Anyone see the story on Carl Eichelman in the July issue of Cincinnati Magazine? He's 69 years old now but still looks like he could go out and ride The Beast every day. He's wearing a really cool Beast shirt in

the photo.

JB

He was there riding Diamondback on media day. lol

No offence, but i think this is a kind of random pointless topic. Just sayin. haha but ya i hav seen him at the park.

Kind of sad they took out the signs in front of The Beast's plaza that told about him. No matter, he is still a legend in KI fanatics eyes.

Just out of curiosity......Do any of you here on KIC know how Carl has been doing lately? I'd love to know.

Carl is retired and living near Maysville, Ky. With the 2014 season marking the 35th anniversary of The Beast, he'll be heard from again.

Carl is retired and living near Maysville, Ky. With the 2014 season marking the 35th anniversary of The Beast, he'll be heard from again.

Thanks for the update Mr. Helbig! That's good to know!

I remember hearing about The Beast's 30th anniversary in 2009...and now its 35th is almost upon us? Wow. Time sure can fly...

How many times has he rode The Beast?

My first ride on The Beast the year it opened was with him in the front seat.

He told me to stick with him during the running of the bulls. Was a fantastic ride!

I met Eichelman on Diamondback's media day. That was the one and only time. It'll be interesting to hear from him next season.

He's 73 now.

Man, I feel old.

I remember riding Beast with him many times, when both of us were younger than we are now.

http://books.google.com/books?id=yr0oJRuCKd8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

When he gets to 90 and is still riding, then let's talk.

Love seeing Miss Thelma riding coasters at 90+

Just watched a special on The Beast and Carl was mentioned a lot. I was Curious and did a quick Google search and this forum was the first thing that popped up about him. Did Carl come back for the 2014 season which was the 35th anniversary? Also I wonder what his latest ride total is?

I rode the best coaster ever with Carl several times in the 1982 season, myself and a fellow Beast fan from school named Joe (darn if I can't remember his last name) went to his house to see his rollercoaster paraphernalia. That was back in the day when parents trusted random IRS employees not to kill or molest their kids. Back then they had a Carl Eichelman toteboard at the beginning of the queue for The Beast, I actually rode with him the last ride in the 1982 season in the back seat and the PR lady sat right in front of us, I remember they took the brakes off in the brake shed right after the first big right turn, it was the best run ever!.  I have not been there since 1991, but I remember The Beast queue back then at night would be playing WEBN and would reek of pot smoke, not that I had ever smelled it at the tender age of 14...

WELCOME to KIC!

Was it Ruth Voss?