People travel for many reasons. Some yearn to see the world’s greatest sights. Others want to learn about exotic cultures. And as I recently learned, there are even people who travel specifically to ride the world’s greatest waterslides.
Barclaycard Waterslide recently offered a challenge: produce a YouTube a video demonstrating your love of waterslides. The best video wins an around the world trip for two to visit the five craziest waterslides ever built. The winner will ride the three-mile long Schlitterbahn in Texas; the world’s highest waterslide in Aguas Quentes, Brazil; a loop-the-loop waterslide in Aqua Magis, Germany; Dubai’s Wild Wadi slide, where riders achieve speeds of up to 50 mph;Â and the slide in the biggest waterpark in the world in Chimelong, China.
The deadline for submission has passed and now all that remains is the voting. Its up to you to decide which waterslide film you rate above the rest and who you’d choose to walk away with the grand prize.
Some of the 41 finalists produced videos featuring elaborate waterslides constructed from materials ranging from Legos to plastic tubing. One contestant built a slide that travels through open windows between two floors of an apartment building. Others took an animated approach, and one creative young man used a Slip ‘n Slide. See the finalists and cast your vote at Barclaycard on YouTube. But hurry, because voting ends April 5th.
