Waterslide

Aquarabia will include the first inland surf pool in Saudi Arabia

Architecture

Surf's up in the Saudi desert: Huge water park joins Qiddiya giga-project

If you were to think up practical places to locate a water park, the Saudi Arabian desert probably wouldn't be high on the list. However, the Aquarabia project is set to create waterslides, water-based activities, and Saudi's first inland surf park.

ProSlide's TornadoWAVE sends riders across a massive curved wall to create a momentary sense of weightlessness

Outdoors

Interview: Talking waterslides with the brain behind a record-breaking ride

Everyone loves a good waterslide, but few live and breathe them like Ray Smegal. The professional hockey player-turned builder of flowing dreams heads up product development for Canada-based waterpark design firm ProSlide, which recently snipped the ribbon on a record- breaking ride in Melbourne.

The world's tallest waterslide, The Verrückt, has opened at Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark

Holiday Destinations

Tallest waterslide in the world opens for aquatic thrillseekers

If the slide at your local swimming pool gives you vertigo, then look away now. The tallest waterslide in the world has opened in the US. The Verrückt at Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark is 168.6 ft (51.4 m) tall, making it taller than than Niagara Falls.