Official Shock Wave POV (45th Anniversary) | Six Flags Over Texas

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  • This classic looper has been shocking riders for more than four decades. In fact, just about everyone around here who loves crazy inversions got their start riding Shock Wave, a double-looped 60 mile per hour steel roller coaster.
    Once you haul up 116 feet in the sky, get ready to drop more than 100 feet on your way to blasting through Shock Wave’s masterpiece elements, the famous - and famously terrifying - back to back loops. One after another in an insane never-ending inversion, these two loops will deliver a stunning 5.9 Gs. That’s nearly astronaut level G-force.
    And how are you going to be held in your seat during all this? Well, firstly, the forces of gravity will keep you nice and snug. Shock Wave is one of the only looping roller coasters to employ only a lap bar. That means you’ll feel free as a bird, or a rocket ship leaving the atmosphere, as you are hurled around this slick track.
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  • @ThatTexanCollector
    @ThatTexanCollector ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I bet Anton Schwarzkopf is smiling somewhere up there.

    • @Mr.Psych8298
      @Mr.Psych8298 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who’s that

    • @Sau1-g00dman
      @Sau1-g00dman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Mr.Psych8298GP

    • @quix9556
      @quix9556 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Mr.Psych8298the mastermind who designed this coaster. He’s considered one of the contributors for modern roller coaster designs.

  • @attractionshubno1
    @attractionshubno1 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Happy 45th Anniversary to Shock Wave at Six Flags Over Texas

  • @Sages_life
    @Sages_life ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Super underrated coaster! Happy birthday shockwave!

    • @Brainstormx1
      @Brainstormx1 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Super underrated

  • @Russell1971
    @Russell1971 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    LONG LIVE the Shock Wave!
    She's by FAR still the absolute BEST of ALL the steel-track looping roller coasters ever operated at Six Flags Over Texas, due to her 5.9 G-force level!
    I wish the park would paint her in a different color scheme, though, such as metallic navy blue for the tracks and dark metallic gray for the struts that hold her aloft. The trains could remain white, but do a 2-tone layout (white/light-gray) with a dark blue pinstripe down the sides on train 1, with a dark gray pinstripe on train 2.
    Another color scheme that would look nice on Shock Wave is dark forest green for the tracks and glittery gold for the struts, with each train's paint corresponding with the ride's color layout in a similar fashion (white/light-gray, with a green pinstripe on train 1 and a glitter-gold pinstripe on train 2).

  • @flyingphoenix113
    @flyingphoenix113 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Two of the most intense loops *anywhere* in the world! If they ever replace or update Shockwave, I hope the successor retains the potent combination of speed and inversions that made this such a daunting ride for so many decades!

  • @carlavision6143
    @carlavision6143 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Happy 45th ShockWave! Really enjoyed your video!

  • @Horizon2509
    @Horizon2509 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember riding this once before a competition during my middle school years. It was pretty fun!

  • @chaytonbigs9097
    @chaytonbigs9097 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great ride for people trying to get over their fears

  • @JDubya96
    @JDubya96 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This brings back lots of fond memories of waiting in line for hours to ride the Shockwave in the hot Texas heat! Good times!

  • @andrewphilpott3220
    @andrewphilpott3220 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The back is the best. I recommend bracing yourself for the brakes at the end. I do and I've never hit my knees. It's a strong brake. Those loops knock you out and then the rest of the hills get pops of airtime. Awesome ride.

  • @wednesday181
    @wednesday181 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    May she live to see 50 and beyond! Truly one of my favorite coasters I've ever been on, and how I first learned to love them way back at age 4.

  • @yakobshoe1820
    @yakobshoe1820 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad to see that sfot is active on yt again

  • @billy_yt3286
    @billy_yt3286 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Glad its back i love that ride!

  • @Lefty_friends_OFFICIAL
    @Lefty_friends_OFFICIAL ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The mid-course that squeaks hell😅, love this ride

  • @freinds323
    @freinds323 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    45 years and not yet retired!
    Scary!

  • @eastexas
    @eastexas ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Happy 45th late anniversary to my fav roller coaster
    One time i ridden this like 3 times lol

  • @ladennayoung2939
    @ladennayoung2939 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember that ride being there when I was a child. I was probably about 8 years old when I first came across it. I ended up riding it when I was 16 or 17 years old. And it sounded pretty old like it could fall apart completely at any minute. It was my first and last time ever riding it. It is about to be 46 years old this month. It was built the same year that I was born.

  • @dyoel182
    @dyoel182 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seats are a bit tight but it's worth it for the fun ride without too much wait.

  • @NicholasNormand
    @NicholasNormand 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Never been on shockwave before

  • @SegaWorldFan
    @SegaWorldFan 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Underrated

  • @CreamCookieX979
    @CreamCookieX979 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    happy anniversary ❤

  • @chrisofchris
    @chrisofchris 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such an important piece of coaster history

  • @Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil
    @Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My first loop coaster. It was much better when it was brand new, and the track was white.

  • @dumb1296
    @dumb1296 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ever since I went to six flags I feel motion sickness in vr before I never had a problem with it until now

  • @KG-lb7fu
    @KG-lb7fu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If this ride had a DC character attached to it it would be way more popular

  • @scopeless22
    @scopeless22 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    May not look intense, but those are circular loops and not tear drop shaped and they provide a good kick.

  • @jtill683
    @jtill683 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the first coaster i ever rode

  • @Shotmybiscuit
    @Shotmybiscuit หลายเดือนก่อน

    Shockwave at six flags over Texas
    Opened: 1978

  • @nirvan1271
    @nirvan1271 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Airtime machine

  • @SonikkuTD
    @SonikkuTD หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dad lost his camera on this ride

  • @candistaylor623
    @candistaylor623 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The best ever, nothing a good classic.

  • @GameVaultStudio27
    @GameVaultStudio27 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never like I’m riding