H2OGO Ball Arrives At Roundtop!
February 28, 2009What The Heck Is An Ogo Ball?
An OGO ball is a ball who’s name stands for Outdoor Gravity Orb. The H2Ogo Ball came to Ski Roundtop today at 10 AM in the back of a pick up truck.
Ogo ball riding is the latest adventure activity. The OGO is a ten foot ball with a six foot ball inside that is used to ride down hills. Imagine being in a hampster ball sized for humans you will have a good idea of a OGO.
2 Ways To Ride A OGO
The H2OGO has five to ten gallons of water inside and up to three people dive into the ball and ride down the hill for one of the craziest experiences ever. It is like being inside a washing machine and a roller coaster at the same time. Mom, Dad, and a kid could all get inside an OGO at once. Riders for the most part stay heads up inside as the water always stays “on the ground”. Chris, the OGO inventor gave us a demo today on the snow. 
The second way to ride the OGO is to get strapped into a harness then as you go down the hill you flip head over heals, seeing grass, sky, grass, sky as you ride down hill. There are one person OGO called a 1GO and two person OGO called a WEGO. The ride may seem like orbiting in space.
Amesbury Sports Park
The first OGO Park in the United States has been constructed and is currently open just north of Boston in Massachusetts, at The Amesbury Sports Park. The Ski Roundtop Ogo run will be on the Cannon Ball Run, Tubing Slope. There are only 8 OGO balls in the United States.
A Cold Day For H2OGO
Today was a cold day for water ogo but Chris got in and rolled down tubing with an amazed audience of tubers watching.
First we had to clear the run, then Chris put on his bathing suit and jumped in and away he went. Of course this is not really a Winter sport! H2OGO will be our demo OGO ball. Next week we are taking it to the Parks And Recreation Expo.
Chris dumped the water out and is drying off.
Looking Inside The OGO-It zips shut.
I cant wait until I can try out this new adventure at Skiroundtop myself this summer. It looks like a blast.
….WOW…I WANT IN..asap!
[...] Ski Roundtop and the H2OGo were a big hit at the Pennsylvania Recreation And Park Society 62nd Annual expo held Sunday at Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. Andrew Oles, Superintendent of Recreation for Abington Township Parks and Recreation demonstrated how the OGO ball works indoors as a giant human hamster wheel. At Roundtop, the ball will roll down the hill with 1-3 people inside as well as 5-10 gallons of water. We had a demo of the OGO ball last week at Roundtop. Check it out! [...]
[...] to roll out a new summer program planned with the installation of 3 great outdoor activities, The Ogo Ball, Canopy Tour, and Summer Tubing. It is exciting to be part of such a forward thinking [...]