles from the nearest
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coastline! Some of Canada's best
New product
The first stop was in Edmonton, Alberta,
wakeboarders, snowboarders and
AquaQuest
for Capital Ex, a nine-day extravaganza of
skateboarders tried their skills on the surfing
music, rides, fun and food. Here the
machine during the event. "It was basically
just the raddest time," remarked the
Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort, New
eloquent Dan McBride.
Braunfels, Texas, has debuted Pirate's
After Edmonton, the attraction packed up
Plunder, or AquaQuest, a waterpark
and headed for Toronto, where it was
version of Creative Kingdoms’
featured at the Canadian National
MagiQuest treasure hunt game.
Exhibition, a 130-year-old national fair and
Using an “AquaGlove” (instead of
the fourth largest in North America.
magic wand), players complete
FlowRider Mobile boasts a capacity of
challenges and earn points as they
160-240 riders an hour and folds down
navigate their way around the facility in
onto a single trailer.
search of a mysterious red crystal.
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“We are excited to test this new
prototype experience at Schlitterbahn,”
explains Aqua Kingdoms president Carin
Brown. “We’ve combined state-of-the art New product
the next couple of
water effects, wireless technology and
AquaLoop
months, we can reveal
waterproof infrared AquaGloves to offer
a double AquaLoop
families the next generation of live-action
waterpark gaming adventures.”
Unveiled last summer in Slovenia, the
installation will open in
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AquaLoop is the world’s first looping water
Woergl, Austria.
slide and can now be found in three
The fun begins at the
locations worldwide: Terme 3000 in
top of the slide tower,
Moravske, Slovenia, Aqualand in Cologne,
where bathers climb
Germany, and Spa World, Osaka, Japan. In
inside the AquaRocket
launch system, where
they are held at a 75-
degree angle. As the
floor drops out, they are
dispatched into the
enclosed tube slide and
through a vertical loop.
The launch system
overcomes the “moment
of truth” for nervous
riders, potentially
speeding up throughput
for the operator.
AquaLoop was
designed by Hartwigsen
Freizeitanlagen in
Germany, which holds the European patent,
with worldwide sales handled by
WhiteWater West.
www.hartwigsen.de
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