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What is Bubble football?

Bubble football is a Norwegian invention popularized by a local TV show. The game started out as a joke but quickly gained popularity among locals and the internet, spreading throughout Europe and the United States. Today, bubble football is largely popular as a refreshing accessory to stag parties and corporate team buildings.

So what is it about? Bubble football involves two teams getting into body-sized inflateable bubbles and playing football by a modified set of rules: everything is permitted to get through the defenders, there are no faults and yellow cards. The bubbles make sure you don’t hurt yourselves while playing football like madmen, and let’s be honest, nothing is more fun than bouncing around in huge transparent bubbles!

Bubble football games, just like regular football matches, usually last 60 minutes. The winner is decided by the number of goals scored during the game. Every match is supervised by a referee, but in bubble football, his job isn’t to look for faults and give out penalties, but to make sure you don’t do something so crazy even the bubbles won’t protect you. 

INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FIELD ARE ALSO AVAILABLE

Bubble football is undoubtedly the best when playing on a pleasantly warm, sunny day. You get to enjoy the weather and true summer vibes, while rolling around in the zorb balls. Our outdoor football field has it all including chilling places and a shower.
On the other hand rain or cold can be a struggle when it comes to play any kind of football. Think about how much you hate playing football when the weather is windy, or worse, it’s raining: the field becomes awfully slippery, you can’t see anything, neither the ball nor your own teammates… Admit it, you’d rather skip that if you have the chance. But not with Bubble football Budapest! We can reserve indoor football pitches for you, where you don’t have to worry about the weather. Have fun playing zorbing football indoor, while you’re staying perfectly warm and dry.

About Zorb balls

The first version of the Zorb ball was invented by Gilles Ebersolt in 1975, he called his invention the „Ballule”. It has the concept of an enormous hamster ball for humans, made out of very strong, but lightweight plastic material. Eventually this orb became so famous, it even appeared in Jackie Chan’s film Armour of God II in 1991!

A few years later in the ’90s, Jochen Schweizer made „Ultraball” which was a Ballule rethink and it was very similar to the original Zorb ball introduced in 1995. The first Zorbing ground was created in Rotorua, New Zealand: after introducing the latest version of the Zorb ball there, it became truly popular on the island. This zorb was made by Dwane van der Sluis, David Akers and Andrew Akers. At first it was all transparent, nowadays there are coloured balls – even completely black, non-transparent ones, also known as Black Hole, or Pitch Black.

The big, inflatable ball has another, smaller ball inside connected to the outer one with hundreds of threads. While the bigger zorb dilates, it strains all the threads and so it secures the inner ball with them as well. Inflated like this, there’s a thick and safe air layer between the two balls, which works perfectly as a shock absorber. Some type of balls even have straps inside to secure the user – so you absolutely don’t have to worry about bigger bumps!

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