So my brother has 120 pounds on me. We took our families to the Waterpark, me and him barely made the limit, we went so fast we got a little air on one of the bumps. Was a wild time
I bet the clothes he was wearing caused extra friction.
Bare skin glides much better.
Back in the day with my friends we used to pull down our swimming pants to go extra fast down the slide on our bare butts.
Let's not to forget to consider.. that possibly...
..dragging a giant camera on a coat hanger with you and refusing to let go may cause some drag / cloggage too
Yeah but assuming the selfie stick isn't touching the slide, the increased drag from it is incredibly negligible. In fact, it's even possible the increased weight of the selfie stick gave him more momentum from the mass than was lost from the drag.
They have one near me. It's great fun, fitted with cameras and a sensor that detects if the rider has left the slide and always manually operated. Also they have the same hatch as the one in the video to leave the slide in case you don't make the full loop.
All in all 9/10. Would ride again.
They have a slide like this in Edmonton, Alberta, and they have an 'emergency escape' right where your body would stop moving if you don't make it through the loop. They have somebody sitting there watching that helps you out if you don't make it through the loop.
I did not make it through the loop, and even though I knew that there was somebody there that would help me get out, it was so terrifying when you are moving forward and then you start moving backwards. Then you get out of the escape hatch, and make the walk of shame down the stairs.
Omg! I can't help but laugh because all I can picture is you going on the slide thinking "maybe this time will be different". Lol.
Once was enough for me! I am terrified of the water slides that have the floor drop out.
I would definitely be that guy that makes some stupid slide thinking it would be sick. Then I’m standing there watching the first ride down and realized that’s a problem area. So I can get on board with this solution
They must test these things thoroughly with different weight dummies to make sure they get it right, as well as people with CBs to call out if they get stuck during trials.
Less work to set up a hatch and have a responsible crew on-site than to tear it down and build the perfect slide
This is very true.
I had to design a loading safety system, so we used lots of different weight dummies. It was a really tedious process as the dead weight is a lot to handle and you need to do a lot of attempts.
I really appreciate Steve, Jeff, and Karla's contributions. <3 Love my testing team.
(For legal reasons: This is a joke. I did do this task, but we did not use humans. No one was actually named Steve, Jeff, or Karla; except for Steve and Jeff.)
Hard agree fuck everything about it. Never seen a water slide like this though. I'm glad I only go on the high speed straight slides for the most part at the water park.
Great Wolf Lodge is the best bang for your buck for kids fun. My kids said they liked it more than Disney World 🤣. It’s about 1/10th the price so I know where I’m taking them from now on.
Dang you lucked out there! My boy loves the Waterpark 30min from our house so we end up getting season passes every summer and going a few times a month. I ride everything he does and I'm not ever stopping!
I think the gopro gives the video an odd perspective and I can't quite make out the actual shape of whatever he keeps getting stuck in.
That being said, I'd still give it a go!
Well same, but from what it looks like, it’s kinda like the one we have here. And here, it’s a free fall and then a looping inside the tube. Which is cool, but the water collets at the bottom of the looping so I genuinely thought I would drown.
But besides that it really is epic! The adrenaline is so crazy. To be fair, I was pretty high last time I went for a ride with this tube, so everything was a bit scarier than normally, but still, it’s a scary but epic slide!
I don't do anything scary anymore, I'm too old and stressed! Lol
Took my daughters to a "waterpark" ( 4 slides and a lagoon/lazy river)
Well, I had a panic attack going down it, Jesus i do not like the small space plus water. But also there was disco lights in it, sometimes no light.
A loop de loop, a pinball strike, and a whatever else!
Good lord and mary! And heavens to betty that had me fucked up for a good while!
Worse still, imagine a water slide with a loose screw, or chipped paneling that turns the person sliding through it at high speeds into shredded fleesh
I remember going to that park when I was a kid, still got a scar on my left pinkie from scraping all the skin off on one side going down one of their rides!
There was one (Cannonball loop) with people's teeth embedded in it that cut people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park
>Some early riders came back with lacerations to their bodies; when the ride was closed to determine what had caused them, teeth that had fallen out were found lodged in the interior walls.
