Got my first 8 stitches from playing on one of these. Lost my balance sitting on the bar, flipped over, and smacked my head into the base platform. Still have the scar.

I loved these so much as a kid. Genuinely one of the most fun things to do

I always wonder what ever happened to the kid launched by the motor scooter speeding this up to max speed in this early internet gif.

If anyone knows of one that still exists in Ohio please let me know. Hell, I’d travel to PA, WV, or Kentucky to play on one (Indiana can kiss my shiney metal ass)

I’m not a warrior, I’ve just lost the memory of what happened last time, and all the numbers after 8 and the word for those flapping flying things that sit on power lines. People keep talking about Traumatic Brain Injury. I think that’s my favourite punk band?

We never had these when I grew up, but we did have these:

These are also a classic, there was always a rumor that one of the bigger kids managed to swing around the top, yet never any proof… There was also a variant that had a single attachment point at the top and could swing in all directions:

The version we have over here, has a static disk in the center that allows you to keep accelerating while you are on it.
Sadly they tend to be built in sandpits causing them to seize up earlier that they should.

The little ones were worse in my experience. They tended to turn better on the axles and with couple guys spinning on the outside you could really get them going, then have the people riding move to the inside and it blue-shifts.

They’re like most of us. Always only misused or neglected.

You’d think the bigger ones would be worse than the small ones, but you’d be wrong. 🤮