Slingshot cable snaps seconds before launch [August 21, 2019] Video footage shows two men about to be launched from a slingshot ride when one of the ride’s two elastic cables snaps during peak tension at Cobra Amusement Park, Panama City Beach, Florida. Officials at Cobra Park made no comment, however Kristie Hurst, who recorded the video of her friends on the ride, said the park gave the men a refund, “but I don’t feel like anybody was really apologetic,” she stated. Investigations continue. Am

Riders left dangling after slingshot ride malfunction [December 15, 2022] Two teenage boys were left dangling in the air after a bungee slingshot ride malfunctioned at around 8:20pm, Wednesday, at the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, London, UK. Footage shows one of the slingshot cords becoming untethered, sending the two-person capsule into one of the ride’s supports. Metropolitan Police said by the time officers arrived, the boys had been lowered down and had left the scene. No injuries were re

😬🎢 Are YOU brave enough? | A new slingshot ride is now open at Sunset Walk Orlando. The Sunset Walk SlingShot stands 240 feet tall and launches riders up to 400 feet in the air! | WESH 2 News