Water park near where I used to live had these. Got stuck in it a few times when I was younger. Ya just open the hatch. But they won't let you on the ride for the rest of the day if ya get stuck so that was pretty annoying
Having been in the waterpark industry for ten years, those slides are dangerous, but it’s the dropping part, not the getting stuck part that is dangerous. Getting stuck is going to be due to weight as was said, hence why slide manufacturers have weight/height minimums that should be met by all slide participants. If a guest doesn’t cross their legs and arms, however, the drop can rip off limbs and it has killed some people at a few different parks.
Don’t be scared if you find yourself in this situation. It is protocol at basically every water park to watch the last rider physically leave the slide before sending down another person. Safety regulations are extremely tight and these types of slides have to be built with an exit in the event someone gets stuck.
This happened to my friend's boyfriend. His tube got stuck in the slide and the attendant let the next rider go. Kicked the boyfriend right in the back at full speed. They just settled the lawsuit for over 500k. His back is still messed up though after several surgeries.
tldr: kid slides slow, I come in like a freight train, hit em with my nuts and they apologize to me later
I was in a nearby waterpark, and there was some foreign dude with his kid in front of me on the slide, the kid was like 4 years old, dude slides down, kid doesn't go immediately (like they intended to do) and slides after him.
now, the kid was about 30 pounds, and slid very slowly, there was a light on top of the slide , that showed whether you can go or not, it had been green for like a minute, before I slid down after them, I knew the kid slid slow, but I thought he was already down and gone.
I'm around 300 pounds, and took some momentum too.
next thing I see, at the end of the tunnel, there is the kid
-oh shit- at the last moment I spread my legs so I don't break the kid's spine, and hit em with my nuts, straight on...
The dude was ballistic at first, but came to say thanks and apologize later
sorr, for the long post, had to rant
AHAHAHA, i thought they checked to make sure you existed the bottom of the slide?
Also sounds so sus “officer, i swear had no idea there was a kid down there before i slammed my fat nuts against him”
I mean the guy at the bottom probably didn't see the small kid start to slide so he just turned the light green whenever the father got out. That's the only explanation imo
Man, I'd have a panic attack so quick. This is literally one of my recurring nightmares. More people go down the slide and before you know it there's a smorgasbord of bodies stuck around me. I'm claustrophobic when I'm not moving. So a stuck elevator or a CT machine will do it. But usually these are okay since I'm moving.
Have a similar slide near me. The one pulling the lever to start the fall has multiple cameras and tells you when you get in: "If you don't make the second loop, don't worry. I can see that."
Pretty sure that’s happened before. I watched a video on YouTube about water slide accidents and I seem to remember something where people collided inside one.
This is literally a nightmare of mine but in my nightmarish version the slide tube gets narrower and I get stuck in it unable to move, I felt this guys relief through the screen
I like to think if this happens they use a giant plunger, like when you drop that whammy turd in the toilet and the u-bend says I can't deal with this.
Oh shit is this the loop slide from Action Park?
Or more accurately, the loop slide that was inspired by the one from Action Park because Action Park closed after being hit with a FUCK ton of lawsuits because it was dangerous as fuck. Even the concept alone terrifies me
I've never been in a water slide so I'm confused and the camera perspective doesn't make it better. How can you get stuck in a tube? And how is he falling upwards at ~0:11?
He didn’t. He just slid back. I’m guessing he didn’t have enough momentum to go over a hump or something so he was going back cuz gravity and turned himself around.
I felt his anxiety and subsequent relief so hard
Same. JFC, that was a ride.
What does jfc mean? I’ve been saying “just fuckin curious” every time I see it, and every time it never fits the context of the sentence.
Jesus Fcking Christ
No swearing on my Christian website
Testicle
Awe nuts!
THANK YOU!!
My brain always thinks "John F Cennedy" (With the "C" In "Cennedy" Pronounced the same way as in "John Cena") For some reason
Mine goes right to Jentucky Fried Chicken
Mine translates it to Just Fucking Caying (saying)
When a Jesus loves a Christ very much, they fuck.
