{"id":52,"date":"2010-07-14T16:33:47","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T15:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.theactivitypeople.co.uk\/?p=52"},"modified":"2010-07-14T16:34:28","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T15:34:28","slug":"some-zorbing-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/some-zorbing-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Zorbing facts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54\" title=\"zorbing down hill\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/zorbing-down-hill.jpg\" alt=\"zorbing down hill\" width=\"295\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theactivitypeople.co.uk\/console.asp?activityID=170&amp;activity=Zorbing\">Zorbing <\/a>(globe-riding, sphereing, orbing) is the recreational activity of rolling downhill whilst inside an giant inflatable ball not too dissimilar from  the well known hamster ball!<\/p>\n<p>The globes are generally made from a transparent plastic.<\/p>\n<p>As a rule <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theactivitypeople.co.uk\/console.asp?activityID=170&amp;activity=Zorbing\">Zorbing <\/a>takes place on a gentle hill, however it can also be done on a level surface which allows for a greater degree of rider control.<\/p>\n<p>There are two types of orbs, harnessed and non-harnessed. Non-harnessed orbs are able to carry up to three riders, while the harnessed orbs are constructed for one to two riders. Double-harnessed spheres have different slope requirements, and must only be operated in specific locations.<\/p>\n<p>The first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theactivitypeople.co.uk\/console.asp?activityID=170&amp;activity=Zorbing\">Zorbing <\/a>site was established in Rotorua, New Zealand, by Andrew Akers and David Akers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theactivitypeople.co.uk\/console.asp?activityID=170&amp;activity=Zorbing\">Zorbing <\/a>entered the Concise <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oed.com\/\">Oxford English Dictionary<\/a> in 2001 where it was defined as: &#8220;a sport in which a participant is secured inside an inner capsule in a large, transparent ball which is then rolled along the ground or down hills&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theactivitypeople.co.uk\/console.asp?activityID=170&amp;activity=Zorbing\"><br \/>\nBook your Zorbing Experience NOW<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zorbing entered the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in 2001 where it was defined as: &#8220;a sport in which a participant is secured inside an inner capsule in a large, transparent ball which is then rolled along the ground or down hills&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[27,28,26,29,25],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-zorbing","tag-globe-riding","tag-orbing","tag-spherering","tag-sphering","tag-zorbing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}