Our lives are not measured by the lengths we live them to, but by certain moments which define our lives. On most occasions, a surge of adrenaline, or a thrilling rush will be what will define that very moment for you and make itself unerasable from your memory. And what’s a better way to achieve that than to do so in an amusement park’s roller coaster? We bring you the world’s most thrilling rides for your ultimate adrenaline-induced pleasure.

SCAD tower at Tivoli Friheden in Denmark

Picture this. You are taken up by a scaffolding to a height of 100 feet over a chasm. Then, you are dropped. Face up. At a speed of 88 km/hr. Since you’re facing up, you don’t know that there will be a net catching you at the end of the drop. Near death experience YO!

Alpine Slide at Action Park in Vernon, New Jersey

One of the most lethal and fatal rides in the world, this alpine slide left riders battered and bruised because of the crude construction of its slide, coupled with swimwear wearing riders who rode down at insane speeds on a sled. The end was always some people flying off the edge into the embankment area.