Johnny Upsidedown Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 A photo in this story http://www.kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=129055 video report at this one http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=14f7d32e-faa9-41e7-b059-d408c4b8b982 A slide at the Big Splash water park collapsed with one person on it. Police say part of the Master Blaster collapsed while a woman was on the slide. She was left suspended 25 feet in the air. They were able to get the woman down to safety. She suffered minor injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtime&Gravity Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Wow, luckily the girl was not hurt, but how does a six foot section of a water slide just collapse? Airtime-I see a lawsuit coming-&Gravity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 seeing as one story says 15 feet in the air, and the other says 25, I think it's safe to say that information was only gathered from eyewitnesses who don't really know anything, so in time I'm sure we'll hear more. it is a strange incident... -James Dillaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerC Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 From looking at that picture, it seems like if the girl did fall off, she would of slid ontop the top of the other section of the slide, the she would of rolled off into the lazy river below it. That section did look pretty undersupported in the picture. I wonder if they will shut down the other Master Blasters to inspect them. BTW, does anyone see the resemblence in that picture to the ones you see of the highway overpasses that collaspe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shavethewhales Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Wow, you'd never suspect something like this. Granted, this could be a freak accident, but it's ironic that one of the reasons Bell's was evicted was supposed problems with keeping up their rides, but the Murphys' have free reign. It does just look like a free accident though, I've been on this slide many times myself and it's pretty solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 It looks like the section wasn't sufficiently supported, but I'd have to see a before shot to say anything else. I hope it doesn't affect any of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Heh, looks like ProSlide versions just got a bit more popular! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shavethewhales Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Ah, I thought about it now and I take back what I said before- it doesn't look so much like a freak accident but rather that caused by improper upkeep. This slide has been around long enough that if this was something structural, it would have happened long before now. Besides, look at the aerial shot. You can see that the slide came apart at the slots where it's bolted together, maybe that implies that the screws just came loose or broke off. Then again, I don't know much about water slides, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the Murphy's be forced to hand out some serious cash to cover this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 This sort of reminds me of an incident, probably a decade or more ago, when a bunch of people all went on a waterslide all at once and an entire section of the slide broke off and they all died. My father told me about this every time we went to a water park, scared the crap out of me. This looks like a mix of bad upkeep and flawed design, or maybe just flawed design altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy216 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Heh, looks like ProSlide versions just got a bit more popular! Ya know I've noticed lately that NBGS International, the company that makes the original master blaster type slide doesn't really make too many slides any more. I mean this company was created to make rides for the Schlitterbahn parks and in the Galveston Island park, about half of the rides are relocated from other parks. Besides their version of the Master Blaster basically rips your pants off. I could have sworn that I lost my pants and that someone else had also lost their pants and they just came flying on to me. In other words I would much rather ride a normal slide than one of these any day. NBGS used to be a great one until about 5 or 6 years ago. Anyone agree with me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dood Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Master Blasters hurt my ass when you go over those black grate things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy216 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Master Blasters hurt my a$$ when you go over those black grate things. I totally agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogmom Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 The most disturbing part of this is the part that says "The state doesn't require mandatory inspections". This is pretty hard to comprehend, especially in this age of lawsuits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 ^ It's Oklahoma... -James Dillaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOVE SFKK Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 When you ride NBSwhatever slides like the ones at Shlitterbahns it basically reels like the thing is shaking while your riding. Is it just me or are waterslides not suposed to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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