Germany: Nettebad Osnabrueck Opens New „Twist“ Funnel Slide

This past Saturday, Germany’s Nettebad Osnabrueck officially opened its new “Twist” funnel slide (c.f. EAP news from October 28^th, 2016), after it has been successfully approved by German TÜV inspection at the second attempt. Due to its steep starting section with a height of 13.50 meters, sliders increase quickly in speed before arriving in the eight meter wide funnel – at the first inspection by TÜV a few weeks ago, testing persons were too fast in pace. Wolfgang Hermle, Head of the bathing complex, explained: “[…] To ensure the sliders’ safety we added a ‘crash barrier’ to the funnel after its first inspection,” he said.

Thanks to the barrier, the sliders’ centrifugal force is controlled in a better way. Furthermore, the bathing complex readjusted “Twist’s” projection technology so that bathing guests can now interact with the projected underwater world in an optimized way. (eap)