Man falls off waterslide. What else do you need to know?

The man broke his arm and fractured a few ribs in the fall.
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Brian Koerber
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Flying down a waterslide is awesome. Flying off a cliff is not.

David Salmon posted a slow motion clip to his Facebook page on Monday in which he got a little too much speed going down a waterslide in Texas and flew right over the slide's edge, down a cliff.

Salmon, who posted the clip from his hospital bed says he suffered a broken arm, fractured ribs and multiple lacerations on his side, back and arms in the fall.


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According to local media, the slide is located at a private home near Austin's Lake Travis

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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