ProSlide Technology

ProSlide Technology
Company typePrivate
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1986
FounderRichard D. Hunter
Headquarters2650 Queensview Drive
Unit 150
Ottawa, Ontario
K2B 8H6
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsWater slides
Number of employees
100+(2016)[1]
Websitewww.proslide.com

ProSlide Technology, Inc. is a Canadian designer and manufacturer of water rides and water park resorts.[2] They design and manufacture both traditional slides and innovative rides such as water coasters, funnel-shaped Tornado slides, and Bowl slides.[3] ProSlide has received attention for being the first water slide manufacturer to build a water slide using linear induction motors and for designing the Mammoth watercoaster which was named the world's longest watercoaster by Guinness World Records in 2016.[4][5] Since 1986, ProSlide has developed and designed water rides for water parks in over 40 countries around the world.[6]

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  2. ^ Kleiman, Joe (30 July 2012). "ProSlide Opens KrakenRACERS at Three US Parks". InPark Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ Ralph, Owen (19 July 2017). "Wet'n'Wild Toronto Makes a Splash With Mammoth New Attractions". Blooloop. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Guinness World Records Certifies 'Mammoth' At Holiday World Longest Water Coaster". Tribune Star. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  5. ^ Murphy, Mekado (5 July 2017). "Water Ride vs. Roller Coaster: Now You Don't Have to Choose". New York Times. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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