The Hair Replacement Roller Coaster Challenge

The Myrtle Beach Sun News reports that a present-day hair replacement system can survive the twists, turns and dips of a 150-foot roller coaster.  And Dennis Murphy, owner of HairQuarters hair replacement studio in Surfside Beach, South Carolina proved it.  Dennis rode "The Time Machine" at Freestyle Music Park to disprove what he considered to be inaccurate portrayal of a middle-aged man losing part of his hair piece in a scene from one of the park's TV commercials.

Murphy kept his hands on the roller coaster handles and the brownish gray hair piece stayed snug on his head throughout the entire ride.  It came through unscathed by the ride's end, only showing signs of a strong wind.

"I don't know if I proved my point," said 63-year-old Murphy. "I proved it to me and that's all I care about ... As you saw on the ride, [the toupee] blows in the breeze."

He said he doesn't think Freestyle Music Park will pull the advertisement, and that's okay.  "It's a great ride. I appreciate them giving me the opportunity," he said. "Hopefully, people will come out and see that it's not a big deal."

John Stine, director of sales and marketing at the amusement park, sat next to Murphy throughout the ride, which was recorded by a special video camera mounted on the front of the ride which the amusement park purchased especially for this test.

"I'm pleased to say that he proved us wrong," he said. "It came out of left field, but we wanted to respond." 
Stine said their TV spot advertisements are meant to be "fun and humorous" and that they have no intention in offending anyone. At this time, Freestyle Music Park has no plans to stop running the ad.

And that is just fine with Dennis, because it gave him the opportunity to show the world that modern non-surgical hair replacement technology can provide people suffering from hair loss with a great looking head of hair that is so real you can't tell it's a hair piece at all.

Watch videos of news coverage of the Challenge here.