The name of the new £18m roller coaster has been inspired by Scarborough fashion company SikSilk.

Gordon Gibb, Chief Executive of Flamingo Land Resort:

"We are all very proud of our achievement in delivering this world-class roller coaster as our new star attraction at Flamingo Land. I am delighted to announce the name for Flamingo Land's amazing new roller coaster, Sik. We are also delighted to be collaborating with SikSilk on this project. This represents two fantastic local brands being joined together."

The 34-metre tall ride features a 25-metre vertical loop, a cobra roll, two corkscrews and five heartline rolls. It reaches a top speed of 55 mph and propels riders along an 875-metre track during the 48-second ride experience. It can accommodate 28 riders per train.

Sik is located next to the Velocity launched roller coaster, on the site previously occupied by Corkscrew.

It is a Multi Inversion Coaster by Intamin and was originally destined for the Hopi Hari theme park in Brazil. 

It is the second generation of the original model (which operates at Thorpe Park as Colossus) and elsewhere in Europe this new version operates at Cinecittà World as Altair.

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