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Bubble Soccer, SUP Yoga and trampolining … HK goes mad for crazy sports

Don a zorb, practise your aquatic yoga and reacquaint yourself with a ball pond this summer, writes Jenni Marsh

SUP Yoga

Bubble Soccer is everything you'd expect of a sport inspired by a Japanese game show.

Players squeeze into zorb-like inflatable bubbles and - as in the beautiful game - two teams try to score goals, albeit while adjusting to a humpty-dumpty physique.

The result is ridiculous amounts of fun (see www.bubblesoccer.hk). Who cares if you can't properly see who's on your team, or if life in the bubble gets increasingly sticky, when tackling consists of bouncing into your opponent at top speed?

Bubble Soccer
Bubble Soccer
This raucous brawl for the ball has already been a huge success in the United States and Australia, and is just one of the weird sports crazes sweeping Hong Kong this summer.

The Japanese had no hand in Stand-Up Paddle Yoga, though - for this we can thank the Hawaiians (and Berlin-born athlete Nadine Bubner and Canadian Diana Cheung who have brought the sport to Hong Kong).

SUP Yoga (www.supyogahongkong.com) sees yogis hold hatha and vinyasa poses while balancing on a 10 foot-long paddleboard, just off Stanley Main Beach. Sessions last two hours (HK$500) and are rounded off with dim sum or tacos.

Yogis who can't swim are offered life jackets, but we reckon non-water babies should probably steer clear of attempting a titibasana on the high seas.

For those seeking simpler adrenaline kicks, here's another sport to jump on.

An 8,000 sq ft trampoline centre, with a 100-person capacity, this month sprung to life in Quarry Bay. At Ryze Trampoline Park (www.ryze.info), you can launch your-self off a tightrope into a giant foam pond, slam dunk basketballs from a trampoline or play dodgeball on the elastic. Pyjama parties, dubstep nights and fitness classes are all to come.

So what are you waiting for? Don a zorb, practise your aquatic flying pigeon headstand and jump to it.