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(narrator) NEXT ON “XTREME WATERPARKS”...
WE'VE SEARCHED THE WORLD FOR RIDES
THAT PUSH YOU TO THE VERY EDGE--
A SLIDE SO TALL, IT'S INSANE...
IT IS 14 STORIES HIGH.
A LOOP SO WICKED
(screaming)
AND A BUNGEE SPLASHDOWN THAT'LL GIVE YOU NIGHTMARES.
(screaming)
INSTINCTUALLY, YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A BAD IDEA.
(man) WHOO!
♪♪
Closed Captions provided by Scripps Networks, LLC.
Captioned by Closed Captioning Services, Inc.
OUR FIRST STOP IS KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD
FOR SEXY BEACHES.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE BRAZILIANS GO TO GET AWAY
AND SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF THEMSELVES.
(women screaming)
WE'RE IN NORTHERN BRAZIL
IN THE COASTAL TOWN OF FORTALEZA.
THE WATER PARK THERE IS BEACH PARK,
AND IT'S THE POSTER CHILD FOR EXTREME.
ONE OF OUR RIDES IS A LEGEND AROUND THE WORLD.
IT'S A 14-STORY SLIDE
THAT TOWERS ABOVE THE TREETOPS AT BEACH PARK.
AT 135 FEET TALL, IT COULD STAND TOE TO TOE
WITH THE COUNTRY'S ICONIC “CHRIST THE REDEEMER” STATUE.
IT'S SO CRAZY IT'S CALLED INSANO.
INSANO'S ONE OF FOUR GUT-CLENCHING RIDES
THREE OF ‘EM ARE LIKE SUPPORTING ACTORS.
THE FIRST ACTOR-- SARCóFAGO,
A 50-MILE-AN-HOUR COMPLETE BLACKOUT.
NUMBER TWO-- ENIGMA OF THE SPHINX,
DESIGNED TO LEAVE YOU ABSOLUTELY DISORIENTED.
THE FINAL SUPPORTING ACTOR IS A HALF-PIPE
CALLED KALAFRIO,
WHICH LOOSELY TRANSLATED IS PORTUGUESE FOR
(screaming)
WE JUST FALL 90 DEGREES BACKWARDS.
(screaming)
THIS IS RAPHAEL'S FIRST TIME TO BEACH PARK.
HIS COLLEGE BUDDIES LEANDRO AND RAQUEL
BROUGHT HIM HERE TO BREAK HIM IN.
OH, MY GOD. I-I HAVE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THAT.
(screaming)
BUT IT DOESN'T COMPARE TO THE THRILL JUST AHEAD.
IT'S 135 FEET TALL.
YOU GO DOWN AT 65 MILES PER HOUR.
SLIDING DOWN INSANO
IS LIKE SPEEDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN YOUR CAR,
EXCEPT THERE'S NO VEHICLE.
IT'S JUST BARE SKIN HAULING DOWN FIBERGLASS.
(laughs)
OH. (laughs) I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS!
I DON'T THINK I CAN SURVIVE INSANO, IT'S TOO HIGH.
AND I'M VERY AFRAID OF HEIGHTS.
SO LET'S GO.
AS THEY START THE 151-STEP CLIMB,
RAPHAEL'S CHATTER GOES FROM NERVOUSNESS
TO THE BEGINNINGS OF A FREAK-OUT.
(chuckles)
HE'S GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER.
LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THAT.
OH, MY GOD. (chuckles)
BECAUSE INSANO'S 14 STORIES TALL,
THERE WASN'T A PUMP IN BRAZIL STRONG ENOUGH
TO GET WATER TO THE TOP.
IT'S ABOUT 60,000 GALLONS PER HOUR
THAT'S PUMPED ON THE INSANO, SO IT'S A LOT OF WATER.
IT'S 500,000 POUNDS OF WATER EVERY HOUR,
WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THE PUMP, FOUND IN THE STATES,
AND THE RIDE CAN ONLY OPERATE FOUR HOURS A DAY.
LET'S GO, GUYS.
I'M REALLY GETTING NERVOUS NOW.
OH, MY GOD.
(chuckles)
LOOK AT THAT.
WE CAN SEE ALL THE CITY FROM HERE. (chuckles)
DO YOU KNOW HOW HIGH IS THAT?
YEAH, IT'S ABOUT--
IT'S 135 FEET.
OH, MY--
I-I DON'T FEEL MY LEGS. (gasping)
(laughs)
LET'S GO. CAN I GO FIRST?
