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	Vekoma @ Coaster Force - Vekoma
		Vekoma was founded in 1926 but has only been building theme park rides since the late 1960s, when they started to build giant ferris wheels.
		Vekoma spent the next few years spending very little money on investment and concentrating on their two popular ride models, the boomerang and SLC.
		Although Vekoma coasters are usually fun, they are not generally renowned for their smoothness.
	www.coasterforce.com /index.php?categoryid=744 (309 words)

	Vekoma
		Vekoma's experience in the design, manufacture and installation of steel structures proved to be a very solid base for this new market.
		Vekoma Rides Manufacturing is a market leader in the global amusement industry in the design and manufacture of roller coasters, family rides, water rides and people mover systems.
		Vekoma's history and present prove that it has successfully expanded its market share through the development of its standard rides, in addition to leading creative and technological innovation for entertainment venues and amusement parks throughout the world.
	members.tripod.com /microsrevenge/id13.htm (854 words)

	Roller Coasters: Manufacturers: Vekoma
		Vekoma was founded in 1926, although they did not enter the amusement industry until 1967 when they produced their first Giant Wheel.
		Vekoma has for many years come up with new innovations in amusement rides.
		There are two very common production model Vekoma rides which appear at many parks; the Boomerang, and the SLC (or Suspended Looping Coaster).
	www.bannister.org /coasters/manuf/vekoma.htm (170 words)

	Fluent NEWS - Fall 2003 - Putting the Pressure on Roller Coaster Riders
		Vekoma Rides Manufacturing BV is a market leader in the global amusement industry in the design and manufacture of family coasters, thrill coasters, and family attractions.
		Vekoma’s latest developments, the LSM coaster, the Flying Dutchman, the Giant Inverted Boomerang, the Suspended Family Coaster, and the Tilt Coaster, are driving the roller coaster industry of the future by setting new standards for quality and innovation.
		At Vekoma, CFD simulations using FLUENT have generated a new understanding of the behavior of their roller coasters and have given the designers new inspiration to develop even more exciting rides in the future.
	www.fluent.com /about/news/newsletters/03v12i2_fall/a11.htm (586 words)

	Coaster Kingdom - Robin Hood, Walibi World
		Vekoma's first ride was a Giant Wheel, four more have been made since, but they are most famed for their coasters, in particular the equally cursed and blessed Boomerang coaster, which made many parks’ dreams of a multi looping coaster reality.
		However, whilst one of their newest rides this year is certainly an innovation for Vekoma themselves, the wooden coaster is certainly not a new concept.
		Vekoma have a reputation of building rough steel coasters, so it would always have been interesting to see just how well their first attempt at a wooden coaster would be pulled off.
	www.s104638357.websitehome.co.uk /html/robinhood_main.htm (1401 words)

	Untitled Document
		Vekoma Rides Manufacturing has its own experienced Research and Development and Creative Concept groups to assist our esteemed clients in realizing their future projects in the best possible way to meet both their creative and budgetary goals.
		Vekoma also has a wide variety of train systems, ranging from a sit down position to a complete flying experience and all the in between solutions in many different configurations and sizes.
		Vekoma Rides Manufacturing has a prominent team of experienced in-house engineers to assist all disciplines within the organization as well as our clients in realizing our customer's future projects and assist them with existing projects.
	www.vekoma.com /about/concept.htm (412 words)

	coaster-world.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is a standard Vekoma Boomerang ride, and being quite new, is actually OK. The first drops on these rides are always fun, and surprisingly fast, but the roughness, as always, lets it down.
		Vekoma generally make very rough steel rides, but there wooden ones are much better, it would seem.
		This is a Vekoma launched ride, and it is essentially identical to the Rock n' Roller coasters at the Disney parks in Orlando and Paris, with the exception of being outside.
	www.coaster-world.com /walibiworld.shtml (1208 words)

	May 3rd
		There are a couple of points of discussion when it comes to Vekoma and their coasters that I will touch on this week.
		Vekoma has more recently added a third coaster that could become a semi-standard at parks around the country.
		Summarizing, Vekoma has found their spot, regardless of any financial problems that may or may not have arisen recently.
	www.rollercoasterworld.com /ViewFromBack/may_3rd.htm (2046 words)

