Halfpipe Canyon

Halfpipe Canyon

Status	Discontinued
Introduced	1996
Discontinued	2009
Number built	3
First built	Halfpipe Canyon (Tokyo Joypolis)
Last built	Halfpipe Canyon (Sega Republic)
Statistics
Riders per train	2
Capacity	8 or 4
Height	26.4 feet
Top speed	36 mph
Duration	2 minutes
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Halfpipe Canyon is a ride product from Sega. This pendulum-based ride combined with a game pits two guests as they "snowboard" up and down a halfpipe to gain as many points as possible as part of the minigame element of the ride, with the players gaining the most points winning the game.

History

The ride was developed by a team at Sega led by Hiroshi Uemura.

Completed attractions

Halfpipe Canyon debuted with Tokyo Joypolis in July 1996.

On April 29, 1998, A second installation was an opening-day attraction at the Sugai Dinos Obihiro game center in Obihiro, Hokkaido. This version was half the size of the original, only allowing for four players to ride. It is not known how long it spent at the venue but by 2005, it had been relocated by Sega to their Player's Arena game center in Shanghai.

In 2009, a third installation was built for Sega Republic in Dubai. This too was a four-player version. After Sega Republic closed at the beginning of June 2017, it's whereabouts are currently unknown.

Name	Owner	Country	Opened	Status
Halfpipe Canyon	Player's Arena Sugai Dinos Obihiro	China Japan Japan	December 24, 2005 1998	closed 2011 closed unknown
Halfpipe Canyon	Sega Republic	UAE	August 21, 2009	June 1, 2017
Halfpipe Tokyo Formerly Halfpipe Canyon	Tokyo Joypolis	Japan	July 12, 1996	operating