YEAH, SURE.
I'M READY.
(screaming)
♪♪
WHOA!
IT'S SO COOL! (chuckles)
NOW I'M REALLY AFRAID.
I DON'T WANT TO GO. (chuckles)
MY HEART IS BEATING VERY FAST.
MY HAND IS SHAKING.
SO IT'S TIME TO GO.
(screaming)
♪♪
OH, MY GOD. (chuckles)
I CAN NOT...
THAT WAS AMAZING.
LET'S GO. LET'S GO. LET'S GO.
LET'S WATCH RAPHAEL NOW.
(laughs, screams)
OH, MY GOD. (chuckles nervously)
LET'S GO, RAPHAEL! (claps)
OH, MAN. OH, MAN. (chuckles)
I'M VERY AFRAID, MAN, FREAKING OUT.
I'M FREAKING OUT.
I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
OH, MY GOD. (chuckles)
I DON'T--I DON'T THINK I-I WANT TO GO.
I DON'T THINK I WANT TO GO.
RAPHAEL ALVES IS STUCK AT THE TOP OF INSANO,
135-FOOT, GRAVITY-DEFYING WATERSLIDE
IN FORTALEZA, BRAZIL.
I THINK IT'S HIGHER THAN EVEREST. OH, MAN.
HE'S GOT GOOD REASON TO BE AFRAID.
THE MOMENT HE LETS GO, HE'LL HIT 65 MILES PER HOUR,
SOME OF IT AIRBORNE.
LET'S GO, RAPHAEL! (claps)
HIS FRIENDS HAVE ALREADY MADE IT DOWN.
THE QUESTION IS, WILL HE?
♪♪
(screaming)
(laughing)
(screaming)
OH... MY... GOD!
♪♪
HEY, RAPHAEL, ARE YOU OKAY?
WOW! (chuckles) AWESOME!
I WANT TO GO AGAIN!
I WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN!
(chuckles) I WAS FREAKING OUT BEFORE I COME DOWN.
I WAS SCREAMING A LOT,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SCREAM, YOU--YOU CAN'T FEEL THE FEAR.
(screaming)
IT WAS A CHALLENGE FOR ME,
BECAUSE I'M VERY, VERY AFRAID OF HEIGHTS.
AND, UH, I DID IT!
(chuckles) I DID IT!
AAH!
FROM SIZZLING BRAZIL
TO THE SNOWY SLOPES OF NEW ENGLAND--
OUR NEXT PARK LIVES IN A VERMONT SKI RESORT
CALLED JAY PEAK, SEVEN MILES FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER.
PUMP HOUSE WATER PARK IS A 50,000-SQUARE-FOOT,
$25 MILLION PLAYGROUND.
(man screaming)
IT HAS FOUR HARD-CORE SLIDES.
THREE OF THEM TAKE YOU OUTSIDE THE BUILDING
AND THEN SPIT YOU BACK INSIDE.
BUT THERE ARE TWO RIDES HERE
THAT REALLY DEFINE THE PUMP HOUSE.
THE FIRST IS THE FLOWRIDER,
A MAN-MADE WAVE DESIGNED FOR LANDLOCKED SURFERS.
IT CREATES ABOUT A 3-INCH SHEEN OR A WAVE
MOVING ACROSS THE TARP.
IT'S MOVING AT SUCH A SPEED
THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SURF IN VERMONT.
BUT IF THE GOAL WAS TO GO TOTALLY EXTREME,
LA CHUTE IS THE DREAM.
THERE'S NOT ANOTHER INDOOR TUBE IN AMERICA
THAT HURLS YOU THROUGH A NEAR-VERTICAL LOOP.
YOU'RE DOING 45 MILES AN HOUR
BEFORE SHOOTING ‘EM IN THE LOOP.
WE HIT PRETTY MUCH BETWEEN 2 and 3 G's.
(woman screaming)
(man) YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE HAVING A SHOT?
SURE, LET'S DO IT.
YEAH.
JASON, DAN, AND BRIAN
TAKE IT WITH IT.
FIRST STOP--LIQUID COURAGE FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD.
PUMPING 60,000 GALLONS OF WATER A MINUTE,
THE FLOWRIDER IS THE PERFECT,
BUT UNFORGIVING, WAVE.
(man) WHOA!
(laughs)
THAT IS NOT GONNA BE ME, DUDE.
NO, I WILL BE-- I WILL BE WORSE.
