Action World

Action World

Could this be third time lucky?… yes! It’s open! Wooohoo! Action World in Paihia. It’s the place you can experience the things you never have! First we tried out the super slide to warm up! It’s like a huge bouncy castle slide. You sit at the top in a sack (which looks quite daunting) then that’s it, lay down, arms on your chest, push yourself off, zoom down at speed, fly off the end, end up in mid-air and crash on the landing surface, it’s so much fun! We just wanted more!

Task 1 – Tarzan. Ok so you have to climb up the ladders grab the bars, swing to the next one, hold on, swing to the next, keep your rhythm and grab the third bar, swing as much as you can and try to land over an inflatable bridge, easier than it sounds! I made it to the third bar, but couldn’t quite swing over the inflatable. No matter how hard I tried every time…nah couldn’t make it. Mikko on the other hand swung like Tarzan on the bars, first time swung onto the inflatable, second time, yup made it over the inflatable and made it look easy!

Task 2 – The Tightrope. Well we practiced on the mini one first, about half a metre high… and then attempted ‘the big one’. So again you climb up the ladders, go the edge, approach the rope and you just know u isn’t going to make it first time! Haha. We had about 10 attempts each, getting no further than half way! It was fun jumping into mid-air and crashing on the inflatables.

Task 3 – The Wall. Well this one is a little different, the easy bit is climbing up which didn’t take either of us long, but then when u reach the top you have to stretch out and ring the bell, which is easier said than done when u turn around and see how high you are. Then the exciting bit, going down…well u could climb back down but there’s not much fun in that, so we just jumped off backwards haha it was well good!

Task 4 – The Trampoline. Ok, so it’s not really much of a task… just see how long you last! Back in the day you could last for hours and do silly tricks! Well now try…

Task 5 – The Ladder. Oooooohhhhh grrr this one is a toughie! It looks so easy but as soon as you step on the third or fourth bar it wobbles and wobbles…and wobbles, you try and keep the balance, reach to the next and you wobble and swing underneath the ladder! No matter how much we tried it didn’t seem possible, the bloke who was running the place came over and said “nah it’s easy, it’s the easiest one” he got on the inflatable got to the ladders, climbed up them whilst telling us how to do it. The ladders didn’t budge! It was as solid as a rock! So we tried and tried, followed his technique but we wobbled, wobbled and wobbled some more… and gave in.

Task 2 AGAIN – The Tightrope. We weren’t giving in! We tried and fell, and tried and failed. But eventually we were getting further and further across the rope until one of us made it across! It was meeeee! I made it! Then straight after Mikko made it across! Yes finally we did it. What a relief! Best thing ever.

Task 6 – The Bungee Cord. The aim of this task is to attach yourself to the harness and run! Run as far as you can, attach the plastic stick into the sand before the bungee cord forces you back and you land on your backside! Sounds easy? You’ll be surprised!