DETROIT (AP) — A large slide in Detroit reopened Friday, and nobody misplaced a tooth — but.
The slide at Belle Isle state park made headlines, landed on late evening TV and even impressed a music after viral movies in 2022 confirmed riders flying and bouncing down the bumpy ramp.
Two years later, the six-lane slide is open once more, this time with some adjustments. The Division of Pure Assets added padding to the slide, acquired new sacks for riders and skipped the wax.
“It was superior, regardless that it was kinda scary,” Eliseah Griffin, 11, informed The Detroit Information.
However some riders mentioned the fun was gone with out the wax.
“It didn’t do something,” Lorraine Edwards, 66, mentioned. “It was no enjoyable in any respect.”
In 2022, video of high-flying riders earned a point out on “Jimmy Kimmel Stay!” Detroit rapper Gerald Allen, who performs as Gmac Money, wrote a music.
“It’s like leaping off a roof,” he sang on the time. “Man, you possibly can lose a tooth.”
Meagan Elliott, president of the Belle Isle Conservancy, a bunch that helps park operations, mentioned folks had repeatedly requested when the slide would reopen.
“It was such a pleasure,” mentioned Elliott, who took a journey Friday.