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Arguably the craziest ‘extreme sports’ activity to have come along since bungee jumping, ‘Zorbing’, the practise of rolling down hills strapped inside a giant plastic ball, is something that everybody should try at least once in their life.
Arguably the craziest ‘extreme sports’ activity to have come along since bungee jumping, ‘Zorbing’, the practise of rolling down hills strapped inside a giant plastic ball, is something that everybody should try at least once in their life.
Like a giant hamster ball, you climb inside, strap yourself in, and then off you go, running or rolling your way like a maniac, until you finally, and dizzily, reach the bottom of the slope.
Zorb balls are light weight, flexible and double sectioned, with one ball placed inside another, with a layer of air between, to act as a shock absorber. And available with or without straps, the rider can roll around at their leisure, or attempt free-walking, a practise that usually results in the rider being tossed around tumbling to-and-fro, carried along by the motion of the rolling zorb ball.
No doubt inspired by the hard plastic hamster balls that they look so much like, the first zorb ball is thought to have been created by ‘The Dangerous Sports Club’ back in the early 1980’s. However, the zorb ball in its current form was created by ‘Dwane van der Sluis’, and ‘Andrew Akers’ of New Zealand, who with business partners, not only created the zorb, but also through the creation of ‘ZORB Limited’ set about marketing zorbing and commercializing sphereing.
Zorb Specifications:
A typical orb is about 3 metres (9.8 ft) in diameter, with an inner orb size of about 2 metres (6 ft 6.7 in), leaving a 50–60 centimetre (20–24 in) air cushion around the riders. The plastic is approximately 0.8 millimetres (0.031 in) thick. The inner and outer orb are connected by numerous (often hundreds) small ropes. Orbs have one or two tunnel-like entrances.
Water Walking Balls
Another variation of zorbing is ‘water walking’, like free-walking on dry land zorb riders climb inside their water walking balls, and attempt to take a stroll across the surface of a body of water. usually with mixed results.
Feeling a little like an intoxicated Jesus, mixed with a contestant from the early 90’s game show ‘The Gladiators’, water walking does not come easy at first. Which of course, is what makes it so much fun, and with a little practise, you’ll soon get the hang of it.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records current zorbing records stand at:
- Longest sphereing ride held by Steve Camp who travelled 570 metres (1,870.1 ft).
- Fastest sphereing ride held by Keith Kolver who reached a speed of 52 kilometres per hour (32.3 mph).
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