Jul 18 2008
Photo Hunter: What IS that?
I have blogged about this before last year but I am reposting it again because it is something that still boggles my mind! 
What IS this and how do you use it?
If you haven’t guessed it, it’s somesort of a slide. This equipment has been sitting at a nearby playground for more than a year and we are still not quite sure how to use it!! At first we thought the slide has been installed upside down but nope, it’s seems to be correct. In the first photo, the steps do not even lead up to the light blue slide. It’s about 1 feet away!?! Anyone has any idea how to use this?
Thanks for visiting my PhotoHunt. Have a great weekend, everyone.
woo…cool slide down..
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I agree that looks like it’s installed incorrectly. I don’t have a clue about it but great shot for the theme.
Perfect choice for today’s theme. Mine’s up too hope you can drop by.. Have a wonderful weekend!
Yep- they SO look upside down!
Have a good weekend. 
I’m with you, it looks like its installed properly. Maybe they just didn’t bother with it anymore. Or maybe that is not a playground equipment, maybe its some sort of an art piece
Nice entry
The playground over at my place has got that thing too. I never quite knew the main purpose of it, except knowing my kids imagines that it’s a dry “surfboard”
Wow, those look bizarre! I had my son take a look and he said, no problem. Happy hunting.
I think I’d get stuck inside if I tried one of those!
Whoa! even the slides are hi-tech nowadays. Yeah, it looks kinda weird! Thanks for sharing.
wow a different slide
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Slide!? how to slide? very challenging wor.
hehehe..playgrounds are so innovative these days…and whatever it is..kids can still figure it out
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interesting slide designs! they don’t look too safe, though … maybe they were meant for older kids?
Seems to me this is not just a physical tool, but a mental one too hehe… Cool photo!
I was also thinking it’s an upside down slide. Beats me how this is used. Love the colors though.
… whoever installed this, he/she must be believing that it was for acrobats or something… lol.
how strange! beats me how to use it! great photo’s
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Very interesting entry for this week’s theme. Happy hunting!
hmm, weird looking slide…. must be fun to try! =)
happy weekend!
Interesting none the less. But I’m picturing me using this equipment and getting stuck, then they call the paramedics…come to my rescue, I’m on the 6 o’clock news and made it on the front page of the newspaper…ya, visions of my grandeur!!!
My photo hunt this week is a sequence of photos as I open a purchase I made at Michael’s Crafts shop. Can you guess what they are before I reveal them?
Come by if you can find time!! Have a super weekend.
No clue how its used… but I agree, kids can usually figure it out on their own
Makes for an interesting shot, anyway.
Do you ride the top? I would look for the manufacturer’s logo on it and go to the website….
Well, I must say that I’ve never seen anything quite like this one before! This is a very interesting slide. Very creative!
Never saw one of those before. I wonder what my preschool class would do? They would probably figure it out before I would. Great post for this week’s theme!
My kids would be happy to act as consultants. They are playground experts now.
It seems like a short slide. I would have thought it was something similar to a “tree trunk” that you can climb.
Have one of those outside my flat. Was greatly puzzled by it too when it was first installed. Then my kids enlightened me – slides and rock-climbing, etc. Have watched kids play on them – tho’ not much problem adapting to them, they don’t seem to have as much fun on them as conventional playground on the other side. oh well!
I think the hows and whys of equipment like that is best left to the experts… the kids. LOL I have no idea!
How interesting! Those slides really look peculiar.