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School fair to focus on family fun

FAMILY fun will be the focus of the Coolum Beach Christian College annual fair to be held later this month.

The fair will have attractions for all ages, from an animal farm to stomach-churning rides.

Visitors will be able to find a bargain at the trash and treasure and plant stalls, play Laser Skirmish and other games, win prizes and buy show bags, art and craft, homemade and a tantalising range of hot food.

Rides include Gladiator Challenge, Round Up, Hurricane, Super Slide, Mini Jeeps, Cup and Saucer, Zorb Balls and Jumping Castles. All-day tickets are $30 each on the day or pre-purchase them from the school at the discounted price of $25 each ($20 each for second and $15 each for a third or more child).

An auction will be held at 3pm.

The fair will be held at the Coolum Beach Christian College on the corner of Yandina-Coolum and Arcoona Rds on Saturday, August 20 from noon-5pm.

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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.

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.

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