Hello fellow Coaster and Park lovers,
I am John from Santa Cruz, CA, USA. I live within walking distance from The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (Celebrating it's 100th Birthday in 2007 BTW) and home of the venerable Giant Dipper wooden Coaster.
My coaster obsession began at a very young age, as my grandmother would push me in my stroller in Long Beach, CA, where I was born, around and under the Long Beach Cyclone Racer at the old defunct amusement park called the Pike. I remember the strange smells, sounds and sites of that place well. At still quite a young age, my parents moved us to Santa Cruz CA, which also had a beachside wooden rollercoaster. I naturally thought that all cities had their own wooden coasters, and was disappointed later to find out that most of those have been destroyed.
As you can guess by my mention of the awesome Cyclone Racer, I am 45 years old and have ridden on over 250 coasters. I have been on 3 coaster trips now 1) from San Jose to Montreal Canada, hitting 63 coasters in 17 days 2) from Orlando to Agawam MA, hitting about 20 coasters and 3) Blackpool, England, hitting 6 coasters there, had to miss a few there since I was a starving student and their coasters were expensive in 1989
I found this site when I googled Tatsu Media Day Camp Out... I was supposed to be there, but here I am sitting at home in front of my computer BUMMED TO THE MAX TO HAVE MISSED IT!
After being on the list and looking forward to the SFMM Camp Out Event for TATSU for months now, I started feeling a bit poorly on Sunday night. No problem, I thought, just take it easy and I will be better in time for the trip. But NOOOO, it turns out I have Bronchitis and a really bad flu virus. I hope those in attendance had a blast and I guess I will catch it on the next ACE event day this summer. If you went, let me know how it was!
Also read something about something going on in Long Beach this year. Are they building a coaster? There has been that rumour for a while now, hope it comes true someday.
Happy COASTERING!
