Weekend At The Water Park – Riding A Water Ball
This weekend we had beautiful weather. It was superhot outside for a late spring day. So me and my parents decided to go to the water park. It was super fun and exciting. We went on all the rides that they had. One of our friends even did they extreme jumbo jet ride. It’s pretty much a vertical slide almost. I would say that you gain so much speed when you hit the water that I wasn’t brave enough to do it.
But while my friends went to try out the jumbo jet ride, I decided to test out something at least is exciting in my opinion. I went to the water ball pool. They had a lot of water balls floating around. I had always wanted to try out a water ball for myself. I’ve seen other people do it. You get inside a water ball, then you pull down the zipper, and you can now walk or run on any water surface. Some people use it in pools, or other use it at the seaside, or others on lakes and they go camping for example. In any of these situations the water ball is something fun to do, and walking on water is somewhat short of a miracle. We all know who else could walk on water, so being able to do this inside the water ball is quite spectacular.
And so I got in the water ball, and this guy from the park picked up an electric pump zip up the zipper almost all the way, and started inflating the water ball with air while I was inside it. Once it was fully inflated I was ready to go. He said he would pull out the electric pump and that I should zip up the zipper all the way so now what do you can get inside it and no air can get out at the same time. He made me a short training before I went inside the water ball. He said you cannot spend more than 5 to 10 minutes in one of these balls.
The water ball is inflated with air, and since you are inside and it is sealed tight, then you only get the limited reserve of air, and in order for everything to be safe and sound, you must not spend more than the normal time inside, since there is a danger of running out of air and fainting. And you wouldn’t want to do that while trying to walk on water would you. So most of the times, running inside the water ball is done while being supervised. Hundred percent true is that children should not use water balls without supervision of adults.
In addition to this, water balls are usually tied with a rope to the shore. I mean imagine being inside the water ball starting to walk away from the shore and not being able to get back. The thing is even though you are walking inside the ball on the water surface, the problem that arises is that there is no friction within the water ball and water. And so it is very hard to give a direction to the ball. You’re pretty much going whichever way the ball is going. Don’t ever try to use this on the river, it would be very stupid since the water flow would take you in a direction which you have no control about. It’s actually very dangerous. Imagine running out of air and not being able to pull yourself to the shore to get out of the water ball.
Like any sport or outdoor activity, walking on water in a ball should be done in a safe environment. Always safety first so user smarts and do it like I did in a water park. I have a lot of fun inside the water ball. I wish I had one up for myself, but maybe when I save some money I would buy a water ball that I would own. But until then you can always go to a water park and have fun inside one. I think water balls are fun for both children and adults as well.