ARLINGTON -- The 1,351 feet of steel that wind at the former Cliffhanger site at Six Flags Over Texas are only part of the twist.

When Tony Hawk's Big Spin opens next month, the park's newest ride will do a lot more twisting. Each car will turn 360 degrees around a series of drops and curves.

"It spins based on the distribution of the weight in the car, so every time you ride it it's a little bit different," says Steve Martindale, the president of Six Flags Over Texas.

Martindale says the new ride is unlike anything at the park.

"It's 250-feet-tall like the Titan and run 80 miles and hour," he says. "It's a more compact, tighter coaster with a lot real tight turns and drops."

The 25-year-old Wildcatter, known previously as the Texas Cliffhanger and G-Force ride, was demolished in October to make way for Tony Hawk's Big Spin. Construction on the $6.5 million ride began in November.

Martindale hopes the new addition will be more family friendly than the trill-seeker adult targeted, 128-foot freefall Wildcatter.

"It's a thrilling roller coaster, but it's set up in such a way that it offers a ride to a much broader audience," he said.

It will give riders the sensation of freestyle skateboarding as they sit facing one another in four-person cars decorated in skateboard motif.

St. Louis and San Antonio Six Flag parks already have the Tony Hawk ride. The Arlington version, Martindale says, is scheduled to open by mid-May.