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{{Infobox roller coaster simplified
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| name = Tony Hawk's Big Spin
| image = [[Image:Bigspin.jpg|240px]]
| caption =
| location = 1. [[Six Flags Fiesta Texas]] ''(pictured)''<br/> 2. [[Six Flags St. Louis]]<br/> 3. [[Six Flags Over Texas]]<br/> 4. [[Six Flags Discovery Kingdom]]
| type = [[Steel roller coaster|Steel]] - [[Spinning roller coaster|Spinning]]
| manufacturer = [[Gerstlauer]]
| lift = Chain [[lift hill]]
| status = Operational
| opened = 1: March 10, 2007<br/>
2: 2007<br/>
3: May 17, 2008<br/>
4: May 23, 2008
| height = '''1, 2, & 3:''' {{convert|53|ft|m|1}}
'''4:''' {{convert|49|ft|m|1}}
| drop = '''1, 2, & 3:''' {{convert|27|ft|m|1}}
'''4:''' Unknown
| length = '''1, 2, & 3:''' {{convert|1351|ft|m|1}}
'''4:''' {{convert|1302.5|ft|m|1}}
| speed = '''1, 2, & 3:''' {{convert|31|mi/h|km/h|1}}
'''4:''' {{convert|34.2|mi/h|km/h|1}}
| duration = '''1, 2, & 3:''' 1:51
'''4:''' 1:00
| restriction = {{convert|42|in|cm|1}}
}}

'''Tony Hawk's Big Spin''' is a [[Gerstlauer]] [[spinning roller coaster]] at [[Six Flags]] Theme Parks. The rides are located at [[Six Flags Fiesta Texas]] (opened March 10, 2007), [[Six Flags St. Louis]] (opened 2007), [[Six Flags Over Texas]] (opened May 17, 2008), and [[Six Flags Discovery Kingdom]] (opened May 23, 2008).

The ride has been billed as the "total Tony Hawk experience" and is designed to have the look and feel of a giant red-and-black [[skatepark]]. It offers a full "[[extreme sport]]s" experience, with monitors in the queue lines displaying highlights of the history of action sports and a large spinning [[Tony Hawk]] figure crowning the ride, as well as ''Tony Hawk's Big Spin'' merchandise available at the ride exit. The original 2 rides at [[Six Flags Fiesta Texas|Fiesta Texas]] and [[Six Flags St. Louis|St. Louis]] as well as the ride at [[Six Flags Over Texas]] are exact clones with heights of {{convert|53|ft|m|abbr=on}} and speeds of {{convert|31|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. Discovery Kingdom's ride is a smaller, more compact model that is approximately {{convert|40|ft|m}} shorter in length, stands {{convert|49|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall, and travels at {{convert|34.2|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}; it replaced [[Zonga]], which stood at the location until 2006.

The ride is named after the skateboarding trick of the same name, which is a body varial with the skateboard rotating fully once, or 360 degrees.

[[Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom HuckJam]] toured through several Six Flags parks in 2006 and 2007.

== Auxiliary equipment ==
Because of the unusual car design, traditional track-mounted cameras cannot be used with ''Tony Hawk's Big Spin''. The latest installation, at [[Six Flags Discovery Kingdom|Discovery Kingdom]], <!--and others?--> instead uses a wireless video system permanently affixed to each car. Six Flags contracted with CDR!de, a coaster memorabilia company, to install and maintain the system. However, due to company internal problems, the video ride contract was canceled and will no longer be available.

{|{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Location
! Open
! Operating
|-
| Six Flags Fiesta Texas
| 2007
| '''Yes'''
|-
| Six Flags St. Louis
| 2007
| '''Yes'''
|-
| Six Flags Over Texas
| 2008
| '''Yes'''
|-
| Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
| 2008
| '''Yes'''
|}

== Fan Reviews ==
Out of 100 fan reviews of the "Tony Hawk's Big Spin" it's an average excitement score of 6/10.

== External links ==
*[http://www.sixflags.com/fiestaTexas/rides/TonyHawksBigSpin.aspx Official Six Flags Fiesta Texas website]
*[http://www.sixflags.com/stLouis/rides/TonyHawkBigSpin.aspx Official Six Flags St. Louis website]
*[http://www.sixflags.com/overTexas/rides/TonyHawksBigSpin.aspx Official Six Flags Over Texas website]
*[http://www.sixflags.com/discoveryKingdom/rides/TonyHawksBigSpin.aspx Official Six Flags Discovery Kingdom website]
*[http://www.tonyhawk.com/ Official Tony Hawk website]

{{Six Flags St. Louis rides}}
{{Six Flags Fiesta Texas rides}}
{{Six Flags Over Texas rides}}
{{Six Flags Discovery Kingdom rides}}

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[[Category:Six Flags roller coasters]]
[[Category:Steel roller coasters]]
[[Category:Roller coasters that opened in 2007]]
[[Category:Roller coasters that opened in 2008]]
[[Category:Spinning roller coasters]]
[[Category:Roller coasters in Texas]]
[[Category:Roller coasters in California]]
[[Category:Roller coasters in Missouri]]
[[Category:Skateboarding]]

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