【4K60P】2002 Son of Beast at Kings Island / キングスアイランド サン・オブ・ビースト 

"Image quality is low" No it is not. It is the highest quality video of Son Of Beast I have ever seen. Nice job dude

Guy: Literally time travels with a modern camera to ride an old ride. Also guy: “Sorry for the image quality.”

When your POV from 2002 is better than about 90% of the POVs in 2020 because it’s actually train mounted

I thought such clear footage of this ride just didn't exist with the loop. I was wrong. Thank you.

The thing about son of beast, it was massive. When you rode it, you realized you had zero control over your life. It was just insane that a coaster like this existed. Did it destroy itself due to poor construction? Yes. Did it thrill people who didn’t realize what they had? Yes!!!

This is the highest-quality POV video I’ve seen from before the 2010s

I was 6 years old and marathoning this coaster. I remember my sister told me that the loop was from a different ride and they built around it. I remember getting on top of the first hill, over 200 feet in the air, and freaking out because I saw it was a part of this ride. That's how I went on my first coaster inversion and got rid of my fear of inversions To this day I say it's the best ride I've ever been on. Over 200 coaster credits and nothing will top this. I was 14 when it was finally shut down, only 10 years old when it gave its last ride. Looking at POV videos like this make me confused. The experience I remember was so much better. The track layout is boring and repetitive, but to the young kid in me it was amazing. Regardless, in my books there is nothing that will ever beat this coaster

This POV looks so smooth for a ride so rough

This thing looks almost ethereally huge - like you're enveloped in an endless labyrinth of wooden support structure. Totally unlike anything that's been built since.

Those non-airtime hills probably pull exactly 1 positive G all the way thru.

By far, the most intense coaster I've ever ridden. R.I.P. SOB.

This is the best POV on the internet of son of beast

That midcourse after the first double helix is exactly where I was hoping they would have stopped the ride and rescued us. That double helix was brutal.

Had season passes to Kings Island every year as a kid growing up and I remember watching them slowly build this thing. Everyone was in complete awe of how massive it was. Got to ride it on opening day, fucking insane ride. RIP to the Son of Beast.

This was clearly 2001, since King Cobra is still intact.

What a visually stunning coaster. It’s a shame it wasn’t safe enough to remain open.

Would love to know the model of camera that recorded this almost 20 years ago. Amazing.

I think this was the ride that they kept shutting down because it was so “jarring” people were getting back injuries. After riding it, I believe it.

Despite all the horrible situations surrounding it, it has been my all-time favorite wooden coaster. I am so saddened that it was torn down. I wish Kings Island rebuilt the same ride with a much more sustainable structure and a better coaster designer (screw RCA) rather than replacing it with an inverted coaster. I thought the concept of Son of Beast was genius.

My 1st time riding SOB in 2002 and remembering standing in line for 2hrs, witnessing ppl coming off the ride crying and puking. Ive never been scared of any coaster but this ride had me terrified

I rode this with the loop. What an amazing roller coaster. It kicked your butt from start to finish.

Eventhough SOB is so infamous this pov looks so good Im really sad I didnt get to ride it.

Man, you were truly ahead of the times with your videos. Great quality, stability, etc. Plus, you have footage of some incredible rides that unfortunately no longer with us. Keep up the fantastic work!

Hikawa Rides should change the name to “Marty McFly rides”. How you pulled this off is suspicious. Damn good quality.

This coaster was absolutely awesome. I rode it three times and loved it. It wasn't painful at all. I have no idea what anyone was talking about when they say it was bad. Then again maybe the day I rode it, was the best day of its life. Thank you for posting this video!!

