Schlitterbahn relationship with WhiteWater is more complicated than that...
Basically, until 2006, Schlitterbahn designed and made slides for parks around the world as NBGS. NBGS stood for New Braunfels General Store and was the manufacturing arm of the Henry family, founder and owners of Schlitterbahn. They were basically a rival of both WhiteWater and Proslide and there was quite a rivalry going on with the three. For example, NBGS was proud to have built Insano down in Brazil to beat Proslide Summit Plummet height record.
In 2006, things changed when Jeff Henry got "bored" and he got out of selling slides to other parks. He sold the rights to the MasterBlaster water coaster to WhiteWater who now manufactures them. Same with the Waveloch FlowRider.
Proslide is like NBGS is that they are themselves the operator of a water park in Quebec, close to their head office. This is the website Mont Cascades Waterpark Parc Aquatique Mont Cascades Ottawa Waterparks and in 1992, they bought the mountain. They turned it from a struggling skiing mountain to a successful year round operation and this is useful for them when designing slides. For a bit of background, ProRacer was the world's fiberglass mat racing slide and the Tornado Alley the first Tornado 24 installation. That slide was originally an early "Dark Mammoth" family raft slide and in 2008, they spiced it up by adding the funnel to the start of the slide.
Basically, until 2006, Schlitterbahn designed and made slides for parks around the world as NBGS. NBGS stood for New Braunfels General Store and was the manufacturing arm of the Henry family, founder and owners of Schlitterbahn. They were basically a rival of both WhiteWater and Proslide and there was quite a rivalry going on with the three. For example, NBGS was proud to have built Insano down in Brazil to beat Proslide Summit Plummet height record.
In 2006, things changed when Jeff Henry got "bored" and he got out of selling slides to other parks. He sold the rights to the MasterBlaster water coaster to WhiteWater who now manufactures them. Same with the Waveloch FlowRider.
Proslide is like NBGS is that they are themselves the operator of a water park in Quebec, close to their head office. This is the website Mont Cascades Waterpark Parc Aquatique Mont Cascades Ottawa Waterparks and in 1992, they bought the mountain. They turned it from a struggling skiing mountain to a successful year round operation and this is useful for them when designing slides. For a bit of background, ProRacer was the world's fiberglass mat racing slide and the Tornado Alley the first Tornado 24 installation. That slide was originally an early "Dark Mammoth" family raft slide and in 2008, they spiced it up by adding the funnel to the start of the slide.
