As summer temperatures rise, the best piece of equipment to beat the heat is your air conditioner. That is, unless you make your way to an even more noteworthy piece of cool-inducing engineering: the water slide.

Scorpion’s Tail, Noah’s Ark Family Park, Wisconsin Dells, Wis

Jumeirah Sceirah, Wild Wadi Waterpark, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Leap of Faith, Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas

Cliffhanger, Schlitterbahn, Galveston, Texas

Bazooka Bowls, Wild Rivers Water Park, Irvine, Calif.

The Wildebeest, Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari, Santa Claus, Ind.

The Double Barrel Drop, Great Wolf Lodge, Poconos, Pa.

The Triple Twist, Great Wolf Lodge, Mason, Ohio, and Kansas City, Kan.

Summit Plummet, Walt Disney World’s Blizzard Beach, Orlando, Fla.

The Wedgie, WhiteWater World, Dreamworld, Coomera, Australia