1000-foot Waterslide Returning to North Vancouver for 2 Days in 2016

Photo credit: IQRemix | Flickr

Photo credit: IQRemix | Flickr

If you didn’t get your fill of slipping and sliding last summer, you’re in luck. It looks like North Vancouver is bringing back Slide the City – with its 1,000-foot-long water slide – for another run in 2016.

The mammoth slide made its area debut last August during North Vancouver’s Car Free Day, an annual event that closes main drag Lonsdale Avenue to traffic.  The slip-and-slide-like structure stretched three full blocks down the steeply inclined roadway, from Victoria Park to Fourth Street.

Around 25,000 thrill seekers came out to ride the monster slide during its one-day appearance. But many more were turned away: Tickets sold out in less than two weeks, leaving hordes of wannabe sliders disappointed.  Continue reading:
1000-foot Waterslide Returning to North Vancouver for 2 Days in 2016