David Ellis, an English accountant from Lowestoft, had the crazy idea of riding an Austrian single-pipe alpine coaster without any use of the hand brake. Luck for us he was wearing a helmet-cam which gives us all a glimpse of the world through the eyes of a bedlamite.
This is a single-pipe alpine coaster in Mieders, Austria. You reach the summit via a cablecar and then sit on a small car with a brake lever and off you go. Having ridden it once using a little braking, I decided to try it a second time without using the brakes. This is SCARY! Enjoy the ride!
Off-ride footage here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA-k3G1F7k0
Note – for websites linking the video, please note that my name is David Ellis (the J is my middle initial).
WARNING – I have ridden almost 900 roller coasters around the world and am highly experienced with on-ride filming…so don’t try to copy this. Coasters are fun, but taking risks could be dangerous. So always ride safely and abide by the operator’s instructions and ride rules! David Ellis
looks sooo fun! so crazy
coulda grinded that shit for 10 million points easy. 5050 all the way baby
Glad he is a professional with 900 roller coaster rides…and hisr warning not to try at home, drove the point. Mr.Ellis is badass. Hold on….I am going to go walk and chew gum at the same time..
David Ellis I can’t believe your a roller coaster pro…I’m totally better then you
Hi there – FYI the filming was not done via a helmet-cam…it was a hand-held camcorder…I managed to hold it pretty steady with oje hand whilst holding down the brake lever (so it was off) with the other hand. Not an easy thing to do, hence the warning not to try it yourselves.
Glad you enjoyed the video…please share the link with your friends!
David.
So it does have brakes. You just didn’t use them. kind of misleading.
I said I rode it “with no brakes”…doesn’t mean to say it “has no brakes”…I guess that *could* be misleading, but I expect it’s the speed and steepness of the ride that has captured the attention of so many people.
There was no intention to mislead people by the title of the video, although apparently the fact it comes up on mobile phones as “with no bra” might explain why 5.4 million have watched it!
On the single rails you can go as fast as you wan cause eating shit is not really possible. But they have another version where you are in this alluminium half pipe thing and there are some turns where you have to break. I got my as thrown when I was a kid and got road burn all over my face, shoulder and legs. Austria is all about fucking liability which means there is still cool shit out there. Put this in in the states whiplash suit first season.
its known as an alpine slide. Snow King in Jackson has a really good one, and Winter Park’s is fun too.
The one in Jackson is an overpriced money guzzling shit eater that goes slow.
Marmots pee in the one here in Steamboat. They look like they’re having fun…
I like how it its some English guy thinking he is doing something crazy. The Austrians are like “yah, ve also ride ze coaster vith no brakes. It is training for ze little baby downhillers.”
Climaxed at 2:15
Glad to see folks are still watching my video
righto – I am sure that hundreds of Austrians have ridden this in the same way I did…shame they didn’t film it then
Seriously, I still have no real understanding why the video became so popular, but it is rapidly approaching 7 million views, so I am pleased!