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Tumble Bubble
Multilingual presentation at the annual convention of the International Federation of Circus Acrobat Trainers | |
“And now I am pleased to present and demonstrate the double-walled, inflatable Tumble Bubble. Its unique surround-round design makes learning and executing tricks from cartwheels to back flips as easy as a walk in the park, while eliminating injuries such as stubbed toes and broken spines.
Keine defekteren
Dorne!
It’s basically a transparent globe with conical openings for limb movement and one for the head to allow breathing. The hands and feet stick out beyond the surface but not the head.
La cabeza respira.
While progressing from rolling to later bouncing between body parts, the beginning acrobat, gymnast, trapeze artist, tight rope walker, skater, free style skier or snowboarder, trampoline jumper, BMX rider or high diver feels confident in the air cocoon. Some even wear an eye-catching Tumble Bubble during shows or competition.
Portez le cocon d'air pour rouler alors rebondissent.”
single frame animation clip of Tumble Bubble demo
http://www.geocitie.../tumblebubble.html?
[FarmerJohn, Mar 07 2005]
(?) Orbitron
http://members.trip...nival/3orbitron.jpg
If you don't want to go anywhere... [baconbrain, Mar 09 2005]
Just a Zorb with arm-holes?
http://www.zorb.com/new.htm
My concern is what looks like a huge risk of breaking your wrists or ankles. [DrCurry, Mar 10 2005]
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Complete gibberish until you look at the illustration. Then it makes a lot of sense. |
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I need to be convinced about the BMX application. |
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Well maybe I was fudging just a bit. |
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Perhaps this would inspire the
spectacularly obese to try acrobatics? |
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I can really use this--not because I'm a beginner acrobat but because I'm always walking into walls, doors, etc. |
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...and when tender tumblers tumble on a table in a bubble, they call that... |
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NEAT - I wants me one. What I really really want though is a giant hamster ball to get in and roll around... |
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There used to be a metal-framework device kind of like this, but I've only seen it in one old video and in one Jacky Chan movie set in China. The person stands like that DaVinci drawing of a man in a circle, with two hoops for the circle, one a foot or so forward, the other a foot or so back. The person straps in, and then can roll sideways, or oscillate face-down on the front hoop like a spinning coin.
I couldn't google anything about these, but then, it took me a long time to find the Orbitron gyro-frame widgets that recently replaced them. |
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Looks like fun... in a limited movement sort of way. Also makes it hard to talk to other people. And I fear breaking wrists. But, my concerns aside, I would love to see a room full of eighth graders trying to stay on their feet in these things. |
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No, cocoon in English and cocon in French. |
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Oh, my bad. Right on, my Swedish meatball. |
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Spherical, check.
Looks like fun, check.
Your croissant is clear for take off. |
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