Clyde's Water Slide, Puyallup WA

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It ran for about five summers on South Hill, and then they built the mall on it.


Printed to order in Milton, WA. Ships in 7–10 business days.

Size chart & measurements

Measure your chest around the fullest part, keeping the tape level and snug but not tight. Then read across.

Your chest35–37"38–40"41–43"44–46"47–49"50–53"54–57"
SizeSMLXL2XL3XL4XL

T-shirt — Port & Company PC54

5.4 oz. 100% cotton in solid colours; Athletic Heather is 90/10 cotton/poly, Ash is 98/2, other heathers are 50/50. Classic fit.

SMLXL2XL3XL4XL
Chest, laid flat18202224262830
Body length28293031323334
Sleeve, centre back16¾17¾18¾19¾20¾21¾22¾

Hoodie — Port & Company PC78H

7.8 oz, 50/50 cotton/poly fleece. Air jet yarn, two-ply hood.

SMLXL2XL3XL4XL
Chest, laid flat20222426283032
Body length27¼28¼29¼30¼31¼32¼33¼
Sleeve length34¼3535¾36½37¼3838¾

All measurements in inches, taken on the garment laid flat — chest is half the circumference, so double it to compare against your own chest measurement. Body length runs from the high point of the shoulder to the hem at the back. Tee sleeve is measured from the centre back neck, over the shoulder, to the sleeve hem; hoodie sleeve from the centre of the neck down.

Care. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colours. Non-chlorine bleach only when needed. Tumble dry medium for tees, low for hoodies. Do not iron the print.

Between sizes? These are a classic cut, not slim — most people take their normal size. Size up if you like room, or if you are buying a hoodie to layer.


Clyde Rushton opened the slides around 1982, out in what were still fields off Meridian. Winding blue flumes rising straight out of the grass, and every family and teenager on the hill on them the moment the weather turned. It ran through about 1986.

Then the ground got valuable. Construction on the South Hill Mall began in October 1987 and the first stores opened on 20 July 1988 — the slides had been gone barely a year. If you want to stand where it was, it is out by the mall theatre parking lot. Flat asphalt now, and nothing there to tell you.

One honest note on this one. Almost none of it is written down anywhere — no newspaper archive, no historical society file, no photograph in a library collection. What exists is what people remember. If you were there and you know more, the exact year it opened, how many slides there were, what it cost to get in, tell us and we will add it to this page.

One design, t-shirt or hoodie. Pick your style, size and color above.

  • T-shirt — Royal, 5.4 oz cotton — 100% cotton in solid colours, cotton/poly blend in the heathers
  • Hoodie — Navy, heavyweight 50/50 blend, hooded
  • Sizes S through 4XL — every size, every style, always in stock
  • Printed to order at Northwest Custom Apparel in Milton, WA
  • Family owned and operated since 1977

Need shirts for your company, school or team? Call 1-800-851-3671 or email sales@nwcustomapparel.com.