I never did outgrow water parks.  Offer me a day of swimming, sliding, and splashing, and I’m there.  I love adventure and speed and I don’t mind getting soaked, but even I am a little apprehensive about the AquaLoop, a new gravity defying water slide that takes riders on a roller coaster-style loop.

www.WhiteWaterWest.com

You enter the slide standing straight up on a trap door.  It drops out from under your feet and you plummet in a 40-foot free fall to gain speed entering the loop at 2.5 g’s and speeds of up to 40mph.

WhiteWater, the company that makes the AquaLoop, has sold over 20 of these slides worldwide, and thrill seekers at water parks in Europe and Asia are crazy about this crazy slide.  At least two American water parks will debut the AquaLoop in 2010 — Jay Peak Resort in Vermont and Noah’s Ark Water Park in Wisconsin hope to open their AquaLoop slides on Memorial Day weekend next year.

Do you have the guts to try a looping water slide?  What do you think — more awesome, or more terrifying?  Maybe the fact that it’s terrifying makes it more awesome!  Check out this video to see what it’s like to ride the AquaLoop:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44JieSKX464[/youtube]

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