	Coastersandmore.com - Roller coaster magazine: World premiere of Vekoma's Booster Bike at Toverland
		Vekoma Rides Manufacturing's version is the result of more than two years of conceptional and engineering efforts.
		In contrast to the new development at Intamin, Vekoma Rides Manufacturing uses the drive system from their parent company Huisman-Itrec that has been proven and tested for offshore applications for over 15 years: "Those are the same engines we use on our vessels and offshore cranes.
		A hefty hitch seizes the train, and less than three seconds later the 16 motorbikes climb towards the sky to float along a vast arc over the first hill.
	www.coastersandmore.de /rides/boosterbike/boosterbike_e.shtml (1349 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The general public LOVES vekoma SLC's and there will be many people who will come to the park several times over to ride the ride.
		I think it may be a little more disappointing going to Magic Springs because they started up again with big investments and they seem to have been making some very impressive expansions but the expansions they made were on tight budgets and this one is on a budget as well.
		I thought that vekoma went out of buisness partly because of the slow loading times of their flying dutchman coasters.
	www.coasterbuzz.com /2003-154-372391.htm (388 words)

	Do you think some parks are overrating their coaster inversions?
		I was doing research on the Vekoma flying dutchmen this morning before work and it has me baffled.
		Here is Vekoma's reply to their flying dutchmen inversions:
		I don't get it, but whatever Vekoma says is what they say their inversions are.
	www.ultimaterollercoaster.com /forums/cgi/forum1.cgi?read=158387 (940 words)

	Vekoma to make SLCs... rideable?
		Looks great to me. Should be fun to see how the progress with this and how many of the SLC's that they eventually get it on.
		I'm sure the years of complaining from enthusiasts may have been a factor that motivated Vekoma to engineer a new restraint.
		From the looks of it I could almost imagine that it would be possible to do away the over-the-shoulder part and just making it a lap bar/waist restraint.
	www.ultimaterollercoaster.com /forums/cgi/forum1.cgi?read=187837 (359 words)

	Rollercoasters by Vekoma by the Netherlands Easter Egg : Rollercoaster Tycoon Reference
		Rollercoasters by Vekoma by the Netherlands Easter Egg : Rollercoaster Tycoon Reference
		Rollercoasters by Vekoma by the Netherlands may have Slip-Ups on our companion site Slipups.com.
		This is going to be hard to reproduce for most of you, but I am a rollercoaster operator for the small coaster Vapor Trail (a steel coaster at Sesame Place) and discovered this during a ride breakdown.
	www.eeggs.com /items/40317.html (259 words)

	Vekoma \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Vekoma is a roller coaster and thrill ride designer with its facilities based in the Netherlands.
		The company has engineered rides ranging from massive steel roller coasters to water rides to family-friendly attractions.
		The only wild mouse type roller coaster Vekoma has ever built is now at Idlewild Park.
	www.babylon.com /definition/Vekoma (67 words)

	YouTube - Vekoma SLC G-Force Testing
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		I have just made a new Compacted Vekoma SLC Coa...
		I have just made a new Compacted Vekoma SLC Coaster.
	youtube.com /watch?v=SNcWeLh1Y8Q (281 words)

	Six Flags Ohio
		That would ruin the Raging Wolf Bobs and there would be no reason left to ride it.
		The Mind Eraser is a very standard Vekoma boomerang with a very standard Vekoma name.
		Serial Thriller is a Vekoma "suspended looping coaster." It is similar to other Vekoma SLCs, only it is taller, longer, and has an extra 2-inversion in-line twist.
	home.comcast.net /~pontiac_2003/coasters/6Ohio/SFO.html (597 words)

	CoasterGallery.com -- Roller Coaster Manufacturers
		Dutch-based Caripro was sold to Vekoma in February 2002.
		They went out of business when Vekoma did.
		Based in Wichita, Kansas, they are the largest manufacturer of amusement rides in the United States.
	www.coastergallery.com /Manu.html (2286 words)

	Panorama nouveautés Montagnes russes 2005
		Dossiers techniques et centre de documentation sur les parcs d'attractions
		- La nouveauté de Plopsa Indoor Hasselt (BE) sera un Junior Coaster Zierer, et non pas Vekoma.
		- Le Boomerang Vekoma de Power Park (Finlande) a ouvert sous le nom de "Cobra"
	www.parkfunworld.be /newcoasters/2005.htm (205 words)

	Roller Coasters: Manufacturers: Vekoma (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vekoma was founded in 1926, although they did not enter the amusement industry until 1967 when they produced their first Giant Wheel.
		Vekoma has for many years come up with new innovations in amusement rides.
		There are two very common production model Vekoma rides which appear at many parks; the Boomerang, and the SLC (or Suspended Looping Coaster).
	bannister.org /coasters/manuf/vekoma.htm (150 words)