(man) LIVE IT, DUDE, LIVE IT. OH.
(Jason) AND YOU'RE JUST, UH, YOU'RE GONE,
YOU KNOW, THAT'S--THAT'S IT.
I DIDN'T--DIDN'T EVEN STAND UP.
♪♪
(man) WHOO!
I THINK I DID A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN JASON.
HE WAS UP FOR ABOUT A QUARTER OF A SECOND,
AND I WAS UP FOR ABOUT THREE.
WHOA! AAH!
(man) THAT WAS GOOD.
UP NEXT--LA CHUTE.
(Brian) WHOA, DUDE!
THAT LOOKS INSANE.
IT'S SIX STORIES UP, AND IT DROPS RIDERS
INTO A 60-FOOT, VERTICAL FREE FALL.
“THERE IS A CHANCE YOU MAY NOT MAKE IT OVER THE LOOP”"
IF YOU DON'T, JUST STAY CALM, DUDE.
PART OF THE RIDE FOR SOME PEOPLE IS NOT COMPLETING THE LOOP.
PEOPLE RIGHT AROUND 100, 120 POUNDS
JUST GET UP TO THE TOP AND THEN THEY GO BACKWARDS
AND THEY KIND OF SETTLE OUT.
STAY IN THE TUBE AND WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE.
(woman screaming)
DID SHE HAVE TO SCREAM?
(exhales deeply)
THIS IS ON NOW, THIS IS ON, RIGHT?
(electronic voice) THREE, TWO, ONE.
(screams)
(laughs)
♪♪
(screaming)
I SCREAMED LIKE A LITTLE GIRL.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
I CAN'T THINK, I CAN'T-- IT WAS--IT WAS AMAZING.
(electronic voice) THREE, TWO, ONE.
(screaming)
♪♪
OH, MY GOD. (chuckles)
WHOO!
OH, NO. I FEEL LIKE I'M MARCHING TO THE GALLOWS.
OH, MY GOD.
OH, THIS IS IT! (screaming)
♪♪
MY GOD. (chuckles)
I'M ALL RIGHT. (chuckles) I'M ALIVE!
I CLOSED MY EYES WHEN THE THING LET GO OF ME.
I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THAT. I WAS TERRIFIED.
BUT I'M--I'M HERE. I'M ALIVE.
OH, BOY.
(narrator) NEXT...
IT'S A BOBSLED ON WATER
AND THE WORLD'S MOST FIERCE.
(man) YOU WANT TO SEE AN EXTREME SLIDE,
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXTREME SLIDE.
(screaming)
SO FAR WE'VE HELD OUR BREATH AND HIT THE AIR ON INSANO,
A 13-STORY, PURE ADRENALINE WATERSLIDE IN BRAZIL.
(electronic voice) THREE, TWO, ONE.
(narrator) WE LOST TOTAL COMPOSURE IN VERMONT
SPEEDING THROUGH THE NATION'S
(screaming)
AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
OUR NEXT PARK TAKES US DOWN SOUTH.
WE'RE IN LOUISIANA,
IN THE STATE CAPITAL OF BATON ROUGE.
FOLKS HERE LOVE NOODLING CATFISH,
SUCKING DOWN MUDBUGS,
(screaming)
(screaming)
(screaming)
HERE AT BLUE BAYOU, WE HAVE OVER 20 ATTRACTIONS.
(woman screaming)
AND THE LARGEST DRAW HERE IS THE CONJA.
THE CONJA IS A $3.5 MILLION,
80-FOOT MONUMENT TO BOBSLEDDING.
AT 700 FEET LONG,
IT'S THE WORLD'S LONGEST, TALLEST, IN-LINE WATERSLIDE.
(cheering)
THEY CALL IT IN-LINE BECAUSE YOU RIDE THIS BEAST
(screaming)
YOU'RE HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE.
(screaming)
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE TO FLY SOLO,
THERE'S THE FLYIN' PIROGUE.
ONE, TWO...
THE LIFEGUARD HITS A PEDAL AND THEN IT JUST DROPS HIM.
ALL THEY SEE IS WATER
AND THEN THEY'RE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN THREE STORIES.
THEY IMPACT THE WATER
AND THEY JUST SLIDE ON DOWN FOR ANOTHER ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET.
I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I'M SKIPPING STONES, LIKE I'M THE STONE.
(screaming)
WHOO! OH, YEAH!