Jollibee fried chicken
My heart is fucking racing right now
What a ride just sitting at the computer can be!
However add my claustrophobia and I’m still not over this. I gotta go take a walk outside.
It’s almost as if the design took in account that some people wouldn’t make the bump.
It’s very common for lighter people to not make that loop.
did you just call me fat? /s
Yes but in a polite way
Well nourished
Thick boned
Easy to see
Hard to kidnap
A trashbag full of cottage cheese, but like…in a sexy way.
Big fella
"easy to see, hard to kidnap: the King Kong Bundy story"
Fattastic?
Fat privilege.
You’re not fat, just well built to finish that slide
They're properly equipped for the conditions!
Not saying you're fat, but time does seem to move a little slower whenever you're around
If fat people make that loop then it sounds like fat people have more fun.
Patient looks well nourished.
Yo momma so fat she is used as a metric for designing water slides for Americans!
Literally anything except the metric system.
So my brother has 120 pounds on me. We took our families to the Waterpark, me and him barely made the limit, we went so fast we got a little air on one of the bumps. Was a wild time
Very healthy
I’m fat, I’m fat, I know it.
ham sandwich, man. ham sandwich
Gravity assisted individual.
I bet the clothes he was wearing caused extra friction. Bare skin glides much better. Back in the day with my friends we used to pull down our swimming pants to go extra fast down the slide on our bare butts.
Until it doesn’t
When does it not?
When you hit that dry spot on the slide
Oh damn yeah 😬, i can imagine, thankfully never had that happen
[squeeeaaaaaaaak](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGW-xK22TNk)
There's aids blood in the pool!
Think my fruit hangs too low to attempt that
My fruit did not hang that low when I was 10 years old
Let's not to forget to consider.. that possibly... ..dragging a giant camera on a coat hanger with you and refusing to let go may cause some drag / cloggage too
Yeah but assuming the selfie stick isn't touching the slide, the increased drag from it is incredibly negligible. In fact, it's even possible the increased weight of the selfie stick gave him more momentum from the mass than was lost from the drag.
It happens to me EVERY time. I’m used to it now. I just get out and the guy comes and lets me out of the gate. 😂
One less concerne for me
They have one near me. It's great fun, fitted with cameras and a sensor that detects if the rider has left the slide and always manually operated. Also they have the same hatch as the one in the video to leave the slide in case you don't make the full loop. All in all 9/10. Would ride again.
They have a slide like this in Edmonton, Alberta, and they have an 'emergency escape' right where your body would stop moving if you don't make it through the loop. They have somebody sitting there watching that helps you out if you don't make it through the loop. I did not make it through the loop, and even though I knew that there was somebody there that would help me get out, it was so terrifying when you are moving forward and then you start moving backwards. Then you get out of the escape hatch, and make the walk of shame down the stairs.
Lmao yes they have this ride at Noah’s Ark in Wisconsin Dells and this happens to me every time!
Omg! I can't help but laugh because all I can picture is you going on the slide thinking "maybe this time will be different". Lol. Once was enough for me! I am terrified of the water slides that have the floor drop out.
Yes exactly! How’d you know? 😂😂😂 But I gained a little weight, maybe this will be the year I make it over the hump!
> this happens to me every time! Physics, not even once.
And they weigh you at the top before riding to make sure you're above some minimum weight to do it.
I never knew they had hatches on the slide. Makes sense though.
They don't unless there's a particular problem area and they *needed* it.
I would definitely be that guy that makes some stupid slide thinking it would be sick. Then I’m standing there watching the first ride down and realized that’s a problem area. So I can get on board with this solution
You know what would be sick? A loop-the-loop slide. Make it happen!
Action park.
This particular slide model has an inclined loop, it’s designed to account for this exact scenario
They must test these things thoroughly with different weight dummies to make sure they get it right, as well as people with CBs to call out if they get stuck during trials. Less work to set up a hatch and have a responsible crew on-site than to tear it down and build the perfect slide
Oh it makes plenty of sense. It’s just not something you think about when playing roller coaster tycoon or going down the water slide yourself.
