Man goes viral for giant water slide in Utah
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WEST BOUNTIFUL, Utah (ABC4) — A man and his friends have gone viral for their wild stunts involving construction equipment and machinery in Utah.

Luke Sowby is becoming somewhat of a local celebrity. He’s known for videos he posts online showing him and his friends doing stunts, like making a giant water slide powered by a backhoe.   

“We chained my dirt bike to the ceiling of my garage and were riding it around,” Sowby told affiliate KTVX. “That was the first viral video and since then we’ve just been getting crazier and getting more views.”  

Video Courtesy: Luke Sowby via Instagram

Sowby owns Enswell Speed & Fab in Woods Cross.  “We restore everything from Model Ts, Model As, stuff from the 20s and 30s all the way up to the 60s and 70s,” he explained. “We do a lot of 70-72 Blazers; a lot of LS swaps.”  

Cars are clearly a passion. “I really like old things,” stated Sowby. “Anything vintage. Old cars, I’ve always been a sucker for them. It’s been great that I’ve been able to turn it into my career. We love old cars. It’s just what we do.”  

Thanks to that first viral video, Sowby is now using social media to show off his work. “People like to watch we do, and we like to do it.”  

While Sowby uses social media to highlight the restoration work they do at the shop, he isn’t shying away from making videos like that first viral dirt bike clip. He and his friends get together regularly to come up with new ideas. In June, they built a large water slide out of plastic, laid the plastic out in a large circle, and had a backhoe in the middle of the slide with a rope attached to it to pull people around the slide. That video has more than one million likes on Instagram.  

“There’s a lot of time that goes into putting on these kinds of things, getting people together, getting things like the plastic for the Slip ‘N Slide, the machinery, the cars, things like that,” Sowby told ABC4. “There’s a lot of cost involved but we try to make it worth it by making a little money from it and just having fun along the way because that’s all that matters.”  

He plans to keep making videos for as long as possible. He added: “I’m a professional fun haver, so hopefully I am able to turn it into a full career.”  

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