I remember the lift hill being so loud that you could hear it from the parking lot 😂😂😂

Really cool to see such an old POV. For a ride made out of cheap plywood that looks like toothpicks, the scale of this thing will never stop shocking me. I remember as a child I saw a documentary on Travel channel and it had a “teaser” of this ride. I thought it was fake, because wood coasters didn’t have loops. When I finally realized it had been real about five years ago I became obsessed with POVs and the story of it. Also, since this is Japanese and from roughly 2002, I am assuming that this person had a really fancy digital camera that might not have been available in America! 😂 Love how this POV makes it look pretty tame, yet you can see how it’s swaying. And just the size. RMC needs to take this layout and install their own version already….

Most of the pov videos of this rollercoaster you can hear people shouting out in pain. I am so sorry I never got to ride it. I was only at the park one time when it was still standing but it was not operating. It was so beautiful of a structure, just awe inspiring.

The video looked great for 2002.

Man... looking at this, I'm just thinking to myself what a superb RMC Hybrid this would have made had they kept the structure for long enough!

Bro the quality of this video is INCREDIBLE

How sad that it isnt still around. I was awed when i saw the loop in the middle of the ride! On a wooden roller coaster! And it went on forever.

How can a ride be so rough that you can literally see the mistakes in the wood track

How was this filmed in 2002? This quality meets today's standards.

Damn if RMC could get their hands on this. I see a 7 inversion masterpiece with those big overbanks serving as wave turns and Imelmans. That structure is massive. Allen shilke came in his pants watching this

Wow this phenomenal!! I’m impressed by how good this pov looks!

How is the image quality low, this is honestly the best recording of the ride.

Not only does the video look better than some current day POVs, but it somehow makes the coaster look smooth.

When I saw this in ElToroRyan's video, I couldn't believe such a high-quality POV existed. Thank you for uploading this.

Thank you for preserving this roller coaster on video.

Imagine Son Of Beast RMCD

This is one of the best son of beast povs I have ever seen!

Wow I can't believe that a pov this good of SOB exists. Thanks for this.

i remember going to kings island and seeing the abandoned son of beast ride, wanting to ride it but never opening, sad to see such a cool ride closed

This is insane i did not think anybody had pov footage of the legendary looping son of beast!

Wow where has this great quality video been hiding of Son of Beast!!! This video actually makes the ride look fun!

Sometimes you come aross rare gems of really old videos with amazing image quality. Incredible. Makes me sad I never got to ride it. Even the sound quality is insane... what camera existed like this in 2002?

Amazing... This ride looked absolutely crazy. Obviously the best quality there is.🤩

this is probably the best pov that i’ve ever seen of this coaster

I’ve never seen a wooden roller coaster with a loop. Wow. Amazing

PLEASE Keep this wonderful Video on here.It is super Quality ,full front seat ride,with the Loop.Some of the Videos don't necessarily pre-warn that the Loop is gone.Many others turn out to be a lot of off-ride footage.I was getting crazy just now,but then I found this Video of yours.Awesome.

Absolutely the best wooden roller coaster ever. Got to ride it 5x in a row on an autumn night around Halloween. Rest In Peace, Son of Beast. 😞🎢

Rode it a few times opening year but my girlfriend at the time only made it twice and swore it off after her 2nd ride. I personally remember it being pretty badass and apart from some herky jerky, I dug it. Kinda wish they would’ve just ate cost of making it and did whatever was necessary to keep it around for the long haul 🙌

Best POV I've ever seen for SoB.

When the track is visibly janky even in before the lift hill! Thank you for sharing this, it's wonderful footage and I'm morbidly curious about the ride I never had the chance to try

It was crazy watching the whole thing sway when you were waiting in line from the ground as the car would go around the curve to the first big drop.

最近の動画、うちにあるDVDと全く同じ内容のものがUpされてるから、主さんも持ってるんだなって謎の親近感が湧く

Great video.. there's nothing like a ride on a wooden roller coaster. They are the best.. it looks like a long ride

So glad I got to ride it when it was a fresh new baby. This park has changed so much in the last 20 years!!

This would have been awesome with a RMC retrack.

The first ride I worked at kings island. Long live SOB

Thank you for posting this, the video quality is amazing.

bro im suprised you got a video from 2002 to look this good, quality is not even bad fr

This was made at the latest 2001 because King Cobra was still there, otherwise best POV for SoB I've ever seen.

