A high school teacher spent 20 hours on the Avatar Airbender at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., to win the Ride the Tide Challenge. Jim Salava, 40, was the last rider among 10 who started the competition.
The challengers boarded the ride at 6:30 a.m. on Monday. Breaks were taken for meals and to use the bathroom, but contestants remained on the ride at all other times. The Airbender averages 43 miles per hour, and it reaches heights of 70 feet.
Salava’s last opponent quit at 2:35 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Among Salava’s winnings were a family cruise and $1,000 spending cash.
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dang just dang i woulda payed her like 10,000 cuz thats hard
wow!!!
Wow, I am amazed. I would totally do that to get that money it must seem weird because of the fact that the roller coaster was based on the hit show.
Did
he sleep on that roller coaster?
WOW only 1000$ !
wow!!!!!!
Woah! My dad’s friend did that before too. Oddly enough he never told us about it.
he won a lot just by riding a roller coaster for 20 hours!!!!