I’m not sure if I was alone on this, but I spent my childhood feeling the world would be a much better place if there were more trampolines and zip-lines. In fact, I always thought running zip-lines over fields of trampolines seemed like a great idea because you could drop from the zip-line, bounce off the trampoline, and grab the zip-line again. Who doesn’t think that would be totally sweet? My entire childhood I felt like I was a credit card $100 [1] and a backhoe away from converting our entire back yard into a sea of trampolines. Then I would run zip-lines from my room to everywhere I wanted to go in the yard, and my life would be complete.

Given this, you can imagine my glee when we had an offsite on Friday afternoon (in our pajamas) at Sky High Sports, home of trampoline dodge ball. Like many people, I didn’t know what to expect when I saw a meeting on my calendar that read “Trampoline Dodge Ball.” You hope for the best, but you fear the worst.

It turns out somebody had the same dream I had, but made it into a business. Picture a thunder-dome like setting with trampolines everywhere. Even on the walls. Then divide into team and drop in a bunch of balls.

Genius. Total Genius.

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[1] At first I wrote “credit card” and then I realized, I didn’t know what a credit card was when I was young. In fact, I’m not sure credit cards even really existed. Back then things fell into two main price categories: $1.00 (some chance you might convince Mom or Dad to buy it for you), and $100 (an inconceivable amount of money, no way you will ever get one). How much was a candy bar? $1.00. A pack of stickers? $1.00. Basketball? $1.00. How about a house? $100. A car? $100. A robot that would go to school and do your homework for you? Maybe $200.