# the Liondrome! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 16, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-liondrome/64600 "2009-03-16T14:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-liondrome/64600/1 "2009-03-16T14:34:31Z")
now this is badass! > [![http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SbdlTxOq52I/AAAAAAAA8CI/cm1tI_Beh1k/s640/WoD02.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/8/d881f49f001c9b1343d3ebd205f3680e9dbf3703.jpeg)](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SbdlTxOq52I/AAAAAAAA8CI/cm1tI_Beh1k/s640/WoD02.jpg) > (images via [1](http://www.slide.com/r/yDI7S6YGyD8hHbbVoispUPLaDfl-3BYZ?view=large), [2](http://www.thewallofdeath.com/early22.htm), [3](http://www.americanwallofdeath.com/images/img662601843.jpg)) > **Lions and Ladies at “The LionDrome”** > We wanted to start this page with “put your girlfriend with a lion on a motorcycle, and sent her up the wall!” - but we’re not going to do that (fearing wrath of…, you know). So we’ll just continue with simple facts: > With over a hundred walls of death traveling the US by the 1930s, perhaps the coolest version was the ‘Liondrome’ in which a rider is accompanied by a tamed lion. We featured one such image [before](http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/12/parkour-in-1930s.html), but now we have more info about this sort of crazy entertainment: > [![http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SUNpyIKtXbI/AAAAAAAAvAA/F0oRT7ab9lU/s640/0046shk1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/6/d6ff92c4c701cbfddeb5c277077e97d2b234eaa0.jpeg)](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SUNpyIKtXbI/AAAAAAAAvAA/F0oRT7ab9lU/s640/0046shk1.jpg) > (image [via](http://img.moonbuggy.org/)) > With stage names like “Lolita” and “Ethel Purtle” these fearless women actually kept these lions for pets… driving them on vertical walls for fun and profit. Imagine a job description like that… (try to apply for it today, after you read a bit more [info](http://www.thrillarena.com/Lions_and_Ladies/lions_and_ladies.html)): > [![http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SbdlVhPYRBI/AAAAAAAA8Cs/_2jj2w_dE2E/s640/ert6uwrthygf.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/2/d/2d9e3541187a0b74f2e5381c487541f0fe999f7e.jpeg)](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SbdlVhPYRBI/AAAAAAAA8Cs/_2jj2w_dE2E/s640/ert6uwrthygf.jpg) > [![http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SbdlYBA-8FI/AAAAAAAA8Dc/huyQcWVwmIw/s640/etyuertyfr.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/4/1/41577b79f0ef0319e0ea0d2243b81a258b15e476.jpeg)](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SbdlYBA-8FI/AAAAAAAA8Dc/huyQcWVwmIw/s640/etyuertyfr.jpg) > (images via [1](http://www.thrillarena.com/Lions_and_Ladies/lions_and_ladies.html), [2](http://gritinthegears.blogspot.com/2008/04/big-cat-blogging.html)) > To have a lion right behind you on your passenger seat would be quite risky (it might get a bit too stressed and bite your head off, you know), so the drivers placed them in side-cars, and were careful not to smell of alcohol while driving - lions absolutely hated it! > [![http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SbdlWEd6ADI/AAAAAAAA8C4/njOzuMEQhJU/s640/erturtrsthf.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/7/c/7c111651925c99c7e75a5bfb9e1f6a425bdaa482.jpeg)](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SbdlWEd6ADI/AAAAAAAA8C4/njOzuMEQhJU/s640/erturtrsthf.jpg) > (images credit: [ThrillArena](http://www.thrillarena.com/)) > A true star! (somebody cue the MGM Studio music…) > [![http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SbdlZSuOYEI/AAAAAAAA8D0/vcotvxlE7s8/s640/tryityjgtujghg.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/4/d/4d520e858d10e730abde9a3c0955d151db8a2ff4.jpeg)](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SbdlZSuOYEI/AAAAAAAA8D0/vcotvxlE7s8/s640/tryityjgtujghg.jpg) > (image credit: [WallofDeath](http://www.thewallofdeath.com/early32.htm)) > **[Dark Roasted Blend: Walls of Death in Amusement Parks: A Brief History](https://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/03/walls-of-death-in-amusement-parks-brief.html)** > > Dark Roasted Blend ---
**Author:** ![ericvw7989](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ericvw7989/32/5070_2.png) [@ericvw7989](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ericvw7989)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-liondrome/64600/2 "2009-03-16T14:45:31Z")
where do you find this shit? ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-liondrome/64600/3 "2009-03-16T14:47:27Z")
> [@ericvw7989](#): > > where do you find this shit? in my great grandfathers basement? ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-liondrome/64600/4 "2009-03-16T14:55:43Z")
this one came from digg. ---
**Author:** ![Toda\_Party](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toda_party/32/7354_2.png) [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-liondrome/64600/5 "2009-03-16T16:05:37Z")
fearless egbert :lol: ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-liondrome/64600/6 "2009-03-17T06:03:03Z")
that rules ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-liondrome/64600/7 "2009-03-17T06:10:12Z")
Awesome, crazy bunch of bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-liondrome/64600/8 "2009-03-17T13:00:45Z")
Those are some pretty ballsy broads… ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-liondrome/64600/9 "2009-03-17T13:03:34Z")
And I thought what we did for entertainment now a days was “extreme”…