When we had our pool installed last year, the builder would only install the diving board if it wasn't listed anywhere on the invoice(their ins. co. wasn't covering them anymore). He said that as of this year their ins. co. wouldn't be covering slides either. He told me there are actually more injuries from people falling off the top of or thru the steps of slides onto the concrete.

We watched our kids and others swimming in pools with both and found the diving board was used mostly by the older kids and slides more by toddlers and a little older. My kids are all over 12. We asked them what they wanted and they said only a board.