The Urban Slide is coming to Jacksonville

[coredumped]

https://wwwyoutube.com/v/GZjOAw1SZ0U
http://www.theurbanslide.com/events/jacksonville-fl-2/

[tufsu1]

Using the only real hill in downtown Jax....Market Street!

[Dapperdan]

Will it be on Market Street? Too bad they couldn't use Main Street Bridge or something?

[tufsu1]

^ I don't think the hill on teh main street bridge is long enough....and honestly they probably don't want too steep of a hill for safety.

[menace1069]

$12 for a single slide? Seems .....steep.

Boo.

[CityLife]

$12 for a single slide? Seems .....steep.

You can always pay $5 + $1.90 service fees to be a "volunteer". True story.

[Overstreet]

I wonder how they treat manhole transitions and other bumps, humps and irregularities?

[Dapperdan]

Wait, its $12 per ride? I thought the $12 gave you as many rides as you wanted. That is kind of lame. I can go to Adventure Island at the beaches with much bigger and funner slides and stay all day for $30 . I may try it out, but I think that price may keep a lot of folks back considering you only get one go at it.

[cowford]

I went today and it was awful.  Bought 5 rides for $25 on Groupon.  When I was walking up I noticed that most people were just walking down the slide due to the lack of a sufficient decline.  I'd already bought the ticket, so I decided to give it at least one go.  After 50 minutes in line I finally got my turn and I positioned my tube and got into launch position!  After sliding for about 15 feet I came to a dead stop and started my walk of shame to the end of the slide. 

[JaxDan]

I went today and it was awful.  Bought 5 rides for $25 on Groupon.  When I was walking up I noticed that most people were just walking down the slide due to the lack of a sufficient decline.  I'd already bought the ticket, so I decided to give it at least one go.  After 50 minutes in line I finally got my turn and I positioned my tube and got into launch position!  After sliding for about 15 feet I came to a dead stop and started my walk of shame to the end of the slide.

LOL.  Well I feel good about missing it now so thanks for that.

[I-10east]

I wonder how they treat manhole transitions and other bumps, humps and irregularities?

They placed some sort of material (I believe foam if I'm not mistaken) underneath the slide.

[I-10east]

I went today and it was awful.  Bought 5 rides for $25 on Groupon.  When I was walking up I noticed that most people were just walking down the slide due to the lack of a sufficient decline.  I'd already bought the ticket, so I decided to give it at least one go.  After 50 minutes in line I finally got my turn and I positioned my tube and got into launch position!  After sliding for about 15 feet I came to a dead stop and started my walk of shame to the end of the slide. 

Yeah, it basically being a momentum-less slide is what caught my attention on Channel 4.

[Downtown Osprey]

Didn't attend but heard the thing was a huge flop.

[tufsu1]

^ not sure it was a flop....there were long lines both days...I'm sure the company made plenty of money.

As for Wayne Woodstock...it made Urban Slide look cheap...thankfully, some of the proceeds went to PB&J.

[I-10east]

They said that 'hundreds' of people came to the Urban Slide. No doubt they made some money. Here's a TU slideshow of it.

http://beta.spotted.jacksonville.com/mediadetail/22589041?gId=598557