Memories. Back in the day that line on them stairs use to be on full. With all kinds of people's big small white black having fun and laughing . Belle Isle Park in Detroit was iconic next to the scene dance tv at 6oclock it's time to rock nonstop till 7o clock it don't stop.Nat Morris y'all fast Freddy .Phillip Cupcake etc
@@TheGreatOutdoors Hi! I'm Tomoko, contacting you on behalf of the Japanese national network TBS Television. We'd like to use a few seconds of your videos on that slide during the August 27 edition of our news program "' 7 Days Newscaster." Would it be possible? Thank you 🙏
Shmeckle started bumping gonna could of what was that. Happens for Cletus sole survivor over bumper pods are taking dops. Smack til have we ruin gonn sack up the running
I worked a four lane "big slide" at a state fair one summer in the early 90's. I remember having to go down it while it spraying a can of "Lemon Pledge" furniture polish ahead of me. The second the burlap bag hit that freshly sprayed furniture polish your moving WAY faster than safe and for sure going to catch some air! The wax gets spread out by the bag on the first trip down, the liquid part dissipates and it slows down quite a bit. Fiberglass slides+hillbilly butt sweat=friction, and a slow slide and maybe even a tumble if they are kind of tall, top heavy, or beach ball like in shape. Hit a slow spot, fall forward and bad things happen, so it was safer that way....in theory. If you were to not follow instruction and sprayed the wax BEHIND you as you went down the wax just sit's on the slide....waiting..you've just made a really, really, fast lane for the next unsuspecting person going down. We would sometimes make a "fast lane" for our friends on drunken dares or to smite our enemies! It would normally catch them so off guard they started to slide down the moment they sat and let go of the bar. "whaaaa?..." "oh shitiiiiiiiii" and I think even a yelp or two were heard when people hit the surprise fast lane. No one got hurt or sued. It was a blast.
You're very welcome. It was considerably slower. Air still possible but many many folks didn't get air. If you lean forward now you can prevent air. The State employees there were awesome - nice, professional and hard working! 👏
When I was a kid, we NEVER had to lean forward to keep from getting the hell beat out of us on the slide!! They had a yellow coating on the entire slide to control speed. You may have picked up a LITTLE speed, but this type of stuff NEVER happened!! They need to put that coating back on and stop being so fucking cheap!! Got babies breaking their necks!!
This is nothing! I find it hilarious that this has made news like it's BRAND NEW! When I was younger, on a weekend those stairs were dark it was so full of ppl and the line would be to the gate! The top would be full of folks waiting their turn. I'm mad they took off the awning that protected you from the sun. These folks taking entirely too long to slide down, someone would have pushed you on down to get you out the way! There also wasn't always sacks, used to be just a mat you'd sit on and possibly lose halfway down.... Many a pair of shoes were turned yellow on this slide before they removed the paint lol. I need to get my old crew together and show these new ppl and kids how it's done 😂😂
One needs safety gear now on the G.S. Back in the day rarely would you see someone fly off the sack flying into whomever is next to them colliding with others on the way down.. It was way more people at one time going down the slide too.. The line was super long and worth it..
Hi! Contacting you on behalf of the Japanese national network TBS Television. We'd like to use a few seconds of your videos on that slide during the August 27 edition of our news program "' 7 Days Newscaster." Would it be possible? Thank you.
@@sashasorensen5945 they took off that yellow paint. That is what kept you from going airborne. It's like they're gambling to see if someone is going to get hurt. That's fucking retarded!! Someone's going to get hurt bad then the slide will be shut down permanently. All because the folks in charge are too fucking cheap to put that coating back on!!
I had friends from all over the country call, email, and text me laughing their asses off watching these people fly in the air like kites without a string - sailing the ocean blue wave jumping without a drop water to be seen. Listening to all the ass bones and other body bones cracking and busting after paying a dollar each time to ride down the giant slide of death and mayhem. This public slide would make zillions of dollars in law suits filed by Geoffrey Figer, Mike Morris, Sam Bernstein, and Fabio Zaza.
