People from all over California and beyond gathered at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on Saturday morning to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the iconic Giant Dipper roller coaster.
Hundreds lined up to ride the iconic Giant Dipper roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk Saturday morning in celebration of the ride’s 100th birthday. SANTA CRUZ — Although the main event of the birthday celebration — fireworks over the bay — wouldn’t light up the sky until 9 p.m.
Golder also mentioned that her first job was at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. She and longtime Boardwalk Spokesperson Kris Reyes spoke in a short ceremony Saturday morning before the ride officially opened. “I was probably with my dad,” said Kavuma. “I still like it. I brought my daughter here a couple of months ago and it still gives you that really good rush.”member Darren Besoyan, who grew up riding the Giant Dipper, which has been designated by the organization, also known as ACE, as an“I first rode the Giant Dipper when I was 8 years old and I have been waiting for this day for 50 years,” said Besoyan.
Construction workers building the Giant Dipper in the spring of 1924. It was built in 47 days at a cost of $50,000. Clarence Leibbrandt - in the dark outfit to the right of the second post The Sentinel was invited to be one of the first riders of the Giant Dipper Saturday morning by Vice Mayor Renee Golder, who was the park’s honorary “guest of the day.”
Riders on the Giant Dipper roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk exult in the largest downhill plunge of the ride. More than 66 million riders have ridden the coaster since it was built in 1924, and it remains the most popular ride at West Coast’s only major seaside amusement park. According to Arthur Looff, he created the Giant Dipper envisioning a giant wooden coaster that would be, in his words, a “combination earthquake, balloon ascension and aeroplane drop.
While waiting in line with friends, Santa Cruz resident Lexie Corfiatis said she can’t quite remember the first time she rode the Giant Dipper, but it was when she was a little kid.
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