Zorb Ball

Have you ever wanted to know what your hamster friend felt like as he was running around in a little plastic ball? Well now you can! It's called a Zorb, and it is the latest craze sweeping the planet.

Basically, Zorb is a huge round clear polyvinyl chloride inflatable ball that looks much like a giant soap bubble. It weighs 200 pounds and spans 10.5 feet in diameter. It has two skins--one inside the other. A person stands inside the smaller skin, or what would be the yoke of an egg, and is suspended by a cushion of air 2 feet off the ground.

Once you are rolling down a hill, you can reach speeds of up 31 mph. Alternatively, a Zorbonaut can opt for “hydro-Zorbing,” which involves adding a bucket of water into the ball and letting it slosh around as the Zorb revolves. Although a water Zorb is often compared to a zealous washing machine, it only rotates once every 32 feet.