Zorbing
Guide Note:Zorbing is an extreme sport in which participants roll downhill inside of a transparent, double-hulled sphere called a zorb.
Fast Facts:
- Originated in New Zealand in the 1990s
- Zorb franchises are now open the UK, Japan, China and the United States, among others
- Riders in a zorb are called "zorbonauts"
- Zorbing has been featured in the television show The Amazing Race
The Mahalo Top 7
- Official Site: Zorb
- Wikipedia: Zorbing
- Downhill Revolution: The Advanced Way of Zorbing
- BBC: New Zealand's extreme ball sport takes off (March 29, 2006)
- World Wide Words: Zorbing Defined
- World of Weird Sports: Zorbing
- YouTube: Zorb ball scene from Operation Condor
Zorb News
- Topix: Zorb
- Google News: Zorb
- Offbeat News: The latest extreme sports craze to sweep the states (Nov 16, 2007)
- AZCentral.com: Have a Ball in a Zorb (April 23, 2007)
- IOL: Bizarre Adrenaline Rush in an Orb Called Zorb (November 7, 2002)
- Holdthefrontpage.co.uk: What's a Zorb? (September 9, 2000)
Zorb Blogs and Commentaries
- Google Blog Search: Zorb
- The Adventure Zone: How to Zorb (January 9, 2008)
- Land of Odd: WTF is Zorbing? (October 31, 2007)
- 6Qs Travel Blog: Zorbing: An Insider's Perspective! (October 30, 2007)
- MAKE Blog: Human-sized hamster ball (March 31, 2006)
- Gadling: Zorbing (August 10, 2005)
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