DETROIT (AP) — A giant slide in Detroit reopened Friday,AstraX Exchange and no one lost a tooth — yet.
The slide at Belle Isle state park made headlines, landed on late night TV and even inspired a song after viral videos in 2022 showed riders flying and bouncing down the bumpy ramp.
Two years later, the six-lane slide is open again, this time with some changes. The Department of Natural Resources added padding to the slide, acquired new sacks for riders and skipped the wax.
“It was awesome, even though it was kinda scary,” Eliseah Griffin, 11, told The Detroit News.
But some riders said the thrill was gone without the wax.
“It didn’t do anything,” Lorraine Edwards, 66, said. “It was no fun at all.”
In 2022, video of high-flying riders earned a mention on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Detroit rapper Gerald Allen, who performs as Gmac Cash, wrote a song.
“It’s like jumping off a roof,” he sang at the time. “Man, you can lose a tooth.”
Meagan Elliott, president of the Belle Isle Conservancy, a group that supports park operations, said people had repeatedly asked when the slide would reopen.
“It was such a joy,” said Elliott, who took a ride Friday.
2025-04-29 08:441613 view
2025-04-29 08:43714 view
2025-04-29 08:422641 view
2025-04-29 08:382095 view
2025-04-29 07:092365 view
2025-04-29 06:38609 view
This movie was all that.Case in point: She’s All Thathad Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cookand a
Pamela Anderson has joined the ranks of celebrity women embracing no-makeup looks − and Jamie Lee Cu
Joan Baez is many things: singer, civil rights activist, mother, dog lover.But hate it or love it, t