Water slide

A swimming pool slide comprising;

• A pool slide shell;
• a slide flume formed in the shell and configured to direct downhill sliding motion of a human rider from a top end of the slide flume to and past a bottom end of the slide flume;
• an interior water conduit carried by and extending longitudinally to the top end of the slide flume though the slide shell from
• a slide shell base shaped to be placeable over and to cover a water source fixture fixed in a pool deck, and configured to allow re-positioning of the slide to a proper/desired position relative to a pool edge with the water source fixture remaining covered by the base and with the interior water conduit connected to the water source fixture.

A swimming pool slide comprising;

• a pool slide shell;
• a slide flume formed in the shell and configured to direct downhill sliding motion of a human rider from a top end of the slide flume to and past a bottom end of the slide flume;
• a water conduit extending through an interior of the slide shell from a conduit lower end disposed adjacent a lower end of the slide shell, to a conduit upper end disposed adjacent an upper end of the slide flume;
• and
• a water stream shaper carried by the slide shell adjacent the upper end of the slide flume and comprising a manifold configured to receive a water stream through a manifold intake from the water conduit upper end, to re-shape the water stream into a sheet, and to redirect the water stream onto the slide flume through a manifold exit.

A method for positioning a water slide on a pool deck and connecting the slide to a water source fixed in the pool deck, the method comprising the steps of:

• measuring water source fixture location error;
• using the water source location measurement data to configure a slide shell base of a slide shell of the water slide to allow longitudinally-extending interior water conduit to deliver, from the slide shell base to a top end of the slide, water received from the water source, with the slide shell base conceals the water source, and the slide is in a proper/desired position relative to a pool edge;
• connecting an interior water conduit of the water slide to the water source through the slide shell base;
• and
• placing the water slide over the water source in a position where the slide concealing the water source and the interior water conduit, and the slide is in a proper/desired position relative to a pool edge.