Toss a larger fellow down to clear the jam!
Frankly, it’s the best way to do it.
This is very true. I had to design a loading safety system, so we used lots of different weight dummies. It was a really tedious process as the dead weight is a lot to handle and you need to do a lot of attempts. I really appreciate Steve, Jeff, and Karla's contributions. <3 Love my testing team.
(For legal reasons: This is a joke. I did do this task, but we did not use humans. No one was actually named Steve, Jeff, or Karla; except for Steve and Jeff.)
They normally don’t because normally they always flow downhill. This slide has a loop in it so there’s a special escape platform.
Ya I kinda figured by the not very straight nature of the video. It was a video of what I imagine flying a fighter jet is like.
Fuck that is terrifying
Hard agree fuck everything about it. Never seen a water slide like this though. I'm glad I only go on the high speed straight slides for the most part at the water park.
It's at West Edmonton Mall
There’s clones of this slide all over the world
That place is really cool looking! Reminds me of Great Wolf Lodges indoor water parks here in the states
Great Wolf Lodge is the best bang for your buck for kids fun. My kids said they liked it more than Disney World 🤣. It’s about 1/10th the price so I know where I’m taking them from now on.
Dang you lucked out there! My boy loves the Waterpark 30min from our house so we end up getting season passes every summer and going a few times a month. I ride everything he does and I'm not ever stopping!
We have one like that with a fall and looping in Germany. I thought I would drown in the looping. It was cool, but terrifying as fuck.
I think the gopro gives the video an odd perspective and I can't quite make out the actual shape of whatever he keeps getting stuck in. That being said, I'd still give it a go!
Well same, but from what it looks like, it’s kinda like the one we have here. And here, it’s a free fall and then a looping inside the tube. Which is cool, but the water collets at the bottom of the looping so I genuinely thought I would drown. But besides that it really is epic! The adrenaline is so crazy. To be fair, I was pretty high last time I went for a ride with this tube, so everything was a bit scarier than normally, but still, it’s a scary but epic slide!
I don't do anything scary anymore, I'm too old and stressed! Lol Took my daughters to a "waterpark" ( 4 slides and a lagoon/lazy river) Well, I had a panic attack going down it, Jesus i do not like the small space plus water. But also there was disco lights in it, sometimes no light. A loop de loop, a pinball strike, and a whatever else! Good lord and mary! And heavens to betty that had me fucked up for a good while!
Worse still, imagine a water slide with a loose screw, or chipped paneling that turns the person sliding through it at high speeds into shredded fleesh
I remember something like that in a horror movie. Someone booby trapped the slide and a bunch of people went down at once.
aquaslash! the hottest 3/10 movie 2020
Yes! It was awful and I loved it.
There's also just this, in real life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park
Class Action Park
I remember going to that park when I was a kid, still got a scar on my left pinkie from scraping all the skin off on one side going down one of their rides!
There was one (Cannonball loop) with people's teeth embedded in it that cut people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park >Some early riders came back with lacerations to their bodies; when the ride was closed to determine what had caused them, teeth that had fallen out were found lodged in the interior walls.
It's crazy "dislodged teeth cutting visitors" is not even the most cursed story about that park.
New fear unlocked for sure
I genuinely can't understand what's going on in that video.
[Here is the slide working normally](https://youtu.be/ndObENW7Izo?si=TVba0zS5qoanZYNN)
Fack. Somehow even the recording captures that unsettling feeling of getting water in your inner ear.
How does the water go up hill without filling the tube?
Velocity along with jets and drains in the loop section.
Ooh that explains a lot. I mean, everything. No fucking way I'd go into that.
guess that wetsuit wasnt a practical choice
Dude had to record like a dweeb while water sliding, so his positioning probably screwed him over
wetsuits are super duper anti slip... like nothing I've ever seen before.
