A German extreme sportsman Dirk Auer has performed a dangerous stunt at the Trips Drill theme park in Stuttgart and set a new world record for racing down 860-metre roller coaster at speeds 56-mph in 60-second ONLY.

Wearing specially designed in-line skates, the German made the attempt on the Mammoth roller coaster at the Trips Drill theme park in Stuttgart.

The 36-year-old admitted he had placed his life at risk by performing the daredevil stunt.

‘This was a very dangerous stunt because there were so many factors to consider,’ he said.

‘The roller caster is wooden and so unlike rides made from iron and steel there was always a chance of the odd nail or screw that would not be entirely flat.

‘If the skates were to catch a stray nail then I could have fallen and I would almost certainly have died.’

Spending two months planning the outrageous stunt, Mr Auer also designed and made the monster skates, which took him a total of 110 hours’ work.

But he said there was no room for error and he used 16 rolls on each shoe.

‘When I reached the first drop I was 30 metres high and this allowed me to reach speeds of 90kmh on descent.,’ he said of Saturday’s stunt.

What I can say about him is, he is too brave. If I were him, I think you will see an object that look like me walking down from the roller coaster without a soul because my heart has left my body when I slide down from the top of roller coaster…

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