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So am I the only home haunt that has sliders, or do you guys use theme as well. If you don't know what a slider is, it's simply an actor that wears skate
kneepads, metal covered gloves, and steal toed boots. Basicaly the actor finds unsuspecting guests, runs and slides on the groud in front of them. I have been doing this on the street in front of my haunt to entertain, and scare the people in line.
It is realy a lot of fun. If you would like to see a video of what I am talking about go to you tube and search knotts scary farm sliders. There should be some videos.

I have never thought of anything like that...

That would scare the heck out of me...

Halloween Horror Nights 1998 they had them. Boy, were they effective. THey had knives that they'd scrape together as they slid close. Awesome.

So is anyone else going to try to slide this halloween? I'ts a lot of fun

Where we go camping, they have a haunted forrest that you go thru in the back of a hay filled trailer, anyway there is a guy who slides on a shovel. He holds the handel and slides down a hill making this very loud scary sound. It's way cool and everyone can't wait to spot him. He's even became kinda famous at the camp, he puts a sign on his car that says "shovel man" and when he drives by all the kids get so excited and scream his name. Lots of fun this"sliding" is.

that looks like FUN! i remember an old horror nights where they did this with chainsaws. but their kneepads had metal on them creating sparks.

can you purchase metal covered gloves? anyone know of a site that shows how to make some?

Batfly you can buy the gloves from scaretactix for 175$, but they are way overpriced. I make my own for around 20 dollars. If you are looking for a web site to to how it's done go to google, search rcpro, this should take you to a roller coaster web site, look at the left side of the page and click on site updates. Then scroll down the page. you should find two updates. one will tell you how to slide, and the other will give you a little help makeing the gloves.
Good luck and have fun with it.

ah sweet, found it, thanks!

for others...
a link to how to make the gloves

and how to slide properly

Sorry I would have linked it , but I wasn't sure how to.
If you decide to slide be warned after a few hours it realy takes a toll on your knees but The scares I get from sliding make the pain totaly worth it. Be sure to use cheap, crappy kneepads because you are going to destroy them. Also if you are going to slide on halloween you should pratice for a while before then. It is going to take some time to gain control,and It's going to be painful at first so take it easy. make sure you have good control, and you can stop. do not slide around people until you can do both.
Once you get sliding down i'ts a real rush and you won;t want to stop. ps. make sure you duck tape the knee pads on for added protection, Ive had knee pads fall off while sliding, and it realy hurts. slidind can be dandgerouse so please use common sence and be safe if you choose to slide.

So is anyone else brave enough to try?