… trampoline sales are buoyant. “They’re not cheap, but they’re cheaper than foreign holidays and that’s why everybody’s buying trampolines for the garden during these harsh economic times,” says a spokeswoman for the Stockport-based Trampoline Sales Ltd. … John Lewis trampoline sales went up 55% last year and it expects them to rise even more this summer. …
An unexpected consequence of the very serious recession in the United Kingdom.
Needless to say, with trampolines of this dubious quality, injuries are booming too.
… Latest figures from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) show 11,500 hospital admissions a year after trampoline accidents. Some 80% of the injuries are caused by more than one person bouncing at the same time. …
read the article – Guardian – The big bounce: why Britain’s going mad for trampolines
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It’s funny because it’s true. I love the Simpsons.
Haha, I remeber that Simpsons episode. It’s funny
There is one glaring inaccuracy in that Guardian article which is that Samantha House has competed on the British Universities squad, NOT the Great Britain squad. I saw her name and thought “I’ve never heard of her!” A little research says that in one sense the article is corrent that she has represented Great Britain, but it misrepresents that slightly. Knowing how hard the British trampolinists compete to make the Great Britain squad it seems a little unfair that she is being made out to have done that.
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What is the material used for the safety netting around trampolines? And where can I buy some from?
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