Evento's BuzzBall: your own personal roller coaster

Those positively fed up with lengthy lines for coasters at amusement parks will likely dig the concept here. Evento's BuzzBall is essentially a personal roller coaster, which reportedly features a "single seat inside a large outer ball that's able to spin and roll independently of the ball itself" alongside a pair of electric motors used to power it. Better still, you don't even need a hill to ride, just a wide open field (or a road, if you're the daredevil type) to frolic in. As it stands, the BuzzBall is simply a prototype waiting to flourish, but it sure looks like this company is serious about selling at least a few to those with enough resources (you know, cash and spare time) to enjoy it.

[Via OhGizmo]

[Kelly @ Jun 29th 2008 4:17AM]

a big paper bag included?

[gad get @ Jun 29th 2008 6:33AM]

Nope. You still want it?

[Blackstar @ Jun 29th 2008 6:40AM]

Um, and what happens when you get to a steep hill? Even if you break or reverse the drive wheels inside... you'll just keep sliding or rolling depending on the surface. That outer covering does not look to have much traction.

Pray you are not near a drop off or cliff. O.o

[Jenny @ Jun 29th 2008 8:20PM]

This better come with some awesome disclaimers.
Cliffs, Lakes, and Idiots, oh my!

[neofolklore @ Jun 30th 2008 8:40AM]

let me be the first to say:
HA HAHA HAHAHAHA and HAHAHAHAHA

[BigDaddyM @ Jun 29th 2008 4:22AM]

Price?

[LondonConsultant @ Jun 29th 2008 7:37AM]

The price is irrelevant if Jodie Foster can travel across the universe in one of these.

[qwho @ Jun 30th 2008 7:56AM]

Came for the Contact reference. Did not leave disappointed.

[Jerry @ Jun 29th 2008 4:26AM]

I'll take two please! (With a nice rubber coating so we can play bumber balls of course!

[toaster @ Jun 29th 2008 5:35AM]

More like BuzzKill...

[Haikibutsu @ Jun 29th 2008 4:33AM]

Zorb 2.0

[Michael LaFramboise @ Jun 29th 2008 4:44AM]

Holy crap thats awesome! :D

[Mam00th @ Jun 29th 2008 8:51AM]

Seconded

[Campbell @ Jun 29th 2008 4:51AM]

Invented in New Zealand! *Proud* One more adventure sport to add to our list haha

[Twitchy @ Jun 29th 2008 6:45AM]

Please tell me the prototype is in Auckland - if someone will lend me a helmet with a HANS collar then I'd volunteer to test it.

[crypt @ Jun 29th 2008 5:04AM]

OH MY GOD YES!

[TRU3L3GEND @ Jun 29th 2008 5:11AM]

If it doesn't have a stereo im out

[phanbouy @ Jun 29th 2008 1:35PM]

good don't let the ball hit your ass on the way out

[ybd @ Jun 29th 2008 5:32AM]

This is one of the cooler things I've seen lately

[rita hainsworth @ Jun 29th 2008 5:42AM]

I love big balls

[scott @ Jun 29th 2008 5:53AM]

yes. yes you do.

[Jon Doe. @ Jun 29th 2008 5:54AM]

OK assuming this is what I think it is; this is simply a portable version of the gyroscope trainer that NASA use to use.
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpTtojMjbaI

I got to go in one of those at Space Camp years ago. Just about lost my breakfast. :-P

[gad get @ Jun 29th 2008 6:34AM]

Get a room!

[gad get @ Jun 29th 2008 6:39AM]

Oops... Well, can you guess who that was meant to be a reply to?

[rita hainsworth @ Jun 29th 2008 6:49AM]

I hope you don't mean me?....I'm posting this from church.

[KilgoreTrout @ Jun 29th 2008 7:07AM]

I've heard that it's almost as much fun as doom

[Yevon @ Jun 29th 2008 10:44AM]

Did anyone else hit the read link? These guys also sell a bathtub racer and a toilette go-kart. The BuzzBall is quite the deviation from their other crappy gadgets (pun intended).

[brandon beebox @ Jun 29th 2008 12:22PM]

yes it's cool, but how many miles per gallon does it get

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jun 29th 2008 11:20PM]

As long as you do not use a truck to tow it to the top of a hill, it gets ∞/MPG.


(∞ is the mathematical symbol for infinity)

[thedesolate1 @ Jun 29th 2008 1:00PM]

Hey didnt I see this in the movie blank check?

[Bryan Thornsberry @ Jun 29th 2008 1:41PM]

maybe richie rich...?

[BigD145 @ Jun 29th 2008 1:42PM]

Note: For use only in Oklahoma.

Warning: Do not try to use in New York subway.

[Freakin Ijit @ Jun 29th 2008 1:51PM]

Needs large air vents.

[John @ Jun 29th 2008 8:59PM]

Still no comments about gerbils or other critter balls? Not even a Richard Gere reference to be had. I'm disappointed.

[Jenny @ Jun 30th 2008 12:36AM]

The blow-up human hamster balls for water seem to have run everyone dry, and they look safer. This has more potential for epic fail and emergency room visits.

[Kris @ Jun 30th 2008 5:21AM]

It reminds me of one of those things that gerbals (or other critter's) use. Or perhaps Richard Gere (That's just a reference though)

[Yuri @ Jun 30th 2008 12:27AM]

Has anyone else messed with those roller coaster simulators found in a few arcades?

They have one in a mall about 1 1/2 hours away, and for $2 a ride, you can get a somewhat decent thrill, though you can tell you're not quite in a coaster yet.

They have it in Disney World too. Good times =P

But I'd love to ride in one of these.

[Xanatos451 @ Jun 30th 2008 11:09AM]

Yeah, but will it take me back 7 days in time?

[Tracy in Cary @ Jun 30th 2008 12:06PM]

No. You have to paint it blue first.

[Bobasaurus @ Jun 30th 2008 11:44AM]

At least if I lose something, it won't decapitate me.

Too soon?

[thedesolate1 @ Jun 30th 2008 11:59AM]

Hey didnt Vegeta land in one of those?

[TNP @ Jul 1st 2008 7:23PM]

I can't wait for the coroner reports: impalement, immolation, blunt-force trauma, drowning...

Oh, I hope they take pictures!!