Meet Hazel. This photograph of her from 1927 shows her smiling broadly before a show at an American fairground. We don’t know much more about Hazel but she does look like the kind of girl it’d be fun to have a drink with.
The original Silodromes, or “Walls of Death”, were just made from rudimentary wooden planks, a few nails and some duct tape. This fantastically advanced German version is made from steel and is suspended in mid-air with a series of wires, pulleys and poles.
The Silodrome, or “The Wall of Death”, first started appearing in the early 20th century. Almost as soon as motorcycles were invented people were figuring out creative methods of getting them sideways, the Silodrome was usually built to the specifications of a grain silo, hence the name, with a 20 to 36-foot diameter. Stunt riders enter…
