In 1993, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall notice in conjunction with Kransco to alert consumers to the dangers of the slide. Though it had been discontinued, 9 million had been sold between 1961 and 1992 and an unknown number were still available in stores. (A total of 30 million slides were sold through 2011.) The CPSC warned the slide was for children and that adults and teenagers might suffer permanent spinal cord injury. Unlike some product recalls, however, the CPSC did not take action to take it off the market entirely. The reason, according to a spokesperson, was that it was a product for children, and children were not getting hurt on it—only adults were. For easy setup, WHAM-O’s CONNECT-N-GO system will get the water where it needs to be… on your Super Slip ‘N Slide ®. Now go out and SLIDE! I think it is telling that the Slip ‘N Slide comes from Wham-O, a company that seems to have a particularly sensitive finger on the American pulse, as the people who brought you the Frisbee, the Hula Hoop and the SuperBall,” says Chris Bensch, Vice President for Collections at The Strong National Museum of Play. “They just seem to get it, and capture something that isn't quite like anything you've seen before, but suddenly you've got to have.” A post shared by CostContessa | Costco Finds (@costcontessa) Costco Super Slip ‘N Slide 2022 Our Review You know your kids are going to love this! Now can you keep the adults off it so the kids can have a chance to use it? That might be the big question! lol. But really, this looks super fun!

Others saw beauty in Carrier’s design, too. Namely, the successful toy manufacturer Wham-O, founded by two University of Southern California graduates in 1948. According to Walsh, Carrier showed his invention to coworkers, and found out that his boss “knew someone at a toy company up in San Gabriel.” Trading out Naugahyde for a less-expensive vinyl plastic and shortening the length to 25 feet, Wham-O released the “new amazing invention, the Wham-O Slip ‘N Slide Magic Waterslide” at the Toy Fair trade show in New York City in February 1961. By September of that year, more than 300,000 slides had been sold. The game features 32 levels in which players must solve puzzles and overcome obstacles to progress. Fireboy and Watergirl must work together to collect gems and reach the end of each level. During this last phase of U.S. ownership, Richards came into the picture again, running the sales department from 2001 to 2006. He was part of a tightknit leadership group of Wham-O believers who had grown up with and loved the company’s products. But that came to an end when Wham-O was bought by a Chinese company, Cornerstone Overseas Investment Ltd., in 2006. U.S. staff cuts were severe. They eliminated the product development team. They eliminated the design team. And when I was tasked with eliminating the marketing team, I knew it was never going to be the same,” Richards said. It was off the market for while… [Wham-O] kept shortening the length of it, so if you're a full grown-adult and you can sprint way faster than a kid and you weigh 100 pounds more than a kid and the thing is short, and you stop short, bad things are going to happen,” says Walsh.So basically our kids get a fabulous version of the long piece of tarp we had as kids…but honestly…if they use it for longer and burn more energy and are happy and tired and go to bed earlier…do we care? Nope. Slide on, kids. Laugh. Make Memories. Go to bed. Slide on… The creator was inspired by his son sliding on wet, painted concrete. [1] He used his job as an upholsterer to obtain a long strip of Naugahyde, sewed a tube to pass a hose into, and punctured the tube sporadically to allow water to spurt out. Carrier sold his invention to Wham-O where they replaced Naugahyde with plastic to reduce production costs. [2] [3] [4]

As for Slip ‘N Slide’s inventor, Robert Carrier used royalties earned from his creation to start an aircraft interior business. When Kransco bought Wham-O in the mid-1980s and re-released the toy, Carrier negotiated a full buy-out. “I believe I’m not speaking out of turn when I say Slip ‘N Slide is the most profitable line in Wham-O,” says Walsh. Robert Carrier passed away in 2002, but his legacy lives on every summer in grass stains and laughter as kids “slip, slide and away.” Another new approach in the works: a collaboration slated for next year called the Studio Frisbee Collection, featuring the work of notable and up-and-coming artists on the ever-popular flying discs.

Iconic Slip'N Slide® Makes a Big Splash on its 50th Birthday" (Press release). Woodland Hills, California: Wham-O, Inc. 26 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014 . Retrieved 2020-05-17. The game takes place in the Forest Temple, where the two protagonists, Fireboy and Watergirl, embark on a quest to collect diamonds. You'll need to activate buttons, move platforms, and jump over lava and water obstacles to reach the exit.

Critical Content CEO Tom Forman and Critical Content Studios president Jenny Daly added, “Wham-O is synonymous with good times and fun for the whole family and Slip ‘N Slide is one of the most enduring products in their portfolio for good reason. We all have fond memories of our first encounter with a Frisbee disc, a Hula Hoop and a Slip ‘N Slide and have passed that legacy onto our children, and our children’s children. According to Carrier’s 1961 patent , the “ aquatic play equipment ” was a portable surface for the “sport” of body planing. From his original strip of Naugahyde, Carrier took a ream of the plastic material and sewed a tube into the side, forming an “irrigating duct” to which a hose could attach. The duct had punctures along the length of it, from which water could be released via pressure from the hose. Seams stitched across the length of the fabric at regular intervals also carried water laterally, wetting the repellant surface but not making it soggy. Race your friends for All-Day Fun on the giant 26 ft x 4 ft WHAM-O ®Super Slip ‘N Slide ®! It’s made with heavy-duty 28-gauge vinyl with 6 ground stakes to keep it in place. The over-sized inflatable bumper rails keep you and your friends on the slide. An easy-to-use pump is included to get the sliding started right away. The toy is a long sheet of thin plastic, constructed with a heat-sealed tube running along one side. The tube can be connected to any garden hose and water goes in the tube and out through small holes, spraying onto the sliding surface where it becomes very slippery, allowing users to slide the length of the sheet and also has lubricant molded into the plastic that acts as a propellant. 30 million slides were sold in 2011. [4]It was at this point that Robert Carrier decided that if his son was going to insist on sliding, he might as well try to make it as safe as possible. Officially, the box says under 12," Wham-O president Todd Richards told the Los Angeles Times in 2017. "Not everyone abides by that." It’s very easy to dismiss,” says Walsh. “The best inventions are so simple that people are like, ‘Wow, why didn't I think of that?’ But if you look at the patent, I mean it is really genius. You attach the hose to one end and then sew the other end shut so that there's pressure, and then you put spaces in between the stitches so that water literally shoots out every inch and lubricates the entire surface of the slide.” This article is about the toy. For the record label, see Slip-n-Slide Records. For the 1974 UK hit single, see Medicine Head. Slip 'N Slide The deal also includes rights to Wham-O’s other brands, which include Frisbee disc and Hula Hoop. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Slip ‘N Slide, first introduced at the New York Toy Fair in 1961, has seen a 180% increase in sales since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the company.