New Beach Zipline and Start of a Coaster as Boardwalk Tunes Up for Spring Break

Remember when the big things were climbing walls and bungee jumps?

This year's model is the zipline and the Beach Boardwalk has one over the beach.

For $10 a ride, you get to fly through the air and look back at Monterey Bay, if you aren't screaming. Seriously, though, it's more of a beginner's zip, not like the long jungle rides in some places.

There were short lines for it Wednesday, despite long lines of traffic everywhere else around the Cruz for Spring Break.

On April 4, the Boardwalk starts its Battle of the Bands, with finalists Almost Chaos, from Santa Cruz; Ploughman, from Santa Cruz; Pounders, from San Jose; Breach the Summit, from Irvine; and Arden Park Roots, from Sacramento.

Get the showtimes here.

Roller coaster fans, of which there are many, can see what the construction of a coaster looks like from teh ground up. The pieces of the new Undertow ride, created in Germany, have arrived and are being laid out like a giant set of Legos in the Boardwalk's parking lot.