WOW, THAT WAS GOOD. (laughs)
KATIE AND HER FRIENDS
ARE STUDENTS AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
HERE AT THE PARK TO DO SOME EXTREME PROCRASTINATING.
IT'S THE WEEKEND BEFORE FINALS,
SO I GUESS WE'RE JUST LETTING LOOSE THIS WEEKEND.
(man) WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT FINALS.
WE'RE JUST GONNA GO ALL OUT TODAY
AND JUST RIDE SOME WATERSLIDES.
THIS IS ONE OF THEIR FAVES-- THE AZUKA,
A TUBE SLIDE THAT DROPS YOU 40 FEET
INTO A GIANT L.S.U. PURPLE AND GOLD FUNNEL.
(woman screaming)
IT IS THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY.
YOU GET IN IT, YOU'RE SITTING, AND YOU'RE LOOKING
AT EVERYBODY'S FACES AND YOU'RE SEEING THE TERROR.
(man) ANTHONY, ANTHONY, ANTHONY.
(screaming)
THEN IT'S DARK, IT'S PITCH-DARK.
AND THEN ALL THE SUDDEN IT'S JUST THIS BIG TUNNEL OF LIGHT.
(screaming)
YOU'RE GONNA GO UP ONE SIDE ABOUT THREE STORIES
AND THEN COME RIGHT BACK DOWN.
(screaming)
IT WAS--HE--LIKE--
IT WAS THAT INTENSE FOR ME.
THE INTENSITY'S ABOUT TO GET KICKED UP A NOTCH,
BECAUSE UP NEXT IS THE CONJA.
8 STORIES HIGH, SPIRALING 700 FEET DOWN.
IT'S A STEEL AND FIBERGLASS RIDE WITH 12 HAIRPIN CURVES
(women screaming)
THAT'S GONNA BE US.
IT'S GONNA BE YOU.
HE'S THE GIRL OF THE FOUR.
(laughs)
KATIE AND JADE TALK A BIG GAME,
BUT I'VE BEEN COMING HERE SINCE I WAS SIX.
I KNOW ALL THE TIPS AND TRICKS TO FREAK SOMEONE OUT.
YOU WANT TO SEE AN EXTREME SLIDE,
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXTREME SLIDE.
(Phillip) IT'S JUST LIKE A BOBSLED,
AND SO WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING DOWN IT,
IF YOU GET YOUR GROUP TO LEAN TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER,
YOU CAN TURN THIS RIDE INTO ONE OF THE MOST
THRILLING EXPERIENCES YOU CAN EVER ACHIEVE.
WHOO!
♪♪
(cheering)
(man) WOW.
WHOO!
LITERALLY WHEN YOU ARE IN THE RAFT,
AND YOU TAKE OFF, YOU JUST SHOOT OUT.
THE THING IS WILD. IT'S AN AWESOME RIDE.
WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME. THE MORE THAT YOU SWING,
THE MORE HEIGHT YOU GET, THE FASTER YOU GET.
(Anthony) AS SOON AS THAT RAFT HITS THAT SIDE WALL,
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE LITERALLY--
YOU'RE HOLDING ON WITH ONE HAND--
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE JUST DANGLING LIKE THIS.
(Katie) THE BACK PERSON, HE WAS REALLY DOING ALL THE WORK.
HE WAS JERKING THE WHOLE RIDE.
(man) OH, MAN.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
OH, NO. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
SO TRUE.
I MEAN, THAT REALLY IS TRUE.
EVERYONE RAGS ON ME FOR SCREAMING,
BUT IT MAKES RIDES MORE FUN,
(screaming)
♪ GO, GO, GO, GO ♪
NEXT ON “XTREME,”
THE ONLY INDOOR BUNGEE ON THE PLANET
(screaming)
FROM A SLIDE THAT TERRORIZES
TO THE ULTIMATE SURF MACHINE,
WE'RE GETTING OUR THRILL ON
AT THE WORLD'S MOST EXTREME WATER PARKS.
OUR FINAL STOP BELIEVES THAT SIZE DOES MATTER.
IT'S THE BIGGEST INDOOR WATER PARK IN NORTH AMERICA.
(man screaming)
THIS PLACE COVERS 30 ACRES--
THAT'S ROOM FOR 76 NHL HOCKEY RINKS.
WE'RE IN CANADA, IN THE CITY OF EDMONTON.
WINTERS HERE RAGE ON FOR SIX MONTHS
UNLESS YOU'RE AT WORLD WATERPARK.
