Xtreme Waterparks

This series, which spotlights the world's best waterslides, opens with a look at the Insano in Fortaleza, Brazil, which stands at 135 feet tall. Also: an indoor, near-vertical looping slide in Vermont; an indoor bungee jump into water at the Center of Gravity in Edmonton.

Area 47, an outdoor playground located at the base of the Australian Alps, is visited. Also: a look at the Constrictor at Wet 'n Wild in Phoenix and the Bomb Bay at Wet 'n Wild in Orlando.

Some of the world's tallest and fastest waterslides are spotlighted in Brazil, Texas and Germany.

Explore some of the most extreme waterparks in the world, from Stukas, a terrifying 60-mph waterside in Italy, to the Destroyer, a monstrous 300-foot-long homemade waterside in Vail, CO.

The Tower of Power in the Canary Islands drops riders 250 feet into a shark tank; and in Costa Rica, a slide with a speed of about 45 mph is highlighted. Also: a chance to experience the wild rapids in North Carolina.

Prepare to scream your face off as we plunge 7 stories into a cave in the Bahamas. Then, brace yourself for the world’s fastest (and tallest) headfirst slide in Canada and a 260-foot, free-fall slide in Texas.

This hour-long special details the design, testing, and construction of the 168 foot 7 inch tall Verrückt, the world's tallest water slide at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas.

The world's tallest trap door slide at Aqualandia in Spain, a home-made slide in Minnesota that cost over $20,000, extreme water rides at Aquaventure in Dubai, and a remote slide in the jungle of Mexico.

The 50 mile an hour loop in Switzerland that's the fastest on Earth; America's only ski ramp inspired slip and fly in Ohio; the $1.2 million dollar, 360-degree rush in Alabama and more.

Xtreme Waterparks is going halfway around the world for the exclusive story of the longest waterslide on Earth - stretching two thousand feet or nearly seven football fields in New Zealand.

We're going to New Zealand! Get ready to slip and slam down Mother Nature's Rere Rock. Then, plunge down the world's tallest trap-door slide in Kentucky. Next, we're off to Georgia's gravity-defying combination bowl & half-pipe.

We're at New Jersey's notorious Action Park on the world's tallest double looping slide! Piranhas await you at Brazil's infamous Natural Insano. Prepare for Argentina's twin-racing slide and Hawaii's big-air backyard slide!

Take a voyage to experience a shark-infested slide in the Canary Islands, the first dueling Master Blasters in Phoenix, the world's longest thermal water slide in the Swiss Alps and the largest indoor water park in North America.

Journey to the world-famous Brazilian legend literally named "Insane" in Fortaleza, a gigantic wave in the middle of the Nevada desert that's the world's first ride of its kind and Canada's latest homemade weapon with human ammo.

Ride an urban legend slide in Poland, the tallest artificial waves in France, a serpentine slide in Vegas called The Rattler, and The Beast at a western themed park in Mallorca, Spain.

Let loose at the world's first grownups-only water park in Mallorca, Spain, then head across the pond to Waco, TX, to ride BSR Cable Park's newest addition before catching some G's spinning though Beech Bend's Cyclone Saucers.

Ride through the belly of Aquaconda in Dubai before Typhoon Texas makes landfall in Katy, Texas. Then take in the views at the Citta del Mare Hotel as their toboggan to the sea drops you straight into the Mediterranean.

In the Netherlands, a rock band takes a break from their tour for water park fun before a group of gym rats head to Mother Nature's waterslide in Asheville, NC. Meanwhile the Kaleid-o-Slide brings a splash of color in Greece.

Longtime friends climb an eight-story raft wall in Mexico, gym buddies duke it out Down Under on an inflatable obstacle course and dancers drop like it's hot down a 70-foot slide in Arizona.

Zookeepers rappel down a massive 10-story waterfall in Australia, dancers flip upside-down a drop slide in Mexico and the Tampa Bay Storm cheerleading team hits a 50-foot raft wall in Florida.

A water park first-timer flies through a 60-foot tornado in Australia, couples scream up and down the body of a giant snake in the jungles of Guatemala and friends flow down a slide that Mother Nature's been working on for eons.