Whether walking on water or rolling down hills these giant sized human hamster balls known as ‘Zorbs’ are the greatest ‘extreme’ sports craze since the bungee jump. Water walking balls are huge plastic balls within which a rider can climb, and like a slightly intoxicated Jesus, attempt to ‘walk’ across a body of water, such as a swimming pool or lake, trying hard to maintain balance as they do so.
Trapped inside a giant clear bubble floating across the waters surface you must run, roll, and push your way, in a bid to be first to the finish line. Or alternatively lie back and relax, as you bob about serenely, like flotsam and jetsam, carried along upon the waves.
Trapped inside a giant clear bubble floating across the waters surface you must run, roll, and push your way, in a bid to be first to the finish line. Or alternatively lie back and relax, as you bob about serenely, like flotsam and jetsam, carried along upon the waves.
Unlike ‘Zorb’ balls (their land riding cousins) water walking balls are usually only single layered, allowing for as-close-as-can-be contact with the water body, without actually getting soaked through. With only a few millimeters of light-weight PVC separating the rider from the water, and at around two meters in diameter, these giant sized human hamster balls offer an experience like no other. And are sure to be the ‘must-try’ activity of this summer, for young and old alike.
While of course parental supervision is required at all times, as per any water based activity, water walking balls are great for children's birthday parties. Alternatively these over-sized balls of fun are guaranteed to cause a splash at charity fund-raisers and open-days, or if you have the room then why not combine a pair with an inflatable pool in your back yard, enabling you to enjoy the fun all year around.
So climb through the giant zip, and once inside, like a contestant from the 90’s television show ‘The Gladiators’, run, skip, roll, and fall on your face. And then get up, dust yourself off, and start again. Until like a water-skimming bug of sorts, you get the whole thing down tight, making it look easy, allowing you to humiliate for their lack of skills, and gain the admiration of, your friends and foes alike, both.
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