Custom Coasters International

Template:Short description {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Custom Coasters International (CCI) was one of the premier wooden roller coaster manufacturers in the world and produced 34 wooden coasters in eleven years — more than any other company in recent times.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was located in West Chester, Ohio.<ref name="rcdb"/>

History

Custom Coasters Incorporated opened its doors on September 1, 1991. The company was founded by Denise Dinn-Larrick, the daughter of coaster designer Charles Dinn — founder of the Dinn Corporation, her brother Jeff Dinn and her husband Randy Larrick.<ref name=RC122>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The original designers for the company included freelance design engineers Mike Boodley and Bill Kelley of California. Larry Bill, formerly with Curtis D. Summers & Associates joined the design team in 1992.<ref name=RC122/> Initially the company promoted small, affordable, family coasters but eventually progressed to larger models known for their speed and intensity. Once the company started working with international clients the name was changed in November 1994 to Custom Coasters International.<ref name=RC122/>

CCI filed for bankruptcy in 2002 while still building the New Mexico Rattler at Cliff's Amusement Park. Cliff's was left with a partially completed coaster and quickly hired the construction crew and completed the ride themselves. No attempt was made to reorganize the company and Denise Dinn, who by then had been divorced from Randy Larrick, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy which resulted in liquidation of the company's assets.<ref name=RC122/> Denise Dinn was hired by S&S Power to start a new wooden coaster division for that company. Four coasters were produced before that division was closed.<ref name=RC122/> Four of the designers for CCI (Larry Bill, Chad Miller, Korey Kiepert, and Michael Graham) founded The Gravity Group in 2002.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other coaster designers Bill Kelley, Dennis McNulty and Mike Boodley left CCI years before the company went bankrupt. Mike Boodley started Great Coasters International in 1994, Dennis McNulty returned to civil engineering in 1999 and Bill Kelley currently works for Dynamic Designs, Inc.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of roller coasters

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CCI's Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce

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CCI's Boss at Six Flags St. Louis

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CCI's Shivering Timbers at Michigan's Adventure

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CCI's Hurricane at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion

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CCI's Tremors at Silverwood

Over the span of 11 years, Custom Coasters International had built 34 roller coasters around the world.<ref name="rcdb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 2019, 29 continue to operate, one is closed, two have been demolished, and two have been converted to steel roller coasters (Medusa to Medusa Steel Coaster and Twisted Twins to Wind Chaser) by Rocky Mountain Construction.

The roller coasters in the following table are listed in order of installation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Name	Model	Park	Country	Opened	Status	Ref
Kingdom Coaster Formerly Sky Princess	Wood Support Structure	Dutch Wonderland	Template:Flagicon United States	1992	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Outlaw	Wood Support Structure	Adventureland	Template:Flagicon United States	1993	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Hoosier Hurricane	Steel Support Structure	Indiana Beach	Template:Flagicon United States	1994	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Zach's Zoomer	Wood Support Structure	Michigan's Adventure	Template:Flagicon United States	1994	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Cyclops	Wood Support Structure	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	Template:Flagicon United States	1995	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Cannonball Run	Wood Support Structure	Waterville USA	Template:Flagicon United States	1995	Template:No	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
The Raven	Wood Support Structure	Holiday World	Template:Flagicon United States	1995	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Timber Terror Formerly Grizzly	Wood Support Structure	Silverwood Theme Park	Template:Flagicon United States	1996	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
The Underground	Wood Support Structure	Adventureland	Template:Flagicon United States	1996	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Pegasus	Wood Support Structure	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	Template:Flagicon United States	1996	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
The Great White	Steel Support Structure	Morey's Piers	Template:Flagicon United States	1996	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Megafobia	Wood Support Structure	Oakwood Theme Park	Template:Flagicon United Kingdom	1996	Template:No	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Tonnerre 2 Zeus Formerly Tonnerre de Zeus	Wood Support Structure	Parc Astérix	Template:Flagicon France	1997	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Stampida	Wood Support Structure	PortAventura Park	Template:Flagicon Spain	1997	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Tomahawk	Wood Support Structure	PortAventura Park	Template:Flagicon Spain	1997	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Zeus	Wood Support Structure	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	Template:Flagicon United States	1997	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Shivering Timbers	Wood Support Structure	Michigan's Adventure	Template:Flagicon United States	1998	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Rampage	Wood Support Structure	Alabama Splash Adventure	Template:Flagicon United States	1998	Template:No	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Excalibur	Wood Support Structure	Funtown Splashtown USA	Template:Flagicon United States	1998	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Twisted Twins Formerly Twisted Sisters	Steel Support Structure	Kentucky Kingdom	Template:Flagicon United States	1998	Template:No Now known as Wind Chaser	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
GhostRider	Wood Support Structure	Knott's Berry Farm	Template:Flagicon United States	1998	Template:No	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Silver Comet	Steel Support Structure	Niagara Amusement Park & Splash World	Template:Flagicon United States	1999	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Tremors	Wood Support Structure	Silverwood Theme Park	Template:Flagicon United States	1999	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
The Boss	Wood Support Structure	Six Flags St. Louis	Template:Flagicon United States	2000	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Villain	Steel Support Structure	Geauga Lake	Template:Flagicon United States	2000	Template:No	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
The Legend	Wood Support Structure	Holiday World	Template:Flagicon United States	2000	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Hurricane	Steel Support Structure	Myrtle Beach Pavilion	Template:Flagicon United States	2000	Template:No	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Mega Zeph	Steel Support Structure	Six Flags New Orleans	Template:Flagicon United States	2000	Template:No	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Boulder Dash	Wood Support Structure	Lake Compounce	Template:Flagicon United States	2000	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Medusa	Wood Support Structure	Six Flags Mexico	Template:Flagicon Mexico	2000	Template:No Now known as Medusa Steel Coaster	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Cornball Express	Steel Support Structure	Indiana Beach	Template:Flagicon United States	2001	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Cheetah	Steel Support Structure	Wild Adventures	Template:Flagicon United States	2001	Template:No	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain	Steel Support Structure	Indiana Beach	Template:Flagicon United States	2002	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>
New Mexico Rattler	Steel Support Structure	Cliff's Amusement Park	Template:Flagicon United States	2002	Template:Yes	<ref>Template:Cite RCDB</ref>

External links

• The Gravity Group
• S&S Sansei