	Vekoma has a 10 inversion coaster! - COASTER-net.com Forums
		I was looking on Vekoma's website, and it turns out, Vekoma has designed a 10 inversion coaster!; Though no park has it yet, so far only one company has actually built a coaster that has inversions that are in double digits.
		Still, most of Vekoma's coasters are rough, so if a park gets it, I'd be interested to see what it turned out to be.
		Vekoma being rough is a very overated statement.
	coaster-net.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=5766&view=getnewpost (1329 words)

	Coaster Kingdom - Xpress, Walibi World
		Disney’s long-term relationship with Vekoma just goes to show how many of their larger coasters are all about smoke and mirrors.
		Very few Vekoma coasters are anything other than average at best, yet, in the hands of the most competent themers in the world, prowess in storytelling distracts you from a coaster which is likely to be poorly paced and riddled with dead-spots.
		But like most latter Vekoma corkscrews it lacks the brutality of many of their rides, but is still clumsy and forgettable.
	www.s104638357.websitehome.co.uk /html/xpress_main.htm (1406 words)

	Jubillee Odessey - Great Adventure Source Forums
		Vekoma: Well, as you know, designing a coaster is no easy feat, it would take at least a few years (for us to get around to designing it) for it to come to fruition...
		Vekoma Employee attempts to find information on said coasters with no luck...
		Vekoma Employee Scribbles some Numbers onto a Pizza box, knocking at least 80ft of each statistic and lowering the number of inversions by one...
	www.gadv.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=5905 (711 words)

	Roller Coaster Builders
		Some time later, the firm also began servicing the petro-chemical industry and for many years Vekoma was content to stick with this lucrative but (...yawn...) decidedly unglamorous business.
		Fortunately for you and I, the local petro-chemical equipment market took a dive in the 1960s, and Vekoma was forced to rethink its mandate.
		Vekoma fabricated its first ride, a Ferris wheel dubbed the "Giant Wheel," and things took off.
	www.themeparkbrochures.net /misc/builders.html (1447 words)

	Great Nor'Easter (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One visible difference between the Vekoma SLC's (Suspended Looping Coaster) and the B&M Inverteds are in the trains.
		Vekoma's trains only seat 2 across per row while the bigger B&M's seat 4 across.
		Food For Thought: While most people compare the Vekoma SLC's to the B&M Inverteds, it is, IMHO unfair to do so.
	members.aol.com /DorneyDude/GreatNorEaster.html (229 words)

	arrow & vekoma - ThrillNetwork Boards
		I mean yeah, their older trains resembles Arrow's trains because they were "boxy." Vekoma's new trains (used on their newer sit-downs coasters and boomerangs) have a more circular front is a bit more curve-oriented.
		Vekoma now make their own trains, but back in the beginning such was not the case.
		The rcdb reports that Ninja at SF St. Louis is built by Vekoma, but the track looks exactly like Arrow corkscrew track, and the train do in fact say "Arrow" on the wheels.
	www.thrillnetwork.com /boards/showthread.php?t=9804 (613 words)

	BIRKET Central Florida Business Article
		A Vekoma Invertigo roller coaster will also be located in the new area and will be known as the Face/Off.
		Vekoma is creating Jurassic Park — The Ride, a river adventure complete with an 84-foot drop at the end, and SandS Sports will be providing Dr. Doom's Fear Fall.
		Perhaps the most ambitious of the new rides at the new park is The Adventures of Spider Man. It's the first ride to assimilate 3-D film, live-action, and a roving motion base simulator.
	www.birket.com /press/articles/99Capital.htm (2880 words)

	David's Amusement Ride Extravaganza - Wipeout
		Located in the Dreamworld themepark on the Goldcoast, the Wipeout is the only ride of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, designed and manufactured in 1995 by Vekoma, a Netherlands based company, at a total cost of over 5 million dollars.
		The ride is generically known as a Waikiki Flip by Vekoma, of which over 10 units have been manufactuered worldwide.
		Riders are held firmly in place with fully mechanised, restrictive 'over the shoulder' restraints, and the standard ride movements are fully pre-programmed for two 1.5 minute sessions (with a short safety check between).
	www.ride-extravaganza.com /rides/wipeout (232 words)

	CoasterGlobe: Articles: The History of the Inversion
		In 1981, Vekoma introduced the Boomerang coaster, and along with it the boomerang element, which is substantially different from the Arrow element of the same name.
		Vekoma now has boomerang coasters operating everywhere from Chile to Uzbekistan.
		The second was a "batwing", an element almost identical to a Vekoma boomerang, but a new element for Arrow.
	www.coasterglobe.com /features/history-inversion/index.cfm (3629 words)

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