YOU ALWAYS FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AT THE BEACH.
BUT THIS BEACH HAS 19 RIDES,
NEARLY ALL OF THEM RIDES THAT MAKE YOUR STOMACH CHURN.
♪♪
AND FOR THE TRULY ADRENALINE DEPRAVED,
THERE'S CENTER OF GRAVITY,
THE WORLD'S TALLEST INDOOR BUNGEE JUMP...
(man) WHOO!
THE ONLY ONE THAT HITS WATER.
(man) WHEN YOU PULL ‘EM BACK IN, THEIR HAIR IS STILL DRY.
IT'S BECAUSE YOU FALL IN, AND YOU DISPLACE SO MUCH WATER
THAT YOU'RE IN AND OUT SO FAST
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET YOUR HAIR WET.
(woman) HE'S THE CRAZY ONE.
I GREW UP SNOWBOARDING,
AAH!
JARED'S AN EXTREME GUY. WIFE MELANIE--NOT SO MUCH.
SHE'S HOPING TODAY TO CONVINCE HER MAN
SHE CAN HANG ON SOMETHING TOUGHER THAN THE WAVE POOL.
IT'S SAFE TO SAY I AM FREAKING RIGHT OUT.
(laughs)
MELANIE'S FIRST TEST-- SKY SCREAMER,
SIDE-BY-SIDE RACING SLIDES
THAT START 77 FEET IN THE AIR
WHEN THE FLOOR DISAPPEARS BENEATH YOU.
OH, MAN.
IT'S A LITTLE OVER 2 G's WHEN YOU DROP
AND YOU HIT 35 MILES AN HOUR ON THAT.
(electronic voice) THREE, TWO, ONE.
(Melanie screaming)
(screaming)
(screaming)
WHOO! OH, YEAH!
(Melanie) WHEN THAT FLOOR DROPS FROM BENEATH YOU,
YOU HAVE NO CONTROL.
(Jared laughs)
IT'S SCARY.
(narrator) NO, THIS IS SCARY.
THE CENTER OF GRAVITY STANDS TEN STORIES HIGH.
THAT'S THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN ANY OLYMPIC DIVING BOARD.
(Jarrid) IT'S UNLIKE ANY OTHER RIDE--
YOU HAVE TO START THE RIDE.
IT'S UP TO YOU TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
WITH ONE STEP,
YOU'RE FREE-FALLING AT 40 MILES PER HOUR,
DROPPING 106 FEET IN JUST 3 SECONDS,
AND THE WATER IS ONLY 8 FEET DEEP.
I AM FREAKING OUT. I AM SERIOUSLY--
I AM FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW.
WHOA, THAT'S HIGH.
(man laughs)
(Jarrid) AND THEN WE DON'T REALLY GIVE ANYONE
A TIME TO THINK.
IT REALLY DOESN'T BECOME A REAL ACTIVITY
UNTIL YOU'RE STANDING ON THE EDGE.
INSTINCTUALLY, YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A BAD IDEA.
(man) HERE WE GO.
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, BUNGEE!
WHOO! YEAH, BABY! WHOO!
(screaming)
♪♪
OH, MY GOSH. WHOO!
THE FALL IS KIND OF FREEING
BUT TOTALLY SCARY AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEN YOU HIT THE WATER AND THEN YOU BOUNCE BACK UP
AND YOUR STOMACH GOES INTO YOUR THROAT,
AND IT'S LIKE YOU DROP AGAIN.
I'M OVERWHELMED. I DON'T EVEN LIKE--
YEAH, THAT WAS AWESOME, TOTALLY AWESOME.
(men) FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, BUNGEE!
WHOO!
(screaming)
WHOO! YEAH!
THAT WAS GOOD
AND JUST A RUSH ALL THE WAY DOWN.
IT WAS GOOD.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, I WAS TOTALLY SCARED
TO GO BUNGEE JUMPING AND GO ON ALL THESE CRAZY SLIDES,
BUT I'D HAVE TO SAY, I'M A TOTAL CONVERT.
YOU'RE CRAZY.
THERE'S A REASON WE LOVE SCARING OURSELVES--
EXPERTS SAY IT'S A PRIMAL NEED TO FEEL OUR HEARTS RACING,
OUR ADRENALINE PUMPING,
AND THAT RUSH OF POWER THAT SAYS,
“HE WHO CONQUERS THE RIDE MAY CONQUER IT ALL.”
I WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN!
I DID IT! (laughs)