Amazing video quality, even for 2002!

Very nice video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.

This is from the Discovery Channel . I’m gonna assume they some how got a hold of the original tape and converted into a format to look good on YT .

Amazingly clear POV of this coaster.

This ride was awesome ! Miss it . Rode it back when it still had the loop

So glad I got to ride that in all its glory. It was such a fun coaster.

This is one coaster I missed out on. I want to go back in time and ride it.

what kind of camera for 2002??! holy wow that was awesome. never got to ride this one. had the opportunity back in 2009 sans vertical loop but got sick with the flu and couldn’t go :(

This is the BEST onride from son of beast

画質良いですね😄ジェットコースター乗りたくなりました☺️

How did you film this? I mean the ride hasn't operated since 2009, its been over 10 years. Have you just held on to old footage for all this time? But seriously, incredible work. I grew up with that ride and this is the best video I've ever seen of it!

I actually rode this ride in 2003 and the loop made me sick. 😂😂 I literally threw up after getting off.

Respect for him waiting 19 years just to upload this

Rode this thing at least 50 times as a kid, never once got worried of it breaking down. Now that I see this video it blows me away how bad of shape the coaster was in and this still has the loop so it wasn’t that old. The Beast was 30yrs old at this point and had better structure and quality of wood and track, it’s amazing this thing only injured people and never killed anyone 😂. Amazing coaster still have dreams about that hill from time to time, as a kid that was my first 200ft hill, totally insane. Fun fact no coaster injured more people than the sun of beast RIP can’t wait to see the resurrection when it comes.

This looks like a fantastic wooden coaster, and I've watched a few videos on its demise, and still can't understand why many people didn't like it and management ended up getting rid of it. Of course a wooden coaster is going to be bumpier, that's just a fact of life. This seems like the ultimate wooden coaster. I don't get that people claim the layout was boring or uninspired, etc. This was an amazing coaster and it should not have been demolished.

This POV is excellent. Can I use it in an upcoming video? I will provide full credit to your channel!

Amazing POV, it was nice to see it again.

This is not 4K60, but it is the best quality video of the looping son of beast I've seen by far.

1:51 I believe that's the spot where the integrity failed. The track bent and hurt a bunch of people. One of the technicians noticed at the last second and stopped the next car as it was near the top of the initial hill, about to go over and hurt the next group even worse

You can legit hear and feel the roughness in the footage...

Wow so happy you shared this experience. The classic woody rollercoaster is my favourite and I can see why they call this the son because I’ve never been on a wooden with a loop yet.

This is the best quality video from 2002 I've ever seen

俺が産まれる前の世界をこんなに高画質で見られるなんてすごいな

I think this coaster would've been so epic if RCCA didn't do a poor job constructing it

This POV makes the ride look fairly smooth....and this ride was anything but smooth.

This is fantastic! It's great to see king cobra was still there too. Those were the days!

im honestly just in awe of the quality of this pov

木製コースターで一回転できるんやな笑 落ちそうで怖いから無いと思ってた

As a forever Kings Island fan, I never got to ride the Son of Beast before they removed it. (Didn't get to do King Cobra either back in the day) This was a great quality video with a wonderfully shot view. Fantastic job.

Thing is if this were built properly and had been as smooth as this POV had made it look, it could've been a top tier coaster

how'd they get a camera on this without it falling off?

画質綺麗〜…😧

You can really see those painful laterals going in and out of the helix sections. I rode it as a teenager and it was a very tough coaster to enjoy.

The Best SOB Vid Very Awesome Thanks For Posting .

As poorly as the beast turned out, I absolutely respect the ambitions here. It may not have been as thrilling in person as the video makes you believe, but I love the idea of such a massive wooden coaster that isnt afraid to go upside down

Are you sure this is 2002? Because by 2002 standards, this quality is stunning!