Abstract: A water slide apparatus having a helical slide tube extending from an elevated platform to a pool of water. The water slide has a starting gate having two starting positions mounted adjacent the elevated platform and connected to the water slide tube, and each having a water line opening into the back thereof. Water is supplied by a pump from a pool of water at the base and is directed from a first starting position to a second starting position, in such a manner that the water is never shut off.