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20 Hours On Roller Coaster

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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Read 8 comments about “20 Hours On Roller Coaster”

1. 1 - badboy says:
   July 24th, 2008 at 10:13 am

   he won a lot just by riding a roller coaster for 20 hours!!!!

2. 2 - profclyde says:
   July 24th, 2008 at 2:11 pm

   Woah! My dad’s friend did that before too. Oddly enough he never told us about it.

3. 3 - sid says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

   wow!!!!!!

4. 4 - troop 41 man says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 7:56 pm

   WOW only 1000$ !

5. 5 - lewert says:
   July 26th, 2008 at 5:54 pm

   Did
   he sleep on that roller coaster?

6. 6 - Scout 616 says:
   July 26th, 2008 at 6:08 pm

   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.

7. 7 - BlueLighteningDude says:
   July 27th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

   wow!!!

8. 8 - Anonymous says:
   July 29th, 2008 at 9:11 am

   dang just dang i woulda payed her like 10,000 cuz thats hard

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