- Whether it's arcade games, hopping on a trampoline or tackling the area's largest American Ninja Warrior of course, Rebounderz in Jenison has fun for all.

I am so excited to take you along, let's go.

We are here with Rich from Rebounderz and Rebounderz is supposed to be a trampoline arena, but looking around, you have so much more.

Can you talk to me about what's all going on here?

- We just passed our eighth anniversary, so we've been around here for a little while.

When we opened up, we were primarily a trampoline park.

After a year, we opened up our Ninja Warrior course, which is right behind us.

And then the year after that, we added a laser tag arena, which is pretty large.

And then through the years we've done other things like mini escape rooms.

We have a blacklight mini golf course, which is a lot of fun.

There's just a lot of different activities, primarily trampolines with the dodge ball and basketball and foam pit and that sort of thing.

- When you started this, you said eight years ago, what made you wake up and say, "I want to get into this business 'cause it looks so fun."

- Yeah, well I think that's what we thought.

My business partner and I, we go way back.

We went to college together and we have had younger kids at the time and had seen kind of a need in this area for a facility like this.

I was in a totally unrelated field and he was in a totally unrelated field, but we decided to give it a try and thought it sounds like fun and how hard can it be?

It is been quite a journey.

We've learned a lot.

It's a lot harder than what we thought it was gonna be.

A lot goes into it, but yeah, it's been a great eight years.

- Having younger children, I'm sure you were no stranger then to knowing how much energy they have and energy that needs to be burned throughout the day.

How does this space help with both the physical and mental stimulation?

- Parents love bringing their kids here 'cause they know they're going to get a good workout and they know they're going to work out some of that nervous energy.

And we have a lot of parents that take their younger kids here for a little while, then they go home and they go down for a nap and they think that's awesome.

- We're through the Ottawa ISD Young Adult Services.

So we have our students come out in the community and do different activities.

So today, it was Rebounderz.

And a lot of our students have different needs.

Some of it could be sensory needs, so this is nice for them to jump around and get some wiggles out.

And also an activity that they could do with their families.

- They like the ball pit.

Helping them do the obstacle course and it's just, yup, just something different.

- So we plan out the activities for a whole year and this is one of the activities we do every year is come to Rebounderz and they all love it.

- Hey, dad.

Hey, mom.

- I'm doing the trampolines first, then the foam pit, then the ninja course with the obstacle course and I tried the dodge ball.

- When we talk about all the things you have to offer, it sounds exciting to me.

I know you primarily cater to youth, but is there fun to be had for like all ages here?

- It really spans the whole spectrum.

We have toddlers, we have a lot of school-aged kids, but we do lock-ins for high school groups and college groups.

And then we have corporate events as well.

And there is something for everybody.

I mean, this ninja course is very challenging.

I know I can't do all the levels.

- And you have the area's largest American Ninja Warrior course.

Is that correct?

- Yeah, there isn't anything as large as this one, you know, indoors.

There's many different obstacles for all different ability levels.

Everything from the smaller kids there.

There's a 44-inch height requirement for it.

So we do have some young kids on it.

It's fun to see them go through.

And we have a warped wall at the end and when they make it up on top of that, you can tell that it's really rewarding for them to complete it.

- You also do a lot, I think, in giving back to the community.

Can you talk with me about the fundraisers that you host?

- Yeah, for sure.

In fact, today, we have a fundraiser coming in.

We have schools or groups or whoever's interested in raising a little bit of money for their cause.

And we will have a group, they'll market it within their network and try to get as many people to come out as possible.

Basically, they pay their admission and we track that and we kick back 25% of all the admission seats.

We've written some pretty good sized checks for that.

So yeah, it's been really good.

- That's amazing.

How does that feel to be able to give back to the community that, that comes in here and supports you?

- Yeah, I mean, we love the community.

It's been great to us and it is awesome to be able to give back and see people real thankful for, you know, that we can work together and try to improve each other.

- My last question, there's so much to do here.

It's kinda a hard one, but what's your favorite?

- (laughs) Well, that is a tough, yeah, as I've gotten older, I don't do the ninja course as much as I used to, but we just added a couple golf simulator suites over here, so.

Didn't talk about that yet, but that's awesome.

They're really high tech, very accurate.

And I'm just as bad on these as I am a regular golf course.

So they're really good and I think that's probably what I enjoy most.

But that's me personally.

I think probably the most popular thing at this point is probably the ninja course with maybe the dodge ball and the foam pit not being too far behind.

- Perfect.

Well it definitely sounds like there's something for everyone.

Thanks so much for taking the time to chat today.

- My pleasure.

Thank you.

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