Makes me think of some dumb stuff we did, rode on the step of the Scrambler tub sometimes from the back to the front, it jerked one time and I hit the ground, never did that again.
Guys used to get hang time on the Casino/Trabant usually when it was switching from forwards to backwards.
Guys on the Skywheel would ride the outside of the tubs sometimes, mainly on the bottom wheel to get to the center axle.
Tell you an interesting story on Strates, was working a long range for a pair of brothers I had met a few years before. Well one of them gave me an orange Strates hat, which seemed to draw a lot of attention and some angry looks. Now I wasn't told and didn't know right away that those were "management" hats. Well, a guy that worked the Sky Ride later advised of this and I took it off out of respect and of course that I wasn't management.