Oringin Of The Zorb Ball

Have you ever seen a huge sphere three metres high, just like a big balloon? Some of you may have seen it in the video. This is the zorb ball, a huge inflatable sphere made up of two layers of transparent plastic balls. The two layers of plastic are not the same size, so there is a gap between them, which is filled with air. This air-filled gap ensures that the zorb ball doesn't come into direct contact with the hard ground as it rolls across the floor, causing injury.

But do you know the origin of the zorb ball? Who invented it? In which country did it first appear? Let's take a look at the history of the zorb ball.

The zorb ball originated in New Zealand

It is thanks to two New Zealanders, Andrew Akers and Dwain van der Sluijk, that we are now able to experience the zorb ball around the world and develop so many ways to play the zorb ball. They invented the craze in 1994. zorb Rotorua was owned and operated by Andrew and his brother David in Rotorua, New Zealand. At that time all zorb balls were produced in the Rotorua factory and exported all over the world.

The couple invented their double inflatable sphere, called the "ZORB", in Andrew's garage and it started appearing on the market in December 1995. They then set up a temporary site in Auckland until the first permanent site was set up in 1997, while Andrew's brother, David Akers, joined the business to help run it.

Zorbing's popularity

In 2001 Zorbing entered the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, where it was defined as." a sport in which participants are secured in the inner capsule of a large transparent ball and then roll down the ground or hill".

Together with two other investors, they founded ZORB Ltd and set about commercialising the sport of boccia, later establishing their own network of franchises around the world. Over the next decade or so, the zorb ball gradually became more and more popular around the world. The zorb ball's popularity was accelerated by the emergence of games related to the zorb ball, as people's imaginations were boundless.

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