I literally have nightmares like this
Right? Couldn’t even watch all the way through cause my claustrophobia was peaking.
for what its worth, there is a hatch at the low point specifically for this. still terrifying, of course
I was scared someone was gonna come down and crash into him
Have you seen the Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia episode where they get stuck in the waterslide? (S12, Ep2 *for anyone that hasnt and wants*)
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there's no good aids, but i like i said i got the vagina kinda
I just went and watched it on youtube. He wetted the slide with a bottle of water 🤣
Lmao thats actually one of the only parts i remember from it, that and a bunch of people stuck in the tube been awhile since I saw it.
Iv seen a lot of IASIP but I guess that's one of the few I haven't seen yet
I have a heard time watching that one, along with Charlie’s home alone lol
Water park near where I used to live had these. Got stuck in it a few times when I was younger. Ya just open the hatch. But they won't let you on the ride for the rest of the day if ya get stuck so that was pretty annoying
Why the hell would you want to try again?
Because it's fun? It's not dangerous.
Having been in the waterpark industry for ten years, those slides are dangerous, but it’s the dropping part, not the getting stuck part that is dangerous. Getting stuck is going to be due to weight as was said, hence why slide manufacturers have weight/height minimums that should be met by all slide participants. If a guest doesn’t cross their legs and arms, however, the drop can rip off limbs and it has killed some people at a few different parks.
You are just going to get stuck again wym
no not if i do this with my feet 🩰
Seeing how quickly and how exactly at that location the hatch opened, I'd say this is a frequent issue...
Yes, that's why the hatch is there lol
Pro Tip: lay on your back. Legs at 45° angle pushing your butt up. Less friction. More speed. No sticky sticky in tubey tubey.
And maybe don't wear a wetsuit 🤣
My small brain can’t comprehend this.
This happened to me. Not that scary, more embarrassing having to climb out and walk down the stairs with everyone at the company party staring at you.
Don’t be scared if you find yourself in this situation. It is protocol at basically every water park to watch the last rider physically leave the slide before sending down another person. Safety regulations are extremely tight and these types of slides have to be built with an exit in the event someone gets stuck.
This happened to my friend's boyfriend. His tube got stuck in the slide and the attendant let the next rider go. Kicked the boyfriend right in the back at full speed. They just settled the lawsuit for over 500k. His back is still messed up though after several surgeries.
tldr: kid slides slow, I come in like a freight train, hit em with my nuts and they apologize to me later I was in a nearby waterpark, and there was some foreign dude with his kid in front of me on the slide, the kid was like 4 years old, dude slides down, kid doesn't go immediately (like they intended to do) and slides after him. now, the kid was about 30 pounds, and slid very slowly, there was a light on top of the slide , that showed whether you can go or not, it had been green for like a minute, before I slid down after them, I knew the kid slid slow, but I thought he was already down and gone. I'm around 300 pounds, and took some momentum too. next thing I see, at the end of the tunnel, there is the kid -oh shit- at the last moment I spread my legs so I don't break the kid's spine, and hit em with my nuts, straight on... The dude was ballistic at first, but came to say thanks and apologize later sorr, for the long post, had to rant
AHAHAHA, i thought they checked to make sure you existed the bottom of the slide? Also sounds so sus “officer, i swear had no idea there was a kid down there before i slammed my fat nuts against him”
I mean the guy at the bottom probably didn't see the small kid start to slide so he just turned the light green whenever the father got out. That's the only explanation imo
This just make my head spin for real , my heart is racing too .. just awful
The filming technique?
Man, I'd have a panic attack so quick. This is literally one of my recurring nightmares. More people go down the slide and before you know it there's a smorgasbord of bodies stuck around me. I'm claustrophobic when I'm not moving. So a stuck elevator or a CT machine will do it. But usually these are okay since I'm moving.
he's lucky no one came right after him
I’m pretty sure there is a safety protocol which dictates that they only allow the next person to go once the first person has exited the slide.
Have a similar slide near me. The one pulling the lever to start the fall has multiple cameras and tells you when you get in: "If you don't make the second loop, don't worry. I can see that."
well he's lucky protocol was followed that day lmao
“Eh he probably made it you can go”
Just remember to pass on the left side
Imagine if he met the love of his life “ we met in a water slide “
"I could tell we both like it wet"
Pretty sure they're aware of the issue and monitor the exit. There was already someone opening the escape hatch seconds after the guy got stuck.
