06-20-2004, 02:26 PM
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| | | Tricks To Gain Speed On Waterslides
Anyone know any good tricks to give yourself a little "boost" in speed waterslides? |
06-20-2004, 02:32 PM
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| | | laydown.... and push with your hands... and if parks let you.. do a running start and jump onto the slide...
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06-20-2004, 03:05 PM
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| | | Keep yourself as low to the slides as possible and keep your head back at all times. You're more aerodynamic that way...common sense really.
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06-20-2004, 03:21 PM
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| | | lean into the turn...like a bobsleder (or any other type of slider for that matter. Lugers ect.) try to stay in the bottom of the turn but not too far down.) |
06-20-2004, 03:26 PM
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| | | Cross your arms, cross your legs while lying on your back. Sitting up can cause you to stop. And if you have something at the top of the slide to grab on to, you just use that to push yourself off. And don't listen to SFNE Stinks about running and jumping onto the slide. All that will do is cause you to most likely hurt yourself and get in trouble. |
06-20-2004, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by sfne stinks and if parks let you.. do a running start and jump onto the slide... | see thats why i said if the park lets you..... so you wont get in trouble...
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06-20-2004, 09:52 PM
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| | | The absolute best way to gain speed on a slide is to arch your back so you are only riding on your heels and your shoulder blades. TRUST ME. Nothing else will make you go faster.
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06-20-2004, 10:05 PM
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| | | I'll consider that. I'm really really skinny so hopefully that'll help. |
06-21-2004, 12:56 AM
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| | | Yeah, arching your back does help. Lift up your head too, esspecially if you have hair that can drag along and slow you down. It makes those slides that have rough points between sections more bairable too.
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06-21-2004, 02:17 AM
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| | | You want to get just like a board. You don't want your heads or arms or something like that to be just hanging out. That will make you go slower. Also the back arching thing helps a lot. I have done it before. |
06-21-2004, 03:43 AM
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| | | If your speaking about tube slides...Don't let your butt sit on the slide. That always works for me. And I think putting heavier people in front does something, but most parks make smaller people sit in front. |
06-21-2004, 05:22 AM
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| | | I've always ridden bodyslides on my heels and shoulder blades (if the slide allows it, it hurts sometime on some) and always gain lot of speed. Causes me to emergency brake in some cases because the one in front of me is so slow...
Just wondering, have you ever tried riding a body slide with some friends, holding on to the others legs and hands forming a train. That's one of the funniest thing you can ever do, but not very legal... |
06-21-2004, 10:10 AM
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| | | If we see people going down chain riding, they will likely get sit out. And some adults have gotten sit out for doing stuff like that, and also going down face first. :rollseyes: And if the bigger person goes in the front, it normally causes the raft to flip. And some adults decide to send kids who can't swim in a tube slide, so its actually good for lifeguards since they don't have to constantly jump in after people. |
06-21-2004, 10:17 AM
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| | | If you want to gain speed on waterslides cross your arms and lay flat on your back it always works for me. |
06-21-2004, 05:39 PM
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| | | I never even knew you could make yourself go faster. I'll have to try some of those thing next time. Well, except for the running start.
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