Friday Fantasy- Foam Pit
You may be asking yourself, what is a foam pit? Is it akin to a bubble bath but on a larger scale? Is it a hole in the ground filled with packing peanuts? Both could possibly be correct. What we are talking about, however, is a round or square container that is filled with pieces of foam that make for a cushiony landing when jumped into. Travis Pastrana has one so why shouldn't we? I know he is an extreme athlete and we are but extreme citizens but that doesn't mean we should be denied our basic fundamental right to fun!
I first learned of the existence of such an awesome thing as a foam pit when I went to a place called Bonkers (alas it is closed now). Bonkers was multipurpose facility that trained karate kids and future former gymnasts. Aww that was a sad dream crushing statement but it was true. The real reason Bonkers existed was because it had a FOAM PIT!!!!! Not only did it have a foam pit, it had a trampoline runway leading into the foam pit. Yes a long, rectangular trampoline that you could run and jump into the foam pit from.
I believe the ultimate purpose of the foam pit was to help gymnasts in training. What a waste. This isn't Russia or Iowa or wherever we train Olympic gymnasts. Lets just jump in that thang!!!!
And jump we did! I went with a church group late one night and we got to run and bounce down the trampoline runway like gazelles and kangaroos. Then, we flew through the air and cut somersaults and backflips like Olympic diver extraordinaires. Then, we landed safely in the soft, squishy foam blocks that inhabited the foam pit. Then, we were stuck for eight years like quicksand. Had we have gone very deep we most likely would have suffocated before we could free ourselves from the foamy prison. This added an element of danger and really got our adrenaline pumping which made it even more awesome! When we finally swam through the foam and extricated ourselves, it was time to do it over again!!!!! It was the best time I ever had at Bonkers (also the only time but that's neither here nor there).
Thusly, we need a foam pit. We don't just want one, we actually need one. This way when we leap from things like trees or porch rails, we won't break our whole bodies into little splinters. We will land in the foam and it will be magical. This pit would be a place in which we could jump and frolic (not really) and we could spend all our hours there. Of course, we would also need a trampoline runway leading into because that would be slightly bogus otherwise. Some days we would take the foam out and have a ball pit (no jumping into the ball pit because that's dangerous). We might let other people jump into the foam pit but probably just friends and family because you don't want strangers an vagabonds germie-ing up your foam :-( yuck! We would bounce on the trampoline and then I would probably cut five backflips and a cartwheel before I even landed in the foam. Or maybe I would just do a front flip. No one likes a show off.
Step 1: Design:
Step 2: Acquire materials.
Step 3: Find someone to construct and/or attempt constructing alone (not advised)
Step 4: Put foam in pit
Step 5: Jump in pit
Step 6: Repeat
I first learned of the existence of such an awesome thing as a foam pit when I went to a place called Bonkers (alas it is closed now). Bonkers was multipurpose facility that trained karate kids and future former gymnasts. Aww that was a sad dream crushing statement but it was true. The real reason Bonkers existed was because it had a FOAM PIT!!!!! Not only did it have a foam pit, it had a trampoline runway leading into the foam pit. Yes a long, rectangular trampoline that you could run and jump into the foam pit from.I believe the ultimate purpose of the foam pit was to help gymnasts in training. What a waste. This isn't Russia or Iowa or wherever we train Olympic gymnasts. Lets just jump in that thang!!!!
And jump we did! I went with a church group late one night and we got to run and bounce down the trampoline runway like gazelles and kangaroos. Then, we flew through the air and cut somersaults and backflips like Olympic diver extraordinaires. Then, we landed safely in the soft, squishy foam blocks that inhabited the foam pit. Then, we were stuck for eight years like quicksand. Had we have gone very deep we most likely would have suffocated before we could free ourselves from the foamy prison. This added an element of danger and really got our adrenaline pumping which made it even more awesome! When we finally swam through the foam and extricated ourselves, it was time to do it over again!!!!! It was the best time I ever had at Bonkers (also the only time but that's neither here nor there).
Thusly, we need a foam pit. We don't just want one, we actually need one. This way when we leap from things like trees or porch rails, we won't break our whole bodies into little splinters. We will land in the foam and it will be magical. This pit would be a place in which we could jump and frolic (not really) and we could spend all our hours there. Of course, we would also need a trampoline runway leading into because that would be slightly bogus otherwise. Some days we would take the foam out and have a ball pit (no jumping into the ball pit because that's dangerous). We might let other people jump into the foam pit but probably just friends and family because you don't want strangers an vagabonds germie-ing up your foam :-( yuck! We would bounce on the trampoline and then I would probably cut five backflips and a cartwheel before I even landed in the foam. Or maybe I would just do a front flip. No one likes a show off.
Step 1: Design:
Step 2: Acquire materials.
Step 3: Find someone to construct and/or attempt constructing alone (not advised)
Step 4: Put foam in pit
Step 5: Jump in pit
Step 6: Repeat
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