From built-in water cannons to bouncy houses, there are tons of ways to up the ante on outdoor play by bringing the water park to your own backyard. Easier to set up than an above-ground pool, and ...

[Dino] recently sent us some info on his latest project, a 555 timer-based slider synthesizer. The synth was built to emulate the sound made by playing a slide whistle, and also as an entry into the ...

When I was a kid, I remember building a homemade Slip ’n’ Slide with my friends to have some outdoor fun on a hot summer day. We’d usually cut up a number of black garbage bags and try to overlap them ...

At 50 feet high and rippling out another 170 feet in wavy abandon, the yellow-and-green Giant Slide is among the most iconic structures at the Minnesota State Fair. Built by Fred Pittroff, who has ...

Promising review: "It is MUCH bigger than I thought it was going to be and takes up over half of the small deck we have that goes right up to our pool, but my son loves it. We have had it for about a ...

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Worlds of Fun unveiled plans Thursday to build the longest mat racing water slide in the Midwest at Oceans of Fun water park.The Riptide Raceway, which Worlds of Fun claims is the longest mat racing ...

The promotional material claims these carpet skates are like, “socks on a hardwood floor,” but having lived with hardwood floors for some years now, I can’t imagine Fun Slides are quite as ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Worlds of Fun in in Kansas City, Missouri, will boast the Midwest’s longest mat racing water slide when the Riptide Raceway debuts next summer. The new slide, which will be located ...

This week, the Slide@T3 opened in Singapore’s Changi Airport, a pair of slides that twirl through its Terminal 3. For every $22 you spend at the airport, you get two tokens for the four-story slide; a ...