Sik (roller coaster)

Sik
Sik
	Sik, Flamingo Land, 2022
Flamingo Land Resort
Location	Flamingo Land Resort
Status	Operating
Opening date	2 July 2022
Cost	£18 million
General statistics
Type	Steel
Manufacturer	Intamin
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	2nd Generation Multi Inversion Coaster
Track layout	Intamin Tri Track
Lift/launch system	Cable lift hill
Height	108.3 ft (33.0 m)
Length	2,870.8 ft (875.0 m)
Speed	52.9 mph (85.1 km/h)
Inversions	10
Duration	1:05
G-force	3
Trains	Single train with 6 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.
Restraints	Lap bar
	Sik at RCDB

Sik is a steel roller coaster at Flamingo Land in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. It opened to the public on 2 July 2022.[1]

History and design

Flamingo Land submitted a planning application for a 10-inversion rollercoaster in June 2019.[2] The ride is repurposed but previously unused, having been held in storage for several years after it was originally ordered by Brazilian theme park Hopi Hari in 2011. It opened to the public on 2 July 2022.

It is an example of a second-generation Multi Inversion Coaster from manufacturers Intamin.[3]Colossus at Thorpe Park is of a similar, but first-generation design. The later generation model features a more aggressively profiled first drop and trains that have lap-bar restraints. Trains also enter the final run of heartline rolls at considerably increased speed in comparison to the first-generation models.

Along with Colossus at Thorpe Park Resort, Sik holds the second-highest number of inversions (10) of any British rollercoaster, behind Alton Towers's Smiler with 14.

Testing

By late May 2022, the ride was testing without passengers.[4] During early passenger-less testing in June 2022, water dummies fell from the train during the final run of heartline rolls.[5] By mid-June it was testing with Flamingo Land staff.

Name and partnership

Sik takes its name from the Scarborough-based fashion brand SikSilk, with whom Flamingo Land entered into a partnership in 2022.[6]

Elements and inversions

No.	Inversion
1	Vertical Loop
2	Cobra Roll
3	Cobra Roll
4	Corkscrew
5	Corkscrew
6	Heartline Roll
7	Heartline Roll
8	Heartline Roll
9	Heartline Roll
10	Heartline Roll

References

"New roller coaster Sik opening at Flamingo Land on 2bd July". ThemeParks-UK. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
Flamingo Land: ‘Inversion’ rollercoaster plans emerge. RideRater. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
Multi Inversion Coaster. Intamin. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
Flamingo Land shares footage of new ‘Sik’ roller coaster test run. Blooloop. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
Shocking moment test dummy falls from new Flamingo Land roller-coaster during loop. GrimsbyLive. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
Flamingo Land: Watch video showing new rollercoaster called 'Sik'. The Yorkshire Post. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

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[1] "New roller coaster Sik opening at Flamingo Land on 2bd July". ThemeParks-UK. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[2] Flamingo Land: ‘Inversion’ rollercoaster plans emerge. RideRater. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[3] Multi Inversion Coaster. Intamin. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[4] Flamingo Land shares footage of new ‘Sik’ roller coaster test run. Blooloop. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[5] Shocking moment test dummy falls from new Flamingo Land roller-coaster during loop. GrimsbyLive. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[6] Flamingo Land: Watch video showing new rollercoaster called 'Sik'. The Yorkshire Post. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.