Work has begun on the world’s biggest water slide on a hillside west of Auckland.
The 650 metre long waterslide is being built by two Auckland men, Jimi Hunt and Dan Drupsteen, as part of a festival to help combat depression.
The water slides will be open for public to use during a two-day festival on February 23 and 24.
Funds raised will be used by the charity Live More Awesome.
In total three slides are being built down the hillside. the biggest is a massive 650 metres long, with two smaller ones – one 80 metres and another 60-metres long.
Both of the builders have suffered from depressions and see this project as a way to keep depression at bay.
” It was really tough, but having come out the other side we decided the best way for us to keep depression at bay was to ‘Live More Awesome’. We hope this amazing project will encourage others to do the same and we want people to know it’s ok to ask for help,” Jimi said.
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brliiant article, looking forward to going down it with my nephews
just 2 men?
They must’ve been strong.
Sorry it was slone Stephens not stone 🙂
Nice
Good work
Weeeeeeeeeee!
Want to go down!
But I live in North Canterbury. x(
That would be $cary and £un if I went on that w@terslide
yeah bro might be massive long like the sky tpwer it must be amazing gosh i went there.
IT IS HUGEMUNGOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee builddddddddddd iiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttt and hope we don’t die
I live right next to it
Build one in Dunedin
Awesome!
WOW that’s massive
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Wow that is AMAZING! I think I want to go on it not sure >:/ ?
I’m DEFINATLY giong down dat water slide 😮
AWESOME!
COOL!!
WOW!!!
THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO NZ!
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wat the heak
(sarcastic) live only 3 hours away form away form it
Thats on my birthday
i am so going on it
wow
awsome that must be fun
Aren’t there any other people building? Is it possible for just 2 men?!
That is great news! I would go down there… but maybe it would be a bit too scary!
Yikes! That is STEEP! I wouldn’t wanna be that person-too scary for me!
Hey thats awsome i wish it was bigger and better my onest opion ok so dont fight with me
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there is just bossness going on in Auckland
omg
it would be cool to go on it but way to scary you could get hurt or worst but I so want to but its way to high and dangerous and are they going to test it make sure it doesn’t break