The Coaster101 Podcast: Inside Rip Roarin’ Falls at Carowinds with Whitewater Engineer David Chesney

Last week, we attended the announcement for Carowinds‘ new-for-2027 record-breaking water attraction, Rip Roarin’ Falls. Like at many media events, there was the opportunity to interview people from the park and the manufacturer during the Carowinds announcement, but to be cognizant of everyone’s time – including the interviewees and others who might have questions of their own – sometimes you need to keep those interviews brief – admittedly, not ideal for a podcast.

Fortunately, after chatting for a few minutes with David Chesney, who is a water ride engineer for Whitewater, the manufacturer of Rip Roarin’ Falls, I knew that we needed a longer conversation – and just a week later, here we are.

David takes us through his career in the industry, Whitewater’s reimagining of the classic log flume, and everything else – even beyond the three World Records –  that’s going to make Rip Roarin’ Falls an amazing addition for Carowinds. (For the coaster nerds out there, there’s even a little conversation about one of David’s first-ever coaster projects – a backyard coaster he build in his late teens!)

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