The Urban Slide is a three-lane vinyl water slide that ran downhill on Virginia Avenue between Third and Second Streets. Riders plummeted down the slide on large inner tubes before landing in a shallow pool of water.
People young and old had a two-hour window to enjoy the Urban Slide, with some racing down the hill, and others taking a more leisurely approach to the event. It provided a cool respite from the 90 degree temperatures that Southside Virginia has experienced this summer.