Slide the City

Gourley, John Malfatto and David Wulf in 2013, who claim that they were “inspired by their own childhood memories”[3] to create the event.

[13] T R Gourley, the cofounder of Slide the City, claims to minimize water usage at their event, making minimization of environmental impact on the communities a priority concern[14] Slide the City is described as an event that couples fun with fundraising.

[16] Slide the City is held in various locations and there are different forms of charity, including donation, fund-raising and free tickets giveaway.

For example, Slide the City in Hong Kong supports a charity called "A Drop of Life" by donation.

[18] Other than that, in Slide the City of Lancaster, by typing the promotional code offered by the host when purchasing tickets, 15% of the sale will be transferred directly to the organization, "The Mix".

[22] However, at a different venue, participants complained about the water insufficiency and the lack of gradient of the slide which resulted in people crashing into each other .

[2][24] in response to these complaints, The organizer claimed that a team was put together to calculate the best slide inclination in advance to future events.

[27] According to Guinness World Record, the participants collectively travelled a distance of 774,515.09 metres (2,541,060.0 ft) in an hour.