Boomerang, Roller coaster in Les Avenières, France
Boomerang is a Vekoma shuttle roller coaster measuring 88 m by 30 m, with a 35.5 m lift and three inversions: a boomerang element of two lateral inversions and a vertical loop. Its single seven-car train seats 28 riders and runs the circuit forward and backward.
The Boomerang at Walibi Rhône-Alpes opened in 1988, when the park was still called Avenir Land. Its train, from Arrow, carried dragon motifs, with yellow rails and green supports. Renamed EqWalizer in June 2014, it received an orange Sunkid Heege train with onboard music and a "W" logo, an investment of over one million euros. For 2021 it became Generator with a steampunk style, turquoise rails and brown supports.
The ride's name references the returning throwing tool of Australian Aboriginal peoples, chosen because the train travels forward and then backward along the same track. This naming reflects how the coaster mirrors the boomerang's path of return.
The train is pulled backwards up a 45-degree slope to 35.5 m, released through the station at 75.6 km/h, then hauled up a second lift for the return run in reverse. Riders face three inversions twice, with a peak force of 5.2 g. The single seven-car train seats 28 people, giving a capacity of 760 riders per hour.
The coaster doesn't just go forward but reverses completely to travel backward through the entire course, letting riders experience the inversions twice from different perspectives. This backward journey is what gives the ride its boomerang concept.
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