Freestyle is a

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operating at

Cavallino Matto Cavallino Matto is the largest amusement park in Tuscany. The park, the name of which means "Crazy Horse" in Italian language, Italian, is located on 60,000 square metres of pine trees, pine forest in Marina di Castagneto Carducci, Province of L ...

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. It opened as the park's fifth roller coaster on July 18, 2015. Freestyle originally opened at

Canada's Wonderland Canada's Wonderland, formerly known as Paramount Canada's Wonderland, is a amusement park located in Vaughan, Ontario, a municipality within the Greater Toronto Area. Opened in 1981 by the Taft Broadcasting, Taft Broadcasting Company and the Gr ...

in 1985 as SkyRider and closed in 2014. Built by

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, it was the second

from the company following the now-defunct

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, which opened the previous year at

Kings Island Kings Island is a amusement park northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park was built by Taft Broadcasting and opened in 1972. It was part of a larger effort to move and expand Coney Islan ...

. On August 6, 2014, Canada's Wonderland announced that the ride would close permanently on September 1, 2014. The coaster accommodated nearly 23 million guests during its lifespan. In the Fall of 2014, SkyRider was sold, dismantled and relocated overseas to Cavallino Matto. It was reassembled and opened in 2015 as Freestyle. Yukon Striker, a

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Dive Coaster, is currently located in the space vacated by SkyRider.

SkyRider Memories Contest

In August 2014, Canada's Wonderland announced it would be holding a special contest for thrill seekers before the ride's official retirement. The contest was held on Canada's Wonderland official Twitter page under the banner "SkyRiderMemories", where 24 lucky winners were invited to have the final ride on SkyRider before its official closing on September 1, 2014 at 8pm. The winners were also given one of SkyRider's roller coaster wheels to keep as a souvenir.

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While SkyRider was relocated in 2014, King Cobra was put in storage at sister park

before the start of the 2002 season and eventually scrapped in 2008. Freestyle is the second oldest stand-up roller coaster in operation.
RCDB Shockwave (Kings Dominion), Shockwave at

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had a similar track layout until the second camelback hill, where instead of a trick track and a turn to the right, the ride immediately turned to the left and went over one bunny hill before entering the brake run. As the last TOGO stand up and the oldest Stand Up in North America, Shockwave closed on the 9th of August, making room for

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, a

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Giant Frisbee. In Japan, the ''Pink Typhoon Standing Coaster'' at Washuzan Highland also has a similar layout to Freestyle until after the second camelback hill, where the trip back to the brake run is shorter and does not feature a banked section of straight track. Unlike Freestyle, only one of the two trains used on Star Jet has riders standing up. The second train is a standard

sit-down train that has rider's facing backwards throughout the ride.

References

External links

Official ''SkyRider'' page
{{Wonderland Roller coasters introduced in 1985 Roller coasters in Ontario Roller coasters operated by Cedar Fair Amusement rides that closed in 2014 1985 establishments in Italy

SkyRider Memories Contest

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