Jeff for America

Leg wresting can only get you so far. A few rounds and you’re done. There’s still a lot of time to fill, and thankfully Elk Grove has its share of oddities. The recently developed Elk Grove Sports Center is just the kind of place I’m talking about. Housed in an old JVC factory behind the Apple building, it offers folks some strange “sport” experiences, so I decided to head over to check it out.

Turns out jumping is the new roller skating. Dream Extreme is basically an empty warehouse with quirky sports simulations, including a trampoline room and wave machine. At $25 an hour, I didn’t feel compelled to run home and grab my suit, but at $10 for an all-day pass, the trampoline room looked mighty fine. Fast forward 2 hours and there I was – sweaty, tired and unable to walk straight on concrete. I took my little cousin Cole and tried teaching him some moves from back in the day. My family had our own circular trampoline growing up, so I was quite the expert back then – unfortunately, much of that flexibility and nerve is gone now. There was no way I was attempting to flip, so I settled for crack the egg. Remember crack the egg? It’s just when someone balls up in the fetal position and you jump around them until they can’t hold it any longer. Pretty amateur stuff, but we still had a lot of fun.

Even more fun that just jumping around on your own, ever hour or so the room turns into a game of dodge ball. Some of those kids were viscous.

I’ve got to admit it – this was really cool. So, Elk Grove still has something to offer the younger crowd, but trampolines and wave machines can only get you so far. Off to find the next thing to do.

- Jeff