Wild rides in Altamonte Springs during Red Bull competition

September 27, 2025 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment

Members of Florideah Swamp Fest team from Orlando, Fla., ride past the judges table while competing in the Red Bull Tandem Rollercoaster event at Cranes Roost Park, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Thirty teams, chosen from more than 300 applications, competed on custom, rollercoaster-themed tandem bicycles across a 300-foot obstacle course over water with drops as high as six feet. Teams were judged on creativity, showmanship and distance. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for the Orlando Sentinel)

Members of GWagon team from Orlando, Fla., fall into the lake while competing in the Red Bull Tandem Rollercoaster event at Cranes Roost Park, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Thirty teams, chosen from more than 300 applications, competed on custom, rollercoaster-themed tandem bicycles across a 300-foot obstacle course over water with drops as high as six feet. Teams were judged on creativity, showmanship and distance. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for the Orlando Sentinel)

Spectators react as a team competes in the Red Bull Tandem Rollercoaster event at Cranes Roost Park, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Thirty teams, chosen from more than 300 applications, competed on custom, rollercoaster-themed tandem bicycles across a 300-foot obstacle course over water with drops as high as six feet. Teams were judged on creativity, showmanship and distance. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for the Orlando Sentinel)

Members of the Born to Thrive Coaster team from Orlando, Fla., crash, while competing in the Red Bull Tandem Rollercoaster event at Cranes Roost Park, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Thirty teams, chosen from more than 300 applications, competed on custom, rollercoaster-themed tandem bicycles across a 300-foot obstacle course over water with drops as high as six feet. Teams were judged on creativity, showmanship and distance. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for the Orlando Sentinel)

Members of Indymegasaurus team from Oveido, Fla., fall into the lake while competing in the Red Bull Tandem Rollercoaster event at Cranes Roost Park, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Thirty teams, chosen from more than 300 applications, competed on custom, rollercoaster-themed tandem bicycles across a 300-foot obstacle course over water with drops as high as six feet. Teams were judged on creativity, showmanship and distance. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for the Orlando Sentinel)

The Mad Bikers team crashes while competing in the Red Bull Tandem Rollercoaster event at Cranes Roost Park, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Thirty teams, chosen from more than 300 applications, competed on custom, rollercoaster-themed tandem bicycles across a 300-foot obstacle course over water with drops as high as six feet. Teams were judged on creativity, showmanship and distance. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for the Orlando Sentinel)

Members of GWagon team from Orlando fall into the lake while competing in the Red Bull Tandem Rollercoaster event at Cranes Roost Park on Saturday in Altamonte Springs. Thirty teams, chosen from more than 300 applications, competed on custom, rollercoaster-themed tandem bicycles across a 300-foot obstacle course over water with drops as high as six feet. Teams were judged on creativity, showmanship and distance. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for the Orlando Sentinel)

Celebrity judges Dwight Howard, left, Meagan Ethell, center, and Zack Fairhurst show their scores for a team competing in the Red Bull Tandem Rollercoaster event at Cranes Roost Park, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Thirty teams, chosen from more than 300 applications, competed on custom, rollercoaster-themed tandem bicycles across a 300-foot obstacle course over water with drops as high as six feet. Teams were judged on creativity, showmanship and distance. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for the Orlando Sentinel)

Orlando-based professional wakeboarder and Red Bull athlete Guenther Oka, left, stands with public officials, from left, Seminole County Comissioner Jay Zembower, Altamonte Springs Mayor Pat Bates, Jason Siegel, president and CEO of the Greater Orlando Sports Commission, and Guilherme “Gui” Cunha, Seminole County’s director of economic development and tourism gather during a press event for Red Bull Tandem Rollercoaster at Cranes Roost Park in Altamone Springs on Aug. 6, 2025. (Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentinel)