South Korea will get its first 'American Ninja Warrior' recreation park this year
Adrenaline junkies and American Ninja Warrior fans living in South Korea will likely be glad to know that they'll be getting their own extreme recreation park inspired by the sports entertainment series come December.
Following the success of its first Asian trampoline park in Hong Kong in 2014, organiser CircusTrix announced on their Ryze park extension plans to Seoul on Wednesday.
“We’ve wanted to build a park in South Korea for some time and are thrilled with the location and the design our Ninjaneers have cooked up,” said Case Lawrence, CEO and founder of CircusTrix. “The ninja obstacle course element is especially cool -- the sport has become a huge deal in the U.S. and being able to operate courses like ours on the continent where the sport originated is surreal.”
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For the Seoul edition, the large-scale indoor park will combine a series of obstacles built around trampolines, slacklines, foam pits, swings, trapeze, parkour and trampoline walls.
Ryze Seoul will also be the first of CircusTrix's 25 parks to feature a Ninja Warrior element that's originally inspired by one of Japan's longest-running obstacle course competition series, Sasuke.
Extreme recreation parks are all the rage now, thanks to a growing number of thrill-seekers who live for the adrenalin rush and are constantly looking for new ways to challenge themselves physically.
Lawrence told Mashable exclusively over email that the CircusTrix team pays attention to cultural relevance when building parks, but at the end of the day, want to provide people with attractions that transcend country and culture.
"There's a richer context in Asia for our ninja courses and extreme recreation parks, given the rich history of martial arts and organised obstacle course competitions," he said.
"One of our primary goals is to continually adapt the parks through innovation. And rather than becoming complacent and simply resting on our laurels [as we continue to launch new parks], we know we must continue to push the envelope."
Construction for the Ryze Seoul park will begin in July and is slated to complete by the end of the year.
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