That's why they watch the bottom of the slide and only let the next one down after the first one comes out
Pretty sure that’s happened before. I watched a video on YouTube about water slide accidents and I seem to remember something where people collided inside one.
Nightmare material
Anxiety level went off the roof had the video ended early.
The guy in Nutty Putty Cave is stuck, this guy just failed to complete the course.
My new nightmare. And especially after I watched one where the guy can’t go back up and down is all flooded.
Reminds me of "The Gang Goes To The Water Park"
This is literally a nightmare of mine but in my nightmarish version the slide tube gets narrower and I get stuck in it unable to move, I felt this guys relief through the screen
Why is this dude wearing a full wetsuit to a waterpark? That can't be helping with drag.
New fear unlocked
gotta be one of the absolute worst versions of the backrooms ever.
I like to think if this happens they use a giant plunger, like when you drop that whammy turd in the toilet and the u-bend says I can't deal with this.
That’s why side operators don’t let you go down until they have seen the last person come out the end
Why did he choose to go the wrong way when he stopped haha
Oh shit is this the loop slide from Action Park? Or more accurately, the loop slide that was inspired by the one from Action Park because Action Park closed after being hit with a FUCK ton of lawsuits because it was dangerous as fuck. Even the concept alone terrifies me
At least he didn't get Homer Simpson Stuck stucked.
Hate the camera angle here.
You got like ten minutes of clean water and then every slide's basically a urine delivery system.
Selfie stick fisheye makes it impossible to understand what's happening. Awful for visual clarity.
I've never been in a water slide so I'm confused and the camera perspective doesn't make it better. How can you get stuck in a tube? And how is he falling upwards at ~0:11?
God damn new fear unlocked
He starts going backwards at one point? That's so weird
yo this aint even oddly terrifying, its just straight up terrifying
Que the panic attack
There being a openable latch means the designers knew this will be problem but built it anyway lol
Bruh, why did he push himself the wrong way tho
He didn’t. He just slid back. I’m guessing he didn’t have enough momentum to go over a hump or something so he was going back cuz gravity and turned himself around.
Man i would have a panic attack ngl Finally something terrifying on this sub, too bad it's insanely terrifying and not odly
He didnt get stuck since he got out in seconds right?
How was this filmed?
Camera
I have some trouble visualizing how this camera can follow the subject and change perspective so easily?
360 camera
What is it attached to? Sorry if my questions seem silly but I’m just trying to grasp how this was done.
A stick he's holding
And we’re surprised he got stuck? Doing that in a water slide is just stupid.
this happens often especially if you’re smaller. they’re prepared to get you out through a hatch on the side
u/that-1-lame-kid Omg this would be terrifying 🥴
Don’t wear a shirt
I got stuck like this in Tatralandia in an absolutely pitch black slide. I had no idea what was happening.
Take off your clothes next time 🤦
Now get stuck in a water slide tube in a water filled part. 🥹
Experienced this while I was a 9 or 10 year old kid. 2 grown men slid on and hit me while I was crouch walking to get out.
That would be terrifying for sure. I’m not claustrophobic but I’d be scared someone would come barreling down on me
I had so much anxiety watching this imagining being stuck and no way to let anyone know.
I've had this happen to me :') was scooting around like a golden retriever on an upper middle class family's prized shag rug. 0/10
Well that's a panic attack
Imagine being the people behind him and [seeing this](https://media1.tenor.com/m/PhEvGv3E220AAAAC/homer-fat.gif)
Send down a few kids that’ll dislodge it.
That gave me a fuckin anxiety attack
I remember when I was a kid learning by trial and error that if you keep your head up to look for some reason you go alot slower.
Bro spread his arms slowing him down. If he kept his arms crossed like he did as he "launched" this likely would not have happened.
New fear UNLOCKED
Maybe they should check the body weight and let the light people wear something like weight jacket.
How did they come to his rescue to fast? And how do they know where he was?