diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/slides/slides.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/slides/slides.tsx
index 866a4f860f..962aad47c5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/slides/slides.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/slides/slides.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, Element, Prop } from '@stencil/core';
+import { Component, Element, Event, Prop, EventEmitter } from '@stencil/core';
 import { Swiper } from './vendor/swiper';
 
 
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ export class Slides {
   swiper: any;
   @Element() el: HTMLElement;
 
+  @Event() ionSlideWillChange: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlideDidChange: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlideNextStarto: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlidePrevStart: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlideNextEnd: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlidePrevEnd: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlideTransitionStart: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlideTransitionEnd: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlideDrag: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlideReachStart: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlideReachEnd: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlideTouchStart: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionSlideTouchEnd: EventEmitter;
+
   /**
    * @input {string} The animation effect of the slides.
    * Possible values are: `slide`, `fade`, `cube`, `coverflow` or `flip`.
@@ -167,13 +181,6 @@ export class Slides {
    */
   originalEvent: any;
 
-  emitEvent(eventName: string) {
-    return (data: any) => {
-      Core.emit(this.el, eventName, data);
-    };
-  }
-
-
   /**
    * Private properties only useful to this class.
    * ------------------------------------
@@ -212,8 +219,6 @@ export class Slides {
   /** @hidden */
   prevButton: HTMLElement;
 
-
-
   constructor(
   ) {
     this.id = ++slidesId;
@@ -318,25 +323,19 @@ export class Slides {
         nextSlideMessage: 'Next slide',
         firstSlideMessage: 'This is the first slide',
         lastSlideMessage: 'This is the last slide',
-        onSlideChangeStart: this.emitEvent('ionSlideWillChange'),
-        onSlideChangeEnd: this.emitEvent('ionSlideDidChange'),
-        onAutoplay: this.emitEvent('ionSlideAutoplay'),
-        onAutoplayStart: this.emitEvent('ionSlideAutoplayStart'),
-        onAutoplayStop: this.emitEvent('ionSlideAutoplayStop'),
-        onSlideNextStart: this.emitEvent('ionSlideNextStarto'),
-        onSlidePrevStart: this.emitEvent('ionSlidePrevStart'),
-        onSlideNextEnd: this.emitEvent('ionSlideNextEnd'),
-        onSlidePrevEnd: this.emitEvent('ionSlidePrevEnd'),
-        onTransitionStart: this.emitEvent('ionSlideTransitionStart'),
-        onTransitionEnd: this.emitEvent('ionSlideTransitionEnd'),
-        onTap: this.emitEvent('ionSlideTap'),
-        onDoubleTap: this.emitEvent('ionSlideDoubleTap'),
-        onProgress: this.emitEvent('ionSlideProgress'),
-        onSliderMove: this.emitEvent('ionSlideDrag'),
-        onReachBeginning: this.emitEvent('ionSlideReachStart'),
-        onReachEnd: this.emitEvent('ionSlideReachEnd'),
-        onTouchStart: this.emitEvent('ionSlideTouchStart'),
-        onTouchEnd: this.emitEvent('ionSlideTouchEnd')
+        onSlideChangeStart: this.ionSlideWillChange.emit,
+        onSlideChangeEnd: this.ionSlideDidChange.emit,
+        onSlideNextStart: this.ionSlideNextStarto.emit,
+        onSlidePrevStart: this.ionSlidePrevStart.emit,
+        onSlideNextEnd: this.ionSlideNextEnd.emit,
+        onSlidePrevEnd: this.ionSlidePrevEnd.emit,
+        onTransitionStart: this.ionSlideTransitionStart.emit,
+        onTransitionEnd: this.ionSlideTransitionEnd.emit,
+        onSliderMove: this.ionSlideDrag.emit,
+        onReachBeginning: this.ionSlideReachStart.emit,
+        onReachEnd: this.ionSlideReachEnd.emit,
+        onTouchStart: this.ionSlideTouchStart.emit,
+        onTouchEnd: this.ionSlideTouchEnd.emit,
       };
 
       // init swiper core