Side Friction: Roller Coasters and the Parks They Live In

Episode 145 - Six Flags Over North Ohio

Side Friction - Episode 145 - "Six Flags Over North Ohio" October 10th, 2026 Bob, Greg, and Ryan the Ride Mechanic are back after a couple of weeks. Bob starts out th

Episode 144 - High Noon at The Potato Patch

Side Friction - Episode 144 - "High Noon at The Potato Patch" September 19th, 2026 Bob, Greg, and Ryan the Ride Mechanic talk about impending doom and a few news stor

Episode 143 - Ground Breaking

Side Friction - Episode 143 - "Ground Breaking" September 12th, 2026 Bob, Greg, and Ryan the Ride Mechanic are back after a week off to catch you up on the news inclu

Episode 142 - Theme Park No. 1

Side Friction - Episode 142 - "Theme Park No. 1" August 29th, 2026 Bob, Greg, Ryan the Ride Mechanic and Steph remember Dolly Parton who we unfortunately lost this we

Episode 141 - Yeti, Set, Go!

Side Friction - Episode 141 - "Yeti, Set, Go!" August 22nd, 2026 Bob, Greg, Ryan the Ride Mechanic and Steph have tons of news to address in a way that probably only

Episode 140 - Tilt-ulator

Side Friction - Episode 140 - "Tilt-ulator" August 15th, 2026 Bob, Greg, and Ryan the Ride Mechanic discuss the out of nowhere news and then move on to the smaller st

Episode 139 - You owe me a buck...

Side Friction - Episode 139 - "You owe me a buck..." August 8th, 2026 Bob, Greg, and Ryan the Ride Mechanic discuss Bob's car drama and his trip and then get into the

Episode 138 - Billy Bob's Fat Ones

Side Friction - Episode 138 - "Billy Bob's Fat Ones" July 25th, 2026 Bob, Ryan the Ride Mechanic and Steph go way off the rails like they were Big Dipper at Blackpool

Episode 137 - Asphalt Revenge

Side Friction - Episode 137 - "Asphalt Revenge" July 18th, 2026 This week we mourn the loss of Dick Knoebel who passed away at the age of 87. He was an industry later

Episode 136 - Orange is the New Brown

Side Friction - Episode 136 - "Orange is the New Brown" July 11th, 2026 Bob, Greg, and Ryan the Ride Mechanic have a wide range of smaller stories that spark a lot of

Episode 135 - Copy, Paste, Ride

Side Friction - Episode 135 - "Copy, Paste, Ride" July 4th, 2026 Bob, Greg, and Ryan the Ride Mechanic talk about the latest industry news, tracking executives betwee

Episode 134 - Gargantuan Vertical Waterfall

Side Friction - Episode 134 - "Gargantuan Vertical Waterfall" June 27th, 2026 Bob, Ryan the Ride Mechanic and Steph talk about some disappointing news, weird news, an

Episode 133 - Get Stuck, Have Fun, Don't Die

Side Friction - Episode 133 - "Get Stuck, Have Fun, Don't Die" June 20th, 2026 Bob, Greg, Ryan the Ride Mechanic have a fun collection of news stories along with more

Episode 132 - The Don

Side Friction - Episode 132 - "The Don" June 13th, 2026 Bob, Ryan the Ride Mechanic and Steph know it's not winter because it's hot outside but with all the announcem

Episode 131 - Rescue 1-0-0

Side Friction - Episode 131 - "Rescue 1-0-0" June 6th, 2026 Bob and Greg present a shorter show but one with some interesting (and some unexpected) stories. Everyon

Episode 130 - Round Rage

Side Friction - Episode 130 - "Round Rage" May 30th, 2026 Bob, Greg, and Ryan the Ride Mechanic start with the expected chicken nugget story, well, after a rabbit tra

Episode 129 - Cheaper than a Ballroom

Side Friction - Episode 129 - "Cheaper than a Ballroom" May 23rd, 2026 Bob and Ryan the Ride Mechanic have a lot of fun and entertaining conversations about the recen

Episode 128 - Ultra Plywood Canyon

Side Friction - Episode 128 - "Ultra Plywood Canyon" May 16th, 2026 Bob, Greg, and Ryan the Ride Mechanic are back to talk about a selection of dumb park moves, Six F

Episode 127 - Gone Wild

Side Friction - Episode 127 - "Gone Wild" May 2nd, 2026 Bob, Greg and Steph keep rabbit trails to a minimum this week but that's only because a lot of the stories in

Episode 126 - Balls

Side Friction - Episode 126 - "Balls" April 25th, 2026 Bob, Greg, Ryan the Ride Mechanic and Steph talk about..... everything? While touching upon huge park rumors an