I don’t know about you, but ever since I was a kid, I found trampolines exciting. Developing a passion for (watching) gymnastics sure helped with that. So, you can imagine, that when I found out about Flip Out Glasgow, I jumped at the chance (pun intended) to check it out! After all, the biggest trampoline arena in the world! Come on! I plan ahead, take a friend and off wee go. Excitement levels through the roof.
More than a week later and I am still pumped about it. It had so many trampolines to choose from. Surely enough, it had twice that for kids. I was looking at it with envy that I did not have that growing up. Even in the cafe, looking at all the arcade games and pool tables I could not help but think just how amazing it would have been to have a birthday there. Trampolines, games, slushies, burgers. That would have definitely made me the coolest kid on the block. No wonder it was filled with kids. Now I see it from the parents’ side who just get to chill for a few hours while the kids go crazy and use up all their energy.
It’s equally fun as an adult, getting to spend some time a lot of energy (for real, it’s quite the workout). Perhaps it is more fun because there aren’t that many parks or adventure places like this to cater to adults. I did discover however that I am much more of a coward than little kids are. Where they were jumping from high blocks and fearlessly backflipping into foampits, I was trying to calculate angles and make sure I would be able to do it. Obviously, it was all very safe and all very soft. Try once, try twice, courage will come.
I loved that I could choose from different trampolines and games. Just as we entered the “grown-up” section, there was trampoline basketball. Sounds fun, maybe if I can jump and jump, I will be able to shoot some hoops. Wrong. I sucked at it just as badly as I sucked at normal basketball. But this was 10 times more fun. Having to let go and just jump takes some courage, especially when jumping from considerable heights. The moment your recoil from the trampoline is some cartoon-ish now what moment, but it is sooo cool. So freeing and fun and just through and through an amazing experience.
For those of us stronger, there is also an area with a Ninja warrior course. I went on half of the easy one and decided to let others there and I returned to jumping and jumping.
Barely moving, we made our way to the exist in what was a great experience. We truly had fun and enjoyed the day. I would definitely come back.
For more details, find them on: https://www.flipout.co.uk/locations/glasgow/ or https://www.facebook.